Hunter's Hill Golf Club Record Book

The Hunter’s Hill Golf Club Record Book provides insights into the sporting and social history of the Hunter’s Hill area in the early twentieth century. This book is the only surviving handicap records of the club and records the earliest results of club and interclub matches up until 1907. Adding further information are newspaper clippings and associated ephemera such as the Rules of the Hunter’s Hill Golf Club 1903 and season fixture books for 1901, 1902, 1910, 1911 (including events and committee holders). Membership of the club was limited to residents of Hunter's Hill, Woolwich and Gladesville and listed within the records are prominent members of Sydney society, most notably William Archibald Windeyer, solicitor and community stalwart.

The Hunter’s Hill Golf Club was formed in 1900 and was located in the grounds of Gladesville Hospital overlooking Parramatta River. It was one of the original members of the Suburban and Country Golf Association (which evolved into Golf NSW). The club’s demise demonstrates how urban expansion changed the landscape of Sydney. The club was forced to amalgamate with Pymble Golf Club in October 1932, following the resumption of the Hunter’s Hill course for expansion of the hospital.

The book is extremely fragile. A digitised copy is available on the museum's website: www.australiangolfheritage.org.au