TEMPORARY WORKS SITE BLUES POINT RESERVE, BLUES POINT SYDNEY METRO PROJECT ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHOD STATEMENT JUNE 2018 N 1871 tracing of ‘Lavender Bay’ showing development and reclamation in the study area. REPORT TO AMBS ECOLOGY & HERITAGE ON BEHALF OF JOHN HOLLAND CPB GHELLA JV SYDNEY METRO CITY & SOUTHWEST i CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 BACKGROUND ......................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 BLUES POINT RESERVE TEMPORARY SITE .............................................................................. 3 1.3 SYDNEY METRO HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT & RESEARCH DESIGN REPORT .................................................................................................................................... 7 1.4 REPORT METHODOLOGY.................................................................................................................. 9 1.5 REPORT AUTHORSHIP ........................................................................................................................ 11 1.6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ..................................................................................................................... 11 1.7 ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................................................................... 11 2.0 CURRENT DESIGN ...........................................................................................................12 2.1 UPDATED DETAIL DESIGN ............................................................................................................... 12 3.0 ADDITIONAL HISTORIC RESEARCH ............................................................................ 14 3.1 INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................................................14 3.2 THE STUDY AREA ................................................................................................................................14 3.3 THE NORTH SHORE OF SYDNEY ..................................................................................................14 3.4 WILLIAM ‘BILLY’ BLUE (c.1767-1834) & BLUES POINT ........................................................14 3.5 JOHN STEVENS (1842-1896) - WEST PART OF LOT 10 SEC E ...................................... 20 3.6 JAMES GLOVER (1823-1874) - EAST PART OF LOT 10 SEC E ........................................ 22 3.7 LOT 10 SECTION E, BLUES POINT ESTATE ............................................................................. 22 3.8 LOT 10 SECTION E IN THE 1880s .................................................................................................. 27 3.9 LOT 10 SECTION E FROM 1890 ..................................................................................................... 32 3.10 BLUES POINT WHARF AND THE VEHICULAR OR ‘HORSE FERRY’ ............................. 35 3.11 NSW FRESH FOOD & ICE COMPANY AND HARBOUR LAND & TRANSPORT CO LTD - LOT 10 SEC E (WEST) ........................................................................................................... 38 3.12 ACQUISITION OF THE GLOVER ESTATE - LOT 10 SEC E (EAST) FROM 1910 ........ 40 3.13 OCCUPANTS OF THE STUDY AREA FROM 1914-30s, LOT 10, SEC E ......................... 40 3.14 LOT 10 SECTION E AND ADJACENT LAND FROM THE 1930s .......................................42 4.0 ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT .................................................................................... 46 4.1 COMPARATIVE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES ............................................................................ 46 4.2 BALMAIN EAST TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE UPGRADE, 2015 .....................................47 4.3 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE HOTEL, 2014 ...................................................47 4.4 2-8 WESTON STREET, BALMAIN EAST, 2012 ........................................................................ 48 4.5 BARANGAROO SOUTH, 2012 ........................................................................................................ 50 4.6 BARANGAROO HEADLAND, 2012 ............................................................................................... 52 4.7 DARLING QUARTER, 2008-2010 ................................................................................................. 54 4.8 63-65 KIRRIBILLI AVENUE, KIRRIBILLI, 2000 ........................................................................ 55 4.9 ‘GREENCLIFFE’, 51-53 KIRRIBILLI AVENUE, SYDNEY, 1995 ............................................. 56 4.10 NEPTUNE ENGINEERING SLIPWAY, 1990 ................................................................................ 56 5.0 ARCHAEOLOGICAL POTENTIAL .................................................................................. 57 5.1 NATURE OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL POTENTIAL ....................................................................... 57 5.2 PREVIOUS IMPACTS ........................................................................................................................... 58 ________________________________________________________________________________ CASEY & LOWE ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHOD STATEMENT TEMPORARY WORKS SITE, BLUES POINT RESERVE, BLUES POINT ii 5.3 GEOTECHNICAL TESTING ............................................................................................................... 59 5.4 SITE VISIT ................................................................................................................................................ 62 5.5 MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY ................................................................................. 64 5.6 POTENTIAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL REMAINS & PHASES ...................................................... 65 5.7 SUMMARY OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL POTENTIAL ................................................................... 72 5.8 MAPPING OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL POTENTIAL ..................................................................... 75 6.0 ARCHAEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE ............................................................................ 77 6.1 BACKGROUND ...................................................................................................................................... 77 6.2 BASIS OF ASSESSMENT OF HERITAGE SIGNIFICANCE ................................................... 77 6.3 DISCUSSION OF HERITAGE SIGNIFICANCE............................................................................ 79 6.4 STATEMENT OF HERITAGE SIGNIFICANCE ............................................................................ 82 7.0 IMPACT OF DETAIL DESIGN & MITIGATION .............................................................. 84 7.1 SHAFT, CRANE & BARGE ACCESS ROAD .............................................................................. 84 7.2 RAMP & BARGE ................................................................................................................................... 84 7.3 MITIGATION ............................................................................................................................................ 85 8.0 ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION .............................................................................. 92 8.1 EXCAVATION METHODOLOGY .................................................................................................... 92 9.0 ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHODOLOGY ........................................................................ 94 9.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................... 94 9.2 ARTEFACT HERITAGE’S RESEARCH QUESTIONS .............................................................. 94 9.3 CASEY & LOWE’S RESEARCH QUESTIONS ............................................................................ 95 9.4 ARCHAEOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................ 100 9.5 UNEXPECTED HERITAGE FINDS ................................................................................................. 101 9.6 ARCHAEOLOGICAL RELICS MANAGEMENT PLAN ........................................................... 102 9.7 EXCAVATION METHODOLOGY .................................................................................................. 102 10.0 REFERENCES ................................................................................................................ 107 APPENDICES APPENDIX 1: SANDS DIRECTORY APPENDIX 2: CITY OF SYDNEY COUNCIL ASSESSMENTS SCHEDULE APPENDIX 3: LAND TITLES SCHEDULE APPENDIX 4: MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE INSPECTION ________________________________________________________________________________ CASEY & LOWE ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHOD STATEMENT TEMPORARY WORKS SITE, BLUES POINT RESERVE, BLUES POINT iii Date Client Purpose Author Authorised submitted Sandra Kuiters, Internal John Holland 9/2/2018 Internal review Caroline Plim, Tony Lowe Draft i CPB Ghella JV Maggie Butcher Sandra Kuiters, 8/3/2018 John Holland AMBS Ecology & Kylie Seretis Draft 1 Caroline Plim, 13/3/2018 CPB Ghella JV Heritage Dr Mary Casey Maggie Butcher Sandra Kuiters, Kylie Seretis John Holland AMBS Ecology & Draft 2 27/03/2018 Caroline Plim, Dr Mary Casey CPB Ghella JV Heritage Maggie Butcher Jennie Lindbergh Sandra Kuiters, Kylie Seretis John Holland