ENGINEERING and science education will benefit from an $8M donation to the Powerhouse Museum in Parramatta by the Sir William Tyree Foundation supporting generations of students...
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FIVE-time Olympics swimming gold medallist Emma McKeon will join the City of Parramatta to celebrate the official opening of Parramatta Aquatic Centre (PAC) on Monday, September...
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CITY of Parramatta’s flagship event Parramatta Lanes returns bigger and better than ever this October with 15 locations hosting more than 120 musicians, 45 food and drink stalls...
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AS sunny and warm spring days are upon us North Rocks locals have returned to the local school fete cancelled five years ago due to COVID. After a long hiatus, the North Rocks P...
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FROM authentic spices and the best butter chicken, chaat and jalebi through to beautiful sarees and exciting Bollywood-style street performances, Harris Park has it all. A group...
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A NEW free Adult Mental Health Centre has opened its doors in downtown Parramatta, bringing vital help for those in need, It is one of just 26 national AMHCs and the Western Syd...
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WORK on Parramatta’s new $88.6M state-of the-art aquatic centre is going swimmingly with the centre’s four pools now filled with more than 2.5 million litres of water. Located w...
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THE City of Parramatta will invest $615M in projects and services during the next 12 months as it builds on its vision for the growing global city. Lord Mayor Cr Sameer Pandey s...
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SEVEN new Australian-made ferries will take to Parramatta River after the NSW Government awarded the construction tender to Richardson Devine Marine Shipbuilders in Hobart. The ...
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CLUBS and pubs across Parramatta will feel the pinch as the NSW Government reduces the number of poker machines able to be operated in the state by more than 3,000. The NSW Gove...
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COMMUNITY Broadcast Network (CBN) and BREED Australia have teamed up to design and deliver a suite of successful business education and mentoring programs aimed at aspiring and ...
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THE City of Parramatta is leading the way towards a low carbon future, earning carbon neutral certification, and becoming the first Council in Australia to achieve a carbon neut...
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By DI BARTOK WITHIN a week of becoming Parramatta’s first Lord Mayor of Indian origin, Sameer Pandey was shaking hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he visited t...
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PARRAMATTA is joining London, Dublin, Stockholm and 90 other international locations in being recognised as a safe and enjoyable precinct to enjoy a night out with friends and f...
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IF you should hear the mighty roar and rattle of a massive military vehicle in the heart of Parramatta, don’t be alarmed, it is just one of the beautifully restored tanks and ot...
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PARRAMATTA is set to make sporting history this month by hosting Sydney’s first public AFL and AFLW double-header, with the GIANTS becoming the first club to stage elite men’s and women’s matches on the same day at the same venue.
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WESTERN Sydney has emerged as a national powerhouse of Australia’s night-time economy, with Parramatta, South West Sydney and Blacktown all securing places among the country’s top-performing after-dark precincts.
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THE proposed North Rocks Village development at the former 12.67 hectare site of the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children continues to face community opposition despite revisions to its Master Plan. The quiet, leafy suburb was ide...
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AMARIAH Tamaro from Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta and Stella White from St Patrick’s Marist College Dundas in Parramatta is one of 18 students across the state to be awarded a NSW Government scholarship to travel to Greece on an...
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A NEW commercial workplace is designed to uplift Parramatta’s heritage and being billed as an iconic urban landmark. The $125M boutique development which opened in May, is in Parramatta’s vibrant civic heart and directly overlooks Ce...
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CONSTRUCTION of the new $540M Westmead Centre for Mental Health has reached its highest point, marking a major milestone for what will become NSW’s largest mental health facility.
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