Attractions

Experiment Farm Cottage

9 Ruse St, Harris Park, NSW 2150
Phone 9635-5655
Web: Experiment Farm Cottage - National Trust

James Ruse was the first former convict, who was donated a 12 ha piece of land by Governor Phillips as gratification for his successful work in agriculture. 1793 Ruse sold the land to Doctor John Harris who built the cottage in 1834. The still original cottage was refurbished, e.g. with a Keightley clock from the 1820s, a red-cedar sideboard from the 1880s and an escritoire from 1835. A permanent exhibition shows James Ruses' agricultural experiments and farming during the early colonial days.