Vaucluse House
Nov 30, 2018
3 minutes
By Mel Flyte, Assistant Curator, House Museums Portfolio, Sydney Living Museums
Vaucluse House is a testament to the man for whom it was built, William Charles Wentworth. A sprawling and impressive Gothic Revival house, its story is often told through the lens of William’s triumphs and foibles. The list of achievements by the man of the house is extensive: he founded the colony’s first independently published newspaper; he was involved in the establishment of Australia’s first university; he undertook, with two others, the first European crossing of the Blue Mountains; and he was critical in the realisation of
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