Flying Fox Colony

Flying Fox Colony is a locality in Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales. Flying Fox Colony is situated nearby to the locality The Picnic Ground, as well as near Mill Race Flat.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Parramatta Female Factory and Western Sydney Stadium.

Parramatta Female Factory

Museum

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The Parramatta Female Factory is a National Heritage Listed place and has three original sandstone buildings and the sandstone gaol walls. The Parramatta Female Factory was designed by convict architect Francis Greenway in 1818 and the only female building authorized by Governor Lachlan Macquarie.

Western Sydney Stadium

Stadium

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Western Sydney Stadium is a stadium in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta. It is primarily used for rugby league and soccer as the home ground of the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League, as well as Western Sydney Wanderers FC in the A-League Men competition.

Old Government House

Historic building

Photo: Yewenyi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Old Government House is a heritage-listed former "country" residence used by ten early Governors of the then-Colony of New South Wales, between 1800 and 1847, and which is located in Parramatta Park in Parramatta, in the suburbs of Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rydalmere and Dundas.

Rydalmere

Suburb

Rydalmere is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Rydalmere is approximately 21 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Parramatta. Rydalmere is situated 4 km east of Flying Fox Colony.

Dundas

Suburb

Dundas is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Dundas is located 21 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Parramatta, and the electoral division of Bennelong. Dundas is situated 4 km east of Flying Fox Colony.

Baulkham Hills

Suburb

Photo: Crico, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Baulkham Hills is a suburb in the Hills District of Greater Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located within 30 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district mostly within the local government area of The Hills Shire, of which Baulkham Hills was formerly the administrative seat and namesake of The Hills Shire. Baulkham Hills is situated 5 km north of Flying Fox Colony.

Flying Fox Colony

Type: Locality
Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
Location: Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-33.80366° or 33° 48′ 13″ south

Longitude

150.99954° or 150° 59′ 58″ east

Open location code

4RRG5XWX+GR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6897174185

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

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