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Jens Pattke, 8 June 2016
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Hunter's Hill is (for now) a local government area in the northern suburbs of
Sydney, on the peninsular between the Parramatta and Lane Cove Rivers. It is the
smallest New South Wales LGA by area, only 6 kmē.
Along with the Ryde
area, it was one of the first parts of the north shore of the Parramatta River
to be settled by Europeans. The origin of the name is not certain - it might
come from Huntershill, the Scottish former estate of a convict, or more likely
be named for John Hunter, the second governor of New South Wales.
The
area, population 13,000, is largely residential, mostly developed in the 19th
century, and has almost no industrial areas. Many buildings are constructed from
local sandstone, the largest being the boarding school St Joseph's College at
Riverview.
Jonathan Dixon, 9 June 2016
The council flies a flag - a blue-white-blue vertical triband in "Canadian pale" ratios, with the council badge in the centre. The badge, a reference to John Hunter, is a green hunting horn with red strings and a red bow tied in a trefoil-type shape on yellow sandstone blocks in two rows of 3 over 4. The blazon for the badge is:
Upon seven blocks of sandstone ranged in two tiers - three and four Or, a bugle horn mouth to the sinister Vert stringed and garnished Gules.Details of badge (and arms):