Sydney’s first commercial dairy was built by Dr John Harris on his Ultimo estate, now an inner suburb.  Harris was a naval surgeon and magistrate who became one of the colony’s largest landowners.  Ultimo’s Harris Street is named after him. In 1793, Harris bought the estate of James Ruse, Australia’s first ex-convict farmer, at Parramatta. Over following years he acquired … Continue reading 1805 Sydney’s first commercial dairy