Hardie Holdings is a Sydney based business 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 Holdings 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 106 King Street in Sydney CBD purchased and refurbishment commences on Hardie House

1998 Sweetwater Ridge development

1999 Goodman Hardie takeover of British Capcount Property Trust for $275M - now Australia's second
largest industrial trust

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 Gazettal of the Hunter Economic Zone

2003 to 2004 Land banking and rezonings continue

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

2005 First PSPAs lodged for oil and gas exploration by Hardie Energy

2005 Eco Trades Pty Limited created – the first biodiversity land 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 Application lodged for gas pipeline approvals with both Queensland and NSW Government.
NSW government declares the QHGP project "critical infrastructure".

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

2007 QHGP - QLD section approved and license PPL 124 granted

2007 Hardie Group well on the way to transgression from Property to Energy related business

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 Hardie Energy actively involved in numerous energy projects across Australasia

2008 Federal Government EPBC approval received for QHGP

2009 NSW Critical Infrastructure Approval received for QHGP

2009 Hunter Expressway (F3 to Branxton) funding of $1.65bn announced by Federal and State Governments for
immediate construction. This highway provides a significant stimulus for much of remaining land portfolio.

2009 Apollo Gas listed on the ASX

2009 Buoyant land sales in latter half of year
 * Hunter Valley Homes web site launched www.huntervalleyhomes.com
 * Occident St, Blackburn Estate and others completed and sold out

2010 Individual land sales continue - Millview Stage 2 sold out

2010 Several new resource plays advanced

2010 Apollo Gas taken over by Dart Energy

2010 Hardie Resources office opens in Boroko, PNG

2011 Biodiversity offsets keenly sought after by coal companies. See www.biodiversitylands.com

2011 Transformation from property to resource group continues

2011 Last englobo land properties now available for sale at www.huntervalleyhomes.com

2011 Hardie Resources now operating from offices in Wellington, New Zealand
 See www.hardieresources.com |