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Our History

From colonial settlement through to the Raleigh Park Estate as it stands today.

1995

Raleigh Park Estate is Born

In the early 1990s a joint venture between Mirvac and Westfield took on the redevelopment of the former tobacco factory site, and by 1995 the result was one of the most ambitious residential projects of its era in Sydney...

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Glen Eagles — Strata Plan 39837

Glen Eagles, at 93 Brompton Road, is one of the seven high-rise strata buildings built along the northern boundary of the Raleigh Park Estate as part of the original 1990s Mirvac / Westfield development. The building is...

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1985

End of an Era — The Factory Closes

After 72 years of continuous production at Kensington, Wills closed the Raleigh Park factory in 1985, consolidating its Sydney and Melbourne operations into a single site at Pagewood, renamed Virginia Park.The closure le...

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1926

The Administration Building

In 1926 Wills commissioned its branch Administration Building on the Raleigh Park site. Designed by the Sydney architectural firm Joseland & Gilling, the building was executed in a Georgian Revival style, with a clas...

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1914

Kensington in the World Wars

Although not on the Raleigh Park site itself, Kensington's character in the first half of the twentieth century was shaped significantly by the nearby Kensington Racecourse, which opened in 1893 on land now occupied by t...

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1913

Raleigh Park Tobacco Factory Opens

In 1913, W.D. & H.O. Wills (Australia) Ltd opened a new tobacco factory on a 35-acre site in what was then the rural outskirts of Kensington. The complex was named Raleigh Park — a nod to Sir Walter Raleigh, often cr...

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1823

Colonial Grants & the Rural Fringe

In the 1820s much of what is now Kensington fell within a 570-acre land grant to emancipist merchant Samuel Terry, one of the colony's wealthiest early figures. The area remained largely rural for decades — sandy, swampy...

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Gadigal Country

Long before European settlement, the land that is now Kensington was part of the traditional country of the Gadigal people, one of the saltwater clans of the Darug language group. Known for their deep connection to Sydne...

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Glen Eagles Today

Three decades on from the estate's completion, Glen Eagles remains a quiet, well-maintained building within one of Sydney's most distinctive private residential communities. Residents continue to enjoy direct access to t...

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