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Bottle Forest (Heathcote) was Sutherland Shire's first settlement.
European settlers found on their arrival in the 1800's that the Bottle Forest area had outstanding supplies of first-class timbers. The rich forest soil was regarded as some of the best to be found and well suited for market gardening, farming, fruit growing and timber-getting.
There are conflicting reports as to why Heathcote was originally called Bottle Forest. The area was marked on a map by surveyor Roderick Mitchell in about 1843, was in the shape of a soldiers water bottle. The other explanation is that Thomas Mitchell (Roderick father) while surveying the area in the 1840's found a bottle embedded in a tree. The village of Heathcote was gazetted in 1886.
Heathcote station began operations on March 1886 when the line between Sutherland and Waterfall was opened.
Heathcote Hall, a beautiful example of late Victorian Italian style villa architecture has attracted much attention since it was built in around 1887.
Australia's first military wireless signal was transmitted from a cave in bush land at Heathcote with the assistance of three civilian wireless specialists. The morse code transmission occurred on 20 April 1911 and a commemorative plaque was unveiled 57 years later.
Heathcote History Timeline
1842 Bottle Forest appeared on maps.
1845 The Illawarra road Sydney-Lugarno-Illawarra ran through Heathcote.
1860's Bottle Forest almost deserted – Illawarra road a failure.
1864 Main Main Illawarra road via Tom Ugly's Point replaced failed Illawarra road.
1879 The National Park (Royal National Park) proclaimed.
1886 Waterfall, Heathcote and Loftus railway began operation. Western side of Heathcote gazetted as Village of Heathcote. Eastern side remained Bottle forest.
1887 Heathcote Hall built.
1903 Bottle Forest was absorbed into Heathcote proper.
1928 Rail motor introduced between Sutherland and Waterfall.
1980 Electric train introduced to Loftus, Engadine, Heathcote, Waterfall.
1997 Heathcote threatened by proposed 24 hour Holsworthy airport. Residence opposed and Federal Government backed down.
