NATIONAL CULTURAL HERITAGE VALUES ASSESSMENT & CONFLICTING VALUES REPORT The wild horse population Kosciuszko National Park December 2015 Prepared for NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service Context Pty Ltd 2015 Project Team: Dr Georgia Melville, Project Manager Chris Johnston, Director Dr Helen Doyle, Senior Historian Catherine McLay, Heritage Consultant Cover photo source: shm.com.au ‘Don't fence us in’, 26 August 2004 Report Register This report register documents the development and issue of the report entitled National cultural heritage values assessment & conflicting values discussion report: The wild horse population Kosciuszko National Park undertaken by Context Pty Ltd in accordance with our internal quality management system. Project Issue Notes/description Issue Date Issued to No. No. 2037 1 Progress Report & Research 28 August Rob Gibbs Plan 2015 NSW NPWS 2037 2 Draft Report 22 October Rob Gibbs 2015 NSW NPWS 2037 3 Final Draft Report 18 November Rob Gibbs 2015 NSW NPWS 2037 4 Final Report 16 December Rob Gibbs 2015 NSW NPWS Context Pty Ltd 22 Merri Street, Brunswick VIC 3056 Phone 03 9380 6933 Facsimile 03 9380 4066 Email
[email protected] Web www.contextpl.com.au ii CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY VI 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Background 1 1.2 Objectives 1 1.3 Scope 1 1.4 Team 2 1.5 Acknowledgements 3 2 CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY 4 2.1 Approach 4 2.2 Tasks 4 2.3 National heritage assessment criteria and thresholds framework 5 Explaining the National Heritage List criteria 5 3 HISTORY 9 3.1 Historic themes 9 3.2