Elizabeth Farm

Front verandah, Elizabeth Farm
Tour

Members Hour: Elizabeth Farm

Members will be treated to a special tour with a focus on events around 26 January 1808, including the role John Macarthur played in the overthrow of Governor William Bligh

Saturday 25 January 9am–10am
Elizabeth Farm school holidays shoot
Various dates & times
Workshop

History Kids – Explore the House at Elizabeth Farm

Explore the house at Elizabeth Farm these summer holidays

Wednesday 8 January 10.30am–11.30am
Tour at Elizabeth Farm with Dr Scott Hill
Tour

Elizabeth Farm: a museum at 40

Join MHNSW curator Dr Scott Hill for a tour of Australia’s oldest surviving house and its recreated garden

Saturday 30 November 11am–12pm
Woman using a washboard and laundry bucket in a courtyard
Latest News

Memorable learning experiences at Elizabeth Farm

At Museums of History NSW, we strive to create memorable and meaningful experiences for school students – bringing history to life in the places where it happened

Elizabeth Farm house - front verandah and carriageway

'A most excellent brick house' Elizabeth Farm

Curator Dr Scott Hill explores some of the enduring mysteries buried in the architecture of Australia’s oldest surviving homestead

Exterior of Elizabeth Farm

Elizabeth Farm museum at 40

This year Elizabeth Farm celebrates 40 years open to the public as a house museum!

Library bedroom, Elizabeth Farm, photographed by John Storey in 1984

Furnishing the house museum

Explore the process of rediscovering lost and forgotten skills, along with some very modern techniques

The cover of the guidebook features a view of the estate by convict artist Joseph Lycett published in ‘Views in Australia’ in 1824.

Elizabeth Farm, Parramatta: a history and a guide

Exploring the history of the Macarthur family and with a room-by-room guide to the house as experienced by visitors, this guidebook was first published in 1984 to coincide with the opening of the museum