Parramatta, NSW, Australia
Leigh Memorial Church (named for Rev Samuel Leigh - the first Methodist Missionary to NSW, 1815), Macquarie Street. The third church on the site (it replaced the 1821 'Walter Lawry Chapel' and the 1839 'Macquarie Hall'), designed by James Tosh, constructed 1885.
Originally built with a spire, this was removed (it was deemed unsafe) in 1921.Parramatta, NSW, Australia
St John's Cathedral, built 1855. The towers date to 1820, and there has been a church on this site since 1803.
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Parramatta, NSW, Australia
St John's Cathedral, built 1855. The towers date to 1820, and there has been a church on this site since 1803. The arch in the foreground is a memorial to those who served in WWI. Known as 'The Royal Gates', it was requested and partly funded by the congregation of St John's. Completed 1918.
Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia
The names of everyone known to have been buried in the All Saints Cemetery (including many hundreds whose graves are not marked - mostly from the Parramatta Lunatic Asylum, Parramatta Gaol, the Female Orphan School, Parramatta Orphan School and other benevolent institutions in the area).
Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Grave of Gregory Blaxland, who led the first party [1813] to successfully find a way across Sydney's Blue Mountains.
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Parramatta, NSW, Australia
St Patrick's Cemetery, junction of Church Street and Pennant Hills Road. The oldest Catholic cemetery in Australia, with the earliest memorials dating from 1822 (although the land was not granted until 1836).
In use right up until 1972, it is now in the hands of Parramatta City Council.