Page 1201 - Week 05 - Tuesday, 24 April 1990
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known, which is bounded by Dawes, Leichhardt, Burke and Kennedy Streets remains unprotected and apparently awaits the highest bidder. The sporting recreation of Canberra's early residents which centred around Manuka Oval is also worthy of note because the caretaker's residence there, again, is not protected. It is one of the finest examples remaining of the plain, unchanged house from that development period.
Mr Collaery has been slinging off at the bus shelters, but they were extremely important. They related to our early public transport, again a matter crucial to the ordinary working person. I believe that a great number of those original shelters are sitting on a list in Mr Duby's office waiting for replacement. I could go on. The Yarralumla Brickworks, the farrier's shed at Duntroon and the sawmill at south Lanyon all need to be protected. All of them relate to ordinary people, not to the view from Government House.
In closing, Mr Deputy Speaker, I would like to pay tribute to members of the existing ACT Heritage Committee. They are a group of people who work tirelessly in a voluntary capacity and work extremely conscientiously to protect all aspects of the ACT's heritage. They have been working for a number of years now. When I was in government I found their advice was most certainly worth taking. I always acted upon it when it was given to me. I think it is now time that the Heritage Committee had its status confirmed in legislation and some statutory backing given to its activities, because I think that its representations to Government, its advice, will be crucial in protecting the ACT's heritage. I have no confidence that Mr Kaine's Government will have anything like the understanding of or the sensitivity to heritage that is represented on that committee. I urge the Government opposite to get on with giving it that statutory status which it needs in order to carry out its work of protecting the ACT.
MR DUBY (Minister for Finance and Urban Services) (4.04): Mr Deputy Speaker, as Minister responsible for urban services, I am very proud of the role that my department plays in the maintenance of the ACT's heritage. A number of people today have already commented on various buildings and structures throughout the Territory which have long been recognised as being very important aspects of Canberra's heritage. I would just like to mention a few.
We have already heard talk of Lanyon. My department operates Lanyon and Calthorpes' House as museums that are open to the public daily. They have both been conserved to high standards and, as I have said, they are open to the public. Over 100,000 people each year visit these particular properties and I think that that is an indication of the sort of regard that the people of the ACT do have for their heritage and their cultural background.
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