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Parramatta is a suburb and major business district in the metropolitan area of Sydney, Australia. It is located in Central-Western Sydney west of the Sydney central business district on the banks of the Parramatta River. Parramatta is the administrative seat of the local government area of the City of Parramatta. It is also acknowledged on the register of the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales as one of only four cities within the Sydney metropolitan area.
Parramatta, founded in the same year as Sydney by the British in 1788, is the oldest inland European settlement in Australia, the economic capital of Greater Western Sydney and the sixth largest central business district in Australia. Since 2000, Parramatta has seen the consolidation of its role as a government centre with the relocation of agencies such as the New South Wales Police Force headquarters and Sydney Water, from the Sydney CBD.
Parramatta is a major business and commercial centre, and the second largest CBD in the State of New South Wales. Parramatta has many high density commercial and residential developments. It is home to Westfield Parramatta, which is the ninth largest shopping centre in Australia by gross leasable area.
Simultaneously, major upgrades have occurred around the railway station with the expansion of Westfield Parramatta, the creation of a new transport interchange, and the ongoing development of the Parramatta Square local government precinct. It is colloquially known as Parra.
Parramatta is a suburb in Western Sydney.
Parramatta as a locality or area may also refer to:
- City of Parramatta local government area
- Electoral district of Parramatta New South Wales state electoral district
- Division of Parramatta Australian federal electoral district
- Parramatta River
- Lake Parramatta
The Parramatta (ship) (1866) and Royal Australian Navy ships named HMAS Parramatta.
As a transit terminal or interchange:
- Parramatta railway station, Sydney, on the Western, Blue Mountains and Cumberland lines (including the Parramatta Transport Interchange)
- Parramatta ferry wharf, Sydney, for RiverCat services
- Liverpool-Parramatta T-way and North-West T-way terminals
In sporting teams or stadium:
- Parramatta Power National Soccer League club
- Parramatta Eels Rugby League Football Club
- Parramatta Stadium
Other:
- a bombing marking technique used by Pathfinder (RAF) during WWII
- Paramatta (moth), a snout moth genus in tribe Phycitini
- Westfield Parramatta - a shopping complex in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Usage examples of "parramatta".
He immediately superseded the civil power at Parramatta by the military, and all complaints in future were to be preferred to the military officer on duty there.
Philip amounted to nearly two thousand acres, one half of which lay between Sydney and Parramatta, it being the design of government to establish a range of farms so as to connect those settlements as much as possible, which was a most desirable object to the inhabitants of both.
Six Shillings a bottle--A Settler near Parramatta having procured a small still from England, obtained a deleterious and mischievous spirit from his Wheat, which he found more profitable than carrying it to the public store, and selling it for ten Shillings per bushell.
However, be that as it may, several settlers about Parramatta had been attacked by armed parties, and robbed of their clothing and provisions.
The night previous to this execution, a murder was committed at Parramatta by one Hill, a convict, on the body of Simon Burns a free settler.
September, 1796, his Excellency, Governor Hunter, was pleased to present me with an absolute pardon, under the great seal of the colony, and appointed me a principal superintendant of the district of Parramatta, with a permanent salary of fifty pounds a year, in the room of Mr.
Ned had found the visit to the main settlement at Parramatta both profitable and enjoyable.
He trudged to Parramatta to pick up their weekly ration from the government store, dug turnips and potatoes in the garden plot, cut and carried firewood, and even, if he thought she was tired, relieved her of the thankless task of producing an edible meal from the often putrefying ration meat, which, in common with the rest of the community, they all found unpalatable.
Next day, Watt Sparrow went to Parramatta to glean what information he could concerning the runaways.
But, to her shocked surprise, Watt brought news of his recapture when he returned from drawing their rations in Parramatta, a week before Christmas.
Even if the fight be stopped by the Parramatta traps, Maggie promises we shall have us a lovely picnic.
Maggie has persuaded us not to take the railway what has recently reached Parramatta Town but is still somewhat a novelty.
The Irish are all around here and these merry punters pours out of their shacks to join the Sydney and Parramatta Town throng.
The townfolks keeps well away from the drunken men what mills about the station at Strawberry Hills, waiting for the late Sunday night train home to Parramatta Town.
With the encouragement of the Parramatta Irish ringing in his ears, he will be keen to make a fool of me.