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1A Morton Street Depot, Parramatta Report FINAL 1A Morton Street Depot, Parramatta Heritage Assessment Report prepared for Parramatta City Council March 2013 Report Register The following report register documents the development and issue of the report entitled 1A Morton Street Depot, Parramatta—Heritage Assessment undertaken by Godden Mackay Logan Pty Ltd in accordance with its quality management system. Godden Mackay Logan operates under a quality management system which has been certified as complying with the Australian/New Zealand Standard for quality management systems AS/NZS ISO 9001:2008. Job No. Issue No. Notes/Description Issue Date 12-0380 1 Draft Report 20 September 2012 12-0380 2 Revised Draft Report 16 October 2012 12-0380 3 Final Report 18 January 2013 12-0380 4 Revised Final Report 28 March 2013 Copyright and Moral Rights Historical sources and reference material used in the preparation of this report are acknowledged and referenced at the end of each section and/or in figure captions. Reasonable effort has been made to identify, contact, acknowledge and obtain permission to use material from the relevant copyright owners. In accordance with the contract terms for this project GML: vests copyright in all material produced by GML (but excluding pre-existing material and material in which copyright is held by a third party) in the client for this project (and the client’s successors in title); retains the right to use all the material produced by GML for this project for GML’s ongoing business and for professional presentations, academic papers or publications; and waives the Moral Rights of both GML and the project team members in this work, in accordance with the (Commonwealth) Copyright (Moral Rights) Amendment Act 2000. Contents Page 1.0 Introduction............................................................................................................................................. 1 1..1 Project Background .............................................................................................................................. 1 1..2 Site Location ......................................................................................................................................... 1 1..3 Community Consultation ...................................................................................................................... 1 1..4 Limitations ............................................................................................................................................. 2 1..5 Authorship and Acknowledgements .................................................................................................... 2 1..6 Abbreviations ........................................................................................................................................ 3 2.0 Statutory Context ................................................................................................................................... 5 2..1 Preamble ............................................................................................................................................... 5 2..2 National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 ................................................................................................... 5 2.2.1 Due Diligence Approach ................................................................................................................. 6 2..3 Heritage Act 1977 ................................................................................................................................. 6 2.3.1 The State Heritage Register ........................................................................................................... 7 2..4 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 ........................................................................... 7 2.4.1 Parramatta Local Environment PPlan 2011 .................................................................................... 7 2.4.2 Parramatta Development Control Plan 2011................................................................................ 9 2..5 Implications for Future Developmennt ................................................................................................. 12 2..6 Endnotes ............................................................................................................................................. 12 3.0 Historical Overview .............................................................................................................................. 13 3..1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 13 3..2 Early European History (1790s–18110s) ............................................................................................. 13 3..3 Marsden’s 112 Acre Grant ................................................................................................................. 13 3..4 Lease and Subdivision ....................................................................................................................... 16 3..5 School and Residential Use (1865–1958) ......................................................................................... 18 3..6 Parramatta City Council Depot (1958–Present) ................................................................................ 20 3..7 Endnotes ............................................................................................................................................. 37 4.0 Site Analysis ......................................................................................................................................... 39 4..1 Site Inspection .................................................................................................................................... 39 4..2 Geotechnical Investigation ................................................................................................................. 40 4..3 Analysis ............................................................................................................................................... 41 4..4 Endnotes ............................................................................................................................................. 46 5.0 Aboriginal Archaeology ...................................................................................................................... 47 5..1 Environmental Context ....................................................................................................................... 47 5.1.1 Geology and Soils ......................................................................................................................... 47 5.1.2 Landforms and Topography ......................................................................................................... 47 5.1.3 Hydrology ...................................................................................................................................... 48 5.1.4 Vegetation and Fauna .................................................................................................................. 48 5.1.5 Modern Land Use and Disturbance ............................................................................................ 48 5..2 Aboriginal Archaeological Context ..................................................................................................... 49 5.2.1 Ethnohistory .................................................................................................................................. 49 5.2.2 Relevant Local Literature .............................................................................................................. 50 1A Morton Street Depot, Parramatta—Heritage Assessment—March 2013 5.2.3 AHIMS Search .............................................................................................................................. 52 5.3 Assessment of Aboriginal Archaeological Potential .......................................................................... 52 5.4 Endnotes ............................................................................................................................................. 58 6.0 Historical Archaeological Assessment ............................................................................................. 59 6.1 Desktop Analysis ................................................................................................................................ 59 6.1.1 Historical Development ................................................................................................................. 59 6.1.2 Previous Historical Archaeological Studies ................................................................................ 60 6.2 Site Disturbance ................................................................................................................................. 61 6.3 Assessment of Historical Archaeological Potential ........................................................................... 62 6.4 Endnotes ............................................................................................................................................. 66 7.0 Built Heritage ........................................................................................................................................ 67 7.1 Heritage Items Within the Site ...........................................................................................................
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