Huntleys Point, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Huntleys Point
city = Sydney
state = nsw

caption = Huntleys Point ferry wharf
lga = Municipality of Hunter's Hill
postcode = 2111
est =
pop =
area =
propval =
stategov = Lane Cove
fedgov = North Sydney
near-nw = Hunters Hill
near-n = Hunters Hill
near-ne = Hunters Hill
near-w = Huntleys Cove
near-e = Hunters Hill
near-sw = Henley
near-s = Chiswick
near-se = Drummoyne
dist1 = 9
dir1 = north-west
location1= Sydney CBD

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.

History

Huntley's Point was named by Alfred 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, 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 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. ["The Book of Sydney Suburbs", Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8, page 128]

Construction of the Gladesville Bridge brought this formerly quiet peninsula into a major traffic junction.

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, Sydney and Burns Bay Road. A ferry wharf provides access to the Parramatta River ferry services.

References

External links

* [http://www.huntershill.com.au Discover Hunters Hill]