For the 2000 Summer Olympic Games, a dragonboat club in Sydney ferried a torchbearer & Olympian along a section of the Parramatta River towards the Sydney Olympic Complex.

The 2010 season began traditionally poorly for the Raiders with a loss to Penrith in the opening round however against early-season expectations that the Raiders would again struggle the club posted early season wins over Brisbane in round two, Parramatta in round five and the New Zealand Warriors in round eight in New Zealand in what was the club's first win in New Zealand since the early 2000s.

In 1995 when the Super League War began to come about, the club changed its playing name to the " Sydney Bulldogs " in an attempt to broaden its fan base and played matches at Parramatta Stadium where spectator facilities were of a higher class.

In a mass exodus of Bulldogs players much like those who had defected to Parramatta a decade earlier, Anasta would later be followed to the Roosters by his former Bulldogs team-mates Nate Myles in 2007, Mark O ' Meley in 2008 and eventually controversial Bulldogs club icon Willie Mason also in 2008.

Prior to the 2006 season kick-off it was announced that the club's longest serving coach, Michael Hagan would depart the club following the 2006 season to begin a three year contract with the Parramatta Eels.

In the 1989 Panasonic Cup the club reached the final which was played against the Brisbane Broncos at Parramatta Stadium.

Their first win was against the Parramatta Eels and the club finished their first season in second to last place.

In 2011 they were the most watched NRL club on pay television, and their Round Four clash with the Parramatta Eels was the fourth most watched sports event in Fox Sport's History.

He was later registered to play two matches for the club against Parramatta Power and Australian Newcastle United, his last appearances as a professional footballer.

His performances at club, state and national level were again awarded as he received his second Player of the Year Dally M Medal, the first time a player had won the award consecutively since Parramatta Eels great Michael Cronin in 1977 & 1978.

Andrew Johns broke one of the longest-standing records in Round 2 of the 2006 season as he amassed 30 points against the Canberra Raiders and in doing so claimed the point scoring record for a player at a single club, surpassing Mick Cronin's 1, 971 points for Parramatta.

The preference was for the club to play out of Parramatta Stadium.

During a dark period in the club's history, in 1999 – 2000 Sydney United lost all their players ( except Velimir Kupresak ) and their coach to a new professional football club called Parramatta Power ; however, the new team only lasted fiveseasons.

The 2006 season was seen as a transitional phase for the club, with the loss of senior players such as Bryan Fletcher, Ashley Harrison and Scott Logan, however with the club getting the wooden spoon for the fourth time in five seasons, he was asked to make way for outgoing Parramatta coach Jason Taylor.

On 21 August 2012 it was reported that Laurie Daley would be the NSW State of Origin coach from 2013, taking over from former Canberra team mate Ricky Stuart who, under NSW policy of their Orign coach not being a current NRL club coach, was ruled out after signing to coach the Parramatta Eels in 2013.

Wentworthville is home to local rugby league team the Wentworthville Magpies ( feeder club for Parramatta Eels ), who play in the Jim Beam Cup and the NSW Cup ( winning the 2008 NSW Cup ), though the nearest NRL team is the nearby Parramatta Eels.

The club eventually chose the colours of the local Parramatta council, which were royal blue and gold, which were represented on their jersey in horizontal stripes.

Alex left Adelaide City in 2000, after sixteen years with the club, to join Parramatta Power.

During 1999 he was spotted by the Parramatta Eels as a player with much potential and he was offered a scholarship by the club, which he accepted, and in the following year he moved to Sydney to join his older brother Steven at Parramatta, where he spent the next three seasons in the lower grades.

Witt arrived at his new club in November 2006 determined to re-establish himself as a regular NRL player after the lean season he'd just had at Manly, and strong performances in the three trial matches at five-eighth saw Witt earn a spot for the opening round game for 2007 against Parramatta, where the Warriors eased to a resounding 34-18 win.

In 2002 Widders ' signed with the Parramatta Eels, he finished with this club at the end of 2006.

The grounds are home to the Pendle Hill Tigers football club who compete in the Granville district Football Association and Pendle Hill Colts Cricket Club, who compete in the Parramatta District Cricket association, competitions at both junior and senior level.

More intensive development subsequently occurred in this area and the name Stanmore slowly moved northwards from Stanmore to Parramatta Roads.

A major development of Carlingford station was proposed, as part of the Parramatta to Chatswood Rail Link project, but in 2003, this was postponed indefinitely by the then-New South Wales Transport Minister Michael Costa citing a lack of projected passenger numbers and economic viability.

A major milestone in the development of the suburb was the establishment of the Tarban Creek Lunatic Asylum in 1838, on the banks of the Parramatta River. It was the first purpose-built mental asylum in New South Wales.

The following year Smith captained the club's President's Cup side to a grand final win over Parramatta but his development during the 1994 NSWRL season was nothing short of remarkable.

Since the Sydney property boom in the early 2000s, Ermington has had a wave of young families settle here in search for affordable houses, while the continued development of Parramatta attracts professional workers.

In 2006 / 07, the site of the former Ermington Naval Storage Depot was cleared and Stockland commenced development of its Riverwalk estate, featuring high-market housing beside the Parramatta River.

Phillip assigned a convict, James Ruse, land at Rose Hill ( now Parramatta ) to establish proper farming, and when Ruse succeeded he received the first land grant in the colony.

Educated at Parramatta High School, Benaud made his first grade debut for Cumberland at age 16, primarily as a batsman.

The line was intended to continue from Epping to Parramatta, incorporating the existing Carlingford line, but this section has been postponed indefinitely, though a stub tunnel has been constructed at the northern end of Epping station.

Paterson, whose health was failing, then retired to Government House at Parramatta and left Foveaux to run the colony.

Years later, in 1987, the Team were booked to appear in concert at the Westfield Shopping Centre, Parramatta.

In the summers of 1909 and 1910, he lived in a house located at what is now the site of the Italian Garden in Lynch Park, the city's principal public park, and in 1911 and 1912 he rented a different house a mile away, " Parramatta ", from Mrs. Robert Peabody.

Barrington died at Parramatta in 1804.

Hume was born at Seven Hills ( his father's property ) near Parramatta, a settlement close to ( and now a suburb of ) Sydney.

* September 30 at Sydney, Australia – 2001 NRL season culminates in the Newcastle Knights ' 30-24 win over the Parramatta Eels in the Grand Final at Stadium Australia before 90, 414.

* June 7 – 1989 Panasonic Cup tournament final: Brisbane Broncos 22 – 20 Illawarra Steelers at Parramatta Stadium

Match races were run there as part of a holiday at Parramatta in April 1810.

Meetings were also run at Parramatta and Camperdown.

At its Sydney end, the Hume Highway begins at Parramatta Road, in Summer Hill.

He established himself at Parramatta.

In September 1822 Cunningham went on an expedition over the Blue Mountains and arrived at Bathurst on 14 October 1822 and returned to Parramatta in January 1823.

Overpowering their guards and marching on towards Parramatta having torched a hut at the prison farm to signal fellow convicts at the Hawkesbury ( which they either ignored or did not see ).

There are many walking trails, and three marked tracks: Platypus loops along creeks from the entrance at Excelsior Ave ; Burraga follows creeks and climbs Bald Hill from Platypus track, and the Murri Yanna begins at Aiken Road or Heidi Place and follows Darling Mills Creek to North Parramatta.

Taylor attended Parramatta High School and later studied at the East Sydney Technical and Fine Arts College.

With a railway line having been completed to Parramatta in 1856, it was decided to locate the new cemetery at a point on the line.

The family lived at Parramatta, where his father became a prosperous landowner.

Governor Phillip, desperate to make the colony self-sufficient, allocated Ruse an allotment at Rose Hill ( Parramatta ), where he proved himself industrious and showed that it was possible for a family to survive through farming.