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Rouse Hill Estate is a heritage-listed homestead and estate off Windsor Road (356 Annangrove Road), Rouse Hill, City of Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia.Rouse Hill House and farm was the family home of Richard Rouse, the Colonial Superintendent of Public Works and Convicts at Parramatta.
Rouse Hill (/ˈɹaʊ̯z/) is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Rouse Hill is located in the Hills District, 43 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district and 19 kilometres north-west of the Parramatta central business district. It is in the local government areas of The Hills Shire and City of ...
The actual possession of the land had taken place a few years previously, as the Sydney Gazette had first mentioned Rouse Hill on 27 November 1813, and the homestead was begun soon afterwards. It took a few years to build and was a two-storey, twenty-two room house, which has been occupied by members of the Rouse family ever since. [1] [3] [4] [5]
Rouse Hill House: 356 Annangrove Road, Rouse Hill: Georgian: 1822: HHA [6]: page:30 [101] Saumarez Homestead: 230 Saumarez Road, Armidale: Federation Edwardian: 1888–1906: NSW SHR: 01505: NTA [102] Sefton Hall: Church Lane, Mount Wilson Queen Anne Federation 1910–1912 NSW SHR: MW019 Shirley Retreat and Garden: Holts Flat: Federation Bungalow;
Through Terry the property is strongly associated with Rouse Hill House and Box Hill House. Terry was born at his family's Box Hill farm. [2] [1] Local legend holds that the lodge was constructed by Governor Bligh, as the original land grant was given to him.
The Castle Hill convict rebellion was a convict rebellion in Castle Hill, Sydney, then part of the British colony of New South Wales. Led by veterans of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 , the poorly armed insurgents confronted the colonial forces of Australia on 5 March 1804 at Rouse Hill .
George A. Terry married Nina Rouse (1875–1968) in 1895 but did not move into Box Hill House immediately. They lived at Rouse Hill House for over a year while Box Hill House was being rebuilt and renovated for them, together with the Stable and the billiard room which was on top of it (early 1897 it was ready). The main part of the house ...
The Clydesdale House is one example of few remaining early colonial houses in Sydney's west. These places form a rough arc commencing at Bella Vista at Kellyville, past Rouse Hill House (c. 1818) at Rouse Hill, Tebbutt's farm, Hobartville and St. Mathew's Rectory (c.1825) at Windsor, Rutherglen (c.1830) at Richmond, and Mamre (c.1828) at St ...