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Folder The Blacksmiths & The Technology Park by REDWatch, last updated: Nov 02, 2008 09:58 AM
When the Technology Park was established its Development Approval detailed the requirement for the preservation of many aspects of Eveleigh's technology and equipment including the active heritage use of the Blacksmith shop and other heritage equipment. While some of the machines mentioned in the approval have been retained others sit outside deteriorating or have never been maintained as required. Funds received for heritage preservation and presentation were never expended. Implementing the Heritage Conservation Plan for the Technology Park could create additional heritage attractions within Eveleigh. Here we have some information on what could happen on the ATP part of the site.
Link The RWA Heritage SEPP Map by REDWatch, last updated: Nov 01, 2008 07:13 PM
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.
Link The RWA's Plan for North Eveleigh by REDWatch, last updated: Nov 01, 2008 07:04 PM
The future shape of north Eveleigh is currently being determined by the Department of Planning. Following consideration of exhibition submissions the RWA has produced a Preferred Project Plan for the Department to assess. Here you can find out more about the issues at North Eveleigh.
Link RWA Heritage Interpretation Strategy by REDWatch, last updated: Nov 01, 2008 06:49 PM
This is the sum total of the RWA Heritage interpretation Strategy for the Former Eveleigh Railyards as at October 2008. While the HIS was prepared as part of the North Eveleigh preferred Project Proposal it indicates the RWA is considering a wider heritage strategy across the site. The Eveleigh Heritage Meeting of 28 October 2008 called for the formation of a task force / committee of government and non government heritage bodies to develop a comprehensive Heritage Tourism and Interpretation Strategy for Eveleigh. It was widely agreed that the current RWA document was inadequate.
Page National Trust (NSW) by REDWatch, last updated: Nov 01, 2008 05:36 PM
The National Trust has an active concern for Eveleigh Rail Heritage, twice successfully nominating the Large Erecting Shop for the National Trust’s national top 10 Our Heritage at risk list. The National Trust (NSW) attended the Eveleigh Heritage Meeting on 28 October 2008 and outlined their concerns.
Page Federal Heritage Listings by REDWatch, last updated: Nov 01, 2008 04:32 PM
For the second year in a row The National Trust (NSW) and Friends of Eveleigh have nominated the Large Erecting Shop to try and gain a National Listing. Currently the Eveleigh Railway Workshops as a whole and the Chief Mechanical Engineers Office are registered. You can find the links to registered, nominated and rejected entries below:
Link Letter From Smithsonian Institutie on Importance of Eveleigh - 1988 by REDWatch, last updated: Nov 01, 2008 03:57 PM
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.
Page NSW Heritage Listings for Eveleigh Railyards by REDWatch, last updated: Nov 01, 2008 03:54 PM
The importance of the Former Eveleigh Railyards can be established by looking at the entries in the online NSW Heritage database. For ease of locating entries about Eveleigh we have provided the links to the various entries concerning the Eveleigh Railyards below:
Folder Situation at the LES 28th October 2008 by REDWatch, last updated: Nov 01, 2008 03:09 PM
The Eveleigh heritage meeting of 28 October 2008 coincided with the AGM of 3801 Ltd at which it was revealed that the RailCorp Board had approved the retention of the large Erecting Shop fort rail heritage purposes subject to final funding approval. It was also revealed that 3801 Ltd were in discussions with the Office of Rail Heritage continued occupancy of the "Large". Further details of the issues raised about the Large can be found here.
Page FOE Presentation on the Large Erecting Shop by REDWatch, last updated: Nov 01, 2008 12:14 PM
This is the Friends of Eveleigh presentation on the Heritage Issues concerning the "Large" to the Eveleigh Heritage Meeting on 28 October 2008.
Page Why we Should Save our Railway Infra-structure by REDWatch, last updated: Nov 01, 2008 10:58 AM
ATP Blacksmith Guido Gouverneur looks at the coming need for rail infra-structure and argues it is shortsighted to sell off what was put in place by an earlier generation.
Page Background to ATP Heritage Issues by REDWatch, last updated: Nov 01, 2008 10:50 AM
This background on the ATP heritage issues was presented to the Eveleigh heritage meeting on 28th October 2008 by Wrought Artworks. It outlines the history of the blacksmith and the failure of the government to impliment the Conservation Management Plan which was supposed to "protect its cultural significance, continue its useful life and contribute to the activities of Eveleigh as both an engineering and educational resource".
Page ATP Heritage Issues to be Addressed by REDWatch, last updated: Nov 01, 2008 10:36 AM
Following are dot points on turning the tables on the lack of or incorrect conservation approaches & practices in and around the Locomotive Workshop building & The Large Erecting Shop and some ideas on how to achieve an Industrial Heritage experience for visitors. This is part of the "Operation Turn-table" presentation by Wrought Artworks (WAW) at the October 2008 Eveleigh heritage meeting.
File ATP Heritage Destruction by Neglect by REDWatch, last updated: Nov 01, 2008 10:02 AM
The Conservation Management Plan in June 1996 provided a catalogue of all the significant heritage items (over 200). It detailed their significance, current condition and detailed a conservation policy and maintainence schedule for each item. The Technology Park was given a heritage grant to implement the the CMP but did not undertake the required work. This document from 2000 compared the Conservation Management Plan recommendations with the state of some of the equipment that had been moved outdoors and was being destroyed by neglect. The only change to date for some of the out door equipment has been that some of the items have been moved further away from where they should be to make way for the new Channel 7 building. A commitment to preserving and appropriatly presenting the items in the CMP would provide a significant heritage attraction at Eveleigh. (PDF Scan 2.2MB).
Page A Tour of the Twelve Listed heritage items by REDWatch, last updated: Oct 31, 2008 10:45 PM
This is an extract from Brian Dunnett and Robert Haworth's paper "The fate of Eveleigh: more of ‘Ugly Sydney’ or an enhancement of the greatest rail heritage site in the world?" The paper looks at the twelve sites recognised by the RWA accross Eveleigh as a walking tour.
Folder A Real Heritage Walk by REDWatch, last updated: Oct 31, 2008 10:05 PM
Here we are not talking about the RWA's "Heritage Walk pedestrian and bike bridge" we are interested in what someone visiting Eveleigh might be able to see and visit on either a self guided tour or with a tour guide. This paints a picture of what the site has to offer to an overseas train enthusiast visiting Australia's global city as well as what it might offer to a local visitor or school seeking to understand the former rail yards and their significance to the area, the state and Australia's labour history.
Folder Remembering Eveleigh's Workers by REDWatch, last updated: Oct 31, 2008 10:02 PM
Much of NSW's industrial and labour history is linked to the the Eveleigh rail yards. A workers register was started in 1999 with a proposal for a Worker's Wall on the site from that time now being investigated by the RWA. There is however not just a need for a Wall to remember the workers there is also a need for a repository of memorabilia and oral history to capture and convey some of the stories and social history of the people who worked and lived in the area and who made the rail ways work. Here you will find some ideas of how this element could be incorporated into a heritage interpretation for Eveleigh.
Folder North Eveleigh's Heritage by REDWatch, last updated: Oct 31, 2008 10:00 PM
The central Carriage Works building on North Eveleigh has been renovated to become a contemporary performing arts space while preserving the grandeur of the former workshop. Other key sites here include the Paint Shop, the Chief Mechanical Engineers building and the Telecommunications buildings among others. This site is currently going up for sale and redevelopment and there is a need to ensure that this part of the heritage precinct retains key elements of the rail yards. The current two page Heritage Interpretation Strategy for the site is judged inadequate by heritage groups with an interest in the site. Here you can find out more about the heritage tourism potential of North Eveleigh.
Folder Heritage Listings & Significance by REDWatch, last updated: Oct 31, 2008 09:51 PM
The Former Eveleigh Rail yards were considered of world importance by the Smithsonian Institute and a number of listings on parts of the site appear on the NSW Heritage Register. In 2007 and 2008 attempts have been made to obtain National Heritage Listing for the Large Erecting Shop. In both these years the Large also featured in the National Trust's 10 most at risk heritage sites in Australia. Details of listings can be found here.
Folder The Large Erecting Shop by REDWatch, last updated: Oct 31, 2008 09:45 PM
Under the RWA proposed zoning the Large Erecting Shop could be replaced by an up to 12 storey building and the current heritage rail tours, maintenance and training being undertaken from the site could have been lost. There has been a long campaign to save the this operational heritage. RailCorps decision in 2008 to retain the building for heritage rail use has been welcomed. Properly managed the "Large" could not only be an important operational heritage site but it could also be a significant heritage tourism attraction.
 
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