Old Government House - National Trust Of Australia Nsw

Old Government House, Parramatta is Australia’s oldest surviving public building. World Heritage listed as Old Government House & Domain (Parramatta Park)

Standing in 200 acres of parkland overlooking historic Parramatta, Old Government House is Australia’s oldest surviving public building. For seven decades, it was the ‘country’ residence of 10 early governors of the colony, including Governor and Mrs Macquarie who, from 1810 to 1821 preferred the clean air and space of rural Parramatta to the unsanitary and crime ridden streets of Sydney Town.