The Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales (HHT) is an Australian-based statutory authority within the Office of Environment and Heritage in the New South Wales

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The form of the Government of New South Wales is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1856, although it has been amended many times since then...

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Department of Premier and Cabinet (New South Wales)

The New South Wales Department of Premier and Cabinet, a department of the New South Wales Government, is responsible for leading the New South Wales public sector to deliver on the Government's commitments and priorities...

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The Trust is entrusted with the care and maintenance of historic sites throughout the state, including gardens, parklands and urban spaces and its sites attract over two million visitors each year.

History

The Trust was established under the Historic Houses Trust Act 1980 and originally charged with the running of Elizabeth Bay House

Elizabeth Bay House

Elizabeth Bay House is a historic home in the suburb of Elizabeth Bay in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Built between 1835 and 1839, Elizabeth Bay House was known as 'the finest house in the colony'. Elizabeth Bay House is a home in the Regency style, originally surrounded by a garden, but...

 and Vaucluse House

Vaucluse House

Vaucluse House is a historic estate in Gothic Revival style in the harbourside suburb of Vaucluse in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The suburb takes its name from this house. Vaucluse House is a 19th century estate with house, kitchen wing, stables and outbuildings, surrounded by 28 acres of...

. Since then, the trust has expanded to care for 14 sites in New South Wales. The Trust also looks after over 48,000 catalogued objects across all of the sites.

Sites

The Trust manages the following sites:

Acquired/ assumed management	Property	Date opened	Status
1980	Vaucluse House, Wentworth Road, Vaucluse Vaucluse, New South Wales Vaucluse is an eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Vaucluse is located north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government areas of Waverley Council and the Municipality of Woollahra....	1980	Museum Museum A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...
1980	Elizabeth Bay House, Onslow Avenue, Elizabeth Bay Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales Elizabeth Bay is a harbourside suburb in eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Elizabeth Bay is located 3 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney.... , Sydney	1980	Museum
1984	Elizabeth Farm Elizabeth Farm, New South Wales Elizabeth Farm is an historic estate in Parramatta, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Elizabeth Farm was the family home of wool pioneer, John and his wife Elizabeth Macarthur. It was commenced in 1793 on a slight hill overlooking the upper reaches of Parramatta River, 23 kilometres... , Alice Street, Rose Hill Rouse Hill, New South Wales Rouse Hill is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Rouse Hill is located 42 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of The Hills Shire...	1984	Museum
1984	Lyndhurst	(sold 2005)	Offices and library
1985	Meroogal, Cnr West & Worrigee Streets, Nowra Nowra, New South Wales Nowra is a city in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Located SSW and approximately by road south of the state capital of Sydney, it has an estimated population together with its twin-town of Bomaderry of 34,479. It is also the seat and commercial centre of the City of Shoalhaven...	1988	Museum
1987	Rouse Hill Estate, Rouse Hill Rouse Hill, New South Wales Rouse Hill is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Rouse Hill is located 42 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of The Hills Shire...	1999	Museum
1988	Rose Seidler House Rose Seidler House Rose Seidler House is a Bauhaus-styled home designed by Harry Seidler located at 71 Clissold Road, Wahroonga, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is managed by the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales as a museum that has been open to the public since 1991. Built in 1949-1950, it... , Clissold Road, Wahroonga Wahroonga, New South Wales Wahroonga is a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Wahroonga is located 22 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Ku-ring-gai Council and Hornsby Shire....	1991	Museum
1990	Hyde Park Barracks Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney The Hyde Park Barracks is an internationally significant, impressive brick building and compound designed by convict architect Francis Greenway between 1818–19; originally built at the head of Macquarie Street to house convict men and boys.... , Macquarie Street, Sydney	1991	Museum
1990	Justice & Police Museum, Circular Quay, Sydney	1991	Museum
1990	Museum of Sydney Museum of Sydney The Museum of Sydney, on the Site of First Government House is built on the ruins of the house of New South Wales' first Governor, Arthur Phillip on the present-day corner of Phillip and Bridge Street, Sydney. The original house, which was Australia's first Government House, was built in 1788 and... , Cnr Philip & Bridge Streets, Sydney on the site of First Government House	1995	Museum
1990	Young Street Terraces, Young Street, Sydney		Offices
1990	Susannah Place Museum, The Rocks The Rocks, New South Wales The Rocks is an urban locality, tourist precinct and historic area of Sydney's city centre, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the southern shore of Sydney Harbour, immediately north-west of the Sydney central business district... , Sydney	1993	Museum
1993	Walter Burley Griffin House	(sold 1995)	Conservation project
1996	Government House Government House, Sydney Government House is located in Sydney, Australia alongside the Royal Botanic Gardens, overlooking Sydney Harbour, just south of the Sydney Opera House... , Macquarie Street, Sydney	1996	State house and garden
1998	The Mint Sydney Mint The Sydney Mint in Sydney, Australia, is the oldest public building in the Sydney Central Business District. Built between 1811 and 1816 as the southern wing of the Sydney Hospital, it was then known as the Rum Hospital. In 1854 a mint was established on the site with the hospital building used... , Macquarie Street, Sydney	1998 and 2004	Offices and library
2003	former Rouse Hill Public School, Rouse Hill	2010	Museum and education facilities
2007	Tusculum		Leased
2007	Exeter Farm, Exeter		Endangered Houses Fund project
2007	Glenfield		Endangered Houses Fund project
2007	Nissen hut		Endangered Houses Fund project
2007	Moruya Presbyterian Manse Manse A manse is a house inhabited by, or formerly inhabited by, a minister, usually used in the context of a Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist or United Church... , Moruya Moruya, New South Wales Moruya is a small regional centre in New South Wales, Australia, situated on the Moruya River, approximately 300 kilometers south of Sydney. At the 2006 census, Moruya had a population of 10,278 people. The town relies predominantly on agriculture, aquaculture, and tourism...		Endangered Houses Fund project

External links

• Historic Houses Trust website