Belgenny Farm

Belgenny Farm is a heritage-listed historic farm complex at Camden South in the Camden local government area of New South Wales, within the Camden Park Estate. Established in 1805 on a land grant to John Macarthur, it is regarded as one of Australia's oldest surviving farm complexes and the birthplace of the Australian wool industry. The site preserves colonial farm buildings, cottages and agricultural landscapes illustrating early European farming practices.

Visitors can expect a preserved colonial farm complex set in rural parkland within the Camden Park Estate. The site includes early 19th-century farm buildings, cottages, dairy, stables and machinery displays, surrounded by paddocks, gardens and historic plantings. Guided tours explain the farm's agricultural history and operations. Visitors can explore heritage buildings, view farming exhibits, walk the grounds and experience a working heritage farm environment.

Belgenny Farm was established in 1805 on a 5,000-acre grant from Governor Philip Gidley King to John Macarthur at Camden Park. It became the centre of Macarthur's pioneering merino sheep breeding program with Elizabeth Macarthur, laying the foundation for Australia's wool industry. The surviving farm complex, largely built in the 1820s-1840s, includes some of Australia's earliest European farm buildings and demonstrates early colonial agricultural practices and estate farming.

The farm is listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register and is recognised as a site of national agricultural heritage. It represents early European settlement, colonial farming traditions and the development of Australia's pastoral economy, and is maintained as an educational and community heritage site by the Belgenny Farm Trust.