Boroondara Cemetery High Street, Kew
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Boroondara Cemetery High Street, Kew Revised Conservation Management Plan Prepared by heritage ALLIANCE in conjunction with Historica cultural heritage projects and the Boroondara Cemetery Trust. For Boroondara Cemetery Trust February 2019 This Updated Conservation Management Plan has been undertaken in accordance with the principles of the Burra Charter adopted by ICOMOS Australia The document updates and revises the 2007 CMP. This document was originally completed in 2007 by David Wixted & Simon Reeves In conjunction with Michele Summerton of Historica & Steve Fitzgerald Arboriculturalist In 2018 the document was updated by David Wixted and Sera-Jane Peters with new information provided by the Boroondara Cemetery Trust © heritage ALLIANCE, HISTORICA, Stephen Fitzgerald, Boroondara Cemetery Trust Revised 2017-2018 The original 2007 Conservation Management Plan for the Boroondara Public Cemetery Trust was carried out with the assistance of funds made available by Boroondara Public Cemetery Trust and the Department of Sustainability and Environment’s ‘Creating Better Places Program’ which contributed $10,000 to the project administered by Heritage Victoria. In 2018 DSE is now the Department of Environment Water Land and Planning. Cover: The gate lodge after clock repairs and re-painting works. Source heritage Alliance 2018 CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 7 Summary of Recommendations .............................................................................................................................. 8 1.0 INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................................... 14 1.1 Background, Brief and Methodology.................................................................................................... 14 1.2 Site Ownership..................................................................................................................................... 14 1.3 Study Team.......................................................................................................................................... 14 1.4 Copyright.............................................................................................................................................. 14 1.5 Acknowledgments................................................................................................................................ 14 1.6 Definitions ............................................................................................................................................ 15 1.7 Existing Heritage Listings & Statutory Controls.................................................................................... 15 2.0 PHYSICAL SURVEY ............................................................................................................................... 19 2.1 The Site................................................................................................................................................ 19 3.0 ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE ............................................................................ 33 3.1 Contextual History............................................................................................................................... 33 3.2 History of establishement of Boroondara Cemetery............................................................................. 40 3.3 Construction of the primary elements of the cemetery......................................................................... 44 3.4 Comparative Analysis .......................................................................................................................... 61 3.5 Assessment of Significance ................................................................................................................ 64 3.6 Further Research................................................................................................................................. 69 4.0 CONSERVATION POLICY STATEMENT ............................................................................................... 70 4.1 Constraints and Requirements............................................................................................................. 70 4.2 Site Significance (precis)...................................................................................................................... 70 4.3 Elements of Primary, Contributory, Lesser and No Significance.......................................................... 71 4.4 Site Specific Policies............................................................................................................................ 74 4.4 Future Use and Development .............................................................................................................. 84 4.5 Proposed Exemptions pursuant to Part 5, S.92 (1) Heritage Act 2017. ............................................... 84 5.0 CONSERVATION WORKS...................................................................................................................... 89 5.1 Maintenance and repair works to the site by priority............................................................................ 89 5.2 Maintenance Works ............................................................................................................................. 89 5.3 Works Plan by Area ............................................................................................................................. 93 5.4 Risk Management of the Site............................................................................................................... 99 5.5 Future Management Issues for the site...............................................................................................103 6.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY.....................................................................................................................................104 APPENDIX A PLANS OF THE CEMETERY...............................................................................................106 APPENDIX B HERITAGE LISTINGS..........................................................................................................109 APPENDIX C CEMETERY LEGISLATION VICTORIA...............................................................................117 APPENDIX D HISTORICAL CHRONOLGY OF SITE.................................................................................119 APPENDIX E PLANT LIST EXTRACTED FROM CEMETERY MINUTE BOOKS.....................................129 APPENDIX F WORKS UNDERTAKEN TO CEMETERY TREES SINCE 2007 ........................................131 APPENDIX G DATA SHEETS....................................................................................................................152 APPENDIX H THE BURRA CHARTER ......................................................................................................197 APPENDIX I List of Plants suitable for use in 19th and early 20th century cemeteries. ..........................204 heritage ALLIANCE heritage consultants Revised Boroondara Cemetery CMP 20018 3 ILLUSTRATIONS & DRAWINGS Figure 1, Entry gates as at 2019. Source BCT. Figure 2: New signage at entry 2019. Source BCT. .................... 10 Figure 3: New Universal access entry off High Street and public toilets (disabled accessible) . Source BCT 2019. .............................................................................................................................................................................. 10 Figure 4 David Syme Memorial, modelled on Egytian Temple on Island of Philae. Source BCT 2019. ................. 12 Figure 5 (Portion of ) Map of the settled districts around Melbourne in the Colony of Victoria compiled from the most authentic sources by A. Purchas 1854. This extract from the larger map is one of the earliest showing the intention of reserving land for a cemetery in the Kew area. Note the 1st Melbourne Cemetery at Flagstaff Hill, the 2nd on the site of the Victoria Markets and the 3rd at Melbourne General Cemetery Reserve. (Source National Library of Australia)................................................................................................................................ 16 Figure 6 Location of the Boroondara Cemetery showing PUZ5 and HO64. [2017]........................................... 17 Figure 7 Site Plan, Source BCT............................................................................................................................... 18 Figure 8 The Gatehouse/sexton’s lodge and the Tower Clock from High street, 2017. Source heritage ALLIANCE..................................................................................................................................... 20 Figure 9 Gatehouse/sexton’s lodge and entry gates, 2017. Source heritage ALLIANCE.................................... 20 Figure 10 Original entry gates re-erected east of the works depot, 2019. Source BCT................................... 21 Figure 11 Works Depot (circa 1985) building on High Street boundary in 2019. Source BCT ......................... 21 Figure 12 Mausoleum roof from the west with painting of the lodge builing in progress. Source heritage ALLIANCE..................................................................................................................................... 21 Figure 13 Mausoleum roof from the clocktower. Source heritage ALLIANCE ................................................