The Australian PlantBank
The Australian PlantBank is a science and research facility of the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust and is located at the Australian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan. It houses the Trust’s seedbank and research laboratories that specialise in horticultural research and conservation of Australian native plant species, particularly those from New South Wales.
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The Blue Mountains Botanic Garden
Welcome to The Blue Mountains Botanic Garden, Mount Tomah – Australia’s premier cool-climate botanic garden. Perfectly situated in the world heritage-listed Greater Blue Mountains of New South Wales and with sweeping vistas over the mountains and more than 40,000 native, exotic and rare plants, the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden is a dream to visit at any
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The Australian Botanic Garden
Welcome to The Australian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan. Four hundred hectares of Australian plants and lakeside picnic areas; home to the award-winning education and research facility, the Australian PlantBank. The sensation of the late 18th century in the field of botany was the discovery of a new continent filled with exotic plants unknown to the
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The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust is the oldest scientific institution in Australia. We have in our care the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney, which is the nation’s oldest botanic garden, established in 1816 on the site of the first farm in 1788. The Trust also manages the Domain established in 1788 as the Governor’s
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Riversdale
In 1828, where the Great South Road forded the Wollondilly River, a few allotments were surveyed for the township of Goulburn Plains. Of these, the site of Riversdale was granted to Matthew Healey in 1830. He held an Innkeepers’ license in 1832, operating from a slab building. In 1832, Governor Bourke selected another site for
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Lindesay
Visit historic Lindesay, built in 1834 and step back into the gracious life of early Sydney. Georgian interiors with their fine Australian and English furniture are complemented by an elegant parterre garden and well tended grounds with uninterrupted Harbour vistas. Below stairs the stone kitchen, servants’ quarters and freshwater well are reminiscent of times very
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Peacock Gallery and Auburn Arts Studio
The Peacock Gallery and Auburn Arts Studio includes: two gallery spaces, an arts studio for residencies, an outdoor workshop area and a regular program of exhibitions, workshops and activities. Visit the Peacock Gallery and Arts Studio to experience a World of Art in Auburn with exhibitions and activities reflective of the vibrancy of the diverse
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Everglades House & Gardens
The National Trust brings Australia’s heritage alive at Everglades Gardens. Drawing from the great traditions of European landscape design as well as the unique Blue Mountains bushland, Everglades will charm with its grace and beauty. Constructed in the 1930s by Danish-born landscape gardener Paul Sorensen in conjuction with owner Henri van de Velde, Everglades gardens
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Carisbrook House Museum
Every third weekend in the month, Carisbrook serves Devonshire Teas, coffee and cakes in the courtyard. Visitors to the house can take a self-guided tour with a multimedia device that will guide you through the rooms and tell you how life in the house was led in the Victorian era in Sydney’s developing suburbs. Carisbrook
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Eryldene Historic House & Garden
Eryldene was the home of scholar and connoisseur Professor E G Waterhouse, and his wife, Janet. House and garden layout were designed by colonial revivalist architect, Hardy Wilson in 1913 and the place is the result of twenty years remarkable collaboration between client and architect. The whole place is an object of State heritage significance.
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Bishop’s Lodge Historic House & Garden
Bishop’s Lodge Historic House is a remarkable iron house and outbuildings designed and built in 1888 by Bishop Sydney Linton and architect, John Sulman. It incorporates innovative design ideas for mitigating Hay’s extreme summer heat. Bishop’s Lodge is surrounded by a heritage garden featuring a remarkable collection of historic roses, some of which are unique.
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Gosford Regional Gallery & Arts Centre
The Gosford Regional Gallery is located on the shores of Caroline Bay in East Gosford. It is part of a complex that also includes the Gosford/Edogawa Commemorative Garden, the Arts Centre and the Caroline Bay Brasserie, Cafe & Function Centre. The gallery was officially opened in April 2000 and since then has been visited by
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Museum of the Riverina Botanic Garden site
CLOSED FOR REDEVELOPMENT RE-OPENING Autumn 2022 The Museum of the Riverina’s Botanic Garden site is one of two museum locations in Wagga Wagga supported by the City Council. The other is in the historic 1881 Town Hall building. Three kilometres from the city centre, this Botanic Gardens site is undergoing an $8 million redevelopment to
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Campbelltown Arts Centre
Campbelltown Arts Centre (CAC) is a multi-disciplinary contemporary arts centre located in the Macarthur region. Since opening in 2005, CAC has pioneered a contemporary arts program that engages with critical issues of our times by supporting the research, development, production and presentation of new work and creating platforms for multidisciplinary arts practice. CAC produces local, national
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Miss Traill’s House and Garden
Built by the Reverend Thomas Sharpe in 1845 soon after land became available in the Bathurst area, Miss Traill’s House and Garden is named after Ida Traill, a socially prominent, independently wealthy resident, who lived in this pretty Colonial Georgian bungalow from 1931 until her death at 87 in 1976. Ida Traill was a descendant
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