Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
the Heritage Library is an essential resource which makes available to the public a wide range of specialist heritage materials. It offers a wealth of information for anyone working in the conservation field or interested in heritage issues. The major collection of over 13,000 items includes conservation management plans, heritage studies, thematic studies, Australian and … Read more
Eveleigh Railway Workshops Interpretation Plan was released in March 2012 following Public Exhibition in April 2011. This is an Interpretation Plan and Implementation Strategy for the former Eveleigh Railway Workshops. The Plan has been prepared for the RWA’s Redfern Waterloo Heritage Taskforce by 3D Projects in association with Artscape and Only Human. The plan is … Read more
The Australian Technology Park (ATP) comprises a portion of the former Eveleigh Railway Workshops, which are listed on the State Heritage Register. A draft Conservation Management Plan (CMP) for ATP has been prepared by Godden Mackay Logan and is on exhibition until 20 June 2012. The proposed CMP will replace the existing 1995 CMP. The … Read more
A Heritage Interpretation Plan was prepared by City plan Heritage and updated in February 2011. The document was exhibited in May 2012 as part of proposed remediation works on the site – http://majorprojects.planning.nsw.gov.au/index.pl?action=view_job&job_id=3422. As this was an important part of the Eveleigh Railyards site and because the Heritage Interpretation Plan documents some of this importance … Read more
A scanned version 17,080KB of the 1995 Australian Technology Park Conservation Management Plan (CMP) could be found on the old ATP website. With the exhibition in 2012 REDWatch has posted this smaller version with an OCR overlay that makes it possible to search the document. Please note however that the OCR on an old document … Read more
Greater Eveleigh Railway Precinct has been nominated for the National Heritage Register by Friends of Eveleigh. Below you can see the details of the National Heritage Database. Supporters of the nomination in January 2011 included NSW’s new Premier Barry O’Farrell and the new Planning and Infrastruc Read More…
A link to the 1995 Australian Technology Park Conservation Management Plan (CMP) can be found on the ATP website. This CMP is still current and provides the basis for Heritage Conservation decisions at the ATP. This is a scan of the original document and is a very large 17080KB. http://www.atp.com.au/ArticleDocuments/114/ATP_conservation_management_plan_1995.pdf.aspx
The Friends of Eveleigh have produced this map of the former Eveleigh Rail Yards to show what remains of the former Eveleigh complex. While much has been removed key elements remain that could provide the focus for both active rail heritage and for heritage tourism. File is 415 KB PDF. Download: MAP 2008.pdf »
This is the official RWA Heritage Planning map which shows the buildings recognised by the RWA as of Heritage significance. Such a precinct has great potential for heritage tourism if a well thought out heritage interpretation strategy is put in place. Note file is 3MB PDF. http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/statesignificant/rwass/060828SEPPheritage/view
This is a letter from 1988 from The Smithsonian Institution – National Museum of American History Washington DC about the importance, and the great rarity of the machinery collection here at Eveleigh. The File is 927 KB PDF with OCR overlay. http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/statesignificant/atp/blacksmith/080722ra/view