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Experiment Farm Cottage, Parramatta 2009

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Experiment Farm Cottage, Parramatta 2009

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With the arrival of Europeans, the traditional economy of Aboriginal clans was disrupted, and gave way to the convict economy of the Commissariat and government stores. But this closed economy was soon opened by free settlement, whaling and sealing, shipping and farming success, making Sydney the port for a vast hinterland. Depressions and booms alternated, bringing poverty and prosperity to the city. Sydney's growth and diversity mean that regional economies now exist within the Sydney region.

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Experiment Farm Cottage

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Georgian Colonial house set in a small domestic garden of mature trees.

Experiment Farm

Farm established as an experiment to determine if small landholdings could become self-sufficient in the new colony. It is situated on the first land grant in 1789 to James Ruse.

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Parramatta

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Western suburb built on the land of the Burramattagal people. Sydney's second European settlement, it began as a government farm in 1788 and has many heritage listed sites. It is now the commercial hub of Greater Western Sydney.