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St John's Cathedral is a heritage-listed, Anglican cathedral in Parramatta, City of Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.St John's was given the status of provisional cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney in 1969, and designated a Regional Cathedral in 2011 for the Western Region. [1]
St. John's Anglican Cathedral - Parramatta, New South Wales. The first church was erected on this site in 1803. It is the oldest continual place of worship in Australia. Until 1809 it was the only church in the colony.
Following European settlement in Parramatta, the site of present-day St John's Cemetery was used as an old stock paddock. A general burial ground was established on the site in 1790, the first interment, that of convicts' child James Magee, taking place on 31 January 1790.
It features an 1888 Centennial Memorial Fountain and adjoins the 1883 Parramatta Town Hall and St John's Cathedral. [38] A hospital known as The Colonial Hospital was established in Parramatta in 1818. [39] This then became Parramatta District Hospital. Jeffery House was built in the 1940s.
Centenary Square, formerly known as Bicentennial Square, is a civic square located in the heart of Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. It faces the 1883 Parramatta Town Hall and St John's Cathedral. The square was listed on the Parramatta City Council local government heritage list on 20 August 1999. [1]
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St John's was the first church to be established along Parramatta Road between the colonial towns of Sydney and Parramatta (then known as Rose Hill), [4] during a time of rapid church building when many of the oldest churches in Sydney were erected. [7]
St John Parish is one of the 57 parishes of Cumberland County, New South Wales, a cadastral unit for use on land titles. It is named after St John's Cathedral [ 1 ] in Parramatta , New South Wales which opened in 1803, on which the civil parish is roughly centred.