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Brandy Hill, New South Wales

Coordinates: 32°41′40.3″S 151°41′35.5″E / 32.694528°S 151.693194°E / -32.694528; 151.693194
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Brandy Hill
New South Wales
Grazing land in Brandy Hill, looking towards Osterley
Brandy Hill is located in New South Wales
Brandy Hill
Brandy Hill
Coordinates32°41′40.3″S 151°41′35.5″E / 32.694528°S 151.693194°E / -32.694528; 151.693194
Population956[2]
 • Density382.4/km2 (990/sq mi)
Established1986
Postcode(s)2324
Area5.2 km2 (2.0 sq mi)Note1
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10)
 • Summer (DST)AEDT (UTC+11)
Location
LGA(s)Port Stephens Council[1]
RegionHunter[1]
CountyDurham[3]
ParishSeaham[3]
State electorate(s)Maitland[4]
Federal division(s)Paterson[5]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
29.6 °C
85 °F		 6.1 °C
43 °F		 925.2 mm
36.4 in
Suburbs around Brandy Hill:
Seaham Seaham Seaham
Seaham Brandy Hill Seaham
Seaham Seaham Nelsons Plains

Brandy Hill is a suburb of the Port Stephens Local Government Area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.[1][3] It was originally farmland but was subdivided in the 1980s and now supports a population of almost 1,000 people living on large, primarily residential, blocks.[2] It overlooks working farmland and offers superb views of the greater Morpeth area, with visibility extending to Maitland. The median house price in Brandy Hill is considerably higher than the region average of $340,000[6]. The predominance of acreages has made the locality particularly appealing to hobby farmers[7].

History

Like neighbouring Seaham, the area now known as Brandy Hill was once inhabited by the Garewagal clan of the Worimi people.[8]

"Eskdale" & proposed railway

During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Brandy Hill was part of the "Eskdale" estate and was then part of Seaham. The foundations of colonial homes have been unearthed around Neika Close, suggesting Europeans have been living in the Brandy Hill area since at least the late-nineteenth century.[citation needed] During the 1860s, timber was collected from "the country in the neighbourhood of Brandy Hill" to build the Dunmore Bridge over the Paterson River[9]. Some twenty-years later, prior to the North Coast Line being extended from Maitland Junction to Paterson, a railway line between Morpeth and Clarence Town was proposed[10]. This alternate route, which would have passed directly through Brandy Hill and Seaham, was deemed unsuitable because, according to The Maitland Mercury, "Morpeth has no suburbs in the direction the line must take (across Hinton and Wallalong), and would run immediately into Brandy Hill where the only inhabitants are wallabys and bandicoots and where the land is unfit for the support of any other kind of population"[11].

"The Oaky Paddock" & Quarry

In the 1930s and 40s the land was referred to as the "Oaky Paddock" by the McDonald family (who lived at Eskdale House, on the opposite side of Seaham Road, between the 1930s and 1965)[12]. Just north of Brandy Hill is the Brandy Hill quarry, which is named after the nearby hill that is approximately 180 metres (591 ft) high.[13] Travelling between the quarry and Raymond Terrace meant travelling a circuitous route through the Seaham township so Brandy Hill Drive was constructed to provide a shorter and more direct route.

Subdivision & suburb

In the 1980s the land around Brandy Hill Drive was subdivided and renamed "Brandy Hill", after the hill, which is more than 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the northern extremity of the suburb and still in Seaham, and the quarry.[3][14] Brandy Hill Drive continues to be used as an access route to the quarry, which is now operated by Hanson plc.

On 7 April 2000 the subdivision was formerly approved as a locality and became a suburb in its own right.[3] The suburb is almost surrounded by Seaham.[14]

Architecture

Development in Brandy Hill coincided with the return to the use of decorative architectural features, which characterise the building boom of the 1980s. As a result, Brandy Hill offers many examples of Postmodern architecture. Common are allusions to Federation architecture, the use of latticework, glass brick, columns and bullnose verandahs. Unlike the "mega-villa" homes of the period, which sought to occupy as much of the site as possible, homes in Brandy Hill are set on acreages, allowing for additional features such as gardens.

  • Post-Modern house with stylised columns, Federation style gable ends and a symmetrical composition.
    Post-Modern house with stylised columns, Federation style gable ends and a symmetrical composition.
  • Post-Modern house with Colonial Regency influence.
    Post-Modern house with Colonial Regency influence.
  • Example of New Wave architecture, with curved steel roofing.
    Example of New Wave architecture, with curved steel roofing.
  • Post-Modern style cottage with colorbond roofing.
    Post-Modern style cottage with colorbond roofing.

Notes

  1. ^ Area calculation is based on 1:100000 map 9232 NEWCASTLE.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Suburb Search - Local Council Boundaries - Hunter (HT) - Port Stephens". New South Wales Department of Local Government. Retrieved 8 June 2008.
  2. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Brandy Hill (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 23 May 2008. Map
  3. ^ a b c d e "Geographical Names Register Extract: Brandy Hill (locality)". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 May 2008.
  4. ^ "Maitland". New South Wales Electoral Commission. 24 March 2007. Retrieved 28 June 2008.
  5. ^ "Paterson". Australian Electoral Commission. 19 October 2007. Retrieved 28 June 2008.
  6. ^ http://www.domain.com.au/Public/suburbprofile.aspx?mode=research&searchTerm=Brandy%20Hill
  7. ^ http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/national/national/general/black-friday-flames-that-reduced-a-port-to-a-ghost-town/1406474.aspx?storypage=2
  8. ^ "The History of the Worimi People". Tobwabba Art. Retrieved 25 December 2008.
  9. ^ http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/18698387?searchTerm=%22Brandy%20Hill%22
  10. ^ http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/860213?searchTerm=%22Brandy%20Hill%22
  11. ^ http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/859685?searchTerm=%22Brandy%20Hill%22
  12. ^ http://www.maitlandmercury.com.au/news/local/news/general/maud-celebrates-100-years-with-family-and-friends/805952.aspx
  13. ^ "Geographical Names Register Extract: Brandy Hill (hill)". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 May 2008.; 1:100000 map 9232 NEWCASTLE
  14. ^ a b "Brandy Hill". Land and Property Management Authority - Spatial Information eXchange. New South Wales Land and Property Information. Retrieved 23 May 2008.
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