{"id":12731,"date":"2013-08-08T08:52:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-08T08:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/australias-oldest-farm-holds-special-open-day-for-national-family-history-month-this-month-aug-21\/"},"modified":"2013-08-08T08:52:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-08T08:52:00","slug":"australias-oldest-farm-holds-special-open-day-for-national-family-history-month-this-month-aug-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2013\/08\/australias-oldest-farm-holds-special-open-day-for-national-family-history-month-this-month-aug-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia&#8217;s Oldest Farm holds special open day for National Family History Month this month &#8211; Aug 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Belgenny Farm horse and cart\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Belgenny-Farm-horse-and-cart-199x300.jpg\" height=\"168\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Belgenny-Farm-horse-and-cart-199x300.jpg\" width=\"111\"><span><span>Australia\u2019s oldest farm and the home estate of the Macarthur dynasty, Belgenny Farm, will open its gates to the public on\u00a0Wednesday, August 21, for a special event to mark National Family History Month through August.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span>Normally open to the public twice a year on Mothers\u2019 Day and Father\u2019s Day and nestled in the hills and dales of the Macarthur region, an area 45 minutes from the Sydney CBD settled by colonial pioneer, John Macarthur, the heritage farm near Camden will hold a special \u2018Back to Belgenny\u2019 day on\u00a0Wednesday, August 21, with guided tours available about the history of agriculture and the mechanics of a working farm.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>Devonshire teas can be purchased during the open day and local family history societies will be in hand to share information about family trees.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<span>Dating from\u00a0<a data-mce-href=\"tel:1805\" href=\"tel:1805\" target=\"_blank\">1805<\/a>, Belgenny Farm is now a major educational centre giving visitors the chance to learn about agriculture and the region\u2019s history as the original foodbowl of the fledging Sydney\u00a0<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Belgenny Farm6\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Belgenny-Farm6.jpg\" height=\"72\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Belgenny-Farm6.jpg\" width=\"226\"><span>colony.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>Ranked amongst Australia\u2019s great agricultural pioneers, the Macarthurs were granted land in the area in\u00a0<a data-mce-href=\"tel:1805\" href=\"tel:1805\" target=\"_blank\">1805<\/a>, establishing merino wool production, wheat growing, dairying, horticulture and grape growing. Descendants of John Macarthur still live nearby at historic Camden Park House.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>The Macarthur region combines the action of the city and the tranquility of the countryside with attractions that include wineries, convict-built homesteads, historic homes, art galleries, aerial adventure activities and\u00a0Australia\u2019s largest botanic garden, the 416-hectare Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia\u2019s oldest farm and the home estate of the Macarthur dynasty, Belgenny Farm, will open its gates to the public on\u00a0Wednesday, August 21, for a special event to mark National Family History Month through August. Normally open to the public twice a year on Mothers\u2019 Day and Father\u2019s Day and nestled in the hills and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12731\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}