Category Archives: Journal Articles

Thomas Muir and the naming of Hunter’s Hill

By HHT | Published: November 16, 2009
by Beverley Sherry Recently the notion that the Municipality of Hunter’s Hill derived its name from Thomas Muir’s Huntershill has been resurrected, suggested by Don Beresford in an address to the Hunter’s Hill Historical Society.1 Thomas Muir (1765-1799) was one of the five so-called “Scottish Martyrs” transported to New South Wales in 1794 for sedition.2
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Some of the lost wharves of Hunters Hill

By Kate Russell | Published: April 11, 2009
Ferry travel is quintessential Hunters Hill. 150 years ago, the network of ferries was Hunter’s Hill’s main link to the rest of Sydney. The first regular ferry service was established by Didier Joubert in the 1850s. Joubert wanted boats that could carry drays so that farmers could ‘start to market with their produce at five [...]
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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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Boat trip

By HHT | Published: April 10, 2009
While we’re on the subject of wharves, the Trust conducted a very interesting boat trip on Saturday April 4th as part of Heritage Week. Once again, the good ship “Reliance” was our conveyance, and we set off on an overcast afternoon from Huntley’s Point to explore the Parramatta River. On board was our knowledgeable guide [...]
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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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