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Mona Vale General Cemetery, 107 Mona Vale Road, Mona Vale, NSW Conservation Management Plan Prepared by Betteridge Consulting Pt Mona Vale General Cemetery, 107 Mona Vale Road, Mona Vale, NSW Conservation Management Plan Prepared by Betteridge Consulting Pty Ltd t/a MUSEc a p e for Northern Beaches Council Final, 29 May 2017 Betteridge Consulting Pty Ltd t/a MUSEcape (ABN 15 602 062 297) 42 BOTANY STREET RANDWICK NSW 2031 Tel: 61 (0)2 9314 6642 Email: [email protected] Web: www.musecape.com.au Mobile (Margaret Betteridge): +61 (0)419 238 996 Mobile (Chris Betteridge): +61 (0)419 011 347 SPECIALISTS IN THE IDENTIFICATION, ASSESSMENT, MANAGEMENT AND INTERPRETATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE Table of Contents Foreword ........................................................................................................................................ 7 1.0 Executive summary ................................................................................................................... 8 2.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 11 2.1 Background ................................................................................................................... 11 2.2 Objectives and structure of the CMP ............................................................................ 11 2.3 Where this plan applies ................................................................................................ 11 2.4 Methodology ................................................................................................................ 13 2.5 Author identification and experience ........................................................................... 14 2.6 Acknowledgments ........................................................................................................ 14 2.7 Abbreviations ................................................................................................................ 14 2.8 Limitations .................................................................................................................... 15 2.9 Disclaimer and copyright .............................................................................................. 15 3.0 Analysis of documentary evidence ......................................................................................... 16 3.1 Cemetery timeline ........................................................................................................ 16 3.2 Evolution of the cemetery landscape ........................................................................... 25 3.3 Burial statistics .............................................................................................................. 29 3.4 Monumental masons and funeral directors ................................................................. 30 3.5 Historical themes & ability to demonstrate ................................................................. 30 4.0 Analysis of physical evidence .................................................................................................. 31 4.1 The environmental context & site description ............................................................. 31 4.2 Identification of existing fabric ..................................................................................... 31 4.2.1 Monuments .......................................................................................................... 34 4.2.2 Grave ornaments .................................................................................................. 37 4.2.3 Layout and paths .................................................................................................. 38 4.2.4 Boundary treatments ............................................................................................ 40 4.2.5 Remnant vegetation and ornamental plantings ................................................... 42 4.2.6 Signage .................................................................................................................. 43 4.2.7 Buildings and other structures .............................................................................. 47 4.2.8 Archival material ................................................................................................... 49 4.3 Adjoining development and landscape character ........................................................ 50 4.4 Views analysis & visual absorption capacity ................................................................. 50 4.2.1 Views into the cemetery ....................................................................................... 50 4.2.2 Views out of the cemetery.................................................................................... 50 4.2.3 Views & vistas within the cemetery ...................................................................... 50 4.2.4 Visual absorption capacity .................................................................................... 51 4.5 Physical condition ......................................................................................................... 51 5.0 Comparative Analysis .............................................................................................................. 51 5.1 Frenchs Forest Bushland Cemetery .............................................................................. 52 5.2 Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium ............................................................... 52 5.3 Field of Mars Cemetery ................................................................................................ 52 5.4 Gore Hill Memorial Cemetery ....................................................................................... 52 5.5 Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium ............................................ 53 5.6 Manly Cemetery ........................................................................................................... 53 5.7 Church Point Cemetery ................................................................................................. 54 5.8 Conclusion .................................................................................................................... 54 6.0 Assessment of Cultural Significance ........................................................................................ 54 6.1 Principles and basis for assessment.............................................................................. 54 6.2 Assessment methodology ............................................................................................. 55 6.3 Current heritage listings ............................................................................................... 56 6.4 Review of heritage significance .................................................................................... 56 6.4.1 Historical Significance (Criterion A) ...................................................................... 56 6.4.2 Historical Associational Significance (Criterion B) ................................................ 56 6.4.3 Aesthetic Significance (Criterion C) ....................................................................... 56 6.4.4 Social Significance (Criterion D) ............................................................................ 56 6.4.5 Technical Significance and Research Potential (Criterion E) ................................. 57 6.4.6 Rarity (Criterion F) ................................................................................................ 57 6.4.7 Representativeness (Criterion G) .......................................................................... 57 6.5 Archaeological Significance .......................................................................................... 57 6.5.1 Definitions ............................................................................................................. 57 6.5.2 Archaeological Zones: ........................................................................................... 58 6.6 New summary statement of significance ..................................................................... 58 6.7 Grading of significance ................................................................................................. 59 6.7.1 Rationale for grading ............................................................................................ 59 6.7.2 Application of gradings to cemetery elements ..................................................... 60 6.8 Curtilage Considerations ............................................................................................... 61 6.8.1 Some Definitions ................................................................................................... 61 6.8.2 Determination of a curtilage for Mona Vale General Cemetery .......................... 61 6.9 Amendment to State Heritage Inventory form ............................................................ 62 7.0 Issues, constraints and opportunities ..................................................................................... 62 7.1 Constraints arising from cultural significance .............................................................. 62 Because the .............................................................................................................................. 62 7.2 Constraints arising from the Burra Charter .................................................................. 62 7.3 Constraints & obligations arising from statutory & non-statutory controls & listings . 65 7.3.1 National
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