Subject: View of homestead. Bella Vista comprises of an entire 1870s farming community including the large 19th century homestead, all virtually untouched for 100 years.
Photographer: Unknown
Copyright owner: Heritage Office
Date: 01/07/2020
Subject: View of surrounds. The complex of farm buildings is prominently sited within a park-like rural landscape created by the cultural plantings and remaining indigenous trees.
Photographer: Unknown
Copyright owner: Heritage Office
Date: 01/07/2020
Subject: View of farm buildings. The late nineteenth century rude timber slab construction and masonry homestead enable comprehensive interpretation of bygone farming life and and work.
Photographer: Unknown
Copyright owner: Heritage Office
Date: 01/07/2020
Subject: View of surrounds. Early land settlers John and Elizabeth Macarthur owned the lands and used them for grazing their Spanish 'merino' breed sheep.
Photographer: Unknown
Copyright owner: Heritage Office
Date: 01/07/2020
Subject: PCO Plan Number 754
Photographer: Heritage Council of NSW
Copyright owner: Heritage Council of NSW
Date: 23/03/1993
Subject: View of farm buildings and fence. Three generations of the Pearce family owned the farm (direct descendents of Matthew Pearce the first settler in the Parramatta district) and were responsible for the development of the farm.
Photographer: Unknown
Copyright owner: Heritage Office
Date: 01/07/2020
Subject: View of farm building. The split timber slab farm buildings are rare surviving examples of rude timber construction in the Sydney Region.
Photographer: Unknown
Copyright owner: Heritage Office
Date: 01/07/2020
Subject: View of farm building. The late nineteenth century rude timber slab construction and masonry homestead enable comprehensive interpretation of bygone farming life and and work.
Photographer: Unknown
Copyright owner: Heritage Office
Date: 01/07/2020