Bicentennial Square

Bicentennial Square

About the Square

Bicentennial Square also known as Centenary Square is located in the heart of Parramatta. It faces the 1883 Town Hall and St John's Cathedral.To celebrate the town's centenary, the 1888 Bourough Council erected this sandstone folly of a clock and drinking fountain. Set in the garden, this area was known as the Centenary Square and since 1988 as Bicentennial Square. Diagonally opposite Murray Bros. Ltd. erected the town's first Department Store in 1926 on the site where Rev. Samuel Marsden once lived. There are also many other features/things in the square which reflects the square's history. These include plauqes, sculptures and buildings.

Features & History

The Centenary Clock drinking fountain was built in 1888 and has played a big part in Parramatta's history of the square - the Prominent Feature. Also in the square is an old tree with plauqes at the base. Each of which represents some history of the place. Another feature of the square is a sculpture. This particular sculpture has been there since 1986 and is named "PROCESSION" by Richard Goodwin.


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