 Elizabeth Bay House was one of the first sixty places named.Architect John Fisher (early member of the Institute of Architects, Cumberland County Council Historic Buildings Committee and on the first Council of the National Trust of Australia (NSW) Board after its reformation in 1960) was commissioned by the State Planning Authority to restore Elizabeth Bay House, which led to the formation of the Historic Houses Trust of NSW in 1980.A Friends of Elizabeth Bay House group formed well before the formation of the Historic Houses Trust of NSW.