Completed heritage studies and reviews

There are numerous heritage studies and reviews that have been carried out over the years in the Hornsby Shire Council Area.

Below is a comprehensive list of the previous heritage studies and reviews prepared by Hornsby Shire Council.

Comprehensive Heritage Review

• Hornsby Thematic History (PDF 16.6MB)
• Heritage Interpretation Strategy

Heritage Reviews

• Heritage Review Stage 1 – Review of heritage items and correction of anomalies within existing listings (1997)
• Heritage Review Stage 2 – Review of heritage items and correction of anomalies within existing listings (1998)
• Heritage Review Stage 3 – Review of Heritage Items (2004) (PDF 1.6MB)
• Heritage Review Stage 4 – Review of heritage items, heritage listed trees and correction of anomalies within existing listings (2008)
  • Volume 1 (PDF 2.2MB)
  • Volume 2 (PDF 1.8MB)
  • Volume 3 (PDF 1.6MB)
  • Volume 4 (PDF 2.3MB)
• Heritage Review Stage 5 – Review of heritage items and heritage listed private gardens (2013)
  • Volume 1 (PDF 6.5MB)
  • Volume 2 (PDF 18.5MB)
  • Volume 3 (PDF 32.3MB)

Hornsby Shire Heritage Study

In 1991 Hornsby Shire Council commissioned a study of the Shire's heritage. The study was undertaken by consultants and was jointly funded and supervised by Council, the Australian Heritage Commission and the NSW Department of Planning.

• Hornsby Shire Heritage Study 1993 - Final Report (PDF 5.1MB)
• Hornsby Shire Heritage Study 1993 - Volume 1 - Thematic History (PDF 4MB)
• Hornsby Shire Heritage Study 1993 - Volume 2 - Built Heritage (PDF 10.1MB)
• Hornsby Shire Heritage Study 1993 - Volume 3 - Landscape Heritage (PDF 3.8MB)
• Hornsby Shire Heritage Study 1993 - Volume 4 - Archaeological Heritage (PDF 2MB)

Heritage Conservation Area Reviews

• Hornsby West Side Heritage Conservation Area Review - Mt. Errington Precinct (2002) (PDF 7.2MB)
• Beecroft/Cheltenham Heritage Conservation Area Review (2004) (PDF 3.6MB)
• Wahroonga (North) Heritage Conservation Area Review (2005) (PDF 10.4MB)
• Wahroonga (North) Heritage Conservation Area Review (2010) (PDF 1.5MB)

Other Heritage Studies

• Kangaroo Point Community Masterplan Heritage Review (2005) (PDF 1.5MB)
• Beecroft Commercial Centre Masterplan Heritage Assessment & Conservation Principle Analysis (2004) (PDF 7.1MB)
• Brooklyn Cemetery Conservation Management Plan (1996) (PDF 5.1MB)