Showing posts with label David Jones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label David Jones. Show all posts

Thursday, 2 January 2014

Old David Jones Building - Parramatta

 
1959 - Announcement that stone house of Mr J. K. S. Houison, President of the Parramatta Historical Society, and known locally as the ‘Bond House’, is to be demolished to make way for a new David Jones department store.
1961 - Plans for the new 2,000,000 pound department store on the banks of the river are released
1962 - David Jones Store opens to 400 per minute entering the store with more than 4000 people witnessing the opening ceremony. 
1963 - Commemorative Stone is set to mark old building, the ‘Bond House’ that was demolished to build the David Jones store.
1986 - David Jones celebrates 25 years of business in Parramatta
1989 - David Jones announces move from its riverside site in 1991 to the new Westfield mall.
1994-1998 - In these years the building was owned by various companies.
1998 - Building bought by ICA Property and to be turned into $40 million Riverbank corporate Centre. The site was previously owned the Friendship Pty Ltd.
2001 - David Jones to starts an upmarket venture called ‘Food Chain’ at the Riverbank Centre.
2002 -  ‘Food Chain’ store closes
2008: 2010 - David Jones building brought by Parramatta Site Developments Pty Ltd a subsidiary of Professional Investment Services. During this time the building is used as a factory outlet 
2010 - Meriton Group buys the David Jones building
2011: The Twin Towers design by Tony Caro approved.
2013 - Meriton relinquishes its 50 year lease over the council owned car park and other land providing for wider foreshore access.
 

Saturday, 5 October 2013

PARRAMATTA TIMELINE


 TIMELINE

1788: 24th April 1788 Site of Rose Hill (Parramatta) chosen by Governor Phillip 
1789:  First wheat crop harvested at Rose Hill 
1789:  James Ruse established his farm
1790: 1st burial in St John’s Cemetery
1791:  Rose Hill renamed Parramatta
1793: Elizabeth Farm built
1799: Old Government House built
1810: 1st Horse Race
1820: Military Barracks completed
1822: Agricultural Society established
1832: Old King’s School opened
1839: Lennox Bridge completed
1843: “Parramatta Chronicle” First Parramatta newspaper published
1860: Parramatta Fire Brigade established
1861: Parramatta incorporated as “Municipality”
1881: Council Chambers built
1883: Town Hall building completed
1900: First Motor Car Run
1938: Parramatta proclaimed as a “City”
1959: Parramatta Leagues Club opened
1961: David Jones store opened @ Church Street
1975: “Westfield” largest shopping complex in southern hemisphere
1978: Westmead Hospital opened
1988: Bicentenary of Parramatta’s foundation
1988: Riverside Theatre Complex opened
1993: Rivercat Service to Parramatta
1998: Parramatta Heritage Centre
2008: Opening of New Justice Precinct
2010: Old Governor House listed in “World Heritage List”