Elizabeth Farm

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

Woman using a washboard and laundry bucket in a courtyard
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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

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

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On paper – measured drawings of Elizabeth Farm

As part of the restoration works at Elizabeth Farm in the 1980s, a set of hand-drawn measured drawings were produced of the house and service buildings

Detail of recreated Elizabeth Farm oil cloth floor covering, photographed by John Storey in 1984

Elizabeth Farm restoration

Restoration photos from Elizabeth Farm 1984-85

Tents in bush setting.

When masks were compulsory

When thinking about the impact of COVID-19, it’s timely to reflect on an earlier pandemic that affected every aspect of life, including at our places