House "Vaucluse" historical ownership in neo-Gothic style in the Sydney suburb of Vaucluse. Interestingly, in this case the house got its name from the name of the district, but the district was so called in honor of the estate.

House "Vaucluse", built in the 19th century, consists of directly house, kitchen wing, stables and ancillary buildings. Around buildings on 9 acres spread English garden. Today the estate is a Museum, open to the public.

The manor itself was built by sir Henry brown Hayes, who in 1802 was exiled to the colony of New South Wales for kidnapping the daughter of a wealthy Irish banker. The Governor of the colony felt Hayes "troublesome" and wanted to get rid of it. So in 1803 exiles received permission to acquire the land and the house is 3 km from Sydney. An ardent admirer of the poet of the 14th century by Francesco Petrarch Hayes called his possession after his "Fountain of Vaucluse, the famous source near the town of l'isle-sur-La-Sorgue, which is now located in the Department of Vaucluse in France.

Hayes built a small but very nice house and several farm buildings. On 20 hectares of land was planted several thousand fruit trees, none of which, unfortunately, did not survive to our days. The newspaper described the house as "a small, but lovely farm." There is reliable evidence that Hayes was surrounded by their possessions peat imported from Ireland, to protect them from snakes. In 1812 Hayes received a pardon from the Governor of Maqueira and sailed to Ireland, where he spent the remaining 20 years of his life.

House "Vaucluse" for several years, passed from hand to hand, until in 1827 it was bought by William Charles Wentworth, Explorer, journalist, lawyer, politician and successful entrepreneur. He expanded ownership to 208 hectares and in 1828 entered the house with his wife Sarah and the children. Over the next 25 years they performed various repairs and restoration work in the house and the neighborhood. From one of his trips to England Wentworth brought many works of art and furniture, which are now on display in the house Museum. William Wentworth was buried in the chapel near the house in which he spent so many years of life.

In 1911 the government of New South Wales purchased 9 acres of land with the house and the English garden to turn the estate into a Park, but only after almost ten years the house "Vaucluse" opened to the public. Several times the estate wanted to rename was proposed to call it "the House of the Constitution", "Wentworth House" and even "Wisteria House". In the early 1980-ies in the estate underwent serious restoration work to recreate the original interiors. Today the house "Vaucluse" - one of the few buildings from the 19th century, has kept its original appearance, is listed as a national heritage of the state of New South Wales.