Eveleigh Links RWA, REDWatch and Other Websites
RWA
The main document from the RWA about this area is the RWA’s
Redfern-Waterloo Built Environment Plan. It can be obtained in printed form
from the RWA or it can be downloaded from the RWA website at http://www.redfernwaterloo.nsw.gov.au/publications/reports.htm#bep.
The full report is 13 MB so it is very large to download. It is possible to
only down load sections of the report and the section that deals with Eveleigh
Railyards is Section 4.1 – 4.3 Land Use and Design concepts (pdf
~2.1mb). If you download only this section also have a look at 3.6 Items of heritage and buildings of historical interest
(pdf ~640kb) and 3.3 Heights for RWA’s strategic sites (pdf ~1.2mb). This
shows up the two area’s The Large Erecting Workshop and the Southern side of
the paint Shop where there is conflict between what is planned and the heritage
list. Note also that the heritage list has nothing on Redfern Railway Station
other than the ticket office. Most notably absent is the toilet on platform 1
that was used as the reason why the RWA needed the power to override the
heritage act.
The gazetted planning instrument to implement the RWA Plan
and its associated maps (3MB PDF) can be found on the Depart of Planning
website at http://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/plansforaction/keydevelopment.asp#redfern
REDWatch
Most of the material to do with Eveleigh Railyards on the
REDWatch website can be found in the State Significant sites section (press
“rwa bep” tab on top of home page) http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/statesignificant/.
A one page (22 Kb PDF) summary by REDWatch of the RWA Built
Environment Plan can be found at http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/statesignificant/ssbackground/060915redwatch/download/
and a web readable version of the RWA Built Environment Plan is at http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/statesignificant/ssbackground/rwabeptxt/
A number of other important documents are on the REDWatch
Website:
The 3801 submission to the RWA including the 3801
commissioned Adequacy report on the Large:
http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/statesignificant/southeveleigh/large/3801/
The Minister for transports
Media Release on Rail Heritage
Webpage: http://www.redwatch.org.au/media/060804watkins
Download PDF: http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/statesignificant/southeveleigh/large/3801/060804watkins/download/
A Letter being sent by Minister Sartor in Reply to
presentations on 3801 and the Large
http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/statements/2006/060913sartor
Comments from a Letter from John
Watkins the Minister of Transport
http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/statements/2006/060913watkins/
A Statement from 6th October 2006 from several former Eveleigh Workshop
employees with a long held interest in preserving NSW Railway HeritageConcern for the Railway Heritage of Eveleigh Workshops
Comments from the New South Wales Rail Transport Museum on Rail Heritage 3801 and Eveleigh
The REDWatch website also carries many media reports. One article in the Sydney Morning Herald covered the adaptation of the CarriageWorks into a new performing arts centre Edgy venue forged from gritty past.
The
search box at the top of the site is quite powerful at finding material
connected to a particular issue – for example for articles mentioning 3801 http://www.redwatch.org.au/search?SearchableText=3801
Other sites where information can be found:
Railcorp - http://www.railcorp.info/heritage/heritage_strategy
(Note also Railcorp Fact sheet on
Sustainable Rail Heritage Management Strategy at http://www.nswrtm.org/news/SRHMS_factsheet.pdf
)
Australian Heritage database Nominated place - The Large Erecting Shop - Eveleigh
[this database link takes a long time to load you can also search http://www.deh.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl ]
National Trust - http://www.nsw.nationaltrust.org.au/news/redfern.asp
National trust Inspection of the Large http://www.nsw.nationaltrust.org.au/news/eveleigh.asp
3801 Ltd - http://www.3801limited.com.au/helpus.htm
NSW Rail Transport
Museum - http://www.nswrtm.org & http://www.nswrtm.org/3801/
[Prepared by Geoff Turnbull, REDWatch 28th September 2006]