Enmore Park Plan of Management - Land

Conservation Management StrategyEnmore ParkCriterion (e): potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of NSW'sor the local area’s cultural or natural history;Criterion (f): possession of uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or naturalhistory of NSW or the local area;Criterion (g): importance in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a class of NSW’s orthe local area’s cultural or natural places or environments.To be assessed as having heritage significance, an item or place must:o meet at least one or more of the nature of significance criteria [criteria a, b, c, and d]; ando retain the integrity of its key attributes.An item or place may also be ranked according to their heritage significance as having:o Local Significanceo State Significance3.3.2 Assessment according to each SHI criterionCriterion (a): importance in the course, or pattern, of NSW's or the local area’s cultural or naturalhistory√IncludeShows evidence of a significant humanactivityIs associated with a significant activity orhistorical phaseMaintains or shows the continuity of ahistorical process or activityExcludeHas incidental or unsubstantiated connectionswith historically important activities orprocessesProvides evidence of activities or processesthat are of dubious historical importanceHas been so altered that it can no longerprovide evidence of a particular association.Enmore Park has historical significance as one of the early public parks established in theMunicipality of Marrickville in the late 1800s. That role has continued, and its size and overallconfiguration has changed little since its original formation.Criterion (b): strong or special association with the life or works of a person, or group of persons, ofimportance in the cultural or natural history of NSW or the local area; [associationalvalue]IncludeShows evidence of a significant humanoccupationIs associated with a significant event, personor group of persons√ExcludeHas incidental or unsubstantiated connectionswith historical important people or eventsProvides evidence of people or events that areof dubious historical importanceHas been so altered that it can no longerprovide evidence of a particular associationEnmore Park is associated, to a limited degree, with Samuel Cook, owner of nearby propertyFrankfort Villa and General Manager of the Sydney Morning Herald (1888 to 1907). He playeda leading role in petitioning the State Government from 1883 to establish public parks in the area.Mayne-Wilson & Associates16Conservation Landscape Architects