18 Augustine Street
Hunters Hill
- Suburb: Hunters Hill
- Municipality: Municipality of Hunters Hill
Hunters Hill (also spelt Hunter's Hill) is a suburb in Sydney, NSW 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. The area's Aboriginal name is 'Mookaboola' or 'Moocooboola', which means meeting of waters. Hunters Hill was named after John Hunter, the second Governor of New South Wales, who was in office between 1795 and 1800. 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 (81 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. Several bus routes run through Hunters Hill to the city and Chatswood. 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. Source: Wikipedia
