New zone around East Orange's Newman Park

A proposed new heritage zone is located in an area within walking distance of Newman Park in East Orange.

NEWMAN PARK: A proposed new heritage conservation area is located north of East Orange, located between McLachlan Street, Dalton Street and Spring Street.

Newman Park was proclaimed in 1899 as part of the green space in the new East Orange municipality. Bylaws were gazetted in 1901. East Orange was proclaimed a town in 1885, and iot includes the East Orange HCA, the Bowen HCA and the Newman Park HCA.

The East Orange Municipality was merged with Orange in 1912. Newman Park is separated from Bowen by the East Orange Creek stormwater channel.

While the Newman Park HCA is not centred on Newman Park, it is an area that is within walking distance to the park.

Being a little further away from the railway and the industrial areas of the Victorian period it is a more residential area with some substantial houses.

This area developed from the turn of the century and has good examples of Federation Italianate, and some late Victorian Italianate and Rustic Gothic houses along with several small Victorian era vernacular cottages.

It includes “Buena Vista”, the local architect John Hale’s private residence, which has lost some of its detailing.

It also has the East Orange Public School with an 1889 building. There are numerous Interwar bungalows and a good mix of post-war and late 20th century. This HCA picks up the development of the east end of Byng and March Streets.

This side of the railway is generally more mixed, with numerous styles interwoven instead of runs of similar styles. There is also more of a mix between brick and weatherboard, and large and small houses.