Pt Broughton Foreshore Master Plan Part 1
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PORT BROUGHTON FORESHORE MASTER PLAN FINAL REPORT Prepared for the District Council of Barunga West JULY 2016 Contact HAMES SHARLEY The information regarding the history of the Nharangga has been provided by Quenten Agius and Aboriginal Cultural Georgina Hafteh Tours SA, and used with permission. Senior Urban Designer e [email protected] The indigenous artwork included in this report was created by Quenten Agius and Aboriginal Cultural Tours SA. Reproduced Level 15, 19 Grenfell Street with permission from the creator. Adelaide SA 5000 Australia T +61 8 8112 3400 F +61 8 8112 3499 www.hamessharley.com.au Revision Letter Date Reason for Issue A 09/10/2015 Draft report for discussion B 04/12/2015 Draft report for discussion C 05/02/2016 Draft report for discussion D 01/04/2016 Draft report for discussion E 21/04/2016 Draft report for discussion F 22/06/2016 Draft report for discussion I 28/06/2016 Final Draft J 19/07/2016 Final Report 2 HAMES SHARLEY + DISTRICT COUNCIL OF BARUNGA WEST JULY 2016 Content 1.0 INTRODUCTION 2.0 SITE ANALYSIS - REGIONAL CONTEXT 3.0 SITE ANALYSIS - LOCAL CONTEXT 4.0 PREVIOUS STUDIES AND REPORTS PORT BROUGHTON FORESHORE 5.0 ENGAGEMENT PHASE 1 MASTER PLAN FINAL REPORT 6.0 BENCHMARKING July 2016 7.0 ENGAGEMENT PHASE 2 8.0 MASTER PLAN 9.0 IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY (STAGING) PORT BROUGHTON FORESHORE MASTER PLAN MASTER PLAN REPORT 3 INTRODUCTION1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.0 Introduction The Port Broughton Foreshore Master Plan 1.1 ESTABLISHING PORT BROUGHTON Report is prepared for the District Council of AS A CONTEMPORARY REGIONAL Barunga West in support of the long term DESTINATION development vision for the Port Broughton and Fisherman Bay foreshore area. The primary goal of the Port Broughton Foreshore Master Plan report is the development of a framework and vision to The purpose of the report is to provide a improve the physical and social utilisation of the foreshore area. This will benefit the existing community as well as framework for the future development of Port facilitate and encourage tourists and visitors to experience Broughton and Fisherman Bay. It describes the area. the aspirations and principles for a long term development strategy, in consideration of The study will articulate urban design, architecture, social existing regional planning initiatives as well as and economic opportunities to facilitate a desirable outcome current and future demographic and economic through a process of consultation and design. projections for the region. The plan will focus on active transport, extending cycling networks by working to improve the attraction and This document provides a primer, or a blue- convenience of cycling and walking routes, making these the print, to be utilised by the District Council of desired modes of travel, particularly for short trips. Barunga West in discussing the vision of potential future development for the foreshore The overarching task of the Port Broughton Foreshore Master Plan report is to create an integrated framework and to inform further investigations on selected incorporating development opportunities related to each opportunities. foreshore precinct. It defines the precincts of and between Port The resulting Master Plan is the culmination of a broad initial context analysis, an understanding of the historical Broughton and Fisherman Bay and identifies significance of the township and the wider region, previous both present and future opportunities within strategic planning processes and documentation, initial this context. concept proposals and community consultation. Ultimately, the Port Broughton Foreshore Master Plan report will provide a development framework leveraging both existing and future assets within the context of a regional centre. Port Broughton and Fisherman Bay will become more dynamic, prosperous and liveable towns through encouraging the active and safe use of pedestrian and cycling trails, thereby raising the quality of life and experience of this area for all. 6 HAMES SHARLEY + DISTRICT COUNCIL OF BARUNGA WEST JULY 2016 1.2 A BRIEF HISTORY Guranna gura yarlgu budla dhidna ngadjadhura bangarra. The deep spiritual and physical connection Aboriginal people have with their country comes from their ancestors G’day, Welcome to the leg, calf and foot of the Nharangga and their mothers and fathers passing down Creation and people, traditional owners of Yorke Peninsula. For 75,000 Dreaming stories and cultural knowledge, from generation years, before Colonial settlement, the Nharangga people to generation for thousands of years and identifies who they of the Yorke Peninsula consisted of four distinct Aboriginal are as Aboriginal people. Their stories are connected - how tribal groups and totems. the land, insects, plants, animals and humans got lore to look after one another. NORTH : Garnarra (Nhandhu Kangaroo) EAST : Windara (Garrdi Emu) The first Colonial lease was taken out on Yorke Peninsula in SOUTH : Dhilba (Widhadha Shark ) 1846, and from that time there was much conflict between WEST : Warri (Wildu Sea Eagle) pastoralists and the Aboriginal population - over land, stock and fresh water. (Nharangga also known as Narungga, Ngadjadhura and Adjahdura). In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, missions from other areas in the state were closed down by the Colonial Australia’s Aboriginal people are one of the world’s Government and Aboriginal people from other clan groups oldest living cultures. There are significant Aboriginal were moved to Point Pearce to live with the traditional archaeological sites on Yorke Peninsula. The oldest midden owners of the area. site discovered on Yorke Peninsula is 8,000 years old - 3,000 years older than the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. The Nharangga neighbours are the Kaurna of the Adelaide Plains and the Nukunu and Ngadjuri to the north with whom Language (warra), stories, songlines, performance and they would meet for trade and ceremony. ceremonies are still practiced today by some Nharangga people. Ceremonies explain stories to the young and most stories are to do with lore of the country. Some stories can be shared with others through performance. PORT BROUGHTON FORESHORE MASTER PLAN MASTER PLAN REPORT 7 1.3 SETTLEMENT AND INDUSTRY Initially surveyed in 1871 on the recommendation of Captain During this early period, the export of grain defined itself as Henry Dale, Port Broughton gained its name from the the most significant economic industry in the surrounding Broughton River, of which the mouth sits 40kms north of the region. In its prime, windjammers, large seafaring freight township. vessels too large for the shallower waters of the port, would anchor 8 miles offshore in the Spencer Gulf and await the The land around Port Broughton was first used for grazing, delivery of up to 5000 tonnes of grain before returning to however it was quickly understood that the characteristics England, Germany, Norway or Finland. Men would load of the land were not suitable and the area was split into 72 kilogram bags of wheat by hand onto trucks at the head one acre blocks and sold. Shortly after, the township began of the jetty from large stacks that would be built up from servicing the surrounding wheat and barley growers deliveries during the harvest season. The men who did this within the Mundoora Arm and northern end of the Yorke heavy, dusty work were usually referred to as ‘lumpers’. Peninsula. Many of the streets in the town now carry the name of In 1878 the iconic ‘T’ shaped jetty was established. Serviced the ketches or the windjammers and remnants of the old by a narrow gauge rail line it was used to shift the wheat narrow gauge line can be seen at the entrance of the jetty. and barley from the pastures further inland down to Although the jetty was extensively repaired in the 1950s, vessels awaiting load. The town’s rail line, infamous for not grain shipments from the port ceased when bulk handling supporting an actual train, also provided a limited passenger facilities were installed at Wallaroo in 1958 and at Port Pirie service, which some locals still speak fondly of, coined in 1962. The jetty continues to be used commercially by the ‘the Pie Cart’. This service operated up until 1925 while the local fishing industry. industrial rail service operation ceased in 1942. All images courtesy of the State Library of South Australia. B48927 Motor Vehicles line up along East Terrace north of Bay Street 8 HAMES SHARLEY + DISTRICT COUNCIL OF BARUNGA WEST JULY 2016 PRG280_1_16_82 PRG1373_23_4 Looking back through the dunes towards the ‘T’ jetty The ‘Broughton’ Ketch B53500 Men standing proudly at the end of the now removed northern jetty B18004 B70893_20 Port Broughton Beach cleared of vegetation Port Broughton Beach with partially established vegetation PRG280_1_38_242 PRG1373_39_117 Coastal vegetation A view east from Mundoora Arm towards the ‘T’ jetty and the Port Broughton Hotel PORT BROUGHTON FORESHORE MASTER PLAN MASTER PLAN REPORT 9 Several buildings from the original township still exist While a number of buildings remain, there have also today. First established in 1882, the original school been some significant demolitions, including the Port building included three rooms and a verandah designed Broughton Coffee Palace and Temperance Bar. Built in to accommodate up to 90 students, with later additions 1908, it provided accommodation for travellers and visitors including a further classroom to host a total of 150. During alike. Originating in Scotland in the 1830’s, the coffee house the 1940’s many other schools in the area closed as the movement was popular within temperance societies, the number of students rose to above 200. The Port Broughton first of which was established in Australia in 1837. The Area School, as it was later known, was relocated to its Coffee Palace, situated in Bay street, offered 22 bedrooms present location at the end of East Terrace in 1984 and the as accommodation.