PROJECTS & COMMISSIONS

Rail bridge at Turpentine Road, Kangy Angy

Bridges are often one of the 'unsung heroes' of heritage; sitting quietly, working hard, but most importantly, capturing how / where / in what people got from A to B.  

Sue Rosen Associates were commissioned to archivally record this Kangy Angy rail bridge and its relationship to the Turpentine Road underpass. A larger bridge is proposed for construction adjacent to the original.

Author:  Dr Sue Rosen  |  Photos: Russell Workman

Client: John Holland Pty Ltd

Archaeological Potential Assessment - 280 Beames Avenue Mount Druitt

Authors: Ms Karyn McLeod and Dr Sue Rosen

Client: Saurez Drafting and Design

This report assesses the likley impact of development of the site disturbing relics associated with the nearby railway.

Port Kembla Copper Heritage Management Plan and Interpretation Strategy

Authors: Dr Sue Rosen, Mr Nicholas Jackson and Ms Robin Hedditch

Client: Port Kembla Copper

This Heritage Management Plan and Interpretation Strategy has been prepared with the objective of ensuring the ongoing protection and long term management of the former assay offices and any remaining heritage items including the precious metals stack and chimney stack base. Considers and develops a heritage curtilage for the former assay office and precious metals stack and includes...

Review of evidence related to Eucalyptus Distilling at 'Girraween' Hill Top for Wingecarribee Shire Council.

Author: Dr Sue Rosen

Client: Wingecarribee Shire Council

An Interim Heritage Order was placed on Girraween at the instigation of Wingecarribee Shire Council in May 2010. This historical report was commissioned by Council to inform the heritage assessment of the property  including a review of existing historical data provided to Council. 'Giirraween' was an important eucalyptus distilling site in the early 20th century and its oils won international competitions.

Girraween was developed for the production of eucalyptus...

Port Kembla Copper Smelter Complex Heritage Assessment.

Authors: Dr Sue Rosen and Mr David Sheedy

Client: Port Kembla Copper Pty Ltd

This report advises on the heritage significance of the PKC site in relation to the proposal to demolish the copper smelter and all associated structures not of heritage value. The demolition was part of a plan to prepare the site for redevelopment.

Statement of Heritage Impact: The Assay Office and Chimney

Authors: Dr Sue Rosen and Mr David Sheedy

Client: Port Kembla Copper Pty Ltd

The objective of this Heritage Impact Statement is to assess the impact of the demolition of the Port Kembla Copper Smelter on the heritage values and significance of the former Assay Office and the 60 ft chimney stack, a remnant from the former precious mtals mill. Both are listed on the Wollongong LEP as items of local significance.

Assessment of Heritage Significance of 34 Bridges for RTA.

Authors: Dr Sid French (Worley Parsons) Dr Sue Rosen, Ms Emma Dortins, Ms Rosemary Kerr, Ms Julia Kensey, (Sue Rosen and Associates) 

Client: Roads and Traffic Authority

This project was an extensionof earlier heritage assessments of RTA owned and/or controlled concrete bridges across the state undertaken by Worley Parsons in association Sue Rosen & Associates, then trading as HAAH ( heritage Assessment And History).  It involved a a survey of each brige, historical research, heritage...

Archival Recording for Bass Hill Drive-In. 100 Johnston Road, Bass Hill

Authors: Dr Sue Rosen, Ms Julia Kensy, Mr Robert Anderson and Mr Scott Wajon

Client: Amalgamated Holdings

The report provides an archival recording of Bass Hill Drive-in which is to be demolished and replaced with residential units.

Lane Cove Weir Fishway Improvement Project Heritage Impact Statement, NSW DPI and NSW NPWS.

Authors: Dr Sue Rosen and Dr Sid French

Client: Metropolitan Northern Region of the National Parks and Wildlife Service

This heritage Impact Statement assesses the impact of measures to stop leaking and the extension and improvement of the fishway.

Henk Van Oyen Oral History Interview.

Historian/Interviewer: Dr Sue Rosen

Henk Van Oyen Oral History Interview. Hank was a survivor of the Burma-Thai railway, having been captured by the Japanese in Dutch East Indies. After the war, he qualified as an engineer in Holland and emmigrated to Australia where he  worked as an engineer on the Snowy Mountains Scheme and on many other dam construction projects.