Review of Environmental Factors - Camden Valley Way Upgrade and Liz Kernohan Drive Extension (Final) - Flipbook - Page 637
feature. The fabric of the cottage was later altered and extended in the 20th Century to include a rear
extension as well as additional landscape elements including the mature palm tree and perimeter hedges
still extant on the site that separated the homestead precinct from its surrounding farmland. Essential
repair works were carried out on the property c. 2011-2013 to improve its amenity and render it habitable
for modern residential use (Camden Council, Herbert9s Hill Plan of Management, 2015). Its current state
has removed all vegetation around the house and installed a metal construction fence immediately
surrounding the structure.
2.2.3 Analysis of Aerial photography of the subject area
Historical use resulted in soil disturbance to the ground across the sites of Yamba and 8Rheinbergers Hill.9
The earlier agricultural use of the property involved vegetation clearance and ploughing, which would have
affected most or all of the upper soil profile in the quest for market gardens, subsistence crops and for
construction of the cottages. The earliest historical aerial image of the sites was taken in 1946, and the
imagery continues throughout the remainder of the 20th Century.
Plate 2: 1946 historical aerial showing the positions of 8Yamba9 (Yellow Arrow) and 8Rheinbergers Hill9 (Red Arrow),
with the intersection of Kirkham Lane (within the subject area) visible to the left of these positions (source: NSW
Spatial Services).
The 1946 image (Plate 2) shows the location of the subject area (centred around the intersection of
Kirkham Lane and Camden Valley Way (see Figure 1 for positional reference). The positions of 8Yamba9 to
the north of the former Hume Highway (Camden Valley Way) is visible amongst a complex of formal
gardens and outbuildings. The southwest portion of this property, which is partially within the subject area,
