Museum
Vaucluse House
69A Wentworth Rd, Vaucluse NSW 2030
Turreted Gothic Revival mansion and gardens overlooking a harbour, built by a colonial power couple.
Vaucluse House is the residence colonial lawyer William Charles Wentworth built for his wife Sarah Cox, whom he defended and fell for in Sydney's first breach-of-promise trial of 1825. The guide follows their unmarried years together, their 1829 marriage, and the years Sydney's elite kept Sarah at arm's length despite the mansion rising above the harbour. It lingers on the 1847 Governor's Ball invitation that turned into a public humiliation.
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