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40-52 ELIZABETH DRIVE, ROSEBUD © The Trustee for Storemaker Unit Trust and Ochre Imprints 2014 Cover Photograph: View of the club house and a driveway within the activity area - facing south. ochre imprints pty ltd ii ochre imprints Issue Date: 20/05/2014 CULTURAL HERITAGE MANAGEMENT PLAN NO. 12927 Residential Subdivision 40-52 Elizabeth Drive, Rosebud Cultural Heritage Management Plan Number: 12927 Sponsor: The Trustee for Storemaker Unit Trust (ABN 29 378 945 242) Cultural Heritage Advisor: Petra Schell Authors: Anna Kent, David Thomas and Sarah Collins Issue Date: 20 May 2014 Assessment: Desktop, Standard and Complex Assessments (in accordance with r. 56 of the Aboriginal Heritage Regulations 2007) Size of Activity Area: Medium (in accordance with r. 68 of the Aboriginal Heritage Regulations 2007) Copies Issued To: Boon Wurrung Foundation Ltd; Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation; Office of Aboriginal Affairs Victoria; Schutz Consulting Pty Ltd; The Trustee for Storemaker Unit Trust Quality Control: Petra Schell Issue Date: 20/05/2014 ochre imprints iii 40-52 ELIZABETH DRIVE, ROSEBUD iv ochre imprints Issue Date: 20/05/2014 CULTURAL HERITAGE MANAGEMENT PLAN NO. 12927 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Background This Cultural Heritage Management Plan (CHMP) has been prepared for the Sponsor, The Trustee for Storemaker Unit Trust, in preparation for the proposed residential subdivision of the former Carrington Park Bowls Club, 40-52 Elizabeth Drive, Rosebud, c. 84 km south of Melbourne CBD. This Cultural Heritage Management Plan (CHMP) was prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006. The Secretary of the Department of Premier and Cabinet was the evaluation authority for this CHMP. The aims of the CHMP were to: Identify the location, nature and significance of Aboriginal places within the activity area; Assess whether harm to Aboriginal places can be avoided by the proposed activity; and, Develop a framework for managing Aboriginal places, prior to, during and subsequent to the activity taking place. Activity Area Location & Description The activity area is 3.16 ha in size and is situated on the grounds of the former Carrington Park Bowls Club, Rosebud. Within the activity area lies a bowling green, club house, gravel car park and various sheds. Concrete driveways provide vehicular access from Elizabeth Drive to the bowling club facilities. The remainder of the activity area contains partially cleared open native and introduced woodland vegetation. The activity area is located on a lower granite hill slope landform within dissected hilly terrain, sloping downwards from the north towards Waterfall Creek which lies c.140 m to the south. The land surface within the activity area has been subject to a range of ground disturbances including the clearing of native vegetation in the late nineteenth century; grazing and cultivation from the mid-nineteenth century; and mid to late twentieth-century commercial usage as a bowls club including levelling and introduction of fill for the bowling green, and construction of buildings, car parks, and associated infrastructure/services. Activity Description The proposed activity consists of the subdivision of land within the activity area into residential allotments (see Figure 3). Issue Date: 20/05/2014 ochre imprints v 40-52 ELIZABETH DRIVE, ROSEBUD Assessment Method The assessment method for this CHMP involved background research, a field survey and subsurface testing of soil profiles in the activity area. Under the Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006, this assessment would be considered a Complex Assessment, although it was preceded by Desktop and Standard Assessments. The background research (Desktop Assessment) aimed to: Provide contextual information regarding Aboriginal cultural heritage in the region; Determine whether any registered Aboriginal places exist in the activity area; and Identify – if possible – the likely potential for Aboriginal cultural heritage to occur in the activity area. The aims of the field assessment (Standard Assessment) were to determine the nature, distribution and significance of Aboriginal cultural heritage in locations to be impacted by the proposed activity. The field survey was undertaken to establish whether any surface Aboriginal cultural heritage was visible, and whether locations likely to contain Aboriginal cultural heritage were (or are) present. Subsurface testing (Complex Assessment) was carried out in this instance because the Desktop and Standard Assessments could not rule out the presence of Aboriginal cultural heritage, particularly in the southern section of the activity area, which both the Desktop and Standard Assessments identified as having increased archaeological potential due to its proximity to Waterfall Creek. The Aboriginal Heritage Regulations 2007 (r. 60) state that a Complex Assessment is required in circumstances were a Desktop Assessment or Standard Assessment show that Aboriginal cultural heritage is, or is likely to be, present in the activity area; and it is not possible to identify the extent, nature and significance of the Aboriginal cultural heritage in the activity area unless a Complex Assessment is carried out. The subsurface testing was undertaken in order to determine whether subsurface deposits in the activity area were likely to contain Aboriginal cultural heritage. Assessment Results The Desktop Assessment found that no previously registered Aboriginal places occur in the activity area. Eight Aboriginal places have been recorded within the geographic region. All of these Aboriginal places appear to occur in proximity to water resources, in sandy/silty well- drained soils within low lying land to the west of the activity area. Based on this data, the Desktop Assessment concluded that it is likely that Aboriginal cultural heritage will occur in the activity area, given its proximity to Waterfall Creek. However, given the extensive earth vi ochre imprints Issue Date: 20/05/2014 CULTURAL HERITAGE MANAGEMENT PLAN NO. 12927 moving works that have been undertaken in the activity area, any Aboriginal cultural heritage may be displaced or removed. Due to the possibility that Aboriginal cultural heritage may be present within the activity area, it was considered necessary to progress the CHMP to both Standard and Complex assessments. A total of 0.18 hectares was surveyed during the Standard Assessment. Grass, leaf litter and in some places, chip bark mulch, resulted in very poor surface visibility and very poor effective survey coverage. No Aboriginal cultural heritage was located on the surface during the survey. In the light of the visibility constraints encountered during the Standard Assessment, one excavation pit (EP) and two shovel test pits (STPs) were excavated during the Complex Assessment. The EP and STPs were placed in the southern section of the activity area, avoiding areas of visible ground disturbance to the north and centre of the activity area and concentrating on the area in proximity to Waterfall Creek. No Aboriginal stone artefacts, or any other Aboriginal cultural heritage, were located during the Complex Assessment. Aboriginal Cultural Heritage in the Activity Area No tangible Aboriginal cultural heritage was found in the activity area as a results of the Desktop, Standard and Complex Assessments. No intangible Aboriginal cultural heritage (e.g. oral histories) is known to relate to the activity area. Cultural Heritage Management Recommendations A total of nine management measures (MM) are presented here, and these must be adhered to in order to ensure compliance with the Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006. These recommendations become compliance requirements once this Cultural Heritage Management Plan is approved. SPECIFIC CULTURAL HERITAGE MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS No Aboriginal cultural heritage was identified in the activity area during the preparation of this CHMP. Therefore, no specific management recommendations are required in order for the activity to avoid, or minimise, harm to known Aboriginal heritage. OTHER CULTURAL HERITAGE MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS The following management measures address contingencies in the event that Aboriginal cultural heritage is uncovered in the activity area, and other matters. Issue Date: 20/05/2014 ochre imprints vii 40-52 ELIZABETH DRIVE, ROSEBUD MM1: Status and Distribution of CHMP This approved CHMP is a legally binding document. A copy of the approved CHMP must be present on site for the duration of the activity. Copies of the approved CHMP must be distributed to the following parties: Secretary, DPC (s.64(1)(b); RAP (if one exists) or Aboriginal stakeholders who participated in the preparation of the CHMP; and, All owners of land encompassed by the activity area. The Sponsor may provide copies of the approved CHMP to new land owners / managers at the completion of the activity. MM2: Discovery of Unexpected Aboriginal Cultural Heritage If suspected Aboriginal cultural heritage is identified, the following process applies: Isolation to Protect Cultural Heritage a) Relevant works within 25 m of the discovery must be suspended immediately and the place extent must be isolated from further disturbance by safety webbing or other suitable barriers. The cultural material should not be removed. Notification and Inspection a) The Site Supervisor must be notified immediately and a CHA and the RAP (if one exists; if one does not exist, OAAV must be notified) must be notified within 24 hours of the discovery; b) A CHA and RAP representative