Author: Dr Sue Rosen
Client: Blue Mountains City Council
Sue was commissioned by Blue Mountains City Council to prepare a Heritage Assessment overview document through which the significance and inter-connection of heritage places along the Great Western Highway could be understood collectively...
Authors: Dr Sue Rosen, Dr Sid French
Client: Transport Roads and Maritime Services Heritage
Our team enjoyed preparing this Heritage Assessment to assist in the assessment of strategic options for the maintenance and/or replacement proposed for the Dora Creek road bridge.
The investigation, which included a site visit as well as research in various local, state and national archives and libraries, found that this bridge is a rare surviving example of a rail bridge from the 1880s period when the first wave of expansion of rail lines across New South Wales was underway. Whilst not of the longest or largest range of such structures, it is representative of...
Authors: Dr Sue Rosen and David Burke
Client: Fowler Homes Pty Ltd.
The purpose of this statement was to determine if Aboriginal objects or declared Aboriginal Places occur, or are likely to occur, near the subject property cnr of Fleurs Street and the Great Western Highway, Minchinbury. The client wished to subdivide their property; this development involved land clearing, road construction and infastructure installation which could potetially impact Aboriginal remains. However our...
Authors: Dr Sue Rosen and David Burke
Client: Private Client
The client's subdivision and development of their land at Austral, will disturb the ground surface. We were engaged to determine whether Aboriginal objects or declared Aboriginal Places are known to occur, or are likely to occur at 310 Sixth Avenue, Austral.
The main crops grown in the Hoxton Park area were citrus...
Authors: Dr Sue Rosen, David Burke
Client: Ardesign
We prepared this statement of due diligence to determine if Aboriginal objects or Aboriginal Places occur, or are likely to occur, across 49 Brighton Street, Riverstone. The statement will accompany Ardesign's DA for submission to Blacktown City Council (BCC) for the proposed subdivision and development of the site for medium density dwellings.
However, the Lot has been thoroughly disturbed by historic use and intensive farming for approximately 50 years under grantee Maurice O’Connell, beginning between 1810 – 1814. The Lot has been...
Authors: Dr Sue Rosen, Martin Pickrell, Liz Gorman
Client: Private Client
We prepared this HIS to support the client's proposal for a two-storey extension to the rear of their non-heritage listed property, with retention of the existing dwelling...
Authors: Dr Sue Rosen and Liz Gorman
Client: Private Client
We were pleased to compile this HIS to facilitate the client's development proposal for a simple pavilion addition, connected via a corridor to their existing heritage-listed residence. The site demonstrates historical attributes as a government-...
Authors: Dr Sue Rosen and Vanessa Hardy as Cultural Heritage Connections Pty Ltd
Client: Cityscape Planning + Projects
Our team was commissioned to investigate the archaeological potential of the client's proposed 3-lot rural subdivision in Cranebrook.
The client's property, Lot 211 at 1-13 Vane Street Cranebrook, was part of the original Village of Castlereagh, the site of which was nominated by Governor Macquarie in late 1810. Castlereagh was to be one of five villages sited above the Hawkesbury-Nepean River as a refuge for settlers in time of flood. The others were Windsor, Richmond, Wilberforce and Pitt Town. Although the Castlereagh town plan had been laid out by January 1811, there was reluctance by locals to take up town lots and the town as such failed, due to...
Authors: Dr Sue Rosen, David Burke, Liz Gorman
Client: NKT Architecture
We prepared this statement of due diligence to determine if Aboriginal objects or declared Aboriginal Places occur, or are likely to occur, across 11 Lewis Street, Schofields. This assessment was prepared for the client to accompany a DA for submission to Blacktown City Council for the proposed subdivision of their property...
Authors: Dr Sue Rosen, Dr Roy Lumby, Liz Gorman
Client: Private Client
The client wished to construct a contemporary free-standing residence and demolish a single car garage on the site of Lot 39 DP 8274, located at 1B Pritchard Street Wentworth Falls. We were pleased to compile a HIS, required due to the vacant lot's vicinity near a listed heritage item "Kubba Kundi"...