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Annual Report TASMANIAN HERITAGE COUNCIL Annual Report 2015-2016 L-R (standing): Denise Gaughwin, Frazer Read, Danielle Gray, David Gatenby, Carol Bacon, Brett Torossi, Alex van der Hek, Stuart King L-R (seated): Michele Moseley, Robin McKendrick, Amanda Roberts, Kathryn Evans. Absent: Kathryn McCann, Roger Hesketh, Peter Romey GPO Box 618 HOBART 7001 Tel: 1300 850 332 Email: [email protected] Web: www.heritage.tas.gov.au Cover image: Patons and Baldwins (THR#11824) Contents Chair’s Message............................................................................. 4 Tasmanian Heritage Register .......................................................6 Works ............................................................................................. 12 Strategic Plan 2015-2020 .............................................................19 Progress to Date ..........................................................................26 Appendix A: Audited Financial Statements ............................30 Appendix B: Council members and forums ............................47 Appendix C: Delegations .......................................................... 48 Appendix D: Resources ...............................................................50 Appendix E: Thank you ............................................................... 51 Franklin Square (THR#2333) ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 TASMANIAN HERITAGE COUNCIL 3 Chair’s Message Lake Margaret Power Scheme (THR#10863) This year has seen a change in direction and The continuing work on the review of entries on the vision for the Tasmanian Heritage Council to Heritage Register has been complex and challenging. It is the first review of the Heritage Register since it was collated one of helping to bring Tasmania’s historic in 1997, and the first comprehensive review of a heritage cultural heritage to life. register in Australia. We have had owners and members of the community objecting to entries being removed from We are pleased to include with this Annual Report our the Heritage Register, and others in support of removal. We Strategic Plan for 2015-2020 so you may read about the have also received some additional information on properties goals we have set ourselves, with help from others, to under review. What is clear though is that we have addressed reach this vision. Within the report itself, we outline our many legacy issues from when entries were first made. achievements against each goal. One of the largest development applications to be Our achievements include: updating the entries of 58 approved by the Heritage Council was for the University places on the Heritage Register; completing the public of Tasmania’s Creative Industries and Performing Arts consultation phase of the Review of the Integrity of the development next to the Theatre Royal, Hobart. Details of Tasmanian Heritage Register Project; contributing towards the development are provided later in this report. the protection and adaptive reuse of our heritage places by working closely with owners and site managers; and We also continue to push ourselves to update and improve contributing towards more than $229 million worth of our advice, including the release of a new version of development in the State by assessing and approving our Works Guidelines, and guidelines on preserving war 99 per cent of development and certificate of exemption heritage. By providing practical advice that truly helps applications received. We have also continued to review people understand how best to conserve our historic rural property entries, and over the past two years have heritage places we hope to raise awareness that embedded removed over 30, 000 hectares of land, which will allow in the fabric are the stories of Tasmania. It’s these stories farmers to get on with their business without needing we need to protect, because collectively they create the to refer proposed works to the Heritage Council for identity of this wonderful State. its approval. 4 TASMANIAN HERITAGE COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 Raising awareness of the depth and breadth of stories in Our achievements are a testimony to the exceptional efforts the Heritage Register is another important element of of all the Heritage Council members, including outgoing encouraging protection. In partnership with the Tasmanian tourism representative Sarah Lebski. Special thanks must Museum and Art Gallery, and with assistance from Tourism also go to the Director and staff at Heritage Tasmania, the Tasmania, we are exploring the delivery of an online Department, and the Minister who support our role. resource that will allow all Tasmanians and visitors to explore We value the efforts of heritage property owners, site the places and stories within the Heritage Register and managers, volunteers, local government and others who Tasmania’s other key cultural collections. The aim is to give work so hard to care for, present and share the stories of people the tools to search the whole of Tasmania’s cultural Tasmania’s wonderful historic heritage places. and heritage assets, follow their interests, find personal connections, and build their own touring itineraries. We have had a positive year making good headway with our strategic priorities and fulfilling our obligations under Increasing the visibility of Tasmania’s rich historic and the Act. We have a clear and ambitious plan for the future cultural heritage is a vital role for the Heritage Council, and look forward to continuing our engagement with local councils and local communities. With communities you to explore new and innovative ways of helping bring and all levels of government protecting Tasmania's historic Tasmania’s historic cultural heritage to life. heritage we can start to truly embrace the growing interest in history and cultural tourism, and help grow Tasmania’s Ms Brett Torossi visitor economy. Chair It was an honour to be asked to update the Heritage Chairs and Officials of Australia and New Zealand on our plans for the future, and how much we have achieved this year. The responding level of interest demonstrates that Tasmania continues to deliver good outcomes in protecting and conserving our historic cultural heritage assets. ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 TASMANIAN HERITAGE COUNCIL 5 Tasmanian Heritage Register By the numbers... Number of places permanently 5,564 entered as at 30 June 2015 58 Number of entries reviewed Friends' School (THR#2810) 12 Replacement Entries 46 Number of location The Tasmanian Heritage Register is a rich inventory of details updated places recognised as important to Tasmania’s historic cultural heritage. Each place reflects the stories that have 6 Number of places removed* shaped the identity of our island State, and collectively help Number of places subsumed to illustrate the diversity of our historic cultural heritage. 1 into consolidated entries of There are more than 5,500 places entered on the Heritage multiple sites Register, many with very little information. This year we 2 Number of places for which have been reviewing and improving the information we the status has been previously have for those places. incorrectly recorded This work includes improving information on 12 of Number of places permanently Tasmania’s wonderful rural homesteads and schools, 5,559 entered as at 30 June 2016 and increasing the amount of rural land without any Percentage of entries reviewed* features of historic cultural heritage significance removed 30% from the Heritage Register to 30,000 hectares. This means *This figure does not include one repeated removal farmers can go about their business on these parcels of land process (see box page 7) without needing the approval of the Heritage Council to do work, while the historic features continue to be protected. As part of this process of assessing rural properties 3,835 hectares were added to the Heritage Register as they formed part of a significant cultural landscape associated with the celebrated colonial artist John Glover. We have also updated the location details of a further 46 places, and found several places that had duplicate entries, so we removed the unnecessary entry. 6 TASMANIAN HERITAGE COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 Replacement Entries Killymoon, 6332 Esk Main Road, St Marys Our greatest effort has been towards completing the review of around 30 per cent of entries on the Heritage Greenhill Barn, 1960 Macquarie Road, Campbell Town Register, following an independent audit. It has been an Hampden, 750 Deddington Road, Deddington incredible effort. Of these 30 per cent of entries, we have to date determined that 179 will remain on the Heritage Elkington, 548 Logan Road, Evandale Register as evidence exists that they meet the criteria for Connorville, 394 Macquarie Road, Cressy entry. We are continuing to do further detailed research into other entries, and we have completed investigation Woodhall, 15587 Midland Highway, Perth and consultation on 590 entries for which we were unable Inglewood, 1332 Inglewood Road, Andover to find sufficient evidence that these entries meet at least one criteria under the Act. Patterdale and Nile Farm, 173 Uplands Road, Deddington In some cases owners were unhappy about the intention to remove their property from the Heritage Register; others Douglas Park, 321 & 329 Truelands Road, were happy we were intending to remove their property; Campbell Town and in other cases people who were not the owners – such Saundridge, 1243 Saundridge Road, Cressy as neighbours – wanted us to keep a place on, or in some
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