Name: P for Parramatta Historic Walk 7km easy
Start: 2024-12-08T10:30:00+11:00
End: 2024-12-08T13:30:00+11:00

Parramatta is Australia 🇦🇺 2nd oldest settlement only a few months after landing in Sydney harbour
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From ParramattaParramatta is Australia 🇦🇺 2nd oldest settlement only a few months after landing in Sydney harbour
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From Parramata Ferry wharf walk down river to
1) Hambleton Cottage - Built 1824
63 Hassal St
Built by John & Elizabeth MacArthur
Founder of Australian Sheep 🐑 industry
Bred the Marino

2) Elizabeth Farm - Built 1793
70 Alice St
First farm build for John & Elizabeth
Elizabeth did most of the work
John was sent back to England for overthrowing Governor Bligh

3) Experiment Farm - started in 1789
9 Ruse str
James Ruse experimented with different types of wheat & maize
Saved the early colony from starvation

4) Lancer Barracks - commence 1818
2 Smith St
Australia oldest military barracks

5) Perth House & stables -built 1841
85 George St
Owned by George Oakes local landowner & member NSW Parliament

6) Phillip Ruddock Heritage Centre
45 Macquarie St
Built on 1790 foundations of convict hut where Parramatta history meets the future

7) Tudor Gate House - built 1885
Entrance to Parramatta Park
On the site of a stone lodge built in 1820 by Governor Macquarie

8) The Bath House - built 1823
In Parramatta Park
Designed by Francis Greenway
Did pump water from river & was heated
Convert to a pavilion in 1866

9) Old Government House built between 1799 & 1818
In Parramatta Park
Australia oldest public building

10) Boer War Memorial built 1904
In Parramatta Park
Troops from Lancer barracks went to South Africa in 1899

11) The Dairy - constructed between 1796 & 1805 by George Salter
In Parramatta Park
Oldest intact cottage in Australia

12) The Female Factory -built 1821
5 Fleet St
First purpose built for female convicts
Also shelter for ill pregnant or unemployed women
Were taught to weave & spin cloth
The start of Australia textile industry

Optional lunch at nearby Parramatta Leagues club

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