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A ttachment 4 to item 0 3 0 Draft Heritage Interpretation Plan for the Windsor Bridge Replacement Project date of meeting: 25 February 2020 location: council chambers time: to commence at the conclusion of the extraordinary meeting on 25 February 2020, which commences at 6:30pm HERITAGE INTERPRETATION PLAN STAGE 2 Windsor Bridge Replacement Project December 2019 Final Draft THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK DOCUMENT CONTROL Thompson Square Heritage Interpretation Plan Stage 2 Current Issue: December 2019 Version: Final Draft © 2019 WolfPeak Pty Ltd for Transport for NSW Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act 1879, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission of Transport for NSW. Image: The box drainage system uncovered during the salvage excavations in 2018-2019. Image supplied by RMS. Image: 7 Thompson Square, ‘Howe House’. Image by The Archivist. 4 Thompson Square Heritage Interpretation Plan Stage 2 | December 2019 | Final Draft | WolfPeak Environmnet & Heritage CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 00 Welcome to Darug Land (6) Welcome to Thompson Square (7) Interpretation Colour Palette Inspiration (8) THE PROJECT THE PLACE INTERPRETIVE FRAMEWORK KEY STRATEGIES 01 Executive Summary (9) 02 Heritage Significance (25) 03 Purpose (30) 04 Creative Identity (39) Acknowledgments (10) The Relevance and Objectives (31) The Artist’s Own Words (40) Background & Importance of an Themes & Narratives (33) Experience Locations (42) Objectives (11) Inclusive History (27) Experiences (43) Consultation (21) Case Studies (28) CONCEPT DESIGNS FINALISATION REFERENCE APPENDICES 05 Signage (52) 06 Framework (56) 07 Bibiliography (58) 08 Signage Content (59) WELCOME TO DARUG LAND Dyarubbin - Hawkesbury River DARUG PEOPLE country and recognise their continuing us. Spirits that have been here since connection to land, water and culture. the dreaming . Darug language has The Darug people are the traditional custodians We pay our respects to our Elders past, been passed down from generation to of the land on which Thompson Square stands. present and emerging. generation. To continue an unbroken It has been shown, through the archaeological culture that has extended for thousands record, that Darug people have lived in and of years. In the language of the Darug around Windsor for over 33,000 years - they WELCOME TO COUNTRY people we welcome you to Darug lands. still do. Offered by Aunty Edna Watson, a Darug Elder Thank you. In the words of Leanne Watson and Erin who has worked in the community for many Wilkins, of the Darug Custodian Aboriginal years. This is her welcome. Corporation, is the following statement; “ “ TIATI MURRA DARUGA PEMEL KOI Darug land extends from the Blue MURRA YA PEMEL NGALARINGI Mountains in the west, the Hawkesbury BUBBUNA BAN NYE YEMNA WURRA River in the north, Appin in the south, NANG NYE DICE GAI DYI YA NANGAMI and to the sea in the east. DYARRALANG DARUGA NGALARINGI TIATI NGALARINGI NANGAMI GAI GU Like all Aboriginal people, the Darug YA WILLY ANGARA GU-NU-GAL DA do not claim ownership of the land GU-NU-GAL DA LA-LOEY MOOGOO but that we belong to the land. Our COT-BALLIE NANGAMI DICE LA- spiritual connection to the land is our LOEY GNIA TARIMI GU-NU-GAL TIATI commitment to respect and look after it. NGALARINGI YA DARUGA EORAH MITTIGAR GURRUNG BURRUK GNEENE Darug people have been pushed off our DA DARUGA PEMEL DIDGEREE GORE land since colonisation. The land is our people, our people are the land. We welcome you. We “ acknowledge the Traditional Owners of This is Darug lands. It is the land of our Image: Dyarubbin, 2019, ancestors. Their spirits still walk among Leanne “Mulgo” Watson. 6 Thompson Square Heritage Interpretation Plan Stage 2 | December 2019 | Final Draft | WolfPeak Environmnet & Heritage WELCOME TO THOMPSON SQUARE PART OF THE THOMPSON SQUARE CONSERVATION AREA SIGNIFICANT HERITAGE and government facilities have all been a part Today, Thompson Square stands as a resilient of the site’s changing face. reminder of the colonial settlement of Australia, Since the first settlement of high ground in of its ties to England and English ideals, and The Green Hills in the late eighteenth century, MACQUARIE’S INFLUENCE forms part of the heritage network that is our through to its formalisation by Governor shared culture and legacy. Macquarie, Thompson Square has remained Windsor is a Macquarie town. It is irrevocably a prominent heritage landscape in Windsor. integrated into the history of our shared The Georgian style Square represents not Australia and the story of more than two only its colonial beginnings and evolution centuries since first contact. but also reminds visitors of Australia’s ties to the Commonwealth. Today it is part of the Thompson Square holds specific significance Thompson Square Conservation Area (TSCA). to the story of emancipated convict and magistrate Andrew Thompson. Celebrated by Governor Macquarie as a friend and hero upon “ his death, as can be seen in the long epitaph The very names of Windsor and on his grave marker at Windsor’s St Matthew’s Richmond reveal to us the home sickness Church, Thompson played a significant role in and love of England which prompted the development of farming, commerce and the settlers in a new country, so different shipbuilding in the area. The site was named from the land of their birth, to try to ‘Thompson Square’ by Macquarie in 1811. create another England... Manilla Express, 6 June 19241 “ Government House, the old hospital, The Square, has served a variety of uses since its and the stockaded prison have been inception, including recreational, community, demolished, but the other buildings commercial, military, and administrative. It remain to make Windsor a museum remains a highly significant heritage precinct. of Australian origins, and the nearest The built heritage of the place is still visible, the approach to antiquity in architecture this colonial cultural values and history of the area continent possesses. are well documented, and its associations and 2 Image: Thompson Square, links over time to transportation, infrastructure Manilla Express, 6 June 1924 2019. Source: Author Thompson Square Heritage Interpretation Plan Stage 2 | December 2019 | Final Draft | WolfPeak Environmnet & Heritage 7 INTERPRETATION COLOUR PALETTE INSPIRATION Dark Grey Dark Brown Taupe Ochre 8 Thompson Square Heritage Interpretation Plan Stage 2 | December 2019 | Final Draft | WolfPeak Environmnet & Heritage 01 THE PROJECT Executive Summary the wrong reasons. Heritage interpretation “ helps to unravel these stories and to weave In the year 1794 Lieut. Governor Major them into a narrative that is truthful, honest Grose placed the first 22 settlers along and inclusive as their foundation. the banks of the Hawkesbury River and South Creek... Today the site of Thompson Square, in the historic township of Windsor, remains one of Rev. Jas Steele, 19143 the oldest public squares in Australia. The area, including buildings, streetscapes, and green The “settlers” referred to by Rev. Steele in 1914 spaces is recognised and included on the NSW were the European colonists who continued an State Heritage Register, as well as in Schedule uninvited expansion into the lands of Australia. 5 of the Hawkesbury Local Environmental As had happened repeatedly across the British Plan 2012. The heritage significance of the Empire for centuries, the settlement of lands area is not debated. The documentation and in the name of the monarchy was considered recognition of all the various heritage lines of a right. However, the collateral impacts of this the area is still an emerging front, but one that, colonial takeover would not be understood for throughout this interpretive project, will be generations to come. inclusive, positive and shared. The first official ‘settlement’ of the area was The primary role of heritage interpretation in also the start of the displacement of local this instance is to undertake and implement Aboriginal people who had lived in the region, effective methods for the storylines to be along the river’s banks, and throughout the collected and retold. It will help deliver social, surrounding lands for thousands of years. cultural and environmental benefits for the community and provide engaging visitor Image: The Settlement of Green Hills, 1809, George Evans.4 The storylines that remain - both Indigenous experiences. This Plan is based on ‘best and Colonial - when combined with written practice’ principles to form the framework. It and archaeological evidence, are rich in both includes recommendations and designs for the variety and diversity that they represent. physical devices, digital and online formats, They are inspirational yet traumatic, full of content, and various design elements to achievement yet show failure, are dramatic, create a holistic and engaging approach to the colourful and exciting - but in some cases for interpretation throughout the project area. Thompson Square Heritage Interpretation Plan Stage 2 | December 2019 | Final Draft | WolfPeak Environmnet & Heritage 9 01 Acknowledgements & Authorship ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AUTHORSHIP The following people and/or organisations have assisted in the preparation of this report. Authors Kylie Christian Hawkesbury City Council Gavin Patton Department of Premier and Cabinet, Heritage Research Assistants NSW Natalie Abedi Brittany Christian Darug Custodian Aboriginal Corporation Community Consultation Program Cosmos