Captains Flat Former Station Masters Cottage Historical Interpretation

May 2025 – Consultation Closed

The consultation period on the Captains Flat Former Station Master’s Cottage Historical Interpretation project closed on 14 May 2025.

The consultation took place from February 2025 to May 2025 which included, internal subject matter experts, key stakeholders and community,

We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who took part in the consultation. Your input has been invaluable and our team is assessing all feedback received.

Transport for NSW will inform the community on the outcome of the consultation in the coming months by providing a community Consultation Outcomes Report.

To receive updates on this project, please register for our mailing list below. 

Transport for NSW (Transport) detected increased levels of lead dust and lead in the soil at the former Station Master’s Cottage (Site), resulting from historical mining activities and rail operations and is currently planning to remediate the Site. 

The remediation strategy for the Site is demolition followed by a process known as historical interpretation.

To help us identify a possible commemorative tribute following the demolition, Transport consulted with key stakeholders and the community between February and May 2025.

We are continuing to build our knowledge of the Captains Flat Former Station Master’s Cottage to help us identify how to effectively interpret historical, cultural and community values for the Site.

Community and stakeholder input is vital to help us achieve this.

The purpose of the consultation was to understand:

• historical values of the Site
• how these values can be best interpreted
• a possible commemorative tribute that reflects the historical, cultural and community importance of the Site.

We spoke  with internal subject matter experts, Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council, key community groups and the wider community as part of this project.

The consultation approach is outlined below.

• Internal consultation
• Consultation with Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council
• Community and stakeholder consultation.

Key project benefits are:

• opportunity for community and stakeholders to have their say and shape future options
• honour the historical, cultural and community importance of the Site
• deliver greater community value by leveraging local knowledge and understanding community vision for the Site.

In scope

• Capture community values and historical significance associated with the vacant Site.
• Determine how we can best honour the history of the vacant land.
• Identify a suitable and possible historical interpretation option for the Site following demolition.

Not in scope

• Investigate remediation options. Remediation of the Site will be managed by the Transport Land Management Project.
• Consult on options to repurpose the building.
• Consult on rail corridor.

• Develop and publish a consultation report summarising consultation approach and feedback received.
• Identify a preferred option and submit for internal approval.
• Obtain approval to proceed with preferred option.
• Inform community and stakeholders of preferred option.
• Determine next steps.

• March 2025 community notification (PDF, 318.74 KB)
  
  Commemorative tribute survey now open

• Captains Flat Project Fact Sheet and FAQs (PDF, 344.82 KB)

We will share relevant reports as they become available.

We will share relevant presentations as they become available.

Community consultation closed on 14 May 2025.

The consultation provided the community with an opportunity to share their thoughts and personal stories so we could understand all the ways this Site contributes to the community.

The community participated in the consultation through various channels, including: 

• Online: completing online survey through the NSW Government ‘Have your say’ website.
• Email: emailing us at regionalassetmanagement@transport.nsw.gov.au to receive the survey via email
• Phone: calling us at 1800 491 566 to request a phone survey or
• Face-to-face: filling out a paper survey at the Captains Flat Country Markets, which were held on Saturday, 5 April 2025. 

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your participation. Your input has been invaluable.

We developed a project factsheet which provides additional information on the project. The factsheet is available on this page under ‘Project documents’. 

Our approach to consultation provided an opportunity for the community and stakeholders to engage with Transport across a range of mediums including written, in-person and online.

We used a variety of communication channels such as email, hard and soft copy community updates, social media, project webpage, online survey, workshops, briefings and a community pop-up at the markets.

To register to receive project updates, please complete the project subscriber form or email the project team at regionalassetmanagement@transport.nsw.gov.au.

We encourage the community to visit our market stall at the Captains Flat Country Markets to meet the project team or complete the project survey. The details are:

Date and Time: 10am – 2pm, Saturday 5 April 2025.  
Location: Community Hall, 53 Foxlow Street, Captains Flat, NSW.