Chifley Home

Chifley Home is the former residence of Ben Chifley, Australia's 16th Prime Minister, located at 10 Busby Street in South Bathurst, Bathurst, New South Wales. The modest brick cottage, preserved with original furnishings and personal belongings, operated as a museum by Bathurst Regional Council. It offers insight into Chifley's life from 1914 to 1951 and mid-20th century domestic life in regional Australia.

Visitors can expect a modest interwar brick cottage preserved as it was when Ben and Elizabeth Chifley lived there, with original furniture, kitchen, laundry, and personal effects. The adjoining Education Centre displays photographs, documents and interpretive exhibits. Visits are by guided tour through the small house and garden, with commentary on the house's history and domestic setting in a quiet residential street in South Bathurst.

Chifley Home was the residence of Joseph Benedict (Ben) Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia from 1945 to 1949, and his wife Elizabeth from 1914 until his death in 1951. The house retains its original interior and contents, illustrating the modest lifestyle of a former prime minister. It is listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register and managed as a house museum by Bathurst Regional Council.

The property is significant as a preserved example of mid-20th century suburban domestic life in regional New South Wales and for its association with a nationally prominent public figure. It serves as an educational resource on Australian social history and community heritage in Bathurst.