Submissions
The SA Heritage Council received 31 submissions during the 3-month provisional heritage listing of Shed 26. This number was by far the highest level of submissions made for any place application in SA. Of those 31 submissions, 25 were in favour of Shed 26 being State Heritage Listed and 6 submissions argued against, including the developer Cedar Woods. All submissions can be seen on The Department for Environment & Water website (at the time of writing this article in March 2019)
The submissions made in favour of Shed 26 are also available to view here. Congratulations to all those who took the time to make submissions and to those who, additionally, took the time and effort to provide oral representation to the Heritage Council on 22 March 2019.
The submissions made in favour of Shed 26 are also available to view here. Congratulations to all those who took the time to make submissions and to those who, additionally, took the time and effort to provide oral representation to the Heritage Council on 22 March 2019.
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Some quotes from Heritage Council Submissions above
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Open letter from Brian Samuels to Minister Spiers
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The Letter
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Making a submission to the Heritage Council re Shed 26
First thing is to locate the submission form. This can be found at https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/topics/heritage/sa-heritage-register/entries-confirmations
You’ll see 7 categories, but don’t worry you don’t need to respond all of them. So which categories should you choose?
Category (a) “It demonstrates important aspects of the evolution or pattern of the State’s history”.
It is of State heritage significance because of its substantial role in the maritime and industrial history of the State of South Australia from the early years of South Australia, when a small parcel of land was set aside on the south side of Hawker’s Creek for the purposes of a dockyard at which to service boats and ships through to the wider scope of operations of the Glanville Dockyard up until 1988.
Shed 26 stands as the last material existence of the Government Dockyard that served the Colony and State from the 1850s onwards.
Work commenced on Shed 26 in 1956 when the revamped workshops at the Glanville Dockyard quickly gained international status for the quality of its production. The current Shed 26 is a product of that era of industrial modernisation and is an essential vestige of Port Adelaide’s maritime and industrial history.
It should be as highly regarded as Fletcher’s Slip Precinct, first used for slipping vessels in 1851, which sits alongside it as the first and most prominent slipway from the early years of European settlement. And perhaps emphasise/include items like this:
There are strong historical and industrial connections that have existed throughout the European occupation of South Australia in this section of the Port River most notably, between the Fletcher’s Slip Precinct and the Glanville Dockyard Precinct. It is this sense of industrial connectivity that is central to the true character of the Port and is a reflection of the aspirations of the Port Adelaide Precinct Plan 2014 of ‘strong connectivity and integration with designated precincts” (Port Adelaide Precinct Plan 2014: 1.1).
Historical background (to help bolster your argument):
To make a more compelling argument, see also:
Category (f) relates to the “strong cultural or spiritual associations for the community or a group within it”
Category (g) “It has a special association with the life of a person or organisation or an event of historical importance”
First thing is to locate the submission form. This can be found at https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/topics/heritage/sa-heritage-register/entries-confirmations
You’ll see 7 categories, but don’t worry you don’t need to respond all of them. So which categories should you choose?
- Category (a), (f) and (g) appear as the most likely choices.
- Categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) are harder to argue and, if you prefer, can be left vacant.
Category (a) “It demonstrates important aspects of the evolution or pattern of the State’s history”.
- How does Shed 26 fit this category?
- You might begin in your own words with something like this :
It is of State heritage significance because of its substantial role in the maritime and industrial history of the State of South Australia from the early years of South Australia, when a small parcel of land was set aside on the south side of Hawker’s Creek for the purposes of a dockyard at which to service boats and ships through to the wider scope of operations of the Glanville Dockyard up until 1988.
Shed 26 stands as the last material existence of the Government Dockyard that served the Colony and State from the 1850s onwards.
Work commenced on Shed 26 in 1956 when the revamped workshops at the Glanville Dockyard quickly gained international status for the quality of its production. The current Shed 26 is a product of that era of industrial modernisation and is an essential vestige of Port Adelaide’s maritime and industrial history.
It should be as highly regarded as Fletcher’s Slip Precinct, first used for slipping vessels in 1851, which sits alongside it as the first and most prominent slipway from the early years of European settlement. And perhaps emphasise/include items like this:
There are strong historical and industrial connections that have existed throughout the European occupation of South Australia in this section of the Port River most notably, between the Fletcher’s Slip Precinct and the Glanville Dockyard Precinct. It is this sense of industrial connectivity that is central to the true character of the Port and is a reflection of the aspirations of the Port Adelaide Precinct Plan 2014 of ‘strong connectivity and integration with designated precincts” (Port Adelaide Precinct Plan 2014: 1.1).
- Though constructed more recently Shed 26 is but another iteration in the evolution of the dockyard on this part of the Port River, particularly the period of industrial modernisation
- Its scope of operations continued a long tradition of building, repair and maintenance activities that materially affected the shape and continued existence of the Port’s waterfront to an ever-increasing degree
- Shipping activity is a major factor in the evolution of this City and State’s history and it seems logical that the maritime industrial activities that took place in Shed 26, and in the former Dockyards generally, should not be overstated.
- At present Shed 26 is the last remaining artefact of a large-scale industrial complex within the inner harbour of Port Adelaide. It remains as a tangible reminder of its significant contribution to the continued success of South Australia right from the earliest European origins of South Australia
Historical background (to help bolster your argument):
- The Glanville Dockyard, in which Shed 26 was constructed, was formerly a section of the Government Dockyards that had existed over this part of the Port River embankment and extended from the causeway in the west to the Graving Dock to the east.
- In the early years of the province of South Australia a small parcel of land was set aside on the south side of Hawker’s Creek for the purposes of a dockyard at which to service boats and ships. By the 1850s the Government Dockyards were already “in full swing” (Parsons 158). A report in The Register of 1863 commented on the continual and much unabated activity at the Government Dockyards (Register 31 March 1863: 2g). Between 1878 and 1880 the Register again noted a “considerable increase” in the expansion of the Yards (Register 1880). Heavy investment accelerated in machinery and workshops from 1881 as the site’s invaluable potential was beginning to be realised (Register 1881: 7b).
- By 1898, 300 men were employed at the dockyard with more expansion to follow in 1905. In 1949 the SA Harbors Board’s Greater Port Adelaide Plan masterplan came to fruition. This heralded a complete revamping of the Glanville Dockyard. Work commenced in 1956 on workshops that were at the time rated highly by international standards. This period of modernization that affected many aspects of the Port’s harbour facilities was very important.
- The revamped Dockyard was involved in maintenance provisioning on an ever-increasing scale. However, by 1986 with its best days behind it there were 236 employees at the Glanville Dockyard and it closed about 1988.
To make a more compelling argument, see also:
- South Australian Harbors Board, Annual Reports for years 1947-66
- Department of Marine and Harbors for years 1967-73
- Ron Ritter 2005 Triumph, Tragedy and Port Adelaide (NP: Ron Ritter)
- South Australian Harbors Board (1959) The Greater Port Adelaide Plan Achievements 1949-59, South Australian Harbors Board
- Anon (1986) Mudflats to Metropolis: Port Adelaide 1836-1986 (B&T Publishers)
- John Couper-Smart 2003 Port Adelaide Tales from a Commodious Harbour (Friends of the Maritime Museum)
- Mulloway Studios Cultural Mapping Survey Port Adelaide Waterfront: Stage 2 (Land Management Corporation)
- South Australian Harbors Board c.1950 Planning for the Immediate and Future Development of Port Adelaide, AD 1950
- Hammerton, M 1986 Water: South Australia – a history of the Engineering and Water Supply Department, Wakefield Press
- Other sources?? E.g. Bob Heritage interview?
Category (f) relates to the “strong cultural or spiritual associations for the community or a group within it”
- The Glanville Dockyards, and in particular Shed 26, is one of the few remaining remnants of the shipping-related repair and maintenance activities that were long-standing features of Port Adelaide’s Inner Harbour and of the work practices carried out there and nearby. It is a key part of the South Australian Harbor’s Board work and it is the last remnant of the Port’s industrial heritage from the 1950s. It maintains a strong association spiritually within the local community.
- The view across the Port River towards Harts Mill from Shed 26, or the view from Hart’s Mill towards Shed 26, makes a strong, historical and visual connection between buildings that provide a clear statement that there is an older history in the Port than the modern dwellings planned to surround them will indicate.
- The proposed removal of the Shed 26 building means that the Inner Harbour will have forever lost the last significant structure of this type along the Port River. As a result the heritage value, visual landscape and amenity of the locality would be irreparably diminished.
- (here I would also make an argument regarding the importance of retention of heritage sites such as Shed 26 to the health and well-being of a community).
- I would also note that in Bob Heritage’s interview (https://youtu.be/6o-3Gqpt-A4 ) he refers to the people who came out here in the early days and used picks and shovels to build the wharf areas and docks. He states that “you have to respect that”. He continues in similar vein to highlight how ‘things like that are easily forgotten unless tangible evidence remains’ because it is in these heritage forms that is held the things which entrance us about a place. Such forms are what draw us frequently to the Port River or want to live here and enjoy our surroundings, deepening our sense of place, even finding peace of mind [ … or words to that effect etc etc]. Bob Heritage worked as an apprentice in Shed 26 between 1960-65. See also his other interviews
Category (g) “It has a special association with the life of a person or organisation or an event of historical importance”
- Management of harbours and associated services for shipping was a major role of government for much of the Colony and State’s history. The Marine Board of SA (1860-1922) and its successors the SA Harbors Board (1914-66) and the Department of Marine and Harbors (1966-93) played key roles and the Dockyard was a vital element of their work. The scope of its activities was captured in a newspaper report of 1923: ‘Many improvements have been effected at the dockyards during the last few years. The repairs to the whole of the State's harbors and rivers plant are dealt with at Glanville - even the making of trucks for the numerous wharves and jetties scattered along our coast. Tugboats, motor launches, dredgers, barges, and craft of smaller dimensions all receive attention at these works, in addition to many other appurtenances.’ [News 13 August).