Henry Halloran

Henry Ferdinand Halloran (9 August 1869 – 22 October 1953) was a major property owner and developer in New South Wales in the early part of the twentieth century.

For the poet, see Henry Halloran (poet).

Halloran was born in Sydney, his father was a bank clerk and architect named Edward Roland Halloran and mother was Adeline Burgess, née Reuss. His grandfather was also called Henry Halloran and his great grandfather was Laurence Hynes Halloran, a convict transported to Sydney.[1] Halloran attended Sydney Boys High School and Newington College.[2] He qualified as a surveyor in 1890 and became a conveyancer and valuer. After establishing Henry F. Halloran & Co. in 1897, Halloran became a significant figure in property development and urban planning in New South Wales from the 1880s through to the 1950s.[1] His developments included Seaforth and Warriewood in Sydney in 1906, and Environa near Canberra in 1930.[3] He also built structures at Tanilba Bay in 1931.[4] He attempted to create a place called Pacific City near Jervis Bay.[5] The site of Pacific City was to have been west of Hyams Beach and would have extended west to the St Georges Basin shoreline.[6] He also attempted to create a place called Port Stephens City near North Arm Cove.[7]

Halloran began the revival of the ghost town of South Huskisson, on the western shore of Jervis Bay. He renamed the deserted 'Old Township', Vincentia, in 1952.[8][9] He did not live to see it reborn, as a holiday destination, following land sales for holiday homes (also known as 'weekenders'), which occurred in the 1950s[10] and 1960s.[11]

Halloran died on 22 October 1953 at the age of 84.[1]

Legacy

The University of Sydney, established the Henry Halloran Trust, aimed at promoting scholarship, innovation and research in town planning, urban development and land management.[12] Several collections of Halloran's papers, including maps and survey notes detailing land and property subdivision throughout New South Wales, are held at the State Library of New South Wales.[13]

See also

References
  1. Atchison, John (1983). "Halloran, Henry Ferdinand (1869 - 1953)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 1 January 2011 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  2. Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 81
  3. Allan J. Mortlock; Bernice Anderson (1978). Undiscovered Canberra. Canberra: Australian National University Press. pp. 42–47. ISBN 0-7081-1579-9.
  4. Tim the Yowie Man (8 June 2019). "Mailbag". Canberra Times. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  5. Jennifer Horsfield (2005). "Environa: Marketing a Life-Style Near Canberra 80 Years Ago" (PDF).
  6. "Part of Pacific City and Jervis Bay, St. George's Basin [cartographic material] : for private sale". Trove. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  7. Henry F Halloran (1920). "1st subdivision, Port Stephens city estate".
  8. "Shoalhaven Family Local and Cultural History Fair NSW". Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  9. "Nowra council May Reject Road Finance Offer". South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus (NSW : 1900 - 1954). 1952-09-15. p. 5. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  10. "Advertising". Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910–1954). 1954-01-06. p. 13. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
  11. Ltd, Realty Realizations (1963), Vincentia Jervis Bay : formerly known as the Deas-Thomson Estate or South Huskisson, Sydney : Realty Realizations Ltd, retrieved 2019-02-27
  12. "Henry Halloran Trust". University of Sydney. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  13. "Henry F. Halloran survey roughs, New South Wales, 1880-1925 M ser 4 810/16/Halloran Survey Roughs". State Library of NSW. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
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