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The site of the Crescent, Parramatta Park March...

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The site of the Crescent, Parramatta Park March 2014

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Michaela Ann Cameron

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Michaela Ann Cameron

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Cameron, Michaela Ann

Michaela Ann Cameron is a PhD candidate in the Department of History at the University of Sydney specialising in the sensory history of colonial America, specifically Indigenous auditory cultures. Additional research interests include Australia's convict history. Michaela also promotes Sydney's historical sites, museums and history-related events on her @sydneyhistory Instagram and Twitter accounts.

The Crescent

Governor Phillip established Australia's first inland settlement, Parramatta, on a site called 'The Crescent' an area of flat alluvial ground contained by a bend in the river in the Burramattagal's traditional hunting grounds. The first Government House in Parramatta stood within The Crescent, and later the Governor's Dairy. The area was redeveloped in 2014 to host public events.

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Parramatta River

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Major tributary of Sydney Harbour, which flows east from Blacktown Creek to meet Port Jackson between Greenwich and Birchgrove. The river is tidal to Charles Street Weir at Parramatta, 30 kilometres from Sydney Heads.

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.

The Crescent

Alluvial flat within Parramatta Park which was once a billabong formed by the Parramatta River.

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