Although Jerningham was named after the ‘wild child’ of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, there is nothing notorious about these apartments.

Jerningham, which is located high above the Parade, includes 69 apartments and 65 car parks in a position Frank Lloyd Wright would have approved of, as he favoured a plateau below the top of a hill as a building site. Still close enough to hear the laughter from the beach but far enough away from the camper vans.

Jerningham was completed in 1965 shortly after Wharenui was finished. They were both developed by Wilkins and Davies. What sets the two apart was the engineer John Hollings, a partner in Hollings & Ferner. He masterminded a revolutionary earthquake strengthening scheme that, to put it simply, had extremely strong supporting columns that counterbalanced with light ceiling beams. His seismic engineering feats made him a global icon and he is still revered at Canterbury University.

The Jerningham apartments share a style similar to those built in Bondi in the same decade, which still have Sydneysiders clamouring to purchase them.

— Jackie Pope, Bay View newsletter 80, November 2022