Hardie Holdings is a Sydney based business wholly owned by interests associated with Duncan Hardie, Company Founder and Chairman.
1986 Hardie acquires first 3 Sydney industrial properties

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

1988 to 1994 Goodman Hardie continues industrial purchases and development

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

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

1996 Hardie House purchased and refurbishment works commence

1998 Sweetwater Ridge development commenced

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

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

2001 First biodiversity land purchased

2002 First vintage is produced from Sweetwater Wines

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

2003 to 2004 Land banking and rezonings continue

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

2005 First PSPAs lodged for oil and gas exploration

2005 Cambridge Retreat purchased, and relaunched as Sweetwater Villas

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

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

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

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

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

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

2007 Sale of Huntlee to interests associated with Perth developer LWP

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

2008 Options for the balance of the land portfolio being reviewed
2008 Biodiversity Land bank purchases continue, with bank balance now exceeding 11,000 hectares
2008 Several MOUs signed for Pipeline Capacity Agreements

2008 Hardie Energy actively involved in numerous energy projects
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