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Eastern CBD Cable Project, Sydney Heritage Impact Assessment Eastern CBD Cable Project, Sydney Heritage Impact Assessment Prepared for Ausgrid October 2018 Document Control Page CLIENT: Ausgrid PROJECT: SYD18168 Eastern CBD Cable Project—Heritage Impact Assessment SITE NAME: Eastern CBD: Wentworth Avenue, College Street and Macquarie Street between Elizabeth Street and Shakespeare Place, Sydney EXTENT HERITAGE PTY LTD INTERNAL REVIEW/SIGN OFF WRITTEN BY DATE VERSION REVIEWED APPROVED Lorna Cooper Peter Douglas Ben Calvert 22 Aug 2018 Draft 22 Aug 2018 Anita Yousif Bridget San Miguel Lorna Cooper 24 Oct 2018 Final Anita Yousif 24 Oct 2018 Copyright and moral rights Historical sources and reference materials used in the preparation of this report are acknowledged and referenced in figure captions or in text citations. Reasonable effort has been made to identify, contact, acknowledge and obtain permission to use material from the relevant copyright owners. Unless otherwise specified in the contract terms for this, project Extent Heritage Pty Ltd: ° vests copyright of all material produced by Extent Heritage Pty Ltd (but excluding pre- existing material and material in which copyright is held by a third party) in the client for this project (and the client’s successors in title) ° retains the use of all material produced by Extent Heritage Pty Ltd for this project, for Extent Heritage Pty Ltd's ongoing business, and for professional presentations, academic papers, or publications. Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 1 1.1 THE BRIEF ........................................................................................................ 1 1.2 SITE LOCATION AND IDENTIFICATION .......................................................... 1 1.3 STATUTORY CONTEXT AND PLANNING TOOLS ........................................... 1 1.4 METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................... 1 1.5 LIMITATIONS .................................................................................................... 2 1.6 AUTHOR IDENTIFICATION............................................................................... 2 2. STATUTORY AND NON-STATUTORY CONTROLS................................................... 5 2.1 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 5 2.2 NSW HERITAGE ACT 1977 .............................................................................. 5 2.3 ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT ACT 1979 ....................... 6 2.4 STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING POLICY (INFRASTRUCTURE) 2007 .. 6 2.5 SYDNEY LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 2012 ............................................. 7 2.6 DEVELOPMENT CONTROL PLAN 2012........................................................... 7 2.7 HERITAGE ITEMS IN THE VICINITY .............................................................. 10 3. HISTORICAL CONTEXT ........................................................................................... 13 3.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................. 13 3.2 PRE-EUROPEAN ABORIGINAL OCCUPATION ............................................. 13 3.3 EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT AND SYDNEY’S STREET GRID ......................... 13 3.4 MACQUARIE STREET: A CIVIC CENTRE ...................................................... 16 3.5 HYDE PARK AND COLLEGE STREET ........................................................... 18 3.6 WENTWORTH AVENUE ................................................................................. 22 3.7 LEAK’S POTTERY ........................................................................................... 26 3.8 WATER MANAGEMENT AND BUSBY’S BORE .............................................. 30 3.9 ST JAMES STATION AND THE CITY CIRCLE RAILWAY NETWORK ............ 35 3.10 ROAD SURFACING IN THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES 37 3.11 MODERN USE ............................................................................................. 38 4. SITE DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................. 40 4.1 GENERAL ........................................................................................................ 40 4.2 SETTING AND VIEWS .................................................................................... 41 5. HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL POTENTIAL ....................................................... 45 5.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................. 45 Extent Heritage Pty Ltd | Eastern CBD Cable Project HIA i | Page 5.2 PREVIOUS REPORTS .................................................................................... 45 5.3 SITE DEVELOPMENT ..................................................................................... 50 5.4 SUMMARY OF HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL POTENTIAL .................... 51 6. ASSESSMENT OF HERITAGE SIGNIFICANCE ....................................................... 55 6.1 BUILT HERITAGE ........................................................................................... 55 6.2 EXISTING STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE .................................................. 55 6.3 HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY ....................................................................... 57 7. ASSESSMENT OF HERITAGE IMPACT ................................................................... 63 7.1 PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ......................................................................... 63 7.2 POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS......................................................... 63 8. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS .......................................................... 67 8.1 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................. 67 8.2 RECOMMENDATIONS .................................................................................... 68 9. REFERENCES .......................................................................................................... 70 Extent Heritage Pty Ltd | Eastern CBD Cable Project HIA ii | Page 1. Introduction 1.1 The brief Extent Heritage Pty Ltd (Extent) have been commissioned by Ausgrid to prepare a Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) for a proposed cabling works in the Eastern CBD of Sydney. The purpose of the report is to analyse the proposed works and the potential impacts on the heritage significance and archaeological potential of the study area. 1.2 Site location and identification The route of the proposed works (the ‘study area’ or ‘subject area’) is to travel within trenches located in the road corridor, traversing a route extending from Surry Hills to East Sydney. The route travels north via Wentworth Avenue (beginning at the intersection of Elizabeth Street), College Street, Prince Albert Road and Macquarie Street (ending at the intersection of Shakespeare Place). It is located in the City of Sydney LGA, Parishes of St James and St Lawrence, County Cumberland. 1.3 Statutory context and planning tools The subject area is subject to the following statutory controls: ° Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cwlth) ° Heritage Act 1977 (NSW) ° Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) • State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) 2007 • Sydney Local Environmental Plan 2012 • Sydney Development Control Plan 2012. These controls and their relevancy to the study area are discussed more fully in Part 2. 1.4 Methodology This report was prepared in accordance with the principles and procedures established by the following documents: ° Archaeological Assessment Guidelines (NSW Heritage Office, Department of Urban Affairs & Planning 1996) ° Statement of Heritage Impact Guidelines (NSW Office of Environment and Heritage 2002) ° Assessing Significance for Historical Archaeological Sites and Relics (Heritage Branch, Department of Planning 2009) ° The Australia ICOMOS Charter for Places of Cultural Significance (The Burra Charter) (Australia ICOMOS, 2013) ° Historical Archaeology Code of Practice (Heritage Office 2006). Extent Heritage Pty Ltd | Eastern CBD Cable Project HIA 1 | Page The terminology used in this report is consistent with the NSW Heritage Manual prepared by the NSW Heritage Office (now the Heritage Division) and the Burra Charter. 1.5 Limitations This report deals with the historical archaeology and built heritage values of the subject site only. The Aboriginal and cultural heritage values of the study area are not addressed in this report. The site inspection was undertaken as a visual study only, and no physical investigation was carried out to inform this assessment. 1.6 Author identification This Heritage Impact Assessment has been prepared by Lorna Cooper, Heritage Advisor and Archaeologist, Ben Calvert, Heritage Advisor, and Bridget San Miguel, Research Assistant, with technical assistance from Graham Wilson, Senior Heritage Advisor and Senior Archaeologist. The report has been reviewed by Peter Douglas, Director, and Anita Yousif, Historical Archaeology Team Leader. Figure 1. Study area location map (Source: ESRI Data) Extent Heritage Pty Ltd | Eastern CBD Cable Project HIA 2 | Page Figure 2. Street map (ESRI Data) Extent Heritage Pty Ltd | Eastern CBD Cable Project HIA 3 | Page Figure 3. Aerial photograph of the study area (Source: ESRI Data) Extent Heritage Pty Ltd | Eastern CBD Cable Project HIA 4 | Page 2. Statutory and non-statutory controls 2.1 Environmental
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