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'''Summer Hill''' is a ] in the municipality of ], in the ] of ], in the state of ], ]. It is approximately 7 kilometres West-South-West of Sydney's ].
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'''Summer Hill''' is a ] of ], in the state of ], ]. Summer Hill is located 7 kilometres west of the ], in the ] of the ].
==Boundaries and Size==

To the north of Summer Hill is the suburb of ], to the east is ], to the south is ], and to the west is ]. The boundaries of Summer Hill are defined by Parramatta Road to the North, Prospect Road and Liverpool Road to the East, Old Canterbury Road to the South, and the north-south goods railway line to the east. In the 2001 Australian Bureau of Statistics Census of Population and Housing, the population of the Summer Hill postcode area was 6332 people, in an area of 1.1 square kilometres.
Summer Hill is a primarily residential ] of Sydney's ], adjoining two of Sydney's major arterial roads, ] and ]. The first land grant was made in 1794 to former convict and ] ], and the suburb began growing following the opening of the railway station on the ], in 1879.

By the 1920s, the suburb had become relatively ], with large estates and mansions built throughout the suburb. Some of these still exist today. Following a transition to a ] suburb in the mid-20th century, when many of the large estates were demolished or subdivided, the suburb today has a "village" character and a mix of medium-density apartment blocks and federation houses.


==Characteristics== ==Characteristics==
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Summer Hill features a mix of federation-era houses and medium density apartment blocks near the station. Most of the shops run are run by local independent business people, giving the area quite a friendly feeling, and it has been christened "the village".]
Summer Hill's boundaries are Parramatta Road and Liverpool Road to the north, the rear of the properties on the west side of Prospect Road (with a detour around ]) to the West, Old Canterbury Road to the south, and the Inner West Light Rail to the east. North of Summer Hill is the suburb of ], to the east is ], to the south is ], and to the west is ].<ref name="boundary">{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}, ]. Retrieved 18 September 2007. {{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>


Summer Hill has a mix of ] houses, with medium density apartment blocks near the railway station. Local ] people run most of the shops. The local council has defined a village character for the suburb.<ref>], . Retrieved 22 October 2007. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723111257/http://www.ashfield.nsw.gov.au/planning/dcps/DCP%202007/02.%20Parts%20A-D/C14%20Summer%20Hill%20Urban%20Village.pdf |date=23 July 2008 }}</ref> Summer Hill is a suburb rich in heritage. More than one hundred properties are heritage listed, and the strong feelings of some residents of the suburb towards protecting the local architecture has seen the introduction of a heritage review, which is expected to add more properties to the heritage register.<ref name="heritage">, ]. Retrieved 7 July 2007. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720104232/http://www.ashfield.nsw.gov.au/planning/strategic_summerhill.htm |date=20 July 2008 }}</ref>
==History of Summer Hill==
The first white property ownership in the area that would later become Summer Hill was in 1794, with a grant for a farm to Henry Kable, a former convict and jailor.


Despite formerly being working class, Summer Hill and many of the surrounding suburbs have gradually undergone ] over recent years. Culturally, Summer Hill is a blend of medium-density European Sydney suburbia, with Italian influences (which are most evident in Leichhardt to the east and Haberfield to the north), Asian (mainly Chinese) influences (which are most strongly evident in Ashfield to the West), and smaller influences from many other cultures.<ref name="pratten">Pratten, Chris, ''Summer Hill''. Ashfield & District Historical Society: Australia, 1999. {{ISBN|0-949842-11-7}}.</ref>
The earliest known use of the name "Summer Hill" was in 1876, for a land subdivision between Petersham and Ashfield. The name Summer Hill is though to be a name chosen by the land sub-divider, presumably based on an attachment for England.


==History==
A large mansion, known as Carleton mansion was built in the 1850s on Liverpool Road for Charles Carleton Skarrat. The suburb boomed with the opening of the railway station in 1879, and the subdivisions of much of the surrounding area followed. Between 1880 and 1910, the area became an upper-class suburb. Subdivision for gardens and housing continued in the 1920s and 30s, but socioeconomically the suburb moved downhill. Demolition of most of the surviving mansions occurred in the 1970s, to allow erection of home units, especially within walking distance of the railway station.


==Aboriginal culture== ===Aboriginal Anthropology===
Before the ] arrived at ] in 1788, what is now known as Summer Hill was part of a larger area where people of the ] and ] nations lived. There is research to show in the greater Sydney region 8000 - 10000 Aboriginal people were resident, fluctuating on seasons and during tribal conflicts.<ref name="short-walk">"A Short Walk Through Ashfield's past" booklet, a collaboration between Ashfield Municipal Council and the Ashfield & District Historical Society, circa 1996.</ref> What is now called the ] (originally Long Cove Creek) appears to have been the boundary between the Cadigal and Wangal Aboriginal nations. Today there is a small park in Summer Hill, called Cadigal Reserve, located at 1-4 Grosvenor Crescent. A bronze plaque placed by Ashfield Council names the reserve after the Cadigal (Eora) group of Koori people.<ref name="cadigal">, ]. Retrieved 18 September 2007. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725024253/http://www.ashfield.nsw.gov.au/planning/summer_hill_march2004/study_documents/30701.pdf |date=25 July 2008 }}</ref> Iron Cove and the mangrove-lined estuaries of the Long Cove and Iron Cove Creeks would have provided a good source of fish and molluscs, the most common food of the coastal tribes in the ].<ref name="short-walk" />
Aborigines only arrived in the Sydney basin 4000 to 6000 years ago, when the sea level lowered. They were mainly fisher-folk, who used plants and land animals to some extent, and burnt the land. The English settlers reported large areas of parkland, and Summer Hill and the surrounding area were originally know by white settlers as the "Kanguroo grounds" (sic). This indicates that the country was probably fairly open (the type of terrain favoured by Kangaroos), and that secondly that Kangaroos probably formed a significant part of the aboriginal diet.


In the early days of the colony, the land between ] and the ] was known as the Kangaroo Ground.<ref name="short-walk" /> This suggests that the land was open terrain favoured by kangaroos, that they were common in the area and may have formed a significant part of the Aboriginal diet.<ref name="short-walk" />
What is now called the Hawthorne Canal was originally the Long Cove Creek. This creek appears to have marked the boundary between the Cadigal and Wongal aboriginal group lands. Today there is small park, called Cadigal Reserve, located at 1-4 Grosvenor Crescent, in Summer Hill, which contains a bronze plaque placed by Ashfield Council, that names the reserve after the Cadigal (Eora) group of Koori people that fished along these estuaries in the distant past.


===European settlement===
==Transportation==
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] is located on the ] of the ]. The railway station was opened in 1879, and most of the local shops are clustered close to the station. Travelling towards the city, the railway stops in order are ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]. Travelling west towards Strathfield, the stops are ], ], ], and ]. A recent renovation of the railway station was completed in 2004, after some initial controversy about whether to build the pedestrian walkway above or underneath the railway tracks.
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The first land grant in this area was for a farm in 1794, to former convict and ] ]. The land in the eastern corner of Summer Hill was an additional grant of {{convert|30|acre|ha|lk=on}} made to Henry Kable in 1804. This eastern corner would subsequently become part of the estate of James Underwood. Underwood died in 1844 and left a will so complicated that it required special legislation before it could be subdivided.<ref name="pratten" />


An early known use of the name "Summer Hill" was on Saturday 8 December 1849 when The Bathurst Free Press reported it as the residence of James and Ann Bennett who were tried and convicted of participation in the Wellington Mail Robbery.<ref> Trove</ref> However, the location reported most likely refers to the place now known as Summer Hill Creek, near Orange, New South Wales. The name was used in 1876, for a land subdivision adjacent to the present-day St Andrew's Anglican Church. The name Summer Hill is thought to be a name chosen by the land sub-divider, presumably based on an attachment for England. Local historians regard the suggestion that the name is a derivation of "Sunning Hill" as a dubious story which has no substance.<ref name="pratten" />
Summer Hill is located close to Liverpool Road and Parramatta Road, and so is well served by road, although in peak hour these roads can be quite congested. There are buses that follow routes along both Parramatta and Liverpool roads.


Summer Hill's largest mansion, ''Carleton'' (now the Grosvenor Hospital's main building), was built in the early 1880s on Liverpool Road for Charles Carleton Skarrat. The suburb boomed with the opening of the ] in 1879, and was followed by subdivision of much of the surrounding area. Between 1880 and 1910, the area became an ] suburb, and was a popular choice for professionals in banking and insurance who worked in the city.<ref name="pratten" /> Subdivision of gardens for housing continued in the 1920s and 1930s, and socioeconomically the suburb changed as some of the wealthier inhabitants moved to the ]. Demolition of most of the surviving mansions in the 1970s allowed erection of home units, especially within walking distance of the railway station.<ref name="pratten" />
The area is gradually becoming more bicycle friendly.


== Heritage listings ==
==Local landmarks==
Summer Hill has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
* Grosvenor Crescent: ]<ref name=nswshr-1326>{{cite NSW SHR|5051427|Lewisham Sewage Aqueduct|hr=01326|fn=H03/00249|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>


==Climate==
===The flour mill===
The nearest site to Summer Hill is the Canterbury Racecourse AWS which is located several km to the south west of Summer Hill town centre.
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The flour mill was built circa 1922, utilising the north-south goods railway line that was constructed during World War 1. The silos were added from the 1950s onwards. The flour mill has been owned by various companies, including Mungo Scott, and Goodman Fielder, and is currently owned by Allied Mills.
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==Churches and other places of worship==
===St Andrews church===
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St Andrews church has 3 transept arches, and was designed by a Presbyterian. The foundation stone was laid in 1883, and the top of the spire was completed in 1906. For a church at this time this represented a very quick construction period, so this can be taken as indicative of the affluence of the area at that time.
There are a number of ] in Summer Hill. St Patrick's ] was built in 1874, and is the oldest known building in the suburb. There is also a small ] associated with the church and located next to it. The building was originally a private home known as ''Kelvin Grove'', and owned by Mrs Jane Drynan. Much of the exterior of the church is original but none of the internal walls were retained when the building was converted into a church. Following Drynan's death, Kelvin Grove was owned or leased by a succession of different people, including the Haberfield ] developer Richard Stanton, Croydon brick-maker William Downton, and two sisters named Freeman (one of whom was a nurse). In the 1920s and 1930s Kelvin Grove may have been used as a nursing home. The first ] was celebrated in Kelvin Grove on ] 1946, giving the church its name.<ref name="pratten" />
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St Andrew's Anglican Church has three distinctive internal ] arches, and was designed by a Presbyterian, Alexander Leckie Elphinstone Junior. The foundation stone was laid in 1883, and the top of the spire completed in 1906. The fast construction period, unusual for that time, was indicative of the area's affluence.
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Recent Asian influences in Summer Hill have brought about the introduction of non-Christian places of worship. The Wong Tai Sin (or Kwan Yin Kur) temple is located on the corners of Kensington Road and Liverpool Road in a building that was a Masonic temple in the 1920s.<ref name="pratten" /> The same building was converted into the current temple; the lower floor houses the ] deity of ], and the upper floor houses the ] ] of ].
St Patrick's is a Catholic church located in the oldest known still standing building in the area, built in 1874.


==Schools==
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] in Prospect Road is a ] catering for boys from Pre-K to Year 12. The schools's site has been in continuous use for education for 120 years. The headmaster's house at Trinity was erected circa 1877. The site operated as several different teaching institutions until it was purchased by the ], becoming known as Trinity Grammar School in 1925.<ref name="pratten" /> Trinity Grammar is one of many wealthy ], and has previously received some of the largest government subsidies, when comparing total government subsidies per school.<ref>Doherty, Linda, {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414114207/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/11/06/1068013331928.html |date=14 April 2009 }}, '']'', 7 November 2003. Retrieved 29 September 2007.</ref><ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080131140149/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/03/14/1079199092334.html |date=31 January 2008 }}, '']'', 16 March 2004. Retrieved 29 September 2007.</ref> An expansion plan by Trinity involving the demolition of houses in nearby Seaview Street caused controversy in 2007. The development was nonetheless approved by the New South Wales Land and Environment Court.<ref>Walker, Frank, , '']'', 11 November 2007. Retrieved 24 October 2009.</ref>
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Summer Hill Public School, located in Moonbie Street, is a primary school that caters for students from Kindergarten to Year 6. It offers a selective program, known as Opportunity Classes, for Year 5 and 6 students under the New South Wales Government's Opportunity Class program. The school was established in 1883 in a wooden shed on {{convert|2|acre|m2}} of land that had been resumed from James Bartlett. The older buildings currently used at the school date back to 1913 while more modern buildings were constructed in 1977, 1998 and 2010. The school, designed in the Victorian Classical style, is listed on the Register of the National Estate.<ref>The Heritage of Australia, Macmillan Company, 1981</ref>


Saint Patrick's Catholic School is a private primary school, close to Summer Hill Public School.
===Chinese temple===
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The Chinese temple is located on the corners of Kensington Road and Liverpool Road, and occupies a building that was a Masonic temple in the 1920s. The same building was retained and converted into the Chinese temple.


==Commercial area==
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===Trinity Grammar School===
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]Trinity Grammar is located across Prospect Road from the Prospect Hall estate. The site of the school has been in continuous use for educational purposes for 120 years. The headmaster's house building at Trinity was erected circa 1877. The site operated as several different teaching institutions, until it was purchased by the Anglican Church, and became known as Trinity Grammar in 1925. Trinity grammar is one of the wealthiest schools in NSW, and has previously received some of the largest federal funding grants (as government grants to private schools are partially based on postcodes, and the school is located in a not especially wealthy postcode).
Summer Hill's shopping precinct is centred around a small ] with good pedestrian access, and is surrounded by cafés and restaurants along Lackey and Smith Streets. The suburb is very small by Australian standards, having a population of just over 6000, in an area of 110 hectares. It features some fine examples of architecture from the 19th and early 20th century.<ref>, ''VillageVoice.com.au''. Retrieved 26 October 2007. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070902153611/http://www.villagevoice.com.au/article/99999999/LOCAL01/61130004/0/SOU03/Summer+Hill |date=2 September 2007 }}</ref>


The Summer Hill ] was built circa 1922, utilising the north–south goods railway line that was constructed during ]. The silos were added from the 1950s onwards. The flour mill has been owned by various companies, including Mungo Scott, Allied Flour & Starch and ], and then Allied Mills.<ref name="pratten" /> In October 2007, the mills were sold to a developer, EG Funds Management,<ref name="Munro">Munro, Catherine, {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015051408/http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/light-rail-left-idling-on-the-track/2007/10/14/1192300600657.html |date=15 October 2007 }}, '']'', 15 October 2007. Retrieved 15 October 2007.</ref> who have since redeveloped the mill site into a residential and commercial precinct.<ref>{{Cite web |title=EG - The Flour Mill of Summer Hill |url=https://eg.com.au/case-studies/developments/the-flour-mill-of-summer-hill |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=EG |language=en-US}}</ref> The precinct is a site for a regular community market for produce and artisan goods.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Flour Mill of Summer Hill to host new Sunday farmers' markets |url=https://summerhillflourmill.com.au/flour-mill-of-summer-hill-to-host-new-sunday-farmers-markets/ |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=Summer Hill Flour Mill |language=en-US |archive-date=10 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310235655/https://summerhillflourmill.com.au/flour-mill-of-summer-hill-to-host-new-sunday-farmers-markets/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Local events==


==Transport==
The Ashfield Carnival of Cultures has been running since 1996, and has grown to become one of the leading multicultural festivals in Sydney's Inner West. The carnival is organised by Ashfield Council and held annually on the second Sunday of October in Ashfield Park, and features free attractions and cultural performances, as well as stalls selling knick-knacks and a eclectic mix of foods.


In Summer Hill on the day of the 2016 Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people were: Train 36.0%, Car, as driver 32.9%, Walked only 4.0%, Worked at home 3.8% and Train and bus 3.5%.<ref name="Census2016">{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC13687|name=Summer Hill (State Suburb)|access-date=26 July 2017|quick=on}}</ref> Summer Hill is close to the main thoroughfares of ] and Parramatta Road; although they are quite congested at ].
==Significant people==


From 1915, Summer Hill was served by trams from Hurlstone Park. Trams left New Canterbury Road and went down Prospect Road, then swung right onto Smith Street. They turned onto Lackey Street, where they went right and terminated at the station. Low usage and rival buses saw the line closed in 1933, however some remains can be seen.
Ninram Melville Junior lived in Summer Hill, and died in 1879. He was accused of being the "the veriest charlatan that ever lived", and was an intelligent self-made man. He liked to cause conflict -- he was a stirrer at street meetings and in council (where he became Mayor of Ashfield), and a stirrer as a parliamentarian (where he became a chairman of committees). He also had skills as a furniture maker, and there is a story that he may have carved a chair now located in the Jubilee Room of Parliament House.


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==Politics==
] is located on the ]. The railway station was opened on 15 September 1879,<ref>Bozier, Rolfe, '' {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822220118/http://www.nswrail.net/locations/show.php?name=NSW:Summer+Hill |date=22 August 2008 }}''. Retrieved 29 September 2007.</ref> and most of the local shops are clustered close to the station.
For federal elections, Summer Hill is in the seat of ]. This seat is currently held by Anthony Albanese, of the ].


There are two stations serving Summer Hill on the ]. These are - ] (adjacent to the former flour mill on the border with Lewisham) and ] (near Parramatta Road). Access to the city is quicker by train, but the light rail may be used for some cross-regional journeys. It also interchanges with ] on the ].
For state elections, Summer Hill is predominantly in the State Electoral District Of ]. This seat is currently held by Virginia Judge, of the ALP.


There are four ] routes that service the area - the 480 and 483 follow routes along Parramatta Road and then Liverpool Road, the 461 travels along Parramatta Road and the 413 travels along Junction Road. Additionally, the N70, N71 and N80 ] buses on Parramatta Road run between Central and Penrith, Richmond and Hornsby respectively.
Local political issues include:


The area is also gradually becoming more bicycle friendly, with several bicycle paths in the suburb.<ref name="bicycle">{{cite web | url = http://www.ashfield.nsw.gov.au/parks/bicycle.htm |title= Bicycle Paths | publisher = Ashfield Municipal Council| access-date = 7 July 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070205205710/http://www.ashfield.nsw.gov.au/parks/bicycle.htm |archive-date = 5 February 2007}}</ref> A local group, "Friends of the Greenway" wish to see a bicycle and walking corridor built alongside the light rail.<ref name="Munro" />
* Proposed construction of the ], diverting traffic from Parramatta Road, and which construction option should be used.
* Opposition to plans that would result an increase in traffic at ], and thus more aircraft noise.
* Concern over the new supermarket building, and whether it is in keeping with the local shopping area.


==Population==
==Local organisations==

* St Andrew's Church
===Demographics===
* St Patrick's church
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* Summer Hill Community Centre, located at 131 Smith Street, Summer Hill. For information about services and activities phone/fax (02) 97995800.
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In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the population of the Summer Hill was 7,288, in an area of 1.1 square kilometres. The population was 52.8% females, 47.2% males. 64.1% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were ] (3.7%), ] (3.5%), ] (1.9%), ] (1.6%) and ] (1.5%). 69.8% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 4.8%, Cantonese 1.9%, Korean 1.7%, Spanish 1.6% and Greek 1.5%. The most common responses for religion were No religion (52.8%), ] (18.6%), ] (5.7%), Not stated (5.3%) and ] (2.8%). The majority of dwelling were flats, units or apartments (63.1%) followed by separate houses (19.6%) and ], ], or townhouses (17.0%).<ref name="Census2021">{{Census 2021 AUS |quick=on |id=SAL13702 |access-date=4 December 2024 |name=Summer Hill (Inner West - NSW)}}</ref>

===Notable residents===
Notable people to have been born or lived in Summer Hill include:<ref name="short-walk" />
* ] (1908–1955), ] winning artist.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
* ], (1827–1895), politician.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Barbour, Robert (1827–1895) |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |via=] |url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/barbour-robert-2931 |archive-date=4 December 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204004349/https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/barbour-robert-2931 |year=2006 |orig-year=1969 |first=Clarence |last=Karr}}</ref>
* Dr ] (1820–1900), dentist at the later end of the 19th century, recorded as living in Summer Hill in the 1891 census; first dentist in Australia to administer ether to a patient to carry out dental work.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
* Colonel ] ] (1910–1957), first director of the Women's Australian Army Corps.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
* ] (1847–1916), architect and builder.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
* ], '']'' actress and contestant on '']''{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
* ] (1917–1998), radio host, television host, and producer.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
* ] (born 1944), former judge of the Supreme Court of NSW.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
* ] (1835–1894), education reformer, undersecretary to the Department of Public Instruction.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
* ] Junior (1843–1897), local furniture maker and member of the NSW Parliament who also became Mayor of Newtown and later Ashfield.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
* ] (1833–1914), winner of the ] for bravery in India in 1857; a Summer Hill park is named after him.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
* ] (1867–1943), Australian artist who briefly lived in Summer Hill.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
* ] ] (born 1942), first head of the ].{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
* ] ] ] (1909–1973), lawyer and Justice of the ].{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}

== Politics ==
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! colspan="3" | ]<ref name="stateelec">{{cite web|title=NSW State Election Results 2023|url=https://pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/sg2301/la/results|publisher=]|at=State Electoral District of Summer Hill|access-date=4 December 2024|url-status=live|archive-date=4 December 2024|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20241204005656/https://pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/SG2301/LA/summer-hill/cc/fp_summary|date=13 April 2023}}</ref>{{efn|Counting ] from Summer Hill Community Centre and Summer Hill Public School.}}
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| {{Australian party style|labor nsw}}|
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| style="background:#ff9;"| 51.49%
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| {{Australian party style|greens nsw}}|
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| 31.49%
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| {{Australian party style|liberal nsw}}|
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| 12.51%
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| {{Australian party style|Animal Justice}}|
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| 2.72%
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| {{Australian party style|Sustainable Australia}}|
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| 1.76%
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! colspan = 3 | ]<ref name="fedelec">{{cite web|title=Summer Hill - polling place|date=30 May 2022|location=Flour Mill Way, Summer Hill|url=https://results.aec.gov.au/27966/Website/HousePollingPlaceFirstPrefs-27966-1013.htm|publisher=]|access-date=4 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204034628/https://results.aec.gov.au/27966/Website/HousePollingPlaceFirstPrefs-27966-1013.htm|archive-date=4 December 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission |location=Summer Hill Public School, cnr Moonbie St & Junction Rd, Summer Hill NSW|archive-date=4 December 2024|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204035614/https://results.aec.gov.au/27966/Website/HousePollingPlaceFirstPrefs-27966-1015.htm|title=Summer Hill South - polling place|url=https://results.aec.gov.au/27966/Website/HousePollingPlaceFirstPrefs-27966-1015.htm|access-date=4 December 2024|date=30 May 2022}}</ref>{{efn|Counting ] results for Summer Hill and Summer Hill South ]s.}}
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| {{Australian party style|labor nsw}}|
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| style="background:#ff9;"| 56.02%
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| {{Australian party style|greens nsw}}|
| ]
| 25.64%
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| {{Australian party style|liberal nsw}}|
| ]
| 10.39%
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| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|
| ]
| 1.94%
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| {{Australian party style|Fusion Party}}|
| ]
| 1.42%
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| {{Australian party style|One Nation NSW}}|
| ]
| 1.38%
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| {{Australian party style|united australia party (current)}}|
| ]
| 1.34%
|-
| {{Australian party style|Animal Justice}}|
| ]
| 1.23%
|}

Summer Hill is in the safe ] federal ] of ]. This seat has been held continuously by ] (ALP) since the seat was created in 1949. It has been held by current member ] since 1996. Anthony Albanese held various ministerial appointments under the Rudd and Gillard governments, eventually becoming Deputy Prime Minister. During the ], ] candidate former Marrickville Mayor Sam Byrne, received 45% of the vote in comparison to Albanese's 54%. At the ], Albanese received over 70% of the ] vote, making it currently the ALP's safest seat in the country.

For ], Summer Hill is in the ], which was created in 2015. It is held by ] of the ].

==See also==
* ]

==Notes==
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==References== ==References==
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* ''Summer Hill'' book, edited by Chris Pratten, of the Ashfield & District Historical Society, 1999, Published in Australia, ISBN 0949842117.
* "A Short Walk Through Ashfield's past" booklet, a collaboration between Ashfield Municipal council and the Ashfield & District Historical Society.
* Ashfield council .
* Australian Bureau of Statistics, .


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Suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Summer Hill
Sydney, New South Wales
The former Summer Hill Post Office, Smith Street, is heritage-listed
Population7,288 (SAL 2021)
Postcode(s)2130
Elevation21 m (69 ft)
Area1.1 km (0.4 sq mi)
Location7 km (4 mi) west of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)Inner West Council
State electorate(s)Summer Hill
Federal division(s)Grayndler
Suburbs around Summer Hill:
Croydon Haberfield Leichhardt
Ashfield Summer Hill Lewisham
Ashbury Hurlstone Park Dulwich Hill
Summer Hill within the Inner West Council area

Summer Hill is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Summer Hill is located 7 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Inner West Council.

Summer Hill is a primarily residential suburb of Sydney's Inner West, adjoining two of Sydney's major arterial roads, Parramatta Road and Liverpool Road. The first land grant was made in 1794 to former convict and jailor Henry Kable, and the suburb began growing following the opening of the railway station on the Main Suburban railway line, in 1879.

By the 1920s, the suburb had become relatively upper class, with large estates and mansions built throughout the suburb. Some of these still exist today. Following a transition to a working-class suburb in the mid-20th century, when many of the large estates were demolished or subdivided, the suburb today has a "village" character and a mix of medium-density apartment blocks and federation houses.

Characteristics

Unconventional homes in Smith Street, showing both Victorian and Federation influences

Summer Hill's boundaries are Parramatta Road and Liverpool Road to the north, the rear of the properties on the west side of Prospect Road (with a detour around Trinity Grammar School) to the West, Old Canterbury Road to the south, and the Inner West Light Rail to the east. North of Summer Hill is the suburb of Haberfield, to the east is Lewisham, to the south is Dulwich Hill, and to the west is Ashfield.

Summer Hill has a mix of Federation-era houses, with medium density apartment blocks near the railway station. Local independent business people run most of the shops. The local council has defined a village character for the suburb. Summer Hill is a suburb rich in heritage. More than one hundred properties are heritage listed, and the strong feelings of some residents of the suburb towards protecting the local architecture has seen the introduction of a heritage review, which is expected to add more properties to the heritage register.

Despite formerly being working class, Summer Hill and many of the surrounding suburbs have gradually undergone gentrification over recent years. Culturally, Summer Hill is a blend of medium-density European Sydney suburbia, with Italian influences (which are most evident in Leichhardt to the east and Haberfield to the north), Asian (mainly Chinese) influences (which are most strongly evident in Ashfield to the West), and smaller influences from many other cultures.

History

Aboriginal Anthropology

Before the First Fleet arrived at Port Jackson in 1788, what is now known as Summer Hill was part of a larger area where people of the Wangal and Cadigal nations lived. There is research to show in the greater Sydney region 8000 - 10000 Aboriginal people were resident, fluctuating on seasons and during tribal conflicts. What is now called the Hawthorne Canal (originally Long Cove Creek) appears to have been the boundary between the Cadigal and Wangal Aboriginal nations. Today there is a small park in Summer Hill, called Cadigal Reserve, located at 1-4 Grosvenor Crescent. A bronze plaque placed by Ashfield Council names the reserve after the Cadigal (Eora) group of Koori people. Iron Cove and the mangrove-lined estuaries of the Long Cove and Iron Cove Creeks would have provided a good source of fish and molluscs, the most common food of the coastal tribes in the Sydney Basin.

In the early days of the colony, the land between Iron Cove and the Cooks River was known as the Kangaroo Ground. This suggests that the land was open terrain favoured by kangaroos, that they were common in the area and may have formed a significant part of the Aboriginal diet.

European settlement

1878 subdivision plan covering the northern half of the suburb.
Historical view of Lackey Street.

The first land grant in this area was for a farm in 1794, to former convict and jailor Henry Kable. The land in the eastern corner of Summer Hill was an additional grant of 30 acres (12 ha) made to Henry Kable in 1804. This eastern corner would subsequently become part of the estate of James Underwood. Underwood died in 1844 and left a will so complicated that it required special legislation before it could be subdivided.

An early known use of the name "Summer Hill" was on Saturday 8 December 1849 when The Bathurst Free Press reported it as the residence of James and Ann Bennett who were tried and convicted of participation in the Wellington Mail Robbery. However, the location reported most likely refers to the place now known as Summer Hill Creek, near Orange, New South Wales. The name was used in 1876, for a land subdivision adjacent to the present-day St Andrew's Anglican Church. The name Summer Hill is thought to be a name chosen by the land sub-divider, presumably based on an attachment for England. Local historians regard the suggestion that the name is a derivation of "Sunning Hill" as a dubious story which has no substance.

Summer Hill's largest mansion, Carleton (now the Grosvenor Hospital's main building), was built in the early 1880s on Liverpool Road for Charles Carleton Skarrat. The suburb boomed with the opening of the railway station in 1879, and was followed by subdivision of much of the surrounding area. Between 1880 and 1910, the area became an upper-class suburb, and was a popular choice for professionals in banking and insurance who worked in the city. Subdivision of gardens for housing continued in the 1920s and 1930s, and socioeconomically the suburb changed as some of the wealthier inhabitants moved to the North Shore. Demolition of most of the surviving mansions in the 1970s allowed erection of home units, especially within walking distance of the railway station.

Heritage listings

Summer Hill has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Climate

The nearest site to Summer Hill is the Canterbury Racecourse AWS which is located several km to the south west of Summer Hill town centre.

Climate data for Canterbury Racecourse AWS (Data from 1995 - 2017)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 44.6
(112.3) 		43.1
(109.6) 		39.0
(102.2) 		34.5
(94.1) 		28.0
(82.4) 		25.6
(78.1) 		25.5
(77.9) 		29.0
(84.2) 		34.7
(94.5) 		37.3
(99.1) 		40.9
(105.6) 		40.3
(104.5) 		44.6
(112.3)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 27.8
(82.0) 		27.3
(81.1) 		26.0
(78.8) 		23.4
(74.1) 		20.6
(69.1) 		18.1
(64.6) 		17.5
(63.5) 		19.0
(66.2) 		21.9
(71.4) 		23.5
(74.3) 		24.8
(76.6) 		26.5
(79.7) 		23.0
(73.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 18.4
(65.1) 		18.3
(64.9) 		16.6
(61.9) 		12.8
(55.0) 		9.3
(48.7) 		7.2
(45.0) 		5.8
(42.4) 		6.5
(43.7) 		9.5
(49.1) 		12.1
(53.8) 		14.9
(58.8) 		16.8
(62.2) 		12.4
(54.3)
Record low °C (°F) 10.3
(50.5) 		11.1
(52.0) 		6.9
(44.4) 		2.4
(36.3) 		1.5
(34.7) 		−0.9
(30.4) 		−1.6
(29.1) 		0.3
(32.5) 		2.7
(36.9) 		4.4
(39.9) 		6.5
(43.7) 		8.5
(47.3) 		−1.6
(29.1)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 83.5
(3.29) 		102.3
(4.03) 		74.6
(2.94) 		109.3
(4.30) 		78.1
(3.07) 		108.2
(4.26) 		59.5
(2.34) 		66.8
(2.63) 		46.8
(1.84) 		59.0
(2.32) 		78.7
(3.10) 		64.8
(2.55) 		970.9
(38.22)
Average precipitation days 11.2 11.3 12.1 11.5 11.2 12.5 11.2 8.0 8.0 8.5 11.7 10.4 128.0
Average afternoon relative humidity (%) 57 60 58 57 54 54 50 42 46 50 54 54 53
Source: Bureau of Meteorology

Churches and other places of worship

Wong Tai Sin & Kwan Yin Kur temple
St Patrick's Catholic Church

There are a number of places of worship in Summer Hill. St Patrick's Catholic Church was built in 1874, and is the oldest known building in the suburb. There is also a small primary school associated with the church and located next to it. The building was originally a private home known as Kelvin Grove, and owned by Mrs Jane Drynan. Much of the exterior of the church is original but none of the internal walls were retained when the building was converted into a church. Following Drynan's death, Kelvin Grove was owned or leased by a succession of different people, including the Haberfield real-estate developer Richard Stanton, Croydon brick-maker William Downton, and two sisters named Freeman (one of whom was a nurse). In the 1920s and 1930s Kelvin Grove may have been used as a nursing home. The first mass was celebrated in Kelvin Grove on St Patrick's day 1946, giving the church its name.

St Andrew's Anglican Church has three distinctive internal transept arches, and was designed by a Presbyterian, Alexander Leckie Elphinstone Junior. The foundation stone was laid in 1883, and the top of the spire completed in 1906. The fast construction period, unusual for that time, was indicative of the area's affluence.

Recent Asian influences in Summer Hill have brought about the introduction of non-Christian places of worship. The Wong Tai Sin (or Kwan Yin Kur) temple is located on the corners of Kensington Road and Liverpool Road in a building that was a Masonic temple in the 1920s. The same building was converted into the current temple; the lower floor houses the Taoist deity of Wong Tai Sin, and the upper floor houses the Buddhist Bodhisattva of Kwan Yin.

Schools

Trinity Grammar School

Trinity Grammar School in Prospect Road is a private school catering for boys from Pre-K to Year 12. The schools's site has been in continuous use for education for 120 years. The headmaster's house at Trinity was erected circa 1877. The site operated as several different teaching institutions until it was purchased by the Anglican Church, becoming known as Trinity Grammar School in 1925. Trinity Grammar is one of many wealthy schools in New South Wales, and has previously received some of the largest government subsidies, when comparing total government subsidies per school. An expansion plan by Trinity involving the demolition of houses in nearby Seaview Street caused controversy in 2007. The development was nonetheless approved by the New South Wales Land and Environment Court.

Summer Hill Public School

Summer Hill Public School, located in Moonbie Street, is a primary school that caters for students from Kindergarten to Year 6. It offers a selective program, known as Opportunity Classes, for Year 5 and 6 students under the New South Wales Government's Opportunity Class program. The school was established in 1883 in a wooden shed on 2 acres (8,100 m) of land that had been resumed from James Bartlett. The older buildings currently used at the school date back to 1913 while more modern buildings were constructed in 1977, 1998 and 2010. The school, designed in the Victorian Classical style, is listed on the Register of the National Estate.

Saint Patrick's Catholic School is a private primary school, close to Summer Hill Public School.

Commercial area

Summer Hill Square
Smith Street shops

Summer Hill's shopping precinct is centred around a small town square with good pedestrian access, and is surrounded by cafés and restaurants along Lackey and Smith Streets. The suburb is very small by Australian standards, having a population of just over 6000, in an area of 110 hectares. It features some fine examples of architecture from the 19th and early 20th century.

The Summer Hill flour mill was built circa 1922, utilising the north–south goods railway line that was constructed during World War I. The silos were added from the 1950s onwards. The flour mill has been owned by various companies, including Mungo Scott, Allied Flour & Starch and Goodman Fielder, and then Allied Mills. In October 2007, the mills were sold to a developer, EG Funds Management, who have since redeveloped the mill site into a residential and commercial precinct. The precinct is a site for a regular community market for produce and artisan goods.

Transport

In Summer Hill on the day of the 2016 Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people were: Train 36.0%, Car, as driver 32.9%, Walked only 4.0%, Worked at home 3.8% and Train and bus 3.5%. Summer Hill is close to the main thoroughfares of Liverpool Road and Parramatta Road; although they are quite congested at peak times.

From 1915, Summer Hill was served by trams from Hurlstone Park. Trams left New Canterbury Road and went down Prospect Road, then swung right onto Smith Street. They turned onto Lackey Street, where they went right and terminated at the station. Low usage and rival buses saw the line closed in 1933, however some remains can be seen.

Summer Hill railway station, Grosvenor Crescent entrance

Summer Hill railway station is located on the Main Suburban railway line. The railway station was opened on 15 September 1879, and most of the local shops are clustered close to the station.

There are two stations serving Summer Hill on the Inner West Light Rail. These are - Lewisham West (adjacent to the former flour mill on the border with Lewisham) and Taverners Hill (near Parramatta Road). Access to the city is quicker by train, but the light rail may be used for some cross-regional journeys. It also interchanges with Dulwich Hill railway station on the Bankstown railway line.

There are four Transit Systems routes that service the area - the 480 and 483 follow routes along Parramatta Road and then Liverpool Road, the 461 travels along Parramatta Road and the 413 travels along Junction Road. Additionally, the N70, N71 and N80 NightRide buses on Parramatta Road run between Central and Penrith, Richmond and Hornsby respectively.

The area is also gradually becoming more bicycle friendly, with several bicycle paths in the suburb. A local group, "Friends of the Greenway" wish to see a bicycle and walking corridor built alongside the light rail.

Population

Demographics

Ancestry as determined by birthplace of parents
NASA image of Sydney's central business district and surrounds, with borders of Summer Hill shown in red.

In the 2021 census, the population of the Summer Hill was 7,288, in an area of 1.1 square kilometres. The population was 52.8% females, 47.2% males. 64.1% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were China (3.7%), England (3.5%), New Zealand (1.9%), South Korea (1.6%) and Philippines (1.5%). 69.8% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 4.8%, Cantonese 1.9%, Korean 1.7%, Spanish 1.6% and Greek 1.5%. The most common responses for religion were No religion (52.8%), Catholic (18.6%), Anglican (5.7%), Not stated (5.3%) and Buddhism (2.8%). The majority of dwelling were flats, units or apartments (63.1%) followed by separate houses (19.6%) and semi-detached, terrace houses, or townhouses (17.0%).

Notable residents

Notable people to have been born or lived in Summer Hill include:

Politics

2023 State Election
Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) 51.49%
The Greens NSW 31.49%
The Liberal Party of Australia, New South Wales Division 12.51%
Animal Justice Party 2.72%
Sustainable Australia Party - Stop Overdevelopment / Corruption 1.76%
2022 Federal Election
Labor 56.02%
The Greens 25.64%
Liberal 10.39%
Independent 1.94%
FUSION: Science, Pirate, Secular, Climate Emergency 1.42%
Pauline Hanson's One Nation 1.38%
United Australia Party 1.34%
Animal Justice Party 1.23%

Summer Hill is in the safe Labor federal electoral division of Grayndler. This seat has been held continuously by Labor (ALP) since the seat was created in 1949. It has been held by current member Anthony Albanese since 1996. Anthony Albanese held various ministerial appointments under the Rudd and Gillard governments, eventually becoming Deputy Prime Minister. During the 2010 Federal election, Greens candidate former Marrickville Mayor Sam Byrne, received 45% of the vote in comparison to Albanese's 54%. At the 2013 election, Albanese received over 70% of the two party preferred vote, making it currently the ALP's safest seat in the country.

For NSW state elections, Summer Hill is in the Electoral district of Summer Hill, which was created in 2015. It is held by Jo Haylen of the Australian Labor Party.

See also

Notes

  1. Counting first-preference votes from Summer Hill Community Centre and Summer Hill Public School.
  2. Counting first-preference vote results for Summer Hill and Summer Hill South polling places.

References

  1. State Heritage Website
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Summer Hill (Inner West - NSW) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
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  4. Municipality of Ashfield, "C14: Summer Hill Urban Village: Development Control Plan". Retrieved 22 October 2007. Archived 23 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Summer Hill Precinct Heritage review", Ashfield Municipal Council. Retrieved 7 July 2007. Archived 20 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Pratten, Chris, Summer Hill. Ashfield & District Historical Society: Australia, 1999. ISBN 0-949842-11-7.
  7. ^ "A Short Walk Through Ashfield's past" booklet, a collaboration between Ashfield Municipal Council and the Ashfield & District Historical Society, circa 1996.
  8. "Ashfield Heritage Study Review - Cadigal Reserve", Ashfield Municipal Council. Retrieved 18 September 2007. Archived 25 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  9. Wellington Train Robbery Trove
  10. "Lewisham Sewage Aqueduct". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01326. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.
  11. "Canterbury Racecourse AWS". Climate statistics for Australian locations. Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  12. Doherty, Linda, "Rich and poor of the schools divide" Archived 14 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Sydney Morning Herald, 7 November 2003. Retrieved 29 September 2007.
  13. "Revealed: Where the money goes" Archived 31 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Sydney Morning Herald, 16 March 2004. Retrieved 29 September 2007.
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  20. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Summer Hill (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 26 July 2017. Edit this at Wikidata
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  23. "2001 Census - Ancestry by Birthplace of Parents: 2130 (Postal Area of Enumeration)". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 29 November 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
  24. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Summer Hill (Inner West - NSW)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 4 December 2024. Edit this at Wikidata
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  28. "Summer Hill South - polling place". Summer Hill Public School, cnr Moonbie St & Junction Rd, Summer Hill NSW: Australian Electoral Commission. 30 May 2022. Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.

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