Experiment Farm Farm Farm established as an experiment to determine if small landholdings could become self-sufficient in the new colony. It is situated on the first land grant in 1789 to James Ruse. Locate -33.820047865626, 151.01178677631 Position Farmer Ruse, James 1789 - 1793 {"name":"Farmer","target":"Ruse, James","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1789<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1793<\/span>"},"date_start":"1789","date_end":"1793"} Property Comprises Experiment Farm Cottage {"name":"Part of","target":"Experiment Farm Cottage","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'><\/span>"},"date_start":null,"date_end":null} Owned by Harris, John 1754-1838 1793 - 1838 {"name":"Owner of","target":"Harris, John 1754-1838","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1793<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1838<\/span>"},"date_start":"1793","date_end":"1838"} Owned by Harris, Thomas 1838 - 1870 {"name":"Owner of","target":"Harris, Thomas","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1838<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1870<\/span>"},"date_start":"1838","date_end":"1870"} Type Farm {"name":"Farm","target":"","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'><\/span>"},"date_start":null,"date_end":null} image image