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2440194

SHI Number

Sutherland Heritage Inventory

Item Name: Beckton Recreational Group

Location: 20-24 Beckton Place, Lilli Pilli [Sutherland]

State Heritage Inventory Study Number

B237

Current Use:

Former Uses:

Statement of Significance:

Seawall evidences reclamation and permissive occupancy of crown land since early

Twentieth Century. The group has significance for its ability to interpret a lost connection

with Beckton house, a grand residential estate. The site has the ability to evoke the early

character of the precinct. The place has identified associations with significant persons,

McCulloch and Bush. The site retains its naturally evolved estuarine environment. The

group is a landmark along the waterfront. The buildings are a good example of the re-

creational group of a grand residential estate typology. The structures exemplify the use of

locally quarried stone. The dressing shed, although reconstructed is a rare example. The

tidal pool is a rare, intact substantial example.

Historical Notes

or Provenance:Two undated subdivision plans of Carinya Estate and Sea Breeze Estate Cronulla (sic) were

of land that was not on the waterfront. These indicate the identity, however, of a number of

the residents at Lilli Pilli Point at this time. This spot, with its elevated incomparable views of

Port Hacking, was also, as indicated by the location of a government wharf, a point of

access for residents and holiday makers on the southern shore of Port Hacking. There was a

regular boat service to Simpson's Hotel at Bonnie Vale and to other properties bordering the

National Park.

(Extracted from: Pauline Curby, Sutherland Shire Foreshore Study Thematic History, 1998)

Estuarine Landscape

From the earliest years of settlement the native timber was cut out. Clearing proceeded from

the time of Holt in the 1860s, first for farming and later for suburban development. Only the

steep sandstone valleys have managed to survive relatively untouched.

Endorsed Significance:Assessed Significance: Local

Item Type: Built Category: Boat shedGroup: Transport - Water

Admin Codes: Code 2: Code 3:

Curtilage/Boundary:

Owner:

Other/Former Names: B237

Area/Group/Complex: Foreshore Group ID:

Aboriginal Area:

Local Govt Area: Sutherland

DUAP Region: Sydney South

Historic region: Sydney

Address: 20-24 Beckton Place

Suburb / Nearest Town: Lilli Pilli 2229

State: NSW

Parish:

County:

Date: 20/02/2013 Page 1 Full Report with Images

State Heritage Inventory

This report was produced using the Heritage Database Software provided by the Heritage Branch, NSW Department of Planning.

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B237

The Grand Residential Estate Post 1900 Freehold

More pretentious homes were built after 1900 when the Holt Sutherland Estate Act, which

allowed lessees to convert their land to freehold, was passed.

(Pauline Curby, Sutherland Shire Foreshore Study Thematic History, 1998)

Boating, Fishing, Bathing

The traditional waterside ensemble of boatsheds, baths and skids or ramps has been a part

of the Port Hacking landscape for a century.

The practice of saltwater bathing became popular in the late 19th and early 20th century.

Health was one of the principal motivations,

“Sea water […] has a much greater tonic effect than fresh water,” writes one advocate in

1917, "This is exerted through the skin and nerve endings and through them through the

entire body”.

(G.F. Bowers, Bathing for Health, 1917, p. 34)

In the late 19th and early 20th century, Australians were embracing saltwater bathing for

health and pleasure, Saltwater bathing still required privacy and colonial legislation forbade

daylight bathing. Private saltwater baths, especially in inland waterways, were one response

to the pleasures of bathing and the modesty of the era.

Saltwater baths in the Port Hacking area are commonly constructed of sandstone rubble to

form two groynes or extensions perpendicular to the shoreline. Once the stone groynes are

constructed, the baths are enclosed with a shark-proof metal mesh or timber fencing.

Traditional boat sheds and weekenders on Port Hacking are timber structures built at the

high tide line and incorporate boat skids and bathing enclosures. While their construction is

often provisional, they incorporate local sandstone in forming footings, retaining walls or

berms for bathing enclosures.

Boathouses along the shore are typically constructed of lightweight timber materials for ease

of transport and assembly. They are generally casually constructed and may not have

required professional carpenters and/or builders for their construction. Weatherboard seems

to be the predominant material for cladding the exterior of boathouses in this region.

The typical boat ramps and/or skids in the Port Hacking area appear to be timber for ease of

boat movement. More sophisticated boat ramps using iron rails are more commonly

associated with boat yards or repair locations.

Becton’ was built in the first decade of this century on approximately 17 acres of land

acquired in the first subdivision of Lilli Pilli by the Holt Sutherland Estate. The land holding

fronted both Lilli Pilli Road and Gannons Bay Road, with outlooks towards Gymea and Royal

National Park. The original owner was the Chief Engineer of the Australian Gas Light

Company, Thomas James Bush. He acquired a 56 year lease in 1899, and purchased the

freehold in 1913. The house he constructed, while built of brick in the Federation style, was

largely used as a weekender or holiday house.




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Bush named the block after the Beckton Gas Works in the East End of London where he had

worked before coming to Australia. The house and land were let in 1913 by Bush’s executor

to A. Sidney MacCulloch who, in 1922, purchased the property. The property then passed,

by will, to A. S. MacCulloch’s nephew Dr H. T. C. MacCulloch. The present owner, Miss A.

M. H. MacCulloch is the daughter of Dr H. T. C. MacCulloch, thus maintaining an unbroken

family occupation of the house for over 80 years.

The house was extensively altered by Dr MacCulloch in the early 1940’s and again in the

1960’s and early 1970’s.

Until the subdivision of the estate in the 1960’s, the property was maintained as a small

holding with an improved area of some 3-4 acres around the house laid out in kitchen

gardens, flower beds and a grazing area for a cow and sheep. The rest of the property

remained as bushland.

Dr H. T. C. MacCulloch and his two daughters, Marion and Allison, lived at ‘Becton’ during

the 1950’s, and the large vegetable and fruit garden, the tank stands, the various

outbuildings – coolhouse, boatshed, bathing shed, garage – and the traces of a cow

paddock, all spoke of another era when this was not part of metropolitan Sydney, and any

residence had to be relatively self sufficient.

The estate was subdivided for housing during the latter part of the 1960s.

The 1930 aerial photograph shows ‘Becton’ the boathouse, shed, pool and jetty as the only

development on the foreshore of Lilli Pilli Point original.. The boatshed, changing shed,

sandstone tidal swimming pool and jetty are shown in the 1959 survey. The dressing shed

is a 1980s replacement of the original.

Physical Description:

Designer:

Maker / Builder:

Year Started: 1899 Year Completed: 1913 Circa: Yes

Themes: National Theme State Theme Local Theme

1. Environment Environment - naturally evol Estuarine Landscape

4. Settlement Accommodation (Housing) The Grand Residential Estate Post 190

4. Settlement Land tenure Reclamation and Permissive Occupanc

8. Culture Domestic life (new theme) Early Twentieth Century occupation of t

8. Culture Leisure Boating, Fishing, Swimming

9. Phases of Life Persons MacCulloch and Bush Family




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B237

Physical Description: A single storeyboathouse and change shed and pool in an estuarine, bushland setting that

has retained its historic context. The buildingsare built forward of Foreshore Building Line.

The boatshed is built on a sandstone basecourse. The site has seawall of sandstone block,

tidal pool, timber jetty and pontoon and stone ramp. The site is informally landscaped and

features mature trees, indigenous vegetation and lawn and provides an appropriate setting

for the structure. The façades present simple symmetrical elevations and areclad in

weatherboard with a paint finish. The roofs are gabled with a steep pitch and have close

exposed eaves. The roofs are clad in corrugated sheet metal and feature timber finials. The

doors are centrally located and are timber boarded. Fenestration comprises vertically

proportioned timber windows with sash.

The interior was not inspected.

Physical Condition: The building appears to be in goodcondition.

Modification Dates: Alterations and Additions include:

•Lean to on side of changing shed.

•Glazing above door to changing shed.

Recommended

Management:B237 – 20-24 Beckton Place, Lilli Pilli – (Beckton boatshed, pool & outbuiding}

The following elements, which contribute to the significance of the item, should be protected:

The bush setting, the grouping, simple gabled form of the building, the roof form, the wall

finishes, the boarded door, the seal wall and tidal pool.

The group is above the threshold for inclusion in the Heritage Schedule of the LEP.

The following items should be included in the Heritage Listing:

The boatshed, changing shed, tidal pool, sea wall.

The following items should be excluded from the Heritage Listing:

The jetty and pontoon, concrete stairs.

Further Comments:

Criteria a) Seawall evidences reclamation and permissive occupancy of crown land since early

Twentieth Century.

The group has significance for its ability to interpret a lost connection with Beckton house, a

grand residential estate.

The site has the ability to evoke the early character of the precinct.

The site retains its naturally evolved estuarine environment.

Criteria c) The site retains its naturally evolved estuarine environment.

The group is a landmark along the waterfront.

The buildings are a good example of the re-creational group of a grand residential estate

typology.

Criteria d)

Criteria b) The place has identified associations with significant persons, McCulloch and Bush.

Management: Statutory Instrument List on a Local Environmental Plan (LEP)




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B237

Custom Field One:

References:

Studies:

Listings:

Date Updated: 28/10/2011 Status: CompletedDate First Entered: 30/05/2001Data Entry:

Criteria d)

Criteria e)

Criteria g)

Criteria f) The structures exemplify the use of locally quarried stone.

The dressing shed, although reconstructed is a rare example.

The tidal pool is a rare, intact substantial example.

Integrity / Intactness: High

The building is highly intact

Custom Field Two:

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Latitude: Longitude:

AMG Zone: Easting: Northing:

Map Name: Map Scale:

Spatial Accuracy:Location validity:

Author Title Year

Paul Davis Sutherland Foreshore Heritage Study 1997

Sutherland Shire Council Lands Information Unit

Aerial Photography 1930, 1942-3, 1955, 1961, 1970, 1978, 1984, 1994, 2001, 2006

Author Title YearNumber

Architectural Projects Pty Ltd - Jennifer Hill - Elizabeth Gibson

Sutherland Shire Foreshore Heritage Study Review

2010B237

Name: Date:Number:Title:

Local Environmental Plan 15/12/2000

Parcel Code LotNumber Section Plan Code Plan Number

LOT 100 DP 560954




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2440009

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Item Name: Waterfront Cottage

Location: 47 Taloombi Street, Cronulla [Sutherland]


B283

Current Use:

Former Uses:


Evidences the subdivision of the Gunnamatta Bay Subdivision 1895, 1912. Evidences

settlement following the subdivision and sale of the Gunnamatta Bay Subdivision 1895, 1912

spurred by tramline to Cronulla 1911/1939. The structure evidences the development of

Cronulla as a resort in the early twentieth century. The site has the ability to evoke the early

character of the precinct. The building contains detailing of the Federation style. The

building is a good example of the typology waterfront cottage. The location of the building

on the beachfront is now unusual. The building is a rare example of early twentieth century

construction.

Historical Notes or Provenance:

While most of the land east of the Woronora River was held by the Holt Sutherland Estate

Land Company Ltd., which delayed settlement, an important exception was South Cronulla.

This government reserve for defence purposes was released for subdivision in 1895 and the

'Village of Gunnamatta' was proclaimed in 1899. At this time Cronulla was shaking off the

image of a fishing spot and haven for shell gritters, as leisure patterns changed. It was on its

way to becoming a resort.

(Extracted from: Pauline Curby, A Thematic History of the Sutherland Shire, Sutherland

Shire Heritage Study 1993)

Long before the opening of the tramline Cronulla was called, in 1904, 'the Manly of the

southern side of Sydney'.' Not only holiday makers but also families were becoming

permanent settlers. Shire councillor and boat-builder, John Hill, claimed in 1909 that

'Cronulla is alive with children'. Cronulla Public School opened in 1910 to cater for these

children. In South Cronulla it was reported that 'hundreds of houses have gone up - not

merely summer seaside boxes, but substantially built villa residences'.


Item Type: Built Category: CottageGroup: Transport - Water


Curtilage/Boundary:

Owner:



Aboriginal Area:




Address: 47 Taloombi Street

Suburb / Nearest Town: Cronulla 2230

State: NSW

Parish:

County:




2440009

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B283



A steamer service operated into Port Hacking for a few years, but was abandoned when

land transport became more reliable. When the Sutherland to Cronulla tramway was under

construction in 1910 material was brought by cargo ships to the wharf in Gunnamatta Bay.

David Kirkby wrote that this was the impetus for establishing a steamer service between

Sydney Harbour and Cronulla. The building of the Salmon Haul ocean wharf at South

Cronulla in 1919 was an attempt to bring Port Hacking into the ambit of the coastal shipping

trade. This exposed position seems an odd place to build a wharf. It was an attempt,

however, to avoid the shallow waters of Gunnamatta Bay. The wharf, which was

predominantly constructed with tourists in mind, was an expensive fiasco. The North Coast

Steam Navigation Company (NCSNC) which operated the service, and had contributed to

the cost of the wharf, found that the service did not pay. After a few months local people,

who had hoped that they would be inundated with tourists, were badly disappointed. The

boats did not stop at the new wharf, but after coming into the port steamed straight back out.

The NCSNC claimed that the wharf could only be safely used in calm weather. This may

have been only an excuse to downgrade a service.



The subdivision of the South Cronulla peninsula in 1895 had a dramatic effect on patterns of

settlement in the district. This government reserve, south of Yowie Street (now Surf Road

and the boundary of the Holt-Sutherland Estate), was first offered for sale in September

1895. At this auction Cridland maintained, 'most of the Gunnamatta Bay frontages were sold,

as well as the four blocks [Lots 223 to 226] offered on the ocean front'. A second auction

was held in January 1897. This plan shows several reserved areas (for parks and public

buildings) and seven acres at Hungry Point, reserved for defence purposes. The plan for the

third auction, held in April 1900 shows a modification of the reserves. At this point they take

on their present shape. 'In the interim, the Village ofGunnamatta had been gazetted on 25

November, 1899. What had simply been known, as Cronulla Beach, was now officially a

village. The following year legislation was passed that allowed Holt-Sutherland Estate

tenants to convert their leases to freehold. An upsurge in building activity was the result.

A plan for the sale of town lots in 1900 in the newly created Village of Gunnamatta, indicates

that a complex of maritime structures had been built, or were under construction, on the

eastern side of the head of Gunnamatta Bay. The squatters' huts were still there and their

numbers may in fact have increased. In 1902 when these lots were offered for sale again

there is no evidence of any of these buildings (except for the wharf complex). The Zinna

Street (now Tonkin Street) blocks for sale fronting Gunnamatta Bay had by this time all been

reduced in size to allow for a roadway 'of variable width' which permitted access to the

reserve that had been created where the complex of maritime structures was located.

(Extracted from: Pauline Curby, Sutherland Shire Heritage Study)

Cronulla was described, in 1904, as ‘the Manly of the southern side of Sydney'. There were

now not only holiday makers, but also families taking up permanent residence. In South

Cronulla it was reported that 'hundreds of houses have gone up - not merely summer

seaside boxes, but substantially built villa residences'. The Heart o' Cronulla Estate,

subdivided in 1908, illustrates this trend. The substantial houses overlooking the ocean in




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B283

what was locally known as the Doctors' Corner, have all gone now - replaced in the post-war

years by units.


Some of the original buyers of land in South Cronulla subdivided their large blocks. In 1914,

for example, eight acres (lots 262, 263 and 264) 18 near the fish hatcheries were

subdivided. The advertisements for this and another subdivision in 1912 both emphasised

the proximity of the tramline, which terminated in Shelly Park. This latter subdivision shows,

in addition to other residences, the location of three Nicholson Parade houses overlooking

Gunnamatta Bay. In 1915 seventy new buildings were erected in Cronulla. The population

was 1500 and, it was reported, 'as a watering place its popularity is growing with each

season. There is a strong demand for building lots'.


Several subdivision plans of the inter-war years show land on Gunnamatta Bay subdivided to

high water mark, right down to the 'white sandy bathing beach’.


Subdivision Of Cronulla Peninsula

The opening of the Sutherland-Cronulla tramline in 1911 precipitated a rash of subdivisions

along the route. A 1917 topographical map of Sutherland Shire reveals the main patterns of

settlement. By this time there was extensive building at Cronulla and, on a smaller scale, at

Sutherland.


Early subdivision followed the railway. Little development occurred beyond Sutherland,

however. The first suburban boom occurred at Cronulla just prior to the First World War. At

first holiday homes and weekenders predominated but the settlement soon became

permanent. Development gradually spread out along the tramline, and then out towards the

foreshores. Growth was assisted by the provision of electricity (from 1917), water from the

Woronora Dam (1931) and sewerage (from 1952).

(Sutherland Shire Heritage Study, 1993)

Part of 300 acres reserved for Military uses, notified 24 December, 1861, subdivided as the

Gunnamatta Bay Subdivision in 1895. Re-subdivided in 1912 as the Gunnamatta Bay

Estate, Cronulla. The subject site is Lot 19 of the 1912 subdivision. The structure is evident

on the 1930 aerial photograph and is the only building on the Lot until 1961. The owner

advised Council that the original structure was built c.1910-1915.


4. Settlement Land tenure Subdivision of Cronulla Peninsula

4. Settlement Land tenure Subdivision of Estates


8. Culture Leisure Cronulla Beach Resort




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B283

Physical Description: A single storey freestanding cottage that dates from c.1910-15 in a beach / suburban setting

that has lost its historic context. The building is built forward of the Foreshore Building Line.

The site has a contemporary metal palisade fence. The site is informally landscaped and

features palms and ferns. The façade presents a simple elevation and is clad in

weatherboard and fibro with a paint finish. The roof is hipped. The roof is clad in corrugated

sheet metal and features timber finial at rear. A verandah wraps around the building and

has a straight profile. It is clad in corrugated sheet metal with timber boarded infill.

Fenestration comprises fixed glass and timber sliding windows with coloured glass highlights

to verandah infill and timber sliding doors with sidelights behind.


Physical Condition: The building appears to be in good condition.


•Early verandah infill

•Timber sliding doors

•Pergola / lattice

Designer:

Maker / Builder:


Recommended Management:


The beach setting, the landscaped backdrop, the form of the building and the roof form /

finishes.

The building is above the threshold for inclusion in the Heritage Schedule of the LEP.


The cottage


The fencing, pergola / lattice to north, removal of fencing, pergola / lattice to north desirable

Ideally, the residential use of the building should continue.

Alterations should be restricted to thepreviously altered fabric.

No further additions.

Further Comments:

Management:




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Custom Field One:

References:

Studies:

Listings:

Further Comments:

Criteria a) Evidences the subdivision of the Gunnamatta Bay Subdivision 1895, 1912.

Evidences settlement following the subdivision and sale of the Gunnamatta Bay Subdivision

1895, 1912 spurred by tramline to Cronulla 1911/1939.

The structure evidences the development of Cronulla as a resort in the early twentieth

century.


Criteria c) The building contains detailing of the Federation style.

The building is a good example of the typology waterfront cottage.

Criteria d)

Criteria e)

Criteria g)

Criteria f) The location of the building on the beachfront is now unusual.

The building is a rare example of early twentieth century construction.

Integrity / Intactness: High to medium.

The building is substantially intact.

Custom Field Two:

Custom Field Three:

Criteria b)

Parcels:





Author Title Year



Aerial Photography 1930, 1942-5, 1955, 1970, 1978, 1984, 1994, 2001, 2006.




2010B283




LOT 19 DP 6875




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Item Name: Cottage



B284

Current Use:

Former Uses:


Evidences the original subdivision of the Cronulla Evanal Estate. Evidences settlement

following the subdivision and sale of the Evanal Estate - 1920 spurred by tramline/railway to

Cronulla 1911. The structure evidences the development of Cronulla as a resort in the early

twentieth century. The site has the ability to evoke the early character of the precinct. The

building contains detailing of the Interwar style; The building is a good example of the

typology waterfront cottage. The location of the building on the beachfront is now unusual.

Rare example of pre World War II beachfront construction.

Historical Notes

or Provenance:While most of the land east of the Woronora River was held by the Holt Sutherland Estate

Land Company Ltd., which delayed settlement, an important exception was South

Cronulla.This government reserve for defence purposes was released for subdivision in

1895 and the 'Village of Gunnamatta' was proclaimed in 1899. At this time Cronulla was

shaking off the image of a fishing spot and haven for shell gritters, as leisure patterns

changed. It was on its way to becoming a resort.



Long before the opening of the tramline Cronulla was called, in 1904, 'the Manly of the

southern side of Sydney'.' Not only holiday makers but also families were becoming

permanent settlers. Shire councillor and boat-builder, John Hill, claimed in 1909 that

'Cronulla is alive with children'. Cronulla Public School opened in 1910 to cater for these

children. In South Cronulla it was reported that 'hundreds of houses have gone up - not

merely summer seaside boxes, but substantially built villa residences'.



Item Type: Built Category: CottageGroup: Transport - Water


Curtilage/Boundary:

Owner:



Aboriginal Area:




Address: 53 Taloombi Street

Suburb / Nearest Town: Cronulla 2230

State: NSW

Parish:

County:




2440010

SHI Number


Item Name: Cottage



B284


A steamer service operated into Port Hacking for a few years, but was abandoned when

land transport became more reliable. When the Sutherland to Cronulla tramway was under

construction in 1910 material was brought by cargo ships to the wharf in Gunnamatta Bay.

David Kirkby wrote that this was the impetus for establishing a steamer service between

Sydney Harbour and Cronulla. The building of the Salmon Haul ocean wharf at South

Cronulla in 1919 was an attempt to bring Port Hacking into the ambit of the coastal shipping

trade. This exposed position seems an odd place to build a wharf. It was an attempt,

however, to avoid the shallow waters of Gunnamatta Bay. The wharf, which was

predominantly constructed with tourists in mind, was an expensive fiasco. The North Coast

Steam Navigation Company (NCSNC) which operated the service, and had contributed to

the cost of the wharf, found that the service did not pay. After a few months local people,

who had hoped that they would be inundated with tourists, were badly disappointed. The

boats did not stop at the new wharf, but after coming into the port steamed straight back out.

The NCSNC claimed that the wharf could only be safely used in calm weather. This may

have been only an excuse to downgrade a service.



The subdivision of the South Cronulla peninsula in 1895 had a dramatic effect on patterns of

settlement in the district. This government reserve, south of Yowie Street (now Surf Road

and the boundary of the Holt-Sutherland Estate), was first offered for sale in September

1895. At this auction Cridland maintained, 'most of the Gunnamatta Bay frontages were sold,

as well as the four blocks [Lots 223 to 226] offered on the ocean front'. A second auction

was held in January 1897. This plan shows several reserved areas (for parks and public

buildings) and seven acres at Hungry Point, reserved for defence purposes. The plan for the

third auction, held in April 1900 shows a modification of the reserves. At this point they take

on their present shape. 'In the interim, the Village ofGunnamatta had been gazetted on 25

November, 1899. What had simply been known, as Cronulla Beach, was now officially a

village. The following year legislation was passed that allowed Holt-Sutherland Estate

tenants to convert their leases to freehold. An upsurge in building activity was the result.

A plan for the sale of town lots in 1900 in the newly created Village of Gunnamatta, indicates

that a complex of maritime structures had been built, or were under construction, on the

eastern side of the head of Gunnamatta Bay. The squatters' huts were still there and their

numbers may in fact have increased. In 1902 when these lots were offered for sale again

there is no evidence of any of these buildings (except for the wharf complex). The Zinna

Street (now Tonkin Street) blocks for sale fronting Gunnamatta Bay had by this time all been

reduced in size to allow for a roadway 'of variable width' which permitted access to the

reserve that had been created where the complex of maritime structures was located.


Cronulla was described, in 1904, as ‘the Manly of the southern side of Sydney'. There were

now not only holiday makers, but also families taking up permanent residence. In South

Cronulla it was reported that 'hundreds of houses have gone up - not merely summer

seaside boxes, but substantially built villa residences'. The Heart o' Cronulla Estate,

subdivided in 1908, illustrates this trend. The substantial houses overlooking the ocean in

what was locally known as the Doctors' Corner, have all gone now - replaced in the post-war




2440010

SHI Number


Item Name: Cottage



B284

years by units.


Some of the original buyers of land in South Cronulla subdivided their large blocks. In 1914,

for example, eight acres (lots 262, 263 and 264) 18 near the fish hatcheries were

subdivided. The advertisements for this and another subdivision in 1912 both emphasised

the proximity of the tramline which terminated in Shelly Park. This latter subdivision shows,

in addition to other residences, the location of three Nicholson Parade houses overlooking

Gunnamatta Bay. In 1915 seventy new buildings were erected in Cronulla. The population

was 1500 and, it was reported, 'as a watering place its popularity is growing with each

season. There is a strong demand for building lots'.


Several subdivision plans of the inter-war years show land on Gunnamatta Bay subdivided to

high water mark, right down to the 'white sandy bathing beach’.


Subdivision Of Cronulla Peninsula

The opening of the Sutherland-Cronulla tramline in 1911 precipitated a rash of subdivisions

along the route. A 1917 topographical map of Sutherland Shire reveals the main patterns of

settlement. By this time there was extensive building at Cronulla and, on a smaller scale, at

Sutherland.


Early subdivision followed the railway. Little development occurred beyond Sutherland,

however. The first suburban boom occurred at Cronulla just prior to the First World War. At

first holiday homes and weekenders predominated but the settlement soon became

permanent. Development gradually spread out along the tramline, and then out towards the

foreshores. Growth was assisted by the provision of electricity (from 1917), water from the

Woronora Dam (1931) and sewerage (from 1952).

(Sutherland Shire Heritage Study, 1993)

Part of 300 acres reserved for Military uses, notified 24 December, 1861, subdivided as the

Gunnamatta Bay Subdivision in 1895. Re-subdivided in 1920 as the Cronulla Evanal

Estate. The subject site is Lot 7 of the 1920 subdivision. The 1930 aerial photograph shows

the structure extant. The pattern of development of that time was waterfront cottages. The

structure was the only building on the site until the late 1960’s when another house was built

near the street. In 1965, owner G. H. Middleton applied to build a new house on the Lot. At

that time there was the subject structure, which he describes as ‘a building mainly of stone,

tiled roof built as a boatshed, but converted into a residence comprising a living room,

enclosed verandah and bathroom’, a boatshed and a 2 room shack. In 1966, a 2 room, fibro

structure behind the boathouse was demolished in accordance with Council conditions. The

boatshed was demolished in the 1970’s. Additions to the rear were approved in 2001.


4. Settlement Land tenure Subdivision of Cronulla Peninsula





2440010

SHI Number


Item Name: Cottage



B284

Physical Description: A single storey freestanding cottage that dates from the Interwar period in a beach setting

that has lost its historic context. The building is built forward of Foreshore Building Line and

adjoins a public access stair and is elevated on brick piers. The site has a fence of stainless

steel wire. The site is landscaped and features mature trees and provides an appropriate

setting for the structure. The façade presents a simple asymmetrical elevation and is clad

inweatherboard battened fibro with a paint finish. The roof is gabled with a medium pitch

and has exposed eaves. The roof is clad in terracotta tile and features battened fibro

cement gable end. A verandah wraps around the building and has a straight profile. It is

clad in terracotta tile and has been infilled with weatherboard and glazing. The door is offset

and is sliding timber. Fenestration comprises vertically proportioned 2 and 4-pane timber

sliding windows.


Physical Condition: The building appears to be in excellent condition.


•Conversion from boatshed (early)

•Verandah infills

Designer:

Maker / Builder:




The landscaped and beach setting, the simple gabled form of the building, the roof form and

finishes and the fenestration.

The building is above the threshold for inclusion in the Heritage Schedule of the LEP.


The cottage

Ideally, the residential use of the building should continue.

The landscaped beachfront setting of the Item should be retained.

Alterations should be restricted to the altered fabric.

Management:


8. Culture Leisure Cronulla Beach Resort




2440010

SHI Number


Item Name: Cottage



B284

References:

Studies:

Listings:

Further Comments:

Criteria a) Evidences the original subdivision of the Cronulla Evanal Estate.

Evidences settlement following the subdivision and sale of the Evanal Estate - 1920 spurred

by tramline/railway to Cronulla 1911.

The structure evidences the development of Cronulla as a resort in the early twentieth

century.


Criteria c) The building contains detailing of the Interwar style.

The building is a good example of the typology waterfront cottage.

Criteria d)

Criteria e)

Criteria g)

Criteria f) The location of the building on the beachfront is now unusual.

Rare example of pre World War II beachfront construction.

Integrity / Intactness: High to medium

The building is highly intact.

Criteria b)

Parcels:





Author Title Year


Peter Robinson 53 Taloombi Street, Cronulla, Statement of Heritage Impact 2000

Sutherland Shire Council Council File Photographs 1942, 1953, 1960






2010B284




LOT 7 DP 10446




2440010

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Item Name: Cottage



B284

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2440010

SHI Number


Item Name: Cottage



B284

Caption: Cottage

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2440015

SHI Number


Item Name: Boatshed

Location: 34 Shiprock Road, Port Hacking [Sutherland]


B286

Current Use:

Former Uses:


Boatshed evidences permissive occupancy of crown land since 1960. The building is an

example of a Postwar boatshed.

Historical Notes

or Provenance:It was not until a ferry service was established at Tom Ugly's in 1864 that the district had a

river crossing designed to bring people into the district instead of around it. Landowner

Thomas Holt was pleased with this move and promised to give thirty pounds a year to the

upkeep of the ferry. The punt would be a link on a shorter route between Sydney and

Wollongong and 'enable landholders to take the produce of their farms to the metropolitan

market'. Dominic Dolan, another Port Hacking landowner, was elated. He had, he claimed,

'bought land from the government on the faith of having a punt there and a public road

thereto'. The punt was opened and it was only a couple of years before Dolan got the

second part of his wish. According to Cridland, an 1865 Department of Lands plan shows the

survey of what is now Port Hacking Road from Sylvania to Dolan's land 'midway between

Caringbah and Lilli Pilli'. In 1866 a government road was constructed from the punt to the

Old Illawarra Road at what is now Engadine. The scattered population now had access by

road to Sydney and to the Illawarra district.

A 1901 subdivision plan of Turriel Point, offering 99-year leases on Holt Sutherland Estate

land, contains two names that were well known in Sydney legal and political circles. R. C.

Critchett Walker, 'a noted and influential public servant' and also a National Park trustee from

1889, built Moombarra, a single storey yet substantial holiday cottage in the early 1880s,

despite the fact it was still only a lease. Terry Kass has noted that from his front garden he

could 'look across a short distance to the holiday residence of J. H. Want', barrister and

politician." (Presumably on the other side of Little Turriel Bay Road, marked as Government




Curtilage/Boundary:

Owner:



Aboriginal Area:




Address: 34 Shiprock Road

Suburb / Nearest Town: Port Hacking 2229

State: NSW

Parish:

County:




2440015

SHI Number


Item Name: Boatshed



B286

Road on this plan). The other notable resident here was E. P. Simpson, Want's nephew, a

noted commercial lawyer and one of the directors of the real estate firm Richardson &

Wrench (the auctioneers for this subdivision). He also had land on the southern side of Port

Hacking where he had built Mount Telford in the early 1890s.


Part of Thomas Holt’s grant of approximately 133 acres, Portion 50 of the Parish, subdivided

and offered for sale in 1901 as the Holt Sutherland Estate, Turriel Point. The subject site lies

within Lot 1 of that subdivision, which was a 5 acre lot. The early aerial photographs

recorded two houses on the Lot, located at today’s 709 – 711 Port Hacking Road and 22

Shiprock Road. There is a boat house associated with this latter dwelling (22 Shiprock

Road) and a second boat house on today’s No. 30 Shiprock Road. The subject boatshed is

not apparent on the 1930, 1942/43 or 1955 aerial photographs. It can be seen on the 1961

and 1970 aerial photographs. The Council files have no record of the construction of this

structure, recording only alterations and additions to the dwelling, a garage and inclinator.

Janette Anderson, current owner, wrote in April, 2010, stating that the boatshed was built by

the previous ownerin 1965.

Physical Description: A single storey freestanding boatshed that dates from the Postwar period, later than the key

period of significance of the Holt Sutherland Estate Turriel Point, in an estuarine bushland

setting that has retained its historic context. The building is built forward of the Foreshore

Building Line and the Mean High Water Mark and is elevated on concrete piles. The site has

a natural rock-face and beach,and a jetty and pontoon. The site also features a steel stair

and rear deck. The site is informally landscaped and features mature trees and provides an

appropriate setting for the structure. The façade presents a simple asymmetrical elevation

and is clad in weatherboard with a paint finish. The roof is gabled with a medium pitch. The

roof is clad in glazed terracotta tile and features decorative barge boards and timber finials

uncharacteristic of the Postwar period. The door is offset and is roller shutter.


Physical Condition: The building appears to be in excellent condition.

Modification Dates:

Designer:

Maker / Builder:

Year Started: 1960 Year Completed: Circa: Yes

Recommended

Management:The building is below the threshold for inclusion in the Heritage Schedule of the LEP.

Themes:

Management:

National Theme State Theme Local Theme





2440015

SHI Number


Item Name: Boatshed



B286

Custom Field One:

References:

Studies:

Listings:

Further Comments:

Criteria a) Boatshed evidences permissive occupancy of crown land since 1960.

Criteria c) The building is an example of a Postwar boatshed.

Criteria d)

Criteria e)

Criteria g)

Criteria f)

Integrity / Intactness: High

The building is highly intact

Custom Field Two:

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Custom Field Five:

Criteria b)

Parcels:





Management:

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2010B286




LOT 83 DP 839351




2440015

SHI Number


Item Name: Boatshed



B286


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2440015

SHI Number


Item Name: Boatshed



B286

Caption: Boatshed

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2440015

SHI Number


Item Name: Boatshed



B286

Caption: Boat shed

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2440041

SHI Number


Item Name: Boatshed

Location: 1 Bermuda Place, Burraneer [Sutherland]


B313

Current Use:

Former Uses:

Statement of Significance: Boatshed. Jetty and seawall evidences reclamation and permissive occupancy of crown land

since early Twentieth Century. Evidences settlement following the subdivision and sale of

the Holt Sutherland Estate 1903. Representative of mid Twentieth Century alterations to

early boatshed and dock. (Low Integrity)

Historical Notes or Provenance:

In 1903 there was a subdivision Holt Sutherland Estate land on the western shore of

Gunnamatta Bay as far south as Shell Road. Further subdivisions of this land post-dated the

construction of the tramline in 1911. The location of a tram stop at the top of Woolooware

Road was important at a time when people relied on public transport. One of these plans

Smart’s Estate subdivided in 1923, shows a rural estate with a sparse scatter of dwellings.

The most substantial dwelling in this area seems to be Kilkivan, the residence of V. C.

Couldrey, to the west of Gunnamatta Road.

(Extracted from: Pauline Curby, Sutherland Shire Foreshore Study History)

Holt Sutherland Leases

The Holt-Sutherland Estate Land Company Ltd. Formed in 1881.The subsequent provision

for 99 year leases over Holt's land made it possible for the subdivision of land (for leasing) to

begin. The Holt-Sutherland Estate was historically unique. For decades it inhibited

development. It was only when restricted tenancies were converted to freehold that farms

and urban development could proceed unencumbered. Sutherland Shire Heritage Study,

1993.





Curtilage/Boundary:

Owner:



Aboriginal Area:




Address: 1 Bermuda Place

Suburb / Nearest Town: Burraneer 2230

State: NSW

Parish:

County:




2440041

SHI Number


Item Name: Boatshed



B313

In 1900, the Holt-Sutherland Estate Act enabled tenants to convert their land to freehold title.

Subdivided as the Holt Sutherland Estate, Gunnamatta Bay and offered for auction sale on

20 November, 1903. The boatshed is evident on the 1930 aerial photograph, where it

appears as narrower than the current structure. By 1955, the structure had been extended

to the current dimension. The slip rails are evident in the early photographs.

Physical Description: A single storey freestanding double boatshed. The building is built forward of the mean high

water mark. The site has a seawall of sandstone and rubble and a sandstone ramp with

concrete topping and direct water access. The site is sparsely landscaped with turf and

specimen plants. The façade presents an asymmetrical elevation and is clad in battened

fibro with a concrete basecourse. The roof is gabled with a medium pitch and has exposed

eaves. The roof is clad in corrugated sheet metal. The doors are a pair of fibro cement

sheeted hinged doors.


Physical Condition: The building appears to be in fair condition.


* Original single boatshed was enlarged to cover tidal dock.

Designer:

Maker / Builder:

Year Started: 1903 Year Completed: 1930 Circa: No


The current structure is below the threshold for inclusion in the Heritage Schedule of the

LEP.

The boatshed was significantly altered in the period 1943-1955 and currently does not reach

the threshold for heritage listing.

It could return to its earlier single boatshed form and be considered for future listing.


The seawall, the sandstone ramp and the dock.


The seawall, dock, jetty







2440041

SHI Number


Item Name: Boatshed



B313

Custom Field One:


The current boatshed.

References:

Studies:

Listings:

Further Comments:

Criteria a) Boatshed. Jetty and seawall evidences reclamation and permissive occupancy of crown land

since early Twentieth Century.

Evidences settlement following the subdivision and sale of the Holt Sutherland Estate 1903.

Criteria c)

Criteria d)

Criteria e)

Criteria g) Representative of mid Twentieth Century alterations to early boatshed and dock

Criteria f)

Integrity / Intactness:

Low.

The building has been altered.

Criteria b)

Parcels:





Management:

Author Title Year



Aerial Photography 1930, 1942-3, 1955, 1961, 18970, 1978, 1984, 1994, 2001, 2006




2010B313




LOT 4 DP 529633




2440041

SHI Number


Item Name: Boatshed



B313

Date Updated: 06/02/2012 Status: 4Date First Entered: 31/07/2000Data Entry:

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2440041

SHI Number


Item Name: Boatshed



B313

Caption: Boat shed

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2440041

SHI Number


Item Name: Boatshed



B313

Caption: Boat shed

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2440045

SHI Number


Item Name: 'Minnamurra' Boatshed and Seawalls

Location: 18 Rutherford Avenue, Woolooware [Sutherland]


B317

Current Use:

Former Uses:


Seawall evidences reclamation and permissive occupancy of crown land. Evidences

settlement following the subdivision and sale of the Gunna Burra Estate – 1921. The

building has ability to interpret a lost connection to the Minamurra Estate. Historic use of

local sandstone. Longevity of use in one family ownership. The place has an identified

association with Walter Scott Taubman, a significant person. The site retains its naturally

evolved estuarine environment. The building is a landmark along the waterfront adjoining

the main f

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