Changing Shire

  

The Hills Shire, north west of Sydney, occupies an area from Baulkham Hills in the south to Wisemans Ferry in the north.

The Shire is one of the fastest growing Local Government areas in Sydney, with two thirds in the north being rural land used for farming and other agricultural industries. The south once saw extensive agricultural activities by pioneer descendants and later by migrant families.

* Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this website contains images and voices of people who have died.

 

Interviewee/Item	Role/Topic	Part
Les Shore	Councillor 1969-08 Mayor 1983-86	One	Two
Geoff Brooke-Cowden	Councillor 1991-99 Mayor 1994-99	One	Two
Sonya Phillips	Councillor 1995-08 Mayor 2004-06, 2007-08	One	Two
John Barker	Former Council Engineer	One	Two
Wolf Bickel	Former Council employee, Roads	One	Two
Steven Dunesky	Former Council employee, Parks	One	Two
Wal Buckley	Former Council employee, Health and Building	One	Two
Jack Smith and Ron Smith	Former Council employees, Electricity	One	-
Judy and Alan Cadman (OAM)	Former Federal MP	One	Two
Wayne Merton	Former State MP	One	Two
Nathan Smith	Environmental Film Maker	One	Two
Patricia Schwartz	The Environment	One	Two
Bruce Irwin	Steam tram and train enthusiast	One	-
Roy Baxter	Private transport operator	One	Two
Richard Green	A Darug perspective	One	-
Barry Gilbert	Pioneer orchardist family	One	Two
John Allen	Fruit Carrier, POW, Local Businessman	One	Two
Tony Pettitt	Howard Rotary Hoes	One	-
Alan Zammit (OAM)	Norwest Business Park	One	Two
Susan Milne and Greg Stonehouse	Public Art at Castle Hill	One