TOCAL CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN Volume 1: Report Prepared by Eric Martin and Associates Geoffrey Britton Dr Brian Walsh For CB Alexander Foundation NSW Department of Primary Industries within NSW Department of Trade, Investment and Regional Infrastructure and Services EMA ERIC MARTIN AND ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS 10/68 Jardine Street FINAL KINGSTON ACT 2604 1001 PH: 02 6260 6395 Fax: 02 6260 6413 ISSUE 6 Email: [email protected] 30 October 2014 This page is intentionally blank. EMA Eric Martin & Associates TOCAL Volume 1 Conservation and Management Plan 1001 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ______________________________________________________ I 1.0 INTRODUCTION ______________________________________________________ 1 1.1 Background ___________________________________________________ 1 1.2 Brief _________________________________________________________ 1 1.3 Authorship ____________________________________________________ 1 1.4 Methodology & Structure of Conservation and Management Plan (CMP) ___ 2 1.5 Details, Definitions and Abbreviations _______________________________ 2 1.6 Location ______________________________________________________ 4 1.7 Current Status _________________________________________________ 7 1.8 Acknowledgement ______________________________________________ 7 1.9 Limitations ____________________________________________________ 8 2.0 DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE ____________________________________________ 9 2.1 Introduction ____________________________________________________ 9 2.2 Indigenous/European Contact ____________________________________ 10 2.3 European Settlement of Tocal ____________________________________ 11 2.4 Pastoralism/agriculture __________________________________________ 11 2.5 Tocal College _________________________________________________ 12 2.6 Landscape and Environment _____________________________________ 12 2.7 Subdivision and Homestead Chronology ____________________________ 15 2.8 Review of Documentary Evidence _________________________________ 18 2.9 Other Comments ______________________________________________ 64 3.0 PHYSICAL EVIDENCE ________________________________________________ 70 3.1 Setting ______________________________________________________ 70 3.2 Site _________________________________________________________ 70 3.3 Tocal ________________________________________________________ 78 3.4 Tocal Homestead ______________________________________________ 79 3.5 Campus _____________________________________________________ 83 3.6 Condition and Integrity __________________________________________ 90 3.7 Contents _____________________________________________________ 90 4.0 ANALYSIS AND STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE _________________________ 92 4.1 Criteria _____________________________________________________________ 92 4.2 Landscape Analysis of Site ______________________________________ 92 4.3 Analysis of Buildings __________________________________________ 108 4.4 Associations _________________________________________________ 112 4.5 Social ______________________________________________________ 113 4.6 Comparative Analysis __________________________________________ 118 4.7 Australian Historic Themes _____________________________________ 124 4.8 Analysis against Criteria ________________________________________ 149 4.9 Statement of Significance _______________________________________ 152 4.10 Grading of Significance ________________________________________ 155 5.0 OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS _________________________________ 166 5.1 Australian Heritage Council Act 2003 (AHC Act) and Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) __________________ 166 W:\PROJECTS 13 2010\1001 Tocal CMP\CMP\2014\FINAL\20141030 CMP Vol 1 FINAL.doc Page i EMA Eric Martin & Associates TOCAL Volume 1 Conservation and Management Plan 1001 5.2 NSW Heritage Council _________________________________________ 166 5.3 National Trust of Australia (ACT) _________________________________ 166 5.4 Australian Institute of Architects __________________________________ 166 5.5 DOCOMOMO Australia National Register __________________________ 166 5.6 Burra Charter ________________________________________________ 166 5.7 Arising from the Statement of Significance _________________________ 167 5.8 Local Government ____________________________________________ 168 5.9 Building Controls _____________________________________________ 169 5.10 Moral Rights _________________________________________________ 169 5.11 Disability Access______________________________________________ 170 5.12 Sustainability ________________________________________________ 170 5.13 NSW Department of Primary Industries ____________________________ 170 5.14 CB Alexander Foundation ______________________________________ 170 5.15 Maintenance _________________________________________________ 171 5.16 Flora and Fauna ______________________________________________ 171 5.17 National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) ________________________ 171 6.0 CONSERVATION POLICY ____________________________________________ 172 6.1 Introduction __________________________________________________ 172 6.2 Overall Conservation Objective __________________________________ 172 6.3 Features Intrinsic to Significance _________________________________ 173 6.4 Conservation Planning Practice __________________________________ 173 6.5 Retention of Cultural Significance ________________________________ 174 6.6 Use ________________________________________________________ 177 6.7 Managing Change to Tocal Homestead Buildings ____________________ 177 6.8 Managing Change to Campus Buildings ___________________________ 180 6.9 Conservation of the Site/Landscape ______________________________ 182 6.10 Archaeology _________________________________________________ 199 6.11 Interpretation ________________________________________________ 201 6.12 Aboriginal ___________________________________________________ 202 7.0 MANAGEMENT _____________________________________________________ 204 7.1 General _____________________________________________________ 204 7.2 Objectives ___________________________________________________ 204 7.3 Management Structure _________________________________________ 204 7.4 Heritage Registers ____________________________________________ 205 7.5 Updating of CMP _____________________________________________ 205 7.6 Procedures for Work __________________________________________ 206 7.7 Buildings ____________________________________________________ 207 7.8 Interpretation (refer also Section 6.1) ______________________________ 210 7.9 Conservation Work/Recommendations ____________________________ 210 7.10 Safety ______________________________________________________ 212 7.11 Tocal Homestead Grounds Maintenance ___________________________ 212 7.12 Recording ___________________________________________________ 213 7.13 Visitor Access ________________________________________________ 213 7.14 Neighbours __________________________________________________ 214 7.15 Security _____________________________________________________ 214 W:\PROJECTS 13 2010\1001 Tocal CMP\CMP\2014\FINAL\20141030 CMP Vol 1 FINAL.doc Page ii EMA Eric Martin & Associates TOCAL Volume 1 Conservation and Management Plan 1001 7.16 Further Research _____________________________________________ 214 7.17 Training in Conservation _______________________________________ 214 7.18 Friends of Tocal ______________________________________________ 214 7.19 Environmentally Sustainable Design for College _____________________ 215 7.20 Fire Management _____________________________________________ 220 7.21 Plaques _____________________________________________________ 220 8.0 DO’S AND DON’TS __________________________________________________ 221 8.1 General _____________________________________________________ 221 8.2 Setting _____________________________________________________ 222 8.3 Building Exteriors _____________________________________________ 223 8.4 Interiors _____________________________________________________ 225 9.0 RISK ASSESSMENT ________________________________________________ 226 9.1 Introduction __________________________________________________ 226 9.2 Framework __________________________________________________ 226 9.3 Risk Assessment and Recommendations __________________________ 227 10.0 PRIMARY REFERENCES ____________________________________________ 230 10.1 Principle Sources _____________________________________________ 230 10.2 References for Section 4.7 ______________________________________ 231 VOLUME 2 ATTACHMENTS VOLUME 3 INVENTORY SHEETS NOTE: Cover photographs are by G Britton (top two photographs) and Cox Architecture (lowest image). W:\PROJECTS 13 2010\1001 Tocal CMP\CMP\2014\FINAL\20141030 CMP Vol 1 FINAL.doc Page iii EMA Eric Martin & Associates TOCAL Volume 1 Conservation and Management Plan 1001 This page is intentionally blank. W:\PROJECTS 13 2010\1001 Tocal CMP\CMP\2014\FINAL\20141030 CMP Vol 1 FINAL.doc Page iv EMA Eric Martin & Associates TOCAL Volume 1 Conservation and Management Plan 1001 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Background Tocal has been recognised as a significant site with Tocal Homestead included on Heritage Registers for several decades and more recently the Campus has been placed on Heritage Registers. There has been extensive collation of information on the history and development of Tocal, which has uncovered a wealth of information but there has not been a comprehensive assessment of the heritage value for the whole site. As a consequence this Conservation