Railway Goods Shed

Item details

Name of item: Railway Goods Shed
Other name/s: Wallsend Locomotive Shed
Type of item: Built
Group/Collection: Transport - Rail
Category: Railway Locomotives & Rolling Stock
Location: Lat: -32.9032805136 Long: 151.6689877820
Primary address: 76 Cowper Street, Wallsend, NSW 2287
Parish: Kahibah
County: Northumberland
Local govt. area: Newcastle
Local Aboriginal Land Council: Awabakal
Property description
Lot/Volume CodeLot/Volume NumberSection NumberPlan/Folio CodePlan/Folio Number
PART LOT27 DP598215
All addresses
Street AddressSuburb/townLGAParishCountyType
76 Cowper StreetWallsendNewcastleKahibahNorthumberlandPrimary Address

Owner/s

Organisation NameOwner CategoryDate Ownership Updated
City of Newcastle CouncilLocal Government26 Mar 99

Statement of significance:

The only remaining structure of the Newcastle Wallsend Coalmining Railway (closed in 1939) and one of the few remaining railway goods brick sheds in NSW.
Date significance updated: 28 Sep 11
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Procedures /Exemptions

Section of actDescriptionTitleCommentsAction date
57(2)Exemption to allow workHeritage Act See File For Schedule


Order Under Section 57(2) to exempt the following activities from Section 57(1):
The maintenance of any building or item on the site where maintenance means the continuous protective care of existing material.
The minor repair of the building where minor repair means the repair of materials by patching, piercing-in, splicing and consolidating existing materials and including minor replacements of minor components such as individual bricks, cutstone, timber sections, and cladding where these have been damaged beyond reasonable repair or are missing. The replacement should be of the same material, colour, texture, form and design as the original it replaces and the number of components replaced should be substantially less than the total existing. 		Oct 20 1989
57(2)Exemption to allow workHeritage Act Record converted from HIS events


Order Under Section 57(2) to exempt the following activities from Section 57(1):
* The maintenance of the building where maintenance means the continuous protective care of existing material;
* The minor repair of the building where minor repair means the repair of materials by patching, piercing-in, splicing and consolidating existing materials and including minor replacements of minor components such as individual bricks, timber sections and cladding where these have been damaged beyond reasonable repair or are missing. The replacement should be of the same material, texture, form and design as the original it replaces and the number of components replaced should be substantially less than the total existing;
* alteration of or addition to the the building in accordance with the recommendations of a Conservation Plan approved by the Heritage Council;
*Change of use 		Aug 10 1990
57(2)Exemption to allow workStandard Exemptions HERITAGE ACT 1977

ORDER UNDER SECTION 57(2) TO GRANT STANDARD EXEMPTIONS FROM APPROVAL

I, Penny Sharpe, the Minister for Heritage, on the recommendation of the Heritage Council of New South Wales and under section 57(2) of the Heritage Act 1977:

revoke the order made on 2 June 2022 and published in the Government Gazette Number 262 of 17 June 2022; and

grant an exemption from section 57(1) of the Act in respect of the engaging in or carrying out the class of activities described in clause 2 Schedule A in such circumstances specified by the relevant standards in clause 2 Schedule A and General Conditions in clause 3 Schedule A.

This Order takes effect on the date it is published in the NSW Government Gazette.

Dated this 29th day of October 2025
The Hon Penny Sharpe MLC
Minister for Heritage

For more information on standard exemptions click on the link below. 		Nov 7 2025

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

Listings

Heritage ListingListing TitleListing NumberGazette DateGazette NumberGazette Page
Heritage Act - State Heritage Register 0073902 Apr 99 271546
Heritage Act - Permanent Conservation Order - former 0073910 Aug 90 1017429

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Data source

The information for this entry comes from the following source:
Name: Heritage NSW
Database number: 5044980
File number: S90/06124 & HC 32434

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