Transport NSW SYDNEY LIGHT RAIL EXTENSION STAGE 1 – INNER WEST EXTENSION 2106703 2106703 OCTOBER 2010 2010 OCTOBER Volume 2 - Technical Reports TECHNICAL PAPER 3 HERITAGE Sydney Light Rail Extension Stage 1 Heritage Impact Assessment Prepared by Australian Museum Business Services for Parsons Brinckerhoff September 2010 100510 Australian Museum Business Services - 6 College Street, Sydney NSW 2010, Ph (02) 9320 6311, Fax (02) 9320 6428 australianmuseum.net.au/AMBS [email protected] Sydney Light Rail Extension Stage 1 – Heritage Impact Assessment Document Information 100510 AMBS 2010 Sydney Light Rail Extension Stage 1 – Heritage Impact Citation: Assessment Version 1: Draft Report issued August 2010 Version 2: Draft Report issued August 2010 Versions: Version 3: Draft Report issued September 2010 Version 4: Final Report issued September 2010 Emma Dean Recipient: Environmental Scientist, Parsons Brinckerhoff Approved by: Jennie Lindbergh II Sydney Light Rail Extension Stage 1 – Heritage Impact Assessment Contents 1 Introduction ................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Preamble ................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1.1 Background ...................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Study Area .............................................................................................................................. 2 1.3 Methodology .......................................................................................................................... 9 1.3.1 Aboriginal Consultation .................................................................................................... 9 1.4 Authorship & Acknowledgements ......................................................................................... 10 2 Statutory Context ...................................................................................... 11 2.1 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 ......................................... 11 2.2 National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 ................................................................................... 11 2.3 The Heritage Act 1977.......................................................................................................... 12 2.3.1 RailCorp Heritage and Conservation Register (Section 170 Register) .................................. 15 2.3.2 Sydney Water Corporation Heritage and Conservation Register .......................................... 15 2.3.3 NSW Roads and Traffic Authority Heritage and Conservation Register .............................. 15 2.3.4 NSW Department of Education & Training Heritage and Conservation Register ................ 15 2.4 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act (1979) ............................................................. 16 2.4.1 State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) 2007 .............................................. 16 2.4.2 Leichhardt Local Environmental Plan 2000 ..................................................................... 17 2.4.3 Ashfield Local Environmental Plan 1985 ......................................................................... 17 2.4.4 Marrickville Local Environmental Plan 2001................................................................... 18 2.4.5 City West Sydney Regional Environmental Plan No. 26 .................................................... 19 2.5 National Trust of Australia (NSW) ....................................................................................... 20 2.6 Summary of Identified Historic Heritage Items ..................................................................... 22 3 Aboriginal Context ................................................................................... 31 3.1 Environmental Context ......................................................................................................... 31 3.1.1 Topography, Geology and Soils ......................................................................................... 31 3.1.2 Hydrology and Drainage ................................................................................................. 33 3.1.3 Vegetation ...................................................................................................................... 34 3.1.4 Land Use and Disturbance .............................................................................................. 34 3.2 Aboriginal Archaeological Context ........................................................................................ 35 3.2.1 Regional Archaeological Context ....................................................................................... 35 3.2.2 Local Archaeological Context ........................................................................................... 37 3.3 Aboriginal Heritage Site Prediction Modelling ...................................................................... 38 4 Thematic History ........................................................................................ 41 4.1 Background ........................................................................................................................... 41 4.2 Development of Transport Systems ....................................................................................... 41 4.2.1 Parramatta Road ............................................................................................................ 41 4.2.2 The Great Southern and Western Suburban Railway ........................................................ 41 4.2.3 Railway Electrification .................................................................................................... 42 4.2.4 The Rozelle Goods Line ................................................................................................... 43 4.2.5 Associated Industries and Infrastructure ............................................................................ 45 4.2.6 Hawthorne Canal ........................................................................................................... 46 4.2.7 Sydney Water Pressure Tunnel ......................................................................................... 47 4.2.8 Lewisham Sewage Aqueduct ............................................................................................ 48 4.2.9 Rail Bridges .................................................................................................................... 48 4.2.10 Road Bridges ................................................................................................................... 51 4.2.11 The Haberfield and Lewisham Urban Conservation Areas ................................................. 53 4.3 Discussion ............................................................................................................................. 55 5 Physical Analysis & Impact Assessment ................................................. 56 III Sydney Light Rail Extension Stage 1 – Heritage Impact Assessment 5.1 Aboriginal Heritage ............................................................................................................... 56 5.1.1 Survey Methodology ........................................................................................................ 56 5.1.2 Survey Results ................................................................................................................. 56 5.2 Historic Heritage .................................................................................................................. 59 5.2.1 Section 1 ........................................................................................................................ 60 5.2.2 Section 2 ........................................................................................................................ 64 5.2.3 Section 3 ........................................................................................................................ 68 5.2.4 Section 4 ........................................................................................................................ 77 5.2.5 Section 5 ........................................................................................................................ 82 5.3 Summary of Historic Heritage Impacts ................................................................................. 85 6 Mitigation ................................................................................................... 88 6.1 Aboriginal Heritage ............................................................................................................... 88 6.2 Historic Heritage .................................................................................................................. 88 6.2.1 Hawthorne Canal, Battle Bridge and Parramatta Road Underbridge, Lewisham ................ 89 6.2.2 Lewisham Railway Viaducts over Long Cove Creek and Lewisham Sewage Aqueduct .......... 89 6.2.3 Rail Stops, Bridges and Landscaping ................................................................................. 90 6.2.4 Excavations .................................................................................................................... 91 6.2.5 Effects of Vibration ......................................................................................................... 92