The Hill is an inner city, residential suburb of Newcastle, in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, located immediately south of Newcastle's central business district.
[citation needed] As of January 2021, the average house price in The Hill was A$1.92m.
[9] It was one of the earliest settled areas of Newcastle and the site of the first town plan laid out by Henry Dangar in 1823.
[9] The first railway was located there, starting at AA Coy's A Pit just off Church Street[10] The site was originally used as a mine with two engines creating coal fired stream.
[10] They are timber houses designed by Frederick B Menkins and built by G.W Brewer in 1904.