This week we ventured out to Parramatta to take a tour through the lovely old homestead and beautifully lush garden of Elizabeth Farm.
Elizabeth Farm is one of Australia’s oldest surviving homesteads where you can wander freely through the old house and garden as if you were its original occupants. There are no barriers, locked doors, fragile furniture or untouchable ornaments in this unique, ‘access all areas’ house museum.
Built in 1793 for John Macarthur, known as the father of the wool industry, and his wife Elizabeth, tales of migration and new starts, passion and anguish, early colonial political skulduggery and the genesis of Australia’s wool trade are cemented into these walls.
For a little more history about the place and the family, visit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Farm
An aerial view...not taken by me by the way 
Do have a look at my partner’s site
http://www.rayscam.com/
The front of the house at an angle.
Items for the kitchen...
The work bench in the kitchen; this particular room had a real charm to it.
The sunlit guava tree in the garden.
The flowers were stunning!
A shot from the other side; on the left is the "drawing room closet", Elizabeth's favourite room.
A pretty bonnet...
In the living quarters...
The piano...
John Macarthur's writing desk.
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