Located on the north half of Kooragang Island, known locally by its historic name – Ash Island.
Ash Island
The History of

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Ash Island is the northern section of one island formed by joining most of the estuary islands into one in the 1960s. the southern section is Kooragang and is intented for industry.

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Heritage

For thousands of years the Worimi and Awabakal people hunted, gathered and cared for the fish food resources on Ash Island and other islands in the estuary of the Hunter River.

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A.W.Scott

Alexander Walker Scott (1800 – 1883), entomologist and entrepreneur, born 10 November 1800 in Bombay, India, son of Dr Helenus Scott and his wife Augusta Maria Frederick

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Visit Ash Island

 

Kooragang Wetlands

A great place to see restoration of fisheries, shorebird, frog and rainforest habitat.
Walk, cycle, picnic, fish, birdwatch, discover the past.

 

Aboriginal Heritage

Natural resource managers can learn about sustainable care of the environment from Aboriginal culture.

 

Scott Sisters

Over the last three decades Alexander Walker Scott’s daughters, Harriet and Helena, referred to largely as “The Scott Sisters”

 

Hunter River Estuary

The history of the Hunter River estuary is the history of the Kooragang Wetlands. The Hunter River estuary is a biodiversity hotspot.

Schoolmasters House - Ash Island

The Schoolmasters house has local heritage significance. It was built in the mid 1890s to house the schoolmasters who administered and taught at the Ash Island Public School located a short walk to the west. The house has stood through floods, been the home for many tennants and during World War II was leased by the RAAF.

Surdily built of double brick, the house has Baltic Pine ceilings, tallowwood floors, cedar doors and windows, and three marble fireplaces. Significantly it is the last of the buildings on the the islands in the estuary still standing on its original footprint. When the last tenant left the house in 1997 it underwent restoration to return to its near original condition.

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