Gore Hill Memorial Cemetery Draft Plan of Management JUNE 2013 date : June 2013 project no. 4223 Page 2 of 36 Contents Part 1 ………………………………………………………………………………………………4 Financial Context .........................................................................................................................................22 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................. 4 Income: ...........................................................................................................................................................22 VISION ............................................................................................................................................................ 5 Cremated remains deposition ........................................................................................................................22 Part 2 Planning Legislation and policy framework ………………………………………7 Grants and heritage assistance programs .....................................................................................................23 This plan .......................................................................................................................................................... 7 Sponsorship, donations, bequests .................................................................................................................23 Surrounding context ........................................................................................................................................ 7 Contributions by Cemetery denominational Trusts ........................................................................................23 The land to which this plan applies ................................................................................................................. 8 Expenditure ....................................................................................................................................................23 Land Description: ............................................................................................................................................ 8 Management ................................................................................................................................................... 8 Part 4- Strategies and Actions ……………………………………………………………. 24 Statutory framework ........................................................................................................................................ 8 Management strategies ...............................................................................................................................24 Core Strategic Directions ............................................................................................................................24 Part 3 The Place its history and values ………………………………………………9 Strategic Directions ........................................................................................................................................24 Heritage values .............................................................................................................................................. 9 1Heritage : Conserve the heritage of the Cemetery for existing and future generations ............................25 Heritage Structures and Monuments ............................................................................................................ 10 2 Landscape : Maintain the Cemetery to ensure the essential and enduring characteristics of the Edwardian landscape are maintained ......................................................................................................26 Cultural landscape, visual and vegetation values ................................................................................... 12 3 Infrastructure : Ensure assets are kept updated, maintained and relevant .............................................27 Visual values ................................................................................................................................................. 12 4 Community and Stakeholders: Ensure the esteem of the community is improved and Vegetation values- Flora ............................................................................................................................... 15 maintained ......................................................................................................................................................28 Natural values: Fauna ................................................................................................................................... 17 5 Finance and Management : Maintain sound management and business practice to improve Infrastructure values- access and services ............................................................................................. 19 sustainability of the Cemetery as a heritage site ...........................................................................................29 Vehicular access- roads ................................................................................................................................ 19 Pedestrian access- paths .............................................................................................................................. 19 Part 5- Action Plan ……………………………………………………………………………..30 Services ......................................................................................................................................................... 19 Implementation ...............................................................................................................................................30 Fencing .......................................................................................................................................................... 20 IMPLEMENTATION TABLE - ACTION PLAN ....................................................................................31 Walls .............................................................................................................................................................. 20 1 HERITAGE: ...............................................................................................................................................31 Brick drains and channels ............................................................................................................................. 20 2 LANDSCAPE .............................................................................................................................................32 Signage ......................................................................................................................................................... 20 3 INFRASTRUCTURE .................................................................................................................................33 Seats ............................................................................................................................................................. 20 4 COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDER........................................................................................................34 Community stakeholder and social values .............................................................................................. 21 5 FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT ...............................................................................................................35 The Australian Garden History Society ......................................................................................................... 21 Bibliography .................................................................................................................................................36 Value to adjacent land owners and business ................................................................................................ 21 Appendix .......................................................................................................................................................36 Survey responses .......................................................................................................................................... 21 Finance, management and sustainability ................................................................................................. 22 Friends of Gore Hill Cemetery ....................................................................................................................... 22 date : June 2013 project no. 4223 Page 3 of 36 Part 1 INTRODUCTION On 2 April 2013, the Minister for Primary Industries, Katrina Hodgkinson, announced the first stage of our cemetery. At the northern end of the site is the North Sydney TAFE College whose students utilise our cemetery reform in NSW. The reforms were based on the recognition of diminishing land supply for burial walkways to access the local bus and train services. Near the south-eastern boundary is the playing field of space in NSW; the need for one Cemeteries and Crematoria Act of Parliament to replace a number of Gore Hill Park utilised by hundreds of children and young adults for football as well as for fitness classes of various Acts and regulations; the requirement for a NSW wide sustainability platform and to introduce to the all descriptions. Nearby, but adjacent,