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ORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA 20 JUNE 2016 MITCHELL SHIRE COUNCIL Council Meeting Attachment SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES 20 JUNE 2016 7.1 WANDONG & HEATHCOTE JUNCTION HERITAGE GAP STUDY 2016 Attachment No: 12 Wandong and Heathcote Junction Heritage Gap Study 2016 MITCHELL SHIRE COUNCIL Page 1 Wandong & Heathcote Junction Heritage Gap Study Stage 2 findings and recommendations Prepared for Mitchell Shire D AVID H ELMS H ERITAGE P LANNING | M ARCH 2016 © David Helms Heritage Planning 2015 e. [email protected] m. 0416 126 323 Prepared by: DAVID HELMS, HERITAGE CONSULTANT CONTEXT PTY LTD Final – 29 March 2016 Front cover image: Detail of Bylands Parish Plan showing early landowners in the Wandong and Heathcote Junction district ii David Helms HERITAGE PLANNING STAGE 2 FINDINGS + RECOMMENDATIONS Contents Executive summary iv Heritage places – individual significance ..........................................................................................iv HO309 Wandong precinct extension ...............................................................................................iv Archaeological places ..................................................................................................................... v Interpretation ..................................................................................................................................vi 1 Introduction 7 1.1 Purpose ................................................................................................................................. 7 1.2 Approach and methodology.................................................................................................... 7 Stage 1 .......................................................................................................................................... 8 Stage 2 .......................................................................................................................................... 9 1.3 Study team .......................................................................................................................... 11 1.4 References........................................................................................................................... 11 2 History 12 2.1 Early history of Wandong and Heathcote Junction................................................................. 12 2.2 Development of Wandong .................................................................................................... 12 2.3 Development of Heathcote Junction..................................................................................... 15 2.4 Heritage of Wandong and Heathcote Junction....................................................................... 17 2.5 Sources .............................................................................................................................. 18 3. Stage 1 findings and recommendations 19 3.1 Summary of findings and recommendations .......................................................................... 19 3.2 Assess in Stage 2................................................................................................................. 19 3.3 No further assessment required ............................................................................................ 20 4. Stage 2 findings and recommendations 21 4.1 Heritage places – individual significance ................................................................................ 21 4.2 HO309 Wandong precinct extension..................................................................................... 23 4.3 Changes to HO309 Wandong Precinct citation...................................................................... 23 4.4 Archaeological places........................................................................................................... 33 4.5 Interpretation........................................................................................................................ 35 APPENDIX A – List of places assessed 37 Table A.1 – Original list of places................................................................................................... 37 Table A.2 – Additional places identified through research and consultation ..................................... 38 APPENDIX B – Summary of findings and recommendations for all places 39 APPENDIX C – Assessment methodology 51 A.1 Introduction......................................................................................................................... 51 A.2 Establishing a threshold of local significance......................................................................... 51 APPENDIX D – PLACES OF LOCAL SIGNIFICANCE CITATIONS 56 APPENDIX E – VHI SITE CARDS 136 David Helms iii HERITAGE PLANNING WANDONG & HEATHCOTE JUNCTION HERITAGE GAP STUDY Executive summary Heritage places – individual significance There are thirteen (13) places of local significance to Mitchell Shire, as listed in Table 1. Appendix D contains the citations for the places of individual significance. Of these: ! Nine (9) places are recommended for inclusion as individual places in the HO with no specific controls. Of these, two (2) places associated with the Harper family are recommended to share the same HO number because of their historic associations; ! One (1) place (Oak, Dry Creek Crescent) is recommended for inclusion as individual places in the HO with tree controls to protect the significant tree; ! One (1) place (Wandong Primary School) is recommended for inclusion as an individual place with the HO with tree and outbuildings controls to protect the significant Oaks, and to identify the shelter/storage shed as not being exempt from notice requirements; and ! One (1) place (Government/Mathieson’s Quarry) is recommended for inclusion in the Significant Landscape Overlay (SLO). The SLO is considered a more appropriate control as this place does not include any significant buildings. ! One (1) place (Fire Lookout Tree) is not recommended for inclusion in an overlay despite being of local historic significance. This is because the tree is now dead and the historic fabric to be ‘managed’ is limited to the metal footholds. Accordingly, interpretation alone is an appropriate means of identifying this place. The extent of the HO or SLO is usually the whole of the property as defined by the title boundaries, with the exception of: Smedley’s Farm Complex, Clonbinane; 37 Glenburnie Avenue, 159-61 Rail Street and 25 Range Avenue in Heathcote Junction; the Oak at Dry Creek Crescent, Wandong Primary School and the Government (Mathieson’s) Quarry in Wandong, and Mulberry Cottage in Waterford Park that have a reduced HO extent (see maps in Appendix D). HO309 Wandong precinct extension There are three (3) places of Contributory significance that are recommended for inclusion within the HO309 Wandong Heritage Precinct, as follows: ! House, 10A Dry Creek Crescent; ! Terra Cotta Lumber shed, 19 Wandong Avenue; and ! House, 32 Wandong Avenue. Table 1 – Heritage places of local significance Place Name Finding & recommendation Fire Lookout Tree Local significance Ryan Rise, Clonbinane Interpretation only Smedley’s Farm Complex Local significance 85 Smedley’s Lane, Clonbinane Add to HO, as individual place with tree controls applied to the significant mature Elms Smalley House (former) Local significance 37 Glenburnie Avenue, Heathcote Junction Add to HO, as individual place Victorian Railways Stationmaster’s House Local significance 121 Rail Street, Heathcote Junction Add to HO, as individual place iv David Helms HERITAGE PLANNING STAGE 2 FINDINGS + RECOMMENDATIONS Place Name Finding & recommendation House Local significance 159-61 Rail Street, Heathcote Junction Add to HO, as individual place No.4 Camp Office (former) Local significance 25 Range Avenue, Heathcote Junction Add to HO, as individual place House Local significance 45 Affleck Street, Wandong Add to HO, as individual place Oak (adjacent to Dry Creek) Local significance Dry Creek Crescent, Wandong Add to HO, as individual place Syd Harper House Local significance 21 Dry Creek Crescent, Wandong Add to HO, as individual place with outbuilding control applied to the former No.1 Camp hut (same HO number as ‘Blackwood’) ‘Blackwood’ (Jack Harper House) Local significance 33 Dry Creek Crescent, Wandong Add to HO, as individual place (same HO number as Syd Harper House) Wandong Primary School trees and shelter/storage Local significance shed Add to HO, as individual place with 39-51 Rail Street, Wandong application of tree control to Oak trees and outbuilding control to shelter shed. Government Quarry (Mathieson’s Quarry) Local significance The Dene, Wandong Add to SLO Mulberry Cottage Local significance 16 Ryans Road, Waterford Park Add to HO, as individual place Archaeological places Victorian Heritage Inventory (VHI) site cards have been prepared for seven (7) places, as listed in Table 2. Appendix E contains the site cards, which should be provided to Heritage Victoria (HV), for inclusion on the VHI. Table 2 – Archaeological places Place Name Finding & recommendation Wandong, Heathcote & Sandhurst Railway (Heathcote Low archaeological significance Junction to Kilmore section) Add to VHI Outbuilding and house site Medium archaeological significance 140 North Mountain Road, Heathcote Junction Add to VHI Heather Farm Medium archaeological significance 2977 Epping-Kilmore Road, Heathcote Junction Add to VHI Australian Seasoned Timber Co. site High archaeological