Experiment Farm Cottage in Harris Park | Museum

Experiment Farm Cottage

Locality: Harris Park

Phone: +61 2 9635 5655

Address: 9, Ruse Street 2150 Harris Park, NSW, Australia

Website: www.nationaltrust.org.au/nsw/ExperimentFarmCottage

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22.01.2022 We have adjusted opening hours over the holiday period this year! Our staff and volunteers are going to have a well-deserved break to be with their family and friends Make sure you plan ahead, below!... https://www.nationaltrust.org.au//2019-2020-holiday-perio/

22.01.2022 In the interests of the health of the community and our volunteers, Experiment Farm Cottage is closed until further notice

21.01.2022 10 days to go for the 2019 Education Appeal! We are in the final days of our Education Appeal for an Education Coordinator who will develop curriculum specific... materials.To-date our community have donated $90,000 and we still have $20,000 raise by 30 June. Our Regional Manager, Western Sydney, Rosalind Mearns, highlights the importance of teaching students about the past; Learning about the past gives students a sense of community and empathy for others. If you can understand where you’ve come from, how things have changed over time, and why others might see things differently, you can connect with people and gain a better insight into the world we live in today. Rosalind manages Old Government House - National Trust of Australia NSW and Experiment Farm Cottage - National Trust of Australia NSW, two places that are enormously relevant to today’s students. Old Government House sits on the traditional lands of the Burramatta Darug, it was a site of first contact, and it became the administrative heart of the convict system. As the Governor’s residence, decisions were made within its walls that changed the way Australia developed as a nation. Experiment Farm Cottage is equally important as it was the site of the first land grant in Australia. It offers a unique opportunity to tell the story of how the introduction of European-style farming led to the dispossession of the Aboriginal peoples. Please help up to bring these stories, and others, to life for students donate now! https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/donate-nsw/

21.01.2022 We are in full bloom at Experiment Farm Cottage - National Trust of Australia NSW, have your dose of horticultural #HeritageAtHome with our #Borage (Borago Offi...cinalis). Borage has been used in Europe for medicine for over 2000 years. It is a common garden plant and has attractive blue and purple flowers. It leaves a taste like cucumber and it can be used in salads, or to add to cold drinks to make them more refreshing. It could be made into a tea to treat #colds, #fever, #asthma, and #depression. The leaves and flowers were made into a syrup with sugar or honey, for people with insomnia to help them get to sleep. The plant could be chopped up and put in a steaming hot cloth. This was applied to the skin to relieve pain and swelling from insect bites, which caused a lot of suffering for early colonists in Australia. The seeds were collected and made into an oil that was used when strong doses of borage were needed. Photo and story by Alasdair Taylor. See more

20.01.2022 Have you seen our adjusted opening hours for the holiday period this year? Our staff and volunteers are going to have a well-deserved break to be with their family and friends Make sure you plan ahead, below! Wishing you all a happy and safe holiday period. ... https://www.nationaltrust.org.au//2019-2020-holiday-perio/

20.01.2022 Wishing everyone a very happy long weekend ahead with a friendly reminder: National Trust (NSW) Properties are not open yet. We are looking forward to welcoming you back soon and getting organised for a time when we can. If you arrive at our properties this weekend, we will not be able to let you in. Please plan accordingly to avoid disappointment. Drive safe, stay safe and keep healthy!

18.01.2022 Watch our video message from Volunteer Coordinator, Melissa Green as she sends a big THANK YOU to the 2000-strong volunteer team, lists the great achievements for the year that has passed, and gives well wishes for the holiday period. If you are interested in volunteering in 2020, submit your details below: https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/volunteers-nsw/ ... #volunteer #volunteering #community

18.01.2022 In the interests of the health of the community and our volunteers, Experiment Farm Cottage - National Trust of Australia NSW remains closed until further notice.

17.01.2022 WATCH Experiment Farm Cottage - National Trust of Australia NSW’s Alasdair Taylor talk about #Indigenous plants. Learn about native #flora as a source of food and materials for object production in the early Australian colony. Tune in over the coming weeks to our #HeritageAtHome plant series. #gardens #Parramatta

13.01.2022 #HeritageAtHome in the garden of Experiment Farm Cottage to discover James Ruse’s first plantings in the garden referred to as Indian corn or #maize. These ar...e the season's first sheaves ripening in our garden. This is one of Australia’s oldest standing properties. Our doors are not open yet, but we are working behind the scenes to prepare for visitors in the near future. Learn more https://bit.ly/EFC_NT #gardens #Parramatta #jamesruse See more

07.01.2022 Due to the extreme weather and heat predicted for this Thursday, we have made the decision to close both Experiment Farm Cottage and Old Government House on that day; apologies for any inconvenience!

06.01.2022 Enjoy Experiment Farm Cottage - National Trust of Australia NSW’s Alasdair Taylor #HeritageAtHome plant series today with #Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis).... Have you ever looked closely at one of rosemary’s little #flowers? Culpeper, the popular English herbalist writing in the mid-17th century, and whose work has informed physicians, pharmacists and herbalists ever since, recommended the flowers be eaten every morning with bread and salt to improve eyesight. Among many other uses for #rosemary, he also remarked that: The flowers and conserve made of them are singularly good to comfort the heart, and to expel the contagion of the pestilence So, a #calmative anti-depressant and expeller of plagueSuch power in a tiny flower! Our doors are not open yet, but we are working behind the scenes to prepare for visitors very soon. Learn more https://bit.ly/EFC_NT #gardens #Parramatta

04.01.2022 "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them." Lest we forget. #AnzacDay2020 #lightupthedawn