{"id":385,"date":"2017-12-07T12:18:13","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T01:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coffscoastheritage.wordpress.com\/?p=385"},"modified":"2023-10-08T00:24:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T00:24:17","slug":"pioneer-park-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/2017\/12\/pioneer-park-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"Pioneer Park revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The new Pioneer Park beside the old Museum site on Harbour Drive, November 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

History to 2016<\/em>
\nIn July 2016, the Duke Street extension was opened as the replacement to Pioneer Park<\/em>, a green space between Harbour Drive and Duke Street.
\nThe space was named \u201cPioneer Park\u201d by the Coffs Harbour and District Historical Museum in February 1996, and the Museum (which was then not funded by the Council) also paid for the park\u2019s furniture. The Museum deemed it the only park \u201cin Coffs Harbour named in memory of the Pioneers of this wonderful part of the world\u201d and its decision was supported by the City Council, which maintained the space well.<\/p>\n

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1996 Letter from the Coffs Harbour & District Historical Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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coffscoastadvocate.com.au\/news\/road-through-pioneer-park-fast-tracked\/3052659\/<\/a>, 28 June 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In 2017<\/em>
\nTo reflect the naming of the space as Pioneer Park, the Coffs Harbour City Council decided to honour the pioneers who had resided or worked nearby: Peter Moller, the first selector; squatter John Carrall, after whom the flooding creek is named; Miss Ida Archibald, the first teacher; and Robert Bray, first grocer.
\nTheir stories are told in six panels<\/a>, placed along the footpath beside the street extension. The panels are made from core ten steel and were supplied by Armsign. The brick pavers were original pavers from the city centre, removed when Gordon Street was developed.\u00a0The information on the panels was compiled with input from staff and volunteers the Coffs Harbour Regional Museum.
\nA 1911 map shows this space was always designated to be a through street, although both ends are situated on top of Carrall\u2019s Creek.<\/p>\n

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Coffs Harbour : alternative schemes submitted by Mr T. W. Keele, M. Inst. C. E., for the establishment of a port at Coff’s Harbour \/ Royal Commission on Railway Decentralisation;\u00a0 \u00a0 MAP G8971.P3 1911;\u00a0http:\/\/nla.gov.au\/nla.obj-234153490<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Trees were originally planted by Mrs R R Macdonald, wife of the doctor, for the enjoyment of her family which lived next to the park, and the public [cf., Coffs Local History \u2013 Remember When<\/a><\/em>, 13 March 2016].<\/p>\n

Trees in the new Park providing shade include Buckinghamia celcissima (Ivory curl flower), Syzygium australis \u2018resilience\u2019 (Bush cherry), and Tristaniopsis luarina \u2018luscious\u2019 (Kanuka gum), replacing eucalyptus trees<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The original Pioneer Park bench seating and sign, made from tallowwood, can still be enjoyed in the garden at the site of the recent Coffs Harbour Regional Museum<\/a>, a short walk away at 215A Harbour Drive.<\/p>\n

Acknowledgements<\/em>
\nPeter Moller et al are described in the Compendium\u00a0<\/em>of Pioneers of Coffs Harbour Local Government Area 1880 – 1903<\/em><\/a>.
\nLead photograph: Raymond Mather Photography, 29 November 2017. Left to right: Debbie Campbell, Local Studies & Digitisation Librarian; Geoff Watts, volunteer researcher; Terrie Beckhouse, LMG Cultural Collections Officer; and Cath Fogarty, Cultural Development, Gallery & History Services Coordinator. Not present: Andrea Vallance, Landscape Designer, Coffs Harbour City Council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

History to 2016 In July 2016, the Duke Street extension was opened as the replacement to Pioneer Park, a green space between Harbour Drive and Duke Street. The space was named “Pioneer Park” by the Coffs Harbour and District Historical Museum in February 1996, and the Museum (which was then not funded by the Council) … Continue reading “Pioneer Park revisited”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[7,17],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1677,"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385\/revisions\/1677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coffscoastheritage.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}