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Bonds Factory Site, Dunmore Road, Wentworthville Draft Conservation Management Plan Bonds Factory Site, Dunmore Road, Wentworthville Draft Conservation Management Plan Prepared by Chris & Margaret Betteridge, (MUSEcape Pty Ltd), Peter Phillips, (Orwell and Peter Phillips Architects), Roslyn Burge and Meredith Hutton for Rainbowforce Pty Ltd Final, 26 August 2014 MUSEcape Pty Ltd A.B.N. 18 053 849 979 42 BOTANY STREET RANDWICK NSW 2031 T E L. (0 2) 9 3 1 4 6 6 4 2 F A X. (0 2) 9 3 9 8 7 0 8 6 E-MAIL. [email protected] M 0 B I L E : 0 4 1 9 2 3 8 9 9 6 M 0 B I L E : 0 4 1 9 0 1 1 3 4 7 ooOoo SPECIALISTS IN THE IDENTIFICATION, ASSESSMENT, MANAGEMENT & INTERPRETATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE 2 Table of Contents Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................6 1.0 Introduction .....................................................................................................................7 1.1 Background and Brief .................................................................................................7 1.2 Property Location ..................................................................................................... 10 1.3 Methodology ............................................................................................................ 10 1.4 Authorship ................................................................................................................ 11 1.5 Acknowledgments .................................................................................................... 11 1.6 Definition of Terms ................................................................................................... 12 1.7 Abbreviations ........................................................................................................... 13 1.8 Limitations, Disclaimer & Copyright ......................................................................... 13 2.0 Analysis of Documentary Evidence ............................................................................. 14 2.1 Historical Overview of Bonds & the Wentworthville Site ......................................... 14 2.2 Site Chronology ....................................................................................................... 41 2.3 The Evolution of the Wentworthville Site ................................................................. 55 2.4 The Manufacturing Process ..................................................................................... 57 2.5 Working at Wenty - the Oral History Record ........................................................... 66 2.5.1 Stan Mather ......................................................................................................... 66 2.5.2 Claire Thorley ...................................................................................................... 70 2.5.3 George Graham and Netta Robinson .................................................................. 71 2.5.4 Ada Mumford ....................................................................................................... 71 2.5.5 Joe and Beryl Richardson .................................................................................... 73 2.5.6 Mike Bonnici......................................................................................................... 77 2.6 A Thematic Approach .............................................................................................. 79 2.6.1 Historical Themes ................................................................................................ 79 3.0 Analysis of Physical Evidence ..................................................................................... 81 3.1 The Environmental Context & Site Description ....................................................... 81 3.2 Built Elements .......................................................................................................... 82 3.2.1 Yarn Store ............................................................................................................ 82 3.2.2 Old Spinning Mill .................................................................................................. 82 3.2.3 Administration and Fabric Store .......................................................................... 84 3.2.4 Original Gatehouse .............................................................................................. 87 3.2.5 Former Store / Staff Cafeteria / Dance Hall ......................................................... 87 3.2.6 The Cutting Room ................................................................................................ 88 3.2.7 Cotton Bale Stores ............................................................................................... 90 3.2.8 Compressor Room ............................................................................................... 91 3.2.9 Carpenters Workshop .......................................................................................... 92 3.2.10 Amenities building ............................................................................................ 93 3.2.11 Substation ........................................................................................................ 94 3.2.12 John Austin Centre / Store / First Aid .............................................................. 96 3.2.13 Former Power House ....................................................................................... 97 3.2.14 Former Workshop ............................................................................................ 97 3.2.15 Stores and Loading Dock ................................................................................ 98 3.2.16 Covered Roadway ........................................................................................... 98 3.2.17 Offices .............................................................................................................. 99 3.2.18 New Bale Stores ............................................................................................ 100 3.2.19 Spin Despatch ............................................................................................... 101 3.2.20 Electricians’ Workshop .................................................................................. 101 3.2.21 Boiler House .................................................................................................. 102 3.2.22 New Spinning Mill .......................................................................................... 103 3.2.23 Warehouse..................................................................................................... 104 3 3.2.24 Covered Roadway ......................................................................................... 104 3.2.25 Store .............................................................................................................. 104 3.2.26 Canopy ........................................................................................................... 105 3.2.27 Warehouse Extension .................................................................................... 105 3.2.28 Spinning Mill Extension .................................................................................. 106 3.2.29 Dye House Extension .................................................................................... 106 3.2.30 Loading Dock ................................................................................................. 107 3.2.31 Canopy ........................................................................................................... 108 3.3 Landscape Elements ............................................................................................. 108 3.3.1 Perimeter Landscaping (Eastern Boundary) ..................................................... 108 3.3.2 The ‘Park’ ........................................................................................................... 109 3.3.3 Perimeter Landscaping (Southern Boundary) ................................................... 109 3.3.4 Perimeter Landscaping (Western Boundary) .................................................... 110 3.3.5 Dunmore Street Landscaping ............................................................................ 110 3.3.6 Detention basin (south-east corner) .................................................................. 111 3.4 Moveable heritage ................................................................................................. 111 3.4.1 Company Archives ............................................................................................. 111 3.4.2 Factory equipment ............................................................................................. 113 3.4.3 Drawings and plans ........................................................................................... 114 3.5 Adjoining Development and Landscape Character ............................................... 115 4.0 Views Analysis and Visual Absorption Capacity ....................................................... 116 4.1 Views Analysis of Bonds Site ................................................................................ 116 4.1.1 Views to and within the Bonds site .................................................................... 116 4.1.2 Views from the Bonds site ................................................................................. 118 4.2 Views Analysis of ‘Dunmore’ Site .........................................................................
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