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at Vaucluse House
Vaucluse House presents venerable Gothic Revival façades to Sydney Harbour but the mansion, built in fits and starts between 1805 and the early 1860s, is in a mixture of styles, is unresolved in terms of its layout and lacks the social grace of a formal entrance. Its builder, William Charles Wentworth (1790-1872) is known today as one of our early colonial statesmen. His sense of his place in societywas undermined by illegitimacy and convict associations. With the rising tide of Victorian morality his wife Sarah was shunned as lacking respectability and the family had to socialise outside of colonial society. Vaucluse House’s lack of cohesion is perhaps a result of Wentworth’s brooding anger at this slight and the house’s slow growth over decades. In contrast with the house, the grounds preserve a remarkably complete 19th century estate plan with stables, rural outbuildings, carriage drives, paddocks, lawns, a serene pleasure garden and recreated Victorian kitchen garden.
Saturday 22 June
10:30am–12:30pm
Explore, navigate & more
Suitable for 12-15 year olds, 10-12 year olds, 8-10 year olds, 5-8 year olds.
In celebration of Mr Wentworth’s Blue Mountains expedition completed 200 years ago this year, you are invited to orienteer your ...
presented by Sydney Living Museums
Monday 01 July
2–3:30pm
Imagine that! Toys, games & fun
Suitable for 10-12 year olds, 8-10 year olds, 5-8 year olds, 3-5 year olds.
Step back in time and discover what children did for fun during the period the Wentworth family lived at Vaucluse ...
presented by Sydney Living Museums
Tuesday 02 July
2–3:30pm
Imagine that! Toys, games & fun
Suitable for 10-12 year olds, 8-10 year olds, 5-8 year olds, 3-5 year olds.
Step back in time and discover what children did for fun during the period the Wentworth family lived at Vaucluse ...
presented by Sydney Living Museums
Monday 08 July
2–3:30pm
Imagine that! Toys, games & fun
Suitable for 10-12 year olds, 8-10 year olds, 5-8 year olds, 3-5 year olds.
Step back in time and discover what children did for fun during the period the Wentworth family lived at Vaucluse ...
presented by Sydney Living Museums
Tuesday 09 July
2–3:30pm
Imagine that! Toys, games & fun
Suitable for 10-12 year olds, 8-10 year olds, 5-8 year olds, 3-5 year olds.
Step back in time and discover what children did for fun during the period the Wentworth family lived at Vaucluse ...
presented by Sydney Living Museums