The Tasmanian Heritage Council has officially confirmed the provisional listing of the Hobart Railway Goods Shed at Macquarie Point as a heritage site.
This 1915 railway goods shed stands as the sole remaining structure from Hobart’s industrial rail history and has met two out of eight criteria due to its historical significance and rarity.
The council, in it’s published reasons for granting the provisional listing, found the shed was a “notable example in Tasmania of the development of rail transport from World War I onwards” that was “integral to the railway system’s cartage of general goods up until the 1970s”.
“The Goods Shed building’s conversion in the 1980s to a transit warehouse for road transport is illustrative of broader changes in Tasmania during the later decades of the 20th century,” a statement of significance reads.
“The Hobart Railway Goods Shed is rare in the Tasmanian context, illustrating a historical function which is no longer practised and it is an unusually extensive building within its class of place.”
The provisionally listed structure sits in the way of the proposed Macquarie Point stadium and could impact the entire project if it is permanently listed on the heritage register.
The public now has 60 days to comment on, or object to, the listing.
Feedback can be submitted via post to the Chair of the Tasmanian Heritage Council at GPO Box 618, Hobart 7001 or by email to [email protected].
