The Hill is an inner city, residential suburb of Newcastle, in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, located immediately south of Newcastle's central business district.[2][6] The Hill is filled with historic Victorian terraces and is the site of a historic convict prison block.[citation needed] As of January 2021, the average house price in The Hill was A$1.92m.[7]
History
The Aboriginal people, in this area, the Awabakal, were the previous people of this land.[8] The Hill was first known as Church Hill then Prospect Hill.[9] It was one of the earliest settled areas of Newcastle and the site of the first town plan laid out by Henry Dangar in 1823.[9] The first railway was located there, starting at AA Coy's A Pit just off Church Street[10]
The Boltons
The site was originally used as a mine with two engines creating coal fired stream.[10] A series of four homes in San Francisco style.[10] They are timber houses designed by Frederick B Menkins and built by G.W Brewer in 1904.[10] Each house has 4 bedrooms and bathroom is the last selling for $1,725,00.[11]
Heritage listings
The Hill has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- 51 Brown Street: Newcastle Reservoirs[12]
- 51 Church Street: Woodlands[13]
- 52a Church Street: Christ Church Cathedral[14]
- 52a Church Street: Horbury Hunt Hall[15]
Gallery
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Residence building, which is part of St Mary's Star of the Sea Church -
Jesmond House is an Italianate mansion of the 1880s with significant historic associations with Newcastle. -
Looking east from Jesmond House with Nobbys Head and Stockton Beach in the background. -
Christchurch Cathedral -
Tyrrell Street house, Newcastle, NSW, 21 September 1887
Notes
- ^ Area calculation is based on 1:100000 map 9232 NEWCASTLE.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "The Hill (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b c "Suburb Search – Local Council Boundaries – Hunter (HT) – Newcastle City Council". New South Wales Division of Local Government. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
- ^ a b "The Hill". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
- ^ "Newcastle". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Newcastle". Australian Electoral Commission. 19 October 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
- ^ "The Hill". Land and Property Management Authority - Spatial Information eXchange. New South Wales Land and Property Information. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
- ^ "The Hill suburb profile @ domain.com.au". domain.com.au. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
- ^ "Aboriginal Culture". City of Newcastle.
- ^ a b FEATURE, CARRIE FELLNER | A. DOMAIN ADVERTISING (6 March 2017). "Suburb profile: The Hill". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ a b c d jonruwolt (12 September 2018). "Boltons, the Hill, Newcastle". Federation Home. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ "3 Menkens Lane, The Hill NSW 2300 – House for Sale | Allhomes". allhomes.com.au. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ "Newcastle Reservoirs Site". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H02001. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.
- ^ "Woodlands". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00306. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.
- ^ "Christ Church Cathedral, Movable Collections, Cemetery and Park". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01858. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.
- ^ "Anglican Cathedral Hall, Christ Church". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00156. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.
- "Newcastle Nobbys Signal Station AWS". Climate statistics for Australian locations. Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 21 January 2009.