Belgenny Farm "Birthplace of Australia's Agriculture" has the most historic group of farm buildings in the country.The earliest building on this site c.1806 was a simple slab and bark hut, situated a few hundred yards north of the old Belgenny Cottage. The hut was there in 1810 when Governor Macquarie visited Elizabeth Macarthur.
Belgenny Cottage was built in several stages, the earliest dating 1820 from a design by Henry Kitchen. It is here that John Macarthur died in 1834.
The rear section was erected around 1920. Other buildings on this site are: the Dovecote, the pidgeons used to carry messages between Belgenny and Elizabeth Farm at Parramatta; Stables c.1820's; Engine Room c. 1901; Mill; Blacksmiths Shop c.1937 using some of the material from the original; Fuel Shed c. 1945, the most modern building on site; a Well, now covered, provided fresh water for the whole farm group; Slaughterhouse; Shearing Shed; Carpenters Shop; Pig-sties; Smokehouse; Granary c.1840's; Creamery c.1820's and Community Hall.
Belgenny was the home farm for the Camden Park Estate and it is here that the Macarthur flocks were brought. James and William Macarthur continued their parents' work, William, in particular, bringing to the Colony many new plants and trees. Orchards and vineyards were established with great success.
The descendants of the original Macarthur flocks are at Belgenny and the vineyard again produces wine. Belgenny remains a working farm.