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unusual facts about Old Government House, Parramatta


Claire Roche

Roche has performed as an opening artist for The Chieftains and The Fureys and has performed at venues including The Florida Folk Festival in White Springs, Florida, and at Stephen Foster Memorial Park, on the banks of the Suwannee River in the Southern United States and at Old Government House, Parramatta in Australia.


2004 NRL season

Jamie Lyon walked out on the Parramatta club after the first round citing burnout and dissatisfaction with living in Sydney, and would later move to the UK for a successful European Super League career.

Andrew Ziolkowski

After university, Ziolkowski, who had been involved in Young Labor at university, found work as an Industrial Research Officer for the then-Member for Parramatta, John Books.

Anthony Fisher

Fisher was named third Bishop of Parramatta by Pope Benedict XVI on 8 January 2010 and was installed on 4 March 2010 in St Patrick's Cathedral, Parramatta.

Aytek Genc

At age 22 Genc joined Parramatta Eagles then coached by Raul Blanco and played his first full season in the Australian NSL.

Benjamin Carvosso

It was not long before he proceeded to New South Wales, where, in the towns of Windsor, Sydney, and Parramatta, he passed the next five years of his ministration.

Birkenhead ferry wharf

There are up to twenty Sydney Buses services which run from the city to various locations in inner western Sydney, including Ryde, Parramatta and Macquarie University that use the stop.

Bondi Junction, New South Wales

Bondi Junction is Sydney's fifth largest business district behind the CBD itself, North Sydney, Parramatta and Chatswood.

Brian Battese

Although Battese started the 1984 season in reserve-grade, in April he replaced the injured Phil Gould and retained the position for the remainder of the year and played in the premiership winning team against Parramatta.

Charles Prescott

On arrival in Australia, Prescott was appointed to Parramatta Wesleyan Circuit and as a part-time tutor at the provisional theological institute.

Chinese Australian

After his arrival he spent some time farming before, in 1829 he became prominent as, the publican of The Lion in Parramatta.

City West Link

The City West Link then became part of Metroad 4 (now A4), relieving a congested section of Parramatta Road.

Cumberland Highway

The original western Sydney Bypass was Ring Road 5, which ran from the Pacific Highway and the Hume Highway with Parramatta in between.

Ermington, New South Wales

The Police Magistrate to Parramatta, Major Edmund Lockyer, purchased the land in 1827 and built the stone mansion Ermington - named after the parish in Devon, England, where his second wife, Sarah Morris, was born.

Gladesville, New South Wales

A number of bus services run along Victoria Road, between the Sydney CBD and Ryde, with some services continuing as far as Parramatta.

Jason Baitieri

The son of former player and coach Tas Baitieri, Jason was born in Paris, but played junior rugby league in Toulouse before returning to Castle Hill, New South Wales when he was 8 to play for the Hills District Bulls, a team in the Parramatta District Junior Rugby League competition, based in Baulkham Hills.

Jim McNeil

While imprisoned at Parramatta and later, the Bathurst Correctional Complex, McNeil also wrote The Old Familiar Juice, How Does Your Garden Grow and Jack, his last play.

Kenneth J. Warren

Kenneth John Warren (born 25 September 1929, Parramatta, New South Wales - died 27 August 1973, Effingham, Surrey, England) was an Australian actor.

Knights of the Underground Table

Throughout the album, the group make various references to Sydney landmarks (such as the Sydney Opera House) and areas such as Penrith, Parramatta, Mount Druitt and St. Marys of Western Sydney.

Max Smith

He was educated at Parramatta High School and then the University of Sydney, and was selected as the youngest member sent to the Duke of Edinburgh's 1956 study conference at Oxford.

Nazxul

Greg Morelli was killed in a motorcycle accident in the early morning hours of 20 November 2008 after hitting a greasy patch of the road during a severe storm on Parramatta Road in North Strathfield.

Neil Matterson

Acting on the advice of Michael Rush, Matterson came to Sydney, and in April beat Nichols, of Shoalhaven, for £20 a side, in light skiffs, over the Parramatta championship course.

North Ryde, New South Wales

Ryde is the third oldest settlement in Australia, after Sydney and Parramatta.

Old Government House, Auckland

Apparently the Auckland house supplied to the first Governor of New Zealand was similar to the one sent to Saint Helena to house Napoleon (although he refused to move into it).

Old Government House, Queensland

About 1900, a billiard room was added at the request of Lord Lamington.

Parkroyal

The hotels include PARKROYAL on Beach Road, Singapore, PARKROYAL on Kitchener Road, PARKROYAL Darling Harbour Sydney, PARKROYAL Parramatta Sydney, PARKROYAL Melbourne Airport Tullamarine, PARKROYAL Kuala Lumpur, PARKROYAL Penang, PARKROYAL Yangon and PARKROYAL Saigon.

Parramatta Girls Home

Parramatta Girls Home was established in the former premises occupied by the Roman Catholic Orphan School and was the third in a succession of child-welfare institutions for girls.

This arrangement changed in July 1961, when the Hay Institution for Girls was established as a maximum security annex of Parramatta Girls Home.

Percy Fewtrell

After further incumbencies in Yallourn and Parramatta he was the Head Master at Ballarat Church of England Grammar School for Boys until his appointment as Dean.

Peter Sterling

The loss narrow 6-4 loss to the Bulldogs ended the now John Monie coached Parramatta's bid for a 4th successive premiership.

By missing both Origin and Test selection in 1985, Sterling missed the opportunity to link with the coach who gave him his first grade debut at Parramatta Terry Fearnley, who coached both representative teams.

Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia

This led to Rev William McIntyre (Maitland), Rev John Tait (Parramatta), Rev Colin Stewart (Bowenfels) and Samuel Martin (Hunter elder) protesting and constituting a new Synod on the original basis.

Rhodes, New South Wales

There is a health-based ban in Sydney Harbour (including the Parramatta River and Homebush and Brays Bays near Rhodes) on the taking of all intertidal organisms such as oysters and pipis.

Rogans Hill railway line

A steam tramway opened between Parramatta and Baulkham Hills in 1902, and was extended to Castle Hill in 1910, carrying passengers and produce to and from the area.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Parramatta

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Parramatta is a suffragan Latin Rite diocese of the Archdiocese of Sydney, established in 1986, covering the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

St Patrick's Cathedral, Parramatta is the seat of the Catholic Bishop of Parramatta, currently Anthony Fisher OP.

Rose Hill, New South Wales

The name Rosehill was given to Rosehill Racecourse, and subsequently the associated station and the neighbouring suburb of Rosehill, an area to the east of Parramatta.

Silverwater, New South Wales

Silverwater is serviced by several bus services including routes to Parramatta, Strathfield, Auburn, Ryde and of course Sydney Olympic Park.

Vince Fawcett

Vince Fawcett's form alerted Parramatta Eels where he enjoyed a successful short stint in 1995 where he is best remembered for a match-winning performance against big rivals Sydney Bulldogs, as his two tries helped the Parramatta Eels register a shock win.

Westmead Hospital

As works were nearly completion in July 2007, NSW Minister for Health, Reba Meagher together with NSW Member for Parramatta Tanya Gadiel inspected the new Women's Health and Newborn Care Centre that provides a new birthing unit, special care nursery and neonatal intensive care unit, 41-bed maternity ward, antenatal and gynaecology inpatient wards and ambulatory care clinics in the one location.

William Henry Walsh

On 20 February 1857 at Parramatta, New South Wales, he married the Danish-born (yet Scottish and English descended) Elizabeth Brown (1828–1913), daughter of the Copenhagen-born merchant, John Brown (proprietor of Coulston House, Patterson River, formerly the proprietor of Kokkedal estate in Denmark).

William MacGregor

MacGregor assisted in the inauguration of the University of Queensland, he agreed to the handing over of his residence Old Government House to be its first home, and one of his first acts as governor was to attend the dedication ceremony on 10 December 1909.

Yalda Hakim

She attended Macarthur Girls High School in Parramatta, Sydney, where she played violin and became a sports captain and prefect.


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