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Elizabeth Bay House
Can’t afford your dream house? Neither could Colonial Secretary, Alexander Macleay. He had the vision to develop the site from 1826 onwards as a fine landscape garden and build Elizabeth Bay House – then dubbed ‘the finest house in colony’– but his children asked 'where was the money to come from?' Macleay’s life long obsession with entomology plus the loss of his government post in 1837 required him to seek numerous loans from his eldest son William.
Though this house looks grand, it is unfinished and a mere six years into his stay William foreclosed on him, effectively forcing him to leave. Want to know what happened next? Visit this harbour-side property and find out.
WINTER SOLSTICE BREAKFAST
Admire the phenomenon created by the rising sun on the shortest day of the year.
THE GROTTO
WHAT'S ON
Address: 7 Onslow Avenue, Elizabeth Bay, NSW 2011
Contact: 02 9356 3022
Admission:
- Adult $8 I
- Child/Concession $4 |
- Family $17 |
- Members free |
- Wheelchair access
Hours: Open Friday - Sunday 11am – 4pm | Open Australia Day | Closed Good Friday and Christmas Day
Transport:
- Bus
- Train
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