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Explore the rapidly-changing Parramatta region, including unique historical scenes, diverse cultures and imagined futures. Learn more



A changing skyline. Richard Briggs & ESEM. Learn more

Parramatta: A gathering place

“Mum says, when people ask you where you’re from you should say here, because here is where you’re at.”
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“This place is where the river meets the saltwater. It’s a place where the adult eels following their age-old cycle, lying down in wait for the full moon, fat and ready for their epic journey up to the Coral Sea to spawn.
The traditional clans of this area are the Burramattagal, as in ‘burra’ the eel (Parramatta area) and the Wallumattagal (Ryde area) as in ‘wallumai’ the snapper fish of the Dharug language group.”
Leanne Tobin,
Artist and playwright.
'The Fence: Burra Mutta - Parramatta'
by Leanne Tobin and Bonney Djuric

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Parramatta Mukbang. ABC, 2020.

The Cedars of Lebanon Hall, 1963. ABC.

About Town. Scenes of Western Sydney, 1970s (ABC TV Archives). Learn more


Parramatta's changing skyline.
Richard Briggs & ESEM. Learn more

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Building Stories, WSU, 2020.

Farming in Epping. ABC TV Archives.

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Parramatta's changing skyline.
Richard Briggs & ESEM. Learn more

Parramatta's changing skyline.
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