Category Archives: General News

2009 Christmas party at Wyaldra

By HHT | Published: December 3, 2009
The Trust’s 2009 Christmas cocktail party was hosted by Alice and Conrad Oppen at Wyladra on 27th November.  You can see some photos from the event here.
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Boronia Park reflections: a conversation with Arthur Mashford

By Brigid Dowsett | Published: November 18, 2009
In light of the current threat to the integrity of Boronia Park as public open space, as outlined on p.1 of the October edition of the Journal, it was illuminating to have a conversation recently with a long-time resident of Park Road Arthur Mashford, a bright nonagenarian, is currently working on a book on the [...]
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Proposed rugby club facility at Boronia Park

By Tony Coote | Published: November 15, 2009
The Trust has recently become aware of The Hunters Hill Rugby Club’s proposal for a facility to be constructed in Princes Street on the bank of No 2 oval at Boronia Park.  David Innes, Group Manager Works and Services at Council says that “The whole proposal is still in its preliminary stages and we have suggested [...]
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Alterations to Hunters Hill Public School

By Tony Coote | Published: November 13, 2009
New 2 storey classroom and toilet block at Hunters Hill Public School  Hunters Hill Public School has plans for a new 2-storey classroom block at the school.  It is to be designed and built by Bovis Lend Lease under the Federal Government’s economic stimulus plan – “Nation Building”.  Under this plan there is no requirement for the builder [...]
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Threat to riverfront parkland

By HHT | Published: September 19, 2009
UPDATE:  Sydney Uni has requested and been granted a deferral of the the assessment of their development application. Sydney University proposes to build a huge boatshed and pontoon on public riverfront at Cunningham’s Reach, Linley Point  Under the current proposal, 60% of the useable area of the park would be alienated. All that would remain of [...]
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Submission to Sydney University about the rowing club facility

By Tony Coote | Published: September 16, 2009
Download the full submission in pdf format.
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2009 AGM

By HHT | Published: July 18, 2009
 The author Colleen Morris gave a presentation on Sydney’s rich and diverse gardening heritage, much of which has been lost to our growing need for real estate. She showed slides of some of Sydney’s lost gardens and garden styles, from the native bush and significant early colonial gardens to corporate rooftop gardens and threatened gardens of today.
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From the President’s desktop

By Tony Coote | Published: April 11, 2009
Included in this Journal is The Trust’s submission on the draft Local Environment Plans and Development Control Plans for Gladesville and Victoria Road, which have been prepared by Hunters Hill and Ryde Councils. In it we point out that the big picture planning issues of global warming, an unsustainable “continuous growth” economy, peak oil and population [...]
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Four storey limit

By HHT | Published: April 1, 2009
My favourite reference book on planning and architecture is A Pattern Language, written by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa and Murray Silverstein in 1977. In it the authors set out a series of “patterns”, which they have quite subjectively arrived at to provide a sourcebook of a timeless way of building.
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Vale four of Hunters Hill’s finest

By HHT | Published: April 1, 2009
It is sad to report the loss in the last year of several of the Trust’s passionate advocates and earliest members. Those remembered below are notable for the contribution they made to the campaign to protect the best of Hunter’s Hill’s special heritage from unsympathetic and over- development, some by becoming successful candidates in Council [...]
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