The Hill is an inner city, residential suburb of
Newcastle
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, in the
Hunter Region
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of
New South Wales
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,
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, located immediately south of Newcastle's
central business district
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.
The Hill is filled with historic
Victorian terraces and is the site of a historic convict prison block.
As of January 2021, the average house price in The Hill was
A$1.92m.
History
The Aboriginal people, in this area, the
Awabakal, were the previous people of this land. The Hill was first known as Church Hill then Prospect Hill.
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.
The first railway was located there, starting at AA Coy's A Pit just off Church Street
The Boltons
The site was originally used as a mine with two engines creating coal fired stream.
A series of four homes in
San Francisco
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style.
They are
timber
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houses designed by
Frederick B Menkins and built by G.W Brewer in 1904.
Each house has 4 bedrooms and bathroom is the last selling for $1,725,00.
Heritage listings
The Hill has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
* 51 Brown Street:
Newcastle Reservoirs
* 51 Church Street:
Woodlands
* 52a Church Street:
Christ Church Cathedral
* 52a Church Street:
Horbury Hunt Hall
Gallery
File:House1 The Hill.jpg, Residence building, which is part of St Mary's Star of the Sea Church
File:Jesmond House.jpg, Jesmond House is an Italianate mansion of the 1880s with significant historic associations with Newcastle.
File:NewcastleEast2000s.jpg, Looking east from Jesmond House with Nobbys Head and Stockton Beach in the background.
File:Christchurch Cathedral Newcastle.JPG, Christchurch Cathedral
File:Tyrrell Street house.jpg, Tyrrell Street house, Newcastle, NSW, 21 September 1887
Notes
# Area calculation is based on 1:100000 map 9232 NEWCASTLE.
References
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Suburbs of Newcastle, New South Wales
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