What is Old Government House, Parramatta?
[[File:Parramatta-NSW-GovernmentHouse.jpg|thumb|Front view of the Old Government House]] The '''Old Government House and Government Domain''' is a listed ensemble of the Old Government House, outbuildings and Parramatta Park in Parramatta, now a suburb of [[Sydney]] in [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]] . The buildings were the residences of twelve of New South Wales' [[Governor|early governors from 1788 to 1865.]] <ref>[http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/places/national/old-government-house/index.html Old Government House and Government Domain, Parramatta, New South Wales auf www.environment.gov.au] Retrieved 11 January 2011</ref> The ''Old Government House'' is Australia's oldest public building. It was built in 1799 on behalf of Governor [[John Hunter]] and was later the permanent residence of Governor [[Lachlan Macquarie]], who built the outbuildings.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/laws/publicdocuments/pubs/105957.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2021-09-24 |archive-date=2011-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110320030849/http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/laws/publicdocuments/pubs/105957.pdf |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> Due to its national and international importance, the building is 1.1&nbsp;km² park on August 1 2007 as an ensemble in the [[Australian National Heritage List|National Monument Protection List]] and on July 31 2010 it was entered in the list of the [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site|world cultural heritage]]. It is an example of a Georgian structure of high structural quality.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oldgovernmenthouse.com.au/index.php?page=architecture_ogh |title=Old Government House Parramatta - Architecture |access-date=2021-09-24 |archive-date=2011-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316183125/http://www.oldgovernmenthouse.com.au/index.php?page=architecture_ogh |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> It was built by convicts and is one of eleven buildings<ref>[http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1306 Australian Convi