Mid-Century Modern Heritage Study—Council-owned Places Stage 2 Detailed Assessments Draft Report Report prepared for Bayside City Council October 2019 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 ‘Mid-Century Modern Heritage Study—Council-owned Places’, undertaken by Context in accordance with its quality management system. Job No. Issue No. Notes/Description Issue Date 2446 1 Draft Report 16 October 2019 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: Kim Roberts Issue No. 1 Issue No. 1 Signature Signature Position: Consultant Position: Associate Date: 4 October 2019 Date: 16 October 2019 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 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................... i Key Findings ......................................................................................................................................................... i Recommendations ............................................................................................................................................... i 1.0 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 4 1.1 Background and brief ................................................................................................................................... 4 1.2 Project team .................................................................................................................................................. 4 1.3 Acknowledgments ........................................................................................................................................ 4 1.4 Study limitations ............................................................................................................................................ 4 2.0 Contextual History ......................................................................................................................................... 7 2.1 Beaumaris Locality History ........................................................................................................................... 7 2.1.1 First Peoples and early settlement ....................................................................................................... 7 2.1.2 Postwar development ............................................................................................................................ 8 2.1.3 References ........................................................................................................................................... 10 2.2 Black Rock Locality History ........................................................................................................................ 11 2.2.1 First Peoples and early settlement ..................................................................................................... 11 2.2.2 Later development ............................................................................................................................... 12 2.2.3 References ........................................................................................................................................... 13 2.3 Mid-Century Modernism in Beaumaris and Black Rock .......................................................................... 13 2.3.1 Modernism in civic and community architecture ................................................................................ 13 3.0 Approach and Methodology ....................................................................................................................... 15 3.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 15 3.2 Preliminary findings .................................................................................................................................... 15 3.3 Stage 2—Assessment and reporting ........................................................................................................ 17 3.3.1 Locality and thematic histories ............................................................................................................ 17 3.3.2 Place histories ...................................................................................................................................... 17 3.3.3 Site visit and documentation ............................................................................................................... 18 3.3.4 Comparative analysis .......................................................................................................................... 18 3.3.5 Assessment against criteria ................................................................................................................ 19 3.3.6 Statement of significance .................................................................................................................... 19 3.3.7 Mapping and curtilages ....................................................................................................................... 20 3.3.8 Statutory recommendations ................................................................................................................ 20 3.3.9 HERMES entry ..................................................................................................................................... 22 4.0 Key findings .................................................................................................................................................. 23 4.1 Local significance ........................................................................................................................................ 23 5.0 Recommendations ....................................................................................................................................... 24 5.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 24 5.2 Adoption of Study........................................................................................................................................ 24 5.3 Implementation of Study............................................................................................................................. 24 Appendix A—Assessment Findings ............................................................................................................... 25 Mid-Century Modern Heritage Study—Stage 2—Draft Report, 16 October 2019 Context A.1 Places of local significance ....................................................................................................................... 25 Appendix B—Place Citations .......................................................................................................................... 26 Mid-Century Modern Heritage Study—Stage 2—Draft Report, 16 October 2019 Context Mid-Century Modern Heritage Study—Stage 2—Draft Report, 16 October 2019 Context Executive Summary Introduction Throughout the middle decades of the twentieth century there was rapid suburban growth around the fringes of Melbourne. Increased access to the motorcar, growing prosperity in the post-World War II years, and the desire for the suburban lifestyle resulted in the push for new housing and services in the suburbs of Melbourne. Architects