It is time for ACTION

A new development application for the top of Rosny Hill is expected in the next month. A state election is expected in the next two months. New planning laws are looming. The time for action is NOW.

What will be the fate of this beautiful reserve. Sketches and photographs going back to the start of European settlement show it as a hilltop 'green island', a place for recreation which we know actually means Re - Creation.

Here is an undated sketch by Thomas Evans Chapman (1788-1864) showing Rosny Hill in the background. https://stors.tas.gov.au/AUTAS001124061342w800

Here is a photograph taken from the Domain Battery behind the Cenotaph with Rosny Hill still green in the background. https://stors.tas.gov.au/PH30-1-2069

True recreation, laid back in 1860

Here is a man in a top hat, taken in 1860 by John Mathieson Sharp. Rosny recreation, looking towards Hobart. https://stors.tas.gov.au?AUTAS001126183284w800

Here, around 1920, is clean, green Rosny Hill making a great backdrop for yachting.
https://stors.tas.gov.au/AUTAS001126072271w800

JH 2017

Is 2018 the year that this this clean, green, serene community asset will be disrupted and put under the control of a lessee? This is a reasonable and genuine community concern. Come join us. Contribute on the Rosny Hill Fiends Network facebook page.