To whom it may concern, I beg of you, please do continue to destroy the cultural heritage of Parramatta. To lose Willow Grove and St Georges Terrace would be a gross tragedy, and a real loss to future generations. It's criminal that the Royal Oak Hotel was destroyed recently. Please don't destroy anything else. Having real, physical reminders of our past that we can see and touch and experience is so important. I've worked in the Parramatta CBD for nearly a decade, and I've seen it grow to become more and more just like another city of bland skyscrapers, with no history or character. These houses have that. A museum can be built anywhere. It can be built around it, or near it, or in a different part of Parramatta. To suggest it's heritage or a museum is deceitful false dichotomy. The government finally listened to people and decided not to move the Powerhouse from its current location Please listen to the people again here. I, and a great many other people that cannot and should not be ignored, object in the strongest possible terms to the demolition Willow Grove and St Georges Terrace at Parramatta.

Dear Mr Stokes,
The demolition and sale of the Powerhouse Museum for Property Development is the most demoralising thing for the voters of NSW that your government has ever done.
To move this collection and spread it to Regional Centres that do not have the infrastructure to look after it or store it is a traversty. You know this.
The money the sale of this site will bring and the on going rates, is not worth the damage to the reputation of the NSW Liberal Party. This is a step too far.
Please answer the call and speak to your premier. This is not about football stadiums, this is about our reputation world wide as an Arts destination.
We have the Opera House which we always use as a draw card, we will now be seen as philistines.
Stop this madness. Forego the dollars and step back from the brink will you can.
The people of NSW will see it as a sensible and courageous decision, not as losing face.
Once Gladys goes down this path, you and she will lose her voting base.
I know that as I speak to my liberal friends in the Eastern Suburbs.

Please stop this.

Dear Sir,

I object to the Powerhouse Parramatta project and the demolition of Willow Grove and St. Georges Terrace, Parramatta.

These buildings are unique in the history of Parramatta and therefore irreplaceable. They represent important social history and the sense of place and character of Parramatta and are important to the history of Parramatta. They have not been adequately studied yet. A report should be made by Environmental and Histrorical Experts. Willow Grove is important to women’s history as a maternity hospital for over
three decades for people of Parramatta to the early 1950s. Overall cumulative impacts of further heritage destruction in Parramatta currently
been undertaken, make Willow Grove and St Georges Terraces vital to retain for the community's sense of place. Willow Grove and St Georges Terraces are rare examples of architecture that no longer exist in Parramatta CBD and should be retained.

Dear Minister,

I am contacting you as the Minister for Planning and Public Spaces to voice my profound opposition to the closure of the Powerhouse Museum.
The proposed development at Parramatta is hardly a substitute for the relevant, well sited historic building and collection at Ultimo.
The fact that even more historically important Heritage buildings will be destroyed at Parramatta make the entire proposal nothing short of preposterous.
The only beneficiaries of this move will be Developers who are poised to profit from retail and apartment development at Ultimo.
I would like a response and explanation.

Dear Minister,
The Powerhouse building is an important physical remnant of Sydney's history that deserves to be conserved and remain as a museum, open to the public. By all means, build a modern extension dedicated to the preservation of our cultural heritage at Parramatta but please do not sell off the current museum site for commercial development.

I'm at odds to see how this project makes economic, community or heritage sense, either for Sydney or Parramatta. I grew up with Parramatta as my major urban centre and also lived in Pyrmont/Ultimo for some time so I'm familiar with both locations. Living in Wollongong now, I still take public transport with my kids to check out the wonderful Powerhouse Museum in Ultimo. Moving the whole set-up to Parramatta equally reduces access for many.

It would be a sad reflection on the Government's commitment to the heritage of NSW to demolish the Willowgrove building and other cultural elements. Let alone the irony of destroying quality heritage to make way for lack lustre modernity and to then call it a museum. Surely there must be some degree of competency within the NSW Government Architects or NSW heritage agency to integrate Willowgrove and other buildings into a heritage precinct to cater for a second Powershouse Museum and rotate historic material and exhibitions between the two. This can be funded by deferring other projects like the stadium rebuilds - stadiums are a luxury and can be deferred for another time, replaced largely within the same footprint and without impacting significant heritage values. As a relevant Minister in this decision, please take steps to leave a positive legacy for Sydney, Parramatta, NSW and Australia.

To be clear, I strongly object to the destruction of the Powerhouse Museum and relocation to Parramatta that entails destruction of this nation's heritage.

I wish to inform you that I object to the proposed Powerhouse Parramatta location as this site will see demolition of two historic buildings being Willow Grove - St George Terraces.

This location is also on a flood zone area and will be very problematic to any proposed museum because of the risks of the heritage items involved.

However there is a better location nearby called The Historic Female Factory Convict site which will be a better option for it's size compared to the proposed location as mentioned above and as it's more cost effective.

I OBJECT TO THE WANTON DESTRUCTION OF OUR NATIONAL HISTORY.

WE TRAVEL OVERSEAS AND WANDER THROUGH THEIR WONDERFUL HISTORICAL BUILDINGS

THESE WONDERFUL BUILDINGS BRING TOURISM TO THE COUNTRIES THAT HAVE HAD THE FORESIGHT TO SAVE AND CHERISH THEIR PAST.

MY FAMILY ARRIVED IN AUSTRALIA IN 1828 AND MOVED OUT TO THAT AREA AND I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO VISIT THE PLACES THEY WENT TO INCLUDING THE FEMALE FACTORY , I WAS PLEASED TO SEE THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE TO PROTECT THE AREA

THE MATERNAL SIDE OF MY FAMILY ARRIVED IN 1839 AND WORKED MAKING SHOES IN A HOUSE IN THE MAIN STREET OF PARRAMATTA AND THERE IS A HEADSTONE IN THE CHURCH YARD CEMETERY THAT i WAS ABLE TO VISIT

THERE IS A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF SOCIAL HISTORY RELATING TO THE GROWTH OF THIS COUNTRY, IT IS CRIMINAL TO SEE THAT A SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY WANT TO DESTROY IT.

THE EXAMPLES OF ARCHITECTURE THAT EDUCATES OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS SHOULD NOT BE LOST BY MINDLESS MONEY GRABBING INDIVIDUALS

I AM EXTREMELY ANGRY WITH THIS MINDLESS PROPOSAL THAT DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE BEEN ADEQUATELY RESEARCHED

I HAVE NOT MADE ANY DONATIONS REPORTABLE OR NOT TO ANY POLITICAL PARTY