Prior to the British colonisation of Tasmania, the land had been occupied for possibly as long as 35,000 years[3] by the semi-nomadic Mouheneener people, a sub-group of the Nuennone, or "South-East tribe".

Read named his house "Nutgrove" after a small grove of walnut trees growing on the land.

[12] In 2015, a survey report found that over 40 houses along Nutgrove beach are at risk from rising sea levels.

[13] In 2018, an annual report revealed that Blackmans Bay and Nutgrove Beach contained the worst water quality within the Derwent estuary.

[14] Nutgrove Beach is a one-hour walk from the Hobart City Centre, or a short metro bus ride along Sandy Bay Road.