Parramatta Park, Queensland

Parramatta Park is a suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia.[2]

Parramatta Park
Cairns, Queensland
Grove Street, Parramatta Park
Parramatta Park
Coordinates16.9244°S 145.7625°E / -16.9244; 145.7625
Population3,508 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density2,060/km2 (5,340/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4870
Area1.7 km2 (0.7 sq mi)
LGA(s)Cairns Region
State electorate(s)Cairns
Federal Division(s)Leichhardt
Suburbs around Parramatta Park:
Manunda Cairns North Cairns City
Westcourt Parramatta Park Cairns City
Westcourt Bungalow Portsmith

Geography

Parramatta Park is the suburb immediately west of Cairns City (the Cairns central business district). The northern part of the suburb is residential. The southern part of the suburb has a number of schools, the Cairns Showgrounds, Barlow Park (a multi-sports facility and stadium) and an industrial precinct.[3]

History

Parramatta Park is situated in the Yidinji traditional Aboriginal country.[4]

The origin of the suburb name is from the suburb of Parramatta in the Sydney metropolitan area of New South Wales with a possible derivation from a hotel situated locally during the late nineteenth century.[5]

On 26 July 1884 auctioneer John McNamara offered the Walkerville Estate as the first suburb of Cairns, consisting of 400 lots, predominantly of 1 rood (11,000 sq ft; 1,000 m2). The estate was promoted as being close to the terminus of the Herberton railway line and as a "paradise of health". To attract buyers from Townsville, there was the inducement of a free return trip to Cairns for buyers of 10 lots.[6][7][8][9]

Real estate map of Walkerville (now Parramatta Park), the first suburb of Cairns, 1884

Parramatta State School was opened on 24 January 1927.[10]

St Joseph's Primary School opened on 1 July 1927 by the Sisters of Mercy. Mercy Sisters were part of the teaching staff of the school until 2015.[10][11]

On Sunday 15 April 1928 Bishop John Heavey officially opened the new Catholic church and school building.[12][13]

St Augustine's College opened on 9 February 1930 by the Marist Brothers.[10][14]

On 17 June 1932 the Cairns City Council asked unemployed vagrants living in Parramatta Park, to leave the grounds for the duration of the Cairns show. They refused to go and by July 1932 the town's people were getting frantic and angry because they could not set up for the show. On 17 July 1932 police were called in to forcibly remove the men from the park, many towns people also took part in the hostilities and a riot broke out. A number of people were injured and the majority of the vagrants were “run out of town”.[15]

The Parramatta Park parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns was established in 1946.[16]

Heritage listings

Education

Parramatta State School is a government co-educational primary (P-6) school at 22 Mulgrave Road. In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 379 students with 46 teachers (39 full-time equivalent) and 40 non-teaching staff (24 full-time equivalent).[18]

St Joseph's Primary School is a Roman Catholic co-educational primary school at 13 Loeven Street.[19]

St Augustine's College is a Roman Catholic boys school at 251 Draper Street. Enrolments are capped at 780 students; boarding facilities are available.[14]

Amenities

St Joseph's Catholic Church is on the corner of Draper and Loeven Streets (16.9259°S 145.7676°E / -16.9259; 145.7676 (St Joseph's Catholic Church)). Services are also held in the chapel of St Augustine's College and at Trinity Chapel in Mercy Place aged care facility (formerly Bethlehem Home) in Gatton Street, Westcourt. These are within the Parramatta Park Parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns.[16]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Parramatta Park (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  2. "Parramatta Park – suburb in Cairns Region (entry 48831)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  3. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  4. "Indigenous culture and history". Cairns Regional Council. Archived from the original on 9 April 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  5. "Cairns Heritage: P Suburbs" (PDF). Cairns Regional Council.
  6. "Walkerville the first suburb of Cairns". State Library of Queensland (Real estate map). 1884. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  7. "Local Items". Cairns Post. Queensland, Australia. 3 July 1884. p. 2. Retrieved 26 May 2020 – via Trove.
  8. "QUEENSLAND NEWS". The Queenslander. Queensland, Australia. 26 July 1884. p. 129. Retrieved 26 May 2020 – via Trove.
  9. "Advertising". Cairns Post. Queensland, Australia. 24 July 1884. p. 3. Retrieved 26 May 2020 – via Trove.
  10. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  11. "Our History and Mercy Connections". St Joseph's Primary School. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  12. "NEW CHURCH OPENED". The Telegraph (17, 275). Queensland, Australia. 16 April 1928. p. 20. Retrieved 20 November 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. "Parramatta Ceremony". The Catholic Advocate. XVII (881). Queensland, Australia. 19 April 1928. p. 37. Retrieved 20 November 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. "Welcome from the principal". St Augustine's College. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  15. Jones, Lisa (1 December 2020). "From the Vault – Parramatta Park Riot, Cairns 1932". Queensland Police Museum. Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  16. "Parramatta Park Parish". Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  17. "Grove Street Pensioners' Cottages (entry 602832)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  18. "Annual Report 2016" (PDF). Parramatta State School. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  19. "St Joseph's School, Cairns". Retrieved 24 September 2017.

Attribution

This article contains material from From the vault – Parramatta Park Riot, Cairns 1932, State of Queensland (Queensland Police Service) 2020, released under CC-BY-2.5 licence (archived 1 December 2020).

Further reading
  • "Parramatta Park". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.


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