Yan Yean Water Supply System Conservation Management Plan Volume 6: Appendices Final May 2007 Prepared for Melbourne Water ii © Context Pty Ltd 2007 All rights reserved; these materials are copyright. No part may be reproduced or copied in any way, form or by any means without permission. Project Team: Context Pty Ltd - David Helms, Natica Schmeder, Chris Johnston, Jackie Donkin & Fae Ingledew Godden Mackay Logan – Tony Brassil Historians – Lesley Alves & Helen Doyle Context Pty Ltd 22 Merri Street, Brunswick 3056 Phone 03 9380 6933 Facsimile 03 9380 4066 Email [email protected] www.context-pl.com.au iii VOLUME 6: APPENDICES CONTENTS APPENDIX 1 Yan Yean water supply system CMP & interpretation plan project management plan (March 2006) APPENDIX 2 Indigenous cultural heritage values of the Yan Yean system. Draft report for Context Pty Ltd (November 2005) APPENDIX 3 Yan Yean water supply system: A review of natural heritage values (December 2005 APPENDIX 4 Interpretation Plan M57 water main replacement project (2006) iv PREFACE This is Volume 6 of the Conservation Management Plan for the Yan Yean water supply system. The Yan Yean system CMP comprises six volumes as follows: Volume 1: Executive Summary Volume 1 provides a summary of the study methodology and the key findings and recommendations. Volume 2: History Volume 2 provides an explanation of the historic development of the Yan Yean system within the context of the historic development of Melbourne and its water supply. It takes a thematic approach, drawing on the key themes set out in existing histories of the Yan Yean system such as Yan Yean. A history of Melbourne’s early water supply and Vital Connections. Melbourne and its Board of Works 1891-1991, and also looks beyond Victoria to the development of water supply systems in other parts of Australia during the nineteenth century. Volume 3: Heritage assessment Volume 3 provides an assessment of the cultural significance of heritage places associated with the Yan Yean system, and concludes with a statement of significance for the whole of the Yan Yean system. Volume 4: Conservation policy The history in Volume 2 and heritage assessment in Volume 3 provides the basis for the conservation policies and management strategies in Volume 4, which includes recommendations to manage the heritage values of the Yan Yean system and implement the CMP. Volume 5: Heritage place and Volume 5 contains place records for all of the heritage places precinct citations associated with the Yan Yean system, which a detailed history, physical description, photographs and statement of significance. The place records are derived from the Melbourne Water Yan Yean system HERMES database. Volume 6: Appendices Volume 6 contains the following reports that provide background or additional information: Yan Yean water supply system CMP & interpretation plan project management plan (March 2006) Context Pty Ltd Indigenous cultural heritage values of the Yan Yean system. Draft report for Context Pty Ltd (November 2005) Heritage Insight Yan Yean water supply system: A review of natural heritage values (December 2005) Ecology Australia Interpretation Plan M57 water main replacement project (2006) Context Pty Ltd. v VOLUME 6: APPENDICES Figure 1 The Yan Yean system (As reproduced in Dingle & Doyle 2003:34) 6 YAN YEAN WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM CMP APPENDIX 1 Yan Yean water supply system CMP & interpretation plan project management plan (March 2006) 7 © Context Pty Ltd 2005 All rights reserved; these materials are copyright. No part may be reproduced or copied in any way, form or by any means without permission. Project Team: Context Pty Ltd - David Helms, Jackie Donkin, Chris Johnston & Natica Schmeder Godden Mackay Logan – Tony Brassil Historian – Helen Doyle Ecology Australia – Andrew McMahon, Lawrie Conole Heritage Insight – Natalie Paynter Context Pty Ltd 22 Merri Street, Brunswick 3056 Phone 03 9380 6933 Facsimile 03 9380 4066 Email [email protected] ii CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Purpose 1 1.2 Background & Brief 1 1.3 Approach 2 1.4 Project management and reference group 2 2 PROJECT SCOPING AND PLANNING 3 2.1 Contact with key stakeholders 3 2.2 ‘Desktop’ Review of Records 3 Historic records review 3 2.3 Site visit 4 2.4 Indigenous and natural values 5 Indigenous values 5 Natural values 5 2.4 Consultation with Melbourne Water 6 2.5 Project Management Plan 6 2.6 Project Reference Group 6 3 STAGE 1: ASSESSMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE 7 3.1 Historical analysis 7 3.2 Fieldwork 8 3.3 Creation of Heritage Inventory 9 3.4 Analysis 9 3.5 Assess significance 10 3.6 Project Reference Group 10 3.7 Outcomes 10 4 STAGE 2: DEVELOPING POLICY & INTERPRETATION PLAN 11 4.1 Review of other factors influencing policy 11 Meeting with Headworks Team 12 4.2 Develop and test policy options 12 4.3 Interpretation Plan 12 4.4 Project Reference Group 13 4.5 Stage outcomes 13 5 STAGE 3: DEVELOPING A MANAGEMENT STRATEGY 14 5.1 Purpose 14 5.2 Project Reference Group 14 5.3 Outcomes 14 6 TIMEFRAME & MANAGEMENT 15 6.1 Key Dates 15 6.2 Support to be provided by Melbourne Water 15 6.3 Final report 16 6.4 Ownership and copyright 16 APPENDIX A – KEY STAKEHOLDERS 17 APPENDIX B – INDIGENOUS VALUES REPORT 2 APPENDIX C – NATURAL VALUES REPORT 3 YAN YEAN WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM CMP 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Purpose Melbourne Water appointed Context Pty Ltd in August 2005 to undertake a Conservation Management Plan (CMP) for the Yan Yean Water Supply System (hereafter called Yan Yean). The purpose of this Project Management Plan (the Plan) is to guide the conduct of the study by: • Setting out the study methodology and providing a clear timetable and budget. • Identifying how community consultation will be achieved. • Identifying the project outcomes that will be achieved. The PMP also provides a summary of the findings and outcomes of a Scoping Stage, which was carried out from September to November 2005. This is discussed further in Chapter 2. The Yan Yean System is defined as the whole of the water supply system from the Silver Creek and Wallaby Creek catchment areas in the north, through to the original extent of pipe infrastructure in the Melbourne CBD. 1.2 Background & Brief The background to the Study is the following: • The Study has been requested by Heritage Victoria as a specific condition (Condition 2) of the Consent to Damage for the M57 Water Main issued to Melbourne Water for the current pipe replacement works (Consent No. C424). The condition reflects the need for a thorough understanding of the heritage values of the entire Yan Yean System in order to be able to make informed management decisions about any of its components. • Construction works have commenced and a requirement of the Consent is that monitoring be carried out by an archaeologist (Geoff Hewitt). It is expected that information about historic fabric within Yan Yean will be gathered during this monitoring, which can assist in the preparation of this Study. The CMP recognises that Yan Yean is an important and functioning element of the Melbourne Water network and the conservation policies will need to carefully balance conserving significance against the need to ensure that the system continues to meet appropriate standards now and into the future. Or, in the words of the NSW Heritage Office: Retaining the value of a heritage asset presents certain constraints and opportunities on development but should not be seen as a block to future development. If heritage significance is fully understood, then works can be proposed that achieve the item’s continuing use, including new development. Adaptation and development may in fact be inspired by and enhance heritage significance, or at least minimise negative impacts. On this basis, the Brief for the project specified the following key tasks: • Prepare an historical and physical analysis of Yan Yean (based on the published history plus supplementary research). • Assess the natural, historic and Indigenous significance of Yan Yean and the relative contribution of its components to its significance. 1 YAN YEAN WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM CMP • Develop conservation policies and a management strategy to guide the future conservation, use and development of Yan Yean in a manner that minimises impact on its significance. • Prepare, as a priority, an Interpretation Plan to guide the fulfilment of the requirements of the Heritage Victoria consent. 1.3 Approach The Study will be prepared in accordance with The Burra Charter: The Australia ICOMOS Charter for Places of Cultural Significance, and Heritage Victoria guidelines. The Register of the National Estate criteria will be used in the assessment of significance. The Study methodology is based upon the series of tasks set out in the brief, which have been refined following the preliminary investigation undertaken during the Scoping Stage. A description of the Scoping Stage and its outcomes and findings is provided in Chapter 2. On this basis, the Study includes the following key stages, which form the basis of the main chapters in this Plan: • Stage 1: Assessment of Significance (Chapter 3) • Stage 2: Developing Policy & Interpretation Plan (Chapter 4) • Stage 3: Developing a Management strategy (Chapter 5) On this basis, Chapter 6 sets out the overall timing and budget of Study. For each stage, the Plan sets out key tasks and responsibilities, meetings to be held and key outputs to be achieved. The approach set out in the Plan is intended to ensure that the Study will: • Achieve a good standard of documentation and assessment, and provide for a sound and comprehensive policy framework for the conservation and management of heritage places and precincts within the study area. • Actively engage key stakeholders so as to ensure that there is support and ‘ownership’ for management and policy recommendations made by the Study.