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St John's Cathedral is located near Parramatta railway station and is the oldest church site in Australia in continuous use. In October 1788, soon after the first load of convicts arrived at Sydney Cove, Governor Arthur Phillip took a trip up to find the head of the Sydney Harbour (Port Jackson).
Parramatta railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Western line, serving Parramatta in New South Wales, Australia. It is served by Sydney Trains ' T1 Western Line , T2 Leppington & Inner West and T5 Cumberland Line services and NSW TrainLink Blue Mountains Line , Central West Express and Outback Xplorer services.
Parramatta Aboriginal Mission (1820–28) Church of England [6] [16] St Clair Aboriginal Mission, also known as Singleton Aboriginal Mission, it was renamed Mount Olive Reserve (1893–1923) Aborigines' Inland Mission [27] Sydney Aboriginal Mission [6] [16] Warangesda Aboriginal Mission (1879–1920) Church of England / Australian Board of ...
A cast bronze bell was installed in the tower in 1904. As the needs of the parish grew, a new church was built on the site in 1936 incorporating the existing tower and spire. When the Diocese of Parramatta was established in 1986, St Patrick's Church was designated as St Patrick's Cathedral. [4] [5] [6]
Parramatta metro station is an under construction railway station on the Sydney Metro West that will serve the Parramatta central business district. It is to be built within the block bounded by George, Macquarie, Church and Smith streets, to the north of the existing Parramatta railway station. An entrance is proposed to be built on Horwood ...
In 1855, the Granville area was known as Parramatta Junction, named after the final stop of the first railway line of New South Wales. The Sydney-Parramatta Line ran from Sydney terminus, just south from today's Central railway station to the Granville area which was originally known as 'Parramatta Junction'.
Granville station opened on 2 July 1860 as Parramatta Junction, and is close to the original terminus of the first railway line in New South Wales which was completed in 1855. On 1 September 1880 it was relocated to its present location and renamed Granville .
It is heritage listed by the City of Parramatta [1] [2] [3] for its importance to the area's local history and culture. [4] When the property was purchased, only Toongabbie and Parramatta train station stops existed. [5] The house stood out on a train trip from Toongabbie to Parramatta.