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Elizabeth Bay House was designed as the "finest house in colony" by the Colonial Secretary, Alexander Macleay. It overlooked the ocean and still remains unfinished today, as the expensive endeavour financially ruined him. Macleay's eldest son foreclosed on him in 1845.





































Macleay is an entomologist, and has a big collection that started in England in the 1790's. He spent great expense in expanding his collection through auction purchases. It was so extensive that British natural scientists even paid him to access his collection.



























The house has 2 large and separate cellars, which housed wines, dairy, and coal storage.



Vaucluse House was built by William Charles Wentworth.