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Jackson, and was one of the earliest inland settlements (1788), the seat of many of the public establishments connected with the working of the convict See also:

SYSTEM

system. Many of these still remain in another See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form (the See also:

DISTRICT

district See also:

HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital, the lunatic See also:

asylum, the See also:

GAOL, or JAIL

gaol, two asylums for the infirm and destitute, the See also:

PROTESTANT

Protestant and See also:

CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

ORPHAN

orphan See also:

SCHOOLS

schools), involving a See also:

government See also:

EXPENDITURE

expenditure which partly sustains the business of the town. Parramatta was one of the earliest seats of the See also:

TWEED

tweed manufacture, but its See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

INDUSTRIAL

industrial dependence has been on the See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit See also:

trade. With the exception of Prospect and See also:

PENNANT, THOMAS (1726-1798)

Pennant Hills, where there is an outburst of See also:

TRAP (0. Eng. treppe or traepee, properly a step, as that or which an animal places its foot and is caught, cf. Ger. Treppe flight of stairs)

trap See also:

rock, the See also:

SURFACE

surface See also:

SOIL

soil is the disintegration of the Wainamatta shale, which is well suited for orangeries and orchards. The first See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain grown in the See also:

COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony was harvested at Parramatta, then called Rosehill. The earlier See also:

GOVERNORS

governors had their See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country See also:

RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence near the town, but the domain is now a public See also:

park in the hands of the See also:

MUNICIPALITY

municipality. An See also:

early See also:

OBSERVATORY

observatory, where in 1822 were made the observations for the Parramatta See also:

CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

Catalogue, numbering 7385 stars, has See also:

long been abandoned. Parramatta was incorporated in 186r. It has one of the finest See also:

RACE

race-courses in Australia, and in the See also:

King's School, founded in 183e, the See also:

OLDEST

oldest See also:

GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar school in the colony.

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