Elizabeth Farm Reserve

Public Reserve associated with Elizabeth Farm
Public Reserve associated with Elizabeth Farm
	Location of Public Reserve associated with Elizabeth Farm in New South Wales
Location	Arthur Street, Rosehill, City of Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	33°49′15″S151°01′04″E / 33.8208°S 151.0178°E Coordinates: 33°49′15″S151°01′04″E / 33.8208°S 151.0178°E
Owner	Parramatta City Council
New South Wales Heritage Register
	Official name: Public Reserve associated with Elizabeth Farm
Type	state heritage (landscape)
Designated	2 April 1999
Reference no.	285
Type	Historic Landscape
Category	Landscape - Cultural

Last updated October 02, 2019

Elizabeth Farm Reserve is a heritage-listed public reserve on former farmland associated with Elizabeth Farm, located at Arthur Street, Rosehill, City of Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. The property is owned by Parramatta City Council. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.^[1]

Elizabeth Farm is an historic estate located at 70 Alice Street, Rosehill, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Elizabeth Farm was the family home of wool pioneer, John and his wife Elizabeth Macarthur. The estate was commenced in 1793 on a slight hill overlooking the upper reaches of Parramatta River, 23 kilometres (14 mi) west of Sydney Cove. This area belonged to the Burramattagal clan of the Dharug people, whose presence is recalled in the name Parramatta.

Rosehill is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Rosehill is located 23 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Parramatta and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

The City of Parramatta Council, is a local government area located west of central Sydney in the Greater Western Sydney region. Parramatta Council is situated between the City of Ryde and Cumberland Council, where the Cumberland Plain meets the Hornsby Plateau, approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

History

The reserve adjoins the Elizabeth Farm museum and is now public parkland. It is bounded by Arthur Street, Alice Street, Alfred Street and Clay Cliff Creek.

A Permanent Conservation Order was made over the site on 25 November 1983.^[2]

Heritage listing

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. There is a large surviving collection of documentary evidence connected to the house, which contains part of the oldest surviving European construction in Australia. The garden contains some of the earliest European plantings in Australia. It is an example of early colonial architecture and early agricultural experiments.^[3]^[1]

Elizabeth Macarthur Australian pastoralist and merchant

Elizabeth Macarthur was an Anglo-Australian pastoralist and merchant, and wife of John Macarthur.

The property forms the core of a major historic farm estate which was highly influential in the development of the wool industry in Australia, the introduction and acclimatisation of plants and economic crops such as olives and vines. By its size, location and history of subdivision the property was influential on the development of the town of Parramatta.^[1]

The property is also significant in the history of conservation in NSW, being the first to be preserved by direct acquisition by the State Government, and the second property to have a permanent conservation order placed over it under the Heritage Act 1977.^[1]

The Government of New South Wales, also referred to as the New South Wales Government, NSW Government or Her Majesty’s Government, is the Australian state democratic administrative authority of New South Wales. It is currently held by a coalition of the Liberal Party and the National Party. The Government of New South Wales, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy, was formed in 1856 as prescribed in its Constitution, as amended from time to time. Since the Federation of Australia in 1901, New South Wales has been a state of the Commonwealth of Australia, and the Constitution of Australia regulates its relationship with the Commonwealth. Under the Australian Constitution, New South Wales ceded legislative and judicial supremacy to the Commonwealth, but retained powers in all matters not in conflict with the Commonwealth.

Elizabeth Farm Reserve was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.^[1]

The New South Wales State Heritage Register, also known as NSW State Heritage Register, is a heritage list of places in the state of New South Wales, Australia, that are protected by New South Wales legislation, generally covered by the Heritage Act, 1977 (NSW) and its 2010 amendments. The register is administered by the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, a division of the Government of New South Wales Department of Planning and Environment.

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References

1 2 3 4 5 "Public Reserve associated with Elizabeth Farm". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Office of Environment and Heritage. H00285. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
↑ "HERITAGE ACT, 1977". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales (162). New South Wales, Australia. 25 November 1983. p. 5317. Retrieved 9 August 2018– via National Library of Australia.
↑ Bravery 1997:13-14, 24

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[nswshr-285-1] 1 2 3 4 5 "Public Reserve associated with Elizabeth Farm". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Office of Environment and Heritage. H00285. Retrieved 1 June 2018.

[2] "HERITAGE ACT, 1977". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales (162). New South Wales, Australia. 25 November 1983. p. 5317. Retrieved 9 August 2018– via National Library of Australia.

[nswshr-285-1677-3] Bravery 1997:13-14, 24