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Gawler Heritage Survey 1998 Project No. 96627 Date: June 1998 for The Corporation of the Town of Gawler Prepared by DANVERS DANVERS ARCHITECTS ARCHITECTs ISSUED ON •,:..- !.,.n "-.n:'1..,.,!·..... 1ogB A.C.N. 059 685 059 ------------------ 204 Grenfell Street, ADELAIDE 5000 Telephone: 08 8232 2278 Facsimile: 08 8232 5024 E-mail: [email protected] GAWLER HERITAGE SURVEY 1998 Prepared for: CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF GAWLER Prepared by: DANVERS ARCHITECTS 204 Grenfell Street Adelaide SA 5000 in association with Anna Pope Historical Consultant & Peter Jensen Planning & Urban Design Gawler Heritage Survey, 1998 Contents CONTENTS I INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................... I I . I Background ........................................................................................................ I I .2 Objectives ........................................................................................................... I I .3 Study area .......................................................................................................... 2 I .4 Methodology ....................................................................................................... 4 I .4. I Review of previous recommendations .................................................... 4 I .4.2 Community consultation ......................................................................... 5 1.4.3 Fieldwork ............................................................................................. 5 I .4.4 Recommendations .................................................................................. 5 I .5 Acknowledgments .............................................................................................. 5 2 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ...................................................................................... 7 2. I Summary description .......................................................................................... 7 2.2 Statement of Significance ................................................................................... 7 3 INVENTORY and RECOMMENDATIONS ..................................................................... 9 3. I State Heritage Places ......................................................................................... 9 3.2 State Heritage Areas .......................................................................................... 9 3.3 Local Heritage Places ........................................................................................ 9 3.4 Historic (Conservation) Policy Areas ................................................................ I I 3.5 Inventory .......................................................................................................... I 2 4 CURRENT STATE HERITAGE PLACES .................................................................... 13 5 RECOMMENDATIONS- STATE HERITAGE PLACES .............................................. 15 6 RECOMMENDATIONS- STATE HERITAGE AREAS ................................................ 47 7 HERITAGE ASSESSMENT REPORTS- LOCAL HERITAGE PLACES .................... 49 7. I Criteria for Local Heritage Places ..................................................................... 49 7.2 Local Heritage Places ...................................................................................... 49 8 HERITAGE ASSESSMENT REPORTS- HISTORIC CONSERVATION ZONES .... 229 8.1 Historic (Conservation) Policy Areas .............................................................. 229 8.2 Comment on proposed zones ........................................................................ 230 8.2.1 Light Historic (Conservation) Policy Area ........................................... 230 8.2. I. I History ..................................................................................... 230 8.2. I .2 Built Character ......................................................................... 232 8.2.2 Gawler East Historic (Conservation) Policy Area ................................ 233 8.2.2. I History ..................................................................................... 233 8.2.2.2 Built Character. ........................................................................ 234 8.2.3 Gawler South Historic (Conservation) Policy Area ............................. 234 8.2.3. I History ..................................................................................... 234 8.2.3.2 Built Character ......................................................................... 235 8.2.4 Willaston (Commercial) Historic (Conservation) Policy Area .............. 235 8.2.4.1 History ..................................................................................... 235 8.2.4.2 Built Character ......................................................................... 236 Danvers Architects Pty Ltd & Anna Pope Gawler Heritage Survey, 1998 Contents 8.2.5 Willaston (Residential) Historic (Conservation) Policy Area ................ 237 8.2.5.1 History ..................................................................................... 237 8.2.5.2 Built Character ........................................................................ 237 9 SUMMARY OF HERITAGE PLACES ........................................................................ 243 9.1 Commentary ................................................................................................... 243 9.2 Key to Inventory ............................................................................................. 243 9.3 Inventory ........................................................................................................ 244 10 REFERENCES ........................................................................................................ 273 10.1 General references ...................................................................................... 273 10.1.1 Books ......................................................................................... 273 1 0.1.2 Journals, Periodicals and Reports .................................................... 279 10.2 Local History material ................................................................................... 279 10.2.1 Books & reports ................................................................................ 279 10.2.2 Unpublished material ........................................................................ 282 10.3 Newspapers ................................................................................................. 282 10.4 Other archival material ................................................................................. 283 APPENDIX A- Proposed list for Local Heritage PAR .................................................. 285 APPENDIX B- Brief for Heritage Plan Amendment Reports ........................................ 291 ii Danvers Architects Pty Ltd & Anna Pope Gawler Heritage Survey, 1998 1 Introduction 1 INTRODUCTION Gawler is a highly significant South Australian town with a large number of places and areas of cultural significance. Many of these significant places and areas have been identified by previous heritage assessments and surveys, and many places and one area are currently protected by their entry in the State Heritage Register. Places identified as having local heritage significance also need to be protected by being included within Council's Development Plan. Accordingly, the Corporation of the Town of Gawler has commissioned the preparation of this Local Heritage Places Plan Amendment Report. 1.1 Background The preparation of the Corporation of the Town of Gawler 'Local Heritage Places' and 'Historic Conservation Policy Areas' Plan Amendment Reports was undertaken by a team consisting of Danvers Architects Pty Ltd and Peter Jensen Planning & Urban Design. Danvers Architects carried out the heritage investigations for the project with assistance from historical consultant Anna Pope, who prepared the Gawler Heritage Survey 1998. The Report was commissioned by the Corporation of the Town of Gawler in August, 1996. The area of investigation was the whole of the lands currently within the boundary of the Corporation of the Town of Gawler (see figure 1. 1). The aim of the project was to examine all places of potential heritage significance and to identify any which fulfilled one or more of the criteria in either the Heritage Act 1993 or the Development Act 1993. The resultant recommendations will be included in Council's Local Heritage Places Plan Amendment Report. Those places which fulfil one or more of the criteria in the Heritage Act 1993 have been recommended for entry in the State Heritage Register and referred to the State Heritage Branch of the Department of Environment, Heritage and Aboriginal Affairs. This report also recommends that in the event that any of these places are rejected by the State Heritage Authority and are not entered in the State Heritage Register, they should be added to the local heritage register. Those places which fulfil one or more of the criteria in the Development Act 1993 have been recommended for entry in the Local Heritage Register. 1.2 Objectives The objective of the survey was to provide a description and evaluation of the existing heritage resources of Gawler for the purposes of conservation, future planning and assessment. To achieve this objective, the consultants have: Danvers Architects Pty Ltd & Anna Pope 1 Gawler Heritage Survey, 1998 1 Introduction