When
to
Where
Rotunda at Balmoral Beach
63 The Esplanade
Mosman NSW 2088
Australia
Why
The Federal Government is preparing to sell public harbour foreshore and irreplaceable heritage at Middle Head. Once it goes, it never comes back.
Four hectares of forest that cannot be replaced.
The land marked for sale includes remnant Angophora costata - Sydney red gum - growing on Hawkesbury sandstone above Balmoral. It is one of the last intact stands of its kind on the harbour, and it links the bushland at Middle Head and Georges Heights to Sydney Harbour National Park.
Four things you should know:
- This is public land. Public, commonwealth land, HMAS Penguin covers 16.64 hectares of Sydney Harbour foreshore at Middle Head, including roughly four hectares of Angophora forest. Two-thirds is now marked for sale.
- Selling it is permanent. You cannot build more Sydney Harbour foreshore. Once this land goes to private developers, no future government can undo it.
- There is another option. Keep it public by handing management to the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust, the body already caring for Cockatoo Island, North Head Sanctuary, Chowder Bay, and more, keeping them safe from development.
- We have stopped it twice. Governments moved to sell this land in 1988 and again in 1996. Both times the community stepped in to save it.
Speakers:
- Sen. Jess Collins
- Sen. David Shoebridge
- Ret’d. Maj. Gen. Gus McLachlan
- Federal Member for Warringah, Zali Steggall OAM
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