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Recherche Bay and Adventure Bay: Proposed new registration on Tasmanian Heritage 29/04/2009 A new entry to the Tasmanian Heritage Register is being proposed drawing together sites at Recherche Bay and Adventure Bay associated with the d'Entrecasteux expeditons to the area in 1792 and 1793. The entry will combine a number of nominations received since 2003, current entries in the register and the expert evidence provided in the 2007 archaeological report of the area by Dr Jean-Christophe Galipaud. The Tasmanian Heritage Council has completed an assessment of the area and wants to list a number of properties at Recherche Bay and Adventure Bay in the Tasmanian Heritage Register as a single entry. The international research project led by Dr Jean-Christophe Galipaud was an important step in helping to understand the locations and significance of the French expeditions of 1792 and 1793. Dr Galipaud's report provides the basis of the proposed single entry. The main findings of the report are: ? The geophysical and archaeological study of the area around the stone feature on the North-East Peninsula as well as the soil sampling strategy and the close observation of the 1792-1793 maps of the area suggest that the stone structure found in 2003 is not the garden of Delahaye. ? The actual 1792 French garden is believed to be located approximately 70-100 metres to the south-east of the stone structure, and 50 metres to the south of the charted garden position. ? The stone structure found in 2003 is likely to be an uncompleted structure associated with the milling industry in the area at the turn of the 20th century. ? Geophysical surveys indicate a series of subsurface anomalies at the location of the 1793 Recherche forge and shore facilities at Motts Beach, possibly attributable to the marks of a small boat launch at the camp of the French expedition. ? It is possible that the grave of gunner Boucher may be located to the south of the headland where the observatory of the Esperance was located. The new entry will replace the current entries in the Heritage Register associated with places visited by the French Expedition: ? 'North East Peninsula Recherche Bay Heritage Area'; ? 'La Haie's Botanical Garden' (North-East Peninsula); ? 'Observatory' (North-East Peninsula); and ? 'Historic Cultural Heritage Layers of Cockle Creek East' (eastern shores of Rocky Bay). Community consultation with property owners is underway. The Heritage Council will consider all submissions before reaching its decision on whether to provisionally enter the place in the register. |
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