Old Great North Road, Dharug National Park, Conservation Management Plan

The Great North Road was built using convict labour between 1826 and 1836, spanning the 264-kilometre distance between Sydney and the Hunter Valley. The Old Great North Road is a 43-kilometre stretch of this road that retains some of the best examples of our convict heritage.

Date
25 September 2023
Publisher
University of Canberra
Type
Publication, Conservation management plan
Cost
Free
Language
English
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  • Pages 238
  • Name old-great-north-road-conservation-management-plan-2022.pdf

Dharug National Park covers 14,834 hectares and is bordered to the west by Yengo National Park. The Great North Road formed the original north-western boundary of the park when it was reserved in 1967.

Dharug National Park encompasses a 16-kilometre stretch of the Old Great North Road, between the spectacular ascent of Devines Hill through to Ten Mile Hollow. Dharug National Park also contains the original 5-kilometre ascent from the Hawkesbury known as Finchs Line.

Also considered in this document are Simpsons Track, which joins the Old Great North Road at Ten Mile Hollow, and the Shepherds Gully and Sternbecks Gully Roads, which join the Old Great North Road at the top of Devines Hill and connect through to the Macdonald Valley. The latter roads are within Yengo National Park.

First published March 2005, updated September 2023

Visitor information

Explore the World Heritage-listed Old Great North Road at Dharug National Park near Wisemans Ferry, northwest of Sydney.