Australia's oldest colonial cemetery - Parramatta's neglected heritage

St John's Cemetery in Parramatta is the oldest colonial cemetery in Australia. It is the resting place for many First Fleeters and significant figures in the early penal colony. Like Parramatta's other heritage sites, it is little known and little visited,

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Back in 2020, Parramatta heritage received lots of attention with talk of museum projects and heritage demolitions. Meanwhile, Australia's oldest European cemetery, the burial ground of major figures in the early New South Wales penal colony, was left neglected, right by Parramatta's booming CBD. Parramatta is Australia's heritage poor relation. It has some of Australia's most important historical sites. Most of which are unknown even to Sydney residents.

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