AGY-5000 | Ku-ring-gai Chase Trust

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Ku-ring-gai Chase Trust was initially established as a temporary Trust by The Honorable Henry Copeland, Esq., Secretary for Lands.

The temporary Trust comprised: The Honorable Sir Joseph Palmer Abbott; The Honorable William John Lyne, Esq.; The Honorable Robert Hoddle Driberg White, MLC; Francis Augustus Wright, Esq.; Thomas Allwright Dibbs, Esq.; Eccleston du Faur, Esq., FRGS; John De Villiers Lamb, Esq.; James Charles Cox, Esq, MD, FRCS; and The Honorable Henry Copeland, Esq. (1)

All temporary trustees were appointed to their positions on the The Ku-ring-gai Chase Trust on 18 December 1894. (2)

The area of land dedicated for public recreation and known as "The Kuringgai Chase" was about 35,300 acres. (3)

The Ku-ring-gai Chase was established principally due to the efforts of Eccleston Du Faur, who had pressed for the establishment of "a National Park for North Sydney" for nearly forty years. Du Faur was appointed the first Managing Trustee. The Trust managed the Park without public subsidy until 24 November 1967, when control passed to the National Parks and Wildlife Service. (4)

Endnotes
(1) NSW Government Gazette (No.406), 20 June, 1894. p.3975.
(2) NSW Government Notices [Blue Book] 1894 p.133.
(3) NSW Government Gazette, op.cit.
(4) Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales. 3rd ed. National Parks and Wildlife Service D.c.Ku-ring-gai Chase Trust http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/cguide/lo/np&ws002.htm (accessed 22 August 2007).