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HAYLEY FARRELL

CONTINUUM AUSTRALIAN BESTSELLER

THIRD EDITION

How can an ecologically & culturally successional landscape narrate the textured history of Powell’s Creek and its surrounds?

THIRD EDITION

Ecological succession + Landscape Narratives

CONTINUUM

The unexplored connection between principles & concepts of

HAYLEY FARRELL

FORWARD Develop an ecologically and culturally successional design strategy for the Saleyard’s Creek surrounds to address the fragmentary novel ecology of the existing site and renew the landscape narrative

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INTRODUCTION P1 The unexplored connection between principles & concepts of ecological succession & landscape narratives

Process Driven ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION

“Ecological succession provides diversity & depth to a biotic community.

Without it, life can not grow or progress” (Bauholz, 2018)

IMPORTANCE

Stable environment

Increased biodiversity

Story Driven LANDSCAPE NARRATIVES

“This narrative premises the specific attention to cultural-historical dynamics... as a source of inspiration for creating new landscape structures. This profile looks at landscape dynamics nostalgically...and still considers change as a necessity and even an enrichment for society” (Van Damme, 2018).

Ecological resilience

IMPORTANCE

Accumulated history

Social-cultural dynamics

Sense of Place

INTRODUCTION P2

CULTURAL

ECOGOLICAL

STAGE 1

Introduction

STAGE 2

Development

STAGE 3

Equilibrium

STAGE 4

Transformation

ECOGOLICAL Introduce pioneering species

Biological niche species develop

Introduce initialising programs for proposed site users

Niche social-cultural groups take ownership of the landscape

CULTURAL

Climax community established

Social-cultural groups live cohesively

Potential breakdown of equilibrium

Transformational growth of community and/or new social-cultural groups infiltrate the area

CHAPTER 1 ‘LIBERTY PLAINS’ Pre-colonisation Homebush Bay was part of the traditional land of the Wann-gal clan that stretched along the southern shore of the Paramatta River between Cockle Bay and Rose Hill. The estuarine ecosystems provided aboriginal communities with food, clothing and other resources, as well as a means of travelling through the region.

1788

Early 1800’s

Europeans visited Homebush Bay within 10 days of arrival to Australia where they came across extensive mud flats and mangroves, naming the area ‘The Flats’.

Aboriginal people were recorded to be supplying fish and working for the Blaxland family (one of the two large families in the area) on their Newington property, north of Homebush Bay.

1794-1803 Free settler Thomas Laycock acquired 40 hectares of land he named ‘Homebush’ (‘home in the bush’) that progressively expanded to 318 hectares by 1803.

1808 Samuel Haslam’s 20-hectare farm acquired in 1806 adjacent to the now Parramatta Road was sold to surgeon D’Arcy Wentworth who acquired more surrounding land and set up a private racetrack.

1841 Wentworth’s racetrack was made public and was Sydney’s centre for horseracing until Randwick Racecourse opened in 1860.

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1811 By this time, most of the land in Homebush Bay was occupied by two estates: the Homebush estate between Haslam’s and Powell’s Creek and the Newington estate to the north of Haslam’s Creek.

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Cattle yards were erected and progressively expanded. This site became the central saleyards for Sydney.

Aboriginal people were among industrial workers the homebush abattoir, brickworks and Newington naval base.

CHAPTER 2 ‘PRODUCTION OVERHAUL’ 1915

Aboriginal people from La Perouse occasionally visited ‘the mangroves’ (Mason Park) of Homebush bay to collect mangrove wood suitable for boomerangs.

After the abbatoir opened in April 1915, butchers and tanneries began to populate the Homebush area (many remain).

State Brickworks, State Abattoir, Armaments Depot and chemical factories began operation at Homebush Bay.

1929 A 21-year legal agreement between Homebush Council and William Arnott was signed to deposit recycled biscuit tins and ash from the factory’s engine room to fill Mason Park as useable land.

1934 William Arnott

1949 The remains of Powell’s Creek were destroyed by the fill of Bicentennial Park. The area was featureless apart from the State Brick Work’s tram line between the creek and Underwood Rd.

1908-1997 The Arnott’s Biscuits Factory (central to industry at the time) operated at Homebush.

Their administrative offices are still located in Strathfield.

1993 Full-scale redevelopment of the Homebush Bay area began as Sydney was awarded the 2000 Olympic games. The landscape was completely transformed into a world class olympic precinct .

Powell’s Creek was canalised and Saleyards Stormwater Channel was constructed through swamp land to assist in the disposal of water from the saleyards.

Late 1980’s Rejuvenation of SOP coincided with the closure of Homebush Abbatoir. Waste containment mounds were constructed and tidal flows to estuarine wetlands improved.

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Rhodes (to the north) was a “dead zone” as chemical and paint factories spilled toxic waste into the bay since 1915.

The Homebush abattoir facilities were upgraded to handle meat export demands.

1976 Senator Mulvihill raised the preservation of the Mason Park Wetlands in the Commonwealth Senate on 23 May.

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In 1965 half of Mason Park was filled with garbage (council tip) and the remainder is the original mud flat covered with swamp grass.

1975 Sydney Markets replaced the Homebush Saleyards.

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CHAPTER 3 ‘CONTINUUM’ Chapter 3

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Post-Industrial

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3.1.1 SITE ISSUES LACK OF CHARACTER & CONTINUITY Victoria Ave Public School

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Existing water flow & drainage Blocked pedestrian access to creek Potential creek crossing connection Pedestrian track along creek (barrier fence to creek) Pedestrian track along creek (naturalisation works/connection to creek) Creek bridge

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3.1.3 SITE ISSUES LACK OF CONNECTION TO SITE HISTORY 1930

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Fragmented pedestrian access to Powell’s creek & differences in creek character

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Waterways Saltmarsh Mangrove Casuarina

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Natural creek line, abundant vegetated banks Concrete channel, partly naturalised

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PAST Abundant mangroves, Saleyards channel PRESENT Rubbish laden stormwater channel

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Important train line servicing Homebush area Important train line servicing Homebush area

PAST Saltmarsh & mudlats, council tip PRESENT Protected wetlands

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Oppurtunities CHARACTER & CONTINUITY

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1 Optimise underutilised open space with a range of ecologcial & cultural inteventions

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7 Utilise creek length to describe a story of the site history WATER UTILISATION

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Utilise Saleyard’s Channel as a focal point for open space

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Improve water quality, flow & attraction through diverted water flow & vegetated banks

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10 Create diverse ecological & cultural programs along Saleyard’s Channel to bring life back to the stream

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Constraints CHARACTER & CONTINUITY

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1 Ecology destroyed & replaced with visually unappelaing hard surfaces 3

2 Site surrounded by imposing industrial lots 3 Site wedged between three busy roads limiting extention of design beyond boundary

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3.3 PRINCIPLES & OBJECTIVES PRINCIPLE 1 Fuse ecological & cultural dynamics as an interweaved successional process

PRINCIPLE 2 Engage & interpret the historical past

PRINCIPLE 3 Re-establish an intimate human affiliation with Saleyard’s Creek

OBJECTIVE 1 Utilise ecological succession processes by introducing pioneering species on site to establish new ecologies centred around Saleyards Creek

OBJECTIVE 1 Represent past land uses on site through physical landscape interventions

OBJECTIVE 1 Establish successional ecological communities along creek banks

OBJECTIVE 2 Expose & utilise the industrial history on site as both social spaces & backdrops

OBJECTIVE 2 Develop a connected hierarchy of social programs along Saleyard’s Creek that reveal the history of change along the creek

OBJECTIVE 2 Design a hierarchy of active social spaces that cater for the needs and growth of different community groups OBJECTIVE 3 Allow for ecological spontaneity within urban areas

OBJECTIVE 3 Re-establish pre-industrial ecological communities on site

OBJECTIVE 3 Design a creek foreshore walking trail with connections across the creek, to Sydney Markets and Homebush surrounds

3.2 DESIGN STAGES

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STAGE 1

Introduction

STAGE 2

Development

STAGE 3

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Alternanthera denticulate

Selliera radicans Geitonoplesium cymosum

Baumea juncea

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Enydra fluctuans

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GRASSES

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Juncus kraussii Isolepis inundata subsp. Australiensis

SHRUBS + SMALL TREES Persicaria strigosa

Myoporum acuminatum

Bursaria spinosa

Acacia falcata

Breynia oblongifolia

Melaleuca alternifolia

Melaleuca quinquenervia

Casuarina glauca

Lophostemon suaveolens

Cupaniopsis anacardioides

LARGE TREES

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A Eco Zone through Saleyards Creek Pioneering Coastal Saltmarsh species

Concrete banks broken down - pieces used to stabilise banks

Saleyards Creek

Pioneering Coastal Saltmarsh & Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark species

3.3 STAGE 1 INTRODUCTION

COMMUNITY PLAZA & GARDENS MATERIALITY

NICHE ACTIVITES A

Active transportation

Gardening

Socialising

Gill Hodges Garden, New York

Chulalongkorn University Park, Bangkok

Relaxation

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Buffalo Bayou Promenade, Texas

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London

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Existing Homebush Cakes warehouse

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Community Plaza & Gardens Paved plaza with temporary coffee vans + markets

Concrete mix pedestrian path

Existing avenue of mature native trees

Concrete mix shared path

Cement stabilised gravel ground surface

Community garden space - partial supply for local fooderies

Composite + timber bench seat surrounding community garden

Existing avenue of mature native trees

Existing residential apartments

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6 Small creek bridges & boardwalk trail through ecological zone (trail shape taken from Homebush Racecourse)

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EXISTING/PROPOSED CONNECTIVITY

3.4 STAGE 2 DEVELOPMENT

SALEYARDS ALLEY

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NICHE ACTIVITES Socialising + Street art + eating out outdoor activities

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Active transportation

The Goods Line, Sydney

Relaxation

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Stage 2 Development plan

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Warehouse block housing new fooderies (street art on outer walls)

Paved pedestrian path

Outdoor seating servicing adjacent fooderies

Open lawn with seating

Formal avenue of acacia trees

Steel grate - people look down to creek below

Saleyards Creek below bridge plaza

Paved two-lane pedestrian path (quick access route)

Business block housing new fooderies (street art on outer walls)

3.4 STAGE 2 DEVELOPMENT

CENTRAL CREEK BRIDGE

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Bench seating looking out over new landscape

Concrete terraced platforms down to creek

Central bridge circulation over creek

3.4 STAGE 2 DEVELOPMENT

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Saleyards Terraces Pioneering species along eco zone (5 years)

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Paved plaza for temporary access to warehouse and pop up coffee vans

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4. Pedestrian tunnel under Parramatta Rd

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3.5 STAGE 3 EQUILIBRIUM

NEW LANDUSES

Fooderies/small stores

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Sort after business lots

INDUSTRIAL/ BUSINESS LOTS

FOODERIES/ COMMUNITY SPACES

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Fooderies

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Community activities

Mixed use (Fooderies/Residential) Westconnec Training Academy Modern apartments

Industrial lots retained

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PROPOSED S3 LAND USES

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1 Coleman Avenue turnaround 2 Community garden and adjacent shared trail 3 Local car park 4 Paved plaza servicing outdoor dining for new fooderies occupying warehouse 5 ‘Saleyards Terraces’ down to creek

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6 Saleyards concrete channel retained (embrace industrial history) 7

Small bridge crossing joins FRP boardwalk through ecological zone

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Concrete channel broken down - pieces used to build the creek banks

‘Colman Walk’ and adjoining bike rack pull over zone 10 Business park opened to the public - car park rearranged (used by public on weekends) 9

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Small vegetation zone (Sydney Turpentine Ironbark typology)

12 Concrete terraces down to creek public interaction with creek 13 Central bridge plaza over creek

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3.5 STAGE 3 EQUILIBRIUM

SALYARDS ALLEY 1-5 yrs.

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MODEL 1

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3.5 STAGE 3 EQUILIBRIUM

COLEMAN WALK Type 1 (two lanes)

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State Brickworks Homebush

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Car park through business park

New plantings (Sydney Turpentine Ironpark Forest typology)

‘Coleman Walk’ connecting to Mason Park - cement stailised gravel (two lanes)

Small track connecting pedestrians from Coleman Ave to ‘Coleman Walk’

Small pedestrian track cement stabilsed gravel (one lane)

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3.5 STAGE 3 EQUILIBRIUM

SALEYARDS STADIUM MATERIALITY

Elevated FRP boardwalk through ecological zone

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Saleyards Stadium Recreational sports oval

Cement stabilised gravel track

End of small sports field stadium

Storage facility below terraced seating area

Terraced seating looking over ecologcial zone

Cement stabilised gravel track

Elevated FRP boardwalk through ecological zone

3.5 STAGE 3 EQUILIBRIUM

HOMEBUSH RIDERS LOOP TRACK GROUND COVERS Entolasia marginate

Poranthera microphylla

Pseuderanthemum variabile

Pomax umbellate

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Daviesia ulicifolia

Bursaria spinosa

Pittosporum undulatum

Breynia oblongifolia

Acacia longifolia

Syncarpia glomulifera

Eucalyptus eugenoides

Eucalyptus paniculata

Eucalyptus punctata

Cupaniopsis anacardioides

Dark grey to black shale

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Stage 3 Equilibrium plan

LARGE TREES

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Riders Bike Track Picnic shelter with bench and BBQ

Small nature reserve (Sydney Turpentine Ironbark Forest)

Concrete skatepark

Small nature reserve (Sydney Turpentine Ironbark Forest)

Cement stabilised gravel surrounding bike track undulating surface

Undulating dirt tracks for bike riding

3.5 STAGE 3 EQUILIBRIUM

SALEYARDS WEEKEND MARKETS TOURIST ATTRACTION

NOD TO THE PAST

DFO

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COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

3.5 STAGE 3 EQUILIBRIUM

SALYARDS TUNNEL ACCESS TO SYDNEY MARKETS

CONNECTION WITH THE CREEK

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT (ART)

Increased access -> Increased community activity

STAGE 1

STAGE 2

STAGE 3

3.5 STAGE 3 EQUILIBRIUM

PLANT SALEYARDS

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

TOURIST ATTRACTION

NOD TO THE PAST

THANKYOU!

10-20 yrs.

5-10 yrs.

1-5 yrs.

N

N

N

STAGE 1

Introduction

STAGE 2

Development

STAGE 3

Equilibrium