Answer
9/8/2000
0878—EVELEIGH RAILWAY
WORKSHOPS PRESERVATION
Mr Kevin Rozzoli to the
Deputy Premier, Minister for Urban Affairs and Planning, Minister for Aboriginal
Affairs, and Minister for Housing—
(1) Did your Department offer a
grant of $300,000 towards the development of a conservation plan for the
preservation of Nos 1 and 2 locomotive workshop buildings at the Eveleigh
Railway Workshops on the condition that it was matched by a similar grant from
Australian Technology Park?
(2) If so, what is the current status of the
grant?
(3) Did your Department commission Godden, McKay Pty Ltd, Heritage
Consultants of Redfern to develop a management plan for the preservation and
interpretation of movable items associated with the Eveleigh Workshops.
(4)
If so, what is the current status of this work?
Answer—
(1)
A Heritage Assistance Grant of $300,000 was made to the Australian Technology
Park for the conservation and interpretation of machinery in Bays 1 and 2 (the
property of the State Rail Authority) at the Eveleigh Locomotive Workshop. The
Grant was not for building conservation. This Grant was to be matched by the
Australian Technology Park (ATP) on a $ for $ basis. Approximately $80,000 has
been expended on conservation works for the machinery ($40,00 from the Heritage
Assistance Grant and an equal amount from the ATP).
(2) ATP’s function as
manager of the Eveleigh Workshops will cease mid July when the Sydney Harbour
Foreshore Authority (SHFA) will become manager of the Park. The Heritage Office,
which administers the Heritage Assistance Grant Program, has indicated that the
residual funding of the grant of $260,000 will be made available to the SHFA on
a $ for $ basis, to continue the work of conservation and interpretation.
(3) Godden, Mackay Pty Ltd was engaged to develop the Eveleigh Workshops
Management Plan for Moveable Items and Social History on behalf of City West
Development Corporation, State Rail Authority and the Department of Urban
Affairs and Planning.
(4) A Property Control Group, consisting of
representatives from the State Rail Authority, Heritage Office, Powerhouse
Museum and the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority’s heritage specialists, has
met regularly since March to address the issue of conservation and
interpretation of the machinery. The Heritage Council endorsed plan by Godden
Mackay Pty Ltd is the basis for treatment of the collection.