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ATP-Conservation-Management-Plan Report Register The following report register documents the development and issue of the report entitled Australian Technology Park—Conservation Management Plan, undertaken by GML Heritage in accordance with its quality management system. Job No. Issue No. Notes/Description Issue Date 09-0250 1 Draft Report June 2010 09-0250 2 Revised Draft Report July 2011 09-0250 3 Revised Draft Report November 2011 09-0250 4 Revised Draft Report March 2012 13-0056 5 Final Report October 2013 13-0056 6 Final Report (incorporating Heritage Division comments) December 2013 Quality Assurance GML Heritage operates under a quality management system which has been certified as complying with the Australian/New Zealand Standard for quality management systems AS/NZS ISO 9001:2008. The report has been reviewed and approved for issue in accordance with the GML quality assurance policy and procedures. Project Manager: Julia Dowling Project Director & Reviewer: Richard Mackay Issue No. 6 Issue No. 6 Signature Signature Position: Senior Consultant Position: Partner Date: 20 December 2013 Date: 20 December 2013 Copyright Historical sources and reference material used inf the preparation of this report are acknowledged and referenced at the end of each section and/or in figure captions. Reasonable effort has been made to identify, contact, acknowledge and obtain permission to use material from the relevant copyright owners. Unless otherwise specified or agreed, copyright in this report vests in GML Heritage Pty Ltd (‘GML’) and in the owners of any pre-existing historic source or reference material. Moral Rights GML asserts its Moral Rights in this work, unless otherwise acknowledged, in accordance with the (Commonwealth) Copyright (Moral Rights) Amendment Act 2000. GML’s moral rights include the attribution of authorship, the right not to have the work falsely attributed and the right to integrity of authorship. Right to Use GML grants to the client for this project (and the client’s successors in title) an irrevocable royalty-free right to reproduce or use the material from this report, except where such use infringes the copyright and/or Moral Rights of GML or third parties. Contents Page Executive Summary ......................................................................................................................................... i 1.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 The Purpose of this CMP ....................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Overview.................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.3 Site Identification ..................................................................................................................................... 2 1.4 Heritage Listings ..................................................................................................................................... 2 1.4.1 Statutory Listings.............................................................................................................................. 2 1.4.2 Non-Statutory Listings ..................................................................................................................... 2 1.5 Methodology and Terminology .............................................................................................................. 2 1.6 Limitations ............................................................................................................................................... 3 1.7 Authorship ............................................................................................................................................... 4 1.8 Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................................ 4 2.0 Historical Overview .................................................................................................................................. 7 2.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 7 2.2 Pre-European Occupation and Use ...................................................................................................... 7 2.3 The Chisholm Estate .............................................................................................................................. 9 2.4 The Role of Eveleigh Railway Workshops .......................................................................................... 10 2.4.1 Background .................................................................................................................................... 10 2.4.2 The Eveleigh Railway Workshops ................................................................................................ 10 2.4.3 The Effect of the Eveleigh Railway Workshops on the NSW Railways ..................................... 11 2.4.4 Early Expansion ............................................................................................................................. 11 2.4.5 Manufacturing Locomotives 1908–1925 and 1945–1952 .......................................................... 12 2.4.6 Progress at the Eveleigh Locomotive Workshops ...................................................................... 13 2.4.7 Eveleigh and the War Effort .......................................................................................................... 13 2.4.8 Decline and Closure ...................................................................................................................... 13 2.5 Operations of the Locomotive Workshops .......................................................................................... 16 2.5.1 Functional Divisions ....................................................................................................................... 16 2.5.2 Machinery ....................................................................................................................................... 19 2.6 The Surrounding Area .......................................................................................................................... 21 2.6.1 Character of the Surrounding Area .............................................................................................. 21 2.6.2 Alexandria Goods Yard ................................................................................................................. 22 2.6.3 Redfern Station .............................................................................................................................. 22 2.6.4 Macdonaldtown Gas Works .......................................................................................................... 23 2.7 Labour and Community History ........................................................................................................... 23 2.7.1 Eveleigh as a Place of Work ......................................................................................................... 23 2.7.2 Unions and Eveleigh Railway Workshops ................................................................................... 24 2.7.3 Aboriginal Workers at Eveleigh ..................................................................................................... 25 2.7.4 Migrant Workers at Eveleigh ......................................................................................................... 25 2.8 Key Historical Figures ........................................................................................................................... 25 2.8.1 John Whitton and George Cowdery ............................................................................................. 25 2.8.2 NSW Premiers JJ Cahill and James McGowen .......................................................................... 26 2.9 Comparative Analysis ........................................................................................................................... 26 2.9.1 Newport Railway Workshops, Victoria ......................................................................................... 26 Australian Technology Park—Conservation Management Plan, December 2013 2.9.2 Inveresk (Launceston) Railway Workshops, Tasmania ............................................................. 27 2.9.3 North Ipswich Railway Workshops, Queensland ........................................................................ 27 2.10 Figures ................................................................................................................................................ 27 2.11 Endnotes ............................................................................................................................................ 41 3.0 Australian Technology Park Today .................................................................................................... 45 3.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................................... 45 3.2 Built Heritage and Management Context ........................................................................................... 46 3.3 Original Buildings ................................................................................................................................
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