Editing Parramatta (section)

==Education==
[[File:Macarthur Girls High School, Parramatta.jpg|thumb|[[Macarthur Girls High School]]]]
Parramatta is home to several primary and secondary schools. [[Arthur Phillip High School]] was established in 1960 in its own right, in buildings which had been used continuously as a school since 1875 is the oldest continuously operating public school in Parramatta. [[Parramatta High School]] was the first coeducational school in the Sydney metropolitan area established in 1913. [[Our Lady of Mercy College, Parramatta|Our Lady of Mercy College]] is one of the oldest Catholic schools in Australia. [[Macarthur Girls High School]] is successor to an earlier school 'Parramatta Commercial and Household Arts School'. Others schools include Parramatta Public School, Parramatta East Public School, Parramatta West Public School, and St Patrick's Primary Parramatta.
[[File:Old King's School - Parramatta, NSW (7822297546).jpg|thumb|[[Old King's School, Parramatta|Old King's School]]]]
Several [[tertiary education]] facilities are also located within Parramatta. A [[University of New England (Australia)|University of New England]] study centre and two [[Western Sydney University]] campuses are situated in Parramatta. The [[Western Sydney University Parramatta Campus]] consists of two sites: Parramatta South (the primary site) which occupies the site of the historic Female Orphan School<ref>{{cite web|title=Welcome to the Female Orphan School|url=https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/femaleorphanschool/home|publisher=Western Sydney University|access-date=16 November 2024}}</ref> and Parramatta North (the secondary site) which includes the adjacent Western Sydney University Village Parramatta (formerly [[UWS Village]] Parramatta) an on campus student village accommodation. Whereby, the flagship Parramatta City Campus Precinct consists of two buildings: the Engineering Innovation Hub located at 6 Hassall Street and the Peter Shergold Building located at 1 Parramatta Square (169 Macquarie Street).<ref>{{cite web|title=Parramatta City Campus Precinct|date=23 July 2024 |url=https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/future/our-campuses/parramatta-city-campus#00|publisher=Western Sydney University|access-date=16 November 2024}}</ref> [[Alphacrucis]] University College is a Christian liberal arts college with a campus in Parramatta located at 30 Cowper Street.<ref>{{cite web|title=Welcome to AC Sydney|url=https://www.ac.edu.au/campuses/sydney/|publisher=Alphacrucis University College|access-date=16 November 2024}}</ref> The [[University of Sydney]] has also announced that it intends to establish a new campus in Parramatta.<ref>{{cite web|title=Parramatta-Westmead campus proposal takes shape|url=https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/11/05/parramatta-westmead-campus-proposal-takes-shape.html|publisher=University of Sydney|access-date=24 January 2019}}</ref>