The Battlers for Kelly’s Bush, 1975

Kelly’s Bush is a site of great natural beauty and Aboriginal sandstone carvings in the Sydney suburb of Hunters Hill. The original people who lived there are the Guringaispeaking Wal Umedegal clan.

Thomas Hussey Kelly donated this land for the public to use in 1892. But it was sold to a land developing company, AV Jennings, in 1966. AV Jennings wanted to put luxury houses on the site. This led to the creation of an all-female residents’ committee to protect the land. The group, led by Betty James, called themselves the Battlers for Kelly’s Bush.