Former Railway Line and Abandoned Rail Tunnel

Item details


Name of item:	Former Railway Line and Abandoned Rail Tunnel
Type of item:	Built
Group/Collection:	Transport - Rail
Category:	Railway Tunnel
Primary address:	2-4 Explorers Road, Glenbrook, NSW 2773
Local govt. area:	Blue Mountains

All addresses

Street Address	Suburb/town	LGA	Type
2-4 Explorers Road	Glenbrook	Blue Mountains	Primary Address
1 and 68 Governors Drive	Glenbrook	Blue Mountains	Alternate Address
14 Great Western Highway	Glenbrook	Blue Mountains	Alternate Address

Description

Further information:

The Blue Mountains Local Government Area is within the Country of the Darug and Gundungurra peoples and Blue Mountains City Council respects their cultural heritage and deep ongoing connection to this Country.

This inventory sheet documents the European occupation of the site only, and the heritage significance of the place in this context (assessed against the heritage criteria set by the NSW Heritage Council).

This does not therefore, represent a complete history of the place, or represent the perspectives of Darug and Gundungurra Traditional Owners in relation to the colonial impacts on this site. Consultation with Traditional Owners and other Aboriginal stakeholders is required, before Aboriginal Cultural Heritage that may be associated with this place, can be recorded.

Listings

Heritage Listing	Listing Title	Listing Number	Gazette Date	Gazette Number
Local Environmental Plan	Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 2015	G018	21 Dec 15	829
Local Environmental Plan - Lapsed	LEP1991	G018	27 Dec 91	183
Heritage study		G018

Study details

Title	Year	Number	Author	Inspected by	Guidelines used
Blue Mountains Heritage Study	1983	G018	Croft & Associates Pty Ltd & Meredith Walker		Yes
Heritage Study Review, Blue Mountains	1992	G018	Tropman and Tropman		Yes
Blue Mountains Heritage Review	2003	G018	Jack, Hubert, Lavelle, Morris	IJ; CM	Yes
Technical Audit BM Heritage Register	2008	G018	Blue Mountains City Council	City Planning Branch	No

References, internet links & images

None

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Data source


The information for this entry comes from the following source:
Name:	Local Government
Database number:	1170637

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