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HUNTER 2000 Is Available· from the National Trust of Australia (N.S.W.) 123 Clarence Street, Sydney 2000 HUI)fTEA 2000: HlJ�TEA2000: The National Trust of Australia (N.S.W.) Hunter Regional Committee Conservation and Landscape Committee W. A. Enright. Chairman R. S. Woodgate. Honorary Secretary S. C. Alley Mrs. H. A. Bond H. C. Dorman D. J. Lithgow K. McDonald D. D. Morris Prof. K. W. Robinson R. K.wark Mrs. K. H. White R. C. Winston Valuable assistance was also rendered by: J. Colman, Planning Consultant I. Sim, National Tr ust representative on the Aboriginal Relics Advisory Committee Published by the National Trust of Australia (New South Wales) 123 Clarence Street. Sydney Copyright© The National Trust of Australia (New South Wales) 1972 Reprinted 1973 National library of Australia and ISBN 0909723 06 0 Registered in Australia for transmission by post as a book Designed and Printed in Newcastle by Philip Samuels CONTENTS Introduction 1 ·11 Planning 3 III Proposals for Conservation 8 National Parl(s, State Parks & Nature Reserves 8 Open Space of Regional Significance 8 Scenic Preserves 8 State Forests & Timber Reserves 9 Catchment Areas 10 Crown Lands 10 Historic 'Buildings and Urban Areas of Special Significance 10 Aboriginal Relics in the Hunter Region 16 IV Concl"sion 18 Appendices 1. Descriptions of Park and Reserve Proposals 19 A. National Parks 19 B. State Parks 22 C. Nature Reserves 25 D. Open Space of Regional Significance ,29 E. Scenic Preserves 33 2. Historic Buildings 34 References and General Bibliography 39 Index 40 moves are under way to prepare a planning strategy for the I Introduction Hunter Region, the Trust is firm in its view that these issues are equally essential to planning in this Region. The Trust believes that these vital conservation issues must be in­ Background corporated into the Hunter Region plan from the outset if This report has been prepared for The National Trust of Aus­ the plan is to be worthwhile. tralia (N.S.W.) by the Conservation and Landscape Commit­ tee of the Hunter Regional Committee in response to an Area covered invitation from the State Planning Authority of N.S.W., for This report covers the Hunter Regional Planning District as the Trust's views on planning for nature conservation, defined by the State Planning Authority. As the appended scenic preservation, historic buildings and recreation in the map indicates, the area extends along the coast from Lake Hunter Region. Macquarie north to Forster, to beyond Murrurundi in the Members of the Conservation and Landscape Committee north-west and to Ulan in the west. The main urban areas were drawn from the following regional bodies: are Newcastle, Maitland and Cessnock, with the towns of National Parks Association of N.S.W., Hunter-Manning Singleton, Muswellbrook, Stroud, Dungog, Scone, Region Murrurundi and Merriwa. Newcastle Flora & Fauna Protection Society The approximate area of the region is 10,800 square miles; Northern Parks and Playgrounds Movement it contained a population of 374,500 in 1966, rising to Royal Australian Planning Institute (Newcastle Branch) 400,750 in 1971. The National Trust of Australia (N.S.W.), Hunter The region adjoins the area considered in the Trust's report Regional Committee Sydney 2000: Requirements for Conservation of Natural Town & Country Planning Association of the Hunter Areas, Scenic Preservation and Recreation (Setchell 1968), Valley Treetowners A limited number of copies of the Committee's interim re­ port, entitled : Hunter Valley 2000: Requirements for Conservation, were published in February 1970 and made available to members of the State Planning Authority's Hunter Regional Planning Committee. The present report is based for the most part on that publication. Purpose The report expresses the views of the National Trust on planning for nature conservation, scenic preservation, historic buildings and recreation in the Hunter Region, and outlines specific proposals the implementation of which the Trust regards as essential. It is expected that this report will be of interest to the public generally. It has been prepared particularly to assist Gov­ ernment Departments and local Councils to identify areas requiring special consideration in the planning and subsequent control of land use in the Hunter Region. Following publication of the Sydney Region Outline Plan by the State Planning Authority in 1968, The National Trust of Australia (New South Wales) published a statement referring to the following matters which the Trust consider­ ed should be provided for in a regional plan for Sydney :- • Conservation of natural areas • Conservation of semi-natural areas and landscaped open space for recreation and visual enjoyment • Conservation of select rural areas for continuing rural usefulness and scenic qualities • Reservation of adequate areas for development for public purposes to avoid future raids on conservation areas • Provision of additional open space in developed areas where necessary to compensate for loss of existing open space by development for public purposes. • Provision for later rehabilitation of areas zoned for extrac- tive industries. • Conservation of foreshores and waterways • Planning for disposal of wastes and control of pollution • Conservation of historic buildings • Conservation of urban areas of special quality The Sydney Region Outlin e Plan made sparse reference to these matters and the National Trust has expressed its deep Will fu ture generations be able to enjoy (he rich natural , 1 concern and disappointment at this ori,ission. Now, as environments which once clothed (he Hunter Valley region? Conservation Since the Conservation & Landscape Committee of the Trust's Hunter Regional Committee commenced work early in 1969, public awareness of the need for conservation has greatly increased. This is due, not only to concern about pollution and widespread degradation of our environment, but also to increasing concern at the wastage of resources. ConselVation requires the management of resources in such a way that the community benefits may be enjoyed, where possible, on a sustained yield basis. A most important resource in this context is the beauty and charm of the environment. It is a resou rce which is difficult to measure, but nevertheless is going to become increasingly important as populations grow and communities become more demanding in their requirements for living, working and rec­ reation space. If present trends continue, within the foreseeable future there will be an almost continuous urban sprawl from south of Wollongong to north of Newcastle. Natural areas will become increasingly scarce and will be more remote. Under these circumstances a statement of the region's requirements for nature conservation, scenic preservation and recreation, is urgent. A number of specific problems have arisen which accentuate the urgent need for planning, which recognises the special values of certa in areas and structures, and which can provide for their conservation. Many controversies have provoked vigorous and sustained public reaction. Among these are: • The proposal by the Department of Main Roads to con­ struct an expressway through Blackbutt Reserve; • The proposals to construct a coal loader near Port Stephens or at Redhead; • Mineral sands mining in the proposed Myall Lakes Na­ tional Park; • The possible destruction of the Old Police Station and Public Works buildings in Newcastle; • The proposal to fill Swan Bay, Lake Macquarie; • Proposed causeway and bridge from Swansea to Wangi Point; • The proposed industrial development at PortStep hens; • Rutile mining of Tomago sand beds; • Sewerage effluent in Lake Macquarie. The principal object of this report is to bring the urgency of such matters to the attention of the community so that the conservation requirements of the Hunter Region are accept­ ed as vital elements in any strategic plan for the area. 2 suffering the effects of heavy usage. As the metropolitan 11 Planning population grows and as pressure on the existing facilities in Sydney increases, so will there be a growing tendency for Sydney people to take their recreation Brief description of region outside the metropolitan region. The area comprises most of the catchment of the Hunter c. Both Sydney and Newcastle have a rich heritage of River, with the inclusion of the headwaters of the historic buildings and places. The National Trust has re­ Macdonald in the south and the Karuah and MyalJ Rivers in ported on the many aspects of this heritage in the the north-east. It possesses a great diversity of landscapes Sydney Region, but unfortunately. public awareness of it and land uses. The vegetation in the eastern part of the has come rather late - too late to prevent the destruction valley is predominantly of a coastal type. The western half of many historic buildings and areas. It can be expected has a generally lower rainfall and the vegetation is more in the future that urban communities generally will take a characteristic of the inland part of N.S.W. To the south much greater interest in the conservation of their historic there are extensive sandstone ranges and escarpments heritage. Too much has been lost in Sydney; in the which are botanically very rich; to the north, Barrington Hunter Region there is still opportunity for this kind of Tops with beautiful and interesting alpine plains and for­ conservation. ests, constitute a water catchment of major significance. Planning assumptions At their maximum range the valley lowlands reach more than 100 miles inland, providing easy access to the POPULATION: On the basis of present trends, by the year hinterland at a low point in the Great Divide. 2000 the population of the Hunter Region may be approaching three-quarters of a million. The bulk of this Historical outline population will continue to be accommodated in the Newcastle urban area with growth extending westerly from For many years land access between Sydney and the Newcastle and in Lake Macquarie Shire. There may also be Hunter Valley was tedious and difficult because of mountain satellite towns established to the north of the city between and river barriers.
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