Hardie Holdings is a Sydney based business wholly owned by interests associated with Duncan Hardie, Company Founder and Chairman.

1986Hardie acquires first 3 Sydney industrial properties

1987Hardie invites the Goodman family to co-invest in these properties and Goodman Hardie is established

1988 to 1994Goodman Hardie continues industrial purchases and development

1994Hardie acquires first unzoned land which forms the basis of future land bank

1995Goodman Hardie raises $28M in public float and lists on Australian Stock Exchange

1996Hardie House purchased and refurbishment works commence

1998Sweetwater Ridge development commenced

2000Macquarie Industrial and Goodman Hardie merge to form Macquarie Goodman – Hardie exits

2000Hardie Holdings opens Newcastle office and begins to actively build land bank

2001First biodiversity land purchased

2002First vintage is produced from Sweetwater Wines

2002Gazettal of the Hunter Economic Zone, the largest contiguous industrial zone in NSW

2003 to 2004Land banking and rezonings continue

2005Hardie Holdings begins to move into energy and energy related infrastructure.
Initial studies for the Queensland to Hunter Gas Pipeline feasibility and route selection

2005First PSPAs lodged for oil and gas exploration

2005Cambridge Retreat purchased, and relaunched as Sweetwater Villas

2005Eco Trades Pty Limited created – the first biodiversity company in NSW

2006Huntlee rezoning for a fully masterplanned community of 7,500 residential lots and 160 hectares of
employment lands lodged with the Department of Planning

2006Lower Hunter Regional Strategy finalised - Hardie contributed 7,420 hectares of ecological
lands as ecological offsets for various rezonings. Biodiversity Land bank balance now at 0 hectares

2006Indigenous Business Services Pty Limited formed in conjunction with Mr Smiley Johnstone

2006Application lodged for gas pipeline approvals with both Queensland and NSW Government.
NSW government declares the project "critical infrastructure".

2006Caliburn appointed by Hardie to review future ownership options for its land portfolio

2007Queensland to Hunter Gas Pipeline - QLD section approved and license PPL 124 granted

2007Sale of Huntlee to interests associated with Perth developer LWP

2007Management buyout of Newcastle office, Hardie Estates, land joint ventures & other companies

2008Options for the balance of the land portfolio being reviewed

2008Biodiversity Land bank purchases continue, with bank balance now exceeding 11,000 hectares

2008Several MOUs signed for Pipeline Capacity Agreements

2008Hardie Energy actively involved in numerous energy projects