natural history of New South Wales. Harrington Park is of State significance for its ability to demonstrate the evolution of an upper-class working estate from early colonial times to the twentieth century. The evolution of the house in terms of its fabric, dimensions and layout, is illustrative of the social and economic standing of its owners within the colony and their resources and the genteel lifestyle to which they aspired. The homestead gardens and approaches, and vistas from the homestead with managed incident elements in the vistas, demonstrate Australian Colonial garden philosophies from the early and mid-nineteenth century onwards. The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales. Harrington Park is rare at the State level as one of the earliest Gentleman's residences (1817–1827) dating from the Macquarie period on the Cowpasture frontier of the Cumberland Plain. The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a class of cultural or natural places/environments in New South Wales. The Harrington Park estate is of State significance as a fine example of a Gentleman's Estate from the early 1800s. The Harrington Park homestead is a good representative example of a substantial Georgian Period Homestead with Victorian and Modern period overlays. References Bibliography Attribution External links New South Wales State Heritage Register Camden Council (New South Wales) Horse racing venues in Australia Homesteads in New South Wales Farms in New South Wales Articles incorporating text from the New South Wales State Heritage Register Georgian Revival architecture in Australia Fairfax family (publishers)