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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 7 Hansard (27 June) . . Page.. 2018 ..
MR SMYTH (continuing):
through an ongoing tree replacement program in accordance with leading arboricultural and cultural landscape management practice.
The original Dairy Farmers dairy, built in 1938, is an example of industrial architecture in the inter-war functionalist style. The adjoining manager's cottage, which was built in 1940, reflects aspects of past commercial management practice and the lifestyle of that period. The place, which is the only purpose-built milk processing plant in the ACT, demonstrates a continuity of use lasting over 60 years.
All Saints Church, Ainslie, has a remarkable history as a former mortuary railway station. It was constructed in 1868 at the Rookwood Necropolis in Sydney. After being burnt in 1958, the building was dismantled and each stone was numbered and relocated to its present site in Ainslie. The building remains a fine example of the Gothic Revival style of architecture, which is derived from the 13th century Florentian style. The external character of the building is attributable to the prominent New South Wales colonial architect, James Barnet.
St John's Church, Reid, has been a focus for religious and social lifestyle of the Canberra region since the 1840s and enduring into the developmental years of the National Capital. The church was valued by the local Anglican congregation and by others as a feature of the landscape. While Reverend Alberto Soares was the designer of the extension and the nave, Edmund Blacket designed the tower and the spire, which became a familiar landmark in the Canberra region.
The impact of the Reverend Pierce Galliard Smith, who was the rector for 50 years, was significant. His tree plantings are still to be seen at St John's Church in Glebe Park and the site of the old Glebe House. The graveyard is as old as the church. The headstones provide a valuable social history and are complementary to the church as well as the early history of the limestone plains. The east and west lichgates at St John's are a rare example of this type of structure. These gates and the hedges planted in 1926 by the Federal Capital Commission visually shield the church from urban developments.
St John's schoolhouse was the first combined school and school teachers' residence built on the limestone plains. The school building and the surrounding open space are evidence of the community life of early European settlement in the ACT. St John's schoolhouse museum is important for its role as a teaching and research site for TAFE colleges and universities in respect of local history and cultural and social values.
The variation was released as a draft for public comment in October 1999. One submission was received by PALM and this was considered in recommending the final variation. The Standing Committee on Planning and Urban Services conducted a public hearing attended by officers from PALM and the ACT Heritage Council. There were no comments received by the committee. The committee considered the draft variation and, in its Report No 47 of May 2000, endorsed the variation with an amendment adding the word "maintenance" to the conservation policy for St John the Baptist Church, Reid. This has been included in the variation.
I now table Variation 145 to the Territory Plan relating to the Heritage Places Register.
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