Huntley's Point was named by Alfred Huntley who purchased the land here and built Point House in 1851. He had arrived in the colony with his family in 1836 and his father Dr Robert Huntley first occupied land in Braidwood that is known as Huntley's Flats.

Alfred Huntley opened Turkish baths in Bligh Street, in the city on the present site of Adyar House and later he became the chief engineer for Australian Gas Light Company. His only child, a son also named Alfred became a brilliant scholar at The King's School, Parramatta and later was an architect and civil engineer, building some of the stone houses at Hunters Hill.

Huntleys Point was originally known as Tarban Point, but that changed when A. H. Huntley bought 8 hectares of it in 1841 and built his house (Point House) there. With little more than one road and water views all round, it must be Sydney’s smallest and most exclusive suburb. The massive Gladesville Bridge which dominates the area, was the largest single span concrete arch in the world when it opened in 1964. Crossing a distance of about 300m, it reaches 40m above the water at its crest and boats passing under can be comforted by the thought that about 75,000 tonnes of concrete is suspended above them. The first Gladesville Bridge, opened in 1884, a low level bridge with a swing span, joined the Gladesville side 500m further west, where the Gladesville ferry wharf now is.

Courtesy of Graham Spindler - 'Walking Notes'