Area: Parramatta Park

Arguably one of the most heritage rich places in Australia, it's also a great place for a ride.

	Dairy Precinct George Salter built the cottage between 1798 and 1806, and grew wheat and maize. He sold it to Governor Macquarie in 1813 who converted it into a dairy with a sunken milk room. This is visible under the Rangers Cottage (latter built in 1875). ...
	William Hart Memorial William Hart was a Parramatta dentist who was the first Australian to fly a plane and held the first pilot's licence in Australia. This memorial commemorates his flight from Penrith to Parramatta Park on 4 Nov 1911. His journey then continued on to S...
	Lady Fitzroy Memorial Governor Fitzroy's wife was killed in 1847, starting out on a journey to St James Church (city) for a wedding. Her carriage overturned when the horses bolted. Governor Fitzroy was the last governor to reside in Old Government House in Parramatta. ...
	Observatory The observatory was built by Governor Brisbane, a distinguished astronomer, in the 1820s. Brisbane was the first governor to reside permanently in Parramatta. It was demolished in the 1840s. The transit stones are all that remains. A telescope and cl...
	Old Government House Old Government House is Australia's oldest publicly-owned building. The original was built for Arthur Phillip in 1790. While it was being built, Governor Phillip lived with Henry Dodd, the farmer who planted the first crops in Parramatta. (Henry died...
	Tudor Gatehouse It was built in 1885 and designed by Gordon McKinnon, a Parramatta architect. There are four sets of gates into the Governor's Domain (now Parramatta Park) - on the western end, the southern end (Pitt St), and south (Great Western Highway)....
	World War I Memorial This War Memorial, creating an arched entrance to St John's Park, was erected to commemorate those killed in World War I....
	Bath House Also built for Governor Brisbane in 1823 to soothe his arthritis. Designed by convict architect Francis Greenway, it had a twin domes roof and grand circular windows....
	Boer War Memorial Unveiled in 1904, the doric columns were from the original Parramatta Courthouse (built in 1837) and replaced in 1898. Cannons are from the shore batteries that protected Port Jackson in the 1850s....
	Macquarie Street Gatehouse The gatehouse was built in 1887....
	Wisteria Gardens These gardens were originally built for the Superintendent of the Parramatta Lunatic Asylum, in 1906. The wisteria plants were brought from Japan by his daughter. The gardens are only open the last two weekends in September (during the Wisteria fest...
	Rumsey Rose Garden The many roses were donated by the late Heather and Roy Rumsey, from a Dural nursery. ...

 

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