Area: CBD South

South of the Parramatta River there is the mall, where you can find St John's church, Town Hall, remains of the old courthouse, and the famous Woolpack Inn.

	Old Rural Bank Built around 1930, this building used to house the former Rural Bank....
	Brislington Built in 1821, this is the oldest residence in central Parramatta. It was owned by doctors from 1851 to 1949, mostly by Dr Walter Brown and his descendants. In 1949 it transferred to Parramatta Hospital and is now a medical and nursing museum with me...
	Centenary Square The clock in the square was built in 1888 to mark the Australian centenary. ...
	Convict Canal Remains of a convict-built brick barrel drain to the Parramatta river. ...
	Cottages on Barrack Lane A nice and well kept example of old cottage buildings in the area....
	Courthouse Tower This tower is all that remains of Parramatta's second court house, which was built in 1890. The first was built in 1837 by Houison and Payten, in Church St. Part of a wall still remains (see Courthouse Wall)....
	Courthouse Wall Remnants of the first courthouse which was built in 1837 and used till 1890. The columns from this courthouse form part of the Boer Memorial in Parramatta Park....
	Old School House Now part of Arthur Phillip High School, this building was completed in 1876....
	Perth House Built by James Houison around 1841, it was the home of politician George Oakes (1813 - 1881, member for Parramatta of the first Legislative Council of NSW), and a private school in the late 1880s. ...
	St John's Church The first church opened on this site in 1803. It became the church of Samuel Marsden, the "Flogging Parson". It was the only church in the colony until 1809. In 1810 Macquarie began remodelling, and the towers were completed in 1819. The original bui...
	Town Hall Built in 1883 on the site of the first agricultural fair held in Australia in 1813. ...
	Woolpack Inn Reputed to be Australia's oldest licensed hotel, it was originally established in 1796 as the Freemason Hotel, and was given its current name in 1821. It was moved to its current site for the construction of the second courthouse. ...
	Kia Ora This was James Houison's own house which he built in the 1840s. Behind where it now stands was a cottage in which John Batman, who went on to found the city of Melbourne, was born. ...
	Leigh Memorial Church Completed in 1885 it was dedicated to Samuel Leigh, the first Methodist Minister in Parramatta, who preached in the area from 1816. ...
	Roxy Cinema A beautiful old theatre originally built in 1930. It became a cinema and is now a night club....

 

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