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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