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The Former Sugar Wharf Port Douglas THE FORMER SUGAR WHARF PORT DOUGLAS THE FORMER SUGAR WHARF A Conservation Management Plan for the Cairns Regional Council © COPYRIGHT Allom Lovell Pty Ltd, 22 July 2008 G:\Projects\07005 PortDouglasWharf\Reports\r01a.doc THE FORMER SUGAR WHARF CONTENTS i 1 INTRODUCTION 5 1.1 BACKGROUND 5 1.2 THIS STUDY 5 1.3 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS 7 2 HISTORY 8 EXPLORATION BY SEA 8 EARLY SETTLEMENT 8 A SUITABLE PORT 9 A NEW TOWN 10 SUGAR CANE: A SECOND CHANCE 13 THE PORT DOUGLAS RAIL LINK 14 PORT DOUGLAS AND THE SUGAR WHARF 17 BEN CROPP AND THE SHIPWRECK MUSEUM 25 3 THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 29 3.1 THE SUGAR WHARF 29 THE STORE BUILDING 29 THE PLATFORM AND SUB-STRUCTURE 32 3.2 THE WHARF 33 3.3 THE WATERFRONT 34 4 UNDERSTANDING THE SIGNIFICANCE 40 4.1 CRITERIA OF ASSESSMENT 40 4.2 THE FORMER SUGAR WHARF 41 THE FORMER SUGAR WHARF CONTENTS ii 4.3 HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE 41 4.4 THE SURVIVING FABRIC 42 4.5 THE SETTING 42 4.6 AESTHETIC SIGNIFICANCE 43 4.7 A RARE EXAMPLE 43 4.8 SUMMARY STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE 44 4.9 TABLE OF SIGNFICANT ELEMENTS 44 5 A VISION 47 5.1 CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE 47 5.2 OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS 47 5.3 EXPECTATIONS 48 5.4 LEARNING FROM OTHER PLACES 48 5.5 THE VISION 49 6 CONSERVATION POLICIES 54 6.1 APPROACH 54 ACTION INFORMED BY SIGNIFICANCE 55 6.2 MANAGEMENT 55 THE FORMER SUGAR WHARF CONTENTS iii SINGLE ENTITY IN CONTROL 55 CONTINUITY OF ADVICE 55 APPROPRIATE SKILLS 56 BURRA CHARTER 56 ENDORSEMENT OF POLICIES 56 RELATIONSHIP OF CONSERVATION PLAN TO WHAT COMES AFTER 57 POLICY REVIEW 57 6.3 A CONSERVATION APPROACH 57 USE 58 MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR 59 PATINATION 59 PRESERVATION 59 RECONSTRUCTION 60 6.4 SITE AND SETTING 60 CURTILAGE 61 A SINGLE BUILT OBJECT 62 DICKSON INLET 62 THE TOWN OF PORT DOUGLAS 63 THE SENSE OF A WORKING PORT 63 VEGETATION 64 6.5 THE SUGAR WHARF BUILDING 65 PRESERVATION 65 REMOVAL OF INTRUSIVE ELEMENTS 66 ADAPTATION OF THE BUILDING 66 6.6 SUB-STRUCTURE 67 6.7 PLATFORM 68 6.8 WHARF 68 6.9 INTERPRETATION 69 7 ASSET MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES 70 7.1 APPOINTMENT OF A MANAGER 70 THE FORMER SUGAR WHARF CONTENTS iv 7.2 ESTABLISHMENT OF A SUGAR WHARF MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. 7.3 HERITAGE APPROVAL 71 7.4 USE OF THE BUILDING 71 7.5 SECURITY OF THE BUILDING 71 7.6 MAINTENANCE PLAN 71 7.7 URGENT MAINTENANCE WORKS 71 7.8 DETAILED MASTER PLAN 72 7.9 PREPARATION OF SCHEMATIC DESIGNS 72 7.10 DOCUMENTATION OF WORK 72 7.11 CONSTRUCTION WORKS 72 8 APPENDIX 73 8.1 PORT DOUGLAS TIMELINE 73 8.2 STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT 82 8.3 NOTES 84 THE FORMER SUGAR WHARF 1 INTRODUCTION 5 1 INTRODUCTION he wharf at Port Douglas was built in 1905 by the Douglas Shire TCouncil to load sugar for export to southern markets. It remained in operation until the 1950s and has, since that time, had a variety of uses. It remains a central part of history and the identity of Port Douglas. 1.1 B ACKGROUND The former Sugar Wharf has been part of the history of Port Douglas for more than one hundred years. During that time it has seen the town change from a thriving port to a sleepy fishing village and now to a major tourist destination. It was listed by the National Trust of Queensland in 1983 and entered in the Queensland Heritage Register in 1992 as a place of cultural heritage significance. In more recent years the wharf has lain empty and underutilised. While substantial sums have been spent to ensure the integrity of the wharf structure maintenance work has been carried out without a clear understanding of the intrinsic value of the place and importantly how the building might be used in a manner which recognised those special 1 The Sugar Wharf is located on the edge of qualities. Dickson Inlet and at the end of Warner Street. [Allom Lovell] In 2007 Council embarked upon a program to plan for the redevelopment of the Port Douglas Waterfront. As part of that program there has been acknowledgement of the particular value of the former Sugar Wharf in heritage terms and of the potential to integrate the future conservation and management of this asset as part of the Waterfront Master Plan. 1.2 T HIS STUDY In early 2008 the former Douglas Shire Council issued Terms of Reference for the preparation of a Conservation Management Plan for the former Sugar Wharf. The objectives of the plan were to: Understand the heritage item through the investigation of its historical and geographical context, its history, fabric, research potential, and importance to the community; Prepare a statement of significance, the plan will analyse documentary and physical evidence to determine the nature, extent and degree of significance of the heritage item; Develop a conservation policy, arising out of the statement of heritage significance, to guide current and future owners of the item on the development potential of the item and its ongoing maintenance. Constraints and opportunities are to be examined. Consider options for re-use or development, and how they can best be achieved in accordance with the conservation policy. THE FORMER SUGAR WHARF 1 INTRODUCTION 6 Where proposals may have an adverse impact on the heritage significance of the item, the need for such work must be justified; Recommend how the heritage item can best be managed bearing in mind those responsible and interested in its ongoing conservation. It is to include proposals to review the Douglas Shire Council Conservation Management Plan – Sugar Wharf, Port Douglas and the item’s maintenance. 2 The study area established in the brief. [Douglas Shire Council] This study reports on the work carried out in April and May 2008. The study was carried out by Richard Allom and Desley Campbell-Stewart who visited the site over four days in early May. Structural engineer Ashley Moller of Moller Consulting also attended during that period and assisted in the assessment of the structural condition of the place. Historian, Helen Lucas spent time in Port Douglas and Mossman in researching and preparing a history of the place. Discussions were held with Council officers Jim Allen, Kelly Favas and Peter Boyd and in Port Douglas with Pam Willis-Burden representing the Douglas Shire Historical Society, with historian Noel Weare, with Jennifer Hill and Tony Purves of the Port Douglas Waterfront Protection Association Inc and Ed Green, the Chair of the Waterfront Management Committee and the President of the Low Isles Preservation Society. The study has been carried out generally in accordance with The Australia ICOMOS Charter for the conservation of places of cultural significance (The Burra Charter) and with the guidelines to that document. THE FORMER SUGAR WHARF 1 INTRODUCTION 7 It begins by establishing the historical context in which the wharf was constructed, identifies from documentary sources the subsequent changes to the place, reports on an examination of the physical fabric of the wharf in which evidence of those changes is apparent and upon the general condition of the place. It examines the accepted criteria for assessing cultural significance and develops more precisely an understanding of the significance of the wharf and its context on the Port Douglas Waterfront. Based on that significance and on other relevant information the authors examine options for conservation, use and management, present a ‘vision’ for how the former Sugar Wharf might be conserved, used and managed and propose a number of conservation policies to achieve that objective. The policies are presented in a manner in which issues are identified and policies related to each clearly stated. Where appropriate further exploration or consequential action for each is attached. Finally the study gives some guidance as to the next steps to be taken in the management of this asset. 1.3 S UMMARY OF F INDINGS The former Sugar Wharf at Port Douglas is a place of cultural significance as defined in the Queensland Heritage Act. The study finds that the place is significant for a number of reasons and satisfies more than the single criterion for heritage significance that the listing citation ascribes to it. Indeed the study finds that the listing boundary should be extended to include those parts of the foreshore which give the former Sugar Wharf context. The study recommends that any planning for the Port Douglas Waterfront Master Plan take into account those aspects of cultural significance at the wharf and foreshore identified here. While other historical elements in the wider site also have cultural significance it is clear that the former Sugar Wharf is first amongst these. Its survival since 1905 and its dominant position on the waterfront represents both the history and subsequent development of the town and indeed the region. Policies to conserve, adapt and re-use the building derive from the cultural significance of the place and include those that require the preservation of early fabric, the retention of evidence of use or patination, and the repair or reconstruction of some missing elements such as sliding timber doors and the exposure of the stone pitched causeway. Use of the building should be one in which the community has ready access to the place and one in which adaptation to the building fabric is limited. The study concludes with a section setting out a draft scheme to follow this study in the management of this asset. THE FORMER SUGAR WHARF 2 HISTORY 8 2 HISTORY he former Port Douglas Sugar Wharf was constructed, not for the Tshipping of sugar but as a community asset to ensure the regular movement of general cargo into and out of Port Douglas.
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