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Appendix J Appendix J Historic Cultural Heritage Assessment BIOSIS RESEARCH Camden Gas Project: Northern Expansion Part 3A Historic Cultural Heritage Assessment Report for AECOM on behalf of AGL Gas Production (Camden) Pty Limited Final - August 2010 Natural & Cultural Heritage Consultants 8 Tate Street Wollongong 2500 BIOSIS RESEARCH Ballarat: 449 Doveton Street North Ballarat3350 Ph: (03) 5331 7000 Fax: (03) 5331 7033 email: [email protected] Melbourne: 38 Bertie Street Port Melbourne 3207 Ph: (03) 9646 9499 Fax: (03) 9646 9242 email: [email protected] Canberra: Unit 16 / 2 Yallourn Street Fyshwick ACT 2609 Ph: (02) 6228 1599 Fax: (02) 6280 8752 email: [email protected] Sydney: 18-20 Mandible Street Alexandria NSW 2015 Ph: (02) 9690 2777 Fax: (02) 9690 2577 email: [email protected] Wangaratta: 26a Reid Street, Wangaratta Ph: (03) 5721 9453 Fax: (03) 5721 9454 Email: [email protected] Wollongong: 8 Tate Street Wollongong 2500 Ph: (02) 4229 5222 Fax: (02) 4229 5500 email: [email protected] Project no: s5252 / 11944 Author: Fenella Atkinson Pamela Kottaras Reviewer: Peter Woodley Mapping: Robert Suansri Ashleigh Pritchard © Biosis Research Pty. 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Camden Gas Project, Northern Expansion: Part 3A Historic Cultural Heritage Assessment, NSW 2010 FINAL DOCUMENT CONTROL SHEET Northern Expansion Camden Gas Project: Part 3A Archaeological PROJECT and Cultural Heritage Assessment BIOSIS PROJECT NO s5252 / 11944 REPORT FOR AGL Gas Production (Camden) Pty Ltd Camden Gas Northern Expansion Project: Part 3A Archaeological REPORT TITLE: and Cultural Heritage Assessment AUTHOR(S): Fenella Atkinson and Pamela Kottaras REVISION PREPARED INTERNAL REVIEW EXTERNAL REVIEW AMENDED Fenella Atkinson Draft 1 Sam Moody -- Sam Moody Pamela Kottaras Sam Moody Adam Lollback, Pamela Draft 2 -- Pamela Kottaras Aaron Clifton Kottaras Pamela Kottaras Adam Lollback, Melanie Draft 3 Pamela Kottaras Melanie Thomson Erin Saunders Thomson Draft 4 Pamela Kottaras Peter Woodley REVISION ISSUED NAME SIGNED Draft 1 23 October 2009 Melanie Thomson Draft 2 13 November 2009 Pamela Kottaras Draft 3 02 March 2010 Melanie Thomson Draft 4 16 July 2010 Pamela Kottaras Final 03 August 2010 Pamela Kottaras BIOSIS RESEARCH iii Camden Gas Project, Northern Expansion: Part 3A Historic Cultural Heritage Assessment, NSW 2010 FINAL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Biosis Research acknowledges the contribution of the following people and organisations in preparing this report: • Adam Lollback, Natalie Leighton, Aaron Clifton, Siobhan Barry, Tom Lawler, Kevin Rofe and Courtney Collins (AGL) • Erin Saunders, Schandel Jeffries, Duncan Peake and Alexandra Frolich (AECOM) • Elizabeth Robertson, Librarian, Heritage Branch, Department of Planning; • Rebecca Ward, National Trust of Australia (NSW) • Kate Lenertz, Heritage Officer, Sydney Catchment Authority • Fabian Lo Schiavo, NSW State Records • Neil Abrahams, Senior Environmental Officer, Sydney Catchment Authority • Chris Lalor, Team Leader, Land Use & Planning, Camden Council • Pam Browne, Camden Historical Society ABBREVIATIONS AECOM AECOM Australia Pty Limited AHC Australian Heritage Council AGL AGL Gas Production (Camden) Pty Limited CEMP Construction Environmental Management Plan CHL Commonwealth Heritage List CGP Camden Gas Project CMP Conservation Management Plan CP Crown Plan CSM Coal Seam Methane wells DEWHA Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts DEC Department of Environment and Conservation DECCW Department of the Environment, Climate Change and Water (formerly DECC) DECC Department of Environment and Climate Change (formerly Department of Environment and Conservation) DGRs Director-General’s Requirements DUAP Department of Urban Affairs and Planning (now Department of Planning) DoP Department of Planning EA Environmental Assessment EMS Environmental Management Strategy EP&A Act Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 EPBC Act Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 EPI Environmental Planning Instrument BIOSIS RESEARCH iv Camden Gas Project, Northern Expansion: Part 3A Historic Cultural Heritage Assessment, NSW 2010 FINAL GGL Gas Gathering Lines GSV Ground surface visibility ICOMOS International Council on Monuments and Sites LEP Local Environmental Plan LGA Local Government Area LPMA Land and Property Management Authority MGA Map Grid of Australia – unless otherwise specified NHL National Heritage List NPWS National Parks and Wildlife Service (now part of DECC) PEL Petroleum Exploration License PPL Petroleum Production Lease REP Regional Environmental Plan RPGP Rosalind Park Gas Plant RNE Register of the National Estate SCA Sydney Catchment Authority SHR State Heritage Register SREP Sydney Regional Environmental Plan WSL Well Surface Locations Upper Canal Sydney Upper Canal Water Supply BIOSIS RESEARCH v Camden Gas Project, Northern Expansion: Part 3A Historic Cultural Heritage Assessment, NSW 2010 FINAL CONTENTS Executive Summary ____________________________________________________1 1.0 Introduction _____________________________________________________6 1.1 Surface Project Area ___________________________________________________ 6 1.2 Surface Project Area Development Proposal_________________________________ 7 1.3 Development Construction Works_________________________________________ 8 1.4 Summary Development Construction Works________________________________ 11 1.5 Subsurface Project Area Development Proposal_____________________________ 11 1.6 Planning Approvals___________________________________________________ 11 1.7 Objectives__________________________________________________________ 13 2.0 Heritage status & planning documents_______________________________14 2.1 Commonwealth Registers ______________________________________________ 14 2.2 Non-Statutory Registers _______________________________________________ 17 Summary of heritage listings in the Surface Project Area ____________________________ 21 3.0 Historical Context _______________________________________________22 3.1 Camden and Campbelltown ____________________________________________ 22 3.2 Surface Project Area __________________________________________________ 25 4.0 Analysis of the Upper Canal & adjacent land _________________________61 4.1 Evidence from Photographs ____________________________________________ 61 4.2 Evidence from Plans __________________________________________________ 65 4.3 Survey ____________________________________________________________ 69 4.4 Discussion of Results _________________________________________________ 71 5.0 Historical Sites – Significance Assessment____________________________80 5.1 Heritage Assessment Criteria ___________________________________________ 80 6.0 Impact Assessment _______________________________________________82 6.1 Proposed Development________________________________________________ 82 6.2 Potential Impacts ____________________________________________________ 83 7.0 Conclusions & Recommendations __________________________________87 7.1 Conclusions of this report______________________________________________ 87 7.2 Recommendations ___________________________________________________ 87 7.3 Mitigation Measures __________________________________________________ 90 BIOSIS RESEARCH vi Camden Gas Project, Northern Expansion: Part 3A Historic Cultural Heritage Assessment, NSW 2010 FINAL References ___________________________________________________________94 Appendices__________________________________________________________102 Appendix 1: Heritage Database search results ___________________________________ 103 Appendix 2: Legislation ____________________________________________________ 162 Appendix 3: Upper Canal CMP – Management Recommendations ____________________ 168 TABLES Table 1: Mitigation measures for Aboriginal archaeological sites within the Study Area. ____________4 Table 2: Summary of known heritage items within the Surface Project Area______________________21 Table 3: Details of the Portions of the Parish of Minto that is wholly or partly included in the study area. _________________________________________________________________________________26 Table 4: Details of the Portions of the Parish of St Peter that is wholly or partly included in the study area. _____________________________________________________________________________36 Table 5: Details of the Portions of the Parish of Narellan that are wholly or partly included in the Surface Project Area_________________________________________________________________42 Table 6: Summary of homesteads and former homesteads within the Surface Project Area __________58 Table 7: Criteria for the assessment of historic cultural heritage ______________________________80 Table 8: Mitigation measures for Aboriginal archaeological sites within the Study Area. ___________90 FIGURES Figure 1: The location of the Surface Project Area in a regional context________________________99 Figure 2: Overview of the proposed Camden Gas Project Expansion Development _______________100 Figure 3: Listed & Potential Heritage Items within the Surface Project Area____________________101 PLATES Plate 1: Example of a well surface location following construction and