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Sometimes you have to see things through fresh eyes; whether it be a shady cobbled laneway, sunlight falling across honey coloured , or bats hanging like ripe fruit from a Moreton Bay Fig.

As we emerge from the challenges of 2020, we dedicate this issue of The Quarterly to rediscovering your city in all of its glory.

We’ll check out a rooftop garden, chow down on a bánh mì, celebrate the world’s oldest living culture through dance, and head to a master barber for a beard trim.

And that’s just for starters.

So find a quiet spot to sit, grab a coffee and rediscover life, nature, time and place. CONTENTS CONTENTS Contents Editorial Team Quay Quarter Cool In Return To As Good Publisher Sydney The City AMP Capital The Wild As Gold

Rediscovering Sydney’s 11 Young Street, Sydney’s Editorial Bush medicine for your skin. The tale of a sheep newest-oldest neighbourhood. hippest work space. Stephen Lacey / that shines. Colleen McMahon

Design 4 6 Frost*collective 28 30 Cover Photography Paradise New Kids Anna Pogossova Elements Of Art: Photography On Earth On The Block Jessica Hromas / Magora Mark Pokorny 1920s Sydney architect Our retailers talk Artist Jonathan Jones Marion Mahony Griffin. about rediscovery. Contributors shares his vision. Barbara Flynn / Sydney Living Museums 8 10 32 The Beard Taking Plants Of Baron Flight The Past

Dana Ari shows us how to We climb Sydney’s A garden in the sky at keep our beard looking sharp. stairs of pain. Quay Quarter Tower. 12 14 Where Sydney Interactive content

Comes Home In this edition of The Quarterly, we’ve brought some of our stories Three luxury apartment to life through video and sound — simply click the PLAY icon where blocks redefine big city living. you see it.

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@quayquartersydney 16 @quayquartersydney 34 Dance A Story Set Let’s AMP Capital recognises all First Nations who existed in Rites The Quarterly is published by AMP In Stone Do Lunch before the arrival of the Europeans. Capital Investors Pty Ltd, 33 Alfred We acknowledge the traditions, ancient Aboriginal dance celebrated Street, Sydney, Australia 2000. The stonemasons who Out and about protocols, and cultural practices of by the Sydney Opera House. ©2021 AMP Capital. All rights reserved. restored Hinchcliff House and at noon. the very first Australians, and pay our Receipt of The Quarterly is a benefit of respects to all Traditional Custodians your relationship with AMP Capital and the Gallipoli Memorial Club. who have lived and cared for country. the Quay Quarter development team. We extend that same respect to To request permission to reprint articles the Elders of this land and to all or obtain additional copies, contact First Nations Peoples. 22 [email protected] 38 42

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Quay Quarter Sydney 1 2 3 Quay Quarter Tower Quay Quarter Tower Podium Quay Quarter Tower Lobby The ground-breaking Extending from the Tower Lobby will be a Leading UK designer Tom Dixon has design by Danish large park with harbour views and a bar. brought his own distinctive style to the architects 3XN cleverly Under the park and inside the podium will lobby, restaurant and flexible work space rotates to create a be three levels of cafés, dining, wellbeing, areas, drawing inspiration from the idea new architectural and a supermarket, as well as a world- of ‘super nature.’ As Sydney’s CBD transforms to become icon for the city, leading market hall, all surrounded by a place that is not just for working, but and to capture greenery and bathed in natural light. stunning views of also for living and playing, Quay Quarter 1 the Opera House, will help show the way to new kinds of city Sydney Harbour and beyond. Completion experiences. It is an exemplar for AMP is slated for Q2 2022. Capital, a global role model for future city neighbourhoods and a place that brings together workers, 4 5 6 residents and visitors 15 Young Street & 11 Young Street Quay Quarter Lanes Hinchcliff House This building has roof gardens and An intimate, character-filled One of only two surviving wool stores in as friends. landscaped crevices – architect SJB’s neighbourhood that supports the , this historic gem is being tribute to Sydney’s characteristic lifestyles of our partners and customers, brought back to life as a four-storey sandstone platforms and ledges. with lifestyle retail, wellbeing and social Italian-inspired contemporary food It will house residential apartments, three experiences. Re-imagined laneways, destination, with basement bar. Look floors of commercial offices and retail at new arcades and plazas will encourage for the golden ram on its parapet. the ground level. socialising and networking.

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Re ib 8 Loftus Street Gallipoli Memorial Club 18 Loftus Street 6 8 y P la c Inspired by the rich detailing of great This historic Sydney institution is This property features residential Young Street e 7 art deco buildings and drawing on undergoing a heritage refurbishment apartments and ground level retail the talents of Studio Bright – one of and gaining a new museum. environments. Designed by up-and- Australia's leading designers of bespoke coming Sydney architects Silvester Fuller, Customs House homes – this residential building has balconies and terraced rooftops step a roof terrace garden and retail on the inwards as the building rises, receding Alfred Street Jessie Street Gardens lower two levels. gently against the sky. Cahill Expressway Loftus Street

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Circular Quay Light Rail 5 THE QUARTERLY REDISCOVERY EDITION 6 COOL IN THE CITY COOL IN THE CITY

11 Young Street levels, above a new public arcade, and glazing (on level 4) will create maximum with views over cobbled retail laneways access to sunlight from all four sides and Cool In redefines what big and heritage buildings. A counter provide for an office space that feels reference to the soaring Quay Quarter boutique and ‘really special’. city office space Tower across the road, 11 Young Street The City Tenants are already showing interest is all about a small footprint, and being can look like. in the commercial premises, attracted immersed in the activity of the street. to the warehouse style environment, A bold new commercial and retail “We wanted to ensure that when you are dedicated and high quality end-of- development in the heart of Quay Quarter in your office you are reminded of where trip facilities, 18/7 lifestyle at the front does CBD office space differently. you are,” explains SJB’s Adam Haddow. door, and plentiful transport options. Bespoke, clever, dare we say it… “There’s a very direct relationship to They also appreciate the easy access hip? Indeed, 11 Young Street wouldn’t the buildings around you and the street to the extensive flexible workspaces and look out of place in the creative hub context. You are aware that you are podium amenities in Quay Quarter Tower of Surry Hills, rather than in Sydney’s working in amongst it.” across the road when completed in 2022. ‘newest-oldest neighbourhood’. Haddow says the flexible floor plate, “We’re seeing interest primarily from Architects SJB designed a niche juliette windows with natural air the financial markets sector; private commercial office space over three ventilation and enormous arched equity, stockbrokers, and fintech,” says Elizabeth Bors, Leasing Director, Office & Logistics, AMP Capital. “We are finding businesses are captivated by 11 Young Street's unique offering. Particularly those businesses that appreciate that cool, New York warehouse vibe. And depending on how they do their fit-out, they can really embrace that.”

But perhaps the biggest drawcard is the lifestyle and amenity on offer right at your doorstep. Being in Quay Quarter Lanes means there will be impressive restaurants, cafés and bars all within a five-minute walk.

“When they finish work and want to grab a bite to eat, they’ll just jump in the lift and step outside and it’s all there in an 18/7 precinct,” says Bors. "And having access to everything at Quay Quarter Tower is going to be fabulous."

Left: Businesses will be totally immersed in the streetscape at Quay Quarter Above: Liz Bors, Leasing Director, AMP Capital Right: Dedicated entry to 11 Young Artist's impression Street commercial premises Artist's impression in Quay Quarter

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and design. The exhibition explores Mahony’s architectural beginnings and aesthetic sensibility; her collaboration with Walter Burley Griffin; and key projects in Australia, with a special focus on the life and community of Castlecrag. A newly produced film examines Mahony’s ongoing impact and the experience of living in the experimental suburb of Castlecrag in more depth, through interviews with current and former owners of Griffin-designed homes and a Discover selection of architects and other experts. Paradise Enchanted Valley The final piece of Paradise on Earth is the digital installation on Earth Enchanted Valley, an immersive reimagining of Castlecrag’s Haven Amphitheatre as it is today. Capturing the colours, textures and changing moods of the Australian bush, it celebrates Mahony’s fascination with and deep respect for Sydney Living Museums’ new the natural environment. For Mahony, this harbourside gully exhibition at the Museum of was ‘truly an enchanted valley’ where people could connect with and wonder at nature and its hidden energies, which Sydney is a celebration of the she saw as essential to the health and spiritual wellbeing career and legacy of architect of the community. Enchanted Valley evokes the essence of this special place, Marion Mahony Griffin. inviting visitors into a fully immersive landscape, with a sophisticated animated projection and accompanying Architect, artist, designer, planner, naturalist, horticulturist: the soundscape. To create the installation, Sydney Living Museums long career of Marion Mahony Griffin (1871–1961) integrated collaborated with multimedia and projection collective her many professional skills and enduring interests, in particular illuminart Australia. Using cutting-edge digital technology, her dedication to forging a better aesthetic, spiritual and Enchanted Valley remixes the visual language that distinguishes environmental balance between people and nature. Separately Mahony’s artistic practice – particularly her intricate linework and together with her husband and architectural partner, Walter and the intensely coloured and moody silk renditions of her Burley Griffin, she produced an exceptional range of creative evocative ‘Forest Portraits’ – into a new medium, that of light. work over four decades and across three continents. Playful interactive elements will delight visitors, with some The Griffins moved to Australia from America in 1914, after hidden surprises that only the more curious adventurers will find! winning the prestigious competition to design the new federal Appealing to all ages, Enchanted Valley invites Museum of capital, Canberra, and completed major projects in Victoria and Sydney visitors to discover and enjoy the mystery and magic NSW. In 1921 they began their most remarkable joint venture – in the ‘bit of Paradise on Earth’ that so captivated Marion the development of Castlecrag. Set on the picturesque shores Mahony Griffin. of Sydney’s Middle Harbour, Mahony’s ‘bit of Paradise on Earth’ was to be a ‘model residential’ suburb reflecting the couple’s Quay Quarter Sydney is a proud partner of Sydney Living dream of realising a community living harmoniously with the Museums, fulfilling our vision to be a cultural connector natural environment. The Griffins themselves lived in Castlecrag in Sydney from 1925 to the mid-1930s. Mahony became deeply involved in Contributors: Dr Anne Watson and Jacqui Newling, exhibition curators Castlecrag life, organising community activities, as well as plays staged in the open-air Haven Scenic Theatre (now the Haven Amphitheatre), constructed by residents in the early 1930s. Exhibition Information Today, 100 years after the establishment of Castlecrag, and 150 years since Mahony’s birth, the Paradise on Earth Paradise on Earth is on display until 18 April 2021 exhibition explores her extraordinary vision and ongoing , corner Bridge and Phillip Streets Image: The immersive , part of the Enchanted Valley inspiration to artists, architects, historians and urban planners. Thursday–Sunday, 10am–5pm Paradise on Earth exhibition at the Museum of Sydney. Photo © James Horan for Sydney Dramatic installations, stunning objects and a dedicated film slm.is/paradise Living Museums. program illustrate her unique approach to art, architecture

9 THE QUARTERLY REDISCOVERY EDITION 10 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

Skittle Lane N˚1 New Kids N˚3 “We are a boutique coffee roaster, based in the CBD and Bondi. All of our beans are roasted on site in our roastery in Bondi Beach, which is also an espresso bar and showroom for retail, brew gear and tableware. It’s not a huge space, but we have on the Block a nice little bay window seat and some benches outside. It’s a great vibe with the community mingling and enjoying a chat over a few brews. It’s going to be amazing when the Quay Quarter Lanes opens. We’re big fans of Sydney CBD and are really looking forward to rediscovering that atmosphere you can only get from a city, the people, the energy, the fun, and of course...the great coffee.” When open in 2021, Quay Quarter Lanes will be N˚4

a vibrant home to cafés, The Men’s Grooming restaurants, boutiques, luxury “Although our look is modern industrial, my customers will rediscover the residences and workspaces. traditional old school barbering that Sydney’s newest-oldest I learnt in Kurdish Northern Iraq; scissor cuts, steam and hot towel shaves with neighbourhood is set to be a cut-throat razor. Even the products I use and sell, capture the spirit of a destination for all. traditional barbering.”

Marrickville Pork Roll We asked our new retailers Hinchcliff House “We first opened in 2008 and have been busy ever since. what they've ‘rediscovered’ N˚5 “When we throw open the Our original location might be just a hole in the wall, but it has doors at Hinchcliff House we a huge following, with the queue often wrapping around the when creating the perfect will be rediscovering warm, block! We do one thing but we do it very, very well. Our bánh mì customer experience. old-fashioned service and thit is made from freshly baked baguettes filled with pork meat, the dolce vita. This is going pate, shredded pickled carrot, veg and coriander.” to be the place where Sydney comes to hang out and “We hope a whole new generation of customers who visit our Discover Quay Quarter Lanes have sophisticated fun; four store in Quay Quarter Lanes, rediscover the simple pleasure magnificent levels of Italian- of delicious, affordable Vietnamese food.” inspired all-day-dining, restaurant and functions, with the moody Apollonia Bar in the basement of this fully Tokki (Jnr) revamped heritage building. Hinchcliff House will be the “Our chefs love to challenge themselves N˚2 community hub for everyone by rediscovering traditional dishes, but in the Quay Quarter Lanes adapting them with more contemporary neighbourhood and we ingredients and cooking methods to can’t wait.” produce incredible flavour and texture.”

11 THE QUARTERLY REDISCOVERY EDITION 12 BEARD BARON BEARD BARON

Need a portrait like this Dana Ari, pictured right, takes us through a step-by-step guide to looking after your beard.

1. 2. 3. While you’re in the shower, shampoo Use an electric drier to blow dry If your beard needs a trim, or just a tidy your beard using a high quality your beard. While it’s drying, brush up, this would be the time to do it. Use a beard shampoo (I recommend an it with the best beard brush you pair of clippers. Of course, it’s never as English brand called Sheffield). can afford. You can’t go past one good as sitting down in a barbershop for T Rinse well. with a boar bristle. a professional clip and being pampered with hot towels and scents. h n o 4. e You need to replace the oils that have been removed from your beard when r you washed it. Use a good quality beard oil; I like the old school Italian brand, Proraso. The Wood and Spice version B a is wonderful. You only need a couple of drops, depending on your beard e B length. Rub it over your hands and then massage it through your beard ard and onto your skin. Nice.

Master Barber, Dana Ari, has been cutting hair for 25 years, 5. For a more matte finish you may want forging his trade in the Kurdistan area of Northern Iraq. He came to use a beard balm instead (or as well to Australia in 2003 and established The Men’s Grooming. His fifth as the oil). For a longer beard, apply it from the neck up. American Crew salon will be in Loftus Street, Quay Quarter Lanes. makes a very good quality balm.

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For the perfect lunchtime workout of sprinting up, maybe with a bit of a break coming down, depending on how cardiovascularly fit you are,” says Wright.

you just need a flight of stairs, “Someone who is a long-distance runner with different a solid pair of trainers and plenty goals, will probably not go at such an intense pace, but do more repetitions. Even walking up the stairs is a very of determination. beneficial exercise.”

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KENT ST He cautions that anyone about to take up stair running, should If you’re strapped for time and looking for a lunchtime workout first be reviewed by both a physiotherapist and a GP. “We’re Quay that burns calories quickly, improves strength and power, raises 4 not only thinking about the cardiovascular system, but also Quarter your metabolic rate and gets you fit in record time, you just the load going through the joints, particularly the knees,” Sydney need to find a steep flight of stairs and start climbing. 2 says Wright Thankfully, hilly Sydney is blessed with an abundance of stairs, Here are our favourite Sydney steps: with some of the best examples within walking (or jogging) distance from Quay Quarter. In fact, architect Jennifer Preston, 1 Moore Steps: A short sharp flight connecting Circular Quay Chair of the NSW Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects, with Macquarie Street. These heritage listed stairs are a has spent a large part of her career studying stairs and their perfect starting point for fledgling runners. Care is needed role in urban architecture. as the treads are worn quite smooth.

Stair climbing is a form of High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), 2 Fleet Steps: In the Royal Botanic Gardens, these stairs are and as such, the entire workout should take no longer than legendary with Sydney lunchtime stair runners. The treads 30 minutes, leaving you plenty of time to get back to the office are nice and wide, but you’ll still have to dodge other fitness PACIFIC MTWY for a shower and a protein shake. fanatics and tourists.

Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist Ben Wright from Bend & 3 Hickson Steps: This one is in the shadow of the Harbour Mend at Circular Quay says the benefits of stair running Bridge, linking Fort Street to Hickson Road. With just over

MACQUARIE ST are multifaceted, and especially good at building muscular 80 steps to ascend, it’s quite a challenge. strength and power in the legs. The heart and lungs also 4 Agar Steps: Connecting Kent Street with Observatory Hill, get a great workout. 5 these 108 steps are sure to get your pulse racing. The view “The superior effects on cardiovascular fitness are backed from Observatory Park is well worth the effort. up by several studies,” Wright says. 5 McElhone Stairs: The most difficult stair run in Sydney’s Whether your workout sees you sprinting up the stairs, CBD, there are 112 steps rising over 12 metres from or simply walking, will depend on your baseline fitness, Brougham Street, Woolloomooloo, to Victoria Street,

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DARLINGHURST RD WHERE SYDNEY COMES HOME WHERE SYDNEY COMES HOME

People have always loved the Perforated, bronze anodized screens As to 8 Loftus’ contribution to the new

Sydney bustle of living in the Sydney CBD, provide flexible sun shading and privacy neighbourhood, Bright believes it will and according to recent statistics, to the apartments. The daily sliding and not only be a place of activity and city living has become more popular angling of the adjustable screens create engagement, but also provides a place than ever. In 2012 the CBD’s population a sense of drama and movement, from of respite in the city. “Smaller retail shops stood at 16,129. By 2019 that number dawn to dusk and beyond. at ground floor contribute to an active had increased to almost 21,000, an vibrant laneway and a place to escape Landscaping has also been a very increase of 25% in just seven years. the busier street networks, while the Where important aspect of the design, with the rooftop garden provides a green space The city’s newest neighbourhood, building gently sweeping and shifting and place to get away.” Quay Quarter, will see even more as it gets higher to create a lush green people enjoying what the area has landscaped ribbon and rooftop garden, to offer, with three unique residences with sweeping harbour views. created by leading architects, Silvester “It was really essential that the design Fuller, SJB, and Studio Bright. be considered from all sides, even from Prior to the project being realised, the rooftop, because there’s a lot of other Below: Artist’s impression of an apartment in all three architects spoke at length buildings looking over it. We love that 8 Loftus Street, Quay Quarter Lanes about what materials should feature; there’s some green being brought back they decided on brick masonry to tie into the city,” says Bright. in with the existing heritage area. Three luxury apartment She is also excited about the installation developments will become While Sydney has often been called of a light and sound piece on the ceiling a sandstone city, it is easy to forget the of the retail arcade, by Wiradjuri- the residential hub of importance of clay brick in constructing Kamilaroi artist Jonathan Jones. “We the fledgling city. Indeed, 5,000 bricks designed the arcade with the hope Sydney's newest CBD were transported on board the that there would be a serious artwork neighbourhood; Scarborough when the First Fleet incorporated, and Jonathan has sailed into Sydney Cove. delivered something exceptional,” a burgeoning community Bright says. for those who enjoy life 8 Loftus Street

Comes in the city's heart. 8 Loftus Street is designed by one of Australia’s most accomplished residential architects Melissa Bright from Studio Bright in . With its stunning rooftop garden, two levels of retail space (including arcades) and 31 luxury apartments, it will be a valuable addition to the new neighbourhood.

One of the defining features of 8 Loftus, is the unique façade of silvery-grey bricks. “They were especially developed for the project with the team from Brickworks (Austral Bricks),” says Bright. “The grain of those historic city buildings has been an important influence to our building, which is a contemporary reinterpretation. We’ve broken up the façade, so it’s quite layered both horizontally and vertically.”

Home The apartments themselves embrace Artist's impression Sydney’s love for indoor-outdoor living.

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It’s vibrant and exciting living in the city, but something you need to retreat and escape into your home.

Penny Fuller, Architect, Silvester Fuller

Artist's impression Left: An apartment in Loftus Street, Quay Quarter Lanes

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idea that the building had happened Artist's impression 15 Young Street over time and has a very strong textural quality. The colour comes from the Designed by SJB, one of Australia’s heritage of the precinct; there are most awarded architectural practices, a lot of old brick buildings in and 15 Young Street is the largest of the around Circular Quay made from three residential buildings. The building those beautiful liver-coloured bricks. is stately and grand, befitting its prominence in such a historic setting. As in all three residences, landscaping 35 luxury apartments are situated above figures largely. "Landscape in Sydney three levels of boutique commercial happens in platforms, on stepping and retail. ledges and fissures, this is the Sydney we love,” says SJB’s Adam Within stepped landscapes, each Haddow. “The building translates apartment is specifically designed to this idea into a design that expresses make the most of its individual aspect, an organic erosion pattern, just like with carefully planned view corridors in our natural geography.” and privacy screening. Harbour views are framed via strategically placed Haddow says 15 Young Street will show apertures punched through the masonry, Sydney how to make a high quality capturing the light and creating the mixed use project. “The super important sense of a house in the sky. thing about this building is that it balances the quietness of residential with Architect Adam Haddow says the the activeness of the commercial and 18 Loftus Street masonry comprises a ‘Roman’ brick (one retail on the three levels below,” he says. with a long flat profile), in a rich ochre. “The building gives the ground plane Designed by Silvester Fuller, this “The intent is to elevate the building by back to the city while creating quiet elegant building comprises 36 bespoke suggesting sedimentary layers,” says space for the residents above.” apartments, each responding to its Haddow. “We wanted to create the specific location to maximise view, These three remarkable buildings will sunlight, interaction and privacy. This When designing 18 Loftus, Silvester be home to approximately 250 people has been achieved by clever design Fuller gave full consideration to what when occupancy occurs in 2021. The that subtly manipulates the scale and the building would give back to the vision is to ensure that Quay Quarter orientation of the openings, creating an city. “The building’s contribution to the Lanes has all the diverse components incremental transition. The resulting form public domain includes a new linkway of a true neighbourhood, with seamlessly sees the building step gradually in and through to Loftus Lane,” says Fuller. connected lifestyle and retail knitted out, whilst opening sizes grow from the “The whole form of the building responds into the fabric of the city; an intimate, base upwards. to the neighbourhood. And there’s also welcoming ambiance with experiences a Jonathan Jones artwork in that little that create a close-knit community Silvester Fuller sourced the distinctive linkway which will feature oyster shells of regulars and locals who share sandy white bricks, from Brickworks ‘growing’ on the wall of the adjacent a sense of ownership and pride in (Bowral Bricks). “The bricks mirror the Gallipoli Memorial Club. That’s not only their new homes palest sandy colours that you’ll find going to look quite cool, but it has an in the adjacent sandstone heritage important message to convey about building,” says architect Penny Fuller. the site’s importance and recognising The interiors of the apartments are Aboriginal history.” centred around the wellbeing of the residents. For example, the bedrooms feature indirect lighting to create a restful ‘cocoon’, while the wardrobes are perforated to provide acoustic sound Above: 18 Loftus Street, designed by Silvester Fuller architects absorption. “It’s vibrant and exciting Centre: Masonry interest in 18 Loftus Street living in the city, but sometimes you by Silvester Fuller architects need to retreat and escape into your Right: Apartments are designed to maximise Artist's impression home,” Fuller says. daylight in living rooms

21 THE QUARTERLY REDISCOVERY EDITION 22 DANCE RITES DANCE RITES Dance Rites

Witness the powerful coming together of traditional customs, language and contemporary culture with First Nations dancers from around Australia.

The Sydney Opera House Wajaarr Ngaarlu Dance Troupe, based in Coffs Harbour, Gumbaynggirr Country Image: BKE Photography

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Guba Marki, Torres Strait Islands, Saibai Island “Originally from Saibai Island, and all our dancers are born and bred in Bamaga. Our traditional language is Saibai, but we also speak Creole and English. Most songs and stories are from Saibai in Saibai language, but we also create new songs and stories and dances”. This dance group achieved first place in the 2020 Dance Rites Jannawi Dance Clan from Sydney and Blue Mountains competition presented by the Sydney Opera House. Image: Ken Leanfore

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Dance Rites is a great place for us mob in Sydney to connect with culture, to dance, and to meet up with family and people we might not have seen for a long time. It’s set within an iconic space; the Sydney Opera House forecourt, a site that was originally an island connected to the mainland and called Tjubowgully by the Eora people. It’s where Bennelong had his hut. What I love most about Dance Rites is that it showcases the strength of our culture to Sydneysiders, to tourists, to non-Aboriginal brothers and sisters from around the planet. It is a great platform to show the world that there is strength in Aboriginal Australia, that there is a rich and living culture here.

Binowee Bayles, AMP Capital’s First Australians Program Manager

For the sixth year, the Sydney Opera House presented language and cultural expressions, once outlawed, has united Dance Rites – a celebration of Australia’s First Nations song, communities through our ancient expressions.” art, dance and story. Quay Quarter was a major partner As a result of nationwide measures to limit the spread of in 2020. COVID-19 in the community, the heats were broadcast for free In her statement welcoming participants and audiences in on the Sydney Opera House YouTube channel and Facebook 2020, Sydney Opera House Head of First Nations programming, page and the finals were presented in partnership with NITV Rhoda Roberts AO said, “The dancers from across the country working with their song, language and dance custodians have reignited such a depth of expression. Dance Rites is truly enabling the continuance of our inherited birthrights, for many

Meuram Murray Island Dancers performed at Dance Rites in Sydney in 2019 of our elders and knowledge holders it is something they never Image: Daniel Boud considered possible in their lifetime. This new reimagining of

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Leif was founded in Sydney in 2010, by Jonnie Vigar, Mark Evans N˚3 Surely the most remote skincare and Brenan Liston. Leif specialises in bath and body products, company in the world must be Bush with standouts in the range including: Lemon Myrtle Body Medijina. The entire business is run from Cleanser, Wild Rosella Body Lotion and Buddha Wood Hand four shipping containers at Anguruga, on Wash. “We realised that there weren’t many brands at the time Groote Eylandt in the Gulf of Carpentaria. that specifically focused on Australian botanicals,” says Vigar, The all-female staff are mostly a graphic designer. “Because of our isolation, we are home to Warningakalina women, who ‘go onto some incredible plants such as Kakadu plum, and lilly pilly, that country’ to pick and gather a range of are very much under-appreciated and under-utilised. We set Return To less familiar bush botanicals, including out to change that.” All of Leif’s products are free from parabens, Mamarra (small leafed paperbark) sulphates, and other nasty stuff. The packaging is 100% recyclable. Mawilyaburna (liniment tree) Merrika leifproducts.com The Wild (broad leaved wattle) and Mamaburra (wild peach tree). From these traditional native botanicals, the women create The beauty industry has N˚1 a range of balms, body butter, hair discovered the myriad products, soaps and scrubs. “Our best sellers are our native balms, benefits of native Australian particularly our Miracle Balm which botanical ingredients. contains Merrika, used to relieve and soothe,” says Nichola Spear from It’s a secret Aboriginal Bush Medijina. people have known about bushmedijina.com.au for 40,000 years. N˚4 A few Australian botanicals & their benefits

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One of our consultants remembered there had As Good been a ram on the top of Hinchcliff House and so As Gold we decided to look into it further. We eventually found a grainy photograph in a newspaper from 1888, in which the sheep could be seen. We knew we were onto something.

Hinchcliff House’s Reinstating the ram to its rightful place deemed it not feasible to restore, and so The ram was eventually covered in 24 has been a major endeavour involving it was trucked to Millennium Art Services carat gold leaf. Eggert says the gilding famous ram is again four different firms. in Melbourne where sculptor Ian Burns made little difference to the ram’s weight, was able to take an exact mould and because the sheets are incredibly fine. Urbis – a multidisciplinary consulting shining brightly. construct a fibreglass replica. The replica “Just one ounce of gold would make firm – were enlisted to research historic tips the scales at 75 kilograms; a lot enough sheets to almost cover an entire records and gain access to the original The first merino sheep arrived in lighter than the original which was a hefty football field,” he says. ram that had since fallen into disrepair Australia from South Africa in the late 600 kilograms. 1700s, and by 1838 wool had become our and been removed. On completion, the ram was returned During the analysis and conservation to Urbis who arranged for it to be main export. So important was wool to “We started on this project back in 2012,” works, evidence of the original finishes craned into position from Loftus Street. the nation, that Australia’s economy was says Urbis Associate Director Fiona Binns. were investigated and it was discovered The sheep was lifted up over buildings said to ‘ride on the sheep’s back’. To store “One of our consultants remembered the ram had once been covered in gold. and slowly lowered onto the parapet. all this wool, wool ‘palaces’ had to be there had been a ram on the top of Surry Hills based gilders, Art Gilding, “A golden sheep wrapped in fabric constructed throughout the city, among Hinchcliff House and so we decided to were recruited to give the ram back and flying across the Sydney skyline them was Hinchcliff House (1860). look into it further. We eventually found its shine. is not something you see every day,” a grainy photograph in a newspaper Built at a time when Circular Quay was Binns laughs. the centre of Australia’s international from 1888, in which the sheep could be With 45 years of experience behind him, shipping trade, Hinchcliff House has seen. We knew we were onto something.” master gilder, Karl Eggert is considered “Getting the ram back up onto Hinchcliff one of the world’s preeminent experts House has literally taken years and a been restored and reinterpreted by Further research revealed that the on metal leaf gilding. He trained as a lot of negotiation,” says Binns. “It’s not Carter Williamson Architects as part of ram had been stored in a basement church restorer in Cologne, Germany and really something that AMP Capital had AMP Capital’s transformation of the underneath the original AMP building has worked on major projects including to do; it’s a gift to the city and it really precinct. It is being resurrected as a at 33 Alfred Street. three-story Italian inspired contemporary NSW Parliament House, Sydney Town contributes to the architectural narrative food destination, plus basement bar, “We went looking for it and found it Hall, and the Petronas Twin Towers in of Circular Quay. It’s a small thing, but slated to be open in April 2021. in pieces, packed in a giant wooden Kuala Lumpur. a really important thing.” crate,” says Binns. “It was in pretty bad So was the golden ram a challenge? And sitting proudly atop its parapet condition, but we knew from a heritage is the local landmark; the golden perspective, it was important to have the “It was very, very large,” says Eggert. Restoring Hinchcliff House ram. For more than a century the big ram back where it belonged.” “The gilding process took several weeks; sheep has been a beacon of industry, I worked on it with my wife Brigitte and International Conservation Services were emphasising Hinchcliff House’s master class student, Glenys Vincent.” Image: Sitting proudly on top of Hinchcliff House, importance as a centre of trade. engaged to assess the sculpture. They the golden ram watches over Quay Quarter

31 REDISCOVERY EDITION 32 ELEMENTS OF ART: MAGORA ELEMENTS OF ART: MAGORA

Elements of Art: Magora

Contributor: Barbara Flynn, Art Curator to Quay Quarter Sydney Photography: Mark Pokorny involved complex management of resources and was critical to the lives and economy of the Eora until the arrival of the British. An installation of marble fish scales Stories about Arabanoo emphasise his appetite for fish and the generosity he displayed in always sharing his meals with embedded in paving stones forms one British children in particular. In this element of public art, Jones of five artwork elements being created has created the shape of a magora (fish) scale using brass and green marble, which is embedded into paving stones. for Quay Quarter Lanes by Wiradjuri/ Jones selected and re-purposed the green (verde issorie) Kamilaroi artist Jonathan Jones. marble, rescued from the demolished lobby area of 50 Bridge Street. In doing this he united a vital period of AMP's history with a more ancient Aboriginal past. The ageing of the marble While there are no archaeological remains of Aboriginal people to be becomes a metaphor for the passage of time. found on the Quay Quarter Lanes site, what has lived on are the stories of Aboriginal people who had managed the land and waters of the The green marble is waterjet cut in the shape of an abstracted and beyond for millennia before the arrival of Europeans. fish scale, set into high-tensile brass casings (‘shoes’) with A significant site calls for equally significant art, and it is these stories a mirrored finish. The scales are then inlaid in grit-blasted Jonathan Jones decided to make manifest through his art at Quay bluestone pavers. Quarter Lanes. The layout of the pavers was a collaborative effort between Through careful reflection, research and consultation with Aboriginal Jones and his team and ASPECT Studios. Careful consideration cultural leaders and elders, Jones is working with the idea of paying was given to the massing of the fish scales to follow a ‘fish scale tribute to the life of Sydney Aboriginal man Arabanoo by creating five bathymetry underlay drawing’ mapping the depths of Sydney elements of art for the site. Harbour. The 35 zones of the original paving design by ASPECT Studios were used to integrate 24 different variations of how Arabanoo is central to the story of the Aboriginal peoples’ first the magora are placed and oriented in the pavers. engagement with the newcomers where the initial contact took place on and around the Quay Quarter site. His name appears multiple times Around 1,000 artwork paving stones along Loftus Lane will in the early chronicles of the colony in association with the site because become a permanent reminder of Arabanoo’s appetite and he was captured under the instructions of Governor Phillip and lived generosity, and a living tribute to his knowledge, wisdom, on the site for over four months until his death from smallpox. He is grace and the beauty in his life buried on the grounds of First Government House. Quay Quarter Lanes stands on the footprint of First Government House.

Although Arabanoo had been taken forcibly from his family and Country and was clearly distressed, it is recorded that he taught the Europeans Acknowledgement of the crafts people who helped create this work Artist: Jonathan Jones / Artist’s working team: Martin Leuenberger, AMP Capital; Eora words and displayed extraordinary generosity and kindness, Doug Knox, KPH Consulting; Gabriel Ulacco, Shop 1; Barbara Flynn, Barbara Flynn sharing his food and caring for his people who became ill with smallpox. Pty Ltd / Curator: Barbara Flynn / Heritage interpretation designers: Deuce Design / Landscape design: ASPECT Studios; Green marble salvaged from 50 Bridge Magora, means ‘fish’ in the language of the Eora. The fish scale icon is Street lobby / Waterjet cutting of marble: Laser Wizard / Brass casings for magora (fish scales): Hycast / Embed brass casings and marble to create artwork a reference to an essential food and delicacy of the Aboriginal people Jonathan Jones talks about his Above: 1,000 magora will be laid in Loftus Lane art and the life of Arabanoo pavers: Bondi Stone / Pavers installation: Sam the Paving Man / Head contractor: of the Sydney region. The industry of fishing in Weerong (Sydney Cove) Right: Jonathan Jones Richard Crookes Constructions / Photography: Mark Pokorny

33 THE QUARTERLY REDISCOVERY EDITION 34 PLANTS OF THE PAST

Plants of the Past

The sky meadow on Quay Quarter Tower Podium will offer Sydneysiders a rare look at our Aboriginal and Colonial heritage.

The new garden on Quay Quarter A brief was given to the consultant tenants embrace the rooftop as part Tower Podium will feature a selection team, including ASPECT Studios of their space.” of native flora familiar to the Gadigal landscape architects, and Urbis who The garden features many native – the original people of the country in contributed the heritage interpretation plants, some endemic to the area, and around Circular Quay and beyond. relating to this important historical site. such as mat rush (Lomandra longifolia), The Gadigal made great use of native Bianca Pineda, Senior-Associate, native violet (Viola hederacea) yellow plants as an energy source and for ASPECT Studios says her team took vine (Hibbertia scandens) and coastal bush medicine. research compiled by Urbis and rosemary (Westringia fruticosa). The The podium garden will also feature translated it into a landscape story Gadigal had a myriad of uses for a myriad of plantings inspired by the and an overall concept for the garden these plants. For example, the seed of Governor’s garden which flourished and the way it will be used. the Lomandra were pounded into flour, on the site under Governor Phillip and and the strappy leaves were used for “A really big part of the brief was that Hunter in the late 1700’s. weaving baskets and making eel traps. the edible plants should be available Image: Old man banksia (Banksia serrata), 18th-century artwork. Finished AMP Capital had a vision to create to the Quay Quarter Tower cafes and Although many of the plants may date watercolour by John Frederick Miller a garden environment that would restaurants to use,” Pineda says. “The back centuries, the sky garden remains (1773) from an original outline acknowledge the site’s rich heritage, retailers will be allocated dedicated distinctly contemporary; designed by drawing made by British artist Sydney Parkinson (c.1745-1771) while providing opportunities for places to store their harvesting tools, ASPECT Studios in response to the needs on Captain James Cook’s first relaxation, entertainment, work and to make it easier for them. It’s a very and wants of the modern urban dweller. voyage to the Pacific (1768-1771). This artwork is held at the Natural wellbeing. The garden was also to micro-version of that farm to table Sinuous curves in textured concrete will History Museum, London, UK. include a small plot for edible plants. thing. We are really hoping the future give form to the garden which spreads

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A heritage interpretation plaque To plan and design the plantings on the bearing these words will be embedded garden, Urbis enlisted Colleen Morris; into the stairs at the Bridge Street a landscape heritage consultant, author entrance of Quay Quarter Tower. It is and authority on the First Government a glowing description of the eclectic House. Fiona Binns from Urbis says pleasure garden established by Governor Morris researched the early letters and Phillip in 1788 on Gadigal land, and later diaries of several Governors to help added to by Governor Hunter. inform the planting.

Initially the garden served a utilitarian “The research provided a very interesting purpose…to provide food. Many of the record of what the early colony was plants were brought out on the First Fleet, eating and growing,” says Binns. “It’s having been collected in Rio de Janeiro kind of funny, when you consider they’ve and the Cape of Good Hope. They sailed to the other side of the world, and include sugar cane, quince, bamboo, here’s the Governor writing about how strawberry, fig trees, apple and pear, well his beans are growing.” guava, oranges and lemons, grapes, Some of the heritage plants that will and an assortment of grains. appear on the Tower podium garden Pineda says one of the biggest challenges include: orange trees, rosemary, was dealing with the garden’s unique oregano, artichokes, thyme, sage, microclimate. lemon-balm, basil, blue flax lily, New Zealand spinach, guava, marigolds, nasturtiums, lavender, dwarf pomegranates, geraniums, ginger, My orange, fig & parsley, and even coffee plants.

apple trees, as well “We found in the correspondence, one as the vines brought of the Governor’s wives talked about growing coffee in the garden,” Binns says. from the Brazil, are “Perhaps she enjoyed a morning latte.” in a very thriving The garden will be a place to work alfresco, to enjoy a quiet lunch, or state… just to sit and unwind, surrounded by banksias and native grasses, with the scent of lemon-balm and orange in the Governor Arthur Phillip to air. When completed, the gardens and Joseph Banks, September, 1788. terraces throughout Quay Quarter Tower will provide approximately one acre of green space for people to enjoy out around a large atrium that looks “…a fine garden, that descends to the “Because of the tall buildings around us, down into the podium’s Market Hall. sea-shore: already in this garden may the best opportunity to catch the sun is be seen, the Norfolk Island pine, the when it swings around in the afternoon, “We’ve accommodated for people superb Columbia, growing by the she says. who wish to work outside, or have their side of the bamboo of Asia: farther on lunch in the garden,” says Pineda. “There “With this in mind, we’ve tried to is the Portugal orange, and canary are lots of shady little nooks to relax in. incorporate heirloom plants, such as Hear from ASPECT Studios fig, ripening beneath the shade of the landscapelandscape architectsarchitects This is all about wellbeing.” those that would have been found in French apple-trees: the cherry, peach, the Governor’s pleasure garden where Pineda says the garden has been pear, and apricot, are interspersed Far Left: Giant loquat, Eriobotrya japonica. we can, and woven them throughout a long time in the making. She has amongst the Banksia, Metrosideros, Chromolithograph (lithocaustic) by the rest of the garden. These heritage A. Hoen & Co. from a botanical illustration by worked on the Quay Quarter project Correa, Melaluca, Casurina, plants from Europe, South America, William H. Prestele from Henry van Deman’s since 2014. “This is even a long time by Eucalyptus, and a great number of “Report of the Pomologist,” US Govt. Printing Africa and other places are concentrated Office, 1892. our standards in the industry, but it has other indigenous trees.” primarily on the western edge, and along Left: Quay Quarter Tower podium garden will been incredibly rewarding to feel I’ve the north-east. Artist's impression feature heirloom plants, along with edible seen it right from the start,” she says. 1802 Francois Peron, Botanist plants and native non-edible species

37 THE QUARTERLY REDISCOVERY EDITION 38 A STORY SET IN STONE A STORY SET IN STONE

A A league of nations is bringing the sandstone Gallipoli Memorial Club Story and Hinchcliff House back to life.

A team of stonemasons from England, stonemason. Peyton established the first constructed, including Hinchcliff House Scotland, Wales, Ireland, the Netherlands, sandstone on the site of today’s and the Gallipoli Memorial Club. Germany and France have been working Sydney Opera House at Bennelong The job to restore the sandstone exterior painstakingly for two years on the Point. The remains of the quarry can still and interiors of both buildings was restoration of the Gallipoli Memorial Club be seen in the sheer rock face adjacent contracted to the RJC Group by the main and Hinchcliff House. to the House forecourt. By the 1860s, builder Richard Crookes Constructions. most of Sydney’s sandstone Set When completed, both buildings will Owner and founder of RJC Group, Jaimie play a vital part in the revitalisation of Cookson learned his trade restoring Sydney’s newest-oldest neighbourhood; churches and cathedrals in his home Quay Quarter Lanes. city; Manchester. He moved to Australia in 1996 and eventually established his Sandstone has played a major role in own company, specialising in sandstone Sydney’s life, even before the arrival Sandstone has heritage restoration. Cookson and of Europeans. For thousands of years played a major role his team have worked on major the stone was used as a canvas projects, including the clocktower at by Aboriginal people to record in Sydney’s life, even Central Railway Station, Kincoppal- their tribal stories. Aboriginals Rose Bay School, and the Royal also used the sandstone to grind before the arrival Australian Mint in Canberra. In and sharpen their tools. A number of Europeans. of these ‘grinding grooves’ can still Cookson says Hinchcliff House and be seen in bushland throughout Sydney. the Gallipoli Memorial Club were quite a logistical challenge, because of the tight The entire Sydney basin sits on a bed site access. He also says he needed all of sandstone up to 250 metres thick. It hands on deck to tackle the job. dates back some 230 million years and was formed as sandbars at the mouth came out of a number of at “We had 15 men and women, and also of a massive river delta washed all the Pyrmont; it was known as ‘yellow block’, apprentices working on the project,” Stone way from the area we now know as due to its distinctive honeycomb colour. says Cookson. “My team is from all over . the globe, including Australia; the head It was with yellow block that most of ‘bankermason’ is from Crookwell in the When the First Fleet arrived, it brought Sydney’s grand, mid-to-late 19th century, Photography: Jessica Hromas visited the RJC Group to capture Southern Highlands. images of the stonemasons team and tools of trade along Samuel Peyton, a convict public and private buildings were

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We can even look at a stone and tell if it’s been dressed by a right or left-handed mason, or whether an apprentice has worked on it.

Cookson says one of the biggest one it replaced within 3mm, and with the The sandstone was quarried and removed challenges they faced was removing the exact same colour and characteristics. in eight-tonne blocks to be delivered to five layers of lead-based paint from the the site at Quay Quarter. Masons tooled The Pyrmont quarries that had supplied building façades; they had been painted each stone by hand to create an accurate the yellow block stone for Hinchcliff over due to deterioration of the stone. copy of the stone it had replaced, before House and the Gallipoli Memorial Club it was signed off by a heritage architect. “Sandstone is porous and it absorbs salts were long gone. Thankfully an alternative from the air, especially in the sea mist was found at 200 George Street, where a “If it was convict picked or tooled in this close to the harbour,” he says. “Once skyscraper had been demolished to make a certain way we can match it exactly,” the salt crystallises it expands and makes way for a new building. says Cookson. “We can even look at a the front of the stone crumble and stone and tell if it’s been dressed by a right delaminate. Instead of fixing it properly, or left-handed mason, or whether an people just rendered it, or painted over apprentice has worked on it.” the top.” “I’m really happy with how the A special paint stripper was used to buildings have turned out, but I remove the paint, revealing the extent can’t wait to see all the scaffolding of the damage to the stone beneath. down so I can have a really good RJC and heritage specialists from look at them. When you compare Urbis worked closely together to what they were to what they compile a schedule, outlining are now, I think we’ve done which stones could be repaired, a fantastic job.” and which needed replacing. Hinchcliff House is set to Some of the worst affected become an all-day dining were the parapet stones and entertainment destination on the top of the Gallipoli with basement bar. The Memorial Club. All needed Gallipoli Memorial Club will be replacing as they were badly totally revitalised and offer new fractured and weighed at customer experiences. Both of these least 70 kilograms each, with a heritage transformations are testament footpath beneath. RJC did a full ‘make to AMP Capital’s vision to generously give safe’ on the site, removing the loose back to the city’s heritage, and create stones immediately. vibrant laneways within a character-filled “When the construction crew were digging new neighbourhood The next challenge was finding 30-40 the new foundations in George Street four tonnes of sandstone to match those years ago, they came across a seam Left: Hinchcliff House has some impressive stones in the two buildings which were of A-grade sandstone,” says Cookson. sandstone walls beyond repair. Because of the heritage “Petrographic testing confirmed it was Right: RJC Group stonemasons Josh Szpejankowski, sensitivity, every stone had to match the a perfect match for yellow block.” Ed Sweeny (Project Manager) and Liam Coombe

41 THE QUARTERLY REDISCOVERY EDITION 42 LET’S DO LUNCH LET’S DO LUNCH

Let’s Do Lunch

The flowers are out, the sun is shining. Where in the world We capture people enjoying their lunch-hour beside would you rather be? Circular Quay and the Botanic Gardens, and ask them about spending time in sunny Sydney.

Photography: Jessica Hromas

Eugene and Adeleine Thelis Lucy and Sarah Alina Adekunle Paige “It’s such a beautiful part of the city “Today I’m getting some vitamin D and “I work in PR. I'm down here shooting “I’m from the Ukraine, but I’ve lived “I’m an international student from “I work for AMP. I’m heading out now in which to celebrate my Dad’s 50th making the most of the Botanic Gardens, a lovely campaign image for a fashion in Australia in Manly for just over a Nigeria. I’m studying construction for a walk around the harbour foreshore. birthday. We’re off to Café Sydney. seeing as I work right next to them in brand. I live close by in Woolloomooloo year. I’ve just been to a café for lunch project management at university. I normally do that when the weather The flowers are out, the sun is shining. the CBD as a business development and so I come down here a lot. It’s quite and now I’m off for a walk around the This is my first time seeing Circular is this nice, just to get away from my Where in the world would you rather be?” manager. I try to get out here a couple spectacular. I used to live in Melbourne Opera House and Botanic Gardens. Quay and the Sydney Opera House. computer. There’s plenty to do around of times a week at lunchtime. I go to and it doesn’t have anything like this.” It’s very beautiful. I enjoy walking here.” It’s beautiful. I love it.” here. We had team drinks on the roof of the gym before work and then I do this the Paragon Hotel just last week. We’re in the middle of the day as a way of all looking forward to the laneways resetting myself.” opening within Quay Quarter.”

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