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201116 Interpretation Strategy Bowral Hospital Interpretation Strategy & Plan Bowral and District Hospital No. 97 – 103 Bowral Street, Bowral. November 2020 | J3867 Level 19, 100 William Street, Sydney, NSW 2011 Phone: (02) 8076 5317 CONTENTS PAGE 1.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Preamble ............................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Authorship ............................................................................................................................ 1 1.3 Site Location ......................................................................................................................... 1 1.3.1 SITE IDENTIFICATION SUMMARY ........................................................................................................... 3 1.4 MethoDology ........................................................................................................................ 3 1.4.1 GUIDELINES AND REFERENCES .............................................................................................................. 3 1.4.2 GENERAL REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................ 3 1.4.3 HISTORIC PLANS AND PHOTOGRAPHS .................................................................................................. 5 1.4.4 HERITAGE LISTING SHEETS ..................................................................................................................... 5 1.4.5 PLANNING DOCUMENTS ........................................................................................................................... 5 1.5 Archaeological Investigation .......................................................................................... 5 1.6 Stages of Interpretation ................................................................................................... 6 1.6.1 IN THIS REPORT ........................................................................................................................................ 6 1.6.2 FUTURE ACTIVITY ..................................................................................................................................... 7 2.0 UNDERSTANDING INTERPRETATION .......................................................................... 7 2.1 Interpretation as a Conservation Process ................................................................. 7 2.2 Principles of Interpretation for the Site ..................................................................... 9 3.0 BRIEF OUTLINE OF THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE ............... 10 3.1 Summary Timeline .......................................................................................................... 10 3.2 Original Occupation ......................................................................................................... 13 3.3 Early European Settlement ........................................................................................... 13 3.4 Early Bowral ....................................................................................................................... 14 3.5 Berrima District Cottage Hospital (1889-1919) .................................................... 15 3.5.1 Planning the Hospital ...................................................................................................... 15 3.6 The Architect ..................................................................................................................... 17 3.6.1 THE CONTRACTOR ................................................................................................................................. 18 3.6.2 BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION ........................................................................................................... 19 3.6.3 COMPLETION & OPENING ..................................................................................................................... 20 3.7 Berrima District Hospital (1919-1968) .................................................................... 23 3.7.1 EXPANSION .............................................................................................................................................. 23 3.7.2 JANE HOLT MEMORIAL OPERATING THEATRE ................................................................................ 23 3.7.3 ISOLATION BLOCK AND MORTUARY ................................................................................................... 23 3.7.4 THE NEW HOSPITAL .............................................................................................................................. 24 3.7.5 TYLER HOUSE, NURSES’ HOME (1954) ............................................................................................ 27 3.7.6 MILTON PARK WING (1961) .............................................................................................................. 29 3.8 Bowral & District (1968-) .............................................................................................. 31 4.0 HERITAGE VALUES ........................................................................................................... 31 4.1 Summary of Existing Statutory Heritage Listings for the Site ........................... 31 4.1.1 STATUTORY HERITAGE LISTINGS ........................................................................................................ 31 4.2 Heritage Items in the Vicinity of the Site .................................................................. 31 4.2.1 NSW HERITAGE ACT 1977 ................................................................................................................. 31 4.2.2 WINGECARRIBEE LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 2010 ............................................................... 32 4.2 Assessment Under NSW Heritage Criteria ............................................................... 33 4.2.1 CRITERION (A) ........................................................................................................................................ 34 4.2.2 CRITERION (B) ........................................................................................................................................ 34 4.2.3 CRITERION (C) ........................................................................................................................................ 35 4.2.4 CRITERION (D) ........................................................................................................................................ 36 4.2.5 CRITERION (E) ........................................................................................................................................ 36 WEIR PHILLIPS HERITAGE & PLANNING | Bowral and District Hospital | November 2020 4.2.6 CRITERION (F) ........................................................................................................................................ 36 4.2.7 CRITERION (G) ........................................................................................................................................ 37 4.3 Statement of Significance .............................................................................................. 37 4.4 NSW Heritage Themes .................................................................................................... 39 5.0 SITE INVENTORY, POTENTIAL STAKEHOLDERS AND AUDIENCES ................... 40 5.1 Interpretative Resources ............................................................................................... 40 5.1.1 THE BUILDINGS ...................................................................................................................................... 40 5.1.2 DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE ................................................................................................................... 40 5.1.3 ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIAL ............................................................................................................. 40 5.1.4 MOVEABLE HERITAGE ........................................................................................................................... 41 5.2 Associated People and Places ...................................................................................... 41 5.3 Potential AuDiences ......................................................................................................... 41 6.0 IDENTIFYING KEY THEMES ........................................................................................... 41 6.1 Preamble ............................................................................................................................. 41 6.2 Relevant Themes .............................................................................................................. 42 6.2.1 TOWNS, SUBURBS AND VILLAGES ........................................................................................................ 42 6.2.2 HEALTH .................................................................................................................................................... 42 6.2.3 CREATIVE ENDEAVOUR ......................................................................................................................... 42 6.2.4 PERSONS .................................................................................................................................................
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