WILBERFORCE CEMETERY CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT PLAN Final Volume 1 Prepared for: HAWKESBURY CITY COUNCIL Prepared by: Pamela Hubert for HUBERT ARCHITECTS in conjunction with Jan Barkley-Jack for IAN JACK HERITAGE CONSULTING PTY LTD 7 April 2008 Cover Photo: Wilberforce Cemetery 2004. Source: Hawkesbury City Council, taken by Energy Australia Contents 1 Executive Summary .................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Significance .......................................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Historical Development .................................................................................................................... 1 1.4 Physical Description .......................................................................................................................... 2 1.5 Constraints and Opportunities ........................................................................................................ 3 1.5.1 General ............................................................................................................................................ 3 1.5.2 Vandalism ....................................................................................................................................... 3 1.5.3 New Burials .................................................................................................................................... 3 1.5.4 Unmarked Graves ......................................................................................................................... 3 1.5.5 Drainage .......................................................................................................................................... 3 1.5.6 Access .............................................................................................................................................. 3 1.5.7 Former Wesleyan Area ................................................................................................................. 3 1.6 Conservation Policies ........................................................................................................................ 4 1.6.1 Burra Charter .................................................................................................................................. 4 1.6.2 Ownership ...................................................................................................................................... 4 1.6.3 Management ................................................................................................................................... 4 1.6.4 Uses .................................................................................................................................................. 4 1.6.5 Unmarked Graves ......................................................................................................................... 4 1.6.6 Layout .............................................................................................................................................. 4 1.6.7 Drainage .......................................................................................................................................... 5 1.6.8 Re-use of Graves ........................................................................................................................... 5 1.6.9 New Elements ................................................................................................................................ 5 1.6.10 Columbaria ................................................................................................................................. 5 1.6.11 Memorial Gardens and Walks ................................................................................................. 5 1.6.12 Signs and Markers ..................................................................................................................... 5 1.6.13 Planting ....................................................................................................................................... 6 1.6.14 Maintenance and Repair ........................................................................................................... 6 1.6.15 Movement of Monuments ....................................................................................................... 8 1.6.16 Fencing ....................................................................................................................................... 8 1.6.17 Resources and Funding ............................................................................................................ 8 1.6.18 Interpretation ............................................................................................................................. 8 1.6.19 Statutory Protection .................................................................................................................. 8 1.6.20 Access ......................................................................................................................................... 8 1.6.21 Vandalism ................................................................................................................................... 9 1.6.22 Adoption and Review of Conservation Policy ..................................................................... 9 2 Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 10 2.1 The Brief ........................................................................................................................................... 10 2.2 Definition of the Study Place and Setting ................................................................................... 10 2.3 Methodology .................................................................................................................................... 10 2.4 Natural and Aboriginal Significance ............................................................................................. 10 2.5 Terms ................................................................................................................................................ 11 2.6 Author Identification ...................................................................................................................... 11 2.7 Acknowledgements ......................................................................................................................... 11 2.8 Bibliography ..................................................................................................................................... 11 2.8.1 State Records ............................................................................................................................... 11 2.8.2 State Library................................................................................................................................. 12 2.8.3 Hawkesbury City Council .......................................................................................................... 12 2.8.4 Hawkesbury Library, .................................................................................................................. 12 2.8.5 St John’s, Wilberforce ................................................................................................................ 12 2.8.6 Books ............................................................................................................................................ 12 2.8.7 Journals and Publications .......................................................................................................... 13 2.8.8 Department of Lands ................................................................................................................. 13 2.8.9 Unpublished Manuscripts ......................................................................................................... 13 2.8.10 Burial Registers ....................................................................................................................... 14 2.8.11 Other ........................................................................................................................................ 14 2.8.12 Personal Communication ..................................................................................................... 14 2.8.13 Other ........................................................................................................................................ 14 3 Historical DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................................................ 15 3.1 History And Context ...................................................................................................................... 15 3.1.1 Background: ................................................................................................................................. 15 3.1.2 Wilberforce Cemetery: the beginnings 1811-1815: ............................................................... 19 3.1.3 Wilberforce Cemetery: 1816-1825 ..........................................................................................