Penrith Lakes Scheme Conservation Management Plan Report prepared for Penrith Lakes Development Corporation September 2010 Report Register The following report register documents the development and issue of the report entitled Penrith Lakes Scheme—Conservation Management Plan, 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 07-0411 1 Draft report July 2008 07-0411 2 Draft report December 2009 07-0411 3 Draft report February 2010 07-0411 4 Final report July 2010 07-0411 5 Final Report (September 2010, reformatted November 2010) November 2010 Copyright 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. Unless otherwise specified or agreed, copyright in this report vests in Godden Mackay Logan Pty Ltd (‘GML’) and in the owners of any pre-existing historic source or reference material. Moral Rights GML asserts its Moral Rights in this work, unless otherwise acknowledged, in accordance with the (Commonwealth) Copyright (Moral Rights) Amendment Act 2000. 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Contents Page 1.0 Introduction........................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Background ...................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Why is this CMP Needed? ............................................................................................................... 1 1.3 When to use this CMP? ................................................................................................................... 1 1.4 How to use this CMP........................................................................................................................ 2 1.5 Study Area........................................................................................................................................ 4 1.6 Statutory Listings.............................................................................................................................. 5 1.6.1 Sydney Regional Environmental Plan 11.................................................................................. 5 1.6.2 Penrith Local Environmental Plan 1991 (Environmental Heritage Conservation)..................... 6 1.6.3 NSW State Heritage Register.................................................................................................... 7 1.7 Non-statutory Listings....................................................................................................................... 7 1.7.1 National Trust Register (NSW).................................................................................................. 7 1.7.2 Register of the National Estate.................................................................................................. 7 1.7.3 The Deed of Agreement 1987................................................................................................... 8 1.8 Previous Reports.............................................................................................................................. 8 1.9 Methodology and Terminology......................................................................................................... 8 1.10 Limitations ...................................................................................................................................... 9 1.11 Authorship .................................................................................................................................... 10 1.12 Acknowledgements...................................................................................................................... 10 1.13 Endnotes ...................................................................................................................................... 12 2.0 Historical Context ............................................................................................................................ 13 2.1 Introduction..................................................................................................................................... 13 2.2 Occupation, Contact and Conflict................................................................................................... 14 2.3 Living at Castlereagh...................................................................................................................... 21 2.4 Shaping the Land ........................................................................................................................... 25 2.5 Seeing and Representing the Land ............................................................................................... 35 2.6 New South Wales Historic Themes ............................................................................................... 41 2.7 Chronological Timeline................................................................................................................... 43 2.8 Endnotes ........................................................................................................................................ 44 3.0 Physical Description and Analysis................................................................................................ 47 3.1 Introduction..................................................................................................................................... 47 3.2 Site Analysis................................................................................................................................... 47 3.2.1 Landscape and Setting............................................................................................................ 47 3.2.2 Plantings .................................................................................................................................. 48 3.2.3 Roads ...................................................................................................................................... 49 3.2.4 Fencelines ............................................................................................................................... 50 3.2.5 Built Elements.......................................................................................................................... 50 3.3 Cultural Landscape of the Penrith Lakes Scheme......................................................................... 53 3.4 Views.............................................................................................................................................. 53 3.5 Condition and Integrity ................................................................................................................... 54 3.6 Archaeological Features ................................................................................................................ 55 3.7 Endnotes ........................................................................................................................................ 66 Penrith Lakes Scheme—Conservation Management Plan, September 2010 4.0 Assessment of Heritage Significance ........................................................................................... 67 4.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 67 4.2 New South Wales Heritage Assessment Guidelines..................................................................... 67 4.2.1 Introduction.............................................................................................................................. 67 4.3 Heritage Assessment of Penrith Lakes.......................................................................................... 68 4.3.1 Criterion A (Historic: Evolution) ............................................................................................... 68 4.3.2 Criterion B (Historic: Association)............................................................................................ 69 4.3.3 Criterion C (Aesthetic Significance)......................................................................................... 70 4.3.4 Criterion D (Social Significance).............................................................................................. 70 4.3.5 Criterion E (Research Potential).............................................................................................. 71 4.3.6 Criterion F (Rarity) ................................................................................................................... 72 4.3.7