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Jallianwala Bagh Massacre – 13 April 1919
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre commemorates 102 years on Tuesday, 13 April 2021.
On 13th April 1919, British troops fired on a large crowd of unarmed…
Vaisakhi is one of the most popular and important festivals celebrated in the state of Punjab and various other parts of India. It is an annual harvest festival that marks the beginning of the Hindu…
A minute book of the Parramatta Debating Society, dating from 1847, is held in the City of Parramatta Council Community Archives. This slim and fragile volume, discovered and purchased at a suburban…
Australia’s involvement in World War One began on 4 August 1914. Many who joined up believed that the war would be a great adventure, but none could have imagined the scale of the endeavour on which…
India played a significant part in World War One. The normal annual recruitment for the Indian army was 15,000 men, during the course of the war over 800,000 men volunteered for the army and more…
This sandstock brick is circa. 1820 possibly manufactured in the Parramatta area. The broadarrow impression denotes government ownership. It was originally scanned at Macquarie University as an early…
St Patrick’s Catholic Cemetery occupies about 2.35 hectares of land situated at the junction of Church Street and Pennant Hills Road, North Parramatta. In the early years of European settlement…
David Lennox the bridge builder was born in Ayr, Scotland in 1788. He was initially employed as a stonemason and was later the foreman in the construction of the stone bridge across the Severn in…
Gasworks Bridge, Parramatta, view of bridge from a low position on an adjacent river bank, circa 1928. Source: LSP 00813
Bridge construction in New South Wales (NSW) started with the needs of the…
Second ridge over the Parramatta River. From the first voyage of Dumant D’ville, Voyage de la corvette l’Astrolabe, published Paris 1833, Plate 33
Parramatta Gaol Bridge is one of Australia’s…