Historic Heritage Management Plan April 2021
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Historic Heritage Management Plan April 2021 AUSTAR COAL MINE PTY LTD | PART OF THE YANCOAL AUSTRALIA GROUP Historic Heritage Management Plan DOCUMENT CONTROL DOCUMENT Title Historic Heritage Management Plan DETAILS Reference ENV‐002‐13 Historic Heritage Management Plan Document Final Status APPROVAL Revision Date Prepared Approved DETAILS January 2014 Umwelt Gary Mulhearn April 2021 IEMA Julie McNaughton CIRCULATION Organisation Department of Planning, Industry and Environment Cessnock City Council Heritage NSW AUSTAR COAL MINE PTY LTD | PART OF THE YANCOAL AUSTRALIA GROUP i Historic Heritage Management Plan TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background ............................................................................................................................. 4 1.2 Purpose and Scope .................................................................................................................. 6 1.3 Statutory Requirements .......................................................................................................... 6 1.4 Stakeholder Consultation ........................................................................................................ 6 1.4.1 Pre 2021 Consultation ..................................................................................................... 6 1.4.2 2021 Consultation ........................................................................................................... 6 2 HISTORICAL CONTEXT ............................................................................................................. 7 2.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 7 2.1.1 Exploration and Settlement ............................................................................................ 7 2.1.2 Pastoralism and Agriculture ............................................................................................ 8 2.1.3 The Sandy Creek Community .......................................................................................... 9 2.1.4 Land Tenure .................................................................................................................... 9 2.1.5 Logging, Sawmills and State Forestry Service ............................................................... 13 2.1.6 Coal Mining Industry ..................................................................................................... 13 2.1.7 Transport Infrastructure ............................................................................................... 14 2.1.8 South Maitland Railway ................................................................................................ 15 2.2 Land Use History – Summary ................................................................................................ 17 2.3 Historical Themes .................................................................................................................. 18 3 EVALUATION OF HERITAGE SITES IN THE PROJECT AREA ........................................................ 20 3.1 Identified Historical Heritage Sites ....................................................................................... 20 3.1.1 Heritage Items ............................................................................................................... 20 3.2 Historic Impact Assessment .................................................................................................. 21 3.2.1 Heritage Impact Statement for Areas and Items Inspected ......................................... 21 3.2.2 Heritage Impact Statement for Areas and Items Not Inspected .................................. 23 4 HISTORICAL HERITAGE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY ................................................................. 24 4.1 Consultation .......................................................................................................................... 24 4.2 Monitoring and Management of Identified Heritage Sites in the Project Area ................... 25 4.2.1 Item 1 Cony Creek Bridge, Quorrobolong Road ............................................................ 25 4.2.2 Item 23 Potential Homestead Site ................................................................................ 26 4.3 Heritage Impact Assessment Procedure for Cessnock No. 1 Colliery, Kalingo ..................... 27 4.4 Procedure for Relevant Heritage Act Approvals for Lot 1 DP 87087 and Part Lot 1 DP 69968 County of Northumberland, Parish of Heddon (Austar CHPP) ......................................................... 28 4.4.1 Section 130 Order ......................................................................................................... 31 4.5 Management of Discovery of New Heritage Sites/Items ..................................................... 31 4.6 General Management Strategies .......................................................................................... 31 4.6.1 Heritage Inductions ....................................................................................................... 31 4.6.2 Mapping of Heritage Sites ............................................................................................. 32 4.6.3 Excavation Permit ......................................................................................................... 32 AUSTAR COAL MINE PTY LTD | PART OF THE YANCOAL AUSTRALIA GROUP ii Historic Heritage Management Plan 4.6.4 Management of Skeletal Remains ................................................................................ 32 4.6.5 Contingency Plan for Unpredicted Impacts to Historical Heritage Items ..................... 33 5 CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT .................................................................................................. 33 6 COMPLAINTS, INCIDENTS AND REPORTING ........................................................................... 33 6.1 Community Complaints......................................................................................................... 33 6.2 Incident Reporting ................................................................................................................ 33 6.3 Information Dissemination ................................................................................................... 34 6.4 Annual Review ...................................................................................................................... 34 7 DOCUMENT REVIEW AND REVISION ...................................................................................... 34 8 REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................... 35 TABLES Table 2.1 ‐ Timeline of Local and Regional History ............................................................................... 18 Table 2.2 ‐ Historical Themes ................................................................................................................ 19 Table 3.1 ‐ Assessed Heritage Items ..................................................................................................... 21 Table 3.2 ‐ Heritage Impact Statement for Inspected Heritage Items .................................................. 22 Table 3.3 ‐ Heritage Impact Statement for Heritage Items (Not Inspected) ........................................ 24 FIGURES Figure 1.1 ‐ Austar Mine Complex Locality Plan ..................................................................................... 2 Figure 1.2 ‐ Austar Mine Complex .......................................................................................................... 3 Figure 1.3 ‐ Plan Showing Location of Potential Heritage Items in Relation to 20mm Subsidence Contour ................................................................................................................................................... 5 Figure 2.1 ‐ 1888 Parish Map of Quorrobolong .................................................................................... 11 Figure 2.2 ‐ Location of Barraba Homestead in Relation to 20mm Subsidence Contour ..................... 12 Figure 2.3 ‐ South Maitland Railway ..................................................................................................... 16 Figure 4.1 ‐ Location of Cessnock No. 1 Colliery and South Maitland Railway Related Lots ................ 29 Figure 4.2 ‐ Kalingo Site ‐ Rehabilitation Schedule ............................................................................... 30 APPENDICES Appendix A Approval Requirements Appendix B Management Plan Approval Appendix C Significance Assessment – Clarification and Justification AUSTAR COAL MINE PTY LTD | PART OF THE YANCOAL AUSTRALIA GROUP iii Historic Heritage Management Plan 1 INTRODUCTION Austar Coal Mine Pty Ltd (Austar), a subsidiary of Yancoal Australia Limited (Yancoal), owns the Austar Coal Mine, an underground coal mine located approximately 10 kilometres southwest of Cessnock in the Lower Hunter Valley in NSW (refer to Figure 1.1). The Austar Coal Mine incorporates the former Pelton, Ellalong, Cessnock No. 1 (Kalingo) and Bellbird South Collieries and includes coal extraction, handling, processing and rail and road transport facilities (refer to Figure 1.1). Extensive mining has been undertaken within the Austar Coal Mine since 1916. Historical