Stop The Sale of HMAS Penguin &
Angophora Forest.

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Monday 23 November 2026 — 11.30 am 
Parliament House Canberra

Our Land.
Our Heritage.
Our Future.

The rally was an important moment, but our work is not finished. We’re taking our community’s case directly to Canberra. We will call on Anthony Albanese to honour his own statement, that Sydney Harbour is a jewel for the nation.

LATEST NEWS

SYDNEY HARBOUR FEDERATION TRUST AND ALBANESE SUPPORT

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has previously conveyed his personal support for the principle of retaining former military land in public ownership.

First, in his speech to the House of Representatives on 27 February 2001, during the reading of the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Bill 2000.

Second, his speech to Parliament on 1 June 2021 during the reading of the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Amendment Bill 2021.

Mosman Parks & Bushland Association has played a major role in preserving Mosman’s individual character and landscape.

Mosman is renowned for its trees, harbour views and bushwalks. In too many other places, bushland has been bulldozed, views are blocked by foreshore buildings, there is little or no access to the water, and birds and native flowers are gone. Do not take public land, parks and bushland for granted!

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Our mission is to preserve and protect Mosman’s unique parks and bushland heritage.

As the size and density of Sydney’s population grows, public land, open space and bushland become ever more essential for its residents. At the same time, these population pressures increase the threats from development, sectional interests and changes to planning laws.

Public land, parks and bushland cannot be taken for granted.

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Where it all started.

Mosman Parks & Bushland Association is an Advocacy group and a Bush Regeneration group.

In 1964 a road was bulldozed across a park and that was the beginning of our Advocacy. At the same time the idea of Bush Regeneration was being born.

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Bradley Bushland Reserve, an example of how the Bradley method of bush regeneration can work in practice.

The central section of the Bradley Bushland Reserve is an example of how the Bradley method of bush regeneration can work in practice, even in a small reserve. Areas near paths, roads and parks show how bushcare volunteers can contribute to the natural environment.


 

“Our members work towards conserving and protecting Mosman’s valuable green space.”

— Kate Eccles, MPBA President

Membership numbers make our voice stronger.

 

Members can help in various ways. It could be bushcare, letter writing, attending meetings, rallying, or spreading the word about saving public land and bushland.


We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of Country, in particular the Cammeraygal and Borogegal people of the Eora Nation on whose land the Mosman Parks & Bushland Association is located. We recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture and are honoured to carry on their legacy of caring for country. We pay our respect to Elders, past, present and emerging.


The Mosman Parks & Bushland Association is grateful to Mosman Council for the community grant which made the creation of this website possible.


We also appreciate Marta Sengers for website design and ongoing advice.