Sydney Metro, City & Southwest Archaeological Method Statement for Chatswood Dive
Prepared by AMBS Ecology & Heritage for John Holland CPB Ghella Joint VentureV
FINAL
November 2017
AMBS Reference: 16314
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AMBS Ecology & Heritage 2017, Sydney Metro, City & Southwest Citation: Archaeological Method Statement for Chatswood Dive. Consultancy report to John Holland CPB Ghella Joint Venture. AMBS Ref: 16314 Chatswood AMS Version 1: Draft Report issued October 2017 Versions: Version 2: Final Draft Report issued October 2017 Version 3: Final Report issued November 2017 Robert Muir, Senior Environment Coordinator Recipient: Tunnel and Station Excavation Works Sydney Metro City & Southwest Approved by: Jennie Lindbergh AMBS Director Historic Heritage
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Contents 1 Introduction ...... 1 1.1 Chatswood Dive ...... 1 1.2 Sydney Metro Historical Archaeological Assessment and Research Design Report ...... 2 1.3 Methodology & Authorship ...... 3 2 Historic Context ...... 7 2.1 Settlement in Chatswood ...... 7 2.2 Development of the New Township ...... 8 2.3 Bryson Estate ...... 9 2.3.1 Lane Cove Road from Mowbray Road to Bryson Street ...... 10 2.3.2 South Side of Bryson Street ...... 14 2.4 The Great Northern Estate (Part of) ...... 15 2.4.1 Lane Cove Road from Bryson Street to Nelson Street ...... 15 2.4.2 North Side of Bryson Street ...... 15 2.4.3 Nelson Street South ...... 16 2.5 Mowbray Road & the Mowbray House School ...... 17 2.5.1 School of Arts and Council Chambers ...... 17 2.5.2 Mowbray House ...... 19 2.5.3 ‘Penzance’...... 21 2.5.4 ‘The Lodge’ ...... 22 2.5.5 ‘Tasma’ ...... 22 2.6 Sydney County Council ...... 24 3 Archaeological Potential ...... 26 3.1 Constructing the Chatswood Dive ...... 26 3.2 Artefact Heritage Assessment of Archaeological Potential ...... 28 3.3 AMBS Updated Analysis of Archaeological Potential ...... 31 3.3.1 Integrity of the Resource ...... 31 3.3.2 Research Potential ...... 32 4 Archaeological Significance ...... 37 4.1 AMBS Updated Assessment of Archaeological Significance ...... 37 4.2 Statement of Archaeological Significance ...... 38 5 Archaeological Method Statement ...... 39 5.1 AMBS Research Questions ...... 39 5.2 Archaeological Management ...... 40 5.2.1 Heritage Induction ...... 40 5.2.2 Archaeological Testing & Monitoring ...... 40 5.2.3 Open Area Salvage Excavation ...... 41 5.3 Unexpected Heritage Finds ...... 42 5.4 Archaeological Relics Management Plan ...... 42 Bibliography ...... 44 Appendix A ...... 46 Rate Assessment information for:...... 46 Pacific Highway east between Mowbray Road and Nelson Street ...... 46 Mowbray Road between Pacific Highway and the Main North Shore Line ...... 46 Nelson Street south ...... 46 Bryson and Gillam Streets ...... 46
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Tables Table 1.1 Summary of archaeological significance (Artefact 2012b:57, Table 2-3)...... 2 Table 1.2 Summary of archaeological impact mitigation for the Chatswood dive site (Artefact 2016:61, Table 2-4)...... 3 Table 3.1 Summary of archaeological potential (Artefact 2016b:50-51, Table 2-2)...... 28 Table A.1 Rates Assessments for properties along Pacific Highway east between Mowbray Road and Nelson Street (NB: not all property values are provided)...... 47 Table A.2 Rates Assessments for properties along Mowbray Road north from Main North Shore Line to Lane Cove Road (Pacific Highway) (NB: not all property values are provided)...... 62 Table A.3 Rates Assessments for properties along Nelson Street south between the Pacific Highway and the Main North Shore Line (NB: not all property values are provided)...... 68 Table A.4 Rate Assessments for properties along Bryson Street north & south (NB: not all property values are provided)...... 74
Figures Figure 1.1 Project overview with Chatswood, circled (Sydney Metro Transport for NSW)...... 5 Figure 1.2 The Chatswood Dive site. The dive excavation is outlined in yellow. Mowbray House is boxed...... 6 Figure 2.1 Pre-1860s Willoughby parish map, showing Isaac Nichols’ 380-acre grant and the approximate location of the study area (Source: http://images.maps.nsw.gov.au/pixel.htm#14061301.jp2)...... 8 Figure 2.2 Sharland Estate 1925, showing shops along the Pacific Highway and Mowbray School within the study area (Source: http://digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?embedded=true&toolbar=false& dps_pid=IE3525468)...... 9 Figure 2.3 Undated plan of Orangeries and Strawberry Gardens, Chatswood (Source: Picture Willoughby, File No: 0010/0010884)...... 10 Figure 2.4 'Belrose' cottage, home of the Bryson family, ca. 1870s (Source: Picture Willoughby, File No: 003/003989)...... 11 Figure 2.5 Auction notice for Bryson's Estate Saturday, 14th October 1882, with Bryson's cottage on the south-west corner of the estate (arrowed) (Source: Picture Willoughby, File No: 0010\0010187)...... 12 Figure 2.6 Detail from the 1899 Sydney Water plan showing Bryson’s cottage, Sarina on the corner of Gordon Road and Mowbray Road, with the shop immediately adjacent. Two wells are circled and cesspit is arrowed (see Figure 2.21 below)...... 12 Figure 2.7 Detail from the 1917-1930 Sydney Water plan showing the terrace row on the site of Bryson's cottage (see Figure 2.21 below)...... 13 Figure 2.8 Reids Stores, Chatswood in 1949 (http://digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/FL2044904)...... 13 Figure 2.9 Shops along Pacific Highway, between Bryson Street and Mowbray Road, showing Reid's store in foreground, 1949 (http://digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=FL2048208&embedde d=true&toolbar=false)...... 14 Figure 2.10 The 1917-1930 Blackwattle Plan with the area of the Great Northern Estate outlined (Sydney Water Blackwattle Plan BLKWTL3312)...... 16 Figure 2.11 Detail from Figure 2.10 of the Great Northern Estate...... 17 Figure 2.12 Chatswood Preparatory School, ca.1910. Later it would become the school chapel (Source: Picture Willoughby, File No: 003/003316)...... 18 Figure 2.13 Mowbray House School Chapel, 1950s, before it was moved to Beaconsfield Road (Source: Picture Willoughby, File No: 003/003320)...... 18 Figure 2.14 Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Chatswood West, 2003 (Source: Picture Willoughby, File No: 001/001101)...... 18 Figure 2.15 Main entry to the Mowbray House School building, n.d. (Source: Picture Willoughby, File No: 6536/6536552)...... 19
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Figure 2.16 Playing fields behind Mowbray House School, c.1900-10 (Source: Picture Willoughby, File No: 6537/6537997)...... 20 Figure 2.17 Undated photograph of the tennis courts on west side of Mowbray House School (Source: Picture Willoughby, File No: 6537/6537992)...... 20 Figure 2.18 1950s view of Mowbray House School after purchase by Sydney County Council (Source: Picture Willoughby, File No: 003/003321)...... 20 Figure 2.19 Detail from the 1899 Sydney Water plan showing Penzance to the south of the Council Chambers. The irregular verandah is arrowed and the wells are circled (see Figure 2.19 below)...... 21 Figure 2.20 Undated photograph of 'Penzance' (Source: Picture Willoughby, File No: 6536/6536528)...... 22 Figure 2.21 The 1899 Sydney Water Plan with Penzance arrowed (see above Sydney Water archive plan PWDS1544-S1411 – Sheet 44)...... 23 Figure 2.22 Detail from Sydney Water Blackwattle Series plan dated 1917-1935 of the study area with a greater density of housing than indicated in the 1899 plan. Penzance is arrowed at bottom.24 Figure 2.23 Early building re-used for dormitories identified as the 'Masters cottage' by Picture Willoughby, date unknown (Source: Picture Willoughby, File No: 6536/6536532)...... 24 Figure 2.24 1986 view of Mowbray House now owned by Sydney County Council (Source: Picture Willoughby, File No: 6539\6539215)...... 25 Figure 3.1 Plan of the Chatswood Dive site showing the dive and extent of associated works...... 26 Figure 3.2 The 1899 Sydney Water plan showing housing present within the Chatswood Dive site by the early 1880s with wells arrowed red. Penzance and the School of Arts / Council Chambers are within the Dive which is outlined in yellow...... 27 Figure 3.3 Areas of archaeological potential and significance within the Chatswood Dive site (Artefact 2016b:60, Figure 2.18)...... 30 Figure 3.4 The Chatswood Dive site in 1943 with the footprint of the Mowbray House School outlined in red. Much of the earliest housing is extant at this time, in particular Penzance and the School of Arts / Council Chambers (https://maps.six.nsw.gov.au/)...... 33 Figure 3.5 Aerial photograph of the Chatswood Dive site prior to the demolition of buildings (https://maps.six.nsw.gov.au/)...... 34 Figure 3.6 View south-west across the Chatswood Dive site, which is now covered in concrete slabs at various heights and thicknesses...... 35 Figure 3.7 View south-east across to the original locations of Penzance and the School of Arts / Council Chambers...... 35 Figure 3.8 Detail of the 1899 Sydney Water Plan with the areas of moderate archaeological sensitivity shaded blue...... 36 Figure 5.1 Evidence of land clearance in the form of burning-off of trees. The burnt pattern of the roots was below an early nineteenth-century public house, over which terrace housing had been built in the 1860s (AM Consulting 2015b:25, Figure 3.5)...... 43
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1 Introduction
The Sydney Metro & City Southwest project is a 30km-long section of new rail system from Chatswood to Bankstown and includes a new crossing beneath Sydney Harbour and new railway stations. The scope includes Tunnels and Station Excavation Works (TSE) and construction works associated with the following stations, dives and shafts (Figure 1.1):
• Chatswood • Artarmon • Crows Nest • Victoria Cross (North Sydney) • Blues Point • Martin Place • Barangaroo • Pitt Street • Waterloo • Marrickville
The Project was approved by the Minster for Planning on 9 January 2017 subject to a number of Conditions set out in Critical State Significant Infrastructure Sydney Metro & Southwest Chatswood to Sydenham Infrastructure Approval (Application no. SSI 15_7400) (Project Planning Approval). Tunnelling works will remove any historical archaeological remains that may be present at each of the sites. Documentation for the project includes a Non-Aboriginal Impact Assessment (EIS Technical Paper 4) and Sydney Metro Historical Archaeological Assessment and Research Design Report (AARD) prepared by Artefact Heritage. Minister’s Condition of Approval (CoA) E17 refers to the archaeological requirements prior to construction: The Archaeological Assessment Research Design Report (AARD) in the PIR must be implemented. Final Archaeological Method Statements must be prepared in consultation with the Heritage Council of NSW (or its delegate) before commencement of archaeological excavation works. The final methodology must: (a) provide for the detailed analysis of any heritage items discovered during the investigations; (b) include detailed site specific archaeological management and artefact management strategies; (c) include cored soil samples for soil and pollen for the Pitt Street site within the Tank Stream Valley; and (d) provide for a sieving strategy. John Holland CPB Ghella Joint Venture (JHCPBG) is undertaking the TSE works and has commissioned AMBS Ecology & Heritage (AMBS) to manage the heritage provisions for the project. This Archaeological Method Statement has been prepared in accordance with Condition E17 for the Chatswood Dive site. 1.1 Chatswood Dive
The Chatswood Dive site is within the Willoughby Local Government Area (LGA) and a former Ausgrid property. The eastern boundary is defined by the Main North Shore Line, with the Pacific Highway to the west, Nelson Street to the north and Mowbray Road to the south (Figure 1.2).
There are no identified archaeological sites recorded on the LEP within the project footprint, nor within its vicinity.
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1.2 Sydney Metro Historical Archaeological Assessment and Research Design Report
The Sydney Metro Historical Archaeological Assessment and Research Design Report (AARD) prepared by Artefact Heritage (Artefact) assessed the heritage significance of the potential archaeological remains within six identified archaeological areas (NC1 – NC6) of the Chatswood Dive site (2016b:52-57). The Statement of Archaeological Significance contained in the AARD is:
Statement of Archaeological Significance The majority of the Chatswood Dive Site is unlikely to contain significant archaeological remains. However, Sites NC 3, NC 5 and NC 6 have potential for locally significant archaeology (Table 2-3, see Table 1.1 below). A complex of outbuildings, including a shop and cottage, were constructed on the corner of Bryson Street and Gordon Road in the late nineteenth-century (NC 3). Archaeological remains would be associated with the development and increasing commercialisation of Chatswood, at a time when the area was dominated by small-scale agricultural development. The archaeological remains have the potential to inform knowledge of the daily domestic and working life of residents and employees, and provide insight into commercial trade in a semi-rural outpost. The archaeological remains would be representative of a pattern of rural to suburban development.
Bryson’s Cottage (NC 5) was built in the mid nineteenth-century at a time when the surrounding area was relatively undeveloped. The archaeological remains are associated with the development of Chatswood from a rural to suburban area of Sydney. The remains could provide evidence concerning John Bryson, a local pioneer and influential early Chatswood resident. Investigation of the site would inform knowledge regarding daily life and trade in a semi-rural outpost and how this changed with the arrival of the railway. The potential remains could also contribute to knowledge about construction techniques and availability of resources. The archaeological remains would be representative of a pattern of suburban development in the area. Archaeological resources related to the School of Arts site (NC 6) are associated with the development and provision of education in Chatswood. The remains are also associated with the first local government council in the area as the former School of Arts building served as a chambers in the late nineteenth to early twentieth century. They have the potential to provide information about the original construction of the building and the use and adaptation of the structure for Willoughby Council’s first council chamber, and then the preparatory school. Table 1.1 Summary of archaeological significance (Artefact 2012b:57, Table 2-3). Site Significance Phase Potential Archaeological resource Code Archaeological remains relating to the store, outbuildings and cottages. Including brick and stone 2 Local NC 3 Moderate footings, timber base plates and postholes, cess pits (1860 – 1905) and wells, path and yard surfaces, artefact bearing deposits. Archaeological remains relating to Bryson’s cottage, Bryson’s store and commercial livery stables, and another late nineteenth-century NC 5 2 Local Moderate residential/commercial development. Brick and (1860 – 1905) stone footings, timber base plates and postholes, cess pits and wells, path and yard surfaces, artefact bearing deposits. 2 Archaeological remains associated with the former Low - (1860 – 1905) School of Arts site, sub-surface features such as NC 6 Moderate Local 3 brick or stone footings, wells, cesspits containing
(1905 – 1960) artefacts. Likely truncated.
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The AARD identifies that there is generally low-moderate archaeological potential within the station footprint, as tabulated below: Table 1.2 Summary of archaeological impact mitigation for the Chatswood dive site (Artefact 2016:61, Table 2-4). Site Code Potential Archaeology Mitigation Moderate potential for locally significant remains of mid-late nineteenth- Monitoring or NC 3 century residences, stores and outbuildings including wells and WCs Test/Salvage
Monitoring or NC 5 Moderate potential for locally significant remains of Bryson’s cottage and Test/Salvage store (1860s) and residential/commercial buildings (late 19th)
Low-Moderate potential for locally significant remains of the former NC 6 School of Arts (1870s), residential and school-related remains (late 19th Test/Salvage
and early 20th) NC 1 NC 2 Nil-Low potential for archaeological remains, unlikely to the meet the Unexpected Finds NC 4 significance threshold Procedure
1.3 Methodology & Authorship
This report is consistent with the principles and guidelines of the Burra Charter: The Australia ICOMOS Charter for Places of Cultural Significance 2013. It has been prepared in accordance with current best-practice guidelines as identified in the NSW Heritage Manual (1996), published by the Heritage Office and Department of Urban Affairs and Planning (now the Heritage Division, Office of Environment and Heritage), and associated supplementary publications, in particular Assessing Significance for Historical Archaeological Sites and ‘Relics’ (2009).
This Archaeological Method Statement (AMS) provides a review and amended response to the detail design of the shaft further to the above assessment and research design (AARD). The AMS provides methodologies to manage the historical archaeology and ensure compliance with relevant Heritage Council guidelines and their submission on the EIS. In addition, this document provides a response to the Minister’s CoAs E18, E19 and E20:
E18 Before excavation of archaeological management sites, the Proponent must nominate a suitably qualified Excavation Director who complies with the Heritage Council of NSW’s Criteria for Assessment of Excavation Directors (July 2011) to oversee and advise on matters associated with historic archaeology and advise the Department and OEH.
Where archaeological excavation is required, the Excavation Director must be present to oversee excavation and advise on archaeological issues. The Excavation Director must be given the authority to advise on the duration and extent of oversight required as informed by the provisions of the approved AARD and Excavation Methodology.
A final archaeological report must be submitted to the Heritage Council of NSW within two (2) years of the completion of archaeological excavation on the project. The report must include information on the entire historical archaeological program relating to the CSSI.
Jennie Lindbergh and Kevin Hickson are the nominated Primary and Secondary Excavation Directors for this project. They comply with the Heritage Council guidelines and were identified in the Construction Heritage Management Plan (CHMP). Paragraph 3 identifies the need for a final report which will be completed and submitted in accordance with this CoA two years after the completion of the archaeological project.
E19 An Unexpected Heritage Finds Procedure must be prepared: (a) to manage unexpected heritage finds in accordance with any guidelines and standards
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prepared by the Heritage Council of NSW or OEH; and (b) by a suitably qualified and experienced heritage specialist.
The procedure must be included in the AARD and must be implemented for the life of the project.
E20 In the event that potential archaeological relic/s are discovered unexpectedly during construction, which are not addressed in the relevant Archaeological Method Statement prepared in accordance with Condition E17, all work must cease in the affected area and the Excavation Director must be notified and attend the site to assess the find/s, identify their significance and provide mitigation advice according to the assessed significance and the impact proposed. If the relics are assessed as having local significance they will be managed in accordance with the approved AARD, relevant Archaeological Method Statement prepared in accordance with Condition E17 and Unexpected Finds Procedure required by Condition E19.
The Secretary and the Heritage Council of NSW (or its delegate) must be notified of the discovery of any unexpected Relic. In the event that the unexpected relic is identified as being of State significance, the NSW Heritage Council must be notified in writing in accordance with section 146 of the Heritage Act 1977. An Archaeological Relic Management Plan must be prepared for the State Significant Relic in consultation with Heritage Council of NSW, which must outline all feasible and reasonable measures to be implemented to avoid and/or minimise harm to and/or salvage of the State Significant Relic.
Construction in the vicinity of the discovery must not recommence until the written approval of the Excavation Director has been received. The proponent must notify the Secretary in writing of the outcome of consultation with the Heritage Council of NSW (if required).
This AMS identifies an appropriate strategy for managing any significant archaeological resource or relics at the Dive site.
This report has been prepared by Jennie Lindbergh, AMBS Director Historic Heritage. The author acknowledges the assistance of Holly Winter, AMBS Research Assistant, particularly with additional research and the preparation of Section 2 ‘Historic Context’. The authors acknowledge the assistance of Mary-Clare Thatcher, Local and Family Studies Librarian, Willoughby City Council.
Dr Mary Casey, Director, Casey & Lowe Pty Ltd, reviewed this report for consistency and quality.
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Figure 1.1 Project overview with Chatswood, circled (Sydney Metro Transport for NSW).
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Figure 1.2 The Chatswood Dive site. The dive excavation is outlined in yellow. Mowbray House is boxed.
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2 Historic Context
As noted above, the Chatswood dive site encompasses an area bordered by Mowbray Road, Pacific Highway and Nelson Street, and the Main North Shore Line. Bryson and Gillam Streets run through the centre of the area. Mowbray House stands on the north side of Mowbray Road, directly opposite the Chatswood Reservoirs and Substation. The following history includes additional information to that contained in the AARD, largely derived from the Rate and Valuation Assessment books (1872-1918) and Sands Directories (1879-1932/3). 2.1 Settlement in Chatswood
The land to the north of the harbour remained isolated to all but water transport with few roads providing access beyond the coastal areas until around the mid-century. In 1847, George Peat, who owned land on both sides of the Hawkesbury River, marked out a road, Peat’s Ferry Road, which extended from the river through to Hornsby at Pearce’s corner. In 1845, Lane Cove Road had been proclaimed in connexion with the road from Billy Blue’s point to St Leonards (Deputy Surveyor- General Samuel Augustus Perry cited in Russell 1970:84). By 1852, the road, which was 66 feet wide, had been identified as a parish road and was seen as the logical extension of the Great Northern Road with the Government taking responsibility for its upkeep (Russell 1970:84-87). In 1890, the Lane Cove Road was renamed Gordon Road and in 1931 it became the Pacific Highway.
In 1809, Isaac Nichols, a convict who would later become the first colonial postmaster, was granted a 380-acre lot of land to the south of his original 200-acre grant called King’s Plain (Figure 2.1), (Russell 1970:22). The grant is bounded in the southwest by a 25-acre lot granted to John Flemming. By 1836, the grant had apparently been purchased by C Webb, later passing to John Bryson (Artefact 2016a:35). Before the 1860s, the land was used mainly for farming and timber- getting (Willoughby City Council n.d.). The beginnings of a township appear at the intersection of Lane Cove Road and Mowbray Road, where a small commercial centre began to thrive (Futurepast Heritage Consulting (Futurepast) 2012:9). By 1864, a small chapel was opened by the Bush Mission Society on the south-eastern corner of the intersection on Bryson’s land. By the early 1870s, the Great Northern Hotel had been built by Henry Russell, and the Methodist Church along with a number of general stores and John Bryson’s timber yard had been established (Artefact 2016b:24; Warne 1987:6).
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Lane Cove Road
Figure 2.1 Pre-1860s Willoughby parish map, showing Isaac Nichols’ 380-acre grant and the approximate location of the study area (Source: http://images.maps.nsw.gov.au/pixel.htm#14061301.jp2). 2.2 Development of the New Township
The Main North Shore Line from Hornsby to St Leonards opened in 1890, with the extension to Milson’s Point opening in 1893. The new railway station opened on 1 January 1890 on land owned by Richard Hayes Harnett, who had purchased the land from Isaac Nichols (Artefact 2016b:24). Opening the station to the north of the small township centred on the Lane Cove and Mowbray Roads halted development of the township’s. A new township of Chatswood focused around the new station at Victoria Avenue. The suburb of Chatswood has a long association with Harnett, who was one of the largest landowners in Willoughby and surrounding areas. He subdivided his 1,200 acres, known as the Railway Station Estate, naming one of these lots after his second wife Charlotte, affectionately called ‘Chat’ or ‘Chattie’ (Thorne 1983:129).
Improvements in transportation providing a focus for development put increased pressure on the provision of essential services. In 1888, the Upper Nepean Scheme was completed and by 1895 a trunk main connected Potts Hill with a balance reservoir near Ryde Railway Station and on to the water tanks on the south side of Mowbray Road, at Chatswood. Water from the Chatswood tanks supplied the areas south of Mowbray Road: Willoughby, North Sydney and Mosman (Aird 1961:67- 68). It was not until the opening of the railway and the increase in population that there was pressure to supply the areas to the north of Mowbray Road from Chatswood to Hornsby with water. A pumping station was erected in 1895 at the Chatswood reservoir to facilitate reticulation to the north of Mowbray Road, and in 1897 another pump was added (Aird 1961:68). Waste disposal, however, was not provided until later. In 1899 the Willoughby–Chatswood System had been built servicing the areas north of Mowbray Road and east of Lane Cove Road, now Gordon Road, draining into the mains sewerage system. Following completion of the Northern Suburbs Ocean Outfall Sewer (NSOOS; 1916-1933) in 1927, the system was abandoned and the area was served by the NSOOS (Aird 1961:159). Gas lighting was introduced to the area in 1896, and in 1908 the tramway was extended from Penshurst Street to the railway station (Willoughby District Historical Society Inc).
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By the 1920s, the Chatswood district had become a flourishing residential and business hub, easily accessible by public transport (Warne 1987:70). The area around the Mowbray Road intersection with the Pacific Highway had developed more slowly but was now busy with shops along Lane Cove Road and the Mowbray House School on the north side of Mowbray Road (Figure 2.2). With the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1932, the North Shore of Sydney underwent a rapid, albeit short-lived, period of expansion, curtailed by the 1930s Depression followed by World War II (Willoughby City Library Services 2013:2).
By 1939 the Chatswood town centre had a thriving population with the construction of cottages, shops, three cinemas, libraries, blacksmiths, and even a cafe (Warne 1987:37, 70). In 1959 the focus was on the eastern side of the railway, away from the original retail centre at the western end of Victoria Avenue. The opening of Waltons and Grace Bros (now Myer) was crucial to changing the direction of the urban centre. Throughout the late 1980s-early 1990s new shopping centres defined the mercantile development of the area, particularly when part of Victoria Avenue was closed for the Chatswood Mall in 1989. With the increase in the population across the overall municipality, Chatswood became a town centre in 1983, with Willoughby declared a city in 1989 (Willoughby City Council n.d.).
Figure 2.2 Sharland Estate 1925, showing shops along the Pacific Highway and Mowbray School within the study area (Source: http://digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?embedded=true&toolbar=false&dps_pid= IE3525468). 2.3 Bryson Estate
The earliest uses of the land bounded by the railway, Pacific Highway, Nelson Street and Mowbray Road; the study area, had been agricultural, dominated by orchards and farming (Figure 2.3). The land remained undeveloped until the mid-nineteenth-century when John Bryson purchased the land and constructed a number of buildings. Part of the study area was therefore known as Bryson’s Estate, while the area along Nelson Street was part of the Great Northern Estate.
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Figure 2.3 Undated plan of Orangeries and Strawberry Gardens, Chatswood (Source: Picture Willoughby, File No: 0010/0010884).
2.3.1 Lane Cove Road from Mowbray Road to Bryson Street
In the 1860s John Bryson bought land encompassing the north-eastern corner block of the Lane Cove Road/ Mowbray Road intersection, on which he built his home, and managed a timber yard and store (Figure 2.4). In 1865, council meetings were first held in a room in John Bryson’s home, ‘Belrose’ or ‘Bryson’ (Fogarty 2016:1). A small school was also set up in a cottage on Mrs Bryson’s land and operated by Mrs McGilvray, before the establishment in 1869 of the North Sydney Public School (Fogarty 2016:1). A room of Bryson’s cottage was also used by the first School of Arts in the early 1870s, until the later construction of a permanent home for the School.
The land seems to have remained largely undeveloped until 1882, when the Bryson Estate was subdivided into relatively small Lots for auction. The auction poster shows John Bryson’s cottage, as well as a number of land plots to its east, which have been sold (Figure 2.5). Bryson’s home appears to be the only structure indicated and all the lots along Mowbray Road had been sold, while the School of Arts and the eastern part of the site are not shown to the east of Lot 13. The sale of the land in 1882, followed Bryson’s death. His widow, Mrs Mary A Bryson, however, continued to own and live in the house until her death in 1897, when the land is recorded as being sold in the Rate and Valuation books for Willoughby. Mrs Bryson is also recorded as the owner of more land and a shop next to the cottage, which was also sold after her death in 1897, while the land remained part of an orchard until 1889. The shop was larger than the house and was of weatherboard with a small front verandah and a covered way to the brick kitchen with a small attached structure and a convenient nearby well. The double cesspit was shared with Bryson’s cottage. Following Mrs Bryson’s death in 1897, the Bryson property was subdivided and sold.
The 1899 Sydney Water plan identifies Bryson’s house as ‘Sarina’, with another house immediately to its east (Figure 2.6). Sarina is a brick building with front and rear verandahs, and a verandah or covered way to a smaller brick building with verandahs along its southern and western sides. It is likely that the smaller building is the kitchen, built separately to protect the main house from fire. That it is the kitchen is also indicated by the well, which is conveniently close. A double cesspit, perhaps housed in a brick structure, is shared with the house immediately adjacent. The
AMBS Ecology & Heritage 10 Sydney Metro, City & Southwest Archaeological Method Statement for Chatswood Dive appearance of the name Sarina is consistent with the sale of the land and house following Mrs Bryson’s death in 1897 (Fogarty 2012:3). The shop next to Sarina was acquired from Mrs Bryson by a Jos. A Hammond in 1897 and Abner Hammond owned the shop from the following year onwards.
The Rate and Valuation books record a number of owners and occupants of the Bryson’s cottage/land: James Forsyth (1897-1898), Thomas Pugh (1899-1903), Miss Elizabeth Springett (1903 to 1918), and Elizabeth Mary Dew (from 1918). The Assessments and the Sands Directory records Whitehead & Co.’s smithy between 1905 and 1908. William Dew, a carter, is in occupancy from 1911 and in 1914, the name for the house becomes ‘Dursley’ until 1922 (Sands Directory 1922), though William Dew continues to occupy the property after this date. It is evident in the Sydney Water Blackwattle plan that Bryson’s original cottage, but not the shop, was redeveloped with a terrace row of three standing on the site; however, the date of the construction of the terrace row is uncertain (Figure 2.7).
In 1911, Abner Hammond acquires the adjacent property to his shop and a timber cottage known as ‘Kia Ora’ was constructed, which he continues to own until at least 1933 when the Sands Directory ends. HM Reid occupied the shop for his grocery business in 1904, with Reid also owning two vacant properties further to the north from 1912, and it is possible that he relocated his business to one of these buildings, where it continues until at least 1949 (Figure 2.8 and Figure 2.9). The photograph indicates that the shop had been renovated in the Federation Arts and Crafts style in the early twentieth century (Apperly et al 1994:144-147).
The land along Gordon Road to Bryson Street remained undeveloped, other than the properties noted above, until the early 1910s. These undeveloped properties largely become shop fronts lining Lane Cove Road (Figure 2.2), with the occasional house or dwelling combined with the shops.
Figure 2.4 'Belrose' cottage, home of the Bryson family, ca. 1870s (Source: Picture Willoughby, File No: 003/003989).
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Figure 2.5 Auction notice for Bryson's Estate Saturday, 14th October 1882, with Bryson's cottage on the south-west corner of the estate (arrowed) (Source: Picture Willoughby, File No: 0010\0010187).
Figure 2.6 Detail from the 1899 Sydney Water plan showing Bryson’s cottage, Sarina on the corner of Gordon Road and Mowbray Road, with the shop immediately adjacent. Two wells are circled and cesspit is arrowed (see Figure 2.21 below).
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Figure 2.7 Detail from the 1917-1930 Sydney Water plan showing the terrace row on the site of Bryson's cottage (see Figure 2.21 below).
Figure 2.8 Reids Stores, Chatswood in 1949 (http://digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/FL2044904).
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Figure 2.9 Shops along Pacific Highway, between Bryson Street and Mowbray Road, showing Reid's store in foreground, 1949 (http://digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=FL2048208&embedded=true&t oolbar=false).
2.3.2 South Side of Bryson Street
Bryson Street is more heavily occupied into the early twentieth century than other areas within the study area. The Rate and Valuation books record that a fence defined the property boundaries.
The property on the southeast corner of Gordon Road and Bryson Street had a similar history as the amalgamated land owned by the Dawsons and later D. Neely on Gordon Road (mentioned previously in Section 2.3.1). However, this land is not subdivided like the corner block and the ownership passed to Joseph Hammond Senior in 1912, with a brick cottage, named ‘Dulcie’, appearing in the records from 1915.
The four lots to the east of Dulcie remain undeveloped until 1901. According to the Rate and Valuation books, the first property to the east of the Dawson property on the corner was first owned by F.J. Barker (1888-1896). From 1897 the property is owned by the City Bank of Sydney, until 1914 when Lancelot Bavin acquires the property for his school. In 1901 the property was subdivided and bought by R. Vince with a house or wood cottage and laundry built on the new land. Neely also owned the property for a short time, before becoming part of the Estate of H. Hensby until 1918, when it was also purchased by Bavin for the school.
In 1888, J Hawksford is recorded as the owner of the next lot to the east until 1900 when it is purchased by Robert Symes (or Lymes). This property too passes to Bavin in 1914. Mrs Bryson was in possession of some land along Bryson Street as well until her death in 1897, when Abner Hammond acquired the estate. Hammond sold the property to T Gorman in 1903, who later sold the property to Bavin in 1908.
The easternmost property was owned by H Kirby and sold to Loxton & Bullock in 1889 or 1890. The ownership of the land becomes uncertain until 1899 when it is acquired by the Bank of New Zealand, followed by the Willoughby Council in 1900. The land disappears from the records after 1901, suggesting that the land was amalgamated with the Council Chambers property owned by Willoughby Council on Mowbray Road, though it could also have become part of the school as much of the surrounding area had already.
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2.4 The Great Northern Estate (Part of)
2.4.1 Lane Cove Road from Bryson Street to Nelson Street
The north-western corner of the study area was within the Great Northern Estate, while the remainder of the property was within Bryson’s Estate until the land was acquired by Lancelot Bavin for the Mowbray House School (Figure 2.10 and see Section 2.5 below). The records indicate that the Great Northern Estate extends to the north and south on the northern side of Nelson Street.
John Thompson is recorded as owning land on the north-eastern corner of Bryson Street and Gordon Road in 1886, and by 1888 the property comprises a house, shop and land. Thompson acquired more land which he amalgamated with this other property and retained until 1892 when he sold the property to Mrs Hammond. Mrs Hammond is also identified as owning land with a dwelling from 1893. In 1900, the two properties comprising a house and shop were merged, but in 1904, the properties were separated but remained in Mrs Hammond’s possession until 1905-6 when Joseph T Hammond owns the property. The property is subdivided again in 1910, when there are two timber shops, one housing a refreshment shop run by Mrs Clune and the other a hairdresser operated by C Currie. The ownership eventually falls to Mrs Hammond Senior.
The Dolan family owned a timber cottage and blacksmith’s shop at what is now 593 Pacific Highway from the 1880s. Peter Dolan, a blacksmith, is recorded in the Sands Directory as living on Lane Cove Road from 1883, but it isn’t until 1888 that the shop is recorded in the Rate and Valuation books. The Sands Directory also records Patrick Dolan & Sons Veterinary Surgeons in 1881 as a hospital for pets, including dogs and cats, as well as boarding facilities for dogs and horses. The surgery continues into the 1930s at No. 593, perhaps until the death of Patrick Dolan in 1938 (The Sydney Morning Herald 1938:9). In 1898, when the land was subdivided, Patrick Dolan owned a house on part of the land, subsequently acquiring the adjacent house and shop. The house on the newly subdivided property was occupied by J Gillam, perhaps the eponym of Gillam Street, from 1900 to 1903 but remained in the hands of Patrick Dolan throughout the records.
Two allotments to the north of the Dolan family property was owned by Loxton & Bullock, one of which was vacant while the other was occupied by a house and shop leased by DE Eldridge ca.1888–1893 and an adjacent vacant allotment. The land is recorded as being on Nelson Street from 1894. The house and shop remain the property of Loxton and Bullock until 1902, when it is purchased by Joseph Hammond Senior. In 1904, George Hammond is the owner of the property, which remained vacant throughout this time.
2.4.2 North Side of Bryson Street
From 1888 the records indicate that a number of Lots along the north side of Bryson Street were privately owned, with one lot also owned by Mrs Bryson; however, the land remained undeveloped other than by an unfinished house owned by John Thompson. Although the house is not recorded in 1889, John Thompson’s house is recorded in 1891, remaining in his ownership until the following year when it passes to Mrs Hammond in 1892 and to Joseph Hammond Senior in 1897.
In 1907 the property is subdivided into two blocks with a further subdivision in 1908 when there are three separate properties. The Thompson’s brick cottage is known as ‘Manila’ when Mrs Hammond acquires it. Two semi-detached brick cottages, ‘Lakefield’ and ‘Loubet’, are built to the east of Manila, both passing from Joseph Hammond to Mrs J Hammond Senior in 1911. By 1918, when the Rate and Valuation records end, Mrs Hammond owns all the property on the north side of Bryson Street. The Sands records that two more houses appear, ‘Dorisville’ and ‘Weeroona’, after 1918.
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2.4.3 Nelson Street South
The south side of Nelson Street, known as Carlotta Street until 1891, is occupied from 1888. The properties from west to east:
• DE Eldridge and his wife owned land on the corner of Nelson Street and Lane Cove Road from 1888, with a new house by 1894. The Sands Directory records that they remain at the property until 1920. It is possible that the Eldridges were in the area as early as 1880, as the Rate and Valuation books locate them on Lane Cove Road from this date, perhaps already at the corner property. • In 1892/3, G Gerard becomes the executor of land owned by Sutherland, which in 1902, is owned by LH Gerard, until Joseph Dangerfield Taylor purchases the property in approximately 1908. R Moore acquires the property in 1913, and by 1915 a single brick cottage has been built on the land and occupied by Cummins and Dudfield. In 1917 the property is again subdivided with separate houses on each lot with Cummins and Dudfield each occupying a house. • JJ Forsyth appears as an executor for the Seldons Estate, with an NF Giblin acquiring part of the property in 1897. It is possible the land is further subdivided in 1902, with James Green and NF Giblin owning land that had formerly been a single large block. This land appears to be part of Lancelot Bavin’s extensive property purchases for his school in 1907. • A large portion of land along this road was acquired by Lancelot Bavin to become part of the Mowbray House School grounds from 1917 (see Section 2.5 below). • A portion of the same property appears to be on the east side of the Main North Shore Line before Orchard Street and occupied by a Joseph Woodvine from 1896/7 until 1920. Woodvine built a cottage, later referred to as Moorlands. The land seems to be a part of the Seldons Estate.
Figure 2.10 The 1917-1930 Blackwattle Plan with the area of the Great Northern Estate outlined (Sydney Water Blackwattle Plan BLKWTL3312).
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Manila
Loubet
Lakefield
Figure 2.11 Detail from Figure 2.10 of the Great Northern Estate. 2.5 Mowbray Road & the Mowbray House School
2.5.1 School of Arts and Council Chambers
During the 1870s, Bryson leased a room in his cottage to be used by the School of Arts; however, the Mechanics Institute constructed a new School of Arts building to the east of the cottage, which opened in 1874 or 1875 (Futurepast 2012:10). The School of Arts building was of stone and was later rented to the Willoughby Council as its Council Chambers from 1879 until 1903 (Futurepast 2012:10).
By 1906, Lancelot Bavin, a New Zealand-born educator, founded the Chatswood Preparatory School in the former School of Arts building, which he leased and within a year had purchased the land (Futurepast 2012:10). Following construction of Mowbray House, the former School of Arts building served as the school chapel until 1957 (Figure 2.12 and Figure 2.13). The Victorian Gothic school chapel was dismantled, moved and re-erected on the corner of Beaconsfield Road and Dalrymple Avenue, becoming the Mowbray House Memorial Chapel, and now known as the Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Chatswood West (Figure 2.14), (Futurepast 2012:10).
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Figure 2.12 Chatswood Preparatory School, ca.1910. Later it would become the school chapel (Source: Picture Willoughby, File No: 003/003316).
Figure 2.13 Mowbray House School Chapel, 1950s, before it was moved to Beaconsfield Road (Source: Picture Willoughby, File No: 003/003320).
Figure 2.14 Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Chatswood West, 2003 (Source: Picture Willoughby, File No: 001/001101).
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2.5.2 Mowbray House
Mowbray House is a two-storey Federation Arts and Crafts school building constructed in 1906 to house the Chatswood Preparatory School, with an initial enrolment of 32 students (Futurepast 2012:10). As the school grew and expanded, the name of the building was changed to The School in 1914 (Figure 2.15). Changes in the standard of schooling offered followed the school’s promotion to Intermediate Certificate, becoming in 1916 the Mowbray House School (Futurepast 2012:10). By 1917 the number of boarders at the school had increased exponentially and this required the school to expand its facilities by purchasing several surrounding Lots (Figure 2.16), (Futurepast 2012:10). Modifications were made to the Mowbray House building with the addition of a dining/recreation hall to the rear, and improvements were made to the eastern façade and kitchen (Futurepast 2012:10). A tennis court was located to the west, and a large field to the rear of the property, which encompassed the greater part of the area to the rear of Nelson Street, bounded to the west by Bryson Street and east by the railway line (Figure 2.17). One of the most prominent alumni of the school was former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam (Futurepast 2012:10). The school remained open until 1954 when Lancelot Bavin, the school’s founder, fell ill and the property was acquired by the Sydney County Council (Figure 2.18), (Futurepast 2012:10).
Figure 2.15 Main entry to the Mowbray House School building, n.d. (Source: Picture Willoughby, File No: 6536/6536552).
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Figure 2.16 Playing fields behind Mowbray House School, c.1900-10 (Source: Picture Willoughby, File No: 6537/6537997).
Figure 2.17 Undated photograph of the tennis courts on west side of Mowbray House School (Source: Picture Willoughby, File No: 6537/6537992).
Figure 2.18 1950s view of Mowbray House School after purchase by Sydney County Council (Source: Picture Willoughby, File No: 003/003321).
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2.5.3 ‘Penzance’
Although the building later called ‘Penzance’ is first mentioned in the Sands Directory in 1903 and in the Rate and Valuation books in 1907, a building is present prior to this date. John Alford is identified as owning a house and land which was later known as Penzance, which is built by 1887. There is a change of ownership in 1890 and by 1891 the National Mutual Life Association of Australia owns the property, until 1900. The 1899 Sydney Water plan shows the property ‘Penzance’ between the Council Chambers and the Main North Shore Line, although little is known about it at this time. The house is identified as brick with bay window and verandah along the front and east side (Figure 2.19 and Figure 2.20). There is a large irregular verandah at the back, separating a north-eastern wing from a small room to the south, which may be the kitchen. There is a rectangular brick building in the north-eastern corner and two clearly identified wells.
In 1900, the property was owned by George Devonshire and in the following year it is acquired by RH Johnson and occupied by Charles Stanley Allen until it is amalgamated as part of Lancelot Bavin’s school in 1911, when it serves as Bavin’s mother’s residence (Fogarty 2016:4). When the school becomes the Mowbray House School, the house is modified to a residence for the expanding number of boarders (Artefact 2016a). The existence of the building once merged with the school grounds is unknown but it was likely demolished to make way for the electricity depot.
Figure 2.19 Detail from the 1899 Sydney Water plan showing Penzance to the south of the Council Chambers. The irregular verandah is arrowed and the wells are circled (see Figure 2.19 below).
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Figure 2.20 Undated photograph of 'Penzance' (Source: Picture Willoughby, File No: 6536/6536528).
2.5.4 ‘The Lodge’
A building occupied by Lancelot Bavin from 1925 and known as the ‘The Lodge’ is clearly a part of the extensive school grounds; however, its location is uncertain. It may have been the cottage named ‘Penzance’. An undated Sydney Water plan shows an increase in the building density on the site since 1899 (Figure 2.21 and Figure 2.22). The Lodge may be any of the more recently constructed buildings indicated on a pre-1916 plan of the Mowbray House School. This shows Penzance and the Chamber of Commerce and a smaller building behind the tennis courts identified as ‘Cottage’ and two buildings to its west. One may be identified as Master’s Cottage and the other as a residence, though this is by no means certain as the image resolution is poor (Source: Futurepast 2012:13, Figure 4). The form and location of ‘The Lodge’ is uncertain and the name does not appear in the Rate and Valuation books; however, a photograph of a weatherboard cottage, identified as the Master’s Residence, may be the Lodge (Figure 2.23). Although only a view of the verandah, it displays hallmarks of the Federation-era bungalow of the late nineteenth / early twentieth century with timber decorative detailing of the verandah posts (Apperly et al 1994:144- 147).
2.5.5 ‘Tasma’
To the east of Bryson’s cottage stood a wood and brick cottage named ‘Tasma’, owned by Richard Russell, whose occupancy is first noted in the Rate and Valuation books in 1898. It is possible that the cottage pre-dates this time, as its assessment number notes a previous number for the year before. Russell owned and occupied the house until 1906, after which the occupant’s name frequently changed. Most notable was H Neilson, a coal lamper, who occupies the cottage between 1908 and 1913. In 1914 ownership transfers to John Russell, and a Miss Parker becomes the main tenant of Tasma. The Sands Directory identifies Robert Parker as the occupant from 1915 until 1920, after which it is occupied by Peter White. The name Tasma disappears from the Sands Directory after 1922, though Peter White remains at 355 Mowbray Road until 1927. From 1927, Harry Fullagar is noted as the occupant until the end of the Sands Directory in 1932/33.
The record is ambiguous and the cottage is likely to have been subsumed into the school in 1917 when Lancelot Bavin expanded the school grounds by purchasing the land east of Bryson’s property.
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Two lots located close to the house identified as ‘Tasma’ between the Council Chambers and Bryson’s Cottage, to the east of Bryson’s cottage on the corner of Mowbray Road and Pacific Highway, were owned by a Mrs Mary Johnson and a Mrs Emma McMahon (nee Kelsey), until their amalgamation by Lancelot Bavin into the school. This was potentially the land where ‘The Lodge’ was located, as it seems to fit with the history of the site.
Figure 2.21 The 1899 Sydney Water Plan with Penzance arrowed (see above Sydney Water archive plan PWDS1544-S1411 – Sheet 44).
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Figure 2.22 Detail from Sydney Water Blackwattle Series plan dated 1917-1935 of the study area with a greater density of housing than indicated in the 1899 plan. Penzance is arrowed at bottom.
Figure 2.23 Early building re-used for dormitories identified as the 'Masters cottage' by Picture Willoughby, date unknown (Source: Picture Willoughby, File No: 6536/6536532). 2.6 Sydney County Council
Following closure of the Mowbray House School, the property was purchased in 1957 by the Sydney County Council. The site became an administration centre and electricity depot for the Sydney County Council, which gradually extended its property by acquiring surrounding properties (Futurepast 2012:10). The acquisition of properties included the Bryson’s cottage site and shops
AMBS Ecology & Heritage 24 Sydney Metro, City & Southwest Archaeological Method Statement for Chatswood Dive and businesses, including Nick Scali along the Pacific Highway. Mowbray House was also modified with the addition of a first floor to the dining hall and a carport. In 1965 and 1977, the property and house were altered again in major renovation projects by the Sydney County Council (Futurepast 2012:10) (Figure 2.24).
Figure 2.24 1986 view of Mowbray House now owned by Sydney County Council (Source: Picture Willoughby, File No: 6539\6539215).
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3 Archaeological Potential
3.1 Constructing the Chatswood Dive
Two tunnel boring machines (one for each tunnel) will be driven for about six kilometres to the Blues Point temporary site from the Chatswood Dive site. The cutter heads and shields will be dismantled and retrieved from the tunnel boring machines, with the remaining components of each tunnel boring machine (including support services) pulled back and retrieved from the Chatswood Dive site (Arcadis/RPS/Jacobs 2016:212). The dive will be excavated from the south- eastern corner near to the Main North Shore Line railway easement. The excavated dive will remove all extant archaeological evidence of the cottage Penzance and part of the Council Chambers building (Figure 3.2). Associated works may also disturb or remove archaeological remains in other areas across the site.
Figure 3.1 Plan of the Chatswood Dive site showing the dive and extent of associated works.
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Figure 3.2 The 1899 Sydney Water plan showing housing present within the Chatswood Dive site by the early 1880s with wells arrowed red. Penzance and the School of Arts / Council Chambers are within the Dive which is outlined in yellow.
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3.2 Artefact Heritage Assessment of Archaeological Potential
The analysis of the archaeological potential within the footprint of the Chatswood Dive site included in the AARD prepared by Artefact Heritage for the EIS includes historical research, which focuses on the early use of the site for farming by William Nichol and C Webb and the later occupation of the site by Bryson, the cottages along Mowbray, Lane Cove Road and Bryson Street, and the construction of the railway.
The AARD notes that no archaeological excavations have been undertaken on sites within the local area. It is noted, however, that CRM / Wendy Thorp prepared a heritage study for the Sydney Electricity Headquarters in 1996. The study provides a brief archaeological assessment of the site, stating that although it is likely that archaeological remains would be located at the site, their significance may not meet the threshold of local significance. Thorp proposed that, due to the continuity of use of the adjacent Mowbray House as a school, archaeological remains from the School of Arts are not likely to add significant information (Artefact 2016:44).
The archaeological potential of the Chatswood Dive site is summarised in the AARD (Table 3.1 and Figure 3.3). Table 3.1 Summary of archaeological potential (Artefact 2016b:50-51, Table 2-2). Site Potential Phase Likely Archaeological Remains Code Archaeological deposits associated with William Nicholl’s and Webb’s NC 1 1 early farming land grants could include fence postholes, tree boles, Nil – Low (1788 – 1860) field drains and isolated artefact deposits. Construction of North Shore Railway Line throughout the majority of 2 the land parcel. Excavation of rail corridor for grade changes through Low (1860 – 1905) study area. Potential archaeological remains of former rail infrastructure. 3 Duplication and electrification of railway line. Low (1905 – 1960) Potential archaeological remains of former rail infrastructure. Archaeological deposits associated with William Nicholl’s and 1 NC 2 Webb’s early farming land grants could include fence postholes, tree Nil – Low (1788 – 1860) boles, field drains and isolated artefact deposits. Construction of North Shore Railway Line throughout the majority of 2 the land parcel. Excavation of rail corridor for grade changes Low (1860 – 1905) through study area. Potential archaeological remains of former rail infrastructure. 3 Duplication and electrification of railway line. Low (1905 – 1960) Potential archaeological remains of former rail infrastructure. 1 Archaeological deposits associated with William Nicholl’s and NC 3 (1788 – 1860) Webb’s early farming land grants could include fence postholes, tree Nil – Low boles, field drains and isolated artefact deposits. Archaeological remains associated with the brick cottage and shed, and wooden cottage and shed on the corner of Gordon Road and Nelson Street. Brick and stone footings, chimney base, timber base plates, postholes, yard and path surfaces, cesspits and wells, 2 artefact bearing deposits and outbuildings. (1860 – 1905) Moderate Archaeological remains associated with the complex of buildings at the corner of Bryson Street and Gordon Roads, and the brick cottage facing Bryson Street. Brick and stone footings, chimney base, timber base plates, postholes, yard and path surfaces, cesspits and wells, artefact bearing deposits and outbuildings. Potential archaeological remains relating to former 20th century bakery on site: brick and concrete footings, ash and fire waste fills, 3 isolated artefact deposits. Low - (1905 – 1960) Moderate
Potential archaeological remains relating to Hammond cottages and Federation and Inter-War residential houses, with timber postholes,
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Site Potential Phase Likely Archaeological Remains Code brick and concrete footings, terra cotta and copper pipes and drains, outbuildings and isolated artefact deposits. 4 Remains of post-war commercial buildings: brick and concrete Moderate –
(1960 – Present) footings, terra cotta services and drains, isolated artefact deposits. High 1 Archaeological deposits associated with William Nicholl’s and NC 4 (1788 – 1860) Webb’s early farming land grants could deposits (sic) fence postholes, Nil – Low tree boles, field drains and isolated artefact deposits. 2 Archaeological potential for structures related to former timber Low (1860 – 1905) yard: postholes, isolated artefact deposits. Potential for archaeological deposits associated with use of land 3 as cricket pitch and sports ground for Chatswood Preparatory Nil – Low (1905 – 1960) School: isolated artefact scatters, field drains, postholes. Archaeological deposits associated with William Nicholl’s and 1 NC 5 Webb’s early farming land grants could include fence postholes, Nil – Low (1788 – 1860) tree boles, field drains and isolated artefact deposits. Archaeological remains relating to c1860s Bryson’s cottage, Bryson’s store and commercial livery stables. By late 19th century 2 another house and outbuildings to the north. Brick and stone Moderate (1860 – 1905) footings, chimney base, timber base plates, postholes, yard and path surfaces, cesspits and wells, artefact bearing deposits. Potential archaeological remains relating to Federation and Inter- 3 War residential / commercial buildings, with brick and concrete Moderate (1905 – 1960) footings, terra cotta and copper pipes and drains, outbuildings and isolated artefact scatters. Archaeological deposits associated with William Nicholl’s and 1 NC 6 Webb’s early farming land grants could include fence postholes, Nil - Low (1788 – 1860) tree boles, field drains and isolated artefact deposits. School of Arts (also Council Chambers) building present on this site 1874-1957. Archaeological remains could include: brick and stone footings, yard surfaces, cesspits and well, artefact bearing deposits. 2 Low – Archaeological remains associated with two cottage sites (1860 – 1905) Moderate (including Penzance to the east of the School of Arts building) including brick and stone footings, chimney base, timber base plates, postholes, yard and path surfaces, cesspits and wells, artefact bearing deposits. Potential archaeological remains relating to school buildings associated with the Chatswood Preparatory School (former 3 School of Arts building and Penzance cottage complex). Potential Moderate (1905 – 1960) for brick and concrete footings, services and drains, outbuildings and artefact scatters.
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Figure 3.3 Areas of archaeological potential and significance within the Chatswood Dive site (Artefact 2016b:60, Figure 2.18).
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3.3 AMBS Updated Analysis of Archaeological Potential
The archaeological resource of any site is finite but have the potential to provide insights into everyday life that are not available from any other source. Construction works associated with the Chatswood Dive site will remove all potential archaeological remains within the footprint of the dive. Archaeological remains may provide evidence that will enhance the historical record and as such, make a contribution to an understanding of the history and settlement of a local region. The additional historical research presented in this report demonstrates the potential extent of surviving physical remains with an ability to provide information that may not be available from other sources. The following considers the archaeological potential of the Dive site.
3.3.1 Integrity of the Resource
Development of the wider Chatswood Dive site is characterised by early farming and industry. From the 1860s John Bryson had a house, later named Sarina, timber yard and shop at the corner of Mowbray and Lane Cove Roads, and from early 1883 Peter Dolan had a smithy on Lane Cove Road. By 1882, when Bryson subdivides his estate for sale, the lots along Mowbray Road had been sold and the School of Arts had been built in 1874. It is not until the late 1880s that a scatter of housing appears within the land defined by the railway, Nelson Street, Pacific Highway and Mowbray Road, including the house Penzance, built by 1887. The earliest development of the site centres on discrete groups of house complexes with associated outbuildings, possibly including stables, work areas, kitchens and cess pits, and wells. The site’s full development potential, however, is unrealised until Lancelot Bavin establishes his school in 1906 and proceeds to acquire adjacent properties to accommodate the growing school (Figure 3.4).
Urban development in the Chatswood area was centred around the main road and rail transport routes. The Main North Shore Line from Hornsby to St Leonards opened in 1890, with the extension to Milson’s Point opening in 1893, at which time Lane Cove Road had been formed and renamed Gordon Road, making the local area more accessible to development. As population increased further government services were added. In 1895 the lands to the north of Mowbray Road were connected to water and in 1899 they had been sewered.
The late arrival of sewerage and water reticulation is indicated on the 1899 Sydney Water plan, which shows buildings with clearly identified wells and some cesspits are also visible (see Figure 3.2 above). The 1899 plan indicates that some of the houses have a separate kitchen and an associated collection of outbuildings, which may have served as places of work, stabling or outhouses. In many instances, cesspits and wells may contain a wide variety of artefacts which have fallen in by accident, or been dumped as a means of discarding unwanted or damaged household rubbish.
Within the footprint of the Dive are part of the School of Arts/ Council Chambers, built in 1874, and Penzance, built in 1887. All archaeological evidence of these structures and their occupation will be removed by excavations for the Dive. However, it is likely that evidence of the wells will have survived later development of the site. Although Penzance and the School of Arts / Council Chambers are relatively late constructions, and while it is rare that housing constructed after c.1870 provide significant archaeological evidence, this is not always the case. This was demonstrated by archaeological excavations of a terrace row of three houses at 20–24 Ultimo Road, Ultimo, built in 1874 after the introduction of tongue-and-groove floor boards, which usually preclude deposition of occupation material beneath floors; however, this proved not to be the case. A surprising quantity of artefacts were recovered, particularly from the rear rooms where discrete activity areas within the rooms could be identified (Australian Museum Consulting 2015a:67).
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Associated with excavation of the Dive will be other works across the site which also have the potential to expose and impact, and possibly destroy, archaeological relics associated with the house complexes, associated wells and cesspits in the site along the Pacific Highway and Bryson Street. During the period of use by Sydney County Council and Ausgrid as an electricity depot, much of the site was carpark and surfaced in hardstand (Figure 3.5). Following demolition of buildings for the Sydney Metro project, the site is covered in concrete slabs at varying levels (Figure 3.6 and Figure 3.7). It is therefore likely that archaeological remains and relics will have a high degree of integrity beneath the concrete slabs.
3.3.2 Research Potential
Intact cesspits, wells/cisterns, underfloor occupation deposits and any associated rubbish pits that may be present associated with the housing illustrated on the 1899 Sydney Water plan may contain artefacts that, following analysis, could provide an insight into the mid-nineteenth settlement and occupation of the Chatswood area. In addition, palynological analysis of cesspits and the fossil pollen in the soil profile may provide information regarding diet, crops or local gardens as well as the original flora of the locality. Such evidence would give an insight into the natural environment.
Information concerning early settlement patterns, the layout and form of residential housing, outbuildings and yards, the survival mechanisms of semi-rural communities and the availability of goods beyond urban centres are research questions relating to the archaeology and history of the local and wider communities. Information gained from the archaeological remains of the houses in the Chatswood Dive site may make a contribution to an understanding of later nineteenth- century settlement patterns in the local area. Personal items, trade goods and tools associated with semi-rural living have the potential to contribute to an understanding of domestic practices and the distribution patterns of artefacts of small communities, which could be evaluated and compared with artefact assemblages from similar early suburban sites.
The research potential of late nineteenth-century housing rarely reaches the threshold for local or State significance. However, the distance of Chatswood from the major urban centres of Sydney, North Sydney and Parramatta, combined with the dearth of archaeological excavations in the area, means that this site has some potential to provide good comparative archaeological evidence for the local area.
Thus, although Artefact identified the Dive location (NC6), which encompasses a part of the Mowbray House School, as having Low–Moderate potential, the archaeological remains associated with Penzance and the School of Arts / Council Chambers have been identified by AMBS as having moderate research potential. Similarly, the areas along Pacific Highway and Bryson Street (NC5 and NC3), identified by Artefact as having moderate research potential is affirmed.
Where the archaeological resource is found to be present with good integrity within the Chatswood Dive site, it would have moderate research potential (Figure 3.8).
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Figure 3.4 The Chatswood Dive site in 1943 with the footprint of the Mowbray House School outlined in red. Much of the earliest housing is extant at this time, in particular Penzance and the School of Arts / Council Chambers (https://maps.six.nsw.gov.au/).
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Figure 3.5 Aerial photograph of the Chatswood Dive site prior to the demolition of buildings (https://maps.six.nsw.gov.au/).
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Figure 3.6 View south-west across the Chatswood Dive site, which is now covered in concrete slabs at various heights and thicknesses.
Figure 3.7 View south-east across to the original locations of Penzance and the School of Arts / Council Chambers.
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Figure 3.8 Detail of the 1899 Sydney Water Plan with the areas of moderate archaeological sensitivity shaded blue.
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4 Archaeological Significance
4.1 AMBS Updated Assessment of Archaeological Significance
The AARD has identified areas NC3, NC5 and NC6 as having local significance based on the potential for archaeological remains associated with the early housing and industry along Lane Cove Road, Bryson’s cottage and store, and Penzance and the School of Arts building.
Additional research undertaken by AMBS demonstrates that the Chatswood Dive site has the potential to contain archaeological remains with good integrity and moderate research potential. The following is an updated assessment of the significance of these potential remains against the SHR criteria.
Criterion (a) an item is important in the course, or pattern, of NSW’s cultural or natural history (or the local area); If present with good integrity, the archaeological remains associated with Penzance and the School of Arts /Council Chambers, within the area of the Dive, would provide information regarding the suburban development of the Chatswood area. The archaeological evidence may provide information on the layout of subdivisions and the form of the houses, outbuildings and yards. Information regarding later nineteenth-century life in a semi- rural community and responses to the local environment prior to the provision of reticulated water, sewerage and municipal waste collection may be compared with settlement patterns of other similar nineteenth-century places and should contribute to an understanding of the shifting changes between rural and urbanisation of such places. The archaeological remains associated with early farming, housing and industry along the Pacific Highway, Mowbray Road and Bryson Street, and the Bryson and the Great Northern Estates, also have the potential to demonstrate daily life and responses to the local environment.
The archaeological resource in the Chatswood Dive site may have the potential to demonstrate the past and would have local significance.
Criterion (b) an item has strong or special association with the life or works of a person, or group of persons, of importance in NSW’s cultural or natural history (or the local area); There is no evidence to indicate that the archaeological resource within the footprint of the Chatswood Dive site have an association with historically important individuals, events or groups.
The threshold for significance against this criterion has not been met.
Criterion (c) an item is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in NSW (or the local area); If present with good integrity, physical remains associated with the housing complexes would have the potential to demonstrate particular aspects of domestic and commercial life within a semi- rural community and would have local significance. Criterion (d) an item has strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group in NSW for social, cultural or spiritual reasons (or the local area); While no consultation has been undertaken with the local community in relation to the values of the archaeology, it is acknowledged that local communities are interested in the archaeology of their community and its development. It is possible that if substantial and intact archaeology is found it may have value to the local community or specific community groups.
The threshold for significance against this criterion has not been met at this time.
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Criterion (e) an item has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of NSW’s cultural or natural history (or the local area); The archaeological resource that may be present within the Chatswood Dive site has moderate research potential. If present with good integrity, the resource may have the potential to make a contribution to an understanding of the development of later nineteenth-century housing and commercial activity within a semi-rural community. Evidence may assist with understand the changes made to the pre-1788 environment by settlement of this site and early agriculture and the nature of food production. The archaeological remains may make a contribution to an understanding of trade and distribution patterns and assemblages of artefacts, which includes the contents of wells, cesspits and possibly underfloor deposits which could provide information regarding diet, purchasing patterns, personal and gender identity and the artefacts of everyday life. Personal items associated with the early urban development of the Chatswood area have the potential to contribute to an understanding of the domestic practices which could be evaluated and compared with artefact assemblages from similar early urban sites.
The research potential of archaeological resource with good integrity would have local significance.
Criterion (f) an item possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of NSW’s cultural or natural history (or the local area); and Criterion (g) an item is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a class of NSW’s cultural or natural places or cultural or natural environments (or the local area). If present with good integrity, physical remains of houses, outbuildings, wells, cesspits and underfloor deposits would be representative, but unlikely to be rare examples, of similar assemblages recovered from excavations across the broader Sydney region.
The archaeology of the Chatswood Dive site would have local significance.
4.2 Statement of Archaeological Significance
The archaeological resource associated with the Chatswood Dive site, if present with good integrity, has the potential to provide information regarding the later nineteenth-century development of housing and industry within a semi- rural community.
Physical evidence of houses, outbuildings, wells, cesspits and underfloor deposits, if present with good integrity, have historic, archaeological and representative values. It has the potential provide information regarding the later nineteenth-century development of housing, services and industry within the local area. Physical evidence of houses, outbuildings, wells, cesspits, underfloor deposits and pollen has the potential to make a contribution to an understanding of the area’s initial rural settlement and the subsequent changing nature of its land-use as it became more urbanised. Information gained from the archaeological resource of the Chatswood Dive site, such as personal and domestic artefacts, and refuse associated with semi-rural life, has the potential to be compared with artefact assemblages from similar sites within and beyond the primary urban environments and assist with addressing research questions relating to suburban and urbanisation, material culture, consumerism, and the lives of women and children.
The archaeological resource associated with the Chatswood Dive site, if present with good integrity, would have local significance.
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5 Archaeological Method Statement
Archaeological remains can enhance the historical record and as such make a contribution to an understanding of the history and settlement of a local region. As identified in this report, the archaeological resource within the project footprint, if present with good integrity, have moderate research potential and local significance. In view of the substantial costs involved in archaeological excavation of a site, the research design should be problem-oriented; however, allowance should always be made for new questions to respond to unexpected archaeological evidence. Archaeological research questions provide a framework for an archaeological investigation and for the analysis of the results of the excavation and artefacts recovered during excavations. 5.1 AMBS Research Questions
To ensure that the research potential and significance is realised, archaeological investigations should aim to address substantive research themes. The following research questions would form the foundation of the archaeological investigations within the footprint of the Chatswood Dive site. These will be developed into an Archaeological Research Framework to inform all historical archaeological projects being undertaken within the Sydney Metro tunnelling projects by AMBS and Casey & Lowe Pty Ltd, which will be updated as the project progresses. This assists with ensuring that the Sydney Metro archaeological program has substantive research outcomes. Relevant research question to this site are: Landscape & Environmental Archaeology • Is there surviving evidence of the early local environment, such as early soils, and fossil pollen? Is there surviving evidence of early land-use practices and what can this evidence tell us about the modification of the original landscape after European settlement? Residential Housing, Commercial Premises and Material Culture • What can the construction techniques, size, layout and form of the houses and outbuildings tell us regarding areas of activity and use? What insights are provided in the locations and associations of kitchens, outbuildings, wells, cesspits and other features? • Are there intact domestic deposits and what can these tell us about settlement patterns, the survival mechanisms of a mid-nineteenth-century semi-rural community and the availability of goods beyond the urban centres? What are the patterns of subsistence and self-reliance and how do they inform us about this environment and adaptation to it? • What can the contents of underfloors, wells, rubbish and/or cesspits tell us about the daily lives and domestic practices of this relatively isolated rural community, which could be evaluated and compared with artefact assemblages from similar sites within primary urban environments, that may not be available from other sources? • What can the artefacts tell us about the minutiae of everyday life of the people working and living within this relatively isolated early urban environment? The above questions should allow for responding to larger research themes relating to: consumerism, material culture, urbanisation, and personal and social identity. The research questions will inform the procedure for recording the archaeological resource uncovered during excavation, the recovery and storage of artefacts and provide a framework for the excavation. In addition, new questions are likely to arise during excavation and / or during the post-excavation analysis, which may provide additional insights into different aspects of the site that may not have been previously considered.
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5.2 Archaeological Management
The day-to-day management of the archaeological excavations of the Chatswood Dive site will be undertaken by Secondary Excavation Director, Kevin Hickson. Primary Excavation Director, Jennie Lindbergh, will attend the site on a regular basis to consult with the Secondary Excavation Director, and to provide advice regarding the strategy for the archaeological resource.
The archaeological investigations program will comprise: • Testing and monitoring slab and overburden removal to determine the extent, integrity and potential significance of the underlying archaeology (Section 5.2.2). • If archaeological remains are present with good integrity open area salvage excavation would proceed (Section 5.2.3).
The significance and research potential of the archaeological resource associated with Penzance and the School of Arts / Council Chambers, and their location within the footprint of the excavated Dive, means that these building complexes will be excavated using a mixture of mechanical and manual techniques. There is potential that works associated with the excavation of the Dive may expose archaeological features and relics associated with the housing complexes elsewhere in the Chatswood Dive site (Figure 3.8). The following methodology addresses all potential instances where archaeological investigations will be required within this site.
5.2.1 Heritage Induction
AMBS will prepare a document that addresses the project scope, identifying the sensitivities of the site and the relevant heritage requirements of the project and will be presented to all on-site personnel. The induction will be approved by the Primary Excavation Director (ED) and presented by the Secondary Excavation Director (ED). The induction/toolbox will include an illustrated easy to understand hard copy, which will include: • Understanding the heritage significance of the anticipated archaeological resource, including: • Repercussions of any breaches to the approved archaeological strategy • Understanding the unexpected finds procedures • The nature of the archaeological resource • Maps showing location of anticipated archaeological features • Photographs of the types of anticipated archaeological features
Additional toolbox meetings will be given each day, as required, to provide an overview and management of the anticipated archaeological resource for that day and in the event of unanticipated relics or features being exposed.
5.2.2 Archaeological Testing & Monitoring
Mechanical removal of the extant concrete slabs across the site, associated with ground-breaking for the Dive and associated structures and infrastructure, will be monitored by the Secondary ED. The archaeological monitoring will be undertaken in those areas predicted to contain archaeology to verify the presence of archaeological resource with good integrity and significance.
If there are no underlying archaeological relics, features of deposits in any of the areas under investigation, the Primary ED will attend the site to verify and a Clearance Certificate will be prepared by the Primary ED to inform the project team and Proponent in writing.
There is potential that unexpected relics may be exposed during site works, which will be addressed by the Primary ED (see Section 5.3 below).
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Where significant archaeological remains with good integrity are exposed, open area excavation will proceed following removal of the overburden and once the area has been made safe.
5.2.3 Open Area Salvage Excavation
Open area excavation will proceed once the area of archaeological sensitivity with intact archaeological remains has been made safe. Excavations will be directed by the Secondary ED, Kevin Hickson, in consultation with the Primary ED, Jennie Lindbergh. Kevin will manage a team of six to ten archaeologists. Excavation will be in accordance with the following methodology to ensure that all significant archaeological relics, features and deposits are appropriately managed and recorded: • Establish a site datum and lay out a grid, relevant to the size of the site; 10m, 20m or 50m, across the site in order to record the levels of extant deposits, features and relics • Significant features will be recorded in detail and excavated manually under the supervision of the excavation director: - All underfloor areas will be excavated within a 500mm grid, using 50mm spits, and wet sieved; - Cesspits and rubbish pits will be excavated along tip lines (if identifiable); • All significant archaeological deposits, features and relics that are exposed during the excavations will be recorded in accordance with heritage best practice standards. Recording will include: - Cleaning features to facilitate photographic recording; - Scale plans; - Elevations of features, if relevant; - Digital photographs (in JPG and RAW format); and - Photogrammetry - Site survey; and - Detailed description of the feature, deposit or relic to ensure that a clear and comprehensive record of the archaeological resource of the site is preserved for the future. • Sequential numbering of features and deposits to facilitate preparation of a Harris Matrix and artefact labelling; • Preparation and development of a Harris matrix, to show stratigraphic relationships between all recorded archaeological features and deposits; • All information regarding the location, dimensions and characteristics of all recorded archaeological features and deposits will be recorded on pro-forma context sheets; • Collection of all significant artefacts for analysis, except from non-significant unstratified fill. Samples of bricks and mortar will be collected from each structure, as relevant.
Soil samples will be taken for all topsoil and other relevant deposits for analysis by a palynologist. The results of the analysis should provide an insight into the food growing practices and diet, farming and vegetable crops, and the indigenous flora of the locality.
Artefacts will be cleaned, bagged, labelled in accordance with the archaeological context, and appropriately stored for analysis so that any information that can contribute to the understanding of the site and its historical development is not lost. Artefact processing and analysis will be in accordance with the Casey & Lowe system, developed over many years of excavation and analysis, and all artefacts will be entered into the Casey & Lowe database. The database for each site will be included in the Excavation Report for that site.
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A Clearance Certificate will be issued by the Historic Excavation Director for each site requiring archaeological testing or excavation and recording after investigations are completed at that particular location.
At completion of the archaeological investigation program a report will be prepared detailing the results of the fieldwork and post-excavation analysis. The report will be prepared in accordance with current heritage best practice and the requirements of a standard excavation permit. 5.3 Unexpected Heritage Finds
As identified in this report there are discrete groups of housing or farm complexes with associated outbuildings, wells and cesspits both within and outside the footprint of the Dive site, which will be managed in accordance with the methodologies detailed above.
However, in addition to the known footprints of the building complexes is potential for physical evidence associated with the early occupation of the local area to be present, but not recorded on maps or in early documents: unexpected heritage finds. The unexpected heritage finds may include but not be limited to: - Artefacts derived from housing that has been scattered across the site during the processes of demolition and building during the twentieth century. - Rubbish pits containing waste and discarded artefacts disposed of away from housing. - Evidence of early farming activities such as plough lines. - Some remains of early road surfaces associated with Bryson and Gillam Streets and along the edge of the Pacific Highway, which may include Telford road surfaces or a hardened clay surface with wheel ruts.
Work will cease within the immediate environment of the find and the Primary ED, Jennie Lindbergh will attend the site to determine its integrity and significance and to determine the appropriate management for the find. If of heritage significance, the Secretary and the Heritage Council will be informed, in accordance with Section 146. The Excavation Director will provide written confirmation of the relic’s significance and management, and work will proceed.
The late date of urban development of the local area indicates that it is unlikely that State significant archaeological relics will be discovered unexpectedly; however, if the unexpected find does prove to be identified as State significant, an Archaeological Relic Management Plan will be prepared.
Following completion of the appropriate management of the unexpected heritage find, the Primary ED will provide written advice that all archaeological investigations within an area have been completed and issue a Clearance Certificate to allow works to commence or resume.
5.4 Archaeological Relics Management Plan
In accordance with Condition E20, an Archaeological Relics Management Plan will be prepared, in consultation with the Heritage Council, if the unexpected heritage find is assessed by the Primary ED, Jennie Lindbergh, as having State significance.
State significant archaeological relics and features will generally, though not always, provide evidence of the beginnings of European settlement in a particular area. The earliest colonial settlements were established on the Cumberland Plain at Sydney, Parramatta and Windsor (Green Hills), with early grants also at Prospect Hill and along the Hawkesbury River near South Creek (Heritage Branch 2009:19). Evidence of early colonial land management and occupation contribute to and enhance an understanding of the development and growth of the colony. The evidence may include, but not be limited to:
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• Evidence of the pre-settlement environment. • Evidence of early land management practices. • Evidence of early landscape modifications including land clearance practices (Figure 5.1). • Agricultural practices and plantings. • Evidence of early housing and associated cesspits/ wells/ cisterns/ rubbish pits/ outbuildings. • Information regarding construction techniques of the settlement/farm/house. • Artefact assemblages that provide an insight into daily life, conditions, tools of trade and mechanisms of exchange. • Early burials.
Should unexpected State significant archaeological relics or features be identified, work would cease in the vicinity and the Heritage Council of NSW and the Secretary would be informed in writing concerning the find. The Primary ED would consult with the Heritage Council to determine the appropriate management for the find. This may include manual excavation to determine the full extent of the find and recorded in accordance with the methodology identified in Section 5.2.3 above.
The Primary ED will provide the Heritage Council and the Secretary with a brief summary of the investigations on completion and application of the relic/feature to the relevant research themes and questions.
Following completion of the appropriate management of the State significant archaeological relic, the Primary ED will provide written advice that all archaeological investigations within an area have been completed and issue a Clearance Certificate to allow works to commence or resume.
Figure 5.1 Evidence of land clearance in the form of burning-off of trees. The burnt pattern of the roots was below an early nineteenth-century public house, over which terrace housing had been built in the 1860s (AM Consulting 2015b:25, Figure 3.5).
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Appendix A
Rate Assessment information for:
Pacific Highway east between Mowbray Road and Nelson Street
Mowbray Road between Pacific Highway and the Main North Shore Line
Nelson Street south
Bryson and Gillam Streets
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Table A.1 Rates Assessments for properties along Pacific Highway east between Mowbray Road and Nelson Street (NB: not all property values are provided). Mowbray Bryson Bryson Carlotta Year Road → Street Street → / Nelson No: 14 Owner: John 1872 Bryson & Property: 1874 House & Land Capital Value: £30 No: 55 Owner: Mrs Bryson Property: 1882 _ House &
1885 Lots of Land Capital Value: £36 (1882-3) / £33 (1885) No: 102 No: 79 No: 708 Owner: Mrs Owner: Owner: J. Mary Thomas Thomps Bryson E. Bray No: 197 on 1886 Property: Brysons Estate: House & Estate Bryson’s Land Capital Capital Capital Value: £4 Value: £8 Value: £33 No: 112 No: 91 No: 42 Owner: Mrs Owner: Owner: No: 765 Mary Thomas Dawson Owner: J. 1887 Bryson E. Bray Lessee: Thomps Property: Brysons Sun Sam on House & Estate Wak Land
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Mowbray Bryson Bryson Carlotta Year Road → Street Street → / Nelson Capital Property Value: £4 : Land Capital Value: £52 No: 30 No: 31 No: 33 Owner: No: 34 No: 26 No: 27 No: 28 No: 29 Owner: Owner: John Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: John No: 32 Loxton & No: 25 Thomps Loxton & Mrs Thos E John John Thomps Owner & Bullock Owner: Mrs on Bullock Bryson Bray Dawson Dawson on Occupier Occupier Bryson Occupier Property Occupier Property Property Property Occupier P. Dolan : D.E. Occupier: : Henry : Land 1888 : J.B. : Land : Land : Land : Black- Eldridge Mrs Bryson Jenkins Estate: Paton Brysons Brysons Brysons Property smiths Property Property: Property Gt Property Estate Estate Estate : House, Shop : House House & : House, Northern : House Capital Capital Capital Shop & Brysons & Shop Land Shop & Capital & Shop Value: Value: Value: Land Estate Estate: Land Value: £120 £120 £140 Brysons Gt Brysons £140 Estate Northern Estate No: 6 – (previou No: 4 No: 5 sly 30 & No: 8 No: 3 No: 9 Owner: Owner: 31) No: 7 Owner: No: 2 Owner: Owner: now now merged Owner: Loxton & No: 1 Owner: Thos E. Loxton & Sarah Sarah Owner: P. Dolan Bullock Owner: Mrs Mrs Bray Bullock Elizabeth Elizabeth John No: 6 – Occupier Occupier Bryson Bryson Property Property Dawson Dawson Thomps (previou : P. Dolan : D.E. Occupier: Occupier : Land : Land 1889 Property Property on sly 30 & Property Eldridge Mrs Bryson : J.B. Brysons Estate: : Land : Land Occupie: 31 : Property Property: Paton Estate Great Brysons Brysons Henry merged) Blacksmi : House House & Property Capital Northern Estate Estate Jenkison th’s shop & Shop Land : House Value: Capital Capital Capital s Brysons Estate: & Shop £120 Value: Value: Value: Propert: Estate Great £140 £120 £140 House, Northern Shops & Land
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Mowbray Bryson Bryson Carlotta Year Road → Street Street → / Nelson Brysons Estate No: 2 Owner: No: 6 No: 8 No: 9 Mrs No: 3 No: 4 No: 5 Owner: No: 7 Owner: Owner: Bryson Owner: Owner: Owner: John Owner: Loxton & No: 1 Loxton & Occupier Thos. E. Sarah E. Sarah E. Thomps P. Dolan Bullock 1890 – Owner: Mrs Bullock : R. Bray Dawson Dawson on Occupier Occupier Carlot Bryson Property Cameron Property Property Property Occupier : P. Dolan : D.E. ta St Occupier: : Land Lessee: : Land : Land : Land : left Property Eldridge now Mrs Bryson Estate: Clark & Estate: Estate: Estate: Property : Property Nelso Property: Great McIntyre Bryson’s Bryson’s Bryson’s : House, Blacksmi : House n St House & Northern Property Capital Capital Capital Shop & th shop & Shop Land Capital : House Value: Value: Value: Land Brysons Estate: Value: & Shop £120 £120 £140 Brysons Estate Great £140 Estate: Estate Northern Bryson’s No: 2 No: 8 Owner: No: 7 Owner: Mrs Owner: No: 4 No: 5 Loxton & No: 9 Mary No: 3 Peter Owner: Owner: No: 6 Bullock Owner: No: 1 Bryson Owner: Dolan 1891 – Mrs Mrs Owner: Lessee: Loxton & Owner: Mrs Lessee: Thos. E. Occupier Lane Sarah Sarah John D.E. Bullock Mary Clark & Bray : P. Dolan Cove Russon Russon Thomps Eldridge Property Bryson McIntyre Property Property Road Property Property on Occupier : Land Occupier: Occupier : Land : House now : Land : Land Property : D.E. Estate: Mrs Bryson : R. Brysons & Gordo Brysons Brysons : Shop & Eldridge Great Property: Cameron Estate Blacksmi n Estate Estate Land Property Northern House & Brysons Capital th Shop Road Capital Capital Brysons : House Capital Land Estate Value: & Value: Value: Estate & Shop Value: Property £120 Dwelling £120 £140 Estate: £150 : House, Brysons Great Shop & Estate Northern Land No: 2 No: 4 No: 5 No: 6 1892 No: 1 Owner: No: 3 Owner: Owner: Owner: No: 7 No: 8 No: 9 Mrs Mrs Mrs Mrs
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Mowbray Bryson Bryson Carlotta Year Road → Street Street → / Nelson Owner: Mrs Mary Owner: Sarah Sarah Hammon Owner: Owner: Owner: Mary Bryson Thos. E. Russon Russon d Peter Loxton & Loxton & Bryson Lessee: Bray Property Property Property Dolan Bullock Bullock Occupier: Clark & Property : Land : Land : Shop & Occupier Lessee: Property Mrs Bryson McIntyre : Land Estate: Estate: Land : P. Dolan D.E. : Land Property: Occupier Estate: Bryson’s Bryson’s Estate: Property Eldridge Estate: House & : R. Bryson’s Capital Capital Bryson’s : Occupier Gt Land Cameron Capital Value: Value: Blacksmi : D.E. Northern Estate: Value: £120 £140 th Shop Eldridge Capital Bryson’s £120 & Property Value: Property Dwelling : House £150 : House, Estate: & Shop Shop & Bryson’s Estate: Land Gt Northern No: 56 No: 57 No: 54 No: 55 No: 50 Owner: Owner: No: 58 Owner: Owner: No: 49 Owner: No: 51 No: 52 No: 53 Peter Loxton & Owner: Mrs Mrs Owner: Mrs Mrs Owner: Owner: Owner: Dolan Bullock D.E. Hammon Hammon Mary Mary Ths. E. John John Occupier Lessee: Eldridge d d Bryson Bryson Bray Dawson Dawson : Peter D.E. Occupier Occupier Occupier Occupier: Occupier Property Property Property Dolan Eldridge : Jos. : N. : Jos. 1893 Mrs Bryson : Jos. Oag : Land : Land : Land Estate: Occupier Woodbin Northro Laurie Estate: Estate: Estate: Estate: Estate: Gt : vacant e p Estate: Bryson’s Bryson’s Bryson’s Bryson’s Bryson’s Northern Estate: Estate: Estate: Gt Property: Property Capital Capital Capital Property Gt Gt Gt Northern House & : House, Value: Value: Value: : Northern Northern Northern Property Land Shop & £120 £120 £120 Blacksmi Property Property Property : Land ths Shop : House : House : Shop Dwelling & House & Shop No: 51 No: 52 No: 53 No: 56 No: 49 No: 57 No: 50 Owner: Owner: Owner: No: 54 No: 55 Owner: Owner: Mrs Owner: Owner: T.H. Bray Frederic Frederic Owner: Owner: Patrick On Mary Loxton & 1894 Mrs sold M. k k Mrs Mrs Dolan Nelson Bryson Bullock Mary Powell Dawson Dawson Hammon Hammon Occupier Street Occupier: Occupier Bryson Property Property Property d d : Patrick Mrs Bryson : vacant : Land : Land : Land Dolan
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Mowbray Bryson Bryson Carlotta Year Road → Street Street → / Nelson Estate: Occupier Estate: Estate: Estate: Occupier Lessee: Estate: Estate: Bryson’s : A.J. Bryson’s Bryson’s Bryson’s : Arthur H. Gt Gt Property: Graus Potts Maltow Northern Northern House & Estate: Estate: Occupier Property Property Land Bryson’s Gt : C. Fugel : : House Property Northern Estate: Blacksmi & Shop : House, Property Gt ths Shop Shop & : Shop Northern & House Land Property : House & Shop No: 62 No: 56 No: 61 No: 60 Owner: Owner: Owner: No: 55 Owner: Patrick No: 63 Mrs Mrs Owner: Mrs Mrs Dolan Owner: Mary Hammon Mary Hammon Occupier Loxton & Bryson No: 57 No: 58 No: 59 d Bryson d : Patrick Bullock Occupier Owner: Owner: Owner: Occupier Occupier: Occupier Dolan Occupier : left M. Fredk Fredk : H.C. Mrs Bryson : Arthur Estate: : George Estate: Powell Dawson Dawson Fugill 1895 Estate: Potts Bryson’s Hicks Bryson’s Property Property Property Estate: Bryson’s Estate: Property Property Property : Land : Land : Land Bryson’s Property: Bryson’s : House : House : House, Estate: Estate: Estate: Property House & Property & & Shop Shop & Bryson’s Bryson’s Bryson’s : House Land : Shop Blacksmi Capital Land & Shop Capital Capital ths Shop Value: Capital Capital Value: £364 Value: Capital £400 Value: Value: £75 Value: £100 £75 £240 No: 56 No: 62 No: 57 No: 58 No: 59 No: 60 No: 61 No: 55 Owner: Owner: No: 63 Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Mrs Mrs M Patk Owner: M. Fred. Fred. Mrs Mrs M Bryson Bryson Dolan Loxton & Powell Dawson Dawson Hammon Hammon 1896 Occupier: Occupier Occupier Bullock Property Property Property d d Mrs Bryson : Mrs L. : Patk Estate: : Land : Land : Land Occupier Occupier Estate: Osborne Dolan Great Estate: Estate: Estate: : Arthur : H.C. Bryson’s Estate: Estate: Northern Bryson’s Bryson’s Bryson’s Potts Fugill Bryson’s Bryson’s
AMBS Ecology & Heritage 51 Sydney Metro, City & Southwest Archaeological Method Statement for Chatswood Dive
Mowbray Bryson Bryson Carlotta Year Road → Street Street → / Nelson Property: Property Estate: Estate: Property Property House & : House Bryson’s Bryson’s : House : House Land & Shop Property Property & & Shop : Shop : House Blacksmi & Shop ths No: 60 No: 65 No: 66 No: 59 Owner: No: 61 No: 62 No: 63 No: 64 Owner: Owner: Owner: No: 67 Jos. A. Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Mrs Patk James Owner: Hammon M. Fred Fred Mrs Hammon Dolan Forsyth Loxton & d Powell Dawson Dawson Hammon d Occupier Occupier: Bullock Occupier Property Property Property d Occupier : Patk Miss E. Estate: 1897 : Mrs L. : Land : Land : Land Occupier : H.C. Dolan Bryson Great Osborne Estate: Estate: Estate: : A. Potts Fugill Estate: Estate: Northern Estate: Bryson’s Bryson’s Bryson’s Estate: Estate: Bryson’s Bryson’s Property Bryson’s Capital Capital Capital Bryson’s Bryson’s Property Property: : House Property Value: Value: Value: Property Property : House, House & & Shop : Shop & £90 £90 £90 : Shop : Shop & Land & Land Land House Smithers No: 67 – No: 61 No: 66 No: 68 – No: 65 (was 66 No: 69 Owner: No: 62 No: 63 No: 64 Owner: (was 66 Owner: split) Owner: No: 60 Abner Owner: Owner: Owner: Mrs split) Mrs Owner: Loxton & Owner: Jas. Hammon W.N. Fred Fred Hammon Owner: Hammon Patk Bullock Forsyth d Powell Dawson Dawson d Patk d Dolan Estate: Occupier: Occupier Property Property Property Occupier Dolan Occupier Occupier Great 1898 Mrs Pugh : B. : Land : Land : Land : Mrs Occupier : Arthur : Patk Northern Estate: Molony Estate: Estate: Estate: Surridge : Jo. Potts Dolan Property Bryson Estate: Bryson Bryson Bryson Estate: Sutton Estate: Estate: : Land Property: Bryson Capital Capital Capital Bryson Estate: Bryson Bryson Capital House Property Value: Value: Value: Property Bryson Property Property Value: : House £90 £90 £90 : House Property : Shop : House £200 & Shop & Shop : House & Shop No: 310 No: 311 No: 315 No: 316 No: 312 No: 313 No: 314 No: 317 No: 318 No: 319 Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: 1899 Thos. Pugh Abner Mrs Mrs W.N. Fred Fred Patk Patk Loxton & Occupier: Hammon Hammon Hammon Powell Dawson Dawson Dolan Dolan Bullock Thos. Pugh d d d
AMBS Ecology & Heritage 52 Sydney Metro, City & Southwest Archaeological Method Statement for Chatswood Dive
Mowbray Bryson Bryson Carlotta Year Road → Street Street → / Nelson Estate: Occupier Estate: Estate: Estate: Occupier Occupier Occupier Occupier Estate: Bryson : B. Bryson Bryson Bryson : Arthur : Thos. : Patk : Jo. Gt Property: Moloney Property Property Property Potts Surridge Dolan Sutton Northern House Estate: : Land : Land : Land Estate: Estate: Estate: Estate: Property Bryson Capital Capital Capital Bryson Bryson Gt Bryson : Land Property Value: Value: Value: Property Property Northern Property Capital : House £90 £90 £90 : Shop : Shop Property : House Value: & Shop : House £200 & Smithey No: 355 – (315 & No: 351 316 No: 357 No: 358 Owner: No: 352 No: 353 No: 354 combine No: 356 Owner: Owner: No: 350 Abner Owner: Owner: Owner: d) Owner: Patk Loxton & Owner: Hammon W.N. Jos. Jos. Owner: P. Dolan Dolan Bullock Thos. Pugh d Powell Dawson Dawson Mrs No: 355 Occupier Occupier Estate: Occupier: Occupier Brysons Brysons Brysons Hammon – (315 & : P. Dolan : J.J. Gt 1900 Thos. Pugh : B. Estate Estate Estate d 316 Estate: Gillam Northern Brysons Moloney Property Property Property Occupier combine Gt Estate: Property Estate Brysons : Land : Land : Land : F. d) Northern Gt : Land Property: Estate Capital Capital Capital Dickens Property Northern Capital House Property Value: Value: Value: Brysons : House Property Value: : House £90 £80 £80 Estate & Shop : House £200 & Shop Property : House & Shop No: 168 No: 172 No: 167 No: 175 Owner: No: 169 No: 170 No: 171 Owner: No: 173 No: 174 Owner: Owner: Abner Owner: Owner: Owner: Mrs Owner: Owner: Tom Pugh Loxton & Hammon Alex A.N. A.N. Hammon P. Dolan P. Dolan Occupier: Bullock d Turnbull Russon Russon d Occupier Occupier 1901 Tom Pugh Property Occupier Estate: Estate: Estate: Occupier : P. Dolan : J.J. Estate: : Land : Thos. Bryson’s Bryson’s Bryson’s : F. Property Gillam Bryson’s Capital Vokes Property Property Property Dickens : House Property Property: Value: Estate: : Land : Land : Land Estate: & Shop : House House £200 Bryson’s Bryson’s
AMBS Ecology & Heritage 53 Sydney Metro, City & Southwest Archaeological Method Statement for Chatswood Dive
Mowbray Bryson Bryson Carlotta Year Road → Street Street → / Nelson Property Capital Capital Capital Property : House Value: Value: Value: : House & Shop £90 £70 £70 & Shop No: 171 No: 175 No: 178 Owner: No: 172 No: 173 No: 174 Owner: No: 176 No: 177 Owner: No: 170 Abner Owner: Owner: Owner: Mrs Owner: Owner: Jos. Owner: Hammon Alex A.H. A.H. Hammon P. Dolan P. Dolan Hammon Tom Pugh d Turnbull Russon Russon d Occupier Occupier d Sr. Occupier: Occupier Estate: Estate: Estate: Occupier : P. Dolan : J.J. Estate: David 1902 : Thos. Bryson’s Bryson’s Bryson’s : F. Estate: Gillam Gt. Welch Vokes Property Property Property Dickens Gt. Estate: Northern Estate: Estate: : Land : Land : Land Estate: Northern Gt. Property Bryson’s Bryson’s Capital Capital Capital Bryson’s Property Northern : Land Property: Property Value: Value: Value: Property : House Property Capital House : House £90 £70 £70 : House & Shop : House Value: & Shop & Shop £160 No: 190 No: 194 No: 197 No: 189 Owner: No: 191 No: 192 No: 193 Owner: No: 195 No: 196 Owner: Owner: Abner Owner: Owner: Owner: Mrs Owner: Owner: Jos. Miss Hammon Alex A.H. A.H. Hammon P. Dolan P. Dolan Hammon Springett d Turnbull Russon Russon d Occupier Occupier d Sr. Occupier: Occupier Estate: Estate: Estate: Occupier : P. Dolan : J.J. Estate: David 1903 : Thos. Bryson’s Bryson’s Bryson’s : Thos. Estate: Gillam Gt. Welch Vokes Property Property Property Higgins Great Estate: Northern Estate: Estate: : Land : Land : Land Estate: Northern Great Property Bryson’s Bryson’s Capital Capital Capital Bryson’s Property Northern : Land Property: Property Value: Value: Value: Property : House Property Capital House & : House £90 £90 £90 : House & Shop : House Value: Smithy & Shop & Shop £160 No: 208 No: 209 No: 210 No: 207 No: 211 No: 212 No: 213 No: 215 Owner: J. Owner: – (192 & No: 214 Owner: – – Owner: Owner: Smith Alex 193 Owner: Miss (previou (previou P. Dolan Jos. Geo. Hammon Turnbull combine P. Dolan 1904 Springett sly 194 sly 194 Occupier Hammon d Estate: d) Occupier Occupier: split) split) : P. Dolan d Sr. Occupier Bryson’s Owner: : John David Owner: Owner: Property Property : H.M. Property Mrs H. Doig Welch Mrs Mrs : House, : Land Reid : Land Vince
AMBS Ecology & Heritage 54 Sydney Metro, City & Southwest Archaeological Method Statement for Chatswood Dive
Mowbray Bryson Bryson Carlotta Year Road → Street Street → / Nelson Estate: Estate: Capital Estate: Hammon Hammon Shop & Property Capital Bryson’s Bryson’s Value: Bryson’s d d Smithy : House Value: Property: Property £100 Property Occupier Occupier & Shop £160 House & : House : Land : Jno. : Isaac Smithy & Shop Capital Potts Jackson Value: Estate: Estate: £200 Bryson’s Bryson’s Property Property : Shop : House & Shop No: 211 No: 212 No: 216 No: 219 Owner: Owner: No: 213 No: 214 No: 215 Owner: No: 217 No: 218 Owner: Miss Abner Owner: Owner: Owner. Mrs Owner: Owner: Geo. Springett Hammon Alex Mrs H. Thos. Hammon P. Dolan P. Dolan Hammon Occupier: d Turnbull Vince Hammon d Occupier Occupier d Thos. Occupier Estate: Estate: d Occupier : P. Dolan : John Estate: 1905 Whitehead : H.M. Bryson’s Bryson’s Occupier : Geo. Estate: Doig Great (D. Reid Property Property : E. Smith Webb Great Estate: Northern Eldridge) Estate: : Land : Land Estate: Estate: Northern Great Property Estate: Bryson’s Capital Capital Bryson’s Bryson’s Property Northern : Land Bryson’s Property Value: Value: Property Property : House Property Capital Property: : House £75 £150 : Shop : House & Smithy : House Value: House & Shop & Shop £160 No: 215 No: 216 No: 223 No: 222 Owner: Owner: No: 217 No: 219 No: 221 Owner: No: 218 No: 220 Owner: Miss Abner Owner: Owner: Owner: Geo. Owner: Owner: P. Dolan Springett Hammon Alex Jos. T. P. Dolan Hammon D. Neely Jos. T. Occupier Occupier: d Turnbull Hammon Occupier d Estate: Hammon : John Whitehead Occupier Estate: d Snr : P. Dolan Estate: Bryson d Snr Doig 1906 & Co. : H.M. Bryson Occupier Estate: Great Property Estate: Estate: (Chas. Reid Property : E. Smith Great Northern : Land Bryson Great Jeffries) Estate: : Land Estate: Northern Property Capital Property Northern Estate: Bryson Capital Bryson Property : Land Value: : House Property Bryson Property Value: Property : House Capital £150 & Shop : House Property: : House £75 : Shop & Smithy Value: & Stables House & Shop £160 1907 No: 235 No: 236 No: 237 No: 238 No: 239 No: 240 No: 241 No: 242 No: 243
AMBS Ecology & Heritage 55 Sydney Metro, City & Southwest Archaeological Method Statement for Chatswood Dive
Mowbray Bryson Bryson Carlotta Year Road → Street Street → / Nelson Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: No: 219 Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Miss Abner Alex D. Neely Owner: Jos. T. P. Dolan P. Dolan Geo. Springett Hammon Turnbull Brysons Jos. T. Hammon Occupier Occupier Hammon Occupier: d Brysons Estate Hammon d : P. Dolan : d Whitehead Occupier Estate Property d Occupier Estate: Whitehe Estate: & Co. (C. : H.M. Property : Land Occupier : Wm. Great ad & Co. Great Higgins) Reid : Land Capital : E. Smith Wicks Northern (Wm. Northern Brysons Brysons Capital Value: Brysons Brysons Property Brownin Property Estate Estate Value: £150 Estate Estate : House g) : Land Property: Property £75 Property Property & Smithy Estate: Capital House : House : Shop : House Great Value: & Shop & Shop Northern £160 Property : House & Stables No: 245 Owner: P. Dolan No: 242 No: 244 Occupier No: 238 No: 239 Owner: No: 243 Owner: : Owner: Owner: Jos. T. Owner: No: 246 P. Dolan Whitehe Miss Abner Hammon Jos. T. Owner: Occupier ad & Co. Springett Hammon No: 240 d Hammon Geo. No: 241 : P. W. Occupier: d Owner: Occupier d Hammon Owner: Dolan, Brownin Whitehead Occupier Alex : E. Occupier d Dd Neely blk. g, carter & Co. C. : H.M. Turnbull Smith, : C. Property Brysons Smith Property 1908 Liggins, Reid, Brysons store Currie, : Land Estate Property : Brk H & carter grocer Estate Property tobaccon Estate: Capital : Wd. H. Wd Property: Brysons Capital : Wd. ist Great Value: & Smithy Stable Cottage Estate Value: Shop Property Northern £225 Brysons Estate: Brysons Capital £126 Brysons : Wd. Capital Estate Great Estate Value: Estate Shop Value: Capital Northern Capital £126 Capital Brysons £220 Value: Capital Value: £180 Value: Estate £112 Value: £112 £230
AMBS Ecology & Heritage 56 Sydney Metro, City & Southwest Archaeological Method Statement for Chatswood Dive
Mowbray Bryson Bryson Carlotta Year Road → Street Street → / Nelson No: 246 No: 249 No: 250 No: 253 No: 247 No: 245 Owner: No: 248 Owner: Owner: No: 251 No: 252 Owner: Owner: Owner: Abner Owner: Jos. T. Jos. T. Owner: Owner: Geo. Alex Miss Hammon D. Neely Hammon Hammon P. Dolan P. Dolan Hammon 1909 Turnbull Springett d Capital d d Capital Capital d Capital Capital Capital Value: Capital Capital Value: Value: Capital Value: Value: £180 Value: £225 Value: Value: £112 £230 Value: £126 £126 £112 £112 £220 No: 255 – (249 & No: 252 250 No: 258 No: 253 No: 251 Owner: No: 254 combine No: 255 No: 256 No: 257 Owner: Owner: Owner: A. Owner: d) – (249 & Owner: Owner: G. A. Miss Hammon D. Neely Owner: 250 P. Dolan P. Dolan Hammon 1910 Turnbull Springett d Capital J.T. combine Capital Capital d Capital Capital Capital Value: Hammon d) Value: Value: Capital Value: Value: £180 Value: £225 d £112 £230 Value: £126 £126 Capital £220 Value: £112 No: 329 - No: 333 No: 328 No: 335 new Owner: No: 334 Owner: Owner: No: 327 Owner: Jos. J. Owner: No: 336 A. P. Dolan, Owner: Mrs Abner No: 330 No: 332 Hammon P. Dolan, Owner: Hammon No: 331 blacksmi Eliza A. Hammon Owner: – new d blacksmi Geo. d Owner: th Springett d Alex Owner: Occupier th Hammon Occupier D. Neely Occupier Occupier: H Occupier Turnbull D. Neely : Mrs Occupier d : H.M. Property : T. Cody Wm. Dew, : A. Property Property Clune, : P. Property Reid, : Vacant Property 1911 carter Hammon : Vacant : Vacant refreshm Dolan, : Vacant grocer Estate: : B.H. & Property: d Estate: Estate: ent shop blacksmi Estate: Property Bryson Stables B.C. Property Bryson Bryson & C. th Great : Shop Capital Estate: Estate: : Wd. C. Capital Capital Currie, Property Northern Estate: Value: Great Bryson Estate: Value: Value: hairdress : House Capital Bryson £100 Northern Capital Bryson £105 £100 er & Smithy Value: Capital Capital Value: £210 Capital Property Estate: £225 Value: Value: Value: : 2 Wd. Bryson £60 £230 £66 Shops
AMBS Ecology & Heritage 57 Sydney Metro, City & Southwest Archaeological Method Statement for Chatswood Dive
Mowbray Bryson Bryson Carlotta Year Road → Street Street → / Nelson Estate: Capital Bryson Value: Capital £112 Value: £112 No: 340 Owner: No: 341 Mrs Jos. No: 342 No: 335 No: 336 Owner: Hammon Owner: No: 334 Owner: Owner: P. Dolan, d Sen. P. Dolan, No: 343 Owner: Mrs Abner Abner blacksmi No: 337 No: 338 No: 339 Occupier blacksmi Owner: Elizh Hammon Hammon th Owner: Owner: Owner: : Mrs th Geo. Springett d d Occupier Alex H.M. H.M. Clune, Occupier Hammon Occupier: Occupier Occupier : P. Turnbull Reid Reid refresht. : T. Cody, d 1912 Wm. Dew, : H.M. : Abner Dolan, Property Property Property shop & carrier Property carter Reid, Hammon blacksmi : Vacant : Vacant : Vacant C. Currie, Property : Vacant Property: grocer d th Estate: Estate: Estate: hairdress : B.H. & Estate: B.C. Property Property Property Bryson Bryson Bryson er Stable Gt. Estate: : Shop : Wd. C. : House Property Estate: Northern Bryson Estate: Estate: & Smithy : 2 Wd. Gt. Bryson Bryson Estate: Shops Northern Bryson Estate: Bryson No: 380 No: 384 No: 385 No: 386 No: 387 No: 378 No: 379 Owner: No: 382 No: 383 Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: No: 381 A. Owner: Owner: W. P. Dolan P. Dolan Geo. Mrs. Eliz Abner Owner: Hammon H.M. H.M. Hammon Occupier Occupier Hammon Springett Hammon C. Currey d Reid Reid d Senr. : P. Dolan : T. Cody d Occupier: d Property Occupier Property Property Occupier Property Property Property W. Dew Occupier : Vacant 1913 : A. : Vacant : Vacant : Clune & : Smithy : B.C. : Vacant Property: : H.M. Estate: Hammon Estate: Estate: Currie & Dwg Estate: Estate: B.C. Reid Bryson d Bryson Bryson Property Estate: Great Great Estate: Property Capital Property Capital Capital : 2 Wd. Bryson Northern Northern Bryson : Shop Value: : Wd. C. Value: Value: Shops Capital Capital Capital Capital Estate: £105 Estate: £80 £80 Estate: Value: Value: Value: Value: £210 Bryson Bryson Bryson £110 £230 £225
AMBS Ecology & Heritage 58 Sydney Metro, City & Southwest Archaeological Method Statement for Chatswood Dive
Mowbray Bryson Bryson Carlotta Year Road → Street Street → / Nelson Capital Capital Capital Value: Value: Value: £60 £66 £110 No: 398 No: 402 No: 396 No: 397 Owner: Owner: No: 404 Owner: Mrs Owner: No: 399 No: 403 No: 405 A. Mrs Owner: Eliz Abner Owner: No: 400 No: 401 Owner: Owner: Hammon Hammon P. Dolan Springett Hammon C. Currey Owner: Owner: P. Dolan G. d d Snr. Occupier Occupier: d Occupier H.M. H.M. Occupier Hammon Occupier Occupier : Mrs W. Dew Occupier ; C. Reid Reid : P. Dolan d : A. : Clune & Betts Property: : H.M. Currey Property Property Property Property Hammon Currie Property 1914 B.C. Reid Property : Vac : Vac : Smithy : Vacant d Ogdew Property : B.C. Estate: Property : B. Shop Estate: Estate: & Wd. C. Estate: Property : 2 Wd. Estate: Bryson : Shop Estate: Bryson Bryson Estate: Great : Wd. C. Shops Great House Estate: Bryson Capital Capital Bryson Northern Estate: Estate: Northern Name: Bryson Capital Value: Value: Capital Capital Bryson Bryson Capital Dursley Capital Value: £80 £80 Value: Value: Capital Capital Value: Capital Value: £105 £110 £270 Value: Value: £276 Value: £210 £60 £66 £110 No: 416 No: 422 No: 417 Owner: Mrs No: 418 Owner: No: 423a Owner: No: 419 No: 423 No: 424 Eliz Owner: Mrs Owner: Abner Owner: No: 420 No: 421 Owner: Owner: Springett A. Hammon P. Dolan Hammon C. Currey Owner: Owner: P. Dolan G. Occupier: Hammon d Senr. Occupier d Occupier H.M. H.M. Occupier Hammon W. Dew d Occupier : Mrs Occupier : C. Reid Reid : P. Dolan d 1915 Property: Occupier : Clune & Betts : H.M. Currey Property Property Property Property B.C. : Ogdew vac Property Reid Property : Vac : Vac : Smithy : Vacant Estate: Property Property : B.C. Property : B. Shop Estate: Estate: & Wd. C. Estate: Bryson : Wd. C. : 2 Wd. Estate: : Shop Estate: Bryson Bryson Estate: Great House Estate: Shops Great Estate: Bryson Bryson Northern Name: Bryson Estate: Northern Bryson Dursley Bryson No: 547 No: 548 No: 552 No: 553 No: 555 No: 546 No: 550 No: 551 Owner: Owner: No: 549 Owner: Owner: No: 554 Owner: Owner: Mrs Owner: Owner: 1916 Abner A. Owner: Mrs P. Dolan Owner: Geo. Eliz H.M. H.M. Hammon Hammon C. Currey Hammon Occupier P. Dolan Hammon Springett Reid Reid d d d Snr. : P. Dolan d
AMBS Ecology & Heritage 59 Sydney Metro, City & Southwest Archaeological Method Statement for Chatswood Dive
Mowbray Bryson Bryson Carlotta Year Road → Street Street → / Nelson Occupier: Occupier Occupier Occupier Property Property Occupier Property Occupier Property W. Dew : H.M. : Ogden : C. : Vac : Vac : Clune & : Smithy : Mrs : Vac Property: Reid Property Currey Estate: Estate: Property & Wd. C. Betts Estate: B.C. Property : Wd. C. Property Bryson Bryson : 2 Wd. Estate: Property Great Estate: : Shop Estate: : B. Shop Shops Bryson : B.C. Northern Bryson Estate: Bryson Estate: Estate: Estate: House Bryson Bryson Bryson Great Name: Northern Dursley No: 562 No: 564 – (547 & – (550 & 548 551 No: 565 No: 561 No: 566 combine No: 563 combine Owner: No: 567 Mrs Elizth. Owner: No: 568 d) Owner: d) Mrs Owner: Springett Patrick Owner: Owner: Charles Owner: Hammon P. Dolan Occupier: Dolan George 1917 – Abner Currey H.M. d Senr. Occupier William Occupier Hammon Gordo Hammon No: 562 Occupier Reid No: 564 Occupier : Frank Dew : Patrick d n Rd d – (547 & : Charles Occupier – (550 & : Thomas Smith Property: Dolan Property beco Occupier 548 Currey : H.M. 551 Clune Property B.C. Property : Vac mes : Abner combine Property Reid combine Property : B.C. Estate: : Smithy Estate: Lane Hammon d) : B. Shop Property d) : 2 Wd. Estate: Bryson & Wd. C. Great Cove d Estate: : B. Shop Shops Great House Estate: Northern Rd Property Bryson & Estate: Northern Name: Bryson Capital : Shop Capital Dwelling Bryson Capital Dursley Capital Value: Estate: Value: Estate: Capital Value: Capital Value: £270 Bryson £105 Bryson Value: £276 Value: £210 £112 Capital Capital £112 Value: Value: £155 £180 No: 686 No: 680 No: 681 No: 682 No: 683 No: 684 No: 685 No: 688 No: 689 Owner: No: 687 Elizabeth Owner: – Owner: Owner: – Owner: Owner: Mrs Owner: Mary Dew Abner combine Charles H.M. combine Patrick George Hammon Patrick 1918 Occupier: Hammon d in the Currey Reid d in the Dolan Hammon d Senr. Dolan Wm. Dew d previous Occupier Occupier previous Occupier d Occupier Occupier Property: Occupier year, but : C. : H.M. year, but : Frank Property : Thos. : P. Dolan B.C. : A. likely the Currey Reid likely the Smith : Vac Clune
AMBS Ecology & Heritage 60 Sydney Metro, City & Southwest Archaeological Method Statement for Chatswood Dive
Mowbray Bryson Bryson Carlotta Year Road → Street Street → / Nelson Estate: Hammon same as Property Property same as Property Property Property Estate: Bryson d before : B. Shop : B. Shop before : 2 Wd. : Smithy : B.C. Great House Property Owner: Estate: & Owner: Shops & Wd. C. Estate: Northern Name: : Shop Abner Bryson Dwelling H.M. Estate: Estate: Great Capital Dursley Estate: Hammon Capital Estate: Reid Bryson Bryson Northern Value: Capital Bryson d Value: Bryson Estate: Capital Capital Capital £270 Value: £210 Capital Occupier £105 Capital Bryson Value: Value: Value: Value: : A. Value: Capital £112 £112 £276 £155 Hammon £180 Value: d £180 Property : Wd. C. Estate: Bryson Capital Value: £155
AMBS Ecology & Heritage 61 Sydney Metro, City & Southwest Archaeological Method Statement for Chatswood Dive
Table A.2 Rates Assessments for properties along Mowbray Road north from Main North Shore Line to Lane Cove Road (Pacific Highway) (NB: not all property values are provided). Year Between Railway Line Council Chambers → Lane Cove Road and Council Chambers 1887 No: 3 No: 467 No: 462 Mowbray Road Owner: Henry Kirby Owner: Mrs Emma Owner: John Alford Brysons Estate Kelsey Kelso Property: House & Land (sold) Brysons Estate Capital Value: £52 Capital Value: £12 Capital Value: £8 1888 No: 112 No: 113 No: 114 No: 115 No: 116 No: 117 Owner: John Alford Owner: Henry Kirby Owner: Mrs Johnson Owner: Mrs Emma Owner: Leslie Herring Owner: J. Hawbley Occupier: John Alford Brysons Estate Brysons Estate Kelsey Brysons Estate Estate: Willoughby Property: House & Land Property: Land Property: Land Brysons Estate Property: Land Heights Capital Value: £300 Capital Value: £150 Property: Land Capital Value: £150 Property: Land Capital Value: £300 Capital Value: £150
1889 No: 92 No: 93 No: 94 No: 95 No: 96 Owner: John Alford Owner: Henry Kirby Owner: Mrs Johnson Owner: Mrs Emma Owner: Leslie Herring Occupier: Vacant Lessee: Loxton Bullock Brysons Estate Kelsey Occupier: Mrs Bryson Property: House & Land was Henry Kirby Property: Land Brysons Estate Brysons Estate Brysons Estate Property: Land Property: Land Property: Land 1890 No: 92 No: 93 No: 94 No: 95 No: 96 Owner: Bank Cr. North Owner: Henry Kirby Owner: Mrs Johnson Owner: Mrs Emma Owner: In with Mrs Shore on Blizzard Brysons Estate Brysons Estate Kelsey Brysons House Occupier: J. Hedges Property: Land Property: Land Brysons Estate Lessee: Mrs B Property: House & Land Capital Value: £300 Capital Value: £150 Property: Land Brysons Estate Capital Value: £300 1891 No: 91 No: 92 No: 94 No: 93 Owner: National Mutual Owner: Loxton + Bullock Owner: Mrs Mary Anna Owner: Mrs Emma Life Association of Aus Lessee: Sold Loxton + Johnson Kelsey Property: House & Land Bullock Brysons Estate Brysons Estate Brysons Estate Property: Land Property: Land Property: Land Capital Value: £150 Capital Value: £310 Capital Value: £300 1892 No: 90 No: 91 No: 93 No: 92 Owner: National Mutual Owner: Loxton & Owner: Mrs Mary Ann Owner: Mrs Emma Life Ass. of Aus Bullock Johnson Kelsey Property: House & Land Brysons Estate Brysons Estate Brysons Estate Property: Land Property: Land Property: Land Capital Capital Value: £300 Capital Value: £150 Value: £310 1893 No: 29 No: 30 No: 32 No: 31
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Year Between Railway Line Council Chambers → Lane Cove Road and Council Chambers Owner: Nat. Mut. Life. Owner: Loxton & Owner: Mrs M.A. Owner: Mrs Emma Assoc. of Aust. Bullock Johnson Kelsey Property: House & Land Brysons Estate Brysons Estate Brysons Estate Property: Land Property: Land Property: Land Capital Value: £300 Capital Value: £150 Capital Value: £310 1894 No: 29 No: 30 No: 32 No: 31 Nat. Mut. Life Ass. of A Owner: Loxton & Owner: Mrs M. A. Owner: Mrs Emma Property: House & Land Bullock Johnson Kelsey Occupier: Richd Brysons Estate Brysons Estate Brysons Estate Dalrymple-Hay Property: Land Property: Land Property: Land Capital Value: £300 Capital Value: £150 Capital Value: £310 1895 No: 29 No: 30 No: 32 No: 31 Owner: Nat. Mut. Life Owner: Loxton & Owner: Mrs M.A. Owner: Mrs Emma Assoc. of A. Bullock Johnson Kelsey Occupier: H. Ekensteen Brysons Estate Brysons Estate Brysons Estate Property: House & Land Property: Land Property: Land Property: Land Capital Value: £150 Capital Value: £300 Capital Value: £150 Capital Value: £310 1896 No: 29 No: 30 No: 32 No: 31 Owner: Nat. Mut. Life Owner: Loxton & Owner: Mrs M.A. Owner: Mrs Emma Assoc. of A. Bullock Johnson Kelsey Occupier: F.L. Jon Brysons Estate Brysons Estate Brysons Estate Borgheim Property: Land Property: Land Property: Land Property: House & Land Capital Value: £200 Capital Value: £150 Capital Value: £250 1897 No: 30 No: 31 No: 33 No: 32 Owner: Natl Mut. Life Owner: Loxton & Owner: Mrs M.A. Owner: Mrs Emma Asscn. Bullock Johnson Kelsey Occupier: George Brysons Estate Brysons Estate Brysons Estate Devonshire Property: Property: Land Property: Land Property: Land House & Land Capital Value: £200 Capital Value: £150 Capital Value: £250 1898 No: 30 No: 31 No: 33 No: 32 No: 34 – previously 55 Owner: National Mut Owner: Loxton & Owner: Mrs M.A. Owner: Mrs Emma Owner: Richd. Russell Life Association Bullock Johnson Kelsey Occupier: Richd. Russell Occupier: Geo Brysons Estate Brysons Estate Brysons Estate Property: House Devonshire Property: Land Property: Land Property: Land Property: House Capital Value: £200 Capital Value: 150 Capital Value: £250 1899 No: 575 No: 576 No: 578 No: 577 No: 579 Owner: Natl. Mutl. Life Owner: Loxton & Owner: Mrs M.A. Owner: Mrs Emma Owner: Richd. Russell Asscn Bullock Johnson Kelsey Occupier: Richd. Russell Occupier: Geo Brysons Estate Brysons Estate Brysons Estate Property: House Devonshire Property: Land Property: Land Property: Land Property: House Capital Value: £200 Capital Value: £150 Capital Value: £250
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Year Between Railway Line Council Chambers → Lane Cove Road and Council Chambers 1900 No: 615 No: 616 No: 618 No: 617 No: 619 Owner: GH Devonshire Owner: Willby Council Owner: Mrs M.A. Owner: Mrs Emma Owner: Richd Russell Occupier: Geo Estate: Bryson Johnson Kelsey Occupier: R. Russell Devonshire Estate: Bryson Estate: Bryson Estate: Bryson Property: House Property: Land Property: Land Property: House Capital Value: £150 Capital Value: £250 1901 No: 301 No: 302 No: 304 No: 303 No: 305 Owner: R.H. Johnson Owner: Willby Council Owner: Mrs M.A. Owner: Mrs Emma Owner: R. Russell Occupier: Vacant Estate: Bryson Johnson McMahon Occupier: Richd Russell Property: House Property: Land Estate: Bryson Estate: Bryson Estate: Bryson Property: Land Property: Land Property: House Capital Value: £150 Capital Value: £250 1902 No: 307 No: 309 No: 308 No: 310 Owner: R.H. Johnson Owner: Mrs M.A. Owner: Mrs Emma Owner: Richd Russell Occupier: C.S. Allen Johnson McMahon Occupier: R. Russell Property: House Estate: Bryson Estate: Bryson Estate: Bryson Property: Land Property: Land Property: House Capital Value: £150 Capital Value: £250 1903 No: 342 No: 345 No: 344 No: 346 No: 343 Owner: Mrs McNamee Owner: Mrs M.A. Owner: Mrs Emma Owner: Richd Russell Owner: Griffiths Jhr Occupier: C.S. Allen Johnson McMahon Occupier: R. Russell Occupier: Willoughby Property: House Estate: Bryson’s Estate: Bryson’s Estate: Bryson’s W.C. Estate: Bryson’s Property: Land Property: Land Property: House Property: Council Capital Value: £150 Capital Value: £250 Chambers, Offices & Pound Estate: Bryson’s 1904 No: 372 No: 375 No: 374 No: 376 No: 373 Owner: Mrs McNamee Owner: Mrs M.A. Owner: Mrs Emma Owner: Richd Russell Owner: Griffiths Jhr Occupier: C.S. Allen Johnson McMahon Occupier: R. Russell Occupier: School of Arts Property: House Estate: Bryson’s Estate: Bryson’s Estate: Bryson’s Property: Hall, tc Estate: Bryson’s Property: Land Property: Land Property: House Capital Value: £150 Capital Value: £250 1905 No: 387 No: 390 No: 389 No: 391 No: 388 Owner: R.H. Est. Owner: Mrs M.A. Owner: Mrs Emma Owner: Richd Russell Owner: Griffiths Jhr Johnson Johnson McMahon Occupier: R. Russell Occupier: School of Arts Occupier: C.S. Allen Estate: Bryson’s Estate: Bryson’s Estate: Bryson’s Estate: Bryson’s Property: House Property: Land Property: Land Property: House Property: Hall, tc Capital Value: £150 Capital Value: £250 1906 No: 386 No: 389 No: 388 No: 390 No: 387 Owner: Est R.H. Owner: Mrs M.A. Owner: Mrs Emma Owner: Richard Russell Owner: L.R. Bavin Johnston Johnston McMahon Brysons Estate
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Year Between Railway Line Council Chambers → Lane Cove Road and Council Chambers Occupier: C.S. Allen Brysons Estate Brysons Estate Property: House Occupier: School of Arts Property: House Property: Land Property: Land (C.A. Backburn) Brysons Estate Capital Value: £150 Capital Value: £250 Property: Hall, tc Brysons Estate 1907 No: 413 No: 416 No: 415 No: 417 No: 414 Owner: Est R.H. Owner: Mrs M.A. Owner: Mrs Emma Owner: Richard Russell Owner: L. Bavin Johnston Johnston McMahon Occupier: Mrs Leach Occupier: L. Bavin Occupier: C.S. Allen Brysons Estate Brysons Estate Brysons Estate Property: School and Brysons Estate Property: Land Property: Land Property: House Land Property: House Capital Value: £150 Capital Value: £250 Brysons Estate House Name: Penzance 1908 No: 428 No: 431 No: 430 No: 432 No: 429 Owner: Est of R.N. Owner: Mrs M.A. Owner: Mrs P. Owner: Richd Russell Owner: L. Bavin Johnston Johnston McMahon Occupier: H. Neilsen, Occupier: L. Bavin Occupier: C.S. Allen, Property: Land Property: Land coal lamper Property: House, accnt Capital Value: £75 Capital Value: £200 Property: Brk Cot Grounds & School Property: Brk Cot Capital Value: £150 Capital Value: £900 Estate: Bryson House Name: Penzance Capital Value: £318 1909 No: 441 No: 444 No: 443 No: 445 No: 442 Owner: Est of R.N. Owner: Mrs M.A. Owner: Mrs P.C. Owner: Rd Russell Owner: L. Bavin Johnston Johnston McMahon Capital Value: £150 Capital Value: £900 Capital Value: £318 Capital Value: £75 Capital Value: £200 1910 No: 444 No: 447 No: 446 – appears the No: 448 No: 445 No: 446a Owner: Est of R.H. Owner: Mrs M.A. land splits with 446a Owner: Rd. Russell Owner: L. Bavin Owner: L. Bavin Johnston Johnston Owner: Mrs E. Capital Value: £150 Capital Value: £900 Capital Value: £100 Capital Value: £318 Capital Value: £75 McMahon Capital Value: £100 1911 Becomes 556 No: 558 No: 557 No: 559 No: 556 Becomes 556 Owner: Mrs M.A. Owner: Mrs Emma Owner: Richd Russell Owner: Lancelot Bavin Johnston McMahon Occupier: H Neilson, Occupier: Lancelot Estate: Bryson Estate: Bryson coal lamper Bavin Capital Value: £100 Capital Value: £100 Property: B.C. Property: B. School & 2 House Name: Tasma B.C.s Estate: Bryson Estate: Bryson Capital Value: £100 Capital Value: £1396 1912 No: 568 No: 567 No: 569 No: 566 Owner: Mrs M.A. Owner: Mrs M.E. Kelley Owner: Richd Russell Owner: Lancelot Bavin Johnston Estate: Bryson Occupier: H. Neilson, Occupier: L. Bavin Estate: Bryson Capital Value: £100 coal lamper
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Year Between Railway Line Council Chambers → Lane Cove Road and Council Chambers Capital Value: £100 Property: B.C. Property: B. School & 2 House name: Tasma B.C.s Estate: Bryson Estate: Bryson Capital Value: £100 Capital Value: £1376 1913 No: 611 No: 610 No: 612 No: 609 Owner: L. Bavin Owner: L. Bavin Owner: Richd Russell Owner: Lancelot Bavin Estate: Bryson Estate: Bryson Occupier: H. Neilson, Occupier: L. Bavin Capital Value: £100 Capital Value: £100 coal lamper Property: B. School & 2 Property: B.C. B.C.s House Name: Tasma Estate: Bryson Estate: Bryson Capital Value: £1376 Capital Value: £100 1914 Becomes joint with No: 638 – becomes joint No: 639 No: 637 previous 610 with previous 611 Owner: John Russell Owner: L. Bavin Owner: L. Bavin Occupier: Parker Occupier: L. Bavin Property: Vac Property: B.C. Property: B. School & Estate: Bryson House Name: Tasma oval gs Capital Value: £100 100 Estate: Bryson Estate: Bryson Capital Value: £100 Capital Value: 1568 £1468 1915 No: 661 No: 662 No: 660 Owner: L. Bavin Owner: John Russell Owner: Lancelot Bavin Occupier: L. Bavin Occupier: Miss Parker Occupier: L. Bavin Property: B.C. Property: B.C. Property: B. School & Estate: Bryson Estate: Bryson Dwelling Capital Value: £100 House Name: Tasma Estate: Bryson Capital Value: £100 Capital Value: £1568 1916 No: 815 No: 816 No: 814 Owner: L. Bavin Owner: John Russell Owner: Lancelot Bavin Occupier: L. Bavin Occupier: Miss Parker Occupier: L. Bavin Property: B.C. Property: B.C. Property: B. School & Estate: Bryson Estate: Bryson dwelling Capital Value: £100 House Name: Tasma Estate: Bryson Capital Value: £100 Capital Value: £1568 1917 No: 820 No: 821 No: 819 Owner: L. Bavin Owner: John Russell Owner: Lancelot Bavin Property: B.C. Occupier: Miss Parker Occupier: Lancelot Estate: Bryson Property: B.C. Bavin Capital Value: £1350 House Name: Tasman Property: B. School & Estate: Bryson Dwelling Capital Value: £120 Estate: Bryson
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Year Between Railway Line Council Chambers → Lane Cove Road and Council Chambers 1918 No: 897 No: 898 No: 896 Owner: Lancelot Bavin Owner: John Russell Owner: Lancelot Bavin Occupier: L. Bavin Occupier: Miss Parker Occupier: L. Bavin Property: B.C. Property: B.C. Property: B. School & Estate: Bryson Estate: Bryson Dwelling Capital Value: £1350 House Name: Tasman Estate: Bryson Capital Value: £120
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Table A.3 Rates Assessments for properties along Nelson Street south between the Pacific Highway and the Main North Shore Line (NB: not all property values are provided). Year Eldridge family “Moorlands” – R.E. Moore School Playgrounds between Railway Line and Orchard Rd or North part of Nelson Street 1888 – No: 476 No: 477 No: 478 Carlotta Owner: David Eldridge Owner: Sutherland Owner: J.J. Forsyth ex Street Estate: Gt. Northern Estate: Gt. Northern for Seldon’s Estate Property: Land Property: Land Estate: Gt. Northern Capital Value: £80 Capital Value: £80 Property: Land Capital Value: £500 1889 No: 123 No: 124 No: 125 Owner: David Eldridge Owner: Sutherland Owner: Seldons Estate Estate: Great Estate: Great Occupier: J.J. Forsyth Northern Northern ex for Property: Land Property: Land Estate: Great Capital Value: £80 Capital Value: £80 Northern Property: Land Capital Value: £500 1890 No: 123 No: 124 No: 125 Owner: W. Eldridge Owner: Sutherland Owner: Seldon Estate Estate: Great Estate: Great Occupier: J.J. Forsyth Northern Northern Ex for Property: Land Property: Land Estate: Great Capital Value: £80 Capital Value: £80 Northern Property: Land Capital Value: £480
1891 – No: 119 No: 120 No: 121 Nelson Owner: D. Eldridge Owner: Sutherland Owner: Seldon Street Estate: Great Estate: Great Occupier: J.J. Forsyth Northern Northern Exso for Property: Land Property: Land Estate: Great Capital Value: £80 Capital Value: £80 Northern Property: Land Capital Value: £480 1892 No: 119 No: 120 No: 121 No: 122 Owner: D. Eldridge Owner: Sutherland Owner: Seldon Exots Owner: Seldon Exots Estate: Gt. Northern Occupier: now owned Occupier: J.J. Forsyth Occupier: J.J. Forsyth Property: Land by Fructus of late G. Exso for Exso for Capital Value: £80 Gerard Estate: Gt. Northern Estate: Gt. Northern Estate: Gt. Northern Property: Land Property: Land
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Year Eldridge family “Moorlands” – R.E. Moore School Playgrounds between Railway Line and Orchard Rd or North part of Nelson Street Property: Land Capital Value: £480 Capital Value: £40 Capital Value: £80 1893 No: 120 No: 121 No: 122 No: 123 Owner: D. Eldridge Owner: Gerard Owner: Seldons Estate Owner: Seldons Estate Estate: Gt. Northern Estate: Gt. Northern Estate: Gt. Northern Estate: Gt. Northern Property: Land Property: Land Property: Land Property: Land Capital Value: £80 Capital Value: £80 Capital Value: £480 Capital Value: £40 1894 No: 124 No: 125 No: 126 No: 123 No: 127 Owner: D.E. Eldridge Owner: Gerards Exso Owner: Seldons Estate Owner: D.E. Eldridge Owner: Seldons Estate Estate: Gt Northern Estate: Gt Northern J.J. Forsyth Occupier: Joseph Estate: Gt. Northern Property: Land & Property: Land Estate: Gt. Northern Woodvine Property: Land House new Capital Value: £80 Property: Land Estate: Gt Northern Capital Value: £40 Capital Value: £80 Capital Value: £480 Property: House & Land 1895 No: 131 No: 132 No: 133 - In north No: 130 No: 134 Owner: D.E. Eldridge Owner: Gerards Exso section Owner: D.E. Eldridge Owner: Seldons Estate Estate: Gt. Northern Estate: Gt. Northern Owner: Seldons Estate Occupier: Joseph Estate: Gt. Northern Property: House & Property: Land Estate: Gt. Northern Woodvine Property: Land Land Capital Value: £80 Property: Land Estate: Gt. Northern Capital Value: £40 Capital Value: £480 Property: House & Land 1896 No: 138 No: 137 Owner: D.E. Eldridge Owner: D.E. Eldridge Occupier: D.E. Eldridge Occupier: Joseph Estate: Gt. Northern Woodvine Property: House & Estate: Gt. Northern Land Property: House & Land 1897 No: 143 No: 144 No: 145 No: 146 – previously Owner: D.E. Eldridge Owner: Gerards Exos Owner: N.F. Giblin 141 Occupier: D.E. Eldridge Estate: Gt Northern Estate: Gt Northern Owner: Jos Woodbine Estate: Gt Northern Property: Land Property: Land fenced Occupier: Jos Property: House & Capital Value: £80 Capital Value: £350 Woodbine Land Estate: Gt Northern Property: House & Land 1898 No: 148 No: 149 No: 150 No: 151 Owner: D.E. Eldridge Owner: Gerards Exoso Owner: N.F. Giblin Owner: Jos Woodvine Occupier: D.E. Eldridge
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Year Eldridge family “Moorlands” – R.E. Moore School Playgrounds between Railway Line and Orchard Rd or North part of Nelson Street Estate: Great Estate: Great Estate: Great Occupier: Jos Northern Northern Northern Woodvine Property: House Property: Land Property: Land fenced Estate: Great Capital Value: £80 Capital Value: £350 Northern Property: House 1899 No: 612 No: 613 No: 614 No: 615 Owner: D.E. Eldridge Owner: Gerards Exos Owner: N.F. Giblin Owner: J. Woodvine Occupier: D.E. Eldridge Estate: Gt Northern Estate: Gt Northern Occupier: J. Woodvine Estate: Gt Northern Property: Land Property: Land fenced Estate: Gt Northern Property: House Capital Value: £80 Capital Value: £350 Property: House 1900 No: 652 No: 653 No: 654 No: 655 Owner: D.E. Eldridge Owner: Gerards Exos Owner: N.F. Giblin Owner: Jos Woodvine Occupier: D.E. Eldridge Estate: Great Estate: Great Occupier: J. Woodvine Estate: Great Northern Northern Property: House Northern Property: Land Property: Land fenced Property: House Capital Value: £80 Capital Value: £350 1901 No: 331 No: 332 No: 333 No: 334 Owner: D.E. Eldridge Owner: Gerards Exos Owner: N.F. Giblin Owner: Jos. Woodvine Occupier: D.E. Eldridge Estate: Gt. Northern Estate: Gt. Northern Occupier: J. Woodvine Estate: Gt. Northern Property: Land Property: Land fenced Property: House Property: House Capital Value: £80 Capital Value: £350 Estate: Gt Northern 1902 No: 336 No: 337 No: 338 No: 339 – past year No: 340 Owner: D.E. Eldridge Owner: L.H. Gerard Owner: N.F. Giblin also 333 Owner: Jos. Woodvine Occupier: D.E. Eldridge Estate: Great Estate: Great Owner: Jas. Green Occupier: Jos. Estate: Great Northern Northern Estate: Great Woodvine Northern Property: Land Property: Land fenced Northern Property: House Property: House Capital Value: £80 Capital Value: £300 Property: Land Estate: Great Capital Value: £140 Northern 1903 No: 345 No: 346 No: 347 No: 348 No: 349 – past railway, Owner: D.E. Eldridge Owner: L.H. Gerard Owner: N.F. Giblin Owner: James Green between Orchard Rd Occupier: D.E. Eldridge Estate: Great Estate: Great Estate: Great and Railway Line Estate: Great Northern Northern Northern Owner: J. Woodvine Northern Property: Land Property: Land fenced Property: Land Occupier: J. Woodvine Property: House Capital Value: £80 Capital Value: £300 Capital Value: £140 Estate: Great Northern Property: House 1904 No: 405 No: 406 No: 407 No: 408 No: 409 Owner: D.E. Eldridge Owner: L.H. Gerard Owner: N.F. Giblin Owner: James Green Owner: J Woodvine Occupier: D E. Eldridge Occupier: J. Woodvine
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Year Eldridge family “Moorlands” – R.E. Moore School Playgrounds between Railway Line and Orchard Rd or North part of Nelson Street Estate: Great Estate: Great Estate: Great Estate: Great Estate: Great Northern Northern Northern Northern Northern Property: House Property: Land Property: Land fenced Property: Land Property: House Capital Value: £80 Capital Value: £300 Capital Value: £140 1905 No: 423 No: 424 No: 425 No: 426 No: 427 Owner: D.E. Eldridge Owner: L.H. Gerard Owner: N.F. Giblin Owner: Ja’s Green Owner: Jas Woodvine Occupier: D.E. Eldridge Estate: Great Estate: Great Estate: Great Occupier: J. Woodvine Estate: Great Northern Northern Northern Estate: Great Northern Property: Land Property: Land fenced Property: Land Northern Property: House Capital Value: £80 Capital Value: £300 Capital Value: £140 Property: House 1906 No: 425 No: 426 No: 427 No: 428 No: 429 Owner: D.E. Eldridge Owner: L.H. Gerard Owner: Est N.F. Giblin Owner: Jas Green Owner: Jos. Woodvine Occupier: D.E. Eldridge Estate: Great Estate: Great Estate: Great Occupier: J. Woodvine Estate: Great Northern Northern Northern Estate: Great Northern Property: Land Property: Land fenced Property: Land Northern Property: House Capital Value: £80 Capital Value: £300 Capital Value: £140 Property: House 1907 No: 453 No: 454 No: 455 No: 456 No: 457 Owner: D.E. Eldridge Owner: L.H. Gerard Owner: L. Bavin Owner: Jas Green Owner: J. Woodbine Occupier: D.E. Eldridge Estate: Great Estate: Great Estate: Great Occupier: J. Woodbine Estate: Great Northern Northern Northern Estate: Great Northern Property: Land Property: Land fenced Property: Land Northern Property: House Capital Value: £80 Capital Value: £300 Capital Value: £140 Property: House 1908 No: 468 No: 469 No: 470 Owner: D.E. Eldridge Owner: Joseph Owner: J. Woodvine Occupier: D.E. Eldridge Dangerfield Taylor Occupier: J. Estate: Great Estate: Great Woodvine, labourer Northern Northern Estate: Great Property: Humpy Property: Land Northern Property: Wd. Cot 1909 No: 483 No: 484 No: 485 Owner: D.E. Eldridge Owner: L.H. Gerard Owner: J. Woodvine Capital Value: £60 Capital Value: £60 Capital Value: £60 1910 No: 486 No: 487 No: 488 Owner: D.E. Eldridge Owner: J.D. Taylor Owner: J. Woodvine Capital Value: £60 Capital Value: £50 Capital Value: £50 1911 No: 602 No: 603 No: 604 Owner: David E. Owner: Joseph Owner: Joseph Eldridge Dangerfield Taylor Woodvine, labourer Occupier: D.E. Eldridge Occupier: Wd C
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Year Eldridge family “Moorlands” – R.E. Moore School Playgrounds between Railway Line and Orchard Rd or North part of Nelson Street Estate: Great Estate: Great Northern Northern Property: Hut 1912 No: 612 No: 613 No: 614 Owner: David E. Owner: Joseph D. Owner: Joseph Eldridge Taylor Woodvine, labourer Occupier: D.E. Eldridge Estate: Gt. Northern Occupier: J. Woodvine Estate: Gt. Northern Property: Vac Estate: Gt Northern Property: Hut Property: Wd C 1913 No: 659 No: 660 No: 661 Owner: Mrs E. Owner: R.G. Moore Owner: Joseph Eldridge Estate: Grt Northern Woodvine, labourer Occupier: D.E. Eldridge Property: Vac Occupier: J. Woodvine Estate: Grt Northern Estate: Grt Northern Property: Hut Property: Wd C. 1914 No: 695 No: 696 No: 697 Owner: Mrs E. Owner: R. Moore Owner: Joseph Eldridge Estate: Great Woodvine Occupier: D.E. Eldridge Northern Occupier: J. Woodvine Estate: Great Property: vacant Estate: Great Northern Northern Property: Hut Property: Wd C. 1915 No: 720 No: 721 No: 722 Owner: Mrs E. Owner: R.E. Moore Owner: Joseph Eldridge Occupier: Dudfield Woodvine Occupier: D.E. Eldridge Cummins – Pr SDBC Occupier: J. Woodvine Estate: Great Estate: Great Estate: Great Northern Northern Northern Property: Hut Property: Wd C. 1916 No: 882 No: 883 No: 884 Owner: Mrs E. Owner: R.E. Moore Owner: Jos. Woodvine Eldridge Occupier: Cummins Occupier: J. Woodvine Occupier: D.E. Eldridge Dudfield Estate: Great Estate: Great Estate: Great Northern Northern Northern Property: Wd C. Property: Hut Property: Pr SD BCs 1917 No: 889 No: 890 No: 893 No: 891 – previously No. 892 - on Gillam Rd Owner: D.E. Eldridge Owner: R.E. Moore Owner: Joseph also 883 Owner: Lancelot Bavin Occupier: D.E. Eldridge Woodvine Owner: R.E. Moore
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Year Eldridge family “Moorlands” – R.E. Moore School Playgrounds between Railway Line and Orchard Rd or North part of Nelson Street Estate: Great Occupier: George Occupier: Joseph Occupier: John Property: School Northern Dadfield Woodvine Cummins Playgrounds Property: Hut Estate: Great Property: Wd. C. Estate: Great Estate: Great Northern Estate: Great Northern Northern Property: SD. B.C. Northern Property: SD. B.C. House Name: Moorlands 1918 No: 968 No: 969 No: 972 No: 970 No: 971 Owner: D.E. Eldridge Owner: R.E. Moore Owner: Joseph Owner: R.E. Moore Owner: Lancelot Bavin Occupier: D.E. Eldridge Occupier: Geo. Woodvine Occupier: John Estate: Great Estate: Great Dudfield Occupier: J. Woodvine Cummins Northern Northern Estate: Great Estate: Great Estate: Great Property: School Property: Hut Northern Northern Northern Playgrounds Property: S.D. B.C. Property: Wd. C. Property: S.D. B.C. Fronts Gillam Rd House Name: Moorlands
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Table A.4 Rate Assessments for properties along Bryson Street north & south (NB: not all property values are provided). Year South – from North – Gordon Rd from Gordon Rd 1886 No: 429 No: 708 Owner: Owner: J. Henry Thompso Kirby n Estate: Capital Bryson Value: £8 Property: Land Capital Value: £5 1888 No: 464 No: 465 No: 466 No: 467 No: 468 No: 475 .. No: 469 No: 470 No: 471 No: 473 No: 474 Estate: Owner: Owner: J. Owner: Owner: H Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Bryson F.J. Hawksfor Mrs Kirby John Mrs W.J. J.N. Scott John John Property: Barker d Bryson script Thompso Bryson Giuse Estate: Thompso Thompso Land Estate: Estate: Estate: Estate: n Estate: Estate: Bryson n? n? Capital Value: Bryson Bryson Bryson Bryson Estate: Bryson Bryson Property: Estate: Estate: £100 Property: Property: Property: Property: Bryson Property: Property: Land Bryson Bryson Land Land Land Land Property: Land Land Capital Property: Property: Capital Capital Capital Capital Unfd Capital Capital Value: Land Land Value: Value: Value: Value: House Value: Value: £200 Capital Capital £200 £100 £100 £120 £80 £100 Value: Value: £100 £100 1889 No: 115 No: 116 No: 117 No: 118 No: 119 No: 120 No: 121 No: 122 Owner: Sarah Owner: Owner: J. Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Elizabeth F.J. Hawksfor Mrs H. Kirby Mrs W.J. J.W. Dawson Barker d Bryson script Bryson Giuse Eaton Estate: Estate: Estate: Estate: Lessee: Estate: Estate: Lessee: Bryson’s Bryson’s Bryson’s Bryson’s sold Bryson Bryson Geo. Property: Property: Property: Property: Loxton & Property: Property: Leafe Land Land Land Land B. Land Land Estate: Capital Value: Capital Capital Capital Estate: Capital Capital Bryson £120 Value: Value: Value: Bryson’s Value: Value: Propert: £200 £100 £100 Property: £80 £100 Land Land Capital Capital Value: Value: 200 £120 1890 No: 115 No: 116 No: 117 No: 118 No: 119 No: 120 No: 121 No: 122
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Year South – from North – Gordon Rd from Gordon Rd Owner: Sarah Owner: Owner: J. Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: E. Dawson F.J. Hawksfor Mrs Kirby Mrs W.J. Geo. Estate: Barker d Bryson script, Bryson Guise Leafe Bryson Estate: Estate: Estate: sold Estate: Estate: Estate: Property: Bryson Bryson Bryson Loxton & Bryson Bryson Bryson Land Property: Property: Property: Bullock Property: Property: Property: Capital Value: Land Land Land Estate: Land Land Land £120 Capital Capital Capital Bryson Capital Capital Capital Value: Value: Value: Property: Value: Value: Value: £200 £100 £100 Land £80 £100 £200 Capital Value: £120 1891 No: 110 No: 111 No: 112 No: 113 No: 114 No: 118 – No: 115 No: 116 No: 117 Owner: Mrs Owner: Owner: J. Owner: Owner: new? Owner: Owner: Owner: Sarah Russon F.J. Hawksfor Mrs Loxton & Owner: Mrs W.J. Geo. Estate: Barker d Bryson Bullock John Bryson Guise Leafe Bryson’s Estate: Estate: Estate: Estate: Thompso Estate: Estate: Estate: Property: Bryson’s Bryson’s Bryson’s Bryson’s n Bryson’s Bryson’s Bryson’s Land Property: Property: Property: Property: Occupier: Property: Property: Property: Capital Value: Land Land Land Land John Land Land Land £120 Capital Capital Capital Capital Hutchins Capital Capital Capital Value: Value: Value: Value: on Value: Value: Value: £200 £100 £100 £120 Estate: £80 £100 £200 Bryson’s Property: House & Land 1892 No: 110 No: 111 No: 112 No: 113 No: 114 No: 118 No: 115 No: 116 No: 117 Owner: Mrs Owner: Owner: J. Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Sarah Russon F.J. Hawksfor Mrs Loxton & Mrs Mrs W.J. Geo. Estate: Barker d or Bryson Bullock Hammon Bryson Giuse Leafe Bryson’s Estate: owner – Estate: Estate: d Estate: Estate: Estate: Property: Bryson’s Estate: Bryson’s Bryson’s Occupier: Bryson’s Bryson’s Bryson’s Land Property: Bryson’s Property: Property: John Property: Property: Property: Capital Value: Land Property: Land Land Hutchins Land Land Land £120 Capital Land Capital Capital on Capital Capital Capital Value: Capital Value: Value: Estate: Value: Value: Value: £200 Value: £100 £120 Bryson’s £80 £100 £200 £100
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Year South – from North – Gordon Rd from Gordon Rd Property: House & Land 1893 No: 111 No: 112 No: 113 No: 114 No: 115 No: 119 No: 116 No: 117 No: 118 Owner: John Owner: Owner: J. Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Dawson F.J. Hawksfor Mrs Loxton & Mrs Mrs W.J. Geo. Estate: Barker d Bryson Bullock Hammon Bryson Giuse Leafe Bryson’s Estate: Estate: Estate: Estate: d Estate: Estate: Estate: Property: Bryson’s Bryson’s Bryson’s Bryson’s Occupier: Bryson’s Bryson’s Bryson’s Land Property: Property: Property: Property: P.C. Property: Property: Property: Capital Value: Land Land Land Land Miller Land Land Land £120 Capital Capital Capital Capital Estate: Capital Capital Capital Value: Value: Value: Value: Bryson’s Value: Value: Value: £200 £100 £100 £120 Property: £80 £100 £200 House & Land 1894 No: 114 No: 115 No: 116 No: 117 No: 118 No: 122 No: 119 No: 120 No: 121 Owner: Owner: Owner: J. Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Frederick F.J. Hawksfor Mrs Loxton & Mrs Mrs W.J. Geo> Dawson Barker d Bryson Bullock Hammon Bryson Guise Leafe Estate: Estate: Estate: Estate: Estate: d Estate: Estate: Estate: Bryson’s Bryson’s Bryson’s Bryson’s Bryson’s Occupier: Bryson’s Bryson’s Bryson’s Property: Property: Property: Property: Property: P.C. Property: Property: Property: Land Land Land Land Land Miller Land Land Land Capital Value: Capital Capital Capital Capital Estate: Capital Capital Capital £120 Value: Value: Value: Value: Bryson’s Value: Value: Value: £200 £100 £100 £120 Property: £80 £100 £200 House & Land 1895 No: 121 No: 122 No: 123 No: 124 No: 125 No: 129 No: 126 No: 127 No: 128 Owner: Owner: Owner: J. Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Fredk. F.J. Hawksfor Mrs Loxton & Mrs Mrs W.J. Geo. Dawson Barker d Bryson Bullock Hammon Bryson Guise Leafe Estate: Estate: Estate: Estate: Estate: d Estate: Estate: Estate: Bryson’s Bryson’s Bryson’s Bryson’s Bryson’s Occupier: Bryson’s Bryson’s Bryson’s Property: Property: Property: Property: Property: Wilkie Property: Property: Property: Land Land Land Land Land Estate: Land Land Land Bryson’s
AMBS Ecology & Heritage 76 Sydney Metro, City & Southwest Archaeological Method Statement for Chatswood Dive
Year South – from North – Gordon Rd from Gordon Rd Property: House & Land 1896 No: 128 No: 129 No: 130 No: 131 No: 132 No: 136 No: 133 No: 134 No: 135 Owner: Fred. Owner: Owner: J. Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Dawson F.J. Hawksfor Mrs Loxton & Mrs Mrs W.J. Geo. Estate: Barker d Bryson Bullock Hammon Bryson Guise Leafe Bryson’s Estate: Estate: Estate: Estate: d Estate: Estate: Estate: Property: Bryson’s Bryson’s Bryson’s Bryson’s Occupier: Bryson’s Bryson’s Bryson’s Land Property: Property: Property: Property: W. Wilkie Property: Property: Property: Capital Value: Land Land Land Land Estate: Land Land Land £90 Capital Capital Capital Capital Bryson’s Capital Capital Capital Value: Value: Value: Value: Property: Value: Value: Value: £200 £100 £60 £120 House & £80 £100 £200 Land 1897 No: 134 No: 135 No: 136 No: 137 No: 138 No: 142 No: 139 No: 140 No: 141 Owner: Fred Owner: Owner: J. Owner: Occupier: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Dawson City Bank Hawksfor Abner C.C. & Jos. Senr Mrs W.J. Geo. Estate: Estate: d Hammon Bullock Hammon Bryson Guise Leafe Bryson’s Bryson’s Estate: d Estate: d (decd) Estate: Estate: Property: Property: Bryson’s Estate: Bryson’s Occupier: Estate: Bryson’s Bryson’s Land Land Property: Bryson’s Property: W. Wilkie Bryson’s Property: Property: Capital Value: Capital Land Property: Land Estate: Property: Land Land £90 Value: Capital Land Capital Bryson’s Land Capital Capital £200 Value: Capital Value: Property: Capital Value: Value: £100 Value: £120 House & Value: £100 £200 £60 Land £80 1898 No: 139 No: 140 No: 141 No: 142 No: 143 No: 147 No: 144 No: 145 No: 146 Owner: Fred Owner: Owner: J. Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Dawson City Bank Hawksfor Abner C.C. Jos. Senr Jon Jr W.J. Geo. Brysons Brysons d Hammon Bullock Hammon Forsyth Guise Leafe Estate Estate Brysons d Brysons d Brysons Brysons Brysons Property: Property: Estate Brysons Estate Occupier: Estate Estate Estate Land Land Property: Estate Property: W. Wilkie Property: Property: Property: Capital Value: Capital Land Property: Land Brysons Land Land Land £90 Value: Capital Land Capital Estate Capital Capital Capital £200 Value: Capital Value: Property: Value: Value: Value: £100 Value: £120 House £80 £100 £200 £60 1899 No: 158 No: 159 No: 160 No: 161 No: 162 No: 166 No: 163 No: 164 No: 165
AMBS Ecology & Heritage 77 Sydney Metro, City & Southwest Archaeological Method Statement for Chatswood Dive
Year South – from North – Gordon Rd from Gordon Rd Owner: Fred Owner: Owner: J. Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Dawson City Bank Hawksfor Abner Bank of Jos. James W.J. Geo. Estate: Estate: d Hammon New Hammon Forsyth Jr Guise Leafe Bryson’s Bryson’s Estate: d Zealand d Sr Estate: Estate: Estate: Property: Property: Bryson’s Estate: Estate: Occupier: Bryson’s Bryson’s Bryson’s Land Land Property: Bryson’s Bryson’s W. Wilkie Property: Property: Property: Capital Value: Capital Land Property: Property: Estate: Land Land Land £90 Value: Capital Land Land Bryson’s Capital Capital Capital £200 Value: Capital Capital Property: Value: Value: Value: £100 Value: Value: House £80 £100 £200 £60 £120 1900 No: 191 No: 192 No: 193 No: 194 No: 195 No: 199 No: 196 No: 197 No: 198 Owner: Jno. Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Dawson City Bank Robt. Abner Willough Jos. Jas W.J. Geo. Brysons Brysons Lymes Hammon by Hammon Forsyth Guise Leafe Estate Estate Brysons d Council d Sr. Jr. Brysons Brysons Property: Property: Estate Brysons Brysons Occupier: Brysons Estate Estate Land Land Property: Estate Estate Refd Estate Property: Property: Capital Value: Capital Land Property: Bellman Property: Land Land £80 Value: Capital Land Brysons Land Capital Capital £200 Value: Capital Estate Capital Value: Value: £100 Value: Property: Value: £100 £200 £60 House £80 1901 No: 65 No: 67 - No: 66 – No: 68 No: 69 No: 70 No: 74 No: 71 No: 72 No: 73 Owner: Jno. previousl previousl Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Dawson y 192 y 192 Robt Abner Willby Jas. Jas. W.J. Geo. Estate: split split Lymes Hammon Council Hammon Forsyth Guise Leafe Bryson’s Owner: Owner: Estate: d Estate: d Sr. Jr. Estate: Estate: Property: City Bank R. Vince Bryson’s Estate: Bryson’s Occupier: Estate: Bryson’s Bryson’s Land Estate: Occupier: Property: Bryson’s Property: Refd. Bryson’s Property: Property: Capital Value: Bryson’s R. Vince Land Property: Land Bellman Property: Land Land £60 Property: Estate: Capital Land Estate: Land Capital Capital Land Bryson’s Value: Capital Bryson’s Capital Value: Value: Capital Property: £80 Value: Property: Value: £100 £100 Value: House £60 House £80 £80 1902 No: 64 No: 66 No: 65 No: 67 No: 68 No: 72 No: 69 No: 70 No: 71 Owner: A.A. Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Russon City Bank R. Vince Robt. Abner Jos. Thos. P. W.J. Geo. Lymes Gorman Guise Leafe
AMBS Ecology & Heritage 78 Sydney Metro, City & Southwest Archaeological Method Statement for Chatswood Dive
Year South – from North – Gordon Rd from Gordon Rd Estate: Estate: Occupier: Estate: Hammon Hammon Estate: Estate: Estate: Bryson’s Bryson’s R. Vince Bryson’s d d Sr. Bryson’s Bryson’s Bryson’s Property: Property: Estate: Property: Estate: Occupier: Property: Property: Property: Land Land Bryson’s Land Bryson’s Mrs Land Land Land Capital Value: Capital Property: Capital Property: Walsham Capital Capital Capital £60 Value: House Value: Land Estate: Value: Value: Value: £80 £80 Capital Bryson’s £80 £100 £100 Value: Property: £60 House 1903 No: 62 No: 64 No: 63 No: 65 No: 66 No: 70 No: 67 No: 68 No: 69 Owner: A.A. Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Russon City Bank R. Vince Robt. T. Jos. T. W.J. Geo. Estate: of Occupier: Lymes Gorman Hammon Gorman Guise Leafe Bryson’s Sydney R. Vince Estate: Estate: d Sr. Estate: Estate: Estate: Property: Estate: Estate: Bryson’s Bryson’s Occupier: Bryson’s Bryson’s Bryson’s Land Bryson’s Bryson’s Property: Property: Miss Property: Property: Property: Capital Value: Property: Property: Land Land Wright? Land Land Land £60 Land House + Capital Capital Estate: Capital Capital Capital Capital Laundry Value: Value: Bryson’s Value: Value: Value: Value: £60 £60 Property: £60 £60 £120 £60 House 1904 No: 73 No: 75 No: 74 No: 76 No: 77 No: 81 No: 78 No: 79 No: 80 Owner: A.H. Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner Owner: Owner: Russon City Bank R. Vince Robt. T. Jos. Abner W.J. Geo. Estate: of Occupier: Lymes Gorman Hammon Hammon Guise Leafe Bryson’s Sydney R. Vince Estate: Estate: d Sr. d Estate: Estate: Property: Estate: Estate: Bryson’s Bryson’s Occupier: Estate: Bryson’s Bryson’s Land Bryson’s Bryson’s Property: Property: Miss Bryson’s Property: Property: Capital Value: Property: Property: Land Land Wright Property: Land Land £60 Land House + Capital Capital Estate: Land Capital Capital Capital Laundry Value: Value: Bryson’s Capital Value: Value: Value: £60 £60 Property: Value: £60 £120 £60 House £60
1905 No: 76 No: 78 No: 77 No: 79 No: 80 No: 84 No: 81 No: 82 No: 83 Owner: Mrs Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: A. A. Vince City Bank R. Vince Robt. T. J.S. Abner W.J. Geo. Estate: of Occupier: Lymes Gorman Hammon Hammon Guise Leafe Bryson’s Sydney Vac Estate: Estate: d d Estate: Estate: Bryson’s Bryson’s Bryson’s Bryson’s
AMBS Ecology & Heritage 79 Sydney Metro, City & Southwest Archaeological Method Statement for Chatswood Dive
Year South – from North – Gordon Rd from Gordon Rd Property: Estate: Estate: Property: Property: Occupier: Estate: Property: Property: Land Bryson’s Bryson’s Land Land Jo. Bryson’s Land Land Capital Value: Property: Property: Capital Capital Hammon Property: Capital Capital £50 Land House & Value: Value: d Jr. Land Value: Value: Capital Laundry £50 £50 Estate: Capital £50 £100 Value: Bryson’s Value: £50 Property: £50 House 1906 No: 79 No: 81 No: 80 No: 82 No: 83 No: 87 No: 84 No: 85 No: 86 Owner: D. Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Keely City Bank D. Neely Robert Thos. Jos. J. Abner N.F. Thos. Estate: of Estate: Symes Gorman Hammon Hammon Guise Leafe Bryson Sydney Bryson Estate: Estate: d Jnr d Estate: Estate: Property: Estate: Property: Bryson Bryson Occupier: Estate: Bryson Bryson Land Bryson House & Property: Property: Jos. J. Bryson Property: Property: Capital Value: Property: Laundry Land Land Hammon Property: Land Land £50 Land Capital Capital d Jnr Land Capital Capital Capital Value: Value: Estate: Capital Value: Value: Value: £50 £50 Bryson Value: £50 £100 £50 Property: £50 House 1907 No: 90 No: 92 No: 91 No: 93 No: 94 No: 98 – No: 99 – No: 95 No: 96 No: 97 Owner: D. Owner: Owner: Owner: Thos. previousl previousl Owner: Owner: Owner: Neely City Bank D. Neely Robt Gorman y 87 split y 87 split L.R. Bavin Est N.F. Thos. Brysons of House Symes Brysons Owner: Owner: Brysons Guise Leafe Estate Sydney Name: Brysons Estate Jos. Mrs Estate Brysons Brysons Property: Brysons Albury Estate Property: Hammon Hammon Property: Estate Estate Land Estate Brysons Property: Land d d Land Property: Property: Capital Value: Property: Estate Land Capital Brysons Occupier: Capital Land Land £50 Land Property: Capital Value: Estate J. Value: Capital Capital Capital House Value: £50 Property: Hammon £50 Value: Value: Value: £50 Land d Jnr £50 £100 £50 Shops & Brysons House Estate Capital Property: Value: House £100 Capital Value: £100
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Year South – from North – Gordon Rd from Gordon Rd 1908 No: 95 No: 97 No: 96 No: 98 No: 99 No: 100 – No: 101 – No: 102 – Owner: D. Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: L. previousl previousl previousl Neely City Bank H. Robert Bavin, y 98 & 99 y 98 & 99 y 98 & 99 Brysons Property: Hewsby Symes School split – split new split Estate Est Land Occupier: master new? Owner: Owner: Property: J. H. Owner: Jos Mrs Land Horne, Jos Hammon Hammon carter Hammon d d Property: d Occupier: Occupier: Wd. Occupier: Jos Jos Cottage W.E. Hammon Smith, Jackson, d, butcher accounta butcher Property: nt Brick Cot Property: SD Bk Cot 1909 No: 97 No: 99 No: 98 No: 100 No: 101 No: 102 No: 103 No: 104 Owner: D. Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: L. Owner: Owner: Mrs Neely City Bank D. Neely Robt Bavin Jos Jos Hammon Capital Value: Capital Capital Symes Capital Hammon Hammon d £50 Value: Value: Capital Value: d d Capital £50 £50 Value: £50 Capital Capital Value: £50 Value: Value: £54 £40 £60 1910 No: 96 No: 98 No: 97 No: 99 No: 100 No: 101 No: 102 No: 103 Owner: D. Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: L. Owner: J. Owner: J. Owner: Neely City Bank H. R. Symes Bavin Hammon Hammon Mrs Capital Value: Capital Hensby Capital Capital d d Hammon £50 Value: Capital Value: Value: Capital Capital d £50 Value: £50 £50 Value: Value: Capital £50 £40 £60 Value: £54 1911 No: 118 No: 120 No: 119 No: 121 No: 122 No: 123 No: 124 Owner: D. Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Neely City Bank H. Robt Mrs J. Mrs J. Mrs J. Property: of Hensby Symes Hammon Hammon Hammon Vacant Sydney Occupier: Property: d Snr d Snr d Snr Estate: Property: Edward Vacant Occupier: Occupier: Occupier: Bryson Vacant Smith, Frank Jos. J. Mrs carrier Hammon Hammon
AMBS Ecology & Heritage 81 Sydney Metro, City & Southwest Archaeological Method Statement for Chatswood Dive
Year South – from North – Gordon Rd from Gordon Rd Property: Stelfox, d, d, Wd. C masseur butcher butcher Property: Property: Property: S.D. B.C. S B.C. B.C. House Name: Manila 1912 No: 120 No: 122 No: 121 No: 123 No: 124 No: 125 No: 126 Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Joseph City bank H. Robt Mrs Mrs Mrs J. Hammond of Hensby Symes Hammon Hammon Hammon Snr Sydney (Est of) d Snr. d Snr. d Snr. Property: Property: Occupier: Occupier: Occupier: Occupier: Vacant Vacant Mrs Frank Jno Mrs Estate: Hensby Stelfox, Hammon Hammon Bryson Property: masseur d, d Wd. C Property: butcher Property: S.D. B.C. Property: B.C. SD B.C. House Name: Manila 1913 No: 160 No: 162 No: 161 No: 163 No: 164 No: 165 No: 166 Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Joseph J. City Bank Estate of Ms M.E. Mrs T. Mrs W. Hammond of H. Green Hammon Hammon Hammon Occupier: J. Sydney Hensby Property: d Snr. d Snr. d Snr. Hammond Property: Property: Vac Occupier: Occupier: Occupier: Property: B.C. Vac Wd. C Estate: F. Stelfox Excell W. Vac Estate: Estate: Bryson Property: Property: Hammon Estate: Bryson Bryson S.D.B.C. S.D.B.C. d Bryson Property: B.C. House Name: Manila 1914 No: 160 No: 162 No: 161 No: 163 No: 164 No: 165 No: 166 Owner: Owner: L. Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Joseph Bavin Estate of Mrs M.E. Mrs J. Mrs J. Mrs J. Hammond Property: H. Green L. Hammon Hammon Hammon Snr Vac Hensby Bavin d Senr d Senr d Senr
AMBS Ecology & Heritage 82 Sydney Metro, City & Southwest Archaeological Method Statement for Chatswood Dive
Year South – from North – Gordon Rd from Gordon Rd Occupier: J. Estate: Occupier: Property: Occupier: Occupier: Property: Hammond Bryson Mrs Vac Arthur Leonard B.C. Property: B.C. Hensby Estate: Fairbroth Hammon House Estate: Property: Bryson ers d Name: Bryson Wd C Property: Property: Manila Estate: S.D.B.C. S.D.B.C. Bryson 1915 No: 165 No: 167 No: 166 No: 168 No: 169 No: 170 No: 171 – No: 171a Owner: Owner: L. Owner: Owner: L. Owner: Owner: previousl – Joseph S. Bavin Estate of Bavin & Mrs J. Mrs y 166 previousl Hammond Property: H. Phillips Hammon Hammon split y 166 Occupier: J.S. Vac Hensby Property: Senr d Owner: split Hammond Estate: Occupier: Vac Occupier: Occupier: Mrs Owner: Property: B.C. Bryson W. Estate: Farebrot L. Hammon Mrs Estate: Hensby Bryson her Hammon d Hammon Bryson Property: Property: d Property: d House Name: W.C. S.D.B.C. Property: B.C. Occupier: Dulcie Estate: House S.D.B.C. Derrick Bryson Name: House Property: Lakefield Name: B.C. Loubet House Name: Manila 1916 No: 201 No: 203 No: 202 No: 204 No: 205 No: 206 No: 207 No: 208 Owner: Jos. S. Owner: L. Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Hammond Bavin Estate of Bavin & Mrs J. Mrs J. Mrs J. Mrs J. Occupier: J.S. Property: H. Phillips Hammon Hammon Hammon Hammon Hammond Vac Hensby Property: d Senr d Senr d Senr d Senr Property: B.C. Estate: Occupier: Vac Occupier: Occupier: Property: Occupier: Estate: Bryson Mrs Estate: Farebrot L. B.C. Derrick Bryson Hensby Bryson her Hammon Property: House Name: Property: Property: d B.C. Dulcie Wd. C. S.D.B.C. Property: House Estate: House S.D.B.C. Name: Bryson Name: House Manila Lakefield Name: Loubet
1917 No: 200 No: 202 No: 201 No: 203 No: 204 No: 205 No: 206 No: 207
AMBS Ecology & Heritage 83 Sydney Metro, City & Southwest Archaeological Method Statement for Chatswood Dive
Year South – from North – Gordon Rd from Gordon Rd Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Joseph Smith Lancelot Estate of Bavin & Mrs J. Mrs J. Mrs J. Mrs J. Hammond Bavin H. Phillips Hammon Hammon Hammon Hammon Property: B.C. Property: Hensby Property: d Senr d Senr d Senr d Senr Brysons Vac Occupier: Vac Occupier: Occupier: Occupier: Occupier: Estate Brysons Mrs Lucy Brysons Wm. Ed. Govenor Leonard Frederick House Name: Estate Marie Estate Russell James Hammon Harwood Dulcie Hensby Property: Page d Property: Property: S.D.B.C. Property: Property: B.C. Wd. C. House S.D.B.C. B.C. House Brysons Name: House Name: Estate Lakefield Name: Manila Loubet
1918 No: 217 No: 219 No: 218 No: 220 No: 221 No: 222 No: 223 No: 224 Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner: Joseph Smith Lancelot Lancelot Bavin & Mrs J. Mrs J. Mrs J. Mrs J. Hammond Bavin Bavin & Phillips Hammon Hammon Hammon Hammon Occupier: J.S. Property: Phillips Property: d Senr d Senr d Senr d Senr Hammond Vac Occupier: Vac Occupier: Occupier: Occupier: Occupier: Property: B.C. Estate: Mrs Lucy Estate: William Governor Leonard Fredk. Estate: Bryson’s Marie Bryson’s Edward Scott Jas. Hammon Harwood Bryson’s Hensby Russell Page d Property: House Name: Property: Property: Property: Property: B.C. Dulcie Wd. C. S.D.B.C. S.D.B.C. B.C. House Estate: House House Name: Bryson’s Name: Name: Manila Lakefield Loubet
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File No: SF17/51245 Ref No: DOC17/506444; DOC17/506440 DOC17/506442; DOC17/506441 Dr Caitlin Richards Approvals, Environment and Sustainability Manager Tunnel and Station Excavation Works Sydney Metro City & Southwest 140 Sussex Street Sydney NSW 2000
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Dear Dr Richards
RE: SSI 15_7400 – Sydney Metro – City & Southwest (Chatswood Sydenham) – Tunnel and Station Excavation Works (TSE) – Archaeological Method Statements under Condition E17 of the Approval – 4 Documents (Chatswood, Crows Nest, Marrickville, Victoria Cross)
Reference is made to the following documents provided to the Heritage Division at a meeting on 11 October 2017:
Sydney Metro, City & Southwest Archaeological Method Statement for Chatswood Dive Prepared by AMBS Ecology & Heritage for John Holland CPB Ghella Joint Venture Final Draft October 2017, AMBS Reference: 16314 (DOC17/506440); Sydney Metro, City & Southwest Archaeological Method Statement for Crows Nest Station Prepared by AMBS Ecology & Heritage for John Holland CPB Ghella Joint Venture Final Draft October 2017, AMBS Reference: 16314 (DOC17/506441); Sydney Metro, City & Southwest Archaeological Method Statement for the Marrickville Dive Site Prepared by AMBS Ecology & Heritage for John Holland CPB Ghella Joint Venture Final Draft October 2017, AMBS Reference: 16314 (DOC17/506442); Sydney Metro, City & Southwest Archaeological Method Statement for Victoria Cross Station Prepared by AMBS Ecology & Heritage for John Holland CPB Ghella Joint Venture Final Draft October 2017, AMBS Reference: 16314 (DOC17/506444).
It is noted that the Archaeological Method Statements (AMS) are required under Condition E17 of the CSSI Approval for the Sydney Metro Project and that the Final Archaeological Method Statements must be prepared in consultation with the Heritage Council of NSW (or its delegate) before commencement of archaeological excavation works. The Heritage Division of OEH also understands that archaeological works have been approved by the Department of Planning & Environment to take place as ‘low-impact’ early works ahead of construction works for the project.
Earlier project documents prepared as part of the assessment and incorporated into the Project Approval included a Non-Aboriginal Impact Assessment (EIS Technical Paper 4, 2016) and Sydney Metro Historical Archaeological Assessment and Research Design Report (AARD) prepared by Artefact Heritage (2016).
The more recent AMS documents also note and partially address further Conditions of Approval: E19 which requires an Unexpected Heritage Finds Procedure and E20 which calls for preparation of an Archaeological Relic Management Plan in consultation with Heritage Council of NSW, in the event that unexpected State Significant ‘relics’ are found.
Chatswood Dive Site
For Chatswood the AARD report assessed there was a limited potential (low-moderate) for archaeological remains of Local significance to be present and that such remains could be addressed by a combination of strategies including testing, salvage and Unexpected Finds procedures.
The AMBS AMS report (2017) has completed additional research and concluded that the Chatswood Dive site has the potential to contain archaeological remains with good integrity and moderate research potential. The archaeological resource associated with the Chatswood Dive site, if present with good integrity, would have local significance.
Suitable research questions have been proposed and the proposed program would include Testing and monitoring slab and overburden removal followed by open area salvage excavation if intact remains are present. Day to day management would be undertaken by Secondary Excavation Director, Kevin Hickson. A Clearance Certificate would be issued by the Historic Primary Excavation Director (Jennie Lindbergh) for each site after investigations are completed at that particular location.
The AMS for Chatswood Dive Site is considered generally appropriate, although it is noted that if the Heritage Act 1977 applied to the archaeological work, the nominated Primary Excavation Director would be expected to be present at the site and undertaking the work.
It is noted that Figure 2.2 of the AMS has incorrectly positioned the construction site/study area.
Crows Nest Station
For Crows Nest the AARD report assessed there was a nil to low potential for archaeological remains of Local significance to be present. The AMS has completed additional historic research and concluded that there is potential for intact archaeological relics and features, related to three nineteenth century houses, which could provide an insight into early settlement of the local area.
Some relevant basic research questions have been proposed and the proposed program would include Testing and monitoring slab and overburden removal followed by open area salvage excavation if intact remains are present. Day to day management would be undertaken by Secondary Excavation Director, Kevin Hickson. It is noted that if the Heritage Act 1977 applied to the archaeological work, the nominated Primary Excavation Director would be expected to be present at the site and undertaking the work. A Clearance Certificate would be issued by the Historic Primary Excavation Director (Jennie Lindbergh) for each site after investigations are completed at that particular location.
The AMS for Crows Nest Station is considered generally appropriate.
Victoria Cross (North and South Station Sites)
For Victoria Cross the AARD report assessed there was a low to little potential for archaeological remains of Local significance to be present at the southern Station site. Recommended mitigation was for monitoring, possible test/salvage and an Unexpected Finds procedure. The northern station site was not assessed by the AARD as the site has been moved under a subsequent project Modification approval. The AMS has completed additional historic research and noted that the Victoria Cross north site is now a vacant allotment covered in demolition debris, and the southern site is almost entirely occupied by buildings with underground car parks to a depth of 5m-6m, except for the shop at 187 Miller Street. An 1892 Plan, shows three wells or cisterns within the project
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footprint, of which the bases may survive below the basements and may contain artefact bearing deposits.
The archaeological resource within the Victoria Cross south site, if present with good integrity would have low-moderate research potential. For the north site, there may be remains of outbuildings, cesspits, and wells/cisterns associated with the 1869 villa ‘Kedron’. These have the potential to make a contribution to an understanding of the development of a mid-twentieth-century villa in North Sydney and would be of Local significance.
Some relevant basic research questions have been proposed and the proposed program would include Testing and monitoring slab and overburden removal followed by open area salvage excavation if intact remains are present (considered unlikely). Day to day management would be undertaken by Secondary Excavation Director Kevin Hickson. It is noted that this is a departure from usual practice because if the Heritage Act 1977 applied to the archaeological work, the nominated Primary Excavation Director would be expected to be present at the site and undertaking the work. A Clearance Certificate would be issued by the Historic Primary Excavation Director (Jennie Lindbergh) for each site after investigations are completed at that particular location.
The AMS for Victoria Cross is considered generally appropriate.
Page 38 appears to be in error in referring to Kedron as a mid-twentieth century villa.
Marrickville Dive Site
For Marrickville, the AARD report did not include an assessment of significance for the Marrickville Dive site. Other project documents - the Heritage Impact Assessment considered that the area had low to moderate potential to contain an archaeological resource able to reach the local significance threshold. The recommended management was to implement the Unexpected Heritage Finds Procedure.
The AMS has completed additional historic research and concluded that there is potential for reclamation fills that may contain industrial waste possibly including bricks or pottery works items (wasters) and information concerning the pre-reclamation environment of the Gumbramorra Swamp. Such evidence would be of Local significance.
Some relevant site-specific research questions have been proposed and the proposed program would include an Unexpected Heritage Finds Procedure with subsequent monitoring and sampling of any significant deposits, if and when these are uncovered during works. Day to day management, including monitoring of ground slab removals and excavation, would be undertaken by Secondary Excavation Director, Kevin Hickson. A Clearance Certificate would be issued by the Historic Primary Excavation Director (Jennie Lindbergh) for each site after investigations are completed at that particular location.
The AMS for Marrickville Dive Site is considered generally appropriate, although it is again noted that if the Heritage Act 1977 applied to the archaeological work, the nominated Primary Excavation Director would be expected to be present at the site and undertaking the work.
Additional Comments
In reviewing the Conditions of Approval the Heritage Division has noted that Condition E17 requires adherence to the AARD report as follows:
E17 The Archaeological Assessment Research Design Report (AARD) in the PIR must be implemented. Final Archaeological Method Statements must be prepared in consultation with the Heritage Council
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of NSW (or its delegate) before commencement of archaeological excavation works. The final methodology must: (a) provide for the detailed analysis of any heritage items discovered during the investigations; (b) include detailed site specific archaeological management and artefact management strategies; (c) include cored soil samples for soil and pollen for the Pitt Street site within the Tank Stream Valley; and (d) provide for a sieving strategy.
It is noted that prior correspondence on the HHMP (emails dated 03 August 2017 and 11 October 2017) from the Heritage Division, OEH queried whether the AARD approved as part of the PIR for the project requires amendment given the change in assessment and methodology for archaeological works arising from completion of the AMS documents. It is still considered that DPE needs to examine this issue in interpretation and management of the CoA for the SSI project.
It also appears that completion of additional research and revised assessment and findings through the AMS documents may also have implications for other project consent Conditions. For example, Condition E19 states the following:
E19 An Unexpected Heritage Finds Procedure must be prepared: (a) to manage unexpected heritage finds in accordance with any guidelines and standards prepared by the Heritage Council of NSW or OEH; and (b) by a suitably qualified and experienced heritage specialist. The procedure must be included in the AARD and must be implemented for the life of the project.
It is unclear to OEH what the interplay is between an AARD that predicted little or no archaeology and the completed AMS documents which now predict an increased survival of archaeological ‘relics’. It is currently unclear how an ‘Unexpected Find’ would now be defined in the light of Condition E19. Again, OEH recommends that the interpretation of this Condition of Approval should be referred to DPE by the TSE Contractor.
If you have any questions arising from this letter, please contact Dr Siobhan Lavelle OAM, Senior Team Leader, Archaeological Heritage at the Heritage Division, Office of Environment and Heritage on telephone (02) 9873 8546 or by email: [email protected].
Yours sincerely
15 November 2017 Dr Thomas Richards Acting Manager, Conservation Heritage Division Office of Environment & Heritage
As Delegate of the Heritage Council of NSW
cc. Lisa Mitchell DPE; Jennie Lindbergh AMBS; Ron Turner, Sydney Metro
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Mr Stuart Hodgson 28 November 2017 Director Program Sustainability Environment & Planning Sydney Metro Transport for NSW PO Box K659 HAYMARKET NSW 1240 Ref: 170108 Final AMS
Dear Stuart
RE: ER Endorsement of Final Archaeological Method Statements for Victoria Cross Station; Crows Nest Station; Marrickville Dive and Chatswood Dive - Sydney Metro City & Southwest
Thank you for providing the following documents for Environmental Representative (ER) review and endorsement:
Sydney Metro, City & Southwest Archaeological Method Statement for Victoria Cross Station prepared by AMBS Ecology & Heritage for John Holland CPB Ghella Joint Venture Final November 2017 (Version 3), AMBS Reference: 16314 (DOC17/506441) Sydney Metro, City & Southwest Archaeological Method Statement for Chatswood Dive prepared by AMBS Ecology & Heritage for John Holland CPB Ghella Joint Venture Final November 2017, AMBS Reference: 16314 (DOC17/506441 Version 3)) Sydney Metro, City & Southwest Archaeological Method Statement for Crows Nest Station Prepared by AMBS Ecology & Heritage for John Holland CPB Ghella Joint Venture Final November 2017, AMBS Reference: 16314 (DOC17/506441 Version 3) Sydney Metro, City & Southwest Archaeological Method Statement for Marrickville Dive Site prepared by AMBS Ecology & Heritage for John Holland CPB Ghella Joint Venture Final November 2017 (Version 2), AMBS Reference: 16314 (DOC17/506441 Version 3)
The documents are required by the Condition of Approval E17 of the Sydney Metro City & Southwest project (SSI – 15_7400 January 9 2017).
Earlier versions of the documents have been reviewed by the Heritage Division of the Office of Environment and Heritage who provided a letter dated 15 November noting that the AMSs are “considered generally appropriate”. Some minor errors were identified by OEH and changes to address OEH comments have been made in the Final documents.
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On the basis of the OEH letter, and following review of the documents, as an approved ER for the Sydney Metro City &Southwest project, I consider the referenced versions of the AMSs meets the requirements of Condition E17 and are endorsed as required by Condition A24(d).
The Heritage Division letter (pages 3 and 4) notes some Additional Comments. This endorsement is provided on the assumption that the comments from Heritage Division are responded to by TSE and/or Sydney Metro with DPE.
Yours sincerely
Michael Woolley Environmental Representative – Sydney Metro – City and South West
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