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Huntleys Point
SydneyNew South Wales
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Huntleys Point from the Parramatta River
Population 144 (2016 census)
Postcode(s) 2111
Location 9 km (6 mi) north-west of Sydney CBD
LGA(s) Municipality of Hunter's Hill
State electorate(s) Lane Cove
Federal Division(s) North Sydney
Suburbs around Huntleys Point:
Hunters Hill Hunters Hill Hunters Hill
Huntleys Cove Huntleys Point Hunters Hill
Henley Chiswick Drummoyne

Huntleys Point is a suburb in the Northern Suburbs district of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Huntleys Point is located nine kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Hunter's Hill. Huntleys Point sits on the northern shore of the Parramatta River. It was named after Alfred Reynolds Huntley, who purchased the land now covered by the suburb and built Point House in 1851. He had arrived in the colony with his family in 1836.

Huntley's point is the location of the northwestern end of Gladesville Bridge. It is served by the Huntleys Point ferry wharf.

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