St Leonards Park Conservation Management Plan
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St Leonards Park Conservation Management Plan Report prepared for North Sydney Council May 2013 Report Register The following report register documents the development and issue of the report entitled St Leonards Park—Conservation Management Plan, undertaken by Godden Mackay Logan Pty Ltd in accordance with its quality management system. Godden Mackay Logan operates under a quality management system which has been certified as complying with the Australian/New Zealand Standard for quality management systems AS/NZS ISO 9001:2008. Job No. Issue No. Notes/Description Issue Date 11-9661 1 Draft Report June 2012 11-9661 2 Final Draft Report July 2012 11-9661 3 Final May 2013 Copyright Historical sources and reference material used in the preparation of this report are acknowledged and referenced at the end of each section and/or in figure captions. Reasonable effort has been made to identify, contact, acknowledge and obtain permission to use material from the relevant copyright owners. 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Contents Page 1.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background ............................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 The Purpose of This Plan ...................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Study Area ............................................................................................................................................... 1 1.4 Listings ..................................................................................................................................................... 2 1.5 Methodology and Terminology .............................................................................................................. 2 1.6 Community Consultation ........................................................................................................................ 2 1.7 Limitations ............................................................................................................................................... 3 1.8 Author Identification ................................................................................................................................ 3 1.9 Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................................ 3 2.0 Historical Analysis ................................................................................................................................... 7 2.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 7 2.2 Aboriginal History .................................................................................................................................... 7 2.3 Phase 1: ‘Reserve’ Alienation 1838–1867 ............................................................................................ 8 2.4 Phase 2: The Park Established 1867–1900s ....................................................................................... 8 2.4.1 Oval No 1 (North Sydney Oval) ...................................................................................................... 9 2.4.2 Oval No 2 (Bon Andrews Oval) ...................................................................................................... 9 2.4.3 The St Leonards Bowling Club ..................................................................................................... 10 2.5 Phase 3: Early Twentieth Century Development 1900–1930 ........................................................... 11 2.5.1 St Leonards Park Open Space ..................................................................................................... 11 2.5.2 Oval No 1 (North Sydney Oval) .................................................................................................... 12 2.6 Phase 4: The Inter-War and Early Post War Years 1930s–1960s ................................................... 12 2.6.1 St Leonards Park Open Space ..................................................................................................... 12 2.6.2 Oval No. 1 (North Sydney Oval) ................................................................................................... 13 2.6.3 Oval No. 2 ....................................................................................................................................... 14 2.6.4 The Bowling Club ........................................................................................................................... 14 2.7 Phase 5: The Post War Boom 1960s–Present .................................................................................. 14 2.7.1 Eastern Boundary .......................................................................................................................... 14 2.7.2 The 1980s Improvements to St Leonards Park and North Sydney Oval .................................. 15 2.7.3 Other Developments 1980–Present ............................................................................................. 16 2.8 Comparative Analysis ........................................................................................................................... 17 2.9 Chronology of Existing Fabric .............................................................................................................. 18 2.10 St Leonards Park State Historical Themes....................................................................................... 19 2.11 Endnotes ............................................................................................................................................. 42 3.0 Physical Evidence .................................................................................................................................. 43 3.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 43 3.2 Site Analysis .......................................................................................................................................... 43 3.2.1 St Leonards Park and its Setting .................................................................................................. 43 3.3 Existing Site Features........................................................................................................................... 45 3.4 Other Site Features .............................................................................................................................. 48 3.5 Park Precincts ....................................................................................................................................... 49 3.6 Endnotes ............................................................................................................................................... 81 4.0 Analysis of Significance ....................................................................................................................... 83 St Leonards Park—Conservation Management Plan—May 2013 4.1 New South Wales Heritage Assessment Guidelines ........................................................................ 83 4.1.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 83 4.2 Heritage Assessment of St Leonards Park ........................................................................................ 84 4.2.1 Criterion A (Historic: Evolution) .................................................................................................... 84 4.2.2 Criterion B (Historic: Association) ................................................................................................ 84 4.2.3 Criterion C (Aesthetic Significance) ............................................................................................. 85 4.2.4 Criterion D (Social Significance) .................................................................................................. 85 4.2.5 Criterion E (Research Potential) .................................................................................................. 85 4.2.6 Criterion F (Rarity) ......................................................................................................................... 86 4.2.7 Criterion G (Representativeness) 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