Robyn Riddett Director

PLANNING PANELS VICTORIA

Greater Bendigo Amendment C234

Heritage Overlay HO 915

Subject site: 40 Harley Street Strathdale Nanga Gnulle

Expert Heritage Report

Prepared for

Jing Ying Pty Ltd (Submitter 12)

Robyn Riddett Director

Anthemion Consultancies

POB18183 Collins Street East

Melbourne 8003

Tel. +61 3 9495 6389

Email: [email protected]

May 2018

Nanga Gnulle, 40 Harley Street, Strathdale

1.0 Introduction

1. I have been asked by Paul Bowe of Terraco on behalf of Jing Ying Pty Ltd (Submitter 12), the owner of the above property, to prepare a statement of expert evidence which addresses the heritage aspects relating to the proposed inclusion of part of the broader place in a Heritage Overlay. The inclusion of the Alistair Knox house in the Heritage Overlay is not opposed and therefore this evidence is in respect of the proposed heritage curtilage.

2. Amendment C234, proposes to include in the Schedule to the Heritage Overlay (HO915) the dwelling and a surrounding curtilage at 40 Harley Street, Strathdale. “Nanga Gnulle”, mud brick and reclaimed materials house. External paint controls are proposed and the place would be subject to an Incorporated Plan under Clause 43.01-2 i.e. Greater Bendigo Heritage Incorporated Plan – Permit Exemptions, August 2015.

3. The Greater Bendigo Planning Scheme Amendment C234 Explanatory Report states, inter alia,

The main dwelling, constructed of mud brick and reclaimed materials is considered of heritage significance for its association with architect Alistair Knox, and use of recycled materials which provide a unique architectural style. The overlay is proposed to be applied to the dwelling and a 5 metre curtilage around it (approximately 650m2). (p.1.) 1.2 Reference Materials

4. I have read:

Planning Panels Victoria. Guide to Expert Evidence.

Victoria. Department of Environment. Land, Water and Planning. Applying the Heritage Overlay. Planning Practice Note 1. January, 2018.

Greater Bendigo Planning Scheme Amendment C234 Explanatory Report.

Greater Bendigo Planning Scheme Amendment C234 – Map 24 proposed HO915

Greater Bendigo. HO915 Revision Plan over aerial image labelled Draft for Panel Discussion.

Built Heritage Pty Ltd. Nanga Gnulle Proposed Heritage Citation City of Greater Bendigo research and assessment February / March 2017 http://dsewebapps.dse.vic.gov.au/Shared/ATSAttachment2.nsf/(attachmentopen)/0AC EF1BAC231ACF1CA2581CB0014C91B/$File/Greater+Bendigo+C234+Built+Environmen t+Citation+40+Harley+St+Strathdale+Exhibition+Gazetted.PDF.

Trust Advocate. A Blog by the National Trust of Australia (Victoria). The City of Bendigo progress heritage listing for Nanga Gnulle. Published on 4 December, 2017.

http://www.trustadvocate.org.au/the-city-of-bendigo-progress-heritage-listing-for- nanga-gnulle/ Accessed 13/05/2018.

National Trust of Australia (Victoria). Letter to Planning Department City of Greater Bendigo, dated 21 December 2016 objecting to the permit application for subdivision.

40 Harley Street. Garden Observations: notes and observations taken from a walk around the existing gardens 40 Harley Street, Strathdale on Friday June 16, 2017. Unauthored but presumed to be by Council’s Heritage Advisor or Council’s Arborist.

Anthemion Consultancies 1 Nanga Gnulle, PPV Statement of Evidence 40 Harley Street, Strathdale

Context Pty Ltd. Letter to Ms. Trudy Rickard Heritage Advisor City of Bendigo, dated 7 July, 2017.

Numerous newspaper articles from the Bendigo Advertiser.

Williams, Wendy. Historic Nanga Gnulle: Time to Say Goodbye. Article and video. October 17 2013 - 4:18pm.

https://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/1847789/historic-nanga-gnulle-time-to- say-goodbye/ Accessed 13/05/2018,

5. I have undertaken an inspection of the site. 1.3 Qualifications and Expertise

6. I am a director of Anthemion Consultancies and am also an architectural historian, an interior designer and a heritage consultant. I am a graduate architect member of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects, was a Deputy Chair of the Institute’s (Victorian Chapter) Heritage Committee and a member of the AIA Awards Jury in the Conservation Section for the years 2000-01. I was at Lovell Chen, architects and heritage consultants for approximately 18 years and most of that time as an associate director. Within that practice and presently my responsibilities include the co-ordination and preparation of conservation management plans, heritage assessments, preparation of expert evidence, development of site interpretation and the restoration of historic interiors.

7. I am also a Past President of Australia ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites), previously the Secretary, of the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Risk Preparedness (ICORP) and presently the Treasurer; past Secretary-General of the ICOMOS Scientific Council; inaugural convenor of Blue Shield Australia and past member of the Board, and past Board member of Blue Shield (The Hague) and current Board member (Secretary) of AusHeritage. I am also a member of the Local Government Advisory Committee which is a committee of the Victorian Heritage Council. I have been a heritage adviser in Monash and Bayside and am presently a member of the Yarra Heritage Panel. In the past I have been a long-standing councillor of the National Trust of Australia (Vic.).

8. I have provided expert witness statements on similar matters on numerous occasions at Heritage Victoria, VCAT, the Building Appeals Board, independent panels and other similar forums on behalf of councils, objectors and developers. My Curriculum vitæ is appended.

1.3 Summary of Opinions

9. The only element of any heritage significance which has been found on the site is the Alistair Knox mud-brick dwelling and a Heritage Overlay over the dwelling is not being challenged.

10. The heritage imperative is to retain the dwelling and to provide an adequate setting for it. A heritage curtilage which generally follows my suggestions, based on the reasons set out below, would be appropriate to retain an appropriate setting for the dwelling.

11. There is no justification to extend any heritage curtilage further to cover any other part of the garden or any outbuildings or structures. 2.0 My Response to the Proposed Heritage Overlay

12. In summary, Council’s reasons for including the place in a Heritage Overlay are derived from the place citation prepared by Built Heritage, and are principally:

 It is a rare surviving example of a mud brick and reclaimed residence designed by Alastair Knox, built in 1973-74.

Anthemion Consultancies 2 Nanga Gnulle, PPV Statement of Evidence 40 Harley Street, Strathdale

 The reclaimed building materials were salvaged from various structures in the Bendigo area and have the potential to yield information that contributes to an understanding of the region’s rich history.

 The house has a distinctive aesthetic style associated with the self-building subculture, characterised by use of reclaimed or scratch built (mud brick) materials. It is one of the earlier built dwellings of the era, which is important in exhibiting particular aesthetic characteristics of this dwelling style.

 The house is significant as an excellent and notably intact example of the work of Alistair Knox, residential architect, who specialised in mudbrick construction, reclaimed materials use, and self-building construction. This is one of two examples in the Greater Bendigo area, and notably the earliest, largest and best example in the municipality. (Explanatory Report, p.2)

13. Under “What is significant?” the Built Heritage citation states:

Built in 1973-74 to a design by Alistair Knox, Nanga Gnulle at 40 Harley Street, Strathdale, is a split-level timber and mudbrick house incorporating skillion roofs clad in corrugated steel, clerestory windows and reclaimed brick chimneys. The house was designed to incorporate a vast amount of material that owners Rob & Peg Green salvaged from demolished structures around Bendigo, including (but not limited to) huge timber members from a railway bridge, handmade bricks and items from the ANA Hall.

The significant fabric is defined as the exterior of the entire house (including verandah, carport and brick paving), with a nominal curtilage (minimum five metres to all sides) to preserve its immediate setting. The mudbrick outbuildings, of relatively recent date and far more conventional in their expression, are not considered to be significant. Although of some interest, the brick shed and landscaping (with which Alistair Knox had no involvement) are similarly not considered to be crucial to an understanding of the cultural significance of the house. [Emphasis added.]

14. Under “Why is it Significant?” the Built Heritage citation states, inter alia, viz.:

While the property has associations with its use for wedding receptions, this is not deemed to equate with social significance at the local level, as such associations are typical of any local wedding reception venue.

15. In relation to the broader garden, the Context report acknowledges that the place has aesthetic qualities, viz.:

While there is a defined sense of place, and an aesthetic value to Nanga Gnulle gardens, this aesthetic value is not the aesthetic value defined in HERCON Criteria used for assessment of heritage values. Rather, it is an aesthetic amenity value.

The hard landscaping and built elements have been well executed, with quality materials, and are attractive and inviting but do not have any design interest beyond that of a large residential garden. Similar design elements, planting, features and materials could be found in a similar composition and form in many other gardens.

Many private gardens have been re-purposed for semi-commercial purposes, such as use as part-time function centres and exhibit a similar design aesthetic, but very few are considered to have heritage value. Similarly, there are numerous beautiful and attractive residential gardens, including those which were invited to participate in the Open Garden Scheme. Very few are considered to have heritage value. (p. 6)

16. In making an assessment against the HERCON Criteria, the report did not find that the garden of Nanga Gnulle met any of them and concluded:

… the Nanga Gnulle gardens at 40 Harley Street, Strathdale do not meet the threshold for local (or state) cultural heritage significance, either as an individual place or as a

Anthemion Consultancies 3 Nanga Gnulle, PPV Statement of Evidence 40 Harley Street, Strathdale

contributory element of the larger place, Nanga Gnulle (also known as The Green House, c.1973). (p. 11)

17. In relation to “Criterion G: Strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons,” the Context report acknowledges that the place might have personal significance for some individuals who have celebrated life events there but notes that this does not equate to significance as might be appreciated or valued by a community group and as required by Criterion G. This accords with the Built Heritage assessment I agree with both assessments.

18. A mature Corymbia citriodora (Lemon scented gum) and a Eucalyptus tricarpa (Ironbark) are the only named trees, or plants, which have been identified by any consultant as having any individual aesthetic or environmental value.

19. In summary, no consultant has found any significance, aesthetic, historical or social, in the garden and a recommendation has been made to retain one particularly striking tree. In my opinion there are insufficient heritage reasons to include a large curtilage in the Heritage Overlay as the only assessed significance is in the Alistair Knox dwelling. What is essential therefore, from a heritage perspective, is to provide an adequate setting for the dwelling.

20. Part of the significance of a heritage place is its setting. The Australia ICOMOS Burra Charter, 2013, which sets out universally accepted heritage principles and which underlie heritage policies, gives a definition, viz.:

Article 8. Setting

Conservation requires the retention of an appropriate setting. This includes retention of the visual and sensory setting, as well as the retention of spiritual and other cultural relationships that contribute to the cultural significance of the place. New construction, demolition, intrusions or other changes which would adversely affect the setting or relationships are not appropriate.

Explanatory note: Setting is explained in Article!1.12

1.12 Setting means the immediate and extended environment of a place that is part of or contributes to its cultural significance and distinctive character.

Explanatory note:

Setting may include: structures, spaces, land, water and sky; the visual setting including views to a setting such as smells and sounds. Setting may also include historical and contemporary relationships, such as use and activities, social and spiritual practices and relationships other places, both tangible and intangible.

21. The Built Heritage citation states that:

22. Given the nature of the site and the dwelling, a nominal curtilage as suggested would not be sufficiently respectful of the physical attributes of the dwelling and which are considered to be of local heritage significance. For the following reasons I would propose a different heritage curtilage.

23. It is clear that the dwelling and the “function centre” elements form two distinct parts of the site, i.e. the private dwelling and the public function area and elements both being connected by a brick path. The dense planting abutting the verandah reinforces the sense of privacy and the verandah and front door beneath it also confirms the orientation of the house to the north-east. In my opinion these are the principal heritage attributes which any curtilage should address.

Anthemion Consultancies 4 Nanga Gnulle, PPV Statement of Evidence 40 Harley Street, Strathdale

24. In addition, the curtilage also should make sense on the ground rather than being an arbitrary dimension out from the dwelling without any specific reference to on-ground features. In this regard, and noting that there is a proposal to subdivide the site, any curtilage should also factor in the requirements and practicalities of lot sizes and locations, the access road and any public footpath. While these can be located variously the actual steep terrain on parts of the site poses a degree of constraint with regard to the future construction of dwellings. Further there are no particular requirements for all lots to be square or rectangular, or similar, in shape, or all of the same size.

25. The existing dwelling is proposed to be on Lot 10 which will be of a somewhat irregular shape. I was advised that at the south-east end, a distance of 7 metres from the dwelling’s verandah is required for vehicle access from the proposed internal road although I am advised that 6 metres would be adequate. At the north-east (front) a 5 metre curtilage would be beyond the far side of the brick path and would exclude the gully. On the south- west side there is a concrete path and immediately beyond that the land rises steeply and for that reason it is of limited use for any built form. On this rear side, the heritage curtilage could extend to the rear boundary, or not, as there would be limited future impact on the setting of the dwelling from this aspect. At the north-west end (side) the dwelling is in proximity to some sleeper steps rising from the brick path to the elevated bench on which the dwelling sits. The steps abut the office/toilet block of the function centre and this building has no heritage significance and should be excluded from any heritage curtilage. At this end of the dwelling a boundary which retains the steps or a new accessway on the dwelling lot would suffice.

26. In my opinion, a heritage curtilage which generally followed these dimensions would enable an appropriate setting for the dwelling to be retained. 3.0 Conclusions

27. The only element of any heritage significance which has been found on the site is the Alistair Knox mud-brick dwelling and this is not being challenged. Therefore the heritage imperative is to retain it and to provide an adequate setting for the dwelling.

28. In my opinion, a heritage curtilage which generally follows my suggestions, based on the reasons set out above, would be appropriate.

29. There is no justification, based on the reports of two heritage consultants, Council’s own investigations and my site inspection, to extend any heritage curtilage to cover the garden or any outbuildings or structures in it. 4.0 Declaration

30. I have made all the inquiries that I believe are desirable and appropriate and no matters of significance which I regard as relevant have to my knowledge been withheld from the Panel.

Anthemion Consultancies 5 Nanga Gnulle, PPV Statement of Evidence 40 Harley Street, Strathdale Attachment A

Curriculum Vitæ

Robyn Riddett

ROBYN RIDDETT

QUALIFICATIONS: BA (Hons.), (Melb); Grad. Dip. (Int. Des.) (Distinction) (RMIT); M. Arch. (RMIT), M. Proj. Man. (in progress RMIT), ALAA, M. ICOMOS.

EXPERIENCE: Lovell Chen (formerly Allom Lovell & Associates) Architects and Heritage Consultants - 1988- to May 2007 (Associate Director) University of Melbourne, Department of Architecture and Building: Tutor in History of European Architecture for Prof. Miles Lewis - 1990. Sessional lecturer Deakin University in Risk Preparedness and Cultural Heritage – 2002-

CURRENT POSITION: Director, Anthemion Consultancies (Heritage, Conservation, History, Museums)

RESPONSIBILITIES: Project Co-ordination and Management Development of Conservation and Management Policy Heritage Assessments Advocacy Restoration, Investigation and Design of Decorative Finishes and Interiors Client Liaison Heritage Panel – City of Yarra

MAJOR PROJECTS INVOLVEMENT (AT LOVELL CHEN)

CONSERVATION ANALYSES AND CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT PLANNING, HERITAGE ASSESSMENTS, URBAN CONSERVATION

Flemington Racecourse Hotel Windsor, Melbourne (Updated 2007) Janet Clark Hall, University of Canberra: Nomination to the Melbourne National Heritage List Myer, Melbourne St Aidan’s Orphanage, Bendigo Inner Circle Railway Linear Park Government House, Yarralumla (Update 2007) Richmond Park and Caretaker’s Herald & Weekly Times Building Cottage, Richmond Victorian College of the Arts Richmond Maltings & Nylex Sign Grainger Museum, (Melb. University) Burnley Horticultural Campus, (Melb. University) Essendon Airport Umina, Lansell Rd, Toorak Hepburn Springs Lincoln Mills, Coburg The Rialto Dookie Agricultural Campus Eta Factory, Braybrook Genazzano and Grange Hill, Kew Melbourne Customs House Melbourne GPO (Updated 2006) Lowther Hall, Essendon Denton’s Hat Mill Rosaville (Melb. University) Benvenuta (Melb. University) St Kilda Library Black Rock House Edinburgh Gardens, Fitzroy Kinnears, Footscray Mercy Hospital Bendigo Abbatoirs St Mary of the Angels, Geelong Jolimont Square, East Melbourne Rivoli Theatre, Camberwell Stamford Park, Rowville

1 Scots Church Car Park Vaughan Springs Veterinary Precinct, University of Royal Victorian Institute for the Melbourne Blind Preston Tram Workshops Mutual Stores and Empire Building Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Lowther Hall, Essendon Bee Hive Building, Bendigo Mount Buffalo Chalet Sale Swing Bridge Ballarat Railway Station Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne The Domain, Melbourne 420 Spencer St, Melbourne St Francis Church, Melbourne Werribee Railway Station St Johns Church, Toorak Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Anselm, Caulfield Aged, Northcote Carlton Gardens Bendigo Mining Exchange Adelaide Gaol Princes Bridge, Melbourne Lyndhurst Hall, Pascoe Vale Richmond Maltings Rupertswood, Sunbury Alexandra Fountain, Bendigo 3 Treasury Place, Melbourne Cranlana, Toorak Beechworth Heritage Precinct Sandridge Rail Bridge St Kilda Synagogue East Melbourne Synagogue Assembly Hall, Melbourne Charter House, Melbourne Mayfield, Moorabbin Lithgow Small Arms Factory Henderson Fountain, North Melbourne Alfred Hospital Clunes Uniting Church and Manse Bendigo Ordnance Factory Gill Memorial Home, Melbourne Melbourne Telephone Exchange Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne Albury Training Depot Lyceum Club, Melbourne Holy Trinity, Williamstown Bishopscourt, East Melbourne Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital Split Point Lighthouse, Airey's Inlet Bontharambo, Wangaratta Ballarat Tram Feasibility Study Powlett Street Drill Hall Alma Park, St Kilda Villa Alba, Kew Parliament House, Melbourne Coolart, Somers Victory Park, Castlemaine Aradale, Ararat Fitzroy, Collingwood and Richmond Lake Wartook Reservoir Town Halls Contents Survey Historic Water Features in South-West Fitzroy Town Hall Victoria Perth Town Hall Pentridge Prison, Coburg Pre-1851 Buildings in Victoria Survey Former Tramways Building, Melbourne Victoria Street Drill Hall, Melbourne St Marys Monastery, Ballarat St Kilda Botanic Gardens Charsfield, Melbourne Sidney Myer Music Bowl Victorian Arts Centre Ballarat Town Hall City of Melbourne Building Society Building Central Government Precinct, Perth Williamstown Rifle Range Pavilion Jacksons Hill (Caloola), Sunbury Rubicon Hydro Electric Scheme, Victoria Ardoch Village, St Kilda Mayday Hills Lunatic Asylum, Beechworth Convent of the Good Shepherd, South Willsmere, Kew Melbourne Ballarat Brewery Convent of the Good Shepherd, Abbotsford Grace Park House, Hawthorn National Gallery of Victoria Emily MacPherson College Mosspennock, East Melbourne

2 1881 Building, Melbourne University WWII Sites and Events in East Gippsland Victorian Railways Administration Explosives Factory, Maribyrnong Building, Melbourne Royal Society, Melbourne Royal Arcade, Melbourne Stonnington - Buildings and Garden Wattle Park, Burwood Studies Storey Hall (RMIT), Melbourne Cameron House, Armadale Victoria Barracks, Melbourne Glenara, Bulla RAAF Williams (Point Cook and Colonial Sugar Refinery, Yarraville Laverton) Australian Defence Industries: Old Observatory Site and Director's Ammunition Factory at Footscray, Residence, Royal Botanic Gardens, Ordnance Factory at Maribyrnong, Melbourne Ammunition and Bomb Filling Factory, St Marys’ NSW. Chateau Yering, Yering Windsor Hotel , Melbourne Holeproof Factory, Deepdene Laurel Lodge, Dandenong Government House, Canberra Collingwood Town Hall Hawthorn and Malvern Tram Depots Army Drill Halls Study (Victoria) Port Phillip Bay Fortifications Regent Theatre (Melbourne) 380 Collins Street Melbourne (Gothic Princess Theatre (Melbourne) Bank, Former Stock Exchange and Former Safe Deposit Building)

URBAN CONSERVATION, DESIGN AND PLANNING

Municipal Heritage Reviews: Bayside, Yarra, Moreland, Banyule, Darebin, Port Melbourne, Fitzroy, Whitehorse, Melbourne, Swan Hill, Bass Coast Shire, Greater Shepparton Heritage Advisor: Monash, Bayside (with Lovell Chen) Wilsons Promontory National Park Urban Land Authority Estates Design Guidelines Fitzroy Heritage Development Guidelines Ballarat Urban Design Framework Glenrowan Masterplan Port Albert Masterplan High Street, Echuca Footscray Park and Maribyrnong Aquatic Centre Maribyrnong Open Space Study City of Moreland Advisory Panel (Heritage) Review of Local Government Guidelines, Victoria Ballarat Hospital and Railway Precincts

EXPERT WITNESS AND HEARINGS (Heritage Victoria, Australian Heritage Commission, VCAT, Panel Hearings, Building Appeals Board)

285 Punt Road, Richmond 237-243 New St, Brighton 624-8 Queensberry St, North Melbourne 11-19 Bank Place, Melbourne 398 Glenferrie Rd, Kooyong 4 James St, Richmond 287 Station St, North Carlton 424 Bridge Rd, Richmond 61 Lygon St, Brunswick 72 Orr St, Shepparton Preston Tram Depot, Preston 40 Glenard Drv, Eaglemont 380 Russell St, Melbounre 245 Scotchmer St, North Fitzroy 72 Westgarth St, Fitzroy 717 Toorak Rd, Toorak 864 Swanston St, Carlton 284 Smith St, Collingwood 21 Salisbury St, Balwyn 152 Park Drive, Parkville 28-32 Pinoak Cres, Newmarket 185-189 Hotham St, East Melbourne 375 Canning St, Carlton Stockade Ave, Coburg (Pentridge) South Community Stables, Flemington Racecourse Kal Kallo Park, Kal Kallo Westmeadows Tavern, Westmeadows St Anne’s Church, Westmeadows Bayside Panel Hearing Amendment C37-38 Kinnears, Ballarat Rd, Footscray 3-5 Day St, Daylesford 284 Smith St, Collingwood 1452 Dandenong Rd, Oakleigh 152 Park Drv, Parkville 36 Moore St, Footscray Woodlands Hotel 84-92 Sydney Rd, Moutafis Statue, Warrawee Park, Coburg Oakleigh 47 Richmond Terrace, Richmond 681 Orrong Rd, Toorak 137-9 Palmerston St, Carlton 38 Park St, South Yarra 109-111 Addison St, Elwood Bradmill Site, Footscray 4-6 Ferguson St, Williamstown Wingrove Cottage, Eltham 71-75 Leicester St, Fitzroy 715 Toorak Rd, Toorak Armytage Stables, Geelong 15 Alta Street, Canterbury 257 Station St, Carlton St Vincents Hospital (Druids Bld) 15 Mona Place, South Yarra Glen Park, Selby 308 Albert St, East Melbourne 609 Lygon St, Carlton Bendigo Abattoirs 26 Queens Parade, North Fitzroy St Kilda Synagogue Melbourne Omnibus Stables and Gas Regulator Buildings Royal Hotel, Clifton Hill Victorian Arts Centre Royal Botanic Gardens 70 Queens Rd, Melbourne 146 Nott St, Port Melbourne 30 Claude St, Northcote 342 Napier St, Fitzroy 14 Uvadale Grove, Kew Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the 42 David St, Brunswick Aged, Northcote Tolarnos Hotel, St Kilda White Swan Hotel, Swan Hill Fox Hay, Port Melbourne Samdy Site, Port Melbourne George/Gore St , Fitzroy Waverley Park 382 Barkly St. Elwood 11 Stevedore St, Williamstown Convent, Beaconsfield Pde, Sth Melb 33 Howe Cresc. Sth Melbourne Larundel, Plenty Road, Bundoora 6 Stirling Street, Kew The Edward Wilson Trust Cottage, 320 33 Docker Street, Richmond Elgar Road, Box Hill Pran Central, 325 Chapel St, Prahran 32 Lesney Street, Richmond 32 Grosvenor St, Brighton 10 Power Avenue, Toorak

4 40 Normanby St, Brighton 80-110 Trenerry Cres, Abbotsford Bishopscourt, East Melbourne 9 Dunn St, Richmond 744 Canterbury Rd, Surrey Hills 1 Hannaslea St, Box Hill 10 Carlisle St, St Kilda 102-128 Bay St, Port Melbourne Bayside Panel (L15) 28 Grosvenor St, Brighton Berwick Primary School Harkaway Primary School 20A&B Logan Street, Canterbury 23 Foster Street, St Kilda East Doncaster Primary School The Mansion, 83 Queens Road 456-460 Mitcham Road, Mitcham 9 Green Street, Richmond 94 Hodgkinson Street, Clifton Hill 1 Sussex Street, Pascoe Vale (House of the Gentle Bunyip) (McDonalds) 2 Lyell Street, South Melbourne 62 The Esplanade, Brighton 226 Napier Street, Fitzroy 36 Napier Street, Fitzroy 2 Monkstadt St, East St Kilda Williamstown Rifle Range Pavilion Caloola (Jacksons Hill), Sunbury Rubicon Hydro -Electric Scheme Old Observatory Site, Melbourne Victorian Arts Centre Victoria Brewery, East Melbourne Mayday Hills Lunatic Asylum, Beechworth Sunshine-Harvester Massey-Ferguson Ardoch Village, St Kilda Site, Sunshine Bell Street State School, Fitzroy Royal Arcade, Melbourne Yorkshire Brewery, Collingwood Wattle Park, Burwood Government House, Canberra Storey Hall (RMIT) Holeproof Factory, Deepdene Laurel Lodge, Dandenong Collingwood Town Hall ADI Footscray and Maribyrnong Darebin Conservation Study Copelen Street Babies Home, South (Northland, Howe Leather and former Yarra Salvation Army Barracks) Hawthorn and Malvern Tram Depots Australian Defence Industries: Ammunition Factory at Footscray, Ordnance Factory at Maribyrnong,

SITE INTERPRETATION Melbourne GPO Kinnears, Footscray Kelly Siege Site, Glenrowan Docklands Victoria Brewery Museum Willsmere, Kew H V McKay Sunshine-Harvester Site, Yarraville Railway Station Sunshine Interlocking Gates - Video Dight’s Mill, Collingwood Windsor Hotel Jones Bond Store, South Melbourne Australian Defence Industries: Former Ammunition Factory at Footscray, Ordnance Factory at Maribyrnong - Video

INVESTIGATION, ANALYSIS AND RESTORATION OF DECORATIVE FINISHES AND INTERIOR SCHEMES Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Princes Bridge, Melbourne Former Tramways Building, Melbourne Court of Appeal, Melbourne Storey Hall (RMIT), Melbourne Richmond Town Hall Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne Ardoch Village, St Kilda Melbourne University Graduate School Melbourne Town Hall ANZ Gothic Bank, Former Stock State Library of Victoria (Queen's, Exchange and Safe Deposit Building Palmer and Monash Halls) Lirrewa House, Caulfield Wardlow, Parkville

5 Pearce House, Hawthorn Laurel Lodge, Dandenong Royal Arcade, Melbourne Princess Theatre, Melbourne Collingwood Town Hall

INTERIOR DESIGN AND BUILDING REFURBISHMENT PROJECTS

Myer Mural Hall, Melbourne Royal Australasian College of Surgeons St Kilda Library Melbourne City Synagogue Cullymont, Canterbury State Library LaTrobe Reading Room Flinders Street Station Royal Mint, Melbourne Talma Building,, Melbourne Century Building, Melbourne Clarke House, Hawthorn Government House, Perth Sidwell House, Hawthorn Parkin House, Fitzroy Melbourne Cricket Club Former Tramways Building, Melbourne Stonnington, Malvern Regent Theatre, Melbourne Melbourne Town Hall Public Areas Government House, Canberra Admiralty House, Kirribilli RAAF Williams Officers’ Mess Dennerstein House, Fitzroy Lirrewa House, Caulfield Kostka Hall (Xavier College), Brighton Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne The Australian Club, Melbourne Princess Theatre, Melbourne (President’s Room) Laurel Lodge, Dandenong

Professional Affiliations, Memberships etc.

Australia ICOMOS. President 1996-97 Australia ICOMOS. Executive Committee, 1993-98 Australia ICOMOS. Member Australian Heritage Commission. Reference Group on National Heritage Listing. Member. 1996-98 Australian National Committee of the Blue Shield: Inaugural Convenor and Australia ICOMOS pillar member Association for Preservation Technology (US) Cook's Cottage Management Committee - with the City of Melbourne Historic Environment Editorial Committee, 1996-2002 ICOM (International Council on Museums) ICORP - ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Risk Preparedness. Secretary-General 1999-2009, Treasurer 2010- ICOMOS (international Council on Monuments and Sites) Scientific Council – Secretary-General 2006-2010. La Trobe Society Inc. – Latrobeana Technical Editor Museums Australia Inc. National Cultural Heritage Forum – Inaugural Member, 1996 - 97 National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Past Councillor (15 years), Past Chairman of many committees Australian Institute of Architects. Heritage Committee – including term as Deputy Chair Victorian Planning and Environmental Law Association Royal Society of Victoria Inc. Society Art Deco Inc. SAHANZ (Society of Architectural Historians of Australia and New Zealand) Victorian Society (UK) – Life member

6 Villa Alba Museum Inc. – Committee of Management to 2008 Wallpaper History Society (UK)

Publications

‘Three Sides of a Square: The Influence of the London Squares on the Development of Jolimont Square’. La Trobeana, 2003

‘Risk Preparedness: Beware! Prepare!’ Paper presented at ICOMOS 13th Triennial General Assembly, Madrid, Dec. 2002 and publ. In Conference Proceedings.

‘Critique: Cultural Landscapes and the Burra Charter’, in Landscape Australia, Vol. 23, No. 4, Nov.-Jan., 2001.

‘Melbourne’s Monuments: Conservation Issues and Approaches’, in Monuments and the Millenium: Proceedings of a Joint Conference Organised by English Heritage and the United Kingdom Institute for Conservation. London, James & James, 2001.

‘A Fine Tradition of Exhibitions’, Fookes, Ronnie, Hobbs, Sue and Riddett, Robyn. Antipodes: Antiques and Fine Art. Vol. 2, No. 2, July, 1998.

‘Carpe Diem and the Exhibition of Enterprise!’ The Australian Antique & Fine Art Dealers Fair. [Catalogue for 1995.] James A Johnson, Melbourne, 1995.

‘Melbourne’s Royal Exhibition Building: an Historic Interior Restored’. The Australian Antique Collector. 50th ed. July-December, 1995.

Historic Environment ‘‘Creating a Window on the Past: Interpreting Industrial History’. Vol. 11, no. 4, 1995. ‘Monuments and Meanings’. Editor: Vol. 12, no. 2, 1996.

Trust News ‘Restoration is Affordable!‘' (June, 1995) ‘Ardoch Village - A Successful Blend of Heritage Conservation and ‘New Residential Development’. (June, 1995) ‘Exterior Colour Schemes: The Victorian Home’ (Apr. 1994) ‘Colour Schemes for Painted Victorian Interiors’ (June 1994) Editor: Restoration News (Aug. 1994- ) 'How we Lived ... Two Centuries of Domestic Interiors (Aug. 1993) ‘Restoration Needed at Villa Alba’. (Aug. 1987).

‘In Defence of Heritage: Capturing the Living History of Australia's Wartime Industry’. Benson, John et al., eds. Screening the Past: The Sixth Australian History and Film Conference Papers. Media Centre, La Trobe University, Bundoora, 1993.

'Investigation of Building Interiors'. Sagazio, C (ed). The National Trust Research Manual: Investigating Buildings, Gardens and Cultural Landscapes.Allen & Unwin, Melbourne, 1992 .

Down, G and Riddett, R. The Old Melbourne Gaol. National Trust of Australia (Victoria), Melbourne, 1991.

Walking Melbourne Chairman of Editorial Committee for the National Trust of Australia (Victoria), Melbourne, 1988-91.

7 Papers: Conferences, Seminars, etc.

Three Sides of a Square: The Influence of the London Squares on the Development of Jolimont Square. La Trobe Society, 20 Aug., 2003.

‘Beware! Prepare! Stay Alert!’ ICOMOS 13th General Assembly, Madrid, December, 2003.

'A Building Worthy of the City’ - Sir George Verdon, William Wardell and Melbourne's Gothic Bank'. Wardell Centenary Symposium, organised by Deakin University and held at the State Library of Victoria, November, 1999.

Sessional Lecturer (Heritage Risk Preparedness), Cultural Heritage Program, Deakin University, 2000 – present.

'Conservation of Public Monuments in Melbourne, Australia'. Public Monuments and the Millennium. Joint Conference organised by the Stone and Metals Sections of UKIC and English Heritage, with the support of the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association and held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London 20-22 May, 1998.

'Victorian by Nature - Victorian by Design'. Keynote address.Architectural Decoration 1900.Conference organised by the Institute of Advanced Architectural Studies, Department of Archaeology, Centre for Conservation, University of York and held at the University of York, 18 and 23 May, 1998.

'Looking Through the Leadlight: An Interior View'. The Middle Class Dream: Interwar House & Suburb Seminar. Symposium organised by the National Trust of Australia (NSW) and held at Parliament House, Sydney 26-27 March, 1998.

Looking Forward with Hindsight. Environment Institute of Australia. 10th Anniversary Conference. Melbourne 1997. Professional Institutes and the Environment Panel Member.

Guest Lecturer: University of Melbourne Summer School, Dept. of Architecture and Planning, 1997.

'Sir Walter Scott and the Renewal of Scottish Pride: a Melbourne Example'. SAHANZ Conference, Auckland, October, 1996.

'William Morris: the Lingering Interior'. William Morris: Romantic to Revolutionary, 1834-1896’: Symposium organised by the University of Melbourne Fine Arts Department and held at the University of Melbourne Museum of Art, 14 September, 1996.

'Victorian, Edwardian and Inter-War Colour Schemes'. The Home Show and National Trust Traditional Home Show, 1994-96.