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Ryde House was built at Ryde from 1841 to 1844 by James Devlin. Its design is attributed to William Weaver. The house is completed in the Colonial Georgian architectural style. The land on which the house was built was originally part of a 1794 land grant to John Small and…

An exploration party lead by Governor Arthur Phillip first visited Boongarrunbee while searching for farming land. Boongarrunbee was part of a major area which Phillip had named the Cumberland Plains, after the Duke of Cumberland. In February, Governor Phillip granted land to 11 convicts whose terms had expired. They established…

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On arrival at Botany Bay, Captain Arthur Phillip had claimed all of the land for the British Crown. As the first Governor of New South Wales, he was able to grant parcels of land to free settlers, soldiers and former convicts. These land grants were usually small, and required the…

Elizabeth Farm was established at Rose Hill in 1793 on the land of the Burramattagal clan of the Dharug people. It was located on a slight hill overlooking the upper reaches of Parramatta River, Elizabeth and John Macarthur arrived in New South Wales in 1790 with the Second Fleet. In…

On 3 January 1792, the first land in the Field of Mars area was granted to eight marines, along the northern bank of the river between Sydney and Parramatta. The area was named by Governor Phillip to reflect the military association with these new settlers. These grants were soon followed…

British settlement at Rose Hill began in 1788, not long after the arrival of The First Fleet. Between 1789 and 1791 an overland track was made to provide an official land route between the two settlements. On 4 June 1791 Governor Phillip changed the name of Rose Hill to Parramatta…

On 4 June 1791 Governor Phillip changed the name of the township of Rose Hill to Parramatta. Parramatta is a European translation of the Burramattagal name of Burramatta, which means Eel (“Burra”) Place (“matta”). Farming in the area was successful and the produce helped to support the colonists in its…