Elizabeth Farm is an historic estate located at 70 Alice Street, Rosehill, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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12 Facts About Elizabeth Farm
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Elizabeth Farm was the family home of wool pioneer, John and his wife Elizabeth Macarthur.
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Elizabeth Farm was certain that these would impress Lord Bathurst, secretary of state for the colonies, and assist his return to Australia, but it took a year to get the go-ahead.
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Elizabeth Farm arrived in September 1817 with a cargo of "useful plants" including two olives from Provence.
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From 1852 Elizabeth Farm was occupied by various tenants and agents, including William Billyard, Crown Solicitor of NSW from 1875 until 1883.
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Friends of Elizabeth Farm group formed well before the formation of the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales.
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Elizabeth Farm House is a single-storey late 18th century English vernacular cottage with a pair of sash windows either side of the front door and four box-like rooms.
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Elizabeth Farm House has a relative intactness of form, interior spaces and detailing pre-dating 1834.
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Elizabeth Farm is associated with major figures who were prominent in the 19th century development of the colony, including John and Elizabeth Macarthur, and the Swann family in the 20th century.
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Elizabeth Farm was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.
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Elizabeth Farm is significant because of its association with major figures, in particular Elizabeth and John Macarthur, who were prominent in the early 19th century agricultural, political, cultural and architectural development of the colony.
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Elizabeth Farm house is part of the oldest surviving construction in Australia and a rare survival of the earliest period of colonial architecture.
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