Part 2 Conservation Management Plan for Bobbin Head, Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park 2006

Part 2 Conservation Management Plan for Bobbin Head, Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park 2006

Volume 1: Part 2 Conservation Management Plan for Bobbin Head, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park 2006 PART 2: CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT PLAN August 2006 Volume 1: Part 2 Conservation Management Plan for Bobbin Head, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park 2006 Contents - Part 2: Conservation Management Plan List of Figures i List of Photographs ii 1.0 Introduction 1 1.1 Background 1 1.2 Site Location 1 1.3 Methodology 2 1.4 Authorship 2 1.5 Acknowledgements 2 1.6 Limitations 2 2.0 Historic Overview 3 2.1 Introduction 3 2.2 Original Owners 4 2.3 Early Exploration and Development of the Region 5 2.4 Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park 7 2.5 Ku-ring-gai Chase Trust 10 2.6 Bobbin Head: the Phases of Development 15 2.7 Chronology of Events and Development of the Parklands 30 2.8 The Designers 39 2.9 Comparative Analysis 39 2.10 Historic Themes 46 3.0 Physical Assessment 49 3.1 Introduction 49 3.2 Natural Environment 50 3.3 Aboriginal Cultural Heritage 51 3.4 Landforms 51 3.5 Cultural Landscape and Tree Species 53 3.6 Soils 55 3.7 Built Structures 56 3.8 Monuments, Furniture and Services 65 3.9 Surfaces 69 4.0 Signifi cance Assessment 71 4.1 Introduction 71 4.2 Methodology for Assessing Signifi cance 71 4.3 Application of Assessment Criteria - Aboriginal Signifi cance 72 4.4 Application of Assessment Criteria – Cultural Signifi cance 73 4.5 Assessment of Heritage Signifi cance - Cultural 74 4.6 Signifi cance Rating 78 4.7 Summary Statement of Signifi cance 88 5.0 Opportunities and Constraints 89 5.1 Introduction 89 5.2 Constraints Arising from the Statement of Cultural Signifi cance 89 5.3 Opportunities, Constraints and Issues Arising from the Burra Charter 90 5.4 Opportunities, Constraints and Issues Arising from Statutory Requirements 90 5.5 Opportunities, Constraints and Issues Statutory Controls, Local Councils 94 5.6 Opportunities, Constraints and Issues Arising from Non-Statutory Listings 95 5.7 Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and Lion Island, Long Island and Spectacle Island 95 5.8 Opportunities, Constraints and Issues Arising from Physical Condition 96 5.9 Opportunities, Constraints and Issues Arising from Current Owner Requirements 96 August 2006 Volume 1: Part 2 Conservation Management Plan for Bobbin Head, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park 2006 6.0 Conservation Management Policy 97 6.1 General Conservation Policy 97 6.2 Management and Future Planning 99 6.3 Fabric and Setting 100 6.4 Specifi c Policy Regarding Existing Fabric 102 6.5 Maintenance 107 6.6 Natural Heritage 108 6.7 Aboriginal Heritage 109 6.8 Archaeological Potential 119 6.9 Moveable Heritage 110 6.10 Feasible Uses 110 6.11 Equal Accessibility 111 6.12 Interpretation 111 6.13 Signage 112 6.14 Archival Recording 112 6.15 Adaptive Re-Use 113 August 2006 Volume 1: Part 2 Conservation Management Plan for Bobbin Head, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park 2006 List of Figures Figure No. Title Page No. Figure 1.1 Location Plan of Bobbin Head, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park v Figure 2.1 Chart of Broken Bay and the Hawkesbury River as drawn by John 5 Hunter 1789 Figure 2.2 Parish of Broken Bay 1895 showing Duffy’s land grants and location 5 of Duffy’s wharf. Bobbin Head and Cockle (Gibberagong) Creek is shown left of frame Figure 2.3 Parish of Broken Bay 1891 showing early track leading to Bobbin 15 Head Figure 2.4 Parish of Broken Bay 1927 showing original alignment of access 16 routes to Bobbin Head and causeway over Cockle (Gibberagong) Creek. Figure 2.5 Plan of Bobbin Head in 1953. Plan prepared in conjunction with lease 22 of Bobbin Inn Figure 2.6 Plan of the Recreation Areas at Bobbin Head in Ku-ring-gai Chase 23 1967 Figure 2.7 Precinct Plan of Bobbin Head (as existing) 24 Figure 2.8 Bobbin Head Phases of Development: Phase 1 Joining of the Roads 25 1894 to 1910 Figure 2.9 Bobbin Head Phases of Development: Phase 2 Land Reclamation 26 1911 to 1931 Figure 2.10 Bobbin Head Phases of Development: Phase 3 Orchard Park 1932 27 to 1947 Figure 2.11 Bobbin Head Phases of Development: Phase 4 Gibberagong Park 28 1948 to 1967 Figure 2.12 Bobbin Head Phases of Development: Phase 5 National Parks and 29 Wildlife Service 1967 to 2006 Figure 3.1 Existing Vegetation at Bobbin Head 52 Figure 3.2 Location of Built Structures at Bobbin Head 54 i of v August 2006 Volume 1: Part 2 Conservation Management Plan for Bobbin Head, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park 2006 List of Photographs Photo No. Title Page No. P1 BBQ at Ku-ring-gai Chase 5 P2 Portrait of Eccleston Frederick Du Faur 7 P3 The Trust’s house boat in Cowan Creek 10 P4 Portrait of R B Orchard 13 P5 The Koala Sanctuary 14 P6 Picnicking in the ‘Chase’- date unknown 14 P7 One of the Windybank houseboats- ‘Pleasureland’ 15 P8 Shaw’s boatshed at Bobbin Head c. 1899 15 P9 Causeway over Cockle Creek joins the two roads. Shaw’s boatshed 16 is shown on the headland c.1910-1913 P10 Cockle Creek showing seawall to north of causeway with Wharf 17 Area and Orchard Park South already reclaimed, while Orchard Park awaits reclamation works P11 Bobbin Head showing garages, toilet block and boatshed located on 19 the Wharf Area and retaining wall along Orchard Park South P12 Playground located to south of Orchard Park- Sunny Corner 19 P13 Orchard Park circa 1930s showing seawall, pavilion, picnic shelters, 19 landscaping, Bobbin Inn and unfi lled section to the south of Orchard Park P14 Bobbin Inn 20 P15 Shark net across Cockle Creek, Orchard Park 20 P16 The one lane Bailey bridge and adjacent footbridge across Cockle 21 Creek. P17 Orchard Park, Wharf Area, and Gibberagong Parks fully reclaimed 21 and established P18 Bobbin Head and Shaw’s Boatshed, c. 1899 30 P19 Early development of Wharf Area following reclamation 31 P20 Revetment walls constructed either side of Causeway on western 31 side of Cockle Creek P21 Wharf Area with new jetty 32 P22 Orchard Park Wharf Area 33 P23 Orchard Park and South showing numbers of cars 33 P24 Revetment wall to Gibberagong Park complete 34 P25 Early swimming enclosure adjacent to Orchard Park 34 P26 Orchard Park with picnic shelters’ and early plantings 35 P27 Orchard Park with Pavilion and early plantings 35 P28 Bobbin Inn c.1938 35 P29 New retaining wall along Orchard Park 35 P30 View of shark proof netting over Cockle Creek 36 P31 Orchard Park Wharf Side c. 1940s 36 P32 Temporary military footbridge over Cockle Creek 36 P33 View of Orchard Park showing Gibberagong Park fi lled in 37 August 2006 ii of v Volume 1: Part 2 Conservation Management Plan for Bobbin Head, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park 2006 P34 Wading pools constructed along Cockle Creek 37 P35 Pre stressed concrete bridge across Cockle Creek, c.1956 37 P36 Field Studies Centre and original garages located in Orchard Park 38 South, c.1987 P37 Play area located in Gibberagong Park, c.1987 38 P38 Aerial view of Orchard Park & Gibberagong Park, Bobbin Head, 38 c. 1981 P39 Orchard Park and Orchard Park Wharf Area showing the collection of 40 plantings P40 Audley picnic grounds 42 P41 Kangaroo Creek, Audley 42 P42 Strawberry Gardens, ‘The Rest’, Upper Lane Cove 43 P43 Nielsen Park, Vaucluse 44 P44 Coastal Redwood, Orchard Park 53 P45 Bus Waiting Shed, 2006 56 P46 Stone Kiosk, 2006 56 P47 Bobbin Inn, East Elevation, 2006 58 P48 Toilet Block, East Elevation, 2006 59 P49 Picnic Pavilion, South Elevation, Orchard Park, 2006 59 P50 Picnic Pavilion, North Elevation, Orchard Park, 2006 59 P51 Picnic shelter, Orchard Park, 2006 60 P52 Timber Rafters of Picnic Shelter, Orchard Park, 2006 60 P53 Information Structure, 2006 60 P54 Information Structure, detail, 2006 60 P55 Causeway and Bridge 1910s 61 P56 Orchard Park Stone Revetment, 1930s 61 P57 Orchard Park revetment, 1930s 61 P58. Orchard Park Seawall, 1940s 61 P59. Orchard Park Seawall, 2006 61 P60. Gibberagong Environmental Education Centre, North Elevation 2006 62 P61. Gibberagong Environmental Education Centre, South Elevation 2006 62 P62. Gibberagong Environmental Education Centre, East Elevation, 2006 62 P63 The Station Picnic Area, 2006 62 P64 The Station Picnic Area, 2006 62 P65 1950s Picnic Shelters, 2006 63 P66 Cowan Creek, Date unknown 63 P67 Canoe Ramp, 2006 63 P68 Sandpit and Playground, 2006 63 P69 Footbridge, 2006 64 P70 Board Walk, 2006 64 P71 Bobbin Head Marker, Orchard Park, 2006 65 P72 Bench and Picnic Table, 2006 65 P73 Gateway, 2006 66 P74 Gateway, 2006 66 iii of v August 2006 Volume 1: Part 2 Conservation Management Plan for Bobbin Head, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park 2006 P75 Lamp Post, 2006 66 P76 Wayfi nding Sign 2006 66 P77 Washing Facility, 2006 67 P78 Barbeque Shelter, 2006 67 P79 Garbage Bin Station, 2006 67 P80 Picnic Platforms, 2006 67 P81 Birrawanna Track Entry, 2006 68 P82 Picnic Table and Seat, 2006 68 P83 Gibberagong Track Entry, 2006 68 P84 Crazy-paving Stone, 2006 69 August 2006 iv of v Volume 1: Part 2 Conservation Management Plan for Bobbin Head, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park 2006 Figure 1.1. Location Plan of Bobbin Head, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park (Source: Department of Environment and Conservation) v of v August 2006 Volume 1: Part 2 Conservation Management Plan for Bobbin Head, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park 2006 1.0 Introduction Note: Volume 1, Part 2 Conservation Management Plan is structured to be a stand-alone document and should be read in conjunction with Volume 3, Appendix.

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