Suzie EDWARDS
KEY HERITAGE ISSUES
Without doubt the most important manufacturer of cement in Australia. By 1912, the works were producing most of the cement for major buildings, dams and structures. Such sites included the Cataract Dam, Metropolitan Water Board, Burrinjuck Dam and irrigation Scheme, Commonwealth Bank in Pitt Street and the Railways of NSW and Victoria.
The first one company town in NSW - the importance of the intertwining of the town and the Cement Works cannot be underestimated.
The future of the site is a very important heritage issue yet to be resolved.
KEY HERITAGE ACTIONS & ACHIEVEMENTS
(Refer to Lynette Gurr presentation)
The town’s swimming pool is an example of how an industry and it's workers can together overcome issues crucial to the quality of life.
The relationship between the town and the industry is a unique one and has much to do with the philosophy of Dr August Scheidel, the first managing Director of the Cement Works and his input, both on a humanitarian level and an industrial level. He was perhaps one of the first in the field of industrial relations to connect the two.
KEY FUTURE HERITAGE MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES
- Where to from here? - possibilities - compare with Mount Martha Mine in New Zealand
- Conflict of mineral versus heritage leases
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