The Parramatta Justice Precinct (PJP) is located in the western part of the Parramatta (/ˌpærəˈmætə/) central business district. The precinct houses the corporate headquarters of the Department of Communities and Justice. Other legal offices include the Children's Court of New South Wales and the Sydney West Trial Courts, Legal Aid Commission of NSW, Office of Trustee and Guardian (formerly the Office of the Protective Commissioner), NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, as well as a branch of the Family Court. Nearby on Marsden Street is the Parramatta Courthouse and a courthouse where the specialist Drug Court of New South Wales sits. The Garfield Barwick Commonwealth Law Courts Building (named in honor of Sir Garfield Barwick), houses courts of the Federal Magistrates Court of Australia and the Family Court of Australia.
Parramatta is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.[1][2][3] It is located in Greater Western Sydney 23 kilometres (14 mi) west of the Sydney central business district on the banks of the Parramatta River. Parramatta, founded in the same year as Sydney by the Colony of New South Wales in 1788, is the oldest inland European[further explanation needed] settlement in Australia and is the economic capital[clarification needed] of Greater Western Sydney and the sixth largest central business district in Australia.[4]
The Parramatta Justice Precinct provides, in addition to judicial and administrative functions, community service health- and welfare-related needs.
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