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Hunters Hill is a leafy sandstone peninsula stretching from Pittwater Road to Onions Point, at the confluence of the Lane Cove and Parramatta Rivers, located approximately 7 kilometres from the CBD of Sydney.
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| Hunters Hill is both the smallest local government area in Metropolitan Sydney, as well as one of the oldest areas on the north side of the harbour. Hunters Hill is recognised as Australia's oldest garden suburb.
The origin of the name has been the subject of debate. There is a romantic theory that the name is derived from Huntershill House, the family home near Edinburgh of Thomas Muir, one of the Scottish martyrs transported here in 1794 for sedition. A more likely source is Captain John Hunter, Commander of Sirius in the First Fleet and second Governor of the Colony. The hunting horn on the Hunter’s Hill Coat of Arms is taken from the Arms of John Hunter’s family.
Early French settlers, among them the brothers Joubert and the exiled Comte Gabriel de Milhau, were influential in gaining the proclamation of Hunter’s Hill as a separate Borough in January 1861 and much of the character of the Municipality, as we know it, developed from that time until the years of World War I. Many of the buildings date back to that period and were constructed from local sandstone - these buildings, typical of development at that time, not only remain but refuse to be submerged by modern development.
The area possesses an interesting mix of architectural styles and building materials although locally quarried sandstone was favoured by our pioneers. The people are heritage conscious and about three quarters of the Municipality has been declared a conservation area. Ideally located between the Lane Cove and Parramatta Rivers, Hunters Hill is a great place to call home.
The suburb of Hunters Hill does not contain an apostrophe, however an apostrophe is used when refering to Hunter's Hill Council.
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