← Places that changed the most
Parramatta city centre, then and now
Cottages and corner shops in 1947, office towers and a shopping centre by 2005.
1947
In 1947 Parramatta is a country-sized town: single-storey shops along Church Street, cottages on big blocks behind them, and the railway curving through the middle. The river runs along the top.
2005
By 2005 office towers fill the blocks north of the railway, and one shopping centre covers several whole blocks south of the station. Hardly a cottage is left in the frame.