Friends of Wirksworth

Friends of Wirksworth Committed to the historical, heritage, environmental & community values of this site + advocating for appropriate sustainable development & local amenity.

Historical, heritage, environmental & community values
9 SEPTEMBER 2018
Wirksworth is a large Italianate house built in the 1880s, located within expansive grounds at 18 Wentworth Street, Bellerive, Tasmania. Publicly owned, the property is notable for its numerous historic plantings, in particular its cypress and pine trees, which date back to early 1900s. The estate is 130 years old and in its e

arly history several prominent Tasmanians were residents of Wirksworth. For the last 75 years the estate has been operated by the State Government for children’s education, and sport and recreational purposes. Wirksworth is entered as a permanent listing on the Tasmanian Heritage Register. It is also listed on the Australian Register of the National Estate, which is now an archive register. The Wirksworth heritage listings fulfilled all the specified historic cultural heritage significance criteria. The property contains significant townscape, landscape and streetscape values with the significant heritage trees being home to 30 bird species. Friends of Wirksworth have been involved with Wirksworth since the 1990s and are committed to ensuring that any development of the heritage listed property including the grounds reflects the well documented historical, heritage, environmental and community values of the site. The State Government is proposing to subdivide and develop Wirksworth with little regard to previously established Government and community values and expectations for the property. The property usage has always been for community passive recreation and public open space parklands. Many local and Tasmanian families have an historical connection with Wirksworth having past and present members who either worked at Wirksworth or attended student classes, teacher training, school camps, physical education programs, music camps, learn to swim and lifesaving instructions and sporting activities.

This is what the community has lost.
14/12/2023

This is what the community has lost.

No need for words these two plovers say it all for themselves and the rest of the wildlife that lived at Wirksworth Park...
13/12/2023

No need for words these two plovers say it all for themselves and the rest of the wildlife that lived at Wirksworth Park.

The Tasmanian Heritage Council, Heritage Tasmania, the Clarence City Council/councillors, and the State Liberal Governme...
13/12/2023

The Tasmanian Heritage Council, Heritage Tasmania, the Clarence City Council/councillors, and the State Liberal Government have wilfully and knowingly destroyed the Historic Cultural Heritage Significance of Wirksworth Park. Wirksworth was registered on the National Estate and the Tasmanian Heritage Register for all heritage criteria. The government and our councillors should be ashamed of themselves.

Our government instigated this development and the Clarence City Council willfully and knowingly approved it. No respect...
25/07/2023

Our government instigated this development and the Clarence City Council willfully and knowingly approved it.
No respect for historic cultural heritage and public open space.

Wirksworth before and after photos
25/07/2023

Wirksworth before and after photos

Wirksworth before and after photos. Our government instigated this development and the Clarence City Council willfully a...
25/07/2023

Wirksworth before and after photos.
Our government instigated this development and the Clarence City Council willfully and knowingly approved it.
No respect for historic cultural heritage and public open space.

The Awfulisers have definitely been to the heritage listed Wirksworth Park.
26/07/2021

The Awfulisers have definitely been to the heritage listed Wirksworth Park.

This article is so true and relevant.
29/05/2021

This article is so true and relevant.

Excavations are currently occurring on Wirksworth Park for contractor site huts and ablution blocks. The area contains h...
05/02/2021

Excavations are currently occurring on Wirksworth Park for contractor site huts and ablution blocks. The area contains historical gas works, sewerage treatment works and waste water reuse systems. Significant maritime and colonial artifacts are also buried in this area. Let’s hope the Government has an archaeologist on site during excavations as legally required in accordance with the Tas Heritage Council works guidelines.

Wirksworth Heritage trees being removed contrary to the Heritage Council of Tasmania’s Works Guidelines and the Clarenc...
09/06/2020

Wirksworth Heritage trees being removed contrary to the Heritage Council of Tasmania’s Works Guidelines and the Clarence City Councils planning scheme.

Wirksworth now!What a mess!
03/06/2020

Wirksworth now!
What a mess!

The Wirksworth delay is occurring because the government failed to undertake appropriate surveys before submitting the d...
06/02/2020

The Wirksworth delay is occurring because the government failed to undertake appropriate surveys before submitting the development application (DA) to the Clarence City Council. Friends of Wirksworth believe that the DA does not comply with the Heritage Council’s Works Guidelines or the CCC Interim Planning Scheme. As previously outlined by the FoW, the government failed to undertake appropriate archeological, environmental, endangered species, potential contaminated site and Aboriginal heritage surveys. The proposed facility could have already been built and occupied on alternative non heritage listed sites if the government had followed its own Affordable Housing Plan 2015 - 2019. Instead this beautiful heritage Park is now destroyed and barren.

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18 Wentworth Street
Bellerive, TAS
7018

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