Tuesday, 13 September 2016

Parramatta Park - Part 2



Parramatta Park
Parramatta Park is one of Australia’s most significant cultural landscapes
Over 100 archaeological sites related to aboriginal history and early colonial history
Monuments and buildings built by convicts with cultural significance
Successful colonial farming in Australia
Beginning of cattle industry in Australia
Timeline – Parramatta Park
1788 – 1792: Governor Arthur Phillip
Establishment of convict town at Rose hill
Naming of the crescent
Construction of Government Cottage on The Crescent
Name changed from Rose hill to Parramatta
1795 – 1800: Governor John Hunter
30 acres land grant to George Salter
Construction of Dairy Cottage
Construction of first mill
Extension to Governor’s cottage
1800 – 1806: Governor Philip Gidley King
Dairy farms in Parramatta
Government house built on the site of earlier cottage
1806 – 1808: Governor William Bligh
                      Visited Parramatta twice a month but rarely stayed in Parramatta
                    Governor Bligh was granted 105 acres land to north of Government House by Governor King
1806 – 1808: Governor William Bligh
                      Visited Parramatta twice a month but rarely stayed in Parramatta
1806 – 1808: Governor William Bligh
                     Visited Parramatta twice a month but rarely stayed in Parramatta
1806 – 1808: Governor William Bligh
                     Visited Parramatta twice a month but rarely stayed in Parramatta
1806 – 1808: Governor William Bligh
                     Visited Parramatta twice a month but rarely stayed in Parramatta
Continued to Part 3


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