Bicentennial Park is a
suburban parkland located west of the
Sydney central business district in the suburb of , in the
local government area of
City of Parramatta,
New South Wales
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, Australia. Bicentennial Park is situated on the shores of
Homebush Bay and is a part of the
Sydney Olympic Park. The park is a natural heritage site featuring an important wetland ecosystem and parklands.
Features
It offers visitors recreation, nature-based tours, environmental education and outdoor event experiences. The park has picnic areas, playgrounds, pathways and cycle ways, access to the wetlands, salt marsh and bird hides. It also features Lake Belvedere, Peace Monument, Treillage Tower, Sundial, 'Cyrus the Great' statue, the Silent Hearts Memorial Garden and water features, including the
Brickpit Ring Walk
The Brickpit Ring Walk is an urban nature park and walkway that serves as a water storage and frog habitat, located in the Bicentennial Park, in the Sydney Olympic Park, in western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Once a brick manufacturi ...
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Powells Creek runs through the eastern side of the park.
The Homebush Bay wetland is occupied by animals that thrive in the salt water
wetlands.
History
Bicentennial Park was created by the
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governments during the 1980s, to celebrate
Australia's Bicentenary
The bicentenary of Australia was celebrated in 1988. It marked 200 years since the arrival of the First Fleet of British convict ships at Sydney in 1788.
History
The bicentennial year marked Captain Arthur Phillip's arrival with the 11 ships ...
in 1988. The project involved recycling of former rubbish dump into a regional recreation area and the conservation of of a wetland ecosystem on the
Parramatta River
The Parramatta River is an intermediate tide-dominated, drowned valley estuary located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. With an average depth of , the Parramatta River is the main tributary of Sydney Harbour, a branch of Port Jackson. S ...
. The park was officially opened on 1 January 1988.
See also
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Parks in Sydney
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Geography of Sydney
The geography of Sydney is characterised by its coastal location on a basin bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the east, the Blue Mountains to the west, the Hawkesbury River to the north and the Woronora Plateau to the south. Sydney lies on a s ...
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Louise Sauvage Pathway
Located alongside the suburb of Newington, New South Wales, and named in honour of Australian paralympic wheelchair racer Louise Sauvage, the Pathway is the longest continuous section of pathway in Sydney Olympic Park. As such, the pathway is ...
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Haslams Creek
Haslams Creek, a southern tributary of the Parramatta River, is a creek west of Sydney Harbour, located in Sydney, Australia. It flows through Sydney Olympic Park and joins Parramatta River at Homebush Bay. In 1793, the first grants were made to ...
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Powells Creek
References
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Australian bicentennial commemorations
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Parks established in 1988