Springdale Solar Farm Historic (Non-Aboriginal) Heritage Assessment
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AECOM Environmental Impact Statement Springdale Solar Farm – Environmental Impact Statement Appendix E – Historic Heritage Assessment 27-Apr-2018 Prepared for – Renew Estate Pty Ltd – ABN: 21 617 855 311 Springdale Solar Farm EIS Renew Estate Pty Ltd 09-Feb-2018 Springdale Solar Farm Historic (Non-Aboriginal) Heritage Assessment Sutton, NSW BELINDA Suggest the front cover photo be changed. It was taken early 2014 before the east chimney collapsed. AECOM Springdale Solar Farm EIS Springdale Solar Farm Historic (Non-Aboriginal) Heritage Assessment Springdale Solar Farm Historic (Non-Aboriginal) Heritage Assessment Sutton, NSW Client: Renew Estate Pty Ltd ABN: N/A Prepared by AECOM Australia Pty Ltd Level 21, 420 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000, PO Box Q410, QVB Post Office NSW 1230, Australia T +61 2 8934 0000 F +61 2 8934 0001 www.aecom.com ABN 20 093 846 925 In association with Beast Solutions 09-Feb-2018 Job No.: 60555008 AECOM in Australia and New Zealand is certified to ISO9001, ISO14001 AS/NZS4801 and OHSAS18001. © AECOM Australia Pty Ltd (AECOM). All rights reserved. AECOM has prepared this document for the sole use of the Client and for a specific purpose, each as expressly stated in the document. No other party should rely on this document without the prior written consent of AECOM. AECOM undertakes no duty, nor accepts any responsibility, to any third party who may rely upon or use this document. 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Subject to the above conditions, this document may be transmitted, reproduced or disseminated only in its entirety. 09-Feb-2018 Prepared for – Renew Estate Pty Ltd – ABN: N/A AECOM Springdale Solar Farm EIS Springdale Solar Farm Historic (Non-Aboriginal) Heritage Assessment 09-Feb-2018 Prepared for – Renew Estate Pty Ltd – ABN: N/A AECOM Springdale Solar Farm EIS Springdale Solar Farm Historic (Non-Aboriginal) Heritage Assessment Quality Information Document Springdale Solar Farm Historic (Non-Aboriginal) Heritage Assessment 60555008 Ref p:\605x\60555008\4. tech work area\heritage\reporting\2.0 historic\aecom_fnlrpt_springdale solar__historic_2018_02_09.docx Date 09-Feb-2018 Prepared by Geordie Oakes Reviewed by Andrew McLaren Revision History Authorised Rev Revision Date Details Name/Position 1 12-Dec-17 Technical Review Andrew McLaren/AECOM Heritage Specialist 2 5-Feb-18 Client Review Lauren Lambert/Beast Solutions Environmental Planner 09-Feb-2018 Prepared for – Renew Estate Pty Ltd – ABN: N/A AECOM Springdale Solar Farm EIS Springdale Solar Farm Historic (Non-Aboriginal) Heritage Assessment Table of Contents Executive Summary i 1.0 Introduction and Background 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 The Project Area 1 1.3 The Proposal 1 1.4 Secretary’s Environmental Assessment Requirements (SEARs) 1 1.5 Assessment Objectives 1 1.6 Methodology 2 1.7 Project Team 2 1.8 HHIA Structure 2 2.0 Applicable Policy and Legislation 6 2.1 Introduction 6 2.2 Federal Legislation 6 2.2.1 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 6 2.3 State Controls 6 2.3.1 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 6 2.3.2 The Heritage Act 1977 7 2.3.3 Yass Valley Local Environmental Plan 2013 7 3.0 Historical Context 9 3.1 Aboriginal People 9 3.2 European Exploration 10 3.3 Settlement 10 3.4 Development 12 3.5 Gold 14 3.6 Agriculture 14 3.7 Horse Breeding 15 3.8 Bushrangers 15 3.9 Convicts 15 3.10 Gundaroo & Sutton Today 15 3.11 Project Area Historical Landuse 15 4.0 Heritage Register/Lists 21 4.1 Heritage Register/List Searches 21 5.0 Field Survey 22 5.1 Aim and Objectives 22 5.2 Methodology 22 5.3 Results 22 6.0 Project Area Cultural Landscape Assessment 26 6.1.1 Cultural Landscape Values 26 6.1.2 Significance Assessment 26 6.2 Statement of Cultural Values 27 7.0 Impact Assessment 28 7.1 Summary of Proposed Impacts 28 7.2 Impacts to Identified Historic Heritage Values 28 8.0 Management Recommendations 29 8.1 Statutory Requirements 29 8.2 Recommendations 29 8.2.1 Unexpected Historic Finds 29 8.2.2 Discovery of Human Remains 29 8.3 Conclusion 30 9.0 References Cited 31 List of Figures Figure 1 Regional Context 3 09-Feb-2018 Prepared for – Renew Estate Pty Ltd – ABN: N/A AECOM Springdale Solar Farm EIS Springdale Solar Farm Historic (Non-Aboriginal) Heritage Assessment Figure 2 Proposal Site 3 Figure 3 Proposed Development 5 Figure 4 Talagandra Parish map (proposal site in red) (source: Department of Lands) 11 Figure 5 Harrow Inn (source: Lea-Scarlett, 1972) 13 Figure 9 1959 aerial photograph of the proposal site (Source: Land & Property Information NSW) 16 Figure 10 1967 aerial photograph of the proposal site (Source: Land & Property Information NSW) 16 Figure 11 1976 aerial photograph of the proposal site (Source: Land & Property Information NSW). 17 Figure 12 1985 aerial photograph of the proposal site (Source: Land & Property Information NSW) 17 Figure 13 1992 aerial photograph of the proposal site (Source: Land & Property Information NSW) 18 Figure 14 1998 aerial photograph of the proposal site (Source: Land & Property Information NSW) 19 Figure 15 2005 aerial photograph of the proposal site (Source: Land & Property Information NSW) 19 Figure 16 2011 aerial photograph of the proposal site (Source: Land & Property Information NSW) 20 List of Plates Plate 1 View north of general landscape showing elevated crests (source: AECOM 2017) 23 Plate 2 View north of general landscape showing flats associated with the central tributary in foreground and crest in right of image (source: AECOM 2017) 23 Plate 3 View southeast of stockyard 24 Plate 4 View west of burnt hay shed 24 Plate 5 View southing showing shearing and storage sheds 25 09-Feb-2018 Prepared for – Renew Estate Pty Ltd – ABN: N/A AECOM Springdale Solar Farm EIS i Springdale Solar Farm Historic (Non-Aboriginal) Heritage Assessment Executive Summary AECOM Australia Pty Ltd (AECOM) was commissioned by Renew Estate Pty Ltd to undertake a Historic (non-Aboriginal) Heritage Impact Assessment (HHIA) for the proposed Springdale Solar Farm (the Project), located in Sutton, New South Wales (Figure 1). This assessment forms part of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) being prepared by AECOM to support an application for State Significant Development (SSD) Approval under Division 4.1 of Part 4 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EP&A Act) for the Project. The assessment has been prepared in accordance with and in response to the Secretary’s Environmental Assessment Requirements (SEARs) issued on 26 September 2017, with regard to historic heritage. The proposal site for this assessment comprises an irregularly-shaped c.363 ha parcel of land located near the rural village of Sutton in NSW, approximately 3.5 km northeast of the NSW / ACT border. Registered as Lot 111 on DP754908, Lot 182 on DP754908, Lot 10 on DP754908, Lot 15 on DP754908, Lot 190 on DP754908, Lot 209 on DP754908 Lot 189 on DP754908, Lot 161 on DP754908, Lot 54 on DP754908, Lot 202 on DP754908, Lot 97 on DP754908 and Lot 1 on DP198933, land within the proposal site is currently, and was historically, used for cattle grazing and cropping. The proposal site falls wholly within the Yass Valley Local Government Area (LGA) and is situated in the Parish of Talagandra in the County of Murray. There are no historic heritage items within the proposal site listed on relevant statutory and non- statutory heritage lists, registers, and schedules. The closest previously identified historic heritage item is the LEP-listed Bywong Homestead, outbuildings and landscape, located approximately2.6 km east of the proposal site. No historic heritage items or areas of archaeological sensitivity were identified during the field survey component of the current assessment. On the basis of the above findings, the following recommendations are made: 1. No historic heritage constraints have been identified within the proposal site in relation to the Project. As such, no further heritage works or reporting are considered warranted; and 2. In the event that unexpected historic items, including possible human skeletal material (remains), are identified during the project, the procedure outlined in Section 8.0 of this report should be followed. 09-Feb-2018 Prepared for – Renew Estate Pty Ltd – ABN: N/A AECOM Springdale Solar Farm EIS 1 Springdale Solar Farm Historic (Non-Aboriginal) Heritage Assessment 1.0 Introduction and Background 1.1 Introduction AECOM Australia Pty Ltd (AECOM) was commissioned by Renew Estate Pty Ltd to undertake a Historic (non-Aboriginal) Heritage Impact Assessment (HHIA) for the proposed Springdale Solar Farm (the Project), located near Sutton, New South Wales (Figure 1). This assessment forms part of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) being prepared by AECOM to support an application for State Significant Development (SSD) Approval under Division 4.1 of Part 4 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EP&A Act) for the Project. 1.2 The Proposal Site The proposal site for this assessment, shown on Figure 2 comprises an irregularly shaped c.370 ha parcel of land located near the rural village of Sutton in NSW, approximately 3.5 km northeast of the NSW / ACT border. Registered as Lot 111 on DP754908, Lot 182 on DP754908, Lot 10 on DP754908, Lot 15 on DP754908, Lot 190 on DP754908, Lot 209 on DP754908 Lot 189 on DP754908, Lot 161 on DP754908, Lot 54 on DP754908, Lot 202 on DP754908, Lot 97 on DP754908 and Lot 1 on DP198933, land within the proposal site is currently, and was historically, used for cattle grazing and cropping.