West Block and the Dugout Heritage Management Plan 2022 (Cth)

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West Block and the Dugout Heritage Management Plan 2022

I, Ben Morton, make the following plan under section 341S of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

The name of this plan is the West Block and the Dugout Heritage Management Plan 2022.

Dated 7 March 2022

Ben Morton Special Minister of State

West Block and the Dugout Heritage Management Plan 2022 Date Document status Reviewed by June 2018 Incomplete draft for comment Peter Lovell

Director and Founding Principal, Lovell Chen

July 2018 Draft for review Adam Mornement

Associate Principal, Lovell Chen

August 2018 Complete draft Adam Mornement

Associate Principal, Lovell Chen

August 2018 Report for review by the Australian Heritage Council Adam Mornement

Associate Principal, Lovell Chen

Cover: Oblique aerial photograph looking south-east at West Block (then Secretariat no. 2) from Commonwealth Avenue, 1928 (Source: National Archives of Australia)

West Block and the Dugout Heritage Management Plan

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TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES PROJECT TEAM ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background and brief 1.2 Identification of the place 1.2.1 Note regarding orientation 1.3 Parliamentary Zone 1.4 Methodology and document structure 1.5 Statutory heritage controls 1.5.1 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 1.6 Non-statutory heritage listings and classifications 1.6.1 National Trust of Australia (ACT) 1.6.2 Register of the National Estate 1.6.3 Register of Significant Twentieth Century Architecture 1.7 Consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 1.8 Social values 1.9 Limitations 2.0 UNDERSTANDING THE PLACE 2.1 Pre-European settlement 2.2 The Griffin plan for Canberra 2.3 Early planning for Canberra (1912-1925) 2.3.1 Walter Burley Griffin, Federal Capital Director of Design and Construction (1913-20) 2.3.2 The Federal Capital Advisory Committee (1921-24) 2.3.3 Federal Capital Commission (1925-30) 2.4 The Parliament House Secretariat group (1922-28) 2.4.1 Design and construction 2.4.2 John Smith Murdoch (1862-1945) 2.4.3 Landscaped setting 2.4.4 Charles Weston (1866-1935) 2.5 West Block, 1927-38 2.5.1 Alterations, 1927-38 2.6 World War II, 1940-45 2.6.1 The Dugout 2.6.2 Alterations and additions, 1940-46 2.7 Post-World War II 1946-60s 2.7.1 Alterations and additions, 1946-60s 2.8 Refurbishment, 1970s-80s 2.8.1 Alterations and additions, 1970s-80s 2.9 Recent history, 1988-present 2.10 Existing conditions 2.10.1 Site overview 2.10.2 West Block 2.10.3 The Dugout 2.10.4 Landscaped setting 2.10.5 Views and visual relationships 3.0 ASSESSMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE 3.1 Assessment of historic value 3.1.1 The Commonwealth of Australia 3.1.2 Canberra as the National Capital 3.1.3 The Dugout 3.1.4 Associations 3.2 Assessment of aesthetic value 3.2.1 The Federal Capital style 3.2.2 Landscaped setting 3.3 Assessment of social value 3.4 Assessment against Commonwealth Heritage criteria 3.5 Statement of significance 3.5.1 Summary Statement of Significance 3.5.2 Comment 3.6 Attributes related to significance 4.0 OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS 4.1 Implications arising from significance 4.2 Legislation 4.2.1 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Australia) 4.2.2 Commonwealth Heritage List 4.2.3 Australian Capital Territory (Planning and Land Management) Act, 1988 (Commonwealth) 4.2.4 Parliament Act, 1974 (Commonwealth) 4.2.5 Utilities Act 2000 (ACT) 4.2.6 National Construction Code (BCA) compliance 4.2.7 Disability Discrimination Act, 1992 4.3 Crown Lease 4.4 Stakeholders 4.4.1 Department of the Environment and Energy 4.4.2 National Capital Authority 4.4.3 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 4.4.4 Associations and special interest groups 4.4.5 General public 4.5 Condition and presentation of built fabric 4.6 Condition and presentation of setting 5.0 CONSERVATION POLICIES AND MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES 5.1 Definitions 5.2 General policies 5.3 Conservation policies 5.4 Use, adaptation and change 5.5 Management policies 5.6 Implementation plan 5.6.1 Monitoring of implementation BIBLIOGRAPHY ENDNOTES