Australia's oldest house
Subtitle: surgeon John Harris and Experiment Farm Cottage
By: Sue Rosen
Publisher: Halstead Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Ultimo, N.S.W
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9781920831783
Subjects: Historic buildings; Experiment Farm Cottage (Parramatta, N.S.W.)
Description: Colonial firebrand John Harris constructed the archetypal verandah house. Sue Rosen explores his life as a naval surgeon, magistrate, power broker, police chief and explorer who strode through the colony in convict times. She also tells the story of his innovative house, still standing after 205 years.
Notes: Includes bibliographic references (p. 127-139) and index.
Table of contents: title: Surgeon John Harris - soldier, sailor, doctor, tax man, rich man, law man, chief of police; title: Tour of the home of Surgeon Harris; title: Politics, passions and policies at the Trust; title: Evidence for a c. 1835 construction date; title: Experiment Farm Cottage - the mid-1790s argument; title: Why it matters.