Huntleys Point, New South Wales

Huntleys Point is a suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Huntleys Point is located 9 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Hunter's Hill. Huntleys Point sits on the northern shore of the Parramatta River.

Huntleys Point
Sydney, New South Wales
Huntleys Point from Parramatta River
Population144 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)2111
Location9 km (6 mi) north-west of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)Municipality of Hunter's Hill
State electorate(s)Lane Cove
Federal Division(s)North Sydney
Suburbs around Huntleys Point:
Hunters Hill Hunters Hill Hunters Hill
Huntleys Cove Huntleys Point Hunters Hill
Henley Chiswick Drummoyne

History

Huntley's Point was named by Alfred Reynolds Huntley who purchased the land here and built Point House in 1851. He had arrived in the colony with his family in 1836 and his father Dr Robert Huntley first occupied land in Braidwood that is known as Huntley's Flats.

Alfred Huntley opened Turkish baths in Bligh Street,[2] in the city on the present site of Adyar House and later he became the chief engineer for Australian Gas Light Company. His only child, a son also named Alfred (Alfred Stafford Huntley) became a brilliant scholar at The King's School, Parramatta and later was an architect and civil engineer, building some of the stone houses at Hunters Hill.[3]

Heritage listings

Huntleys Point has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Transport

The Gladesville Bridge spans the Parramatta River and connects Huntley's Point to Drummoyne. Tarban Creek Bridge links Huntley's Point north to Hunters Hill. The bridges are part of a complex of three bridges that also includes Fig Tree Bridge and links traffic between Victoria Road and Burns Bay Road. Huntleys Point ferry wharf provides access to the Parramatta River ferry services.

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Huntleys Point (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. "Bligh Street Turkish Baths, Sydney, Australia: cooling-room and plunge pool after refurbishment, 1884". Retrieved 25 May 2010.
  3. The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8, page 128
  4. "Gladesville Bridge". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H01935. Retrieved 18 February 2020.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.