Parramatta

painting of small houses on a hill in parramatta around 1800

A review of studies of Parramatta demonstrates an extensive deep-time archive of Indigenous activity extending over 14,000 years.

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A new website is giving users access to a virtual Parramatta, making planning proposals more transparent for both the public and private sectors.

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UNSW's School of Mining Engineering is hosting free information seminars for high-school students where they can find out about 15 new scholarships worth more than $700,000.

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Building a large dedicated museum of Applied Arts and Sciences at Parramatta, in one of Sydney’s central hubs, makes good sense both as policy and as politics, writes Joanna Mendelssohn.

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With youth unemployment hitting its highest rate in a decade, UNSW and the Citi Foundation have joined forces to identify better pathways to employment and education for disadvantaged young people.