~~~~--------------------------~% ----------------------~~.-~ ,. AUSTRALIAN WATER AND COASTAL STUDIES ... MANNING RIVER DATA COMPILATION STUDY PROGRESS REPORT ONE - DATA COLLATION JUNE 1989 » I I I I I I I AUSTRALIAN WATER AND CO'ASTAL STUDIES PTY LTD I I I I I MANNING RIVER DATA COMPILATION STUDY I PROGRESS REPORT ONE - DATA COLLATION I I JUNE 1989 I I Prepared by: D Allsop I P. Anderson I I I -----_ .. - ------.------- A Manning River Data Compilation Study Program 1989 AUS'IRAUANA WATeR AND COASTAL SlUOlBS Progress Report Progress Meetings o o o o o o ,. Draft Report • 1. Preliminaries 2. Data Collation 3. Preliminary Data An"lv~I!iI 4. Photogrammetry liaison with H.O. Study Possible Shoaling Study --r--l--- ___ L__ 5. Technical Appraisal & Draft Report &. % Activity Complete l:l. % Activity Expenditure [ ,I I I I' I 1. Introduction AWACS Pty Ltd has conducted a search for existing data considered relevant to the I Study. TIns progress report hsts that informanon. Prelimmary analysis of the information will soon commence and as a result a I further culling of the database is likely prior to the detailed techmcal appraIsal. ,I However, It is important that all sources of relevant information now be Ident1fied and any gaps In the database, presented in tills report, be f11led immedIately. Accordingly the main objective of this report is to provide the cbent with the I opportumty to suggest additional sources of information. I I I I ,I I I I I' I I 2 I I I I I 2. Data Retrieval Process I Data has been obtained from vanous sources within the Public Works Department, from other Government AgencIes, local organisations and individuals, published and I unpubhshed references. The data sources wIthIn the PublIc Works Department have included. Coast and Rivers Branch, Coffs HarbQur Office, Manly Hydraulics Laboratory, State Office I Block Plan Room, Survey arid Property Section and Kmgswood Archives. Other Government AgencIes from whom informatIon has been obtained include the I Bureau of Meteorology, Department of Water Resouces, State PollutIon Control CommissIOn, Department of Lands, Department of Mineral Resources, Maritime I Services Board, NSW State ArchIves, NSW State Library and the Mitchell Library. Local orgamsations and mdIVlduals approached include Taree LIbrary, Wingham I HIstorical SOCIety and Museum, Greater Taree City Council, Brian Crip (Surveyor), Graeme Harper (Author), BIll Birrell (HIstonan), Monty Williams (Tmonee I resident), Duncan Stewart (Student) and Peter ClIft (Oyster grower). The area has been inspected by boat and car. I I I I I I I I I 3 I I I I I 3. The Database I The data has been categorised under the followmg headings: I References I File List I Hydrosurveys Parish, County and Other Maps I Aerial Photography and Orthophoto Maps I Geologtcal Sheets Streamflows I Wave Climate I Ocean TIde Levels I Water Level Recorders Tidal Gaugtng InformatIon I Water QualIty Data I The detailed mformatIon lIsts under these headIngs are presented herem II I I I I 4 I I I I MANNING RIVER DATA COLLATION REFERENCES BlITell, W.K., 1987, The Manmng Valley,' Landscape and Settlement 1824-1900, I Jacaranda Press, ISBN 0 7016 2170 2. An hIstOriCal geography of the fIrst seventy-fIve years of European settlement I in the Manrung Valley. It summanses regional topography, climate, vegetatIon, early settlement and landuse. Maps of property surveys along the RIver are presented. It lists major flood events, outlInes navigatIon problems I WIth the Entrance at Harrington and mentions mamtenance dredgIng at the turn of the century and commencement of Entrance trainIng works. I Bureau of Meteorology, 1977, Rainfall Statistlcs - Australia, AustralIan Government Printer, Canberra. I Documents selected raInfall stations which have atleast thirty years of monthly records and atleast ten years of records of raindays for each month of the year. I Includes stations No. 060015 Gloucester P.O., No. 060023 Hamngton P.O., No. 060030 Taree (2RE) and No. 060036 WIngham P.O. I Bureau of Meteorology, 1988, List of PluvlOgraph Statlons, Australia. Includes StatIons No. 060080 Comboyne South, No. 060121 Elands, No. I 060112 Gloucester, No. 060104 Nowendoc and No. 060030 Taree. Coffey and Partners Pty Ltd, 1981, Geomorphological Assessment Wallabl POint I to Crowdy Head, Taree, Report No. 56639/1-AA, for SInclair Knight and Partners. I Coode, Srr J., 1889, Manning River Report. One of a senes of reports by Srr John Coode; dIscusses conditIons of the I Entrance and Bar at Hamngton. It has three accompanyIng drawings. Drawing No. lIS a general plan of the Manning RIver from Bungay Bungay Falls to the sea DraWing No.2 shows the channels and sand SpitS from Harrington I Entrance to Pehcan Bay. DraWIng No.3 shows Hamngton Bar and Entrance in 1862 from Mr Forde's survey, In 1879 from CaptaIn Sydney's survey and In 1888 from Mr Carlton's survey. Mr Carlton's report, attached as an appendix, I Includes reference to flood levels, navIgable depths and widths and cross sectIons surveyed from Bungay Bungay Falls to the sea. Some of tlus I· Information IS tabulated In the main report. The folloWing Entrance works were recommended to Improve naVIgatIOn and provIde flood mItIgation benefIts, to be constructed in order. south breakwater, I north traming bank, bamer bank to south spit and then north breakwater. It was recommended that if the full scheme could not be built, no work should I proceed. I 5 I I I Dennes, G., 1934, Ship BUilding on the Manning River 1834-1934 Part 1, Mannmg I RlVer Tlffies 12/9/1934. A newspaper article gIving details of all the ShIPS that were built on the River I between 1834 and 1934. I Fitzpatnck, F.A., 1914, Peeps into the Past, Cumberland Argus Parramatta. Descnbes early life on the River mamly through mterviews with early IdentItIes. There are various photographs of the River. Oxley's crossmg of I Harrington and Farquhar Inlets in 1818 is described. Farquhar Inlet, preVIously closed, broke open in the 1866 flood. The first sea-gomg steamer could only go as far upstream as Taree. A channel nmety feet wide and nine feet deep at I low tide was dredged from Taree to Wmgham, allowing any vessel that could I cross the Bar to get up 1:0 Wmgham. Gates, G., 1978, Manning Valley Groundwater Invesngation, (NUN 01-708023). I Gutteridge, Haskins and Davey, 1982, Harrington EnVironmental Study. Guttendge, Haskins and Davey, 1983, Environmental Impact Statement, Canal I Subdivision and Dredging of the Manning River at Harrington NSW, Volumes 1 and 2. I The report exammes the following topics in the HarringtonlCrowdy Head area: topography, geology and soils; tidal hydraulics, flooding and water quality; terrestnal and aquatic flora and fauna including fishery; land use, public I utIhties and traffic; population, employment and housmg; tourism, recreation and chmate; archaeology and mming; and presents detaIled planning proposals I for the 63ha SIte. Harper, G., 1987, The Manning River Valley: The River and Growth 1866-1941, I Master of Letters TheSIS UmvefSlty of New England. The theSIS is a regIonal growth survey over the steamshIp penod, 1866 to I 1941, and looks at the relationshIp between the RIver and n's surroundmg area. It descnbes regIonal geography, the shape and size of the RIver, naVIgation problems, the Governments attitude to mamtammg the River I Entrance, floodmg problems, types of water transport employed and the competItIon WIth land transport, urban developement and pnmary mdustnes mcludmg fishmg and oyster growmg. StatistIcal informatIon from vanous I Government reports on dredgmg quantItIes, Bar depths and oyster productIon I are presented. States that the small tnbutaries are shoalmg. Harper, G., 1988, Black Cat, Green Field, Bantam Books ISBN 0 947189 149. I A novel set on the Manmng River in the 1800's. Although based on fact it IS essentIally a fictional account. I 6 I I I I Jenks, W.N.,1982, A Study of Estuarine Channel Morphology having Special Reference to Manning RIver Delta, PhD TheSlS University of Newcastle. I Laune, Montgomerie and PettIt Pty Ltd, 1980, Manning Valley Flood Study Volumes 1 and2, (ABN 83-101220). I Laurie, Montgomerie and PettIt Pty Ltd, 1980, Manning Valley Summary Report NSW Coastal RIvers Flood Plain Management Studies (ABN 83-101258). I IdentIfies the landscape features of the valley; topography, settlement, population, land use, ecologtcal resources and floods. Examines the extent of I the flooding, outhnes nntIgatIon works already carned out, Iughlights partIcular problem areas, and suggests solutions. I Manmng Valley HIstorical Society, 1988, Tinonee Memorzes. Descnbes some of the early families and indiVIduals, buudings and local I industnes in Tmonee. Suggests that the early pleasure tnps by steamer down the RIver would now be impOSSIble, due to the shallowness of the RIver and I, Barcrossmg Maroulis, J.c., 1985, Downstream VarzatlOns In Channel Morphology In the Manning RIver Valley NSW, TheSlS submitted as partIal fulfilment of BSc, I UnivefSlty of NSW. Maxwell, F. W., 1988, Deep Blue Ocean Mapsfrom Old Bar to Diamond Head, I (ANB 73-164423). Neville, PH, 1987, Manning River Entrance Study Background and Issues of I Concern, Prepared for PWD Engtneenng DivislOn. I Background mformation on the two entrances of the Manmng RIver has been summansed. Issues of concern IdentIfied include, treacherous entrance condItIons at Harrington, Impact of the closure of Old Bar Entrance on I floodlng, oyster growmg and farmmg, and problems of erosion and shoalmg along the RIver. Observations have been presented from PWD fues, I hydrographIC surveys, aenal photography and tIdal data. NSW LegtslatIve Assembly ParlIamentary StandIng COmmlttee on PublIc Works, 1910, Report together with Minutes of Evidence, AppendIces and I Plan relating to the Proposed Harbour Works at Manning RIver. Recommends completIon of the unfimshed portIon of the scheme I recommended by the 1898 Comnnttee, enta,iling 210ft of northern breakwater, 7150ft of barner bank and southern wall and 4000ft of southern breakwater.