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Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment North Wambo Underground Mine Modification the district and to assist in the dealings between Europeans and Aboriginal Peoples. Barracks and officers quarters were constructed in the official village reserve in 1832. In March 1833, the headquarters of the Hunter River division of the Mounted Police was transferred to Jerrys Plains from Maitland. A Post Office was established in 1837 and an ex-convict, Robert Thomas Capp, was the first Postmaster. By this time, Jerry’s Plains had become an important junction between Maitland and Cassilis on the Gammon Plains near Merton, and further to Bathurst. In 1844, the first school was established in the town by the Church of England. The residents of the town petitioned the government for a public school in 1847, however, it was not established until 1881. 5.2.3 Wambo Homestead James Hale, a former convict, began acquiring the property of Wambo during the 1830s, in individual parcels eventually amounting to about eight thousand acres. The first buildings of the Wambo Homestead were constructed in 1832, with major extensions made in the mid-1840s. In 1850, James Hale’s stepson, William Durham, settled at Wambo with his family and property became known for its Durham cattle. A coal seam was discovered in 1863 during the sinking of a well, though the property remained pastoral land for another one hundred years. In 1891, after the death of William Durham, the property was inherited by his sons William and Charles, who sold it to Benjamin Richards in 1894. It was sold again in 1898 to the Ridge- Badgery partnership and then resold in 1905 to the Allen-Macdonald partnership and established as a thoroughbred horse stud. The property was then subdivided in 1908, with the Homestead and South Wambo retained by the Allen- Macdonald partnership until 1915 when ownership of the Homestead passed solely to the Macdonald family. Between this time and 1971, the primary uses of the remaining Wambo land were grazing and dairying. The Macdonald family then sold the majority of their land to the Wambo Mining Corporation in 1971, maintaining possession of the Homestead block until it was sold to John Birks in 1983. Birks resold the Homestead to the Wambo Mining Corporation in 1987 (EJE Heritage 2006:5). 5.3 Historic Registers Historic registers are used to record items of significance at the National, State and Local government level. There are no items registered in the National Heritage Database for the project area. However, there is one item listed on the NSW Heritage Inventory at both State and Local Government level, the Wambo Homestead. 5.3.1 National Heritage Database The Australian Heritage Database incorporates: the National Heritage List; the Register of the National Estate and the Commonwealth Heritage List. The National Heritage List is now the lead statutory document for the protection of heritage places considered to have national importance. This list comprises Aboriginal, natural and historic places that are of outstanding national heritage significance to Australia. Listed places are protected under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). There are no items within Wambo MOL on the National Heritage List. Prior to this the Register of the National Estate was the primary document. While the Register of the National Estate still exists it is now frozen and from 2012 will no longer have statutory status. The Minister is required to consider the Register when making some decisions under the EPBC Act. The Register of the National Estate does not include any heritage sites within Wambo MOL. 108453-2; October 2012 Page 29
Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment North Wambo Underground Mine Modification The Commonwealth Heritage List comprises natural, Aboriginal and historic heritage places owned or controlled by the Commonwealth. Places on this list are also protected under the EPBC Act. No items within the boundaries of Wambo MOL are listed on the Commonwealth Heritage List. 5.3.2 The NSW Heritage Inventory The NSW Heritage Inventory lists items at the NSW (State) level and/or at the local level. Items of State significance are registered by the NSW Heritage Council under the NSW Heritage Act 1977. Those items are listed on the SHR as being under an Interim Heritage Order or protected under Section 136 of the NSW Heritage Act. The Inventory also includes some heritage places of heritage significance within a local government area. These places are listed by local council under their LEP and additionally may be included on the NSW Heritage Inventory database. There is one item listed at State Significance level for the Singleton LGA located on Wambo MOL (Table 9). The Wambo Homestead boundary is 62 metres from the current project area; the Homestead and associated structures are approximately 960 m distant. Table 9 Items Listed on the NSW Heritage Inventory Name of Item Address Level of Significance Wambo Homestead Wambo Mine, Warkworth NSW Heritage Act 5.3.3 Hunter Regional Environmental Plan 1989 (Heritage) The Hunter REP applies to land within the local government areas comprising part of the region that is known as the Hunter and declared under section 4(6) of the EP&A Act . A search of the Hunter REP did not reveal any item listed for the project area. 5.3.4 Local Government Heritage Registers Items of significance at the local government level are included in the LEP as Heritage Schedules. These are a list of non-Indigenous and some Aboriginal items which have been listed with council as having heritage value. A search of the Singleton LEP has indicated that there is one item listed which is situated within Wambo MOL (Table 10). Table 10 Items listed in the Singleton Local Environment Plan Item Name Address Heritage Listing Wambo Homestead Wambo Mine, Warkworth Local Government 5.4 Discussion Research of the various heritage databases has shown that there is one Heritage listed item in the area. A desktop investigation for the location of the Wambo Homestead has shown that it is positioned in such a way that it will not be affected by the proposed works. 108453-2; October 2012 Page 30
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