Elizabeth Farm

Students in Elizabeth Farm’s colonial kitchen investigating a range of dried spices that would have been available in Sydney during the 1820s
Workshop

Sensory Connections

Join Museums of History NSW curator Dr Jacqui Newling and Bhavna Kalra Shivalkar (The Modern Desi), one of Australia’s foremost culinary herb and spice experts, for a tantalizing workshop at Elizabeth Farm

Sunday 23 November 10.30am–12pm
Exterior of Elizabeth Farm
Tour

Members Hour: Elizabeth Farm

Be treated to a special tour of the property, led by our expert museum staff

Wednesday 21 January 9am–10am
Tony Albert, Healing land, remembering Country, 2020. Installation view for Elizabeth Farm (2020).
Permanent display

Healing land, remembering Country

A powerful work by Kuku Yalanji artist Tony Albert

Sunday 30 April
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

Exterior of Elizabeth Farm

Elizabeth Farm museum at 40

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

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

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

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

Men fighting on board ship.

The Maltese connection: the unexpected origins of Elizabeth Farm’s convict workers

The story of three men from Elizabeth Farm shows that theft was only one reason for transportation and that Britain was far from the only source of convicts sent to NSW