NEWCASTLE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT PLAN REVIEW NEWCASTLE, NSW. Volume 2. Inventory. Claremont, c. 1840s, Newcomen Street, Newcastle (Edward Higginbotham). EDWARD HIGGINBOTHAM & ASSOCIATES PTY LTD. Archaeology • History • & Heritage A.B.N. 79 072 316 968 Edward Higginbotham & Associates Pty Ltd. (02) 9716-5154. ________________________________________________________________________ ii NEWCASTLE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT PLAN REVIEW NEWCASTLE, NSW. Volume 2. Inventory. Edward Higginbotham MA (Cambridge), PhD (Sydney), MAACAI. EDWARD HIGGINBOTHAM & ASSOCIATES PTY LTD 13 O’Connor Street HABERFIELD, NSW 2045. PO Box 97 HABERFIELD, NSW 2045. Phone. (02) 9716-5154 [email protected] www.higginbotham.com.au With Dr. Terry Kass, B. A. (Hons), M. A. (Hons), Dip. Ed. Ms. Catherine Colville. For Newcastle City Council. Draft July 2012 Final April 2013 Edward Higginbotham & Associates Pty Ltd. (02) 9716-5154. ii Edward Higginbotham & Associates Pty Ltd. (02) 9716-5154. CONTENTS. 1 REPORT LAYOUT............................................................................................. 2 2 INTRODUCTION. .............................................................................................. 4 2.1 Background................................................................................................ 4 2.2 Brief........................................................................................................... 4 2.3 Location of site........................................................................................... 4 2.4 Heritage Listings. ....................................................................................... 5 2.5 Study methodology and limitations. ............................................................ 5 2.6 Author identification.................................................................................... 6 3 SITE SURVEY. .................................................................................................. 8 3.1 Introduction. ............................................................................................... 8 3.2 State Heritage Inventory (SHI) Database. ................................................... 8 3.3 Block-by-block listings. ............................................................................... 9 3.4 Item Names................................................................................................ 9 3.5 Statement of Significance........................................................................... 9 3.6 Modern Cadastre. .................................................................................... 10 3.7 Historical Cadastre................................................................................... 10 3.8 Newcastle AMP 1997 Inventory Numbers................................................. 10 3.9 Historical sequence of development. ........................................................ 11 3.10 Physical Condition and Archaeological Potential....................................... 11 3.11 Standing Buildings and Ruins. .................................................................. 12 3.12 Heritage and Archaeology. ....................................................................... 13 3.13 References. ............................................................................................. 13 3.14 Historical Drainage................................................................................... 13 3.15 The possible distribution of convict huts and associated relics. ................. 13 3.16 Concordance of SHI Inventory Numbers with Historical Plan Overlay Numbers................................................................................................. 14 3.17 Historical Map References........................................................................ 21 3.18 Figures..................................................................................................... 25 4 INVENTORY OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES.................................................. 27 4.1 Inventory Number 2176201. Block bounded by Scott, Pacific, Hunter and Watt Streets.................................................................................................. 27 4.1.1 Statement of Significance. ................................................................ 27 4.1.2 Historical Cadastre. .......................................................................... 28 4.1.3 Newcastle AMP 1997 Inventory Numbers. ........................................ 28 4.1.4 Historical sequence of development.................................................. 29 4.1.5 Physical Condition and Archaeological Potential. .............................. 31 4.1.6 Heritage and Archaeology. ............................................................... 32 4.1.7 References....................................................................................... 32 4.2 Inventory Number 2176202. Block bounded by Hunter, Pacific, King and Watt Streets, including parts of adjacent streets (Hunter Street)..................... 33 4.2.1 Statement of Significance. ................................................................ 33 4.2.2 Historical Cadastre. .......................................................................... 34 4.2.3 Newcastle AMP 1997 Inventory Numbers. ........................................ 34 iii Edward Higginbotham & Associates Pty Ltd. (02) 9716-5154. 4.2.4 Historical sequence of development.................................................. 35 4.2.5 Physical Condition and Archaeological Potential. .............................. 37 4.2.6 Heritage and Archaeology. ............................................................... 37 4.2.7 References....................................................................................... 38 4.3 Inventory Number 2176203. Block bounded by King, (Pacific), Church and Watt Streets and Shortland Esplanade, including parts of adjacent streets (King, Church and Watt Streets). .............................................................. 39 4.3.1 Statement of Significance. ................................................................ 39 4.3.2 Historical Cadastre. .......................................................................... 40 4.3.3 Newcastle AMP 1997 Inventory Numbers. ........................................ 40 4.3.4 Historical sequence of development.................................................. 40 4.3.5 Physical Condition and Archaeological Potential. .............................. 44 4.3.6 Heritage and Archaeology. ............................................................... 44 4.3.7 References....................................................................................... 45 4.4 Inventory Number 2176204. Block bounded by Scott, Watt, Hunter and Bolton Streets, including parts of adjacent streets (Scott, Watt, Hunter and Bolton Streets)................................................................................... 47 4.4.1 Statement of Significance. ................................................................ 47 4.4.2 Historical Cadastre. .......................................................................... 48 4.4.3 Newcastle AMP 1997 Inventory Numbers. ........................................ 48 4.4.4 Historical sequence of development.................................................. 49 4.4.5 Physical Condition and Archaeological Potential. .............................. 53 4.4.6 Heritage and Archaeology. ............................................................... 53 4.4.7 References....................................................................................... 53 4.5 Inventory Number 2176205. Block bounded by Hunter, Watt, King and Bolton Streets, including parts of adjacent streets (Hunter and King Streets). ................................................................................................ 55 4.5.1 Statement of Significance. ................................................................ 55 4.5.2 Historical Cadastre. .......................................................................... 56 4.5.3 Newcastle AMP 1997 Inventory Numbers. ........................................ 56 4.5.4 Historical sequence of development.................................................. 56 4.5.5 Physical Condition and Archaeological Potential. .............................. 59 4.5.6 Heritage and Archaeology. ............................................................... 60 4.5.7 References....................................................................................... 60 4.6 Inventory Number 2176206. Block bounded by King, Watt, Church and Bolton Streets. .................................................................................. 61 4.6.1 Statement of Significance. ................................................................ 61 4.6.2 Historical Cadastre. .......................................................................... 62 4.6.3 Newcastle AMP 1997 Inventory Numbers. ........................................ 62 4.6.4 Historical sequence of development.................................................. 63 4.6.5 Physical Condition and Archaeological Potential. .............................. 66 4.6.6 Heritage and Archaeology. ............................................................... 67 4.6.7 References....................................................................................... 67 4.7 Inventory Number 2176207. Block bounded by Scott, Bolton, Hunter and Newcomen Streets, including