1.0 Introduction

1.1 Background

Kirribilli House is owned by the Commonwealth of Australia, as represented by the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C). AECOM Australia Pty Ltd (AECOM) was commissioned to prepare an updated Heritage Management Plan (HMP) for Kirribilli House at Kirribilli, New South Wales (NSW) (referred to in this report as ‘the site’, ‘Kirribilli House’, ‘Kirribilli House and Garden’, and the ‘study area’).

The transfer of administration from the Department of Finance to the Department of PM&C took place in 2017. Under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), Commonwealth agencies are required to identify, manage, and conserve heritage items. The EPBC Act requires that HMPs are reviewed and updated every five years. This HMP replaces and updates a HMP prepared in 2016, Kirribilli House Operational Heritage Management Plan, Volumes 1 and 2 (GML Heritage Pty Ltd, 2016), hereafter referred as, HMP, 2016.

1.2 Site location

Kirribilli House is located on the Kirribilli peninsula, on the northern foreshore of Sydney Harbour, directly opposite Circular Quay and the Opera House. It is located adjacent to Admiralty House, the Sydney residence of the Governor-General of Australia. The site identification information is presented in Table 1‑1 and the location is shown on Figure 1‑1 and Figure 1‑2.

Table 1‑1: Site Identification Details

1.3 Heritage status

A search has been undertaken of the relevant heritage registers (Table 1-2). Kirribilli House and Garden has two separate listings in the Commonwealth Heritage List (CHL). It is also listed in Schedule 5 of the North Sydney Local Environmental Plan (LEP) 2013 as an item of local significance within a heritage conservation area.

Table 1‑2: Heritage status - Summary of search results of relevant heritage registers