After the failure of the crops being grown at Sydney Cove by our First Fleeters, a second settlement was established up the Parramatta River. Hear about how this new settlement grew to become the large and vibrant city of Parramatta.
Discover why Parramatta is known as the "cradle city" of Australia due to its significant role in the early European settlement and its contribution to feeding the colony. Learn how from it's difficult military and convict beginnings Parramatta grew to become a large, vibrant city at the heart of Greater western Sydney.
