Conservation Management Plan Draft Report Report Prepared for Penrith Lakes Development Corporation November 2014
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McCarthy’s Cemetery Conservation Management Plan Draft Report Report prepared for Penrith Lakes Development Corporation November 2014 Sydney Office 78 George Street Redfern NSW Australia 2016 T +61 2 9319 4811 Canberra Office 2A Mugga Way Red Hill ACT Australia 2603 T +61 2 6273 7540 GML Heritage Pty Ltd ABN 60 001 179 362 www.gml.com.au GML Heritage Report Register The following report register documents the development and issue of the report entitled McCarthy’s Cemetery—Conservation Management Plan, undertaken by GML Heritage Pty Ltd in accordance with its quality management system. Job No. Issue No. Notes/Description Issue Date 14-0268 1 Draft Report 21 November 2014 Quality Assurance GML Heritage Pty Ltd operates under a quality management system which has been certified as complying with the Australian/New Zealand Standard for quality management systems AS/NZS ISO 9001:2008. The report has been reviewed and approved for issue in accordance with the GML quality assurance policy and procedures. Project Manager: Jane McMahon Project Director & Reviewer: Sheridan Burke Issue No. 1 Issue No. 1 Signature Signature Position: Graduate Consultant Position: Partner Date: 21 November 2014 Date: 21 November 2014 Copyright Historical sources and reference material used in the preparation of this report are acknowledged and referenced at the end of each section and/or in figure captions. Reasonable effort has been made to identify, contact, acknowledge and obtain permission to use material from the relevant copyright owners. Unless otherwise specified or agreed, copyright in this report vests in GML Heritage Pty Ltd (‘GML’) and in the owners of any pre-existing historic source or reference material. Moral Rights GML asserts its Moral Rights in this work, unless otherwise acknowledged, in accordance with the (Commonwealth) Copyright (Moral Rights) Amendment Act 2000. 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GML Heritage Contents Page 1.0 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Preamble .................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Aims of the CMP ...................................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 The Study Area ........................................................................................................................................ 1 1.4 Planning Background .............................................................................................................................. 2 1.4.1 The Penrith Lakes Scheme .............................................................................................................. 2 1.4.2 The Deed of Agreement 1987 ......................................................................................................... 2 1.5 Heritage Listings ...................................................................................................................................... 3 1.5.1 Statutory Listings............................................................................................................................... 3 1.5.2 Non-statutory Listings ....................................................................................................................... 3 1.6 Methodology and Terminology ............................................................................................................... 3 1.7 Previous Studies ...................................................................................................................................... 3 1.8 Limitations ................................................................................................................................................ 4 1.9 Author Identification ................................................................................................................................. 4 1.10 Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................... 4 2.0 Historic Outline .......................................................................................................................................... 7 2.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 7 2.2 European Settlement ............................................................................................................................... 7 2.3 James McCarthy ...................................................................................................................................... 9 2.4 McCarthy’s Cemetery ............................................................................................................................ 11 2.5 Endnotes ................................................................................................................................................ 27 3.0 Physical Evidence ................................................................................................................................... 29 3.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 29 3.2 Site Analysis ........................................................................................................................................... 29 3.2.1 McCarthy’s Cemetery Location...................................................................................................... 29 3.2.2 Environmental Context ................................................................................................................... 29 3.3 McCarthy’s Cemetery ............................................................................................................................ 30 3.3.1 Built and Landscape Elements ...................................................................................................... 30 3.3.2 Views ............................................................................................................................................... 31 3.3.3 Visual Absorption Capacity ............................................................................................................ 31 3.3.4 Site Layout ....................................................................................................................................... 31 3.3.5 Monuments and Headstones ......................................................................................................... 32 3.4 Integrity, Intactness and Condition ....................................................................................................... 32 3.5 Historical Archaeological Assessment ................................................................................................. 33 3.5.1 Previous Archaeological Assessments and Investigation ........................................................... 33 3.5.2 Summary of Key Events in the Development of the Cemetery ................................................... 33 3.5.3 Analysis of Disturbance .................................................................................................................. 34 3.5.4 Historical Archaeological Potential ................................................................................................ 34 3.6 Comparative Assessment ..................................................................................................................... 35 3.6.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 35 3.6.2 Comparative items .......................................................................................................................... 35 3.6.3 Conclusion ....................................................................................................................................... 37 3.7 Endnotes ................................................................................................................................................ 43 McCarthy’s Cemetery—Conservation Management Plan—Draft Report, November 2014 GML Heritage 4.0 Significance Assessment ..................................................................................................................... 44 4.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 44 4.1.1 NSW State Heritage Assessment Criteria ................................................................................... 44 4.2 Assessment of the Heritage Significance of McCarthy’s Cemetery .................................................. 44 4.2.1 Historical Significance (Criterion A) .............................................................................................