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Western Sydney’s hidden history in a city you thought you knew

Western Sydney’s hidden history in a city you thought you knew

By Explore
Updated March 4 2021 - 4:22pm, first published March 3 2021 - 5:51pm

If it wasn’t for Parramatta, the rest of Sydney might not exist. After the First Fleet landed in 1788, the new arrivals struggled to grow crops around Sydney Cove. When Governor Arthur Phillip discovered the perfect agricultural land at Parramatta a few months later, he ensured the survival of the fledgling British colony.

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