Ropes Creek—Lot 5 DP 262213 Heritage Assessment Report
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Ropes Creek—Lot 5 DP 262213 Heritage Assessment Report Revised Report prepared for Jacfin Pty Ltd April 2011 Report Register The following report register documents the development and issue of the report entitled Ropes Creek, Lot 5 DP 262213—Heritage Assessment Report, 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 10-0256 1 Draft Report 9 August 2010 2 Revised Draft Report for Client Review 16 August 2010 10-0434 3 Revised Draft Report for Aboriginal Stakeholder Review 29 October 2010 4 Revised Draft Report following comments from client and DECCW 20 January 2011 5 Revised Report following Department of Planning Review 14 April 2011 6 Revised Report following Client Review 18 April 2011 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. Unless otherwise specified or agreed, copyright in this report vests in Godden Mackay Logan Pty Ltd (‘GML’) and in the owners of any pre-existing historic source or reference material. 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Contents Page 1.0 Introduction............................................................................................................................................1 1.1 Preamble..............................................................................................................................................1 1.2 Site Location ........................................................................................................................................1 1.3 Scope...................................................................................................................................................1 1.4 Limitations............................................................................................................................................2 1.5 Authorship and Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................2 2.0 Statutory Context..................................................................................................................................5 2.1 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979..........................................................................5 2.1.1 Consideration of Part 3A Guidelines............................................................................................5 2.2 The Heritage Act 1977 ........................................................................................................................6 2.3 National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974..................................................................................................7 2.4 Blacktown Local Environmental Plan 1988 ........................................................................................8 2.5 Commonwealth Heritage List, National Heritage List and the Register of the National Estate........8 2.6 State Environmental Planning Policy (Western Sydney Employment Area) 2009...........................9 3.0 Landscape and Historical Context ...................................................................................................11 3.1 Environment.......................................................................................................................................11 3.1.1 Geology.......................................................................................................................................11 3.1.2 Hydrology....................................................................................................................................11 3.1.3 Soils.............................................................................................................................................11 3.1.4 Climate ........................................................................................................................................11 3.1.5 Flora and Fauna .........................................................................................................................12 3.2 Ethnohistory and Aboriginal Social Structure ...................................................................................12 3.2.1 Contact History and Population Size .........................................................................................12 3.2.2 Material Culture and Diet............................................................................................................13 3.3 European Development and Use .....................................................................................................14 3.3.1 Phase 1: Mount Philo 1819–1832..............................................................................................14 3.3.2 Phase 2: Chatsworth 1856–1909...............................................................................................15 3.3.3 Phase 3: Thomas Barker 1909–1950s ......................................................................................15 3.3.4 Phase 4: Fitzpatrick Family 1950s–Present ..............................................................................16 3.3.5 Land Titles Search......................................................................................................................16 3.4 Endnotes............................................................................................................................................22 4.0 Indigenous Heritage Assessment ....................................................................................................23 4.1 Preamble............................................................................................................................................23 4.2 Indigenous Consultation....................................................................................................................23 4.2.1 Background.................................................................................................................................23 4.2.2 The Consultation Process ..........................................................................................................23 4.2.3 Department of Planning Review ................................................................................................24 4.3 Desktop Review.................................................................................................................................25 4.3.1 AHIMS Sites................................................................................................................................25 4.3.2 Archaeological Models for the Cumberland Plain .....................................................................27 4.3.3 Previous Archaeological Investigations .....................................................................................28 4.4 Site Types Considered in the Study Area.........................................................................................32 Ropes Creek, Lot 5 DP 262213—Heritage Assessment Report, April 2011 4.4.1 Open Camp Sites, Artefact Scatters and Isolated Artefacts .....................................................33 4.4.2 Stone Exploitation Sites..............................................................................................................34 4.4.3 Carved and Scarred Trees.........................................................................................................34 4.4.4 Potential Archaeological Deposits..............................................................................................34 4.5 Predictive Modelling for the Subject Land ........................................................................................34 4.5.1 Potential Impact of Former Land Uses ......................................................................................34 4.5.2 Aboriginal Archaeological Potential on the Subject Land..........................................................35 4.6 Field Survey Methodology and Recording Procedures ...................................................................35 4.7 Field Survey Results..........................................................................................................................37 4.7.1 Confirmation of the Existence of Previously Recorded Aboriginal Objects and Places...........37 4.7.2 Survey Units................................................................................................................................37 4.7.3 Newly Identified Aboriginal Objects and Places