ABC Radio National by Design, Wednesday June 2, 2010 - with Alan Saunders
Is Experiment Farm Cottage in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta Australia's oldest house? Sue Rosen clearly thinks it is, because that is the title of her book on the house and the man who built it, surgeon John Harris. But opinion is divided on the subject: was it built in the 1790s or the 1830s, and why does it matter? We explore the issues with Sue Rosen and William Holmes a Court, CEO, National Trust