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February 2000

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Archaeological Assessment:

ICONTENTS OF THE REPORT

53-55 Hereford Street, Glebe

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PRECIS OF THE REPORT. . .... The Site and the Work . . . .

Historical Context . . . . . . .The Archaeological ResourceCultural Significance . . . .The Proposal and Its ImpactManagement . . . . . . . .

THE INVESTIGATION . . . . . . . . . . .The Study Area and.SubjectStatus of the Site ...Methodology . . . . . . . .Objectives and Tasks ....Authorship, Client and AcknowledgementsAbbreviations Used in the Text ....Figure: The Study Area . . . . . . . .Views: Hereford House and Kerribree

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3.0 HISTORICAL ANALYSIS 83.1 The Pre-European Environment and Aboriginal Occupation. 93.2 . The Clergy and School Lands Corporation & Subdivision 10

Undated Plan of Glebe Lands . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Plan ofForest Lodge Allotments 1845

3.3 William Bull and Hereford House: 53 Hereford Street 12Plan ofHereford House in 1888 . . . . . . . . . 13Plan of Hereford House in 1926 . . . . . . . . . 14

3.4 Joseph Leeds and Kerribree: 55 Hereford Street 15Plan of Kerribree 1896

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SECTION 1.0

IPRECIS OF THE REPORT

1.1 The Site and the Work

53 - 55 Hereford Street, Glebe

The subject of this report is the land and buildings at 53 - 55 Hereford Street, Glebe.This site is occupied by two late nineteenth century free-standing houses andtwentieth century out-buildings 'added to accommodate later, non-residential uses ofthe site. The objective of the work has been to determine the extent, nature, integrityand significance of any archaeological evidence and to provide recommendations forits future management. The historical narrative is also intended to inform and supportthe heritage impact assessment made of this place.

1.2 Historical Context

Originally characterised by an environment of tall eucalypt and angophora forest thestudy area was first alienated for European purposes in 1790 as part of a four hundredacre Church Glebe. It remained relatively untouched until the later 1820s. At that timethe entire, estate was put to public auction. The study area was contained in Portion15 which was purchased by A. K. Mackenzie in May 1828.

Mackenzie resubdivided the land and auctioned it in 1829. The majority of theproperty was purchased by Frederick Unwin. In 1831 he sold a portion which includedthe study area to John Wood. Wood's son John William bought it from his father in1834. Woods retained ownership of this property until his death in 1875. His housewas close to the study area and the latter may have been part of a garden or orchard.The entire property was subdivided and put to auction as the Glenwood Estate in1875. William Bull paid 320 pounds for allotments 4 and 5 of the estate being boththe present-day 53 and 55 Hereford Street.

Bull used part of his land almost immediately to build Hereford House. It was sold tothe Goldsmith family in 1909. Thereafter, until 1981, it was occupied by two otherfamilies. In 1981 it was purchased by the NSW College of Nursing.

William Bull sold the vacant allotment adjoining his house to Joseph Leeds in 1888.The house, Kerribree, was built in 1888/89 for Leeds to a design by architect JohnKirkpatrick. It was occupied by the family until 1907 and then leased for a few years.It was sold to a consortium intending to use it as an immigrant hostel in 1913. Theproposal did not proceed and it was sold in 1914 to Camden College, a theologicalcollege established in the later nineteenth century. By the end of 1914 a new buildinghad been constructed behind Kerribree to provide for additional college needs. Thisis the Katie Zepps building. The buildings and grounds were subject to a constantprogramme of renovations and repairs until their sale in 1975 to the NSW College ofNursing.

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The College was established in the 1940s and by the 1950s had acquired propertyin Alien Street Glebe. It was here that most work was conducted until the purchaseof Kerribree in 1974. In 1977 an extensive programme of maintenance and restorationwas carried out on the house and in 1979 a demountable classroom was added tothe site. Hereford House was the subject of an immediate programme of renovationon its purchase in 1981 and it, too, acquired a separate demountable class room in1985. The grounds of both houses have been relandscaped on several occasionsand neither retains the nineteenth century out-buildings.

1.3 The Archaeological Resource

The potential archaeological profile of the study area may be characterised as follows:

• evidence of the pre-settlement landscape in remnant soil profiles and of theburning or stumping to remove it

• remnant evidence in the soil profile of the use of the land as part of garden ororchard from the 1830s

• Hereford House largely retains its original 1870s envelope; there is unlikely to bea sub-floor archaeological resource

• the foundations and part of one wall remain of stables built at the same time asHereford House. There is no evidence of the additions to it at either end

• some of the brick walls remain of out-buildings added to Hereford House by the1920s along the Kerribree House boundary and the fence bordering Wigram Lane.The remainder of these sites has been levelled and landscaped for car-parking.Some elements of the earlier buildings may remain but are likely to have beendisturbed by the later work

• Kerribree House remains largely within its original envelope of 1888/89. It isunlikely to have a sub-floor archaeological resource

• there is no evidence of the only known out-building to Kerribree and this site hasbeen landscaped. Some evidence may remain but it is likely to be disturbed. Thereis no evidence of any other out-building

• both Kerribree and Hereford House are likely to have tanks and/or wells close tothe back of the buildings

• evidence of earlier landscape components such as paths or gardens is likely tobe contained within the site

• there is unlikely to be a substantial accumulation of artefacts within the site.



1.4 Cultural Significance


The land at 53-55 Hereford Street Glebe has important historical associations for thearea but it has been assessed to have a low degree of local cultural significance forresearch purposes. This assessment has been made because there is unlikely to bea substantial archaeological resource within it capable of addressing or interpretingthese historical associations and/or the occupation and use of the site in any way thatwill substantially add to or amend archival evidence for the place. Issues of technicaland aesthetic value and community value are best addressed through the standingbuildings and their role in the streetscape.

1.5 The Proposal and Its Impact

The proposed development seeks to demolish the out-buildings except the KatieZepps building, adapt Kerribree for new purposes and construct town houses andbasement car parking on part of the site. Any remnant archaeological material will bedestroyed or disturbed by this work.

1.6 Management

This assessment has concluded that it is likely that the workwill disturb archaeologicalrelics but these will have limited capacity to more accurately record on interpret theEuropean associations and development of this site. It is proposed to apply for anExcavation Permit from the Heritage Council of NSWwith provisions for monitoringand recording any significant archaeological material unearthed during the course ofredevelopment.



SECTION 2.0

ITHE INVESTIGATION

2.1 The Study Area and Subject


This report addresses the history of the land and buildings at 53 - 55 Hereford Street,Glebe and the archaeological resource which may be encompassed by this place. Inthis report it is referred to as "the study area". The site is contained within the blockbound by Hereford Street, Walsh Avenue, Wigram Lane and Glebe Point Road. It islocated on the north-western side of Hereford Street and has street frontages to thatstreet, Walsh Avenue and Wigram Lane. It occupies Lot 1 of DP 745043 (No. 55) andLot 1 of DP 77472 (No. 53) which are contained within the Parish of Petersham,County of Cumberland.

The study area is occupied by two later nineteenth century free-standing houses,Hereford House at No. 53 and Kerribree at No. 55. Behind and separate from bothbuildings are twentieth century additions including the Katie Zepps Library buildingconstructed in 1914.

The houses are surrounded on most sides by similar development with particularexceptions to the immediate north-east, being a five-storey, post-war block of units,and across Walsh Avenue which is occupied by a three-storey block of flats.

This report broadly encompasses the European "heritage" values of the study areawith respect to a possible archaeological resource. Heritage values are understoodto mean the appreciation and value placed upon the resource by contemporarysociety in terms of the criteria expressed in the Burra Charter and formalised by theHeritage Office of NSW. Archaeological evidence, "relics", is defined by the HeritageAct of NSWto be physical evidence (structures, features, soils, deposits and portableartefacts) that provide evidence of the development of NSW, of non-Aboriginal originand are fifty or more years in age. Aboriginal relics are provided protection by theNational Parks and Wildlife Act of NSW.

2.2 Status of the Site

Hereford House is listed in the NSW State Heritage Register. It was included as anindividual item in the 1989 Leichhardt Heritage Study and is a component of theHereford Precinct identified by Leichhardt Council's Heritage Precinct Study. It islisted by the National Trust.

Kerribree was listed in the 1989 Leichhardt Heritage Study and is also included inLeichhardt Council's LEP 20. It is a component of the Hereford Precinct. Bothproperties are contained within the Glebe Conservation Area.



A heritage impact assessment has been prepared of the proposed redevelopment ofpart of the site and the adaptive reuse of the principal buildings (Perumal Murphy WuPty Ltd, Heritage Assessment- and Statement of Heritage Impact 53 -55 HerefordStreet, Glebe. 1999 ). Apart from its role in developing an archaeological profile forthe study area the archival evidence presented in this assessment is intended toprovide additional information to inform the Conservation Management Plan.

The study area has not been the subject of any prior archaeological investigation orassessment.

2.3 Methodology

This report has been prepared in accordance with the principles required by theHeritage Office of New South Wales presented in "Archaeological AssessmentGuidelines" (Department of Urban Affairs and Planning, 1996).

2.4 Objectives and Tasks

The principal objectives of the work have been to determine the development of thebuilt environment and the landscape for each site and, secondly, to identify whetherthere is an archaeological issue to be addressed prior to and/or during the course ofredevelopment. This report determines what may be retained in the ground as anarchaeological resource, the significance of that material and the most appropriatemeans of managing it in the event of it being disturbed by future work. To this endthe following tasks have been undertaken:

• primary historical research sufficient to determine the physical development ofthis site taking into account the research presented in the Heritage ImpactStatement;

• site survey (visual inspection only);

• a determination of the probable archaeological resource;

• an evaluation of cultural significance with reference to standard criteria;

• recommendations for management strategies taking into account the impact ofproposed works on the potential resource;

• complete documentation of the programme to standards acceptable to LeichhardtCouncil and the Heritage Office of NSW.

2.5 Authorship, Client and Acknowledgements

This report has been written and researched by Wendy Thorp to meet therequirements of the Heritage Office of NSW and Leichhardt Council. It wascommissioned by Perumal Murphy Wu Pty Ltd.



The author would like to thank Mr Colin Kay of Sydney Water. Mr Chris Betteridgefor providing a transcript of his oral history interview and Mr Craig Burton fordiscussing some aspects of his Glebe research. Mr Matthew Kelly (Godden MackayLogan Pty Ltd) discussed his work at Tranby.

This assessment draws on both primary and secondary sources. A completebibliography is attached to this report (Section 7.2).

2.6 Abbreviations Used in the Report

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The study area was first alienated for European purposes in 1790 as part of severalhundred acres set aside for Glebe lands. Virtually untouched until the later 1820s thisestate was then put to auction. The study area was part of a second subdivision madein 1829 and was defined in its present form by another subdivision of 1875. The twohouses which occupy the site were built in 1875 (Hereford House, No. 53) and 1889(Kerribree, No. 55).

In this section evidence derived from archival sources is presented to describe thisevolution and occupation of the study area. This analysis provides the basis forassessing what may be retained in the ground as archaeological evidence of thatdevelopment as well as a context for determining the significance of that resource.This historical narrative is also used to inform the Conservation Management Plan.

The evidence is presented in several sections as follows:

• The Pre-European Environment and Aboriginal Occupation

• The Clergy and School Lands Corporation and Subdivision

• William Bull and Hereford House: 53 Hereford Street

• Joseph Leeds and Kerribree: 55 Hereford Street

• Camden College

• The NSW College of Nursing

Endnotes and a bibliography are presented in Section 7.0 of the report.

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3.1 The Pre-European Environment and Aboriginal Occupation

Glebe is now much altered from the environment which was home to Aboriginalpeople of the Guringai tribe for thousands of years and which Europeans first sawsoon after the settlement was established at Sydney Cove in 1788. Blackwattle Creekand Blackwattle Bay were discovered and named in 1789.

Almost half of the Aboriginal population was killed by disease within the first few yearsof white occupation and the survivors, with their traditional life shattered andincreasing pressure put on their resources, retreated away from the principalsettlement. It is likely that the relatively untouched area of Glebe provided someshelter but there are no known Aboriginal sites on or near the study area (1).

The area is based on a geology of sandstone with Wianamatta shale caps. Theshallow sandy soil supported, on the ridge tops, robust forests of tall eucalypts andangophoras. Below was a shrubby under-storey that included acacias and banksias.The study area would have supported an environment of this type. Further down theridges were black wattles, tea-trees and swamp oaks and these gave way at themarshy and muddy intertidal zone to mangroves. Blackwattle Bay extended in arivulet to Parramatta Road. Wentworth Park occupies the reclaimed headwaters ofthis bay (2).

Governor Phillip made the observation that this land was,

"... in general so rocky that it is surprising that such large trees should find sufficientnourishment but the soil between the rocks is good and the summits of the rocks...with few exceptions are covered with trees most of which are so large that theremoving them offthe ground afterthey are cut down is the greatestpartofthe labour"(3).

The land was not suited to farming because of its topography and soils and the firstEuropean associated with it, the Reverend Richard Johnson, famously described hisland as "four hundred acres not worth four pence" (4). Despite its limited use foragricultural purposes the timber was a valuable raw material and by the 1820s atleast a substantial portion of the land in the vicinity of the study area had been clearedand fenced ready for sale.



3.2 The Clergy and School Lands Corporation and Subdivision

In 1790 Governor Phillip reserved approximately 400 acres of land to the south andwest of Blackwattle Creek as a Glebe devoted to supporting the Church. TheReverend Richard Johnson set about clearing it. He had few convicts to do so andconsidered the land poorly suited to agricultural purposes. In 1794 he exchanged hisrights to this land for a separate grant (1). The Glebe land appears to have remainedrelatively untouched from this time until the 1820s.

In 1826 a Corporation was formed to administer all the lands reserved for clerical andeducational use and income. This was the Clergy and School Lands Corporation.The Glebe land came under their authorisation as part of a Crown Grant made to theCorporation (2). The latter, being in a parlous financial situation, made the decisionto sell this estate to generate income.

The land was sold as two subdivisions at two separate auctions the second being on7 May 1828. At that time Mr A. K. Mackenzie purchased thirty-seven acres at fifteenpounds and six shillings per acre being portion 15 of the second subdivision. Thestudy area is contained within it (3). The full extent of his holding is shown on anundated plan of the Glebe lands. During the following year he subdivided his purchaseand submitted it for public auction in July 1829. It was reported in the Australian of22 July 1829 that,

"Mr Bodenham has received instructions to sell, in the course of the next few days,thirty eight acres of the Glebe land situated between the estates ofGeorge Alien andGeorge Williams, Esqs. The whole is fenced and will be sold in allotments of aboutsix acres each of which ground plan and particulars are in preperetion".

Frederick Unwin purchased most of this land, including the study area, for a little over564 pounds (4). In January 1831 an indenture was made between Unwin and JohnWood for the sale of a portion of the property for 168 pounds. It included the studyarea (5). In 1834 Woods' son, John William, paid his father three hundred poundsand an annuity for life of 208 pounds for the property (6)

Because of a complicated arrangement of deposit and repayments of principal andinterest between the original purchaser and the Clergy and School Lands Corporationwhich had been passed on to each new owner Williams did not come into full title ofthe property until he paid the agent of the Corporation (which had been dissolved in1833) a balance of 175 pounds on his land. He was then granted title to a little overfour acres. The title was issued on 31 March 1856 (7).

Woods retained ownership of this property until the 1870s. Council rate valuations ofthe 1860s record that he had a house, grounds, cottage and orchard very close tothe study area closer to Glebe Point Road. It is likely that the study area was part ofa garden or the orchard being this close to the main residence. The position of hishouse is shown on a plan of 1845 which shows Hereford Street as "Woods Road".The study area is shown to be vacant of any buildings on this plan.

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Woods made a will in 1874 and appointed Trustees for his estate. He died in February1875 (8).

The Trustees subdivided the property and it was auctioned as the Glenwood Estate.On 27 November 1875 William Bull paid 320 pounds for lots 4 and 5 of the GlenwoodEstate (9). This encompassed both the present-day 53 and 55 Hereford Street.

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3.3 William Bull and Hereford House: 53 Hereford Street

William Bull was born in 1819 in Liverpool the son of a First Fleeter. In Glebe Bull issaid to have worked as a local wheelwright (1). By the time he built and occupiedHereford House he was listed in city directories as a Justice of the Peace or solicitor.

Bull appears to have used part of his land (the present No. 53) almost immediatelyto build a new, two-storey residence he called Hereford House. He is listed inoccupation by the mid-1870s in city directories and Council Rate assessments whichsimply describe his property as "house" (2). By 1889 it was home to six people (3).

The earliest survey plan of the property dates from 1888. It shows Hereford Housefenced off from the vacant block of 55 Hereford Street. It is fenced from its otherneighbour, a very large residence called "Lask" (now demolished). Between the two,from Hereford Street, was a passage running the full depth of Hereford House. Thehouse is shown to have a full width verandah both front and back with a small brickextension at one end of the back verandah. Behind the house, some distance fromit on the boundary fence with 55 Hereford Street, was a large brick-built stables. Thishad a brick WC at one end and galvanised iron shed at the other. No evidence oflandscape is recorded on this plan (4).

William Bull died in the early years of the new century and the Executors of his estatesold Hereford House to Alice Goldsmith and her husband William in 1909 (5). WilliamGoldsmith was a butcher. The improved capital value of their property was rated in1919 as 1700 pounds (6).

The Goldsmiths sold Hereford House to Alexander Levi in 1924 (7). Mr Levi leasedthe house to Ernest Arnold (8)..A survey plan of the property in 1926 shows that theout-buildings on the boundary with Kerribree had been extended by this date to theback fence. The galvanised iron shed had been more than doubled in size andabutting it and extending to the lane was another brick building. The water closetshad been transferred to a block that occupied almost all of the back fence leaving asmall gate between them and the brick shed on the boundary. Some extensions andchanges are also shown to have been made to the back of Hereford House.

Levi sold Hereford House in 1928 to Louise and Phillip Leonard (9). Sands Directorylistings show that Mr Arnold continued to lease the property at least until the early1930s. In 1951 the Leonards sold Hereford House to the McCormacks (10).

It has been claimed that McCormack, a Mayor of Glebe, occupied this house sincethe 1920s and used the premises as a transport depot in his capacity as a growers'agent. The stables at the rear of the property are claimed to have accommodateddraught horses which were used to transport produce from the railway at DarlingHarbour to the city markets. While the property may have been used in this way thereis no primary evidence to show an association between it and the McCormacks beforethe 1950s. Similarly the claim that there were two tennis courts at the rear of theproperty on which the champion Lew Hoad learnt to play may well be true but cannotfind support in any primary evidence (11).



The property was still in the ownership of Stephen Patrick McCormack and Sons PtyLtd when it was sold to the NSW College of Nursing in 1981.

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3.4 Joseph Leeds and Kerribree: 55 Hereford Street

From the time of his purchase of this allotment in 1875 until he sold it in 1888 WilliamBull appears to have made no use of the land. He sold the allotment in August 1888to Joseph Leeds for 840 pounds (1). A tender notice appeared in the Sydney MorningHerald of 6 September 1888 for "the erection ofa Villa Residence in Hereford StreetGlebe for J. Leeds Esq. " The tenders were to be addressed to the architect JohnKirkpatrick. Kirkpatrick was a well known architect responsible for many substantialprivate and public buildings including the Australia Club and pavilions at the SydneyCricket Ground.

The property appeared in Council's valuation assessments of 1889 as a house, butat that time unoccupied; it was probably still under construction (2). It was occupiedby 1890 but had not yet been named. By 1894 "Kerribree Villa" was listed in the rateassessments.

A surveyor's report was made of Kerribree in 1896. It stated that within the boundariesof the land was erected a two-storey brick house with a slate roof. The residence wasknown as "Kerribree". There was a lane twenty feet wide along the northern andwestern boundaries. The plan accompanying this report shows Kerribree with its longattached service wing behind and a single out-building being a fern house contiguousto the stables at the adjoining Hereford House (3). Anecdotal evidence of the twentiethcentury suggests that there was a well or more probably a tank behind the house.

There is no primary evidence for the appearance of Kerribree during the later yearsof the nineteenth century. The earliest photograph of the house, a part view of 1915,shows substantial trees or shrubs along the brick wall which extended along part ofthe boundary on Walsh Street. The front brick-built fence is part of the original designbut the majority of the present-day landscaping is of twentieth century origin.

Joseph Leeds died in 1897 (4). His family remained in the house until 1907. Fromthen until 1912 it was leased to Phillip Hart (1908), Edward Hennequin (1909-1910)and Charles Penhaligon (1911-1912). In 1912 Leeds' widow Phoebe sold it to TomRaine, Robert Dixson, Sir Alien Taylor,William Oakley and Herbert Easton for twothousand pounds (5). These men intended to convert the residence for use as animmigrant hostel (6). The proposal did not come to fruition and in 1913 the consortiumsold the property to the Fellows of the Congregational Church for 2050 pounds (7).


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Camden College owed its beginnings to the wealthy entrepreneur Thomas Holt. Bornin Yorkshire in 1811 he arrived in Australia in the 1840s and made a fortune fromsheep and wool. He diversified his interests and by the second half of the nineteenthcentury was one of the wealthiest men in NSW. He represented Moreton Bay in thefirst Parliament and became the first Colonial Treasurer in the new ministry.

Locally famous for his enormous mansion at Marrickville called The Warren, Holt wasmade responsible in the 1860s for supervising the newly introduced state primaryschool system. He had particular interests in the Congregationalists and made anoffer to them to fund the formation of a theological college. The first meeting to discussthis offer was held in the Pitt Street Congregational Church in 1863 (1). He offeredhis house at Newtown, Camden Villa, and its land for a grammar school andtheological college on a pound for pound basis and promised to waive four thousandpounds of the purchase price. A year later the funds were available (2). The collegebegan its work in 1864.

The first ten years of the collage were marked by increasing financial difficulties anddissension in the manner of its management. By 1876 it was in such decline that itwas decided to subdivide the land at Newtown and close the school. Theologicalstudents boarded out and attended classes in rented premises in the city (3). Theproperty was sold in 1880.

By the early years of the twentieth century the college wished to have a residentialcommunity within easy walking distance of the University of Sydney. Glebe was thefavoured location and it was decided to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the School bycommencing an appeal for purchasing Kerribree. It was stated that,

"the inconvenience of renting offices in the city for college purposes has long beenfelt to be great... the noise made study and lecturing difficult. Much time was wastedin passing to and from the university. The rent of the rooms was lately increased by25 percent and a further rise seemed probable. In July last the Council determinedto mark the Jubilee of the College...by securing permanent quarters. A house inHereford Street Glebe was purchased and it is to be enlarged by the addition of abuilding containing lecture room, library, students common room and eightbedrooms.When this is completed the College will be residential. Of the 4500 pounds requiredfor the scheme 1850 pounds has been promised and an appeal is now being madeto the Congregationalists of NSW for the balance. The Warden is now living in thehouse where also classes will be conducted until the new building is completed" (4).

In 1915 the accounts for the college stood at a cost of 4050 pounds for the premiseswith 131 pounds spent on repairs and another 181 pounds spent on alterations (5).It is likely that at this time the fern house adjoining Hereford House was demolished.

Almost immediately plans were put into effect to provide for student accommodationand additional facilities. The result of this work was the construction behind and somedistance from Kerribree of a two-storey brick building now known as the Katie Zepps



Library. The foundation stone of the building was laid on 30 July 1914 by the ReverendJ. D. Jones (6). It was completed by the end of the year.

The Annual Report of the College described it as having a lecture room capable ofseating about one hundred people, a library and a students' common room. Upstairswere study-bedrooms for eight students and a wide balcony with space for six beds."The rooms are lofty and well lighted and the building is fitted with many modemconveniences such as electric light and gas water heater; altogether it reflects greatcredit on the Honorary architects Messrs H.C. Kent and C.H. Slatyer" (7). A sketchof the building as it was first constructed appeared in the Annual Report for 1915. Itdemonstrates the great degree of change which has occurred in the succeeding yearswith respect to this building. The same report contains a photograph showing thebuilding behind a part view of Kerribree.

At this time the best available evidence for the college between these early years ofthe twentieth century and the 1950s is provided by oral history. By the 1930s - 1940sthe front garden of Kerribree was characterised by circular lawns with a perimeterplanting of roses. Edging tiles defined the gardens. The front of the house also hada display of hydrangeas and poinsettias.

Entrance to the back of the property along the western side of the house was barredby a wooden gate but the eastern side had a tiled path. At the back of the house weresmall gardens along the edge of the building that had plants such as sweet peas andgeraniums. Maidenhair ferns were grown in pots and asparagus fern close to theback door. There was a very substantial aviary housing fine specimens ofbudgerigars. Occasionally they were stolen.

The garage was at the back of the house and a path led to the students' building atthe back of the site. It was edged by a rockery. There were hibiscus plants aroundpart of the dormitory block. Beyond, to the back lane, was an overgrown area ofpittosporum. Near the dormitory was a cottage garden with plants such asdelphiniums and hollyhocks. It.also included several herbs used in the preparationof the college meals. There was a lemon tree and a peach tree. The present site ofthe demountable building was occupied by a lawn with a clothes line.

Many of the plants were purchased as seedlings from Grace Brothers or AnthonyHorderns along with other supplies for the college. Small items like extra bread orsoft drinks were purchased from a local corner shop.

The garden and grounds were added to and changed over the following years; severalof the trees such as the jacarandas and pepper tree probably date from the 1950s orlater.

The 1950s were a period of considerable renewal about the college. In 1957 it wasreported that,

"In June extensive renovations were begun. These have proved more considerablethan had been anticipated and have meant a big tinenciel outlay. The inside

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renovations to the Lodge are completed as well as repairs to the structure and roof.There has also been some work on the college premises by volunteer labour (8).

From this time until its sale in the 1970s the premises were subject to a steady streamof minor renovation programmes. For example, in 1958, the college building waspainted and the chapel was redecorated (9). In 1961 it was reported that essentialrepairs were effected and the exterior painted and the interior of the lodge was beingredecorated and new linoleum and carpet laid (10). In 1962 the path from the streetto the college was reconcreted and a car port was built at the same time (11). Thereappear to have been no major programmes of change or adaptation during the finalyears of the college's occupation of the site.

The property was purchased by the NSW College of Nursing in 1974 for $175,000(12).

Part view ofKerribree in 1915 with the newly-built dormitory behind

(Source: Camden College Manual and Annual Report 1915)



3.6 The NSW College of Nursing


Initial proposals to found a College of Nursing were made as early as 1927 but formaldiscussion to this end did not commence until 1938. In 1943 an expert committeewas formed to report on the need for reorganisation of the nursing profession. Theirrecommendations for the establishment of a Government College of Nursing werepresented in 1944 . In 1948 a plan was devised for separate and autonomous collegesof nursing to be established in each state all to be linked by a Federal Council. OnJanuary 5, 1949, a meeting of NSW nurses called for the immediate implementationof post-graduate levels of teaching. The NSW College of Nursing was formed as aresult of this action. It provided post graduate diploma and certificate courses fortrained nurses. The first courses commenced in March 1949 (1).

The College first purchased property in Glebe in 1955 . It was there at 58 and 36Alien Street that the college conducted most of its work until the 1970s. The collegepurchased Kerribree jn 1975. In 1977 an art exhibition was held to raise money forthe maintenance and restoration of the house. The Department of Public Worksundertook an assessment and devised a maintenance programme for the buildingearly in 1977. It was submitted to the Government for funding (2) and the work wascarried out soon after.

The Katie Zepps building, renamed thus by the College in honour of the formerPresident and first Executive Director of the College, was adapted to provide forclassrooms on the ground floor and a library above. More facilities, however, wererequired and in 1979 a four unit portable classroom known as the Pavilion waspurchased to provide additional classroom space and meeting places. This wasplaced at the back of Kerribree (3).

In June 1981 the College purchased the adjoining Hereford House and immediatelyrenovated it the work being funded by donations, fund raising efforts and a stateHeritage Council grant of $75,000 (4). The classroom at the back of Hereford Housewas placed there in 1985 and the garden was relandscaped at the same time. It isunclear when the earlier residential out-buildings were demolished but it is likely tohave been during this period.

Kerribree was repainted in 1988 and in 1991 the Katie Zepps building was completelyrenovated and given over entirely to library use.

The college has leased and purchased additional inner city properties at Annandaleand Balmain to cater for their needs during this time.



SECTION 4.0

ITHE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCE

4.1 Assessing the Resource


An assessment of the potential of a site to contain archaeological relics is anon-intrusive process. It relies on the evidence provided by archival sources, visualsurvey and, if available, geo-technical testing. Where appropriate it may draw fromthe results of archaeological investigations of comparable sites or those in the nearenvirons.

The historical or archival evidence for the evolution of this site has been presentedin the preceding section of this report. It is a not a particularly well documented placebut there is sufficient to acquire an appreciation of the principal periods ofdevelopment, their general extent and nature.

There is no geo-technical evidence available for this site. Very few excavations orinvestigations have been made of comparable sites in Glebe. A limited investigationof the back yard of the early nineteenth century residence of Lyndhurst wasundertaken in the early 1980s and this principally revealed evidence of relandscaping.More recently excavations have been carried out at the back of Tranby in Glebe PointRoad (c. 1870s). The work revealed that all evidence had been stripped from the siteto the B-horizon and new soil was introduced to prepare for a new landscape. Allevidence of out-buildings had been removed. Although both are residential sites theunique and individual histories of use of each and those of Hereford House andKerribree make comparisons relatively meaningless except in the general qualitiesand appearance of the local soil profiles.

The work undertaken at University Hall, at the intersection of Parramatta Road andGlebe Point Road, revealed a more complex archaeological profile of structuralevidence associated with the former hotel as well as early nineteenth centurybrick-making activity. As before, though, the very different history of use makescomparisons between the various sites of dubious value. In this case, too, theassociation of this land with the Archdeaconry Estate, which had a quite differenthistory of use and subdivision to the residential subdivision of the study area, as wellas its proximity to Parramatta Road means that comparison between thearchaeological evidence of this site and that of the possible resource contained withinthe study area would be largely invalid except in the general conclusions of originalsoil profile and, possibly, the initial European impact upon it.

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4.2 The Site


The site is approximately rectangular in shape with the shorter ends being to HerefordStreet and Wigram Lane. The two allotments have a combined area of 3285 squaremetres. There is a fall from the northern corner (Wigram Lane) to the southern cornerof approximately six metres. Both sites step down in terraces from the back to thefront with the building platforms of both Hereford House and Kerribree being lowerthan those of the out-buildings.

The majority of each allotment is occupied by nineteenth and twentieth centurybuildings. The remainder comprises paths, gardens, concrete surfaces and somelawn. The landscape has been remodelled on several occasions during the twentiethcentury. Some remnant nineteenth century elements remain in the front gardens ofboth houses. Both retain their original front fences, palisade for Hereford House andface-brick for Kerribree. The dividing fence between the two, paling during thetwentieth century, has been removed; a hedge provides some division between thetwo houses.

The land at the back of the Hereford House allotment giving access to Wigram Lanehas been formed into a car-park. There is access to a car-port behind Kerribree fromWalsh Avenue.

The front garden of Hereford House looking towards the front garden of Kerribree which is dividedfrom this property by the nineteenth century face-brick wall. The other landscape components arelargely a product of the twentieth century.



4.3 The Buildings

4.3.1 Hereford House


Hereford House is the first and only building to occupy this site. It was constructedduring 1875. It is set back from the street frontage by approximately 7.5 metres. It isa masonry, two-storey residential terrace constructed in the Victorian Filigree style.It has a single storey wing attached at the back which is original to the house.

There is a large amount of extant original fabric in the main part of the house includingplaster ceilings, cornices and fireplaces but it has been subject to several periodsand programmes of renovation. The house has been the subject of an inspection andanalysis for the purpose of the Heritage Impact Assessment and ConservationManagement Plan. The later nineteenth century date of the building, style of flooringand the changes made to the fabric of the house suggest that there is unlikely to bea sub-floor archaeological resource associated with the occupation of the place.

It is likely that the house had a well or tank close to it as a water supply but there isno visible evidence of this type of feature and no archival or other evidence to confirmor locate it.

The facade of Hereford House and the nineteenth century fence

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Rear facade of Hereford House with the service wing in the foreground."..

Behind Hereford House; there may be a well or tank in this area



4.3.2 Kerribree


Kerribree. also, is the first buildingto occupy this site and it retains its original envelopewith some alterations including a single-storey service wing attached at the back. Itwas constructed in 1888/89. The house is set back from the street by 7.5 metres. Itis a two-storey, masonry residential terrace constructed in the Victorian ItalianateFiligree style.

There is a substantial portion of extant original fabric in the main house includingplaster ceilings, cornices and fireplaces but it has been subject to several periodsand programmes of renovation. There is less original fabric in the service wing. Thehouse has been the subject of an inspection and analysis for the purpose of theHeritage Impact Assessment and Conservation Management Plan.

The later nineteenth century date of the building, style of flooring and the changesmade to the fabric of the house suggest that there is unlikely to be a sub-floorarchaeological resource associated with the occupation of the place.

Anecdotal evidence suggests that there is a well or tank close to the back of thebuilding. There is no visible evidence of this relic and no other source of evidence tomore precisely locate it.

Kerribree and its service wing behind from Wa/sh Avenue

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The back section ofKerribree

53 - 55 Hereford Street. Glebe

The service wing



4.3.3 Katie Zepps Library


This building is located behind Kerribree and towards the back of the allotment. It isa two-storey face brick structure which is rectangular in plan. It was constructed in1914 to serve as a student dormitory and to provide additional lecture space andother facilities for the theological college.

The building has been the subject of an independent assessment and analysis forthe Heritage Impact Assessment and Conservation Management Plan. This foundthat there is a considerable amount of extant original fabric inside the building butsome substantial changes have been made to the facade. Comparison between the1914 sketch and the current building confirms this analysis.

The building does not occupy the site of any known earlier building or use other thanas part of the back garden of Kerribree. The date, style of building and use suggestthat there is unlikely to be any sub-floor archaeological deposit.

The dormitory as it appeared when it was newly constructed

(Source: Camden College Manual and Annual Report 1915)



The Katie Zepps building



4.3.4 Class Rooms


The classroom behind Kerribree and the Katie Zepps Building close to the WigramLane boundary was added to the site in 1979.

The large L-shaped building behind Hereford House was placed there in 1985.', ....

Neither building occupies any known earlier use except as part 0

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4.4 Archaeological Sites

4.4.1 Hereford House


There are few visible elements that identify archaeological sites. The principal site isthat of the stables that once existed behind Hereford House and built on the boundarybetween it and Kerribree. The brick foundations of this building have been retainedand, along with a concrete slab, form the base of an outdoor seating area. The brickwall on the boundary of this building survives to almost full height. The only visibleevidence of any of the other out-buildings which are known to have occupied thisboundary or the back fence line is a single brick wall along the boundary with Kerribreeand partly along the Wigram Lane boundary which was the wall of the brick-buildingshown to have been added between the 1890s and 1920s. The brick wall of the WCblock forms part of the remainder of this boundary line. The ground surface at theback of the allotment in the area of these buildings has been levelled and concretedto form a car-park.

As discussed earlier it is likely that Hereford House had either or both a well or tankfor its water supply. There is no archival or anecdotal evidence to locate it althougha position close to the back of the house and the service wing would be likely.

View of the stables platfonn and wall that now forms part of a covered seating area



View ofremnant stables wall

View to Wigram Lane boundary and remnant

wall of an out-building added in the later 1890s

or early 1900s

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Views of the car-park, site of fanner out-buildings



4.4.2 Kerribree


There is no visible evidence of any sub-surface archaeological site at Kerribree. Thereis no evidence of the fern house which occupied land on the boundary contiguous tothe Hereford House stables. The site has not been reused but it has been landscaped.Anecdotal evidence suggests that Kerribree has a well or tank close to the back ofthe building. There is no visible evidence of its position.

View along the boundary, the area of the former fern-house



4.5 The Archaeological Profile


Archival evidence shows that the site has evolved through quite distinct periods ofhistorical association but few which are likely to have made any substantial additionto the site in the form of archaeological evidence. They may be summarised asfollows:

• a pre-settlement landscape characterised by tall timber which was graduallycleared from the 1790s to later 1820s. Some evidence may be retained in remnantsoil profiles of this vegetation and the methods of its removal being burning andstumping.

• associated with the Glebe lands but, apart from clearing, no evidence for any useor occupation and, thus, unlikely to leave a substantial trace within thearchaeological profile except, perhaps, evidence of erosion or weed growth duringits period of vacancy

• subdivision and sale during the later 1820s and early 1830s. The study area mayhave been part of an orchard or garden associated with John Wood's house whichwas located closer to Glebe Point Road. This may have left some evidence in thesoil profile of introduced species

• subdivision and sale in the 1870s leading to the construction of Hereford House.The house remains largely in its original envelope. There is unlikely to be asub-floor archaeological resource.

• the foundations and a substantial portion of one wall remain of stables built at thesame time as the house. (1875). There is no visible evidence of additions madeto either end of this building.

• brick-walls remain of a second out-building close to the stables and an 1890s orearly-twentieth century toilet block along the back lane. This area has beenlevelled and relandscaped. Some elements of the earlier buildings may be foundhere but they are likely to be considerably disturbed.

• Kerribree House constructed in 1888/9 remains largely within its originalenvelope. It is unlikely to have a sub-floor archaeological resource.

• there is no evidence of the only known out-building, a fern-house, and this sitehas been landscaped. Some evidence may remain but it is likely to be disturbed.There is no visible evidence of any other out-building.

• both Kerribree and Hereford House are likely to have tanks and/or wells close tothe back of the buildings.

• evidence of earlier landscape components such as paths or gardens is likely tobe contained within the site.

• there is unlikely to be substantial accumulations of artefacts.


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SECTION 5.0

ICULrURAL SIGNIFICANCE

5.1 Evaluation Criteria


"Heritage significance", "cultural significance" and "cultural value" are all terms usedto describe an item's value or importance to our own society. This value may becontained in the fabric of the item, its setting and its relationship to other items, theresponse that the item stimulates in those who value it now and in the historicalrecords that allow us to understand it in its own context. An assessment of what issignificant is not static. Significance may increase as more is learnt about the pastand as items become rare, endangered or are found to document and illustrateaspects that have acquired a new recognition of importance.

Determining cultural value is at the basis of all planning for places of historic value.A clear determination of significance permits informed decisions for future planningthat will ensure that the expressions of significance are retained, enhanced or at leastare minimally impacted upon. A clear understanding of the nature and degree ofsignificance will determine the parameters for and flexibility of any futuredevelopment.

An historical analysis provides the context for assessing significance. This analysisis presented in Section 3.0. An assessment of significance is made by applyingstandard evaluation criteria to the facts of the item's development and associations.These criteria are divided into two categories:

• Nature of Significance

• Comparative Significance

The four basic criteria used in the nature of significance category are those ofEvolution and Associations (Historic), Creative and Technical Accomplishment(Aesthetic), Community Esteem (Social) and Research Potential (Scientific).Comparative significance is assessed according to rarity or representative values.

Items have value if they meet at least one of the nature of significance criteria andare good examples of either or both of the comparative criteria.

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5.2 Assessment of Significance


An assessment of significance for the components of this place has been presentedin the heritage impact assessment and conservation management plan. Theconclusions of these assessments are summarised here and, where appropriate,amended or extended on the basis of the more complete historical evidencepresented in this report.

5.2.1 Nature of Significance

Historic Significance

The Heritage Impact Assessment notes the following aspects of historicalsignificance:

• that these sites comprise some of the earlier residential developments in this area;

• that Hereford House has particular associations with William Bull and StephenMcCormack, both prominent local figures;

• that the association of Kerribree with the theological college has limited historicalsignificance.

• that the history of use by the College of Nursing has limited historical significance

In addition, it may be added that:

• the site is one small part of the earliest European association with Glebe and itssubsequent history of subdivision and sale into increasingly small allotments istypical of the history of Glebe

• that the residential use, style of house and the economic bracket they representis characteristic for this part of Glebe during the later nineteenth century

• that the association of Kerribree with Camden College represents one part of along history of theological teaching and that this association is best exemplifiedby the Katie Zepps building. It demonstrates the scale and life of the college. Theimpact of the work of the college was felt most particularly outside Australia in thework of missionaries sent to, for example, Tonga and Fiji.

Creative or Technical Accomplishment

The Heritage Impact Assessment and Conservation Management Plan note thefollowing aspects of creative, aesthetic or technical significance:

• both houses are good examples of their late Victorian-period architectural styles(Victorian Filigree and Italianate Filigree)

• both houses contribute to a Victorian streetscape



• Kerribree is a largely intact example of the prominent architect John Kirkpatrick'swork

• the Katie Zepps Library was a utilitarian structure with minimal detailing and it hasbeen compromised by the degree of change made to it. This building does notcontribute to the streetscape.

In addition it may be added that:

• the utilitarian nature of the Katie Zepps buildings is likely to be expressive of boththe financial constraints and philosophy of the Congregationalists responsible forits construction.

Social Significance

The Heritage Impact Assessment and Conservation Management Plan note thefollowing aspect of social significance:

• that both houses are recognised by the local community as important contributorsto the streetscape.

In addition it may be added that:

• the houses were typical of the community which occupied this part of Glebe duringthe later years of the nineteenth century and is expressive of their position insociety and their aspirations and tastes.

Research Significance

The site is unlikely to contain a substantial and largely undisturbed archaeologicalresource. Some evidence may be found of the changes made to the landscape, wellsor tanks and disturbed fragments of buildings already known to exist. The evidencewhich may be exposed by future work is likely to add to existing information in quiteminor ways. It is unlikely to have potential for substantive interpretive or investigativevalues.

5.2.2 Comparative Significance

The archaeological evidence which may be contained within the study area is likelyto be limited, disturbed and unlikely to make a substantive contribution to extendingor amending existing information. The two houses are good examples of their typebut creatively and historically are representative rather than rare. The site hasrepresentative local significance and the archaeological resource low cultural value.



5.3 Statement of Significance


The study area is part of the four hundred acre Glebe granted in 1790, the firstEuropean association with this place. The history of subdivision into smallerresidential allotments from the 1820s onwards is typical Qf Glebe. Kerribree andHereford House are representative of the type of development associated with thispart of Glebe during the later years of the nineteenth century. They illustrate theeconomic status, aspirations and taste of those able to afford this land.

Both houses are good examples of their architectural styles, Victorian Filigree andItalianate Filigree, and make important contributions to the streetscape. The localcommunity values them for this reason. Kerribree is a largely intact example of thework of the well known architect John Kirkpatrick. Until the twentieth century bothwere exclusively used for residential purposes and Hereford House has particularassociations with Willliam Bull a prominent local figure.

Kerribree has a closer historical association with the Camden Theological College anineteenth century ministry which moved to Glebe in the early years of the twentiethcentury and remained there until the 1970s. The best expression of this period ofoccupation is the former dormitory, the Katie Zepps building. Its scale is indicative ofthe size of the student establishment engaged in studies and the limited architecturalqualities and utilitarian nature of this building are certainly representative of theserious purpose of the place and its financial standing. The building has beencompromised by the several programmes of adaptation and renovation which havebeen undertaken since it was built in 1914.

From the 1970s and 1980s these places have been associated with the NSWCollegeof Nursing. They are one of several places owned and rented by the College forteaching purposes and, thus, are contributory to the history of this institution althoughthey do not represent any particular milestone or significant development or changeassociated with it.

The archaeological evidence which may be contained within the study area is likelyto be limited, disturbed and unlikely to make a substantive contribution to extendingor amending existing information or more fully illustrating or explaining the historicalassociations of the place. Apart from its historical, aesthetic and community valuesthe study area is assessed to have a low degree of local cultural significance as anarchaeological or scientific resource.



SECTION 6.0

IIMPACT AND MANAGEMENT

6.1 The Proposal and Its Impact

The proposed development seeks to:


• resubdivide the land at 53 and 55 Hereford Street into three lots

• construct nineteen town houses and units with basement level car parking

• retain and refurbish Hereford House

• make alterations to Kerribree to provide for two residential dwellings within theexisting fabric

• demolish the demountable buildings

• retain and adapt the Katie Zepps building

• preserve the street-front gardens of the two houses

• remove of all but five trees in the rear part of the site.

The demolition and excavation associated with the redevelopment of the site willdisturb or remove all the known or likely areas of archaeological sensitivity.



6.2 Management of the Archaeological Resource


This analysis has identified that the proposed development is likely to disturb ordestroy archaeological evidence on this site. This evidence has been assessed tohave minimal value as a scientific or interpretive resource.

The provisions of the Heritage Act of NSW require management by those who willbe responsible for the destruction or disturbance of archaeological relics irrespectiveof their significance. !n this case that management should be limited to monitoringthe excavation of the site during its redevelopment and identify and record, ifnecessary, substantial archaeological relics or evidence which may be used to moreadequately describe the out-buildings and landscape. To do this it will be necessaryto apply for an Excavation Permit from the Heritage Council of NSW.

Application for a permit requires:

• the owners/managers of the site to provide two copies of the application formsigned by the owners, managers and archaeologist (both originals)

• a copy of the development plan showing the extent of excavation

• a copy of this assessment

• a separate document stating in more detail how the site will be recorded ormanaged for archaeological purpose and the objectives of that work with respectto the information which will be recorded. This is termed a "research design".

• a lodgement fee of $100 (cheque made payable to the Heritage Council of NSW).

Approval for a permit, which must be acquired before any excavation commences onsite, usually takes up to one month. The permit requires the owners to be responsiblefor curation of artefacts which may be retrieved from the site (cleaning, cataloguingand boxing). It requires the owners to nominate a repository in which artefacts will bestored (on-site is preferable, if possible). It requires the owners to submit completedocumentation of all archaeological work at the conclusion of he project to ensuresign-off on the permit.



SECTION 7.0

IDOCUMENTATION

7.1 Endnotes

Section 3.1


1. Ann Ross, Tribal and Linguistic Boundaries: A Reassessment of the Evidence, 44

2. Doug Benson and Jocelyn Howell, Taken for Granted the Bushland ofSydney andIts Suburbs, 44.

3. Quoted in Ibid., 42.

4. Quoted in Freda MacDonell, The Glebe Porlraits and Places, 2.

Section 3.2

1. Freda MacDonell, The Glebe Porlraits and Places, 2.

2. LTO, Primary Application 27472

3. LTO, Abstract of Title, Deposited Deeds Packet 40829.

4. Ibid.

5. Ibid.

6. Ibid. and LTO, Old Systems Book G No. 732.

7. LTO, Abstract of Title, Deposited Deeds Packet 40829.

8. Ibid.

9. Ibid.



Section 3.3

1. The Glebe Society, Historic Glebe.


2. Glebe Municipal Council, Inner Ward Glebe Rate Assessment 1876

3. Ibid., 1889

4. Sydney Vvater, Sheet 21 Glebe Survey of3 October 1888. PWD FB 1505.

5. LTO, Old Systems Book 894 No. 200.

6. Glebe Municipal Council, Valuation Book Municipality ofGlebe for Triennial PeriodCommencing 1 January 1917-1919.

7. LTO, Old Systems Book 1333 No. 331.

8. LTO, Primary Application 27472

9. LTO, CT Volume 4141 Folio 172.

10. Ibid.

11..The Glebe Society, Historic Glebe.

Section 3.4

1. LTO, Old Systems Book 396 No. 610

2. Glebe Municipal Council, Inner Ward Glebe Rate Assessments 1889

3. LTO, Deposited Deeds Packet 40829

4. LTO Old Systems Book 976 No. 561

5. Ibid.

6. LTO, Old Systems Book 1006 No. 868

7. Ibid.



Section 3.5

1. John Garrett and L. W. Farr, Camden College a Centenary History, 4

2. Ibid., 5

3. Ibid. 16

4. Quoted in ibid, 35

5. Manual and Annual Report Camden College 1915, 11

6. John Garrett and L. W. Farr, Camden College a Centenary History, 35

7. Manual and Annual Report Camden College 1915, 11

8. Manual and Annual Report Camden College 1958

9. Ibid.



12. LTO, Old Systems Book 3177 No 608).

Section 3.6

1. The NSW College of Nursing, History and Background

2. Annual Report NSW College of Nursing 1977,14

3. The NSW College of Nursing, The History of Kerribree

4. The NSW College of Nursing, The History of Hereford House



7.2Bibliography

7.2.1 Books and Reports

Graeme AplinSydney Before Macquarie: A Difficult InfantNSW University Press. 1988.


Doug Benson and Jocelyn HowellTaken for Granted the Bushland of Sydney and Its SuburbsKangaroo Press. 1995.

Camden CollegeManual and Annual Reports 1915 - 1962

John Garrett and L. W. FarrCamden College a Centenary HistoryCamden College. 1964.

The Glebe SocietyHistoric Glebe.

Freda MacDonellThe Glebe Portraits and PlacesUre Smith. 1975.

Max Kelly and Ruth CrokerSydney Takes Shape.Doak Press. 1978.

NSW College of NursingAnnual Reports

Perumal Murphy WuHeritage Assessment and Statement of Heritage Impact 53 -55 Hereford StreetGlebe. 1999.

Bernard and Kate SmithThe Architectural Character of Glebe SydneyUniversity of Sydney Press. 1973.



7.2.2 Journal and News Articles


Ann RossTribal and Linguistic Boundaries: A Reassessment of the EvidenceSydney Before Macquarie: A Difficult Infant, 42-53

J.F. Campbell"Notes on the Early History of the Glebe"Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Societv Volume 15 1929 pp 298 -306

Tender Notice for KerribreeSydney Morning Herald 6 September 1888

Notice re auction of Glebe landsThe Australian 22 July 1829

7.2.3 Land, Property and Council Records

Glebe Municipal CouncilValuation Books, Municipality of Glebe for Triennial Period Commencing 1 January1917 and 1 January 1920Sydney City Archives CRS 665

Glebe Municipal CouncilInner Ward Glebe Rate Assessments 1868-1900Sydney City Council Archives A92/124 Reel 5 Part 20

NSW Land Titles OfficePrimary Application 27472Deposited Deeds Packet 40829Old Systems Book 804 Folio 200Old Systems Book 894 Folio 201Old Systems Book 1100 Folio 515Old Systems Book 1103 Folio 538Old Systems Book 1333 Folio 330,331Old Systems Book 3177 Folio 608,609Old Systems Book 396 Folio 610Old Systems Book 411 Folio 73Old Systems Book 576 Folio 824Old Systems Book 597 Folio 532Old Systems Book 976 Folio 561Old Systems Book 1006 Folio 868Old Systems Book 3214 Folio 88Old Systems Book 3741 Folio 334Old Systems Book 3710 Folio 675


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Sands and KenneyCity and,Suburban Directory 1858 - 1932

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The NSW College of NursingHistory arid Background

The NSW College of NursingThe History ofHereford House

The NSW College of NursingThe History of Kerribree

The NSW College of NursingKatie Zepps Library Building


Oral history: Warwick Betteridge to Chris Betteridge January 1999

7.2.5 Maps and Plans

Plan of the Glebe Lands at Sydney (ND)SAONSW AO Map 1812

J. ArmstrongThe Forest Lodge Allotments on the Parramatta Road adjoining the Archdeaconryand near the City Boundary to be sold by auction by Mr Stubbs 10 April 1845ML M2 811.1823/1845/1

Sydney WaterSheet 21 Glebe Survey of 3 October 1888PWD FB 1505

NSW Department of LandsMetropolitan Detail Series The Glebe Sheet 211889MLM Ser4811.17/1

Plan ofpart of 5 a Or4 p Grant to H. Bradley 1926LTO, FP 77472

Deed plan ofKerribreeDP 745043


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