WOOLWORTHS has started work on its new $3M shopping centre development in booming North Parramatta. The neighborhood shopping centre promises to bring significant employment opportunities to the local community with 200 jobs during construction and approximately 100 ongoing jobs when the centre opens in 2024. Located at 1-9 North Rocks Rd, North Rocks, the new […]
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By DI BARTOK A NEW Lord Mayor of Parramatta will be elected by councillors on May 22 following the resignation of Donna Davis in the role. Deputy Lord Mayor Sameer Pandey is tipped to take the role, making him the first person from the Indian sub-continent to be lord mayor. But veteran Labor councillor Pierre
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A SPECIALLY commissioned art collection has been created for Walker Corporation’s 6 & 8 Parramatta Square lobbies, reflecting on the Indigenous and European history of Parramatta as part of the city’s evolution as a modern and diverse urban centre. The collection starts with an intricate heritage display embedded into the architecture of the 6 Parramatta
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THE State Govt will spend almost $54m to secure the future of the Parramatta Female Factory and to develop an arts and cultural precinct in the area. The Govt announced the $53.8m commitment to secure, restore and preserve the culture, heritage and future use of the Female Factory precinct site. The Female Factory was built
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OUR CITY | DI BARTOK NINE lord mayors, past and present, braved the cold of windswept Parramatta Square to commemorate the 160th anniversary of the proclamation of Parramatta as a municipality, alongside NSW Governor Margaret Beazley on Saturday November 27. Sitting proudly among the invited throng was Alan Hyam, 88, who served as Parramatta’s first
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A RARE splash of color lit up Parramatta when artists came to town to protest against the NSW Government’s plan to demolish heritage properties to make way for the new Powerhouse Museum. The Western Sydney artists “love-bombed” St George’s Terrace through their “guerilla gallery” of paintings, drawings and colorful yarns down at St George’s Terrace,
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