Finley Railway Precinct

Item details


Name of item:	Finley Railway Precinct
Type of item:	Complex / Group
Group/Collection:	Transport - Rail
Category:	Railway Platform/ Station
Location:	Lat: -35.6433501451 Long: 145.5781808110
Primary address:	Narrandera-Tocumwal railway, Finley, NSW 2713
Local govt. area:	Berrigan
Local Aboriginal Land Council:	Cummeragunja

Boundary:

The boundary of the listing is the property boundaries on either side running parallel to the tracks and is a line on the northern end of the site approximately 20m past the end of the raised plaform, including the residence yard, and at the southern end is a line approximately 100 metres past the end of the goods shed including the yard area.

All addresses

Street Address	Suburb/town	LGA	Parish	County	Type
Narrandera-Tocumwal railway	Finley	Berrigan			Primary Address

Owner/s

Organisation Name	Owner Category	Date Ownership Updated
TAHE - Sydney Trains	State Government	28 Oct 98

Statement of significance:


	Finley is a rare pioneer station group with the building and platform located at ground level (Yass Town being the only such other building). The building is an adaptation of the standard terminus pioneer station building and has the added interest of having a raised platform added at a later date adjacent to the building. The yard contains much of the original layout and buildings with intact goods shed, gantry crane, lamp room as well a small second station building. The site represents the then outer limits of railway expansion, the intense competition between states for trade and the change in attitude to railway construction in the outer areas of the State. It was a terminus from 1898 until the line was extended to Tocumwal in 1914.
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Description


Physical description:	BUILDINGS station building - type 16, timber pioneer building, 1898 stacking and storage shed - timber goods shed - 36'x18' sub type 4 corrugated iron skillion roof, 1898 STRUCTURES platform construction - concrete, 2 levels, original at ground level, later at carriage entrance gantry crane - T282 5 tonne 1898


Current use:	Railway Station
Former use:	Railway Station

Historic themes

Australian theme (abbrev)	New South Wales theme	Local theme
3. Economy-Developing local, regional and national economies	Transport-Activities associated with the moving of people and goods from one place to another, and systems for the provision of such movements	(none)-

Assessment of significance


SHR Criteria f) [Rarity]	This item is assessed as historically rare. This item is assessed as arch. rare. This item is assessed as socially rare.
Assessment criteria:	Items are assessed against the State Heritage Register (SHR) Criteria to determine the level of significance. Refer to the Listings below for the level of statutory protection.

Procedures /Exemptions

Section of act	Description	Title	Comments	Action date
57(2)	Exemption to allow work	Standard Exemptions	ORDER UNDER SECTION 57(2) OF THE HERITAGE ACT 1977 Standard exemptions for engaging in or carrying out activities / works otherwise prohibited by section 57(1) of the Heritage Act 1977. I, the Hon James Griffin MP, Minister for Environment and Heritage, pursuant to subsection 57(2) of the Heritage Act 1977, on the recommendation of the Heritage Council of New South Wales do by this Order, effective at the time of publication in the New South Wales Government Gazette: 1. revoke the order made on 9 November 2020 and published in the Government Gazette Number 318 of 13 November 2020; and 2. grant the exemptions from subsection 57(1) of the Heritage Act 1977 that are described in the attached Schedule. The Hon James Griffin MP Minister for Environment and Heritage Signed this 2nd day of June 2022. To view the standard exemptions for engaging in or carrying out activities / works otherwise prohibited by section 57(1) of the Heritage Act 1977 click on the link below.	Jun 17 2022

Standard exemptions for engaging in or carrying out activities / works otherwise prohibited by section 57(1) of the Heritage Act 1977

Listings

Heritage Listing	Listing Title	Listing Number	Gazette Date	Gazette Number	Gazette Page
Heritage Act - State Heritage Register		01144	02 Apr 99	27	1546
Heritage Act - s.170 NSW State agency heritage register
Local Environmental Plan	Berrigan Local Environmental Plan 2013	I24	04 Oct 13

References, internet links & images

Type	Author	Year	Title	Internet Links
Tourism		2007	Finley Railway Museum Visitor Information	View detail
Tourism	Berrigan Shire Council	2006	Finley Railway Museum Visitor Information	View detail

Note: internet links may be to web pages, documents or images.

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Data source


The information for this entry comes from the following source:
Name:	Heritage NSW
Database number:	5012009
File number:	EF14/4401

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