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and west of the right
bank of the Parramatta River.

Criterion Values

(a) the placehas Old Government House and the former Government Domain in Parramatta Park
outstanding heritage provides a most significant tangible link with the earliest days of the foundation

value to the nation —_of the colonial development of Australia in 1788.
because of the

place's importance

: Old Government House at Parramatta is the oldest surviving public building on
in the course, or

ae the Australian mainland, and the only early colonial Government House to have

'Australia's natural or SUtVived relatively intact, particularly illustrated by brick flooring of the Phillip

cultural history. era building of July 1790 on display. The three rooms at the front of the main
section of the house date to Governor Hunter in 1799 while the remainder of the
Palladian style main house and the two side pavilions date to Governor
Macquarie in 1818. It provides a publicly accessible cultural focus and
landmark for many Australians, providing physical evidence of the earliest
years of colonial development.

The house and domain also represent convict working places as well as primary
sites associated with the foundation of British colonial settlement. The house
itself and the surrounding historic elements such as the Crescent, the governor's
dairy, the bathhouse, memorials, carriageways and gatehouses, and the remains
of Governor Brisbane's observatory, all reflect the establishment of agricultural
production, the administration of the colony, the administration of the convict
system in Australia, the commencement of town planning, and the site of some
of Australia's earliest astronomical and botanical endeavours.

(c) the place has The Government Domain is an extensive cultural landscape that has yielded
outstanding heritage archaeological evidence and has potential to yield more, particularly as a
value to the nation convict work place. Supporting information of historic documents and images

Because of the are available in public records.
place's potential to

yield information
that will contribute
to an understanding
of Australia's natural
or cultural history.

Kingston and Arthur's Vale Historic Area—Heritage Management Plan, April 2016
Authorised Version F2016L01891 registered 09/12/2016

Special Gazette

Criterion

(d)

(h)

the place has
outstanding
heritage value to
the nation because
of the place's
importance in
demonstrating the
principal
characteristics of:
(i) a class of
Australia's natural
or cultural places;
or (ii) a class of
Australia's natural
or cultural
environments.

the place has
outstanding
heritage value to
the nation because
of the place's
special association
with the life or
works of a person,
or group of
persons, of
importance in
Australia's natural
or cultural history.

Jean Rice Architect | CONTEXT | GML Heritage

Commonwealth of Australia Gazette
No. S141, 1 August 2007

Values

Old Government House in its setting of the former Governor's Domain is