The city of Ryde is also famous for holding Australia's oldest settler's cottage. It can be found in Victoria. Known as Addington, this cottage was built around 1800 by an emancipist by the name of James Stewart. In 1810, James Shepherd has bought the property, after which he added a six-room sandstone house around the three-room cottage. The west wing of this house was added by Thomas Bowden, who was the first professional school teacher of the colony. Also known as New Far, Addington was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register in 1999.