Fort Street Public School Heritage Impact Statement SSD 10340 Prepared by Curio Projects For School Infrastructure NSW 11 March 2020 Document Information Citation Curio Projects 2020, Fort Street Public School—Heritage Impact Statement. Prepared for School Infrastructure NSW (SI). Local Government Area City of Sydney Council Cover Image Proposed Fort Street Public School Development. (FJMT Studio 2020) ISSUE ISSUE VERSION NOTES/COMMENTS AUTHOR REVIEWED No. DATE 1 15/11/2019 Draft Report For client review Sam Cooling, Natalie Vinton Tatiana Barreto Natalie Vinton 2 2/3/2020 Revised Final SSDA Revised Package Sam Cooling Natalie Vinton Draft Feb 2020. For client review 3 11/3/2020 For SSDA Issue Revised with client Sam Cooling Natalie Vinton comments This report has been prepared based on research by Curio Projects specialists. 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. Unless otherwise specified or agreed, copyright in intellectual property of this report vests jointly in Curio Projects Pty Ltd. Curio Projects Pty Ltd Suite 9/17 Thurlow Street Redfern NSW 2016 Australia FORT STREET PUBLIC SCHOOL—HERITAGE IMPACT STATEMENT- SSDA ISSUE | SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE | MARCH 2020 Curio Projects Pty Ltd 2 Contents Document Information ..................................................................................................................................... 2 Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................................... 6 1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 17 The Purpose of this Report ........................................................................................................... 17 Approvals Context .......................................................................................................................... 18 Site Identification ............................................................................................................................ 19 Limitations and Constraints ......................................................................................................... 22 Authorship and Acknowledgements .......................................................................................... 23 2. Statutory Context ................................................................................................................................ 24 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 ................................................................ 24 2.1.1. Sydney Local Environmental Plan 2012 ............................................................................ 25 Heritage Framework ...................................................................................................................... 26 2.2.1. NSW Heritage Act 1977 ......................................................................................................... 26 2.2.2. National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 (NSW) (NPW Act) ................................................. 28 2.2.3. Native Title Act 1993 .............................................................................................................. 29 Statutory Heritage Listings ........................................................................................................... 29 Non-Statutory Heritage Listings .................................................................................................. 32 FSPS Conservation Management Plan ....................................................................................... 32 3. Historical Overview ............................................................................................................................. 34 Aboriginal Ethnohistory ................................................................................................................. 34 Historic Phases of Site Use ........................................................................................................... 35 Summary of Historical Development of the FSPS Study Area ............................................... 36 3.3.1. Historical Timeline Summary of Key Events ..................................................................... 53 4. Physical Context .................................................................................................................................. 55 Built Elements/Structures ............................................................................................................. 55 4.1.1. Fort Street Public School ...................................................................................................... 56 4.1.2. Messenger’s Cottage ............................................................................................................. 60 4.1.3. Bureau of Meteorology ......................................................................................................... 64 4.1.4. Environmental Education Centre ........................................................................................ 68 4.1.5. Heritage Boundary Wall ........................................................................................................ 70 4.1.6. Cahill Expressway Cut ........................................................................................................... 73 FORT STREET PUBLIC SCHOOL—HERITAGE IMPACT STATEMENT- SSDA ISSUE | SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE | MARCH 2020 Curio Projects Pty Ltd 3 Setting and Visual Character ........................................................................................................ 75 5. Archaeological Assessment .............................................................................................................. 79 Historical Archaeology ................................................................................................................... 79 5.1.1. Historical Archaeological Potential ..................................................................................... 79 5.1.2. Summary of Historical Archaeological Potential ............................................................. 81 5.1.3. Historical Archaeological Test Excavation ......................................................................... 83 Aboriginal Archaeology ................................................................................................................. 86 5.2.1. Archaeological Evidence of Aboriginal Occupation in Sydney Region ........................ 86 5.2.2. Environmental Context ......................................................................................................... 87 5.2.3. Aboriginal Archaeological Context ..................................................................................... 88 5.2.4. Summary of Aboriginal Archaeological Potential ............................................................ 89 6. Heritage Significance Assessment ................................................................................................... 91 Statements of Significance ............................................................................................................ 91 6.1.1. Within the FSPS Site ............................................................................................................... 92 6.1.2. Outside the FSPS Site ............................................................................................................ 93 Aboriginal Cultural Heritage and Archaeology ......................................................................... 95 6.2.1. Aboriginal Community Consultation .................................................................................. 95 6.2.2. Aboriginal Cultural Heritage and Archaeological Significance ..................................... 97 Historical Archaeological Significance ........................................................................................ 98 Statement of Significance ............................................................................................................. 98 Gradings of Significant Components ........................................................................................ 100 Significant Views ........................................................................................................................... 104 7. Project Description and Proposed Works .................................................................................... 106 Design Context .............................................................................................................................. 106 Design Concept ............................................................................................................................. 108 Description of Development Works .......................................................................................... 108 Materiality and Colour ................................................................................................................. 131 8. Assessment of Heritage Impact ..................................................................................................... 132 Physical Impacts ...........................................................................................................................