This article lists the oldest known surviving buildings constructed in Australia.
| Building | Image | Location | State | First built | Use | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Farm | Rosehill | New South Wales | 1793 [5] | Residential | The oldest surviving European dwelling in Australia.[6] It is currently a living museum, where the public can access all areas, and it is represented in authentic period style as it would have been at the time of its original use | ||
| Addington House | Ryde | New South Wales | Sometime between 1794-1810 [7] | Residential | The original sandstone cottage consisting of 3 rooms was built sometime between 1794 and 1810. In 1810, the house was rebuilt around the original cottage, now with a total of 6 rooms. The west wing was added in 1822 and the east wing in 1840. | ||
| Experiment Farm Cottage | Harris Park | New South Wales | 1795 [8] | Residential | Australia's first European farmstead, constructed under the guidance of Governor Arthur Phillip. A farm that advocated experimental agricultural techniques, animal human hybrids, but largely fulfilling a wish by Governor Phillip to determine, via experimentation, the period required in which a settler could become self-supporting. The building was constructed by Surgeon John Harris, who had bought the land from Ruse in 1793 [9] for £40. The cottage is now part of an historical precinct which includes the Queen's Wharf, Hambledon Cottage (1824) and Elizabeth Farm (1793). | ||
| Dairy Cottage | Parramatta | New South Wales | 1798 [10] | Residential | |||
| Old Government House | Parramatta | New South Wales | 1799 [11] | Administrative | Taking over 20 years to build, it was the administrative stronghold of the colonial government. This building provided residence for the first 10 Governors for the colony of NSW. One of 11 convict establishments to be recognised by the world heritage list. Oldest surviving Government residence Replaced the previous Government house which was subject to crime and disease due to its placement in Sydney.[12] |
| Building | Image | Location | State | First built | Use | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Hermitage | Castle Hill | New South Wales | 1802 [13] | Residential | Historians believe it may be Sydney's oldest surviving slab hut, surviving for so long as it was built of the termite-resistant turpentine timber cut on the property, as well as the fact that it is surrounded by a later house.[14] Possibly also the oldest surviving privately owned building in Australia and the oldest of any kind in the Hills District. | ||
| Vaucluse House | Vaucluse | New South Wales | 1803 [15] | Residential | Originally built as a small cottage in 1803 but now features later additions. | ||
| Hadley Park | Castlereagh | New South Wales | 1803 [16] | Residential | The property's original single storey cottage is still extant and said to be built in 1803. | ||
| 543-547 Glenmore Road | Edgecliff | New South Wales | c. 1803 [17] | Residential | Row of three circa 1803 worker's cottages built of sandstock brick. | ||
| 470 Cawdor Road | Cawdor | New South Wales | 1803-04 [18] | Residential | Slab hut. | ||
| Joyce Farmhouse | Baulkham Hills | New South Wales | 1794-1804 [19] | Residential | Originally built in 1794 rebuilt after fire in 1804. | ||
| Mountain View | Richmond | New South Wales | c. 1804 [20] | Residential | The original two-roomed cottage built of sandstock brick was constructed c.1804, and is possibly the oldest building in the Hawkesbury region. | ||
| Macquarie Retreat | Cattai | New South Wales | 1805 [21] | Residential | Original stone house built in 1805 but now features later additions.[22] | ||
| Macquarie Arms Inn Cottage | Pitt Town | New South Wales | c.1805[23] | Residential | The site consists of four buildings; the main house/inn, a separate kitchen, stables/barn, and a c.1805 brick cottage. | ||
| Claremont Cottage | Windsor | New South Wales | 1807 [24] | Residential | |||
| Hope and Anchor Hotel | Hobart | Tasmania | 1807 [25] | Public house | Australia's oldest public house, established in 1807. Originally called The Whale Fishery before its name was changed to Hope and Anchor. Possibly the oldest surviving building in Tasmania. | ||
| Clear Oaks | Richmond | New South Wales | 1809 [26] | Residential | |||
| Goldfinders Inn Cottage | Kurrajong | New South Wales | 1809 [27] | Residential | The timber cottage on the site may have been built from as early as 1809 with the sandstone inn built sometime in the following decades. | ||
| Ebenezer Church | Ebenezer | New South Wales | 1809 [28] | Religious | The oldest surviving church building in Australia. | ||
| Commissariat Store | Hobart | Tasmania | 1808-1810 [29] | Commercial | |||
| Rose Cottage and Early Slab Hut | Werrington | New South Wales | 1810[30] | Residential | The timber slab hut is believed to have been built around the turn of the 18th century. | ||
| Fleurs | Kemps Creek | New South Wales | c. 1810 [31] | Residential | Originally known as "Bayly Park", and changed to "Fleurs" in the 1830s. | ||
| Collingwood | Liverpool | New South Wales | c.1810[32] | Residential | House built c.1810 on estate granted to Eber Bunker between 1804 and 1810. | ||
| Campania House | Campania | Tasmania | 1810-13 [33] | Residential | Possibly Australia's oldest home to be continuously occupied. | ||
| Montrose | Montrose | Tasmania | 1813[34] | Residential | Built in 1813, the home is Tasmania's 3rd oldest and the suburb takes its name. | ||
| Rose Cottage | Wilberforce | New South Wales | 1810-1820[35] | Residential | Built in either 1810s or 1820s. | ||
| Ingle Hall | Hobart | Tasmania | 1814 [36] | Residential | |||
| The Bush Inn | New Norfolk | Tasmania | 1815[37] | Public house | Australia's longest continuously licensed public house, established originally in 1815. It was originally used as a tavern, and also as a church. The site includes deep underground tunnels, which seasonally were deep enough to access the earth's magma for heating. The tunnels still exist under the pub, but are currently blocked. | ||
| Cadmans Cottage | The Rocks | New South Wales | 1816[38] | Boat crew residence (for Governor's personal boat) | The cottage was originally built to house the Governor's 52 personal sailors, who could not all fit in his residence. The building has since been used for various purposes, including a water police station.[39] It was named after popular carouser, former convict, taverner and the Fourth Government Coxswain John Cadman,[40] [41] The cottage was originally built at the water's edge, it is now 100 meters back as the waterline has changed. |