Rouse Hill Estate
Untouched historic rural homestead
Home to six generations of one family through good times and the bad, Rouse Hill Estate and its stories still draw people to its doors. Each generation has added another layer of belongings, improvements and memories, and today, every object and addition, every tear, stain and repair, has a story to tell. The estate also features the restored 1888 Rouse Hill schoolhouse, a section of the original Windsor Road turnpike proclaimed by Governor Macquarie in 1813, and the site of the doomed 1804 ‘Vinegar Hill’ convict rebellion.
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Family Fun at Rouse Hill Estate
Come to Rouse Hill Estate and join a basket weaving activity with Muru Mittigar or explore the LEGO® Bricks. You can also feed the animals!
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Early to Rise
This Stage 1 History program gives students the opportunity to explore the working areas of the former farm, and investigate what life would have been like for children living there 120 years ago
Lessons from the Past
Integrating outcomes from History, PDHPE and Creative Arts, this program gives students the opportunity to learn firsthand about what school life was like in the late 19th century
Rouse Hill Estate
Dharug Country
356 Annangrove Road, Rouse Hill NSW 2155- Wheelchair accessible
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Conservation in action: What it takes to repair a lantern
Perched proudly atop the 1870s stables at Rouse Hill Estate is a beautiful timber lantern. The lantern was inspected and critical repair works undertaken as part of the current conservation works at the estate
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Talk of the town
Six generations of Rouse and Terry families occupied Rouse Hill Estate from its construction in the early 1800s until the late 1990s, when it opened as a museum
If these walls could talk: Rouse Hill House
On the evening of 28 April 1899 the first act of a concert held at Rouse Hill House finished with a song performed by the jovial host, Edwin Stephen Rouse
The Woolshed: a rude timber building
Constructed c. 1858, the Woolshed at Rouse Hill Estate is an example of the type of ‘rude’ timber farm buildings that can be found throughout rural Australia
Rouse Hill Estate: a preservationist approach
Six generations of one family occupied Rouse Hill House from its construction until the late 1990s when it opened as a museum. Each generation added another layer of belongings, improvements and memories
Rouse Hill conservation works 2024–25
After detailed condition inspections of the state heritage–listed Rouse Hill Estate, MHNSW’s Capital Works and Heritage teams have begun a large-scale conservation project that will sensitively address a range of identified issues at the site
Layered histories: refurbishing the visitor centre at Rouse Hill Estate
Refreshed and renewed, the refurbished visitor centre at Rouse Hill Estate, on Dharug Country, offers visitors an invitation to explore the property and discover its richly layered history
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Annual Giving: Interpreting our Past
For the first time in more than two decades, the Justice & Police Museum is embarking on a bold transformation that reimagines how stories of justice, crime and community are told
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