Light Horse Interchange Business Hub, Eastern Creek NSW (SSD 9667) Preliminary Non-Aboriginal Heritage Assessment
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Light Horse Interchange Business Hub, Eastern Creek NSW (SSD 9667) Preliminary Non-Aboriginal Heritage Assessment Prepared for Western Sydney Parklands Trust March 2019 Document Control Page CLIENT: Western Sydney Parklands Trust PROJECT: Preliminary Non-Aboriginal Heritage Assessment SITE NAME: Light Horse Interchange Business Hub (part of 165 Wallgrove Road, and part of 475 Ferrers Road, Eastern Creek NSW) EXTENT HERITAGE PTY LTD INTERNAL REVIEW/SIGN OFF WRITTEN BY DATE VERSION REVIEWED EDITED EDIT LEVEL APPROVED Lorna Cooper Bridget San 07-02-19 Draft Anita Yousif 07-02-19 Miguel Dr Vidhu Gandhi Lorna Cooper 20-03-19 Final Anita Yousif 22-03-19 Copyright and Moral Rights Historical sources and reference materials used in the preparation of this report are acknowledged and referenced in figure captions or in text citations. Reasonable effort has been made to identify, contact, acknowledge and obtain permission to use material from the relevant copyright owners. Unless otherwise specified in the contract terms for this project EXTENT HERITAGE PTY LTD: ° Vests copyright of all material produced by EXTENT HERITAGE PTY LTD (but excluding pre-existing material and material in which copyright is held by a third party) in the client for this project (and the client’s successors in title); ° Retains the use of all material produced by EXTENT HERITAGE PTY LTD for this project for EXTENT HERITAGE PTY LTD ongoing business and for professional presentations, academic papers or publications. Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 1 1.1 PROJECT INITIATION ....................................................................................... 1 1.2 SITE LOCATION AND IDENTIFICATION .......................................................... 1 1.3 DEVELOPMENT DESCRIPTION ....................................................................... 1 1.4 STATUTORY CONTEXT ................................................................................... 5 1.5 OBJECTIVES .................................................................................................... 7 1.6 APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY ................................................................. 7 1.7 LIMITATIONS .................................................................................................... 8 1.8 AUTHOR IDENTIFICATION............................................................................... 8 2. HISTORICAL CONTEXT ............................................................................................. 9 2.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................... 9 2.2 ABORIGINAL OCUPATION ............................................................................... 9 2.3 EARLY EUROPEAN EXPEDITIONS ................................................................. 9 2.4 EARLY EUROPEAN LAND GRANTS .............................................................. 12 2.5 CONSOLIDATION OF THE EARLY GRANTS AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WALLGROVE ESTATE ............................................................................................. 13 2.6 SUBDIVISION FROM 1890 ONWARDS .......................................................... 15 2.7 WALLGROVE ARMY CAMP ............................................................................ 19 2.8 WALLGROVE MIGRANT HOSTEL .................................................................. 21 2.9 CURRENT LAND USE ..................................................................................... 21 3. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................ 24 3.1 GENERAL ........................................................................................................ 24 3.2 DISCUSSION OF DISTURBANCE .................................................................. 30 4. BUILT ELEMENTS .................................................................................................... 32 4.1 POTENTIAL BUILT HERITAGE SIGNIFICANCE ............................................. 34 5. HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL POTENTIAL ....................................................... 35 5.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................. 35 5.2 PHASES OF DEVELOPMENT ......................................................................... 35 5.3 EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL ........................................................................ 35 5.4 SUMMARY OF HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL POTENTIAL .................... 38 6. PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE ..................................................................................................................... 41 6.1 BASIS FOR ASSESSMENT............................................................................. 41 6.2 EXISTING STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE .................................................. 41 Extent Heritage Pty Ltd | Light horse Interchange Business Hub: Preliminary Non-Aboriginal Heritage Assessment i 6.3 PRELIMINARY SIGNIFICANCE ASSESSMENT ............................................. 42 6.4 SUMMARY STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE ................................................ 42 7. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS .......................................................... 44 7.1 CONCLUSIONS ............................................................................................... 44 7.2 RECOMMENDATIONS .................................................................................... 44 8. REFERENCES .......................................................................................................... 46 APPENDIX 1 - UNEXPECTED FINDS PROCEDURE ........................................................... 50 Extent Heritage Pty Ltd | Light horse Interchange Business Hub: Preliminary Non-Aboriginal Heritage Assessment ii 1. Introduction 1.1 Project Initiation Extent Heritage Pty Ltd (Extent) has been commissioned by the Western Sydney Parklands Trust (WSPT) to prepare a Preliminary Non-Aboriginal (European) Heritage Assessment for a part of 165 Wallgrove Road and 475 Ferrers Road, Eastern Creek NSW (hereafter the ‘study area’) in advance of the development of the proposed Light horse Interchange Business Hub. The proposed development is being assessed as a State Significant Development (SSD 9667), in accordance with Part 4 Division 4.7 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. The Secretary’s Environmental Assessment Requirements (SEARs) for the project require that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) be prepared for the proposal. This report has been prepared to respond to the SEARs (Application No: SSD 9667) and identify any project constraints in relation to built heritage and historical archaeology. It provides a preliminary assessment of heritage significance for identified heritage items and historical archaeological resources, identifies heritage constraints and opportunities for input into the development of reference designs and specifications and recommendations for appropriate management. 1.2 Site Location and Identification The site is located to the east of the Westlink M7 and south of the M4 Western Motorway on Wallgrove Road, Eastern Creek (Figure 1). It lies within the Blacktown Local Government Area (LGA), in Parishes of Melville and Prospect, County of Cumberland, and consists of Part Lot 10 DP1061237 and Part Lot 5 DP804051. 1.3 Development Description WSPT intends to redevelop the study area to accommodate industrial and light industrial land use activities. An indicative land subdivision plan has been prepared for the study area and includes indicative building development areas and site works. Key features of this are the demolition of existing structures and bulk earthworks, the creation of approximately 29.5 hectares of developable Industrial zoned land and its associated estate with access roads, bridge crossings, and other infrastructure, as well as the realignment of Eskdale Creek. Provision has also been made for the demarcation and construction of flood compensation offset storage areas, though these are currently under consideration and may be subject to revision or removal ( Figure 2). Further detailed approvals will be sought for the construction of individual buildings, ancillary facilities and associated site works, which would be the subject of a separate heritage assessment, if required. Extent Heritage Pty Ltd | Light horse Interchange Business Hub: Preliminary Non-Aboriginal Heritage Assessment 1 Figure 1. Current aerial imagery showing the subject area (Source: Sixmaps). Extent Heritage Pty Ltd | Light horse Interchange Business Hub: Preliminary Non-Aboriginal Heritage Assessment 2 Figure 2. Indicative Land Subdivision Plan, Proposed Light horse Interchange Business Hub (Source: Western Sydney Parklands Trust, Dwg. 18652_SSDA_C100 Model). Extent Heritage Pty Ltd | Light horse Interchange Business Hub: Preliminary Non-Aboriginal Heritage Assessment 3 Figure 3. Concept Master Plan, Light horse interchange Business Hub (Source: WSPT Sketch No. 10935_SK017, March 2019) Extent Heritage Pty Ltd | Light horse Interchange Business Hub: Preliminary Non-Aboriginal Heritage Assessment 4 1.4 Statutory Context Historic heritage and archaeology in New South Wales are protected by Commonwealth and State legislation, and regulations provided by local government. Of relevance to the project are the: ® Heritage