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Interpretation
Author: Dr Sue Rosen
Client: Blue Mountains City Council
Sue was commissioned by Blue Mountains City Council to prepare a Heritage Assessment overview document through which the significance and inter-connection of heritage places along the Great Western Highway could be understood collectively. The study had multiple aims;
1. To kick start more cohesive and integrated management of heritage assets
2. To provide a sense of the scope of the road's heritage resources
3. To obtain an understanding of the role of the heritage sites in the development and identity of the towns and villages of the Blue Mountains, with a view to exploiting that significance in cultural tourism initiatives
4. To provide a resource document for the ‘Heritage Near Me’ grants submission process
The ‘road’ at the centre of this study has masqueraded under various guises since 1814 when the Blue Mountains, seen as a formidable obstacle to expansion of settlement from the Cumberland Plain, was first successfully breeched by a European track, euphemistically called Cox’s Road. Early on it became the ‘Road to Bathurst’, and as occupation extended beyond Bathurst, it was known as the ‘Western Road’, until in the mid 1800s it had evolved into the ‘Great Western Road’, reflecting a much enhanced capacity and even great expectations. In the Twentieth Century it became the Great Western Highway.
The sites, the towns and villages along the route are a part of a landscape laden with cultural meaning relating primarily to the convict experience, but also touching on the experiences of Indigenous people, free settlers, multicultural groups and individuals who may at first glance seem sidelined from history. Heritage sites along the road are connected literally by the road, but also metaphorically by the historic documents associated with them, including court records and the accounts of those who lived, worked on, or travelled the road. The story is linear, both geographically and chronologically, while embracing a challenging complexity, that begs interpretation in all the media and genre that are now available for storytelling.
The sites and relics associated with the infrastructure developed to accommodate, sustain and control the convict workforce include posts for the military guards, the surveyor-magistrates and overseers who managed the whole enterprise. The inns that were contemporaneously constructed along the road to accommodate travelers are equally important to the story of this route. These became the nucleus for the establishment of townships that were linked by the line of road and the commonalities associated with servicing travelers. Most importantly, there are numerous personal stories that can bring the reality of diverse personal experiences to the cold hard facts. These trigger empathy, in the responsive reader, for the individuals associated with the monumental achievement the road is, such respect developed through imaginative engagement with each place; all set within a broader setting that includes the natural landscape of the Blue Mountains recognized by UNESCO with world heritage listing.
Between the monumental ‘book-end’ labour feats such as Victoria Pass, there are numerous smaller variations along the interconnecting ridge, each with their relics and story. The highway and its predecessors demonstrates responses to the challenge of crossing the Blue Mountains by various transport modes and to the growth and development of the area, as its usage inexorably increased in concert with the economic development of the state. The lines of road reflect changes in technology and understandings both of the terrain and the possible solutions and responses to that terrain at particular moments in time.
To summarise, this complex of sites is of exceptional heritage significance in NSW and Australia. They deserve to be managed so as to elucidate the place as a whole, as well as its localized village and township oriented components, in a truly integrated and coherent fashion.
Dudley Hotel, Bathurst - Interpretation Strategy
Author: Liz Gorman, Dr Sue Rosen Client: IMG Hotels The Dudley Hotel at 250 Stewart Street Bathurst NSW is not an individual heritage item, and is not in the vicinity…
Lady Carrington Drive - Interpretation Resource Project
Client: NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service Authors: Ms Emily Pickering, Dr. Sue Rosen We enjoyed preparing this report as a resource for future interpretative projects focused on Lady Carrington Drive.…
ANZAC Parade
Author: Dr Sue Rosen Heritage Consultant: Liz Gorman Client: Randwick City Council One of Dr Sue Rosen's favourite projects this year was ANZAC parade, a Heritage Assessment commissioned by Randwick…
Thompson Square Windsor Aboriginal Connections Oral History
Oral Historian: Dr Sue Rosen Client: Wolfpeak for RMS Consulted with the Windsor Aboriginal Community to identify informants and undertook interviews with community members re: their connection…
Meridian Hotel Interpretation Strategy
Authors: Liz Gorman, Dr. Roy Lumby & Dr. Sue Rosen Client: Thomas Hotels Hurstville's Meridian Hotel has been presiding over Forest Road since it opened as the White…
Wyong 'Love Lanes' Festival
Authors: Dr Sue Rosen and Liz Gorman Client: Central Coast Council Review of Signage Content The Gallery Precinct of the 'Love Lanes' Festival which takes place in the historic streets and…
The Entrance Heritage Walk Signage
Authors: Dr Sue Rosen and Liz Gorman Client: Central Coast Council Review of Signage Content The Gallery Precinct of the 'Love Lanes' Festival which takes place in the historic streets and
The 'Great' Western Road from Lapstone to Mt Victoria
Author: Dr Sue Rosen Client: Blue Mountains City Council Sue was commissioned by Blue Mountains City Council to prepare a Heritage Assessment overview document through which the significance and inter-connection…
UWS Parramatta Campus Interpretation Project
Author: Dr Sue Rosen Client: UWS This project involved identifying the historic themes associated with the Rydalmere campus, the site of the historic orphan school, and preparing stories…
Murray River Red Gum Forests Interpretation Project.
Authors/Creators: Dr Sue Rosen (Historian), Dr Jessica Tyrell (Video Producer) Client: NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Office of Environment and Heritage This project involved the synthesis…
Port Kembla Copper Heritage Management Plan and Interpretation Strategy
Authors: Dr Sue Rosen, Mr Nicholas Jackson and Ms Robin Hedditch Client: Port Kembla Copper This Heritage Management Plan and Interpretation Strategy has been prepared with the objective…
Ironbark Lagoon Conservation Management Plan, Pilliga West State Conservation Area.
Authors: Dr Sue Rosen and Dr Susan McIntyre-Tamwoy Client: National Parks and Wildlife and Department of Environment and Climate Change This study was commissioned in February 2009…
Wombo Sawmill Conservation Management Plan, Pilliga West State Conservation Area.
Authors: Dr Sue Rosen and Dr Susan McIntyre-Tamwoy Client: NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service This study was commissioned in February 2009 by the Baradine Office of…
History Report for Heritage Interpretation Strategy: 70, 70A Great Western Highway & the Adjacent Woodford Memorial Park
Author: Ms Rosemary Kerr Client: Archaeological & Heritage Management Solutions Pty Ltd (AHMS) for Roads and Traffic Authority This report involved the preparation of an Interpretation Strategy for 70,…
There’s a War On! WWI and WWII at Home: NSW Moveable Heritage Related to the Experience of War at Home. An Assessment Model
Authors: Sue Rosen and Sarah Jane Rennie Client: Museums and Galleries NSW and NSW Heritage Office Many of the events of war time Australia have been taken…
Interpretation Plan & Archival Recording for 2-6 Bridge Road, Stanmore
Authors: Julie Dinsmor, Terri McCormack and Scott Wajon Client: Bezzina Group Archival Recording, history and interpretation plan for the site at 2-6 Bridge Road Stanmore, which was being demolished…
Former British Petroleum Site, Waverton.
Authors: Julie Dinsmor, Terri McCormack and Scott Wajon Client: Bezzina Group Archival Recording, history and interpretation plan for the site at 2-6 Bridge Road Stanmore, which was being demolished
Heritage Assessment: 'Illabunda',16 Buckleys Road, Winston Hills.
Author: Sue Rosen Client: Manidis Roberts This heritage assessment of Illabunda, at 16 Buckleys Road, Winston Hills is part of a master plan for a proposed development…
