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October 2018
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West Block and the Dugout Heritage Management Plan 2022

I, Ben Morton, make the following plan under section 341S of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

  The name of this plan is the West Block and the Dugout Heritage Management Plan 2022.

  Dated 7 March 2022

  Ben Morton
  Special Minister of State

                 West Block and the Dugout Heritage Management Plan 2022
Date         Document status                                        Reviewed by
June 2018    Incomplete draft for comment                           Peter Lovell

                                                                    Director and Founding Principal, Lovell Chen

July 2018    Draft for review                                       Adam Mornement

                                                                    Associate Principal, Lovell Chen

August 2018  Complete draft                                         Adam Mornement

                                                                    Associate Principal, Lovell Chen

August 2018  Report for review by the Australian Heritage Council   Adam Mornement

                                                                    Associate Principal, Lovell Chen

           Cover:  Oblique aerial photograph looking south-east at West Block (then Secretariat no. 2) from Commonwealth Avenue, 1928
           (Source: National Archives of Australia)

West Block and the Dugout
Heritage Management Plan

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Geocon

October 2018

TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF FIGURES
PROJECT TEAM
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background and brief
1.2 Identification of the place
1.2.1 Note regarding orientation
1.3 Parliamentary Zone
1.4 Methodology and document structure
1.5 Statutory heritage controls
1.5.1 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
1.6 Non-statutory heritage listings and classifications
1.6.1 National Trust of Australia (ACT)
1.6.2 Register of the National Estate
1.6.3 Register of Significant Twentieth Century Architecture
1.7 Consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
1.8 Social values
1.9 Limitations
2.0 UNDERSTANDING THE PLACE
2.1 Pre-European settlement
2.2 The Griffin plan for Canberra
2.3 Early planning for Canberra (1912-1925)
2.3.1 Walter Burley Griffin, Federal Capital Director of Design and Construction (1913-20)
2.3.2 The Federal Capital Advisory Committee (1921-24)
2.3.3 Federal Capital Commission (1925-30)
2.4 The Parliament House Secretariat group (1922-28)
2.4.1 Design and construction
2.4.2 John Smith Murdoch (1862-1945)
2.4.3 Landscaped setting
2.4.4 Charles Weston (1866-1935)
2.5 West Block, 1927-38
2.5.1 Alterations, 1927-38
2.6 World War II, 1940-45
2.6.1 The Dugout
2.6.2 Alterations and additions, 1940-46
2.7 Post-World War II 1946-60s
2.7.1 Alterations and additions, 1946-60s
2.8 Refurbishment, 1970s-80s
2.8.1 Alterations and additions, 1970s-80s
2.9 Recent history, 1988-present
2.10 Existing conditions
2.10.1 Site overview
2.10.2 West Block
2.10.3 The Dugout
2.10.4 Landscaped setting
2.10.5 Views and visual relationships
3.0 ASSESSMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
3.1 Assessment of historic value
3.1.1 The Commonwealth of Australia
3.1.2 Canberra as the National Capital
3.1.3 The Dugout
3.1.4 Associations
3.2 Assessment of aesthetic value
3.2.1 The Federal Capital style
3.2.2 Landscaped setting
3.3 Assessment of social value
3.4 Assessment against Commonwealth Heritage criteria
3.5 Statement of significance
3.5.1 Summary Statement of Significance
3.5.2 Comment
3.6 Attributes related to significance
4.0 OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS
4.1 Implications arising from significance
4.2 Legislation
4.2.1