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August 28 2007 A very pretty lunar eclipse indeed - and perfect viewing conditions. The full set of photos is now available for viewing here. August 12 2007 Students from First Year 1953-IC1955-LC1957 met at the school on a gorgeous day to celebrate 50 years since they left school. Read about their day here or this article in the Parramatta Advertiser. August 12 2007 The night of Tuesday, August 28th, will provide us all with an ideal view of that very attractive celestial conjunction, a total lunar eclipse. Not just a half-measure partial eclipse - nope - this is a full-deal blood-red total eclipse. Find out more here. June 24 2007 Members and guests of the Parramatta & District Historical Society braved the wintery conditions to undertake a tour of the school and Heritage Room. A hot cup of tea on arrival, revived everyone's spirits. Read more here. May 23 2007 Miss Campbell, our Heritage Officer, was invited to present a session on the establishment and maintainence of the Parramatta High School Archives, at a workshop hosted by the School Archivists Association. It was a very interesting day at the State Archives, The Rocks. The audience was largely from public schools. May 5 2007 Its been seven years since this website last featured an Iridium satellite flare, so here's one for today. April 25 2007 The school has held an ANZAC Day Commemoration every year since 1916. Read about this year's event here. April 21 2007 In August 2005, NASA linked to this website to help explain how stereo imaging works. Today (21 April 2007) they've linked to us again. Well, I think its pretty cool... April 20 2007 Ex-student Bronwyn Harris (LC1969) was visiting our website and noticed a familiar face in an unidentified class photograph. It was her father, Ken Harris, a schoolboy in the late 1920s. Not only that she provided some interesting details from a letter sent by her aunt, also an ex-student. Read about it here. April 11 2007 The National Archives of Australia recently made available the service records of all enlisted Australians for World War I. For the first time we are able to read on-line the details of service for our ex-staff and students in this conflict. It is a sobering exercise. March 18 2007 In 1932 Parramatta High School's captains were invited to the opening ceremony of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. 75 years later our 2007 school captains, Kimberley and Daniel, were invited to witness the official ceremony and enjoy the opportunity to walk across the bridge. February 14 2007 Students from the Leaving Certificate Year 1951 and Intermediate Certificate 1949 met for lunch to mark the anniversary of the year they all started high school - 1947. They had a nice time and you can see them here and what they looked like in high school here. January 18,20 2007 Despite all predictions to the contrary, comet McNaught is not fading down to nothingness. If anything, he looked more impressive two days later. ...and even better two days later on the 20th. January 16 2007 Two years ago, Comet Machholz made an appearance in the skies over Parramatta. Bit of a fizzer, to be honest. Comet McNaught was much more fun. Easy to see, tail and all, naked eye! See for yourself... January 16, 2007 Just two years after he left Parramatta High School, Richie Benaud debuted for the NSW Cricket team. He has recently been selected in the greatest NSW Cricket team in 150 years. Miss Butler, his Latin teacher, whose lessons were interrupted by cricket practice didn't believe the cricket would be of much use to Benaud. What did she know?