sentences:  The wharf is located next to the Queens' Wharf Reserve and the Gasworks Bridge, which was close to the site of the first official landing place at Parramatta, when Governor Phillip and a small number of marines arrived in 1788 to establish a second settlement.The first steam ferry to operate between Sydney and Parramatta was named "Surprise", beginning service on 2 June 1831.The original wharf was built by convicts from gum tree logs, and reconstructed in sandstone in 1835.