25 Facts About Parramatta

Parramatta is a suburb and major commercial centre in Greater Western Sydney, located in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

Parramatta is the administrative seat of the local government area of the City of Parramatta and is often regarded as the main business district of Greater Western Sydney.

Parramatta has a long history as a second administrative centre in the Sydney metropolitan region, playing host to a number of state government departments as well as state and federal courts.

Parramatta, founded as a British settlement in 1788, the same year as Sydney, is the oldest inland European settlement in Australia and is the economic centre of Greater Western Sydney.

The Parramatta area was the site of the pioneering of the Australian wool industry by John Macarthur's Elizabeth Farm in the 1790s.

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In 1803, another famous incident occurred in Parramatta, involving a convicted criminal named Joseph Samuel, originally from England.

Parramatta has a humid subtropical climate with mild to cool, somewhat short winters and warm to usually hot summers, alongside moderate rainfall spread throughout the year.

Parramatta is warmer than Sydney CBD in the summer due to the urban heat island effect and its inland location.

Since 2000, Parramatta has seen the consolidation of its role as a government centre, with the relocation of agencies such as the New South Wales Police Force Headquarters and the Sydney Water Corporation from Sydney CBD.

The western part of the Parramatta CBD is known as the Parramatta Justice Precinct and houses the corporate headquarters of the New South Wales Department of Attorney General and Justice.

The NSW Government has announced plans to secure up to 45,000m2 of new A-grade leased office space in Parramatta to relocate a further 4,000 workers from the Sydney CBD.

Parramatta Square is a proposed civic precinct located in the heart of the city, adjacent to Parramatta Town Hall.

Parramatta is a major business and commercial centre, and home to Westfield Parramatta, the tenth largest shopping centre in Australia.

Parramatta is the major transport hub for Western Sydney, servicing trains and buses, as well as having a ferry wharf and future light rail and metro services.

Parramatta is home to the Parramatta and Districts Synagogue, which services the Jewish community of western Sydney.

Parramatta's Mosque is in an apartment building on Marsden Street, Parrmatta.

Parramatta Park is a large park adjacent to Western Sydney Stadium that is a popular venue for walking, jogging and bike riding.

Parramatta railway station is a major transport interchange on the Sydney rail network.

Parramatta is serviced by a major bus interchange located on the south eastern side of the railway station.

Parramatta Road has always been an important thoroughfare for Sydney from its earliest days.

James Ruse Drive serves as a partial ring-road circling around the eastern part of Parramatta to join with the Cumberland Highway to the north west of the city.

Parramatta Advertiser is the local newspaper serving Parramatta and surrounding suburbs.

On 16 March 2020, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation opened a new Western Sydney newsroom in Horwood Place at Parramatta incorporating space for 12 staff and news production equipment with the capacity to broadcast live radio programs.

Parramatta Park contains Old Government House and thus Parramatta was once the capital of the colony of New South Wales until Governors returned to residing in Sydney in 1846.

Parramatta Stadium was home to the now dissolved Sydney Wave of the former Australian Baseball League and Parramatta Power of the former National Soccer League.

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