Hunters Hill, New South Wales
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Hunters Hill is a suburb
in Sydney
, in the state of New South Wales
, Australia
. Hunters Hill is located 9 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district
and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the Municipality of Hunter's Hill
.
Hunters Hill is situated on a small peninsula
that separates the Lane Cove River
and Parramatta River
. It can be reached by bus or by ferry.
Hunters Hill was named after John Hunter
, the second Governor of New South Wales, who was in office between 1795 and 1800.
The area that is now Hunters Hill was settled in 1835. One of the earliest settlers was Mary Reiby, the first female retailer in Sydney. She built a cottage -- later known as Fig Tree House -- on land that fronted the Lane Cove River; Reiby Street is named after her. During the 1840s, bushrangers and convicts who had escaped from the penal settlement on Cockatoo Island
would take refuge in Hunters Hill.
Many of the suburb's early houses were built from the local sandstone. A number were built by Frenchman Didier Numa Joubert (1816-1881), who bought 200 acres (80.9 ha) of land from Mary Reiby from 1847 and used seventy stonemasons from Italy to construct solid artistic houses. Hunters Hill was proclaimed as a municipality on 5 January 1861. The first Gladesville Bridge
constructed in 1881 linked the area to Drummoyne
and the southern side of the Parramatta River
.
Census
of Population and Housing, the population of Hunters Hill stood at 9,024 people, 49.3% females and 50.7% males, with a Median age of 41 years. 24.5% of the population was born overseas with England
(4.2%), New Zealand
(1.4%), China
(1.4%) and Italy
(1.4%) the most common. The five strongest religious affiliations in the area were in descending order: Catholic
(38.2%), Anglican (18.9%), no religion (13.5%), Judaism
(4%) and Eastern Orthodox (3.8%).
Hunters Hill's has a median weekly household income of $1,842, compared with $1,027 in Australia. The most common types of occupation for employed persons were Professionals (35.7%), Managers (22.4%), and Clerical and Administrative Workers (15.6%). 67.5% of the suburbs occupied private dwellings were family households, 24.1% were lone person households and 1.5% were group households.
Hunters Hill is in the federal electoral division of North Sydney
. This seat was won by Joe Hockey
, the current Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing
at the 1996 federal election and retained most recently in the 2010 federal election.
North Sydney is one of only two original divisions in New South Wales, along with Wentworth
, which have never been held by the Australian Labor Party (ALP).
For NSW state elections, Hunters Hill is in the Electoral district of Lane Cove
. As of 2003 this seat is held by Liberal MP
Anthony Roberts
, who was last re-elected in the 2007 state election.
. Also the 538 and 505 run through Hunters Hill and Woolwich
.
The closest ferry
wharves are Valentia Street Wharf in Woolwich
and Huntleys Point. These provide access to the Inner Harbour ferry services which run between Circular Quay and Parramatta
.
boys' secondary school, St Joseph's College
. It is also home to Hunters Hill High School
, Boronia Park Public School, Hunters Hill Primary School and Villa Maria Primary School.
. It has won the Kentwell Cup 8 times and 1st Division club championship 5 times. The second most distinguished club in Subbies, it recently won the Stockdale Cup and Robertson Cup in 2010. The Robertson Cup was named after former Suburban Chairman (1978-80), Brian Robertson, this cup was first won by Port Hacking. After not being contested between 1988-93, the Robertson Cup was revived to become the Colts trophy for second division. The Farrant Cup was named after life member Don Farrant, a long-time supporter of sub-district rugby, Hunters Hill club stalwart Don Farrant presented the Farrant Cup to the MSDRU in 1974. Initially included in an expanded fourth division, it became the award for the Division Three second grade premiership in 1995.
Hunters Hill Rugby Union Football Club is a club that caters for all ages and level of ability, and plays matches at Boronia Park from March through to August.
. The historic Hunters Hill Town Hall is located in Alexandra Street, close to the historic post office.
The Great North Walk
, a walking trail from Sydney to Newcastle, passes through Boronia Park
; a large waterfront parkland reserve which contains Aboriginal drawings thought to date back to before the start of the colony.
Hunters Hill has a number of heritage-listed buildings and is positioned near the confluence of the Lane Cove and Parramatta Rivers, as well as the headwaters of Sydney Harbour, which provides river and harbour views. Previously having a number of residents of French extraction, it was known as the "French Village" and shares a friendship with a sister city near Paris
, Le Vésinet
.
Suburb
The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...
in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, in the state of New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Hunters Hill is located 9 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district
Sydney central business district
The Sydney central business district is the main commercial centre of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It extends southwards for about 3 kilometres from Sydney Cove, the point of first European settlement. Its north–south axis runs from Circular Quay in the north to Central railway station in...
and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the Municipality of Hunter's Hill
Municipality of Hunter's Hill
The Municipality of Hunter's Hill is a Local Government Area in the Northern Suburbs of Sydney, and is the smallest Local Government Area in New South Wales by area. The mayor of Hunters Hill is Susan Hoopman.- Demographics :According to the , there:...
.
Hunters Hill is situated on a small peninsula
Peninsula
A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. In many Germanic and Celtic languages and also in Baltic, Slavic and Hungarian, peninsulas are called "half-islands"....
that separates the Lane Cove River
Lane Cove River
The Lane Cove River is a tributary of the Parramatta River, Sydney, Australia. Its lower reaches form an arm of Sydney Harbour.-Description:...
and Parramatta River
Parramatta River
The Parramatta River is a waterway in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Parramatta River is the main tributary of Sydney Harbour, a branch of Port Jackson, along with the smaller Lane Cove and Duck Rivers....
. It can be reached by bus or by ferry.
History
The area's Aboriginal name is 'Mookaboola' or 'Moocooboola', which means meeting of waters.Hunters Hill was named after John Hunter
John Hunter (New South Wales)
Vice-Admiral John Hunter, RN was a British naval officer, explorer, naturalist and colonial administrator who succeeded Arthur Phillip as the second governor of New South Wales, Australia from 1795 to 1800.-Overview:...
, the second Governor of New South Wales, who was in office between 1795 and 1800.
Cockatoo Island, New South Wales
Cockatoo Island is the largest island in Sydney Harbour in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Located at the junction of the Parramatta and Lane Cove rivers, Cockatoo Island is a former imperial prison, industrial school, reformatory and gaol. It was also the site of one of Australia's biggest...
would take refuge in Hunters Hill.
Many of the suburb's early houses were built from the local sandstone. A number were built by Frenchman Didier Numa Joubert (1816-1881), who bought 200 acres (80.9 ha) of land from Mary Reiby from 1847 and used seventy stonemasons from Italy to construct solid artistic houses. Hunters Hill was proclaimed as a municipality on 5 January 1861. The first Gladesville Bridge
Gladesville Bridge
Gladesville Bridge is an arch bridge near Gladesville that spans the Parramatta River, west of central Sydney, Australia. It links the suburbs of Huntleys Point and Drummoyne. It is a few kilometres upstream of the more famous Sydney Harbour Bridge and is part of Victoria Road...
constructed in 1881 linked the area to Drummoyne
Drummoyne, New South Wales
Drummoyne is a suburb in the inner west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 6 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the City of Canada Bay....
and the southern side of the Parramatta River
Parramatta River
The Parramatta River is a waterway in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Parramatta River is the main tributary of Sydney Harbour, a branch of Port Jackson, along with the smaller Lane Cove and Duck Rivers....
.
Demographics
In the 2006 Australian Bureau of StatisticsAustralian Bureau of Statistics
The Australian Bureau of Statistics is Australia's national statistical agency. It was created as the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics on 8 December 1905, when the Census and Statistics Act 1905 was given Royal assent. It had its beginnings in section 51 of the Constitution of Australia...
Census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
of Population and Housing, the population of Hunters Hill stood at 9,024 people, 49.3% females and 50.7% males, with a Median age of 41 years. 24.5% of the population was born overseas with England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
(4.2%), New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
(1.4%), China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
(1.4%) and Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
(1.4%) the most common. The five strongest religious affiliations in the area were in descending order: Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
(38.2%), Anglican (18.9%), no religion (13.5%), Judaism
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
(4%) and Eastern Orthodox (3.8%).
Hunters Hill's has a median weekly household income of $1,842, compared with $1,027 in Australia. The most common types of occupation for employed persons were Professionals (35.7%), Managers (22.4%), and Clerical and Administrative Workers (15.6%). 67.5% of the suburbs occupied private dwellings were family households, 24.1% were lone person households and 1.5% were group households.
Politics
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Hunters Hill is in the federal electoral division of North Sydney
Division of North Sydney
The Division of North Sydney is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The division is named after the North Sydney area where it is located. It was proclaimed in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election...
. This seat was won by Joe Hockey
Joe Hockey
Joseph Benedict "Joe" Hockey , is an Australian politician and member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of North Sydney for the Liberal Party of Australia since 1996....
, the current Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing
Minister for Health and Ageing (Australia)
The Minister for Health and Ageing is a portfolio in the Government of Australia with the responsibility for national health policy. The current Minister for Health and Ageing is Nicola Roxon...
at the 1996 federal election and retained most recently in the 2010 federal election.
North Sydney is one of only two original divisions in New South Wales, along with Wentworth
Division of Wentworth
The Division of Wentworth is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It was proclaimed in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. The Division is named after William Charles Wentworth , a noted Australian explorer and statesman...
, which have never been held by the Australian Labor Party (ALP).
For NSW state elections, Hunters Hill is in the Electoral district of Lane Cove
Electoral district of Lane Cove
Lane Cove is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Anthony Roberts of the Liberal Party of Australia...
. As of 2003 this seat is held by Liberal MP
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
Anthony Roberts
Anthony Roberts
Anthony John Roberts MP , an Australian politician, is the New South Wales Minister for Fair Trading in the O'Farrell-Stoner Liberal/National coalitition government...
, who was last re-elected in the 2007 state election.
Transport
Several bus routes run through Hunters Hill, consisting of the 506 to the city and the 536 to ChatswoodChatswood, New South Wales
Chatswood is a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Chatswood is located 10 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the local government area of the City of Willoughby. Chatswood West is a separate suburb...
. Also the 538 and 505 run through Hunters Hill and Woolwich
Woolwich, New South Wales
Woolwich is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Woolwich is located 11 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Hunter's Hill....
.
The closest ferry
Ferry
A ferry is a form of transportation, usually a boat, but sometimes a ship, used to carry primarily passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water. Most ferries operate on regular, frequent, return services...
wharves are Valentia Street Wharf in Woolwich
and Huntleys Point. These provide access to the Inner Harbour ferry services which run between Circular Quay and Parramatta
Parramatta, New South Wales
Parramatta is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located in Greater Western Sydney west of the Sydney central business district on the banks of the Parramatta River. Parramatta is the administrative seat of the Local Government Area of the City of Parramatta...
.
Commercial area
Hunters Hill has several commercial areas. A small group of shops is located on the corner of Alexandra and Ferry Street, with others scattered along these streets and Woolwich Road. A busier commercial area is located around the intersection of Ryde Road and Gladesville Road, near Burns Bay Road.Schools
Hunters Hill is the site of the AAGPS CatholicRoman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
boys' secondary school, St Joseph's College
St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill
St Joseph's College is a Roman Catholic, Secondary, day and boarding school for boys. It is located in Hunters Hill, a suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....
. It is also home to Hunters Hill High School
Hunters Hill High School
Hunter's Hill High School is a public, secondary, co-educational day school, located in Hunter's Hill, a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is situated on the Lane Cove River, near the Figtree Bridge....
, Boronia Park Public School, Hunters Hill Primary School and Villa Maria Primary School.
Sport
Hunters Hill Rugby Union Football Club was established in 1892 and competes in the New South Wales Suburban Rugby UnionNew South Wales Suburban Rugby Union
The New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union is affiliated to the New South Wales Rugby Union and runs the competition affectionately known as "Subbies" rugby. There are around 7500 players and 55 clubs competing across 6 divisions, making "Subbies" the largest centrally administered rugby competition...
. It has won the Kentwell Cup 8 times and 1st Division club championship 5 times. The second most distinguished club in Subbies, it recently won the Stockdale Cup and Robertson Cup in 2010. The Robertson Cup was named after former Suburban Chairman (1978-80), Brian Robertson, this cup was first won by Port Hacking. After not being contested between 1988-93, the Robertson Cup was revived to become the Colts trophy for second division. The Farrant Cup was named after life member Don Farrant, a long-time supporter of sub-district rugby, Hunters Hill club stalwart Don Farrant presented the Farrant Cup to the MSDRU in 1974. Initially included in an expanded fourth division, it became the award for the Division Three second grade premiership in 1995.
Hunters Hill Rugby Union Football Club is a club that caters for all ages and level of ability, and plays matches at Boronia Park from March through to August.
Landmarks
There is a private hospital in Alexandra Street and in High Street, a Jewish nursing home and synagogue named the Sir Moses Montefiore HomeSir Moses Montefiore Home
The Sir Moses Montefiore Jewish Home provides residential elderly care facilities in Hunters Hill and Woollahra with a further facility being constructed in Randwick...
. The historic Hunters Hill Town Hall is located in Alexandra Street, close to the historic post office.
The Great North Walk
Great North Walk
The Great North Walk is a walking track which runs from Sydney to Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia. The main track, in length, runs between the Obelisk in Macquarie Place in Sydney to Queens Wharf Tower in Bicentennial Park in Newcastle and is well sign-posted. There are many "side tracks"...
, a walking trail from Sydney to Newcastle, passes through Boronia Park
Boronia Park
Boronia Park is a waterfront parkland and nature reserve wholly within the suburb of Hunters Hill, in the Municipality of Hunter's Hill, New South Wales, Australia...
; a large waterfront parkland reserve which contains Aboriginal drawings thought to date back to before the start of the colony.
Heritage
The following buildings are listed on the Register of the National Estate.- Public School including Eulbertie, Alexandra Street
- Post Office, Alexandra Street
- Town Hall, Alexandra Street
- St Ives, Crescent Street
- Anglican Church of All Saints, corner Ferry and Ambrose Streets
- Kyarra, Madeline Street
- Fig Tree House, Reiby Road
- Clifton, Woolwich Road
- Waiwera, Woolwich Road
- St Claire, Wybalena Road
- The Chalet, Yerton Avenue
- Woolwich Dock, Franki Avenue, Woolwich
- Former Garibaldi Inn, Alexandra Street
Houses
Hunters Hill has an area of 5.75 square kilometres including some 650,000 square metres of parks and reserves. Developments are mostly residential.Hunters Hill has a number of heritage-listed buildings and is positioned near the confluence of the Lane Cove and Parramatta Rivers, as well as the headwaters of Sydney Harbour, which provides river and harbour views. Previously having a number of residents of French extraction, it was known as the "French Village" and shares a friendship with a sister city near Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, Le Vésinet
Le Vésinet
Le Vésinet is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris from the center....
.
Notable residents
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