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ARCHIVAL REPORT AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

ON FORM!R MINT INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS AND LAND

AND_STRgCTURES ADJACEN'!P TO TH~DOMAIN

W.THORP

May 1984

Prepar~d for th~ D~partmp.nt of Public Works

by

A.A~-R~-·AUSTRALIAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL RE~OURCES \\

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B Dovolopmont of Occupation"~ 2~

C Dovolopmont of tho Built Environm@nt 30

D Summary of D~volopmont Phaso III 31

3.4 List of Structuros··and Sitos Idontifiod Phaso I~III 33

4.0 Archaoological Assossmont of Sito 35

4.1 Phaso I 3~

4.2 Phaso II 37

4.3 Phaso ~II 40

4.4 Summary 40

5.0 Supplomontary Documontation 41

5.1 Footnotos 41

5.2 Bibliography 45

5.3 Sourc~s for Platos 47

5.4 Sourcos for Plans 47

6.0 Graphics to tho Toxt 48

6.1 Platos to tho T=xt 48

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Acknowi~dg~monts

1.0 Protaco to tho Roport

1.1 Location

1.2 Aims

1.3 Mothods

1.4 Constraints"

1.g Format OI Roport·

1.6 Abbroviations usod in Toxt

2.0 Rocommonda~ions

2.1 Proamblo

2.2 Standlng BUildings·

2.3 Archaooiogical Sitos

3.u Archival Documontation 1810-1984

3.1 Phaso I~1810-1854

A Assossmont of Documontation

B Dovolopmont of Occupation

C Dovolopmont of tho Built Environm~nt

D Summary of Dovolopmont Phas= I

3.2 Phaso I1:1854-1~27

A Assossmont OI Documontation

B Dovolopmont of Occupation

C Dovolopmont of tho Built Environm@nt

D Summary of D~volopmont Phaso II

3.3 Phaso I1I:1927-1984"

A Assossmont of Documontation

6.2 Plans to tho Toxt

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I am most grateful to MargarAt Betteridge for

allowing mA aceASS to MusAum research filps on

the Mint Building. Thanks also to Dr Ann Mitchp.ll

for allowing access to her rpsAarch and for

granting permission to rp.producA photographs from

thp. SydnAy Hospital Archives.

Platos 1-5,7 roproducod courtosy of M~tcholl Library

Platos 6,8,9 roproduced--courtosy of ~ydney Hospital

Plans 2,4,5,12" roproduced courtosy of Mitchell Library

Plans 3,6-11 reprOduced courtesy of Archivos Offico of NSW

Plans 1,13-21 reproduced courtesy of PWD

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1.0 PREFACE TO ...1.!:!E REPOR'I.

1.1 LOCATION

Th~ area considered in this study extends from and

includes those buildings at th~ rear (east) of the Mint

Museum formerly associated with the Mint manufacturing

processes together with the subsequent accretions;the land

occupied by the multi-storey court building;the Open car ..

spaCe area to the north of this extending from th~ newly

construc~ed fence dividing the Museum grounds from the car

park;and the land between the Mint manufacturing buildings

and th~ ~ormer boundary wall to the hospital, now incorporated

in the Hyde Park Barracks Museum complex. The easternmost

extension of the study area is defined by the beginning of

the Domain.

Plan,,'No.l

1.2 AIMS

The aims of this report are twofold:first'to

compile archival evidence to detail the development of the

built environment in this area~thereby determining the

maximum archaeological potential of the site and providing

an historical ~onte~t for the standing structureS and secondly

to provide an archaeological assepsment of the site as a

basis for future planning decisions.

Basic archival r~search of graphic and

documentary resourCeS was carried out in the major repositories.

Selective USe has been made of this documentation because

the research design of this report is different to that of

an architectural search, requiring data only relevant to

th~ nature, location and development of structures.

The only constraint met in the implementation of

this programme is that common to all archival research, that

of insufficient data pertinent to the architectural

development of this site, particularly in Phase Ill.

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Th~ body of this rpport is in fiv~ major s~ctions.

S~ction 3.0 provid~s thA archival matArial rAIAvant to th~

dAv~lopmpnt of thA sitAe This has bA~n arrangAd in thrA~

phasAs,~ach phas~ _corr~sponding to thA major p~riods of

occupation viz. Pha6~ 1:1810-1854 Hospital and StorAs

PhasA 11: 1854-1927 Royal Mint

Phas~ Ill: 1927-1984 Off~c~s and MusAum.

Within Aach of thAS~ phasAs arA four subsActions,

onA an aSSAssment of thA documentation availablp. for thA

phaSp.7sAcond,thA dAvAlopmAnt of thp. occupation during that

particular phasA7third,thA dAvAlopment of thA built

AnvironmAnt at thA same timA7fourth,a summary of the two

strands of d~vAlopment. At the conclusion of Sp.ction 3.0

is a list of sitAs and buildings idAntifiAd within thA

prp.cA~ding docum~ntation.

SAction 4.0 prAsAnts thp. archaAological aSSAssmAnt

of hhis sitA and its f~aturAs. It dAtArmines thA lik~lihood

of thA rAtpntion of AvidAnce in thA archaeological and

structura! rAcords pprtinAnt to thA dAv~lopmAnt of ~ach

phasp and a summary is providAd at thA conclusion.

Spction 5.0 contains thp snpplAmpntary documAntation

(footnot~s and bibliography) and SAction 6.0 collatAs thA

graphic matprial (platAs and plans) r~IAvant to the

discussion. SAction 2.0 prAsAnts r~commAndations for futurp.

work.

All footnotes conform to standard notation. The

only abbreviations u6ed in the t~xt are as follows:

AONSW ArchivAs OfficA of NSW

ML MitchAII Library

PWD Public Works DApartmAnt

SPF Small Pictur~ Fil~

In addition a systAm of rAfArencA to sitAs and

buildings has been adoptAd within thA tAxt. Each refArAncp

contains thrAA figurAs:thA first a IAttAr (A or B},thA

sAcond a RomannumAral (I,ll or III),thA third an ordinary

numAral (1,2,3,Atc).

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ThA "A" or "B" rp.fArs to AithAr a potAntial

archapological si tA ("A") or a standing building ("B").

Thp. Roman numAral rp.fArs to thp. phase in which thp. fAaturA

or building was first constructp.d (I-Ill) and thp. third

notation rp.fp.rs to a running list of sitp.s of buildings

within thA particular phasA A.g. "A.II.6" would bA thp.

sixth archap.ological sitA idAntifip.d within Phasp II.

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2.0 RECOMMENDATIONS

SpAcific rpcomm~ndations cannot bp- formulatp-d

for a SitA until a plan of proposp-d works is prAsAntAd,

thArAby idAntifying arAas of dAstruction,a~tArationand

thA likp. ArchaAological work is corrpspondAnt to thA naturA

and Axtpnt of thp proposAd work.,~hArAforA,onlygAnp.ral"rAcommAndations arA appropriatA at this timA. If spAcific

plans arA proposp.d a dAtailAd archaAological programmA ea~

bA rAcommp.ndAd for this SitA.

a That thosp. buildings dp.tArmined to bp. of Phasp. 11

construction r~main in situ in wna~~vP.r plans arA

propos~d for this SitA.

b That a dAtailAd study and sit~ r~cord bA madp. of thASA

Phasp. 11 buildings if futurA works bA proposAd which

will in any way altAr thA currAnt appAarancA.

c That thosA buildings dAt~rminAd to bp. of PhasA III

construcrion bA thA subjAct of a SitA rAcord,

appropriatA to thAir naturA,if futurA works programmAs

intp.nd Aithp.r Axtp.nsivA al~~ration and/or dAmolition.

a That no dAmolition or parthworks bA carriAd out

without an archaAologist on sitp. to rAcord and/or

rAtripvp. data which may bp. AXpOSAd.

b That, dApAndAnt on futurA plans for this si tA, s~'lAct

~xcavation programmAs may bA considArAd appropriatA

to rp.triAvA potAntial subsurfacA data.

c That considAration bA givp.n to rp.taining cArtain

archaAological fAaturp.s for public display and

intArprp.tation purposAs.

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A Assessment of Documentation

B DAvelopment of Occupation

3.0 ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTATIOli:OCCUPATION AND STRUCTURAL

DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE,1810-1984.

Watson claims that,at this timA,the ground floor

of thp southern wing was uspd to house medical stores,whilA

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" ••• convArt at once the Left Wing of

the GAnpral Hospital into suitablp

quarters for the Mpdical Officprs,

Disppnsary,Store Room etc ptc for

which it is ultimately intF!nded." (3)

During the initial occupation of this site the

later "Mint" building and its immediate environs formF!d one

third of thp New General Hospital of SydneY, constructed

c.1810-1816. The barrack building was designatAd for use

as a residencp by four Assistant SurgF!ons,one Purveyor and

one Apothecary. There v.zere "necessary" outbuildings. (1)

However,during the period 1815-1820 numerous

changes were madF! to the original proposed uses, primarily

to accomodate court facilitieS within thA hospital compound,

These were mainly concprnp.d with the management of space

within thF! northern and central blocks,although,on a numbAr

of occasions, it was proposed to convert the southprn wing

into court. accomodation. This schAmA was finally abandonAd

in NovembAr 1820 when Francis GreAnway declared that he

could not guarantee thA safety of thp southern wing. (2) It

was then proposed to

3.1 PHA§.E I:1810-1854

Occupation an~ Development for Hospital and Stores

In all phases, but particularly in Phase I,minimal

referAncp is madp to thp outbuildings and surrounding grounds

of thA southern wing o~ the hospital. ThA majority of thA

documentation is concernAd only with thA developmAnt and

problems associated with the barrack building. Assessing

thp development of the eastprnmost sAction of this compound

may only be achipved by referAncA to minimal documentation

and pxtrapolation of the Avidence.

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thA sAcond floor s~rvAd as accomodation for a s~cond mAdical '>

offic~r and a ward for thA sicK officials of th~ colony. (4)

H~ makAs no rAf~rAncA to th~ function of thA outbuildings

and do~s not quotA his sourc~s. Thprp is no ~xtant documpntation

to support this stat~mpnt.

In January 1823 CommissionAr Biggp d~scrib~d thp

sou~hArn wing as b~ing dividAd into two s~paratA rAsidpnc~s

with "kitch~n and domAstic officps". (5) In April 1823

Gov~rnor Brisban~ informpd thA Earl Bathurst that he had

" •• now givAnord~rs for thA occupation by thA sick of th~

Buffs (39th RAgimpnt W.T) of thA sparA wing of thA GAnAral

Hospital" (6),mAaning thA southArn wing.

In a rAport of c.1827 it is confirmAd that thA

southArn wing was bAing uSAd as a military. hospital, at this

time for thA 57th Rpgim~nt,and " ••• onp of thA wards or rooms

has b~An givAn up to bhA SurvAyor G~n~ral as an officA until

thA N~w Building ArActing for that dppartmAnt is complAt~."(7)

ThA Assistant SurgAons had b~An movAd to accomodation in th~

nO;r'th~rn wing.

In 1828 this occupation is again rAfArrAd to by

GovArnor Darling who statAd that thA building " ••• is at prAsAnt

occupiAd as an hospital by th~ 39th R~gimpnt and has for

somA tim~ past b~~n appropriatAd to on~ of th~ Corps in

Garrison••• ". (8)

In 1838,during trial proc~~dings for on~ of th~

surgAons,d~tail~d ~vid~nc~ was giv~n rAgarding thp

occupation of th~ south~rn wing. It was statpd at this timA

that thA ground floor hous~d thA mAdical storA and a sAction

of thA uppAr floor was u ae-d as quar-ce-r-s for th~ assistant. '.

surgAon and th~ r~maindAr as wards for sick offic~rs. In

thA rAar of this building WArA two kitchAns,stablps,a

dissActing room and a gard~n (9).

This was th~ conclusion aftAr two yAars of long and

quitA bittAr wrangling which had occurrpd ovpr thA occupancy

of th~ south~rn compound. This had b~gun in 1836 whpn th~

Stor~s MastAr movAd into thA building, sharing with thA

Assista~~~ Surg~on,ward spacA and storAS. SubspquAntly thp

Assist'ant: 'Surg~on was rAqupst~d to lAav~7h~.o.rAsist~d this

rpqu~st. AftAr many argum~nts it could b~ statpd in 1837

that " ••• th~ whol~ of th~ south wing of thA Colonial

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Hospital Building is appropriatAd to thA StorA DApartmAnt ••• "

(10). Obviously th~ situation had again changAd by 1838,or

th~ Assistant SurgAon was hOUSAd thArA on thA suffArAncA

of thA StorAS D~partmAnt.

In 1839 thp. GOVArnor wrotA to thA MarquAss of

Normanby,stating that

"I hav~ thA honour h~rAwith to forward

a M~morial which has bAAn addrAss~d to

Your Lordship by thA PrAsid~nt and

Committ~A of thA SydnAy Disp~nsary

praying that th~ South wing of thA

GAnAral Hospital may bA grantAd to th~m

for th~ uSP of thp. Public •••• " (11)

Gipps sUppOLtAd th~ schAmA,primarily on th~ basis that th~

convict hospital had also trAatAd paupArs and thA cost of

this had bA~n bornA by thA govArnmAntiund~r th~ proposAd

schAmA thp. costs would bA born~ by th~ public. HA not~s,

how~VAr,that thArp is likl~y to bp. somA opposition to thA

schAmA~ mainly from thA Board of OrdnancA and particularly

from Major Barn~y who had sp.nt to England a proposal to

convert thA sitA into a military hospital. ThA GovArnor

considArAd this a hasty idAa and did not support it. (12)

BAtwA~n 1840 and 1841 thArA was somA d~SputA OVAr

thA proposal,howAvAr,by April 1843 Gipps was ablA to statA

that thA south wirrg had bAAn givAn OVAr to ~hA DispAnsary.

(13) ThArA'waspo~~vAr,somAdplay in thp. compound actually

bAing utilisAd in this mannAr. In 1844 complaints WArA madA

concArning this l~ngthy takpovp.r pAriod,thA dAlay mainly

causAd by rApairs and altArations outstanding. (14). ThASA

wprA not complp.t~d until 1845. Watson statAs that thp.

tak~OVAr pAriod was gradual, with only sActions of th~ lowAr

floor of th~ barrack building b~ing transf~rr~d in 1842 and

th~ AntirA wing not b~ing AntirAly transfArrAd until thA

~nd of 1843. (15)

Thp SydnAy Infirmary occupiAd thA southArn wing

until 1848. In that y~ar thp English governm~nt bAgan to

abolish th~ systAm of tOA convict hospital. It was found

at that timA that thArA WAr~ tWAnty-fivA fr~A paup~r

pati~nts bAing trAatAd on th~ pr~mis~s and thp authoritiAs

of thA SydnAy Infirmary WArA approach~d by th~ goVp.rnmAnt

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to tak~ r~sponsibility for thpm still at thp Axppnsp of

thA govArnmAnt. Th~y w~rp unwilling to do so,howpv~r,

afu~r various off~rs and compromisAs WAr~ mad~ th~

rpsponsibility was transfArrpd. Onp of thA compromisps

AntailAd thA surrAndpr of thA south wing in pxchangp for

thp occupation of thp c~ntral building. This occurrAd in

1848. (16)

From 1848 until thp bpginning of Phasp III it

is stat~d that thp south~rn wing was turnpd ovpr to thp

military for us~ as staff offic~s,a mpdical dppot and

officAs and quartprs for a numbpr of clprks (17). Thp Mint

Mastpr on taking poss~ssion of thp building in 1854

simply dAscribps it altprnativ~ly as IIBrigad~ Officpll or

'·Staff Officpsll (18).

C Dpvplopmpnt of thp Built Environment

Until the pnd of c.1809 thp arpa of land subspqupntly

unilisPd by thp hospital was 'pr~tically part of the wastp

land of Sydn~y with, it is sppculatpd,low grass and scrub

covpr and most of thp milling timbpr alrpady 'hav~ng~o~n takon

for construction purposAS and firewood. (1) Thp limits of th~

Domain WArp'dAfinpd by ditchAs (2) somp latpr rAplacpd by

thp p~rirr..~~~walls of the hospital.

Thp Aarlipst mpagr~ dptails rpgarding the

dpvolopment of th~ sitp arp containpd within thp contract

sppcification for works:

IIThp Barracks for thA Principal SurgAon

and Assistant Surgpons to bA complpatpd

(sic) with rpgard to Masons Work in likp

mannpr as thp main building•••••with

kitch~ns spparatp from fhA buildings,

according to the plan••••• ,that thprp shall

bp a wall with coping of Ashlpr ston~,eight

fp~t high with pillars of stone and

necpssary gatps to surround thp Grounds;

that thpre shall bp a separate sewpr to bp

carripd round pach of thp main buildings,

thp ki t',ch-on and npcpssarips l~ading from

thpncp into the main spwprs to thA rear of

thp ground••••• 1I (3 )ThA earlipst plan of th~ site shows a double kitchen (A.I.1)

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and toil~t block (A.I.2) to th~ r~ar of th~ ~arrack building

as,w~ll as a stabl~ block in th~ south Aast cornpr of thA

SitA (A.I.3) dirActly attachAd to thp. boundary wall (A.I.4)

(Plan No.2)

It is ~vi~~nt from "Sydn~y Gaz~tb'!" not.Lcws that

thA boundary wall and outbuildings w~rA w~ll comm~ncAd

bAfor~ thA main buildings. In lat~r t~stimony to

Commissionp.r Bigg~ it was statp.d that, although th~ buildings

b~gan in 1811,"ooothp. walls had b~~n b~gun b~for~" (4).

On Jun~ 15,1811 thp contractors for th~ hospital

w~r~ rp.ady to

.' ,I~ ~.•• ~ngag~ with st.on« masons for th~

.. :Lmmp.diatp. ~r~ction of two of th~ kitch~ns

. 53 f~~t long by 18 fpp.t high,contain~ng

~ach about 800 pp.rch~s of fac~d ston~ and also

for th~ ~rpction of two .stablp.s containing

about 60 pprch~s of ashl~r to b~

corr~spond~nt with th~ wall". (5)

agr~~ing,thpr~for~,withth~ d~tails of thA sit~ plan. How~v~r,

in 1813 Macquari~ stat~d that " •• th~rp ought to bA harnpss

rooms to th~ stablps and coach hous~s without which th~y

ar~ incomplpt~". (6) Th~r~ is nO':~vid~ncA'to sugg~st that

thes~ w~rp. built.

It is ~vidp.nt that a number of dAtails with rpgard

to thp. buildings,drains,walls and landscap~ fp.atur~s w~rP.

Aith~r skimppd on or ignorpd by th~ contractors,hoWAvAr,

the dptails for thASA fAatur~s arA minimal. ThA majority

of thA documAntation discuSSAS thA faults in thA

rAsidAntial building.

Apart from somA minimal probl~ms with thA kitchAn,

th~ major arAas of conCArn that rAtain somA docum~ntation

ar~ thA drainag~ syst~ms (A.I.5) and th~ boundary wall.

Although ad~quate drainag~ m~asur~s w~r~ provided for in

th~ initial sp~cifications it is quit~ cl~ar that th~s~

wer~ ~ith~r not put into effect or were badly construct~d.

In 1813 MacquariA sppcifically r~qupstpd

additional work to b~ carripd out to bring them up to

standard (7). However,in 1815 a Dr Arnold after insp~cting

the hospital remarked that " ••••• a l l : thA filth that is

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thrown out of thA building must rpmain and contaminatp

thl=> air for want of sAwArs ••• "(8). In 1820 thl=> rl=>sidl=>nt

Dr Bowman was still compaaining about thA drains (9). Tho

only indication to thp whprAabouts of this foaturl=>(s) is

a rAfl=>rl=>ncl=> to a drain in thp lowor wall opl=>ning out to

thA Domain through which moans pationts I=>scapod. (10) ~

PlaguPd by probloms during construction,tho

boundary wall (A.I.4) was sovArAly criticisod in 1816

whl=>n a committAA appointod to inspAct tho finishod

hospital rAportAd that

" ••• WA find a grAat part of it (thA wall)

in a vory shattArod stato arising from

bad work and from thl=> CourSAS of ashlAr

following thA riso and fall of thA ground

without any lovol basA which according

thA principlos of gravitation with thA

stono bl=>ing workpd out of squarA on tho~r

bod and dAponding upon a thick bAd of

mortar to kAAp thorn in thAir placAs must

soon fall to ruin •••• " (11)

This was hotly donil=>d by tho buildArs but tho wall

continuod to bA a problAm for many yoars.

Thoro is no othor dotailod documAntation~or

thl=> dovAlopmont of thp sito or its landscapA foaturos,

surfacl=> typos and tho liko (A.I.6) until tho ond of this

phasl=>,although a numbAr of valuablo plans dating from this

phasA aro still oxtant.

Tho parliost of thoso is an undatAd sito plan,

howl=>vor,basod on thA ovidonco containl=>d within it must datA

from thl=> oarly-mid 1830s (Plan N6.3). Tho kitchon is

shown as boing in thl=> samo location as that on tho 1811

sitl=> plan (Plan No.2),howovor,tho toilot is indicatAd as

bl=>ing furthor oast and on thA northorn cornpr of thp.

kitchAn rathpr than closA to it and contrally locatAd as

originally plannod.

In addition what arA prAsumAd to bA thp stablos

arl=> shown as built against thA wall of thA DApUty

SuporintAndant's rpsidAncA of Hydo Park Barracks rathAr

than in tho south oast cornAr as first plannAd. In this

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cornAr is a dissActing room (A.I.7). A larg~,pr~sumably

f~nc~d-off,spacA in th~ north-AastArn s~ction of thA sit~

is probably a gard~n (A.I.6).

Most of thASA d~tails ar~ confirmAd by an 1838

SitA plan (Plan No.4) although altArations in thA spac~ and

at l~ast on~ structur~ an~ apparAnt. In this cas~ th~ kitchAn,

toil~t and diss~cting room ar~ as bAfor~,but thA stabl~ has

~ith~r b~~n partially d~molish~d and r~built or an ~ntir~ly

n~w block was construct~d in its plac~. ThA n~w building is

shown as b~ing at th~ north-Aast~rn corn~r of th~ HydA Park

Barracks D~puty Sup~rintAndant's rAsid~nc~,althoughdAtachAd

from it. It is morA likAly on thA availablA ~vidAncA to

propoSA that it was a nAW building. ThA AvidAncA of th~

contract spAcificationsdAtails that thA first stablA was

built in stonA;AvidAncA prAs~ntAd in thA trial of 1838

statAd that thA nAW stabl~ was constructAd in wAathArboard

(A. I. 8) •

In addition thA cornAr gard~n SA~n in th~ AarliAr

plan appAars to havA bA~n absorb~d into a compl~tAly f~nc~d

off ar~a at th~ AastArn s~ction of th~ sit~ and it is appar~nt

that a path (A.I.6) had bA~n constructAd 'to mak~ aCCASS to

thA diss~cting room AasiAr. It should bA not~d,in conjunction

with th~ lat~r,that t~0 gatAs havA b~An cut through th~

transv~rs~ wall dividing th~ southArn and cAntral compounds,

on~ in th~ ~xtr~m~ Aast and on~ in th~ w~st. ThAS~ gat~s

arA not not~d on thA Aarlipr plan. Th~ wall in'qu~stion

(A.I.4) has b~~n thA subj~ct of two additional rAports.

Th~ docum~ntary analysis carri~d out in th~s~ sugg~st~d that

this wall was built in c.1830 at th~ samA tim~ as its

count~rpart s~parating th~ north~rn and cAntral compounds.

(Thorp,W. "Archival and ArchaAologicai R""!port SydnAy Hospital

Wall~' 1980:Thorp,W. "Archival and ArchaAologiual R~port:

Storag~ Buildings, South BoundarLSydne.Y.-.Hospital", 1984).

ThA Avidpncp of thA 1838 plan accords with thA

~vid~ncA giVAn dtzrLnq th~ trial of JamAs Mitch~ll which

statpd that th""!r~ WArA two kitchAns,wAathArboard stablAs,

dissActing room and gardAn (12)~ A SkAtch of thp r~ar of thA

Barracks and part of thA Hospital sitp in 1838 indicatAs thp

roovps of thA sEablA and dissActing room as WAll as thA

back wall and clAarly d~monstratp.s thA closA r~lationship

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b~tw~~n construction in th~ hospital and thp northprn wall

of th~ Hyd~ Park Barracks compound (Plat~ No.l).

ThA rpmaining sit~ plan from this phasA is datAd

1843 (Plan No.5),howAvAr, it SAAms lakply that it is

incompl~tA bAcausp nonA of thA dAtail pvidAncAd in thp

prpvious sitpplans or skAtch is to bA obsArvpd. ThprA is

somA Avidp.ncp to suggpst that thA dAtails WArp drawn from

~arlipr plans that had not bAPn updatAd. NonA of thA out­

buildings arp shown;thA two gatps to thp cpntral compound

arp not indicatpd and thp Aarlipr gardAn arrangAmAnt i$hown.

As thp intAnt of thp plan is primarily to show dAvAlopmAnts

in thp northArn wing it is possiblA that not much attpntion

was paid to thp. accuracy of thp othAr compounds.

D Summary of np.v~lopmp.nt:Phasp. I

Until c.1810 thp arAa was part of thp. I wa s t Al a n d s "

of SydnAy dp.nud~d of timbpr with low grass and scrub covpr,

thp Domain dp.finAd by ditGhps. In c.18~o.: c0nstruction

b~gan on thp Npw Gp.np.ral Hospital of which thp arp.a in

qu~stion formpd part of th~ southprn compound. Originally

intpndpd to bp a r~sidpncp for' assistant surg~ons and

staff,numprous changps and schpmps wprp put forward to alt~r

this plan. Thp sitp apppars to havp bppn first occupipd by

onp m~dical officpr,stor~s and a sAparat~ ward.

At this timp thp. putbuildings wprp composAd of a

kitchpn (actually two w~thin thA onA building).a toilAt,a

stablp (all thpsp constructp-d in stonA),miscAllanp.ous

spwprs and drains,thp. compound p.nclospd by a stonp wall.

Throughout thA 1820s thp. sitp was usp.d mainly as

a military hospital ;thprp is no pxtant documpntation

dptailing any changp.s to thp. sitA to facilitatp this

function. It apppars unli~l}¥c that any additions or

al\A~Lations WArp madp..

During thp 1830s thA southprn compound bpcamp thp

subjPct of many bittpr argumpnts bptwppn various ppoplp

wishing to uSP thp accomodation in thp main barrack

building.Eventually it primarily bp-camp thp prmvincp of

thp StorP.s Dppartm~nt.

A numb~r of changps ar~ known to havp bppn carri~d

out at this timp• A npw stabl~ was built and a disspcting

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room;morA formal arrang~m~nts w~r~ mad~ for th~ gard~ns;a

transv~rs~ wall was construct~d b~tw~~n this and th~ c~ntral

compound and subsAqu~ntly two gatAs w~r~ cut thro~gh to

allow acc~ss tb th~~ast~rn and w~st~rn s~ctions of th~ sito;,

a path was constructod to th~ diss~cting room.

In 1843 tho sit~ was givon over to th~ ..authoritios

of th~ Sydnoy Disp~nsary and it romainod in thoir hands

until 1848. Many alt~rations w~r~ c.arriod out in th~ main

building at this timo but it is uncortain what, if any,chang~s

woro mado to th~ outbuildings and grounds.

From 1848 until 1854,aft~r th~ DispAnsary took

poss~ssion of th~ contraI building/this sit~ was utilisod

for military officos. Thoro is no documontation conc~rning

any chanq» which may havo b~on mad» t.o tho SitA at this tim~.

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3.2 PHASE I1:1854-1927

Occupation....1!!ld DGv~lopm=illLfor the-Royal Mint

A Ass~ssm~nt of Docum~ntation

Th~r~ is in this cas~ a larg~ amount of archival

mat~rial availablofor tho Mint although much of it is

larg~ly conc~rn~d with r~cords of daily production and th~

lik~. A small p~~c~ntag~ is r~lat~d to th~ actual

d~volopm~nt of th~<'",sit~~of this a c~rtain amount is

not attributabl~ to any sp~cific building and of th~

r~maind~r v~ry littl~ is conc~rn~d with th~ s~ction of th~

sit~ in qu~stion.

B D~v~lopm~nt of Occupation

Discussion conc~rning th~ n~~d for a Sydn~y Mint

had b~gun soon aft~r th~ official notification of th~

dd acov-sr-y of gold in Australia-.but it was not until

January 1852 that th~ d~cision was confirm~d and £10~OOO

s~nt to Britain to purchas~ ~quipm~nt,machin~ryand building

parts (1). Th~ first offic~rs w~r~ appointod,b~ingCaptain

F.C.Ward (D~puty Mint Mas~~r) and Mr Trick~tt (Sup~rint~ndant

of th~ Coining D~partm~nt). In 1853 Mr Trick~~t was s~nt to

Sydn~y to act as ~l~rk of Works on th~ building sit~ and

CaFtaln Ward r~mainod in England to arrange th~ purchas~ of

supplios.

Tho d~v~lopmont of tho occupation of th~ sit~ from

this point onwards is not on~ of changing t~nancy but

adjustm~nts of th~ sit~ to suit.tho singlo occupant. Aft~r

th~ docision hado b~~n mad~ to d~v~lop tho old hospital

sito rathor than construct a now compl~x,th~ layout of th~

sito was aportion~d p~r function.

Apart from initialprobl~ms wh~r~ som~ of th~

r~sidonc~s and laboratori~s had to b~ t~mporarily hous~d off

tho sit~ th~ g~n~nal layout ~v~ntually ~volv~d into offic~s

and rosid~nc~s in th~ old south wing,th~ m~lting houso along

tho north~rn p~rim~t~r,th~ workshops along tho south~rn

p~rimotor and tho coining d~partm~nt to tho oast. A numb~r

of ancillary structures dov~lopod boyond this to th~

~xtremo oastorn limits of the sit~. It is only tho coining

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dopartmont and th~ land and structur~s associat~d with it

oxtonding to th~ Domain which ar~ in th~ ar~a d~finpd by

this study. Th~s~ ar~ discuss~d in thp. following s~ction.

As ~arly as 1911 now sitp.s for th~ Mint w~rP. b~ing

considor~d. Sk~tch plans w~r~ producod and a sit~ procurr~d

at Dawos Point. This s~t~,how~vp.r,had to b~ abandonod on

account of tho sch~m~ for tho propos~d north shor~ bridg~

occupying part of th~ sit~. Anoth~r sit~ was s~l~ctp.d in

th~ Rocks ar~a b~tw~~n Princoss Str~P.t and Cumborland Str~~t

and sk~tch plans w~r~ propar~d in 1915 and roc~ivod

approval by tho Mint authoriti~s. Th~ p.stimat~d cost of tho

schom~ was £59,000 (2). Th~ plan was still b~ing discussod

in 1922.

By 1926 th~ d~cision had boon mad~ to r~mov~ tho

Mint. Tho roasons w~r~ numP.rous but, in tho main, loss of

profits, inability to cop~ with th~ d~mands of n~w stylo

coinago and gonorally tho nogl~ct of tho buildings providod

tho koy roasons for th~ ovontual mov~. In 1927 both th~

Sydnoy and ~lbourno Mints w~ro incorporat~d in Canb~rra and

tho old Mint sito was hand~d ovor for th~ us~ of various

govornm~nt d~partm~nts.

Throughout 1854-1900 successivp. construction was

carrip.d out within th~ dp.fin~d arp.a. For conv~ni~ncp. thp.

major ar~as of d~v~lopm~nt ar~ outlin~d bp.low." Two pP.ts of

original sit~ plans ar~ ~xtant,ono for 1853 (Plan Nos.6-8)

and on~ sP.t for 1854 (Plan Nos.9-11). Comparison b~two~n th~

two s~ts rov~als adaptations mad~ b~causo of sit~

r~strictions as w~ll as a numb~r of structural chang~s. How~vp.r,

~v~n a cursory sit~ Lnspe-ccdon as w~ll as subse-que-nt, '. - -.....':: .

docum~ntation rp.v~als quit~ major alt~ra~ions mad~ appar~ntly

during th~ initial building phaso•

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III

Aft~r th~ sit~ had b~on confirm~d and d~tails of

tho sit~ plan sottl~G,a numb~r of instructions w~r~ issu~d

with r~gard to tho sitp. pr~paration and procurring mat~rials.

In particular, on» rocommondation rolovant to' .this study was

IITo tako down th"", old out-buildings,

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pr~par~ th~ ground for now work and

r~us~ such of th~ old mat~rials as

may b~ found sound and good in tho

foundations of tho n~w buildings •••

Lim~ and sand and implomonts to bo

pur-chase-d at tho lowost curr-snt; pric~s". Cl)

A numbor of oth~r mat~rials woro obtain~d

locally,in particular tho stono which was "•••. to bo

obtainod from th~ Quarry in th~ Outor Domain .. ~ " (2'). How~v~r,

by far tho majority of matorials w~ro impo~t~d diroctly from.

England purpos@-built for thp. Mint.

La~g~ numbors of bills of lading survivo dotailing

ca~goos int~ndod for tho Mint construction, for oxamplo

"fan lights" (3),"a plain cas~ containing d~tails of th~

Doofing and othor ironwork for tho Mint" (4), "iron roofing,

gird~rs,tanks and columns and othor h~avy tton goods,bosid~s

27 crat~s of glass ••• "(5),"a larg"" iron safp"(6),"110 fo~t

of ornamontal railing and an ~namollod boil~r"(7),"thro~

bost mahogany wator c l.o set s with copper fittings" (-8).

This building forms tho ~ast~rn sid~ of th~

c~ntral courtyard and hous~d a numbor of op~rations. Aftor

tho gold had boon molt~d,r~fin~d and formod into ingots in

th~ molting room (th~ northorn building to th~ courtyard),

it w~nt to th~ rolling room whor~ it was pr~ss~d into thin

sh~~ts of motal. Tho rolling room was situatod in th~

northornmost soction of th~ d~partmont (Plan No.16). Tho

ann~aling furnac~s w~r~ locatod closo by whor~ th~ shoots

of gold w~r~ subj~ct~d to a controll~d hoating and cooling

procoss. Th~ soft~n~d m~tal thon w~nt to tho pross which

cut ~ho blanks. Thoso woro thon annoal~d and washod b~for~

passing to tho coining prossos in th~ south~rn Soction of th~

building.

H~r~ tho blanks w~r~ tr~at~d by a marking machino

which rais~d and tough~n~d th~ ~dg~s of th~ coin and th~

final dyo stamping of th~ blanks was carri~d out. Import~d

balancos for w~ighing th~ coinag~ botw~~n th~ various

stagos w~ro also locatod in this dopartmont. Botw~on th~

coining aroa and th~ rolling room was a strongroom to stor~

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tho finishod coins. (9)

Tho "Illustratod Sydnoy Nows" of 1855 providod a

dotailod doscription of tho aroa:

"It is 182 foot in longth by 45 foot in

broadth and is markod off with two

divisions and has abundant offico

accomodation,with a strong-hold for

tho safo cu~tody of tho troasuror. In tho

northorn division is tho machinory for tho

first oporation of coining. It is

constructod on a giant scalo and appoars to

ombody with groat boauty and proportions

all tho modprn improvp.monts. All tho

subsidiary apparatus,furnacos otc aro of

a liko charactor•••Tho annoaling furnacos

aro all solf fooding and smoko consuming

an advantago which is socurod by tho

introduction of machinory at tho back

whoroby an ovon dogroo of tomporaturo is

prosorvod and an oconomy of fuol onsurod.

Ovor tho contra1 offico or principal

appartmont thoro is a laboratory and an

assay offico togothor with an offico for

tho Suporintondant. Surrounding thoso rooms

is a small gallory protp.ctod by a highly

ornamontal palisading whonco tho Suporintondant

can at any momont takp. a comprp.honsivp.

viow of all thp. oporations going on

bolow and ovon in some adjoining dopartmp.nts... " CH»)

Thorp is considp.rablp. ovidonco for a numbpr of

minor additions,altorations and ropairs throughout thp.

lator ninotoonth contury to this aroa,for p.xamplp altorations

to thp strong room and, in particular, in 1897 tho romodolling

of tho powor plant which largoly offpctod tho onginp room

although quito an oxtonsivo offoct was folt in tho coining

room such as "•••• a now undorground shaft for tho third and

fourth mills"(ll1.Tho major altoration to tho dopartmont was

tho addition of a socond lovol apparontly during tho 1870s­

1880s. Tho oarlior form is bost soon in Plato No.2.

Apart from this it is apparont that tho aroa romainod

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larg~ly thp samp until th~ r~moval of th~ Mint and thp

subs~qu~nt hand-ov~r to thp succpssivp gov~rnmpnt offic~s in

1927 wh~r~by consid~rabl~ alt~rations Wpr~ carri~d out in

th~ int~rior offic~s. Th~ north~rnmost s~ction of this

building at first housing th~ rolling room and lat~r part

of a minist~rial garag~ was d~molish~d in 1968. Th~ r~st of

·th~ d~partm~nt still stands.

Attach~d to th~ c~ntr~ ~ast~rn sid~ of th~ coining

and rolling rooms it was th~ sourco of pow~r gon~rat~d for

th~ Mint proc~ss~s. Initially th~ major poWpr sourc~ was

in tho form of two b~am ongin~s. Iron storag~ cist~rns in

th~ boil~r room w~r~ f~d from pstablishpd Sydn~y watpr mains,

how~v~r,if th~ wator fail~d through r~duc~d prpssur~ two

~ngin~ pumps w~rp install~d as a back-up syst~m to ~nsur~ a

constant supply. Th~ boil~r room also supplipd distillpd wat~r

for th"? Mint (12).It (th~ room) was cov~r~d by a cast iron

cistprm which coritrai.n-sd 15,000 gallons (1,3).

In 1897 th~ p@w~r procpssps in this ar~a w~rp

considprably upgrad~d7th~ bpam pngin~s bping rpplac~d by

two Marshq~~ horizontal pngin~s of 85 hors~pow~r ~ach with,,,..,additional valv~s and cranks suppli~d for mor~ ~ffici~nt .

running of thp machin~ry. In addition two cornish boil~rs

which had r~placpd th~ original systpm during th~ 1870s w~rp

in turn r~plac~d with two st~pl multi-tubular undpr fir~d

'bo i Le r-s (t~-2>'~'. . '

Although th~r~ is som~ ~vid~nc~ for minimal

alt~rations and additions throughout th~ rpmaind~r of Phasp

II,primarily th~ n~xt major altprations occurr~d in Phasp

III whpn an ~xt~nsiv~ programm~ was carri~d out to adapt

th~ int~rior. Plat~ No.8 shows th~ b~gi~ning of thp

d~molition of tho south~rn s~ctions of thp building in 1941

to mak~ way for tho construction of now court rooms. Th~

romaindor of th~ ongin~ room still stands.

Built on tho south-past~rn corn~r of th~ coining

dopartmont in tho spac~ originally dosign~d as a yard with

w.c. 's mirro~ing th~ arrang~m~nt on th~ north~rn sid~. Thoro

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appoars to havo boon somo form of structuro on this location

boforo tho construction of tho 1894 building. Cortainly

tho 1884 plan (Pl.an No.12) LndLcat.e s a building of tho

samo dimonsions as tho lattor,alroadY t~xtant in that yoar.

This appoars to havo boon totally roplac""d by tho 1'894

storag~ houso and shod dosignod by Vornon for which tho

plan still oxists (Plan No.14). Tho structuros wor"" still

oxtant in 1941 (Plato No.B). By 1953 tho sh""d had b""on

domolishod and tho storago houso altorod to th"" curront form.

Whon tho Mint took control of tho promisos in 1854

tho situation was d""scribod thus:

liTho pioco of ground in roar of tho buildings

(is) surroundod by a high wall and tho back

of tho Govornmont Printing Offico is away

from tho public gazo.1I ( 15).

This prosumably was tho romnant of tho hospital compound

porimotor wall. It appoars that,on closor inspoction,this

was found to bo inadoquato and ostimat""s woro ontorod for

IIEnclosing the pr~misos with a wall 12 foot high 11 (16) _Estimates

w~ro thon prosontod for "raising tho prosont boundary walls

to tho hoight of 12 foot" (117) • It ovontuatod that now

porimotor walls woro built on tho oast and Wost and a small

soction on tho north with tho walls of tho molting houso

forming tho romaindor of this boundary. Tho south""rn

porimotor was formod by tho northorn wall of tho Hyd o Park

Barracks compound with ono addition to tho Wost to comploto

tho squaro.

This arnangomont only lastod until 1855 whon tho

Doputy Mint Mastpr bogan a sorios of complaints to tho

Colonial Socrotary concorning tho insocurity of tho sito

bocauso of loan-to shods in tho Infirmary affording oasy

accoss into tho Mint buildings.

Tho ond rosult of this discussion was tho transfor

of oight foot of hospital land to th"" Mint and tho

construction of a n""w Mint boundary wall on tho no~thorn

porimotor in c.1855 at this distanco from tho Mint

buildings. This situation romainod until c.1931 whon tho

hospital rogainod somo of its formor land and bogan to infill

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th~ spac~ b~tw~~n th~ form~r Mint buildings and thA boundary

wall,forming a s~ri~s of stor~s,laboratori~s and th~ lik~.

This has b~p.n th~ subj~ct of a s~parat~ r~port. (Thorp,W.

"Archival and Archa~ological R~port:Stora9'.e.Buildings, South

Bounda£y~yQn~y Hospital~ 1984)

Th~ p~rim~t~r wall on th~ ~ast~rn boundary r~main~d

intact,with som~ minor alt~ration (Plan NO.l~,into th~

tw~nti~th c~ntury (Plat~ No.~). It app~ars to hav~ b~~n

d~molish~d and th~ curr~nt wall built in 1956 wh~n th~

District Court was construct~d.

vi) W.C. and ~nls Room c.1854:~II.2

Thor~ is littl~ ~vid~nc~ for th~ d~volopm~nt of th~

rooms adjac~nt to th~ ~ngin~ room on its southorn sido. In th~

1853 plan th~so wor~ p~rc~iv~d as b~ing a largo singl~ spac~

botw~on th~ boil~r hous~ and th~ yard. By 1896 th~r~ w~r~

two s"';parat~ rooms with what is t~rm~d a "y a rd" b~tw~~n thorn

(Plan No.15). Th~y may still be:> partiall ys~e:>n in Plat~ No.8_"

dat~d 1941,but had larg~ly b~~n d~molish~d by 1953 (plan No.ZQ.).

In thA original de:>sign two chimnie:>s w~r~

constructe:>d,on~ locat~d within th~ ~ngin~-boil~r hous~ and a

s~cond adjac~nt to th~ me:>lting hous~. Th~s~ ar~ still to be:>

s~~n in Plat~ No.3. Howe:>v~r,during 1859 th~ Infirmary b~gan

to complain about the:> fumos going into thoir buildings. Action

was re:>quoste:>d to stop this situation (l8) ;."' Tho Colonial

Archite:>ct roplie:>d,in 1860,that to ~ff~ct this the:> twonty-

five:> foot high chimnoy would have:> to be:> raise:>d to sixty fe:>ot

which h~ doe:>me:>d Lmpr-act.LcabL« (l.9.L__ .

In 1860 te:>nde:>rs We:>re:> issue:>d to build a ne:>w chimne:>y

but a succossful applicant was not found. Throughout tho

1860s and 1870s continuous complaints We:>ro r~coive:>d from the:>

Infirmary conce:>rning the:> pollution issuing from the:> old

stacks. By 1883 the:> old chimni~s wore:> in sorious disre:>pair and

£500 was re:>quostod for r~pairs. "The:> ropairs ar~ urgontly

roquirod as ono of the:> chimnbys is much cracke:>d and out of

plumb and somo of tho stone:>s in the:> othe:>rs aro looso and

appoar to bo in dang~r of falling."(20). In 1889 th~ two

old stacks wor~ r~plac~d by a singl~ now stack.

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liThe:> chimne:>y of the:> Me:>lting and Coining

ne:>partme:>nts having be:>e:>n conde:>mne:>d by the:>

Colonial Archite:>ct,that officor conside:>re:>d

that it would be:> botte:>r to build one:> chimne:>Y

in a conve:>nie:>nt spot to do the:> wor~ of the:>

two old one:>s and he:> accordingly propare:>d

de:>signs for a ne:>W chimne:>y to be:> e:>re:>cte:>d at

the:> north-~ast corne:>r of the:> coining room,

whe:>re:> it could be:> conve:>nie:>ntly conne:>ctod with

th~ boil~r houso and the:> me:>lting furnace:>s.,

The:> chimne:>y which is 1251f~e:>t high was

finishe:>d about the:> middle:> of th~ ye:>ar. It is

built of brick on stono foundations and is

surmount~d bv an ornamontal cast iron cap. The:>

flue:>° from-- thlO beilp.r 'hous» .ils.t,:und~[lgi'6uncl.~a:nd

95 fe:>e:>t long and 1 foot 9 inchos square:>. The:>

conne:>ction with the:> me:>lting furnacos is by

me:>ans of a conde:>nsing 9hambe:>r 45 fe:>ot iong,9

fe:>e:>t high and 2 fe:>e:>t wide:>. The:> ne:>w chimn~y and

flue:>s we:>ro built while:> the:> ostablishme:>nt was in

full oporation••••As soon as the:> ne:>w chimnoy

was found to be:> in working orde:>r tho old one:>s wore:>

puLLe-d down and re:>move:>d." (21)).

The:> plan for this structure:> is still e:>xtant (Plan No.13) and

the:> now stack may be:> soon in Plate:> No.~. This structure:> was

de:>molishe:>d in 1941 (Plato No.~). Tho site:> is now within tho

hospital grounds unde:>rnoath the:> store:>' buildings along

the:> southe:>rn boundary of this site:>. Tho sito of the:> two olde:>r

stacks are:> still within th"" Mint prop""rty.

viii) R""sorvoir c.1855?:A.II.4

Locat""d to the:> oast of th"" e:>ngin"" bous~ the:>r"" is

no dir""ct r""f~r~nce:> to the:> original construction. The:>

e:>arlie:>st re:>fe:>r~nce:> which may apply to this fe:>ature:> is in

1855 whe:>n a le:>tte:>r to th~ Commissione:>r of the:> City Wate:>r

Supply re:>qu~stod that "•••• a 3 inch pipe:> to be:> laid down

from the:> branch pipe:> which supplie:>s the:> Infirmary to the:>

tanks now constructing in tho re:>ar of the:> Mint building" (22:X.

In 1858 ono bushe:>ll of cpme:>nt was re:>quoste:>d to

"re:>pair tho lining o~ our large:> cistorns"(23). In 1860 the:>re:>

ix) Sappors and Minors Cottagos c.1855:~II.5

Lator,Trickott again wroto that " •• it is proposod

to oroct tho cottagos by tho Sappors during thoir loisuro

timo with old and suporfluous matorials from tho Mint building

with rofuso stono from tho quarry in tho Domain which would

bo attondod with no oxponco to tho Govornmont boyond a small

sum for a fow now matorials •• "(26).

Tho cottagos woro built and in 1855 a roquost was

mado to placo an oxtra atoroy on ono of "thorn for additiona~

accomodation (28)." Thoro is no prociso document.at.i.on for tho

location of tho housos,only tho Domain roforonco,thoroby

making it unlikoly that thoy woro actually within tho

porimotor wall. It doos soom likloy,though,that thoy woro

in closo proximity to tho Mint. Thoro is no ovidonco in tho

is roforonco to litho largo tanks" (24). Thoy aro cloarly soon

on tho 1884 sito plan (Plan No.12) and again in 1896 (Plan

No.15). Thoro is no rocord to dato whon thoso woro fillod in

although it is most logical to assumo that this occurrod in

tho oarly 1900s. Aftor tho cossation of tho Mint occupation

tho sito was subsoquontly built upon and is now tho location

of a car park.

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In 1854 tho Colonial Architoct advisod th~ Doputy

Mint Mastor that " ••• thoro appoars to his Excell~ncy th~

Govornor Gonoral to bo no objoction to tho building of tho

cottagos as proposod nor to tho ground outsido tho Domain

in tho position roprosontod in tho plan boing placod at

tho disposal of tho Mint ••••You will of courso tako caro that

tho ground is laid out and kopt and tho cottagos so oroctod

as not to prosont any unsightly appoaranco." (27») e

It was not at first intondod to provido living

quartors on tho sito oxcopt for a company of Sappors and

Minors. Tho majority of thoso woro housod at Victoria Barracks,

provision was only mado for tho marriod mon of tho company

but it was not considorod a priority. Trickott statod that

" •• wi t h ro§ard to tho quarti=lrs for tho RoyaJ:'Sappors and

Minors ••• I bog to suggost that undor tho prosont stato of

high pricos for labour and matorial in tho Colony ffi would

dofor tho oxocution of thoso works until tho othor moro

imp<brtant parts of tho ostablishmont aro complotod." (25)" ..

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c.l:8:'7Us photograph of cot.t.aq-s s in tho immodiato onvirons

(Plato No. 4:».

x) Coal and Sto£s~hods:AssayStoro:W.C. along tho

Soutnorn Porimotor c.1859+:A.II.6

Tho oarliost roforonco to storos boing built along

this porimotor is from 1859 whon tho Doputy Mint Mastor

complainod about tho safoty of storos and tho insufficiont

accomodation availablo at that timo. "l proposo thon,for tho

considoration of tho Govornmont that a loan-to shod 60 foot

long and 14 foot broad bo oroctod against ono wall of tho

onclosuro for tho storing of coal and coko for which thoro is

now no provision and that a portion of tho quart~rs providod .~

for tho dotachmont of Royal EngineArs bo convortAd into a

storo room for othor Mint s t.or a s , 11 (29) ..

This plan was carriod out but within a vory short

timo additional spaco was again roquirod and a proposal was

mado in 1865 "to longthon about 20 foot and oncloso tho shod

against tho southorn wall to sorvo as a storo room for

acids and chomicals at prosont occupying tW0 rooms in tho

Barracks at-tho roar of tho Mint which ,should bo appropriatod

for tho rosidonc"" of a marriod const.abl-s , 11 (~;C)')I.; Tho work

app""ars to hav"" boon agro""d to and put into ""ff""ct.

By 1876 tho arrangomonts had again bocomo inadoquato

and it was roportod that tho storo of chomicals was liablo to

damago "from tho confinod spaco and stato of disropair of

th~ shods containing thom•••• that tho shods may bo put into

a propor stato of ropair so as to oxcludo tho woathor and that

thoy may bo longthonod about twonty foot ,th",. closot noxt to

thom boing romovod lowor down to mako ~oom for tho onlargomont."

t3i). This arrangomont appoars to bo that shown on tho 1884

plan (Plan No.12)

By 1896 tho arrang""mont had changod slightly with th""

W.C. in th"" south oast cornor bping slightly oxtondod (in

1893) and th"" long narrow wostorn oxtonsion to thp main shod

complox,shown on tho 1884 plan,domolishpd with iron bins

boing constructod immodiatply bohind tho formor Dpputy

Suporint""ndant's rosidpnco in th"" Hydo Park Barracks Complox.

(Plan No.16)

xii) Assay Office c.1860:~II.~

This was locat~d in thp ~xtremp south-~ast~rn corn~r

of th~ sit~,approximat~lyon the location of th~ old

diss~cting room. Th~ first r~f~r~nc~ to th~ building is in

1860 wh~n a Iott~r was s~nt " ••• r~sppcting th~ ~r~ction of

Assay offic~s and othpr r~pairs at th~ Mint". Notification

of approval of th~s~ m~asur~s was also attached (~3). Th~..offic~ is cl~arly se~n in Plat~ No.3. Th~ 1884 sit~ plan

shows the basic block plan b~for~ additions. (Plan No.12)

In c.1896 ext~nsiv~ alterations w~r~ carri~d out

on this building having b~~n " ••• r~constructed and

practically a n~w building er~'ct~d,containing on th~ ground

floor the accomodation necessary for th~ Assay d~partment,

while the upper floor is fitt~d up as quarters for th~ offic~­

k~eper."(34). The 1896 plan (Plan. No.16) shows th~ n~w

arrangem~nts and ground plan. This was still standing in

1953 and app~ars to hav~ only be~n demolished in 1956 to make

way for th~ new District Court building.

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By 1953 th~s~ had b~~n consid~rably ~xt~nd~d into

a maz-e of timb~r,cast iron and brick she-ds (Plan No.2D).

Initial d~molition of th~ W.C.,Assay Stor~s and sh~ds b~gan

in 1956 to mak~ way for th~ construction of th~ District

Court building. Th~ r~maind~r stay~d in situ until th~ Mint

r~storation programm~ b~gan (Plat~ No.tO).

During 1859/60 a n~w m~thod for crushing an0

t~sting aurif~rous quartz was d~v~lop~d. A n~w room was built

and machin~ry acquir~d to utiliz~ th~ proc~ss. This was

locat~d on th~ north~rn facad~ of th~ ~ngin~ hous~ and in

contrast to th~ earlier buildings was construct~d in brick

·(~2). This was locat~d on the sit~ of a pr~vious op~n yard

with two W.Cs. The West~rn side of th~ yard was adapt~d to

hous~ a bathroom and W.C. betw~~n the wall of the rolling

room and th~ quartz crushing room (Plan No.16). By 1896 a

large shed had be~n construct~d on the ~ast~rn elevation

and this app~ars to have b~~n still intact in 1953. By 1928

the ar~a had b~en conv~rt~d to a ministerial garag~ (Plan No.:~~)~

This was d~molish~d in 1968.

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~xii) Tho North-Eastern Rp.sid~nco c.1870s:A.II.9

Tho oarliost roforonco to additional accomodation

in this location is from 1875 whon it was proposod that

" ••• a houso,simplo and inoxponsivo,in its charactor might

bo convoniontly crocted 'at the back of tho Mint, in a line

with tho boundary wall,tho most open and unprotocted part of

the Mint ••• "(35),however,thero is no ovidonco to confirm that

this was built. Plato No.~ shows a two storey houso in the

oxtrome north-oastern cornor of the sito and this is shown on

both tho 1884 plan (Plan No.12) and tho 1896 plan (Plan No.16) •

Ronovations woro carriod out on tho houso in this

location in 1945. Tho site plan of 1953 (Plan No.~» shows

its final form. It was domolishod in 1956 to mako way for the

construction of tho District Court building. Tho sito is now

part of a car park.

xiii) Mint Suporintondant's Rosidonco c.1870s: A.II.10

This contraI houso has no documontary ovidonco for

its initial construction but it, is cortainly lator than tho

north oastorn residonco (A.II.10),not appoaring in Plato No.3

whon tho lat~or doos. Howovor,tho houso doos appoar in the

1884 sito plan (Plan No.12). In 1896 a bay window was addod

to tho Wostorn olovation (PLan No.15). It is soon in Plato

No.6.

By 1900,at least, it had beon allocatod as a rosidonco

for tho Suporintondant of tho Mint. In 1898 tho "four roomod

cottago ll was ropairod and onlargod by tho addition of a

bodroom and sorvant's bodroom. (36). Tho plans for this

arrangomont aro still oxtant (Plan No.l~*. It was domolishod

in 1956 to mako way for tho District Court building.

xiv) Tanks and W.C. at North-oastorn Gornor of tho Quartz

Crushing Room c.1896?:A.I~11

Thoso woro not oxtant in 1884 (Plan No.12) but had

boon built by 1894 (Plan No.14). Thoir purpOse is unknown. Tho

sito is now within tho hospital grounds bonoath tho storago

building along tho southorn porimotor wall.'Th~y~~p~~ to

hav» still boon ope-n in 1928 (Plan No.:lL81) and thoro is no

documontation for whon thoy woro finally fillod.

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xv) Drains,Fluos,Pipos,Sowors otc c.1855+: A.II.12

Thoro aro fow diroct roforoncos to tho location

of thoso foaturos. Thoro aro numorous roforoncos to ropairs

boing carriod out on various drains (which appoar to havo boon

a sorious problom),howovor,tho only spocific rof~roncos aro

to pipos connoctod to tho rosorvoir and tho largo undorground

fluo for tho lator chimnoy.

xvi) Paths, Landscaping c.1855+: A.I;L.13

Thoro aro fow diroct roforoncos to thoso oxcopt

occasional lists of ropairs which montion itoms such as

asphalting and tho liko. In 1899 it was statod that

1I ••• tho roadways havo boon thoroughly ropairod and tho rost

of tho onclosuro has boon plantod and turfod by tho Diroctor

of tho Botanical Gardons thus comploting tho oxtonsivo

altorations to tho' promisos carriod out most satisfactorily

by tho Govornmont Architoct ••• 1I(37). Somo landscaping and

pa~hs aro ovidont in tho 1896 sito plan (Plan No.16) and

glimpsos of oarlior arrangomonts aro soon in Plato Nos~2,3.

In 1854 whon tho Mint took possossion of tho sito

oxtonsivo altorations and additions woro mado,boginning with

tho cloaranco and partial rouso of matorials of tho old

hospital outbuildings •• Tho primary Mint manufacturing.procossos woro arrangod in a IIU II shapo to form an opon

courtyard in tho contro,tho fourth sido boing formod by tho

old hospital barrack building.

Tho Mint stayod .in occupation on this sito until

1927 and tho primary procossos woro rotainod in tho samo

buildings until tho final movo. Howovor,bocauso of tho

oxpanding noods of tho manufacto.ray many altorations woro

mado to oxisting buildings and additions woro built throughout

tho lator ninotoonth contury. Thoso mainly comprisod shods and

storos on tho southorn boundary,throo·housos on tho oastorn

porimotor,a now chimnoy to tho north and a quartz crushing

room attachod to tho ongino hOUS0 2 All of thoso additions

survivod woll into tho twontioth contury (Phaso Ill).

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3.3 PHASE III:1927-1984

Occupation and Dev~lopm~nt of Government and Court Offices

A Assessment of Documentation

The records for this period are copious, however,

the majority are still within separate government

departmental archives and not indexed thoreby making retrieval

of information virtually impossible. A very small percentage

only app~a~s to be concerned with tho various additions to

the site.

B Dovelopment of Occupation

This phase of occupation is the most. complex of all

with a multiplicity of government offices and judicial

dopartments sharing the premises, moving in and out with great

rapidity.

At the closuro of the Mint,after all the machinery

was removed and the site scrupuously cleaned to ensure that

all traces of-gold had boon collected, numerous requests

were mado for space to be let in the buildings. These Wero

from a varietyof departments including the hospital, law

courts and treasury. The Successful applicants in 1926 appear

to have boen sections of the Government Insurance Office,

Treasury,Treasury Insurance Branch and the State Taxation

Department. It is difficult to determine thereafter when one

office left and another moved in, however, it would seom that

the major occupants sO-existing with each other at various

times Were as follows:

1927 :Family Endownmel1t. OfficI=!

Office of the Commissioner of Family Endownm~nt

1939:National Em~rg~ncy Services

Family Endownment OfficI=!

1941:National Emergency Services

1944:Honsing Commission

District Court

Court Reporting Branch

1960s-1970s: Law Courts

It seems that tho District Courts Were the major

occupants of the premises throughout its final phase with the

Parliam~ntary Library being given facilities in the former

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Mint rosidontia~ block until 1981 whon tho restoration

programmo was initiatod and all tho officos in this

building woro vacatod. Tho district courts still occupy

large sections of tho formor Mint buildings to tho oast

as well as somo space Sot asido for B.C. and M workrooms.

Throughout this period thoro is virtually no

documontation for tho dovolopmont of tho aroa,tho koy

itom is a Sot of plans of tho aroa in 1953,immodiatoly

boforo tho'changos woro mado for tho construction of tho

District Court building in 1956. For convonionco the major

aroas of construction are Sot out bolow.

i)TOilots-£nd Show~,Eastern Sid~ of 1894 Storo Houso:B.III.1

Thoro is no archival material to dato tho initial

construction of this foature although this must havo occurrod

botween 1941,whon thoy are not shown in a p0otograph of this

date (Plato No.~),and 1953 when thoy are shown to be in uSo

(Plan No.2.U:SJ. They are still standing and still in USe.

To construct those the southnrn side of the former

Mint ongine room was demolishod and tho fibro additions mado

which oxtend back to the south in a second storoyQ There is

no archival dat~ for theso additions, although using tho samo

evidenco '1~ for B.III.1 this must occur between 1941 and 1953 •

It is lil;:ely that this construction was part of th"" aam-­

programmo that built B.III.1

iii) District Court 1956: B.III.3

A multi-storey building cov""ring most of the

oastern porimoter including sitos A.II.1,8,9 and 10. Tho

sito plans aro oxtant. This construction causod the

demolition of tho two rosidoncos (A.II.9,10),Assay offico

(A.II.8) and adjacont storos on tho oastorn perimotor as

woll as tho Mint boundary wall (A.II Q1).

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No documontation is availablo for tho curront wall

along this boundary but i·t appaars most likoly to havo boon

constructod in 1956 to complomont tho District Court. This

took t:.ho placo of A. II • 1

Thoro is no documontation for thoso foaturos in

this phaso. Th~ intact landscapo foaturos on this sito

dato from this phaso• Tho construction dovolopmonts notod

for this ~oriod prosupposos oxtonsivo soworago,drainago,

wator,gas and oloctricity cablos.

vi) Fibro-Comont Building Attachod to thoFormor Quartz

Crushin~RoQm c.1950:A.III.1

Bost So4n in tho 1953 sito plans it appoars to havo

boon a long opon plan building running parallol to tho formor

Mint ongino room, with two sots of stairs at oithor ond and

a small attachod room to tho south. It was doscribod in 1953

as tho II s t a f f soction ll• Thoro is no r""cord of Lt.s d--mo.Id t.Lon

although tho most lik.",,·ly tim"" s""oms to bo at som» timo during

tho 1956 programmo,or in 1968 whon tho crushing room was

romovod. Tho sito is now usod as a car park./..

vii) Timbor_Officos Immodiatoly Adjacont to tho Eastern

Porimot~Fonca ; A.III.£.

Bost soon on tho 1953 sito plan. Thoro is no rocord

of thoir construction although a similar dato as for B.III.1-2

is proaabl"". It is lik:o~ythat this foaturo was domolishod in

1956 to mako way for tho District Court building.

Tho hand-ovor of tho formor Mint buildings to a

varioty of govornmont and judicial officos initiatod

onormous changos to tho buildings and to thoir functions.

A numbor of additions woro mado to tho sito usually

in choap matorials such as fibro and gonorally at tho

oxponso of oldor structuros and foaturos. This was

pa~icularly so in 1956 whon tho District Court construction

causod tho domolition of all tho oldor buildings along tho

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oastorn porimotor. In 1968 anothor programmo of domolition

romovod at loast ono formor Mint building as woll as somo

lator twontioth contury construction. Tho sito today is a

mixturo of mid-lato nintoonth contury and SOffio twontioth

contury foaturos.

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3.4 LIST OF STRUCTURES AND SITES IDENTIFIED PHASES I-Ill

1811 kitchon

1811 toilot block

1811 stablo (stono)

1811 boundary wall

Dissocting room,dato of construction unknown

Stablo (woathorboard),dato on construction unknown

Phaso I drainago systoms

Phaso I landscaping,surfaco proparations,gardons.

Boundary wall c.1855

W.C. and mon's room c.1854

Chimnios (3) 1854,1889

Rosorvoir c.1855

Sappors and minors cottagos c.1855

Coal and starago shods:Assay storo:W.C. southorn

porimotor 1859+

Quartz crushing room and associatod shod and W.C. 1860

Assay offico 1860

North oast rosi~onco c.1870s

Mint Suporintondant's rosidonco c.1870s

Tanks and W.C. north oast cornor quartz crusbiDg room c189

Phaso II drains,fluos,pipos,sowor6 otc.

Phaso 11 paths, landscaping

Fibro-comont building c.1950

Timbor officos oastorn porimotor fonco

Coining dopartmont 1854

Engin~ and boilp.r room 1854

Coal shod and storo 1894

Toilots and showoFs

Court additions to ongino room

District CourtEastoFn porirnotor wall

B.II.1

B.II.2

B.II.3

B.III.1

B.III.2

B.III.3

B.III.4

A.II.7

A o I I . 8

A.II.9

A.II.10

A.II.11

A.II.12

A.II.13

A.III.1

A.III.2

A Potp.ntial archap.ological foaturo

B Standing building

1,11,111 Tho phaso in which tho itom was constructod.

l,2,otc Individual sito or building numbor.

A.I.1

A.I.2

A.I.3

A.I.4

A.I.5

A.I.6

A.I.7

A.I.8

A.II.1

A.II.2

A.II.3

A.II.4

A.II.5

A.II.6

C Standing Building£

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BoIII.5 Drains, sowors,paths, landscaping foaturos

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4.0 ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENr OF SITE

4.1 PHASE I

The rp.comm~ndation transcrib~d in S~ction 3.2Ci

conc~rning tho rous~ of all old Hospital mat~rials has

dir~ct boaring on tho assossmont of lik~ly ovidonco

rotainod from this phaso• Thor~ app~ars to havo b~~n a

concort~d offort to rotain and rous~ all mauorials from

tho provious hospital phaso,thoroby onsuring considorabl~

disturbanc~ of tho stratigraphy and tho minimal likolihood

of ovidonco of ~arlior structuros.

Tho major structur~ of this poriod in tho study

aroa,tho kitchon (A.I.1),was partially oxcavatod in tho Stago

II oxcavation programmo at tho Hydo Park Barrack and Royal

Mint sitos. Tho wostorn wall was found to bo partially

intact, although disturbod and somo stonos robbod,thoroby

boaring out th~ ovidonco of th~ 1854 rocommondation. Tho

romaindor of this building would havo boon complotoly

covorod by tho construction of tho coining dopartmont.

Thoroforo, it is pr-obabL« that no othor ovidonco of this _,;-' "(...

structuro will bo found to bo in situ. Similarly tho

toilot block (A.I.2) would havo boon domolishod and all

possiblo ovidonco romovod during tho construction of tho

coining dopartmont.

Tho stablo block (A.I.3),originally construct~d

in stono,appoars to havo alroady boon domolishod by tho

mid 1830s,possibly to mako way 'for tho dissocting room.

Tho aroa was continually built on for storos and tho liko

throughout tho ninot~~nth contury and,finally,tho aroa

has boon totally disturbod by tho construction of tho

District Court building in 1956.

Tho boundary wall (A.I.4) survivos abovo ground

in only ono location7soctions aro built into tho northorn

wall of tho Hydo Park Barracks compound. Tho oastorn wall

was roplacod in c.1855 by tho Mint wall and this in turn

by tho curront wall in 1956. It is unlikloy that any ovidonco

of tho oarliost foaturo survivos.

Tho dissocting room (A.I.5) was on tho sito of tho

lator Assay Offico and storos and thoso aro likg~y to havo

romovod major aroas of ovidonco• Tho Assay Offico in turn

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was domolishod to mako way for tho' court building in 1956,

thoroby dostroying all subsurfaco ovidonco.

Tho socond stablo (A.I.6),constructod adjacont

to tho'wall of tho rosidonco of tho Doputy Suporintondant

of- Hyd o Park Barracks,was built of woathorboard and is,

thoroforo,unlikoly to havo mado a substantial initial

impact on tho sito. Tho aroa was considorably built ovor

during tho ninotoonth contury mainly by bins and storos '

buildings e A portion of this sito was oxcavatod during tho

1982 Hydo Park Barracks and Royal Mint oxcavation programmo;

tho tronch rovoalod oxtonsivoly disturbod stratigraphy. Tho

likolihood of ovidonco boing found intact from this socond

stablo is minimal.

It is difficult to dotormino tho likolihood of

rotainod ovidonco of-tho foaturos includod by A.I.7,8

(drains,landscaping"otc). Cortainly largo aroas' of potontia!

ovidonco havo boon ontiroly r~movod ,for oxamplo tho District ­

Court sito,othors havo boon sovoroly disturbod. If any ovidonco

is·rotainod,thoroforo,it is likoly to bo in small aroas.

Tho obsorvation of rotainod ovidonco of this kind on both

tho Hydo Park Barracks and Royal Mint sitos,dospito oxtonsivo

building and chango in tho samo aroas,nocossitatos caution

in stating that all ovidonco of this typo has boon

romovod.

In summary it appoars-to bo oxtromoly unlikoly

that furthor structural ovidonco from Phaso I,othor than tho

kitchon wall rovoalod during tho 1982 Stago 11 oxcavations,

will bo r~tainod within tho archaoological rocord. Howovor,

dospit tho oxtonsivo cOBstruction and oarthworks" of lator

phasos thoro is still somo possibility that ovidonco of

Phaso I drainago pattorns,surfaco typos,landscapo foaturos

and tho liko may bo rovoalod if works aro carriod out on

this sito.

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4.2 PHASE II

Only thr@p. buildings hav~ b~~n rotainod from this

poriod (B.II.1-3) and nono of thoso ar~ ~ntir~ly intact;all

havo boon oxtonsivoly altered,addod to or partially

domolishod. Thoy havo boen th~ subjoct of an initial

architoctural survoy (Flann~ry,D:"Cons~rvationAnalysis of

tho Sit~ of th~ Ro.Y.9.1-Mint~dn~'y'",1984) but r~quir~ a

moro ~xtonsivo and dotailod soarch and,doponding on futuro

work in this aroa,recording programmoo

Tho likolihood of rotainod archaoological ovidonco

in cortain aroas from this poriod is much groator than that

of th~ procooding phaso. Tho aroas that aro Ioast likoly

to contain archaoological potontial aro those most oxtonsivoly

disturbod viz. tho District-- Court construction aroa. --The

probabili ty of oxtant ovidonco--from tho Assay Offico and

Mint-Suporintondant's rosidonco is virtually nil-becauso of

tho oxtonsivo oarthworks,footings and sub-surfaco rooms. 6f

thoso sitos in tho--immodiato vicinity it is still rolativoly

cortain-that littlo ovidonco of Phaso II will bo retained

but somo caution must bo oxorcisod. Thoro aro two sites of

par-t LcuLar-r cono-r-n h oro;A.II.l the boundary wall and A.II.9

the North-oastern rosidonco.

The boundary'wall is less li~l~? to havo "loft any

ovidonco bocauso of tho lator wall constructod abovo it. It

is moro diffic~lt to dotormino to probability of foundations

and/or associatod cultural matorial of A.II.9-boing loft in

the archaeological rocofd. It ··sooms roasonablo that tho

construction programmo for th~ District Court would havo

romovod- all such tracos, howovor, b-scaus« thoro is s oiLf,ttlo

ovidonco on which to assoss tho initial-impact mado by A.II.9

upon tho sito $omo caution should bo oxorcisod in this aroa.

-Thoso aroas in which thoro is groator likolihood

of rotain~d archaoological ovidonco are to bo found in tho ­

immodiato vicinity of tho oldor standing Mint buildings. Tho

subsoquont construction abovo thoso foaturos is likoly to

havo had only localisod impact on tho sub-surfaca strata

and tho dostruction of tho oarlier buildings appoars to

havo boon mainly to surfaco lovol only.

Tho sites in qUestion aro A.II.4 {tho largo

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rosorvoir) and A.II.? (tho quartz crushing room,associatod

shod and W.C.s plus numorous pits and tho liko associatod­

with tho manufacturing procossos). I~ is probablo that tho­

pits and rosorvoir woro simply fillod-and will,thoroforo,bo

intact. Thoro also sooms to-<bo surfacoovidonco of tho

crushing room. eno sito appoars to havo somo standing

ovidonco and tho potontial of sub-surfaco ovidonco viz. A.II.~.

Soctions--of a stono wall may bo obsor,vod in tho mazo of

structuros within this aroao

Somo sitos of this Vhaso aro no longor within

tho Mint boundarios,thoso boing A.II.3 (achimnoy baso) and

A.II.11 (tanks on tho northorn sido of tho quartz crushing

room). Thoso aro locatod on land that was roturnod to tho

hospital in 1931; Tho foaturos havo a good probability of­

boing intact undernoath tho lator storos construction. Thoy

will bo tho.subjoct of an archaoological inspoction lator

in this Yoar~

Thoro is somo possibility of ovidonco of Phas6 II

structuros along tho southorn porimotor wall away from tho

aroas of disturbance causod by tho District Court construction.

Bospito tho ovidonco of disturbod stratigraphy rovoalsd in

oxcavations adjacont to tho Doputy Suporintondant-~s rosidonce,

a socond oxcavation-further to<tho wost during tho samo Stago

II programmo-'rovoalod o*tonsivo foundations still intact.

Caution,thor~foro,mustboo oxorcisod in this aroa.

Thoro is somo difficulty in dotormining tho oxtont

and dopth of ovidoncB of foaturos such as drains,paths,fluos

otc (A~II.12,13),howovor,thoroappoars to bo a good chanco

that-s6ctions of tho fluo systom and drainago pattorns will

bo rovoalod if tho sito is disturbod. Tho drainago

pattorns--may oxtond out into tho Domain procinct. A soction

of ono-vory substantial box drain from this phase was

rovealed during tho Stago I Hydo Park Barracks and Royal

Mint oxcavation phaso and a very oxtonsive,smallor box

drain was excavated during the Stago II programme. Similar

evidonce may_still bo intact.

Tho only aroa of potential that cannot bo assossod

is-A.II.5,tho location of tho Sappers' and Minors J cottagos.

Tho oxact location of thoso cottagos is unknown although it

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is unlikoly that they woro situatod within the Mint-procinct.

However,bocause of-the uncertainty surrounding the featuro

some caro must be exercised if the site is to bo disturbod.

It--may be possiblo to -eithor confirm or not tho presence of

those buildings on the sito.

In summary:tho District Court construction has

cortainly removod largo aroas--of potontial archaoological

ovidence on tho"oastorn porimoter,in particular tho Assay

Offico and storo,Mint Suporintondant1s rosidonco,boundary

wall and possibly the North-oastorn rosidonco although thoro

should bo somo caution oxorcisod in tho caso of tho lattor.

In contrast-to this thoro is-tho vory strong

probability of rotainpd evidonco in tho immodiato vicinity

of tho standing Mint buildings. This Lnc Lud-s s foundations of ,­

tho quartz crushing room and associatod building's,tho rolling

room,rosorvoir,fluos and-drains. Aroas of-somo uncortainty

aro--along tho-southorn porimotor and-ovidonco rolating-to

moro oxtonsivo fluos and drains as woll as landscapo foaturos.

'Thes location- of the Sapper I s and-Minor I s"cottagos is unknown,

theroforo,thoso roprosont a~ potontial featuro although it is

considorod unlikoly that thoso wore locatod within tho

boundary walls.

Somo of the sitos identifiod from Phase II-aro no

longor on tho Mint site,locatod on land that was alionatod

to the hospital-in 1931. Those will bo tho subjoct of

supervision lator in this Yoar~

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4.3 PHASE III

Th~ majority of p.vidonco from this phaso is

still standing and tho work suggostod for ox"tant Phas» II

buildings is applicablo-horo• Of tho two potontial

archaoological sitos,thoro is minimai potontial-for ovidonco

ofA.:..,ITI.2 "bimbor officos on ·.tho oastorn porimotor). This is

duo to tho probablo localisod-impact of initial construction

and tho lator-landscaping; Tho socond pot~ntial sito,A.III~1

locatod on tho sito of tho formor Mint rosorvoir appoars to

havo loft somo surfaco ovidonco•

4.4 SU~X

Tho assossmont of this sito-has concludod that,of

Phaso I,tho only ovidonco that is lik~ly to bo rotainod will

consist of landscapo dotails,drainago pattorns otc. Tho­

majority of archaoological-matorial will dato from Phaso II,

boing architoctural f~aturos in tho immodiato vicinity of

tho standing Mint buildings as woll as foaturos such as ­

drains and f Lu-ss , -Thoro-is loss lik~.J.j:hbod of sub-surfaco .­

ovidonco along tho-oastorn and southorn porimEtors but--somo

caution should bo oxorcisod if thoso sitos aro disturbod.

Tho standing buildings of this phaso aro 'of significanco

and-will roquiro additional study and rocording. Tho majority

of ovidonco from Phaso-III is still standing and will

roquiro adddt.donaL': sito work. Only two ar-chae.oLoqi.caL sit6s

havo boon-idontifiod from this phaso and only ono is lik~ly

to produco somo sub-surfaco ovidonco•

I--..:

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5.0 SUPPLEMENTARY DOCUMENTATION

5.1 FOOTNOTES

Section 3.1B

1. Macquario to Bathurst

Fobruary 12,1820

Dospatch 12,Parag.ll

HRA_Sorio~-!-Vol.~.,283

2. . Macquario to Biggo

Nov.l0,1820

Ibid.,391

3. Ibid

4. Watson,J.F. Tho Histo£Y-2i-Sydnoy Hospital., 51

5. Biggo to Bathurst

January 10,1823

ERA Sorios I.Vol-XI., 106

6. Brisbano to Bathurst

April 23,1823

ERA- Sorio.e-LVol.XI.,78

7. Gonoral Hospital Bundlo

Col.Soc_.Eublic Buildings 1827:4/1960.1

8. Darling to Huskisson

May 27,1828

HRA Sori""s-!-Vol.Xly:'.,203

9. Statomont of tho Caso of Jamos Mitcholl

10. Ibid

11. Gipps to Normanby

July 25,1839

ERA Sorios-!-Vol.~.,261

12. Ibid

13. Gipps to Stanloy

April 19,1843

HRA Sorios I Vol.XXII.,668

14. ColoArch. to Col.S~c.

Doc.24,1844-

Col.Arch. Lottors-±L1639.1

15. Watson,J.F. ~Cit.,77

16. Ibi~,89

17. Powoll,C. Historical and Archaoological Roport-on_tho

Mint Buildi~MacguarioStroot.,4

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42

18. Trickott to Col. Soc.

March 23,1854

Sydn~Mini Corr~spondonco-2/f6.§L

Section 3.1C

1. Campboll,J.F. Notos on tho Dovolopmont of Macquarie

Stroot South 1810-1880

R.A.H.S. Journal 23.,196

2. Ibid

3. Contract for tho Hospital

BRA Sories I Vol.VII.,401-5

4. Evid~nco of Jamos Boan

1820

Bonwick Transcripts 6.,2533

5. Sydnoy Gazotto Juno 15,1811

6. Macquario, L. Dotails for Finishing Cortai-n Parts of ti~~\-...Gonoral Hospital. March 29,1813

Bonwick--..£.ranscriptL12

7. Ibig., 434

8. Arnold,J. His Journal., 39

9. Bowman to Macquario

March 1,1820

Col.Soc_._Lottors 1820

10. Bonwick TranscriPts 6.,2393

11. Roport of tho Committoo

Bonwick Transcripts 14.,1322

12. Statomont of tho Caso of Jamos Mi~holl

Soction 3.2B

1. Powoll,C. Historical and Archaoologi.cal Roport on tho

Mint BuildinO-.-Nacguario Stroot.;-4

2. Noto form tho GoVornmont Architoct

May 22,1922

R.A.H.S Noto.§. R1922 N-45

Soction 3.2C

1. Trickott to Col. Soc.

May 1854

Sydnoy Mint Corrospondonco-lL1662

2. Trickott to Col. Soc.

May 15,1854Thid

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3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

43

Bill of Lading

Fobruary 1854

Ibid

Ibid

Bill of Lading

March 1854

Ibid

Bill of Lading

April 1854

Ibid

Ibid

Ibid

Powoll,C. Historical and Archaoological Roport on tho

Mint Building Macguario Stroot Svdnoy,8

Illustratod~dnoyNQws 1855

Sydnoy Mint Annual Roport-1897

Sydn~Mint Corrospondonco 3L1671

Powoli,C. Loc.Cit

Trickott to Col.S~c.

May 20,1854

Sydnoy Mint Corrospondon~U1662

Mint Annual Roport 1897

Loc.Cit.

Trickott to Col. Soc.

March 23,1854

Sydn~Mint CO~§J2ondon£~ill662

Estimat~

April 5,1854

Ibid

Estimate

1854

Ibig

SAC. of tho Infirmary to Col.Arch

Doc.20,1859

Col.Arc1h.-Lotto~2/610

Col.Arch.to Undor Soc. of Works

Fob.24,1860

Ibid

Hunt to Lucas

May 15,1883

Sydn~int Co~spondoiic.o....lL1667

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21.

22.

23.

24.

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

32.

33.

34.

35.

36.

37.

44

Mint Annual R~port 1889

Ibid

Ward to Commission~r of City Wat~r Supply

March 13,1855

Syd~Mint CQ£.r~spondonc~ 3/1662

Ward to Col.Arch

April 16,1858

Col.Arc1::h.-.Lott~£....1L610

Ward to Col.Arch.

F~b.27,1860

Ibid

Trickott lottor

Ibid

Tbid

Col. Soc. to Trick~tt

Nov.9,18~4

Col. Soc. Lottors 2/764

Supplomontary Estimate 1855

Sydn~y Mint Corrospgndonco 3/1662

Doputy ~int Mastor to Troasuror

Nov,1859

Col.Arc1Llott~..1L610

Troasuror to Col.Arch

Sopt.26,1865

Ibid

Mint Mast~r to Govornor

Jan.7,1876

Sydnoy Mint Corrospondonco 3/1666

Sydn~Mint Cg[£ospondonco 3/1663

Col.Arch to Mint

Aug.4,1860

Col.Arch. Lottors 2/610

Sydnoy Mint Annual Roport-1897

Sydn~ Mint Corrospondonco lL1671

Elouis to Gov@rnor

Jan..7,1875

Sydne..Y-..1'1int Co~spondo~...lL166§.

Von Arnhoim to Govornor

May 20,1898

Sydnoy Mint corr~spond~~-lL1670

Mint Annual Rd~ort 1899Sydn":.Y..-Min..:L Corr,::..§J2ondonco 3/1671

C CORRESPONDENCE---------

B REPORTS~EGIS~ERS,RETURNS

45

Archival and ArchaoolQgical Roport Sydn~Hospital

Wall Macguario Stroot

1980 (PWD)

Statomont of tho Caso of Jamos Mitcholl Esguir@

Lato Surgoon of tho Civil Establishm@nt of NSW

1838 (ML)

Historical and Archaoological Roport on tho Mint

Building Macguario 5troot

1980 (PWD)

Archival and Archaoological Roport:Stora~

Building§_South Boundary Sydnoy Hospital

1984 (PWD)

Annual Roport of tho Sydnoy Mint 1897

Sydn::,Y Mint Corrospondonco 3/1671

(AONSW) .

Annual Roport of tho Sydnoy Mint 1889

Sydg~Mint Corrospondonco 1L1667

(AONSW)

Consp.rvation Analysis of tho Sito of tho Royal

Mint

1984 (PWD)

Th@_HistorY-Qf SydnAy Hospital

1911 (ML)

Colonial Socrotary Public Buildings Bundlo 1827 4/1960.1

(AONSW)

Sydnoy Mint Corrospondonco Bundl~1L1662,3/1663,3/166~1667

.3Ll.6..7.Q..,..W671_

Colonial Architect Lp.ttors Bundl~-lL610,4/2639.1

(AONSW)

Colonial Socrotary Lottors 182~L1§!

(AONSW)

Flannery,D.

Powoll,C

Thorp,W.

Thorp,W.

Watson,J.F.

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D DIARIES,JOURNAL AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLESo

Arnold,Dr J. His Journal 1810-1815

(ML)

(AONSW)

Historical Rocords of Australia Sorios I Volumos VII,X,XI,

XIV, XX, XXII

(ML)

Bonwick Transcripts Box_6,1~14

(ML)

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Campbell,J. IINob''!s on tho Dovolopmont of Macquario Stroot

South 1810-1888 11

R.A.!..H.S~Jo1l£!lal Volu~~

(MW)

Tho Illustrato'd Sydn~Nows 1855

(ML)

R.A.H.S Notos R1922 N-45

R.A.H.S. Library

Sydnoy Gazotto Juno 15,1811

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Bonwick Transcripts 36

AONSW Aa Plan 2343

StatemAnt of tho Caso of Jamos Mitcholl ML 3~1.4

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AONSW AO Plan 1985

, AONSW AO Plan 1979

AONSW AO Plan 1980

AONSW AO Plan 198

AONSW AO Plan 1~~4

AONSW AO Plan 1~7c3

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1890s soction of panorama

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194~ demolition o:t-chimnoy

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