Harper's Mansion

Harper's Mansion is a heritage-listed Georgian mansion located at 9 Wilkinson Street in Berrima, in the Wingecarribee Shire of New South Wales. Built between 1834 and 1835 for colonial entrepreneur James Harper, it is noted as one of the most intact examples of colonial Georgian architecture in Australia. Now operated as a house museum by volunteers, it features period rooms, formal gardens and a hedge maze overlooking the Wingecarribee River.

Visitors can explore a two-storey colonial Georgian mansion with restored period rooms furnished to reflect the 1830s, formal gardens, lawns and a hedge maze set on a hill above the Wingecarribee River. The site offers guided tours of the house, self-guided garden walks, interpretive displays about colonial life and the Harper family, a gift shop and picnic areas with views over the surrounding historic village of Berrima.

Built 1834-1835 for James Harper, a successful colonial entrepreneur and former superintendent of the Government Stock Station at Sutton Forest. The mansion is a rare, largely intact example of colonial Georgian architecture and is listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register. It illustrates early settlement of the Southern Highlands and the prosperity of colonial pastoralists in the 1830s.

Represents colonial Georgian domestic architecture and early 19th-century lifestyle in New South Wales. Operated as a community-run house museum, it preserves period furnishings, garden design and local history, and is valued as a key heritage attraction within the historic village of Berrima.