Year-in-Review-2021-22 - Flipbook - Page 48
The Walker
Estates
Yaralla Estate
The Estate is of outstanding significance to NSW,
as it remains an exceptionally rare complete
example of a large Edwardian private residential
estate close to a major city.
Sydney Local Health District maintains the estate
in accordance with the wishes of the Walker Trust.
Set up in the 1930s by the important mercantile
and philanthropic Walker family, it is the largest
community bequest of its era to survive in an intact
form in NSW.
The Dame Eadith Walker Estate is listed on the
Register of The National Estates and is classified
by The National Trust of Australia (NSW).
Yaralla – for our community
Since 1988 the Estate has remained in use for
health-related purposes including for palliative care
for people living with HIV-related dementia, a day
stay unit for patients with dementia, a rehabilitation
clinic for the NSW Statewide Burns Injury Service.
The Yaralla Estate Community Advisory Committee
was established in late 2013. Its role is to advise the
Chief Executive of Sydney Local Health District on
maintaining and using the estate for the benefit of
the Local Health District and the community.
The grounds of the Yaralla Estate are open year
round for the community to explore.
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