Cultural Heritage Report (2016)
CAIRNS SHIPPING DEVELOPMENT PROJECT Revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement APPENDIX U: Cultural Heritage Report (2016) Cairns Shipping Development Project Cultural Heritage Assessment Report to Flanagan Consulting Group Alice Buhrich Aug 2016 AUTHOR VERSION DATE APPROVED BY DATE A. Buhrich Draft 30 July 2016 K. O’Rourke 3 Aug 2016 A. Buhrich Final 3 Nov 2016 Alice Buhrich · 5 Holmes St Stratford 4870 · Executive Summary The Cairns Shipping Development Project investigates options for large cruise vessels to access Trinity Wharves. This will require an upgrade of Trinity Wharves, dredging of the existing shipping channel, expansion of the existing swing basin, terrestrial disposal of dredge material and ancillary impacts. Two potential sites for terrestrial land disposal of dredge material are proposed – Northern Sands and East Trinity. Cairns harbour is part of a living Aboriginal cultural landscape. Story places, archaeological sites, contact sites and places of contemporary Aboriginal significance are documented in the broad study area. Non-Indigenous heritage values include shipwrecks, Trinity Wharf complex and local heritage places associated with the development of Cairns. This cultural heritage assessment provides a Values and Constraints Assessment of potential impacts to Aboriginal and non-Indigenous heritage places. Cultural heritage values have been identified through desktop research, consultation with Aboriginal parties and site inspections. The report includes an assessment of significant heritage at Northern Sands,
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