Wyndham Heritage Review (Gap Study) Stage 1 Preliminary Draft Report Report prepared for Wyndham City Council June 2020 22 Merri Street Brunswick VIC Australia 3056 T +61 3 9380 6933 GML Heritage Victoria Pty Ltd trading as Context ABN 31 620 754 761 www.contextpl.com.au Context Report Register The following report register documents the development and issue of the report entitled ‘Wyndham Heritage Review (Gap Study)—Stage 1’, undertaken by Context in accordance with its quality management system. Job No. Issue No. Notes/Description Issue Date 2514 1 Preliminary Draft Report 1 June 2020 Quality Assurance The report has been reviewed and approved for issue in accordance with the Context quality assurance policy and procedures. Project Manager: Jessica Antolino Project Director & Reviewer: Dr Janine Major Issue No. 1 Issue No. 1 Signature Signature Position: Consultant Position: Senior Associate Date: 1 June 2020 Date: 1 June 2020 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 Context and in the owners of any pre- existing historic source or reference material. Moral Rights Context 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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Context Contents Page Executive Summary .............................................................................................................................................. i Purpose ................................................................................................................................................................. i Findings and recommendations .......................................................................................................................... i Thematic Environmental History ..................................................................................................................... i Site of potential heritage significance.............................................................................................................. i Existing heritage places ................................................................................................................................. iii Priorities for future work ................................................................................................................................. iii 1.0 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 3 1.1 Purpose ......................................................................................................................................................... 3 1.2 Project background and brief ....................................................................................................................... 3 1.3 Study area ..................................................................................................................................................... 4 1.4 Key issues ..................................................................................................................................................... 4 1.5 Approach and methodology ......................................................................................................................... 4 1.5.1 Refining the list ....................................................................................................................................... 5 1.5.2 Field survey and documentation ........................................................................................................... 6 1.5.3 Community nomination process ........................................................................................................... 6 1.6 Limitations ..................................................................................................................................................... 6 1.7 Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................................................... 6 1.8 Authorship ..................................................................................................................................................... 7 1.9 Abbreviations ................................................................................................................................................ 7 2.0 Review of Thematic Environmental History .............................................................................................. 8 2.1 Summary of the history of the area ............................................................................................................. 8 2.2 Brief chronology ............................................................................................................................................ 9 2.3 Review of thematic framework ................................................................................................................... 11 2.4 Draft historical themes (2020) .................................................................................................................... 15 2.4.1 New historical sources ......................................................................................................................... 18 2.5 Summary of findings ................................................................................................................................... 18 3.0 Historical archaeological assessment ..................................................................................................... 19 3.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 19 3.1.1 Statutory context .................................................................................................................................. 19 3.2 Geomorphology and landscape ................................................................................................................ 20 3.3 Land use history .......................................................................................................................................... 20 3.3.1 Key land use periods ........................................................................................................................... 20 3.3.2 Summary .............................................................................................................................................. 21 3.4 Historic place predictive statement ............................................................................................................ 22 3.4.1 Individual places ................................................................................................................................... 22 3.4.2 Municipal-wide potential ...................................................................................................................... 26 3.5 Areas of potential archaeological remains in the City of Wyndham ........................................................ 27 3.6 Summary of findings ................................................................................................................................... 28 3.6.1 Recommendations ............................................................................................................................... 29 4.0 Desktop review ............................................................................................................................................. 30 Wyndham Heritage Review—Stage 1—Draft Report, June 2020 Context 4.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 30 4.2 Non-statutory registers .............................................................................................................................. 30 4.3 Wyndham heritage studies ........................................................................................................................ 30 4.4 Thematic and typological studies .............................................................................................................. 31 4.5 Complex sites and cultural landscapes ...................................................................................................