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Botany Bay National Park Botany Bay National Park Plan of Management NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service May 2002 Amended in June 2016 Botany Bay National Park Plan of Management NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service June 2016 © 2016 State of NSW and the Office of Environment and Heritage With the exception of photographs, the State of NSW and the Office of Environment and Heritage are pleased to allow this material to be reproduced in whole or in part for educational and non-commercial use, provided the meaning is unchanged and its source, publisher and authorship are acknowledged. Specific permission is required for the reproduction of photographs. Office of Environment and Heritage has compiled this publication in good faith, exercising all due care and attention. No representation is made about the accuracy, completeness or suitability of the information in this publication for any particular purpose. OEH shall not be liable for any damage which may occur to any person or organisation taking action or not on the basis of this publication. All content in this publication is owned by OEH and is protected by Crown Copyright. It is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) , subject to the exemptions contained in the licence. The legal code for the licence is available at Creative Commons . OEH asserts the right to be attributed as author of the original material in the following manner: © State of New South Wales and Office of Environment and Heritage 2016. This plan of management was adopted by the Minister for the Environment on 27 May 2002. The plan was amended in accordance with the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 on 29 June 2016. Acknowledgments The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) acknowledges that this park is in the traditional Country of the Dharawal people. For additional information or any inquiries about this park or this plan of management, contact the NPWS Harbour Area Office at Greycliffe House, Nielsen Park, Vaucluse, or by telephone on (02) 9337 5511. Published by: Office of Environment and Heritage 59–61 Goulburn Street, Sydney NSW 2000 PO Box A290, Sydney South NSW 1232 Phone: (02) 9995 5000 (switchboard) Phone: 131 555 (environment information and publications requests) Phone: 1300 361 967 (national parks, climate change and energy efficiency information and publications requests) Fax: (02) 9995 5999 TTY: (02) 9211 4723 Email: [email protected] Website: www.environment.nsw.gov.au Report pollution and environmental incidents Environment Line: 131 555 (NSW only) or [email protected] See also www.environment.nsw.gov.au/pollution ISBN 978 1 76039 411 0 OEH 2016/0376 Printed on recycled paper Foreword Botany Bay National Park is highly significant to all Australians because it includes the site of first contact in 1770 between indigenous Australians and the crew of Lieutenant James Cook’s Endeavour and may be seen as a symbolic meeting place of cultures. It is also the place of last sighting of the French explorer Compte de Laperouse in 1788, the type locality for many of the plant species first collected by Banks and Solander, and contains important samples of endangered ecological communities. The park’s scenic values have been recognised by the National Trust in classifying it as a landscape conservation area, and it contains a number of historic places of national significance. The remaining Aboriginal sites are important evidence of the long association of Aboriginal people with the area. Inherent in the landscape of Botany Bay National Park is the long history of changing ecosystems and developing cultures. The role of Botany Bay National Park as a ‘meeting place’ is a central theme for the park. The park offers a unique opportunity to explore the history of meetings between indigenous and other cultures in Australia. The plan provides for the protection, and where necessary rehabilitation, of the landscapes, ecosystems, vegetation communities, fauna and faunal habitats of the park. It also provides for the conservation of historic features and significant cultural landscapes. This plan of management establishes the scheme of operations for Botany Bay National Park. In accordance with the provisions of Section 75 of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974, this plan of management is hereby adopted. Bob Debus Minister for the Environment CONTENTS page 1. INTRODUCTION 1 2. NATIONAL PARKS IN NEW SOUTH WALES 2 2.1 DEFINITION 2 2.2 GENERAL OBJECTIVES FOR NATIONAL PARKS 2 3. BOTANY BAY NATIONAL PARK 3 3.1 LOCATION AND PARK HISTORY 3 3.2 IMPORTANCE OF BOTANY BAY NATIONAL PARK 3 3.3 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES FOR BOTANY BAY NATIONAL PARK 6 4. POLICIES AND FRAMEWORK FOR MANAGEMENT 7 4.1 NATURAL HERITAGE 8 4.1.1 GEOLOGY, GEOMORPHOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY 8 4.1.2 FLORA AND VEGETATION COMMUNITIES 10 4.1.3 FAUNA 15 4.1.4 FIRE MANAGEMENT 17 4.2 CULTURAL HERITAGE 19 4.2.1 ABORIGINAL HERITAGE 19 4.2.2 EUROPEAN HERITAGE 22 4.2.3 SOCIAL VALUES 24 4.3 ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA 26 4.3.1 INTERPRETATION AND PROMOTION 27 4.3.2 EDUCATION AND RESEARCH 30 4.3.3 RECREATION AND VISITOR USE 31 4.3.4 MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS 36 5. PLAN IMPLEMENTATION 41 5.1 IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE 41 5.2 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT 44 SELECTED REFERENCES 45 APPENDIX 4.1.2 46 APPENDIX 4.2.2 48 MAP 1 BOTANY BAY NATIONAL PARK 51 MAP 2 PROPOSED LEASE AGREEMENT AREA, LA PEROUSE PRECINCT 52 1. INTRODUCTION The National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 requires that a plan of management be prepared for each national park. A plan of management is a legal document that outlines how the area will be managed in the years ahead. The procedures for adoption of a plan of management are specified in the Act and involve five stages: the Director-General gives notice that a plan of management has been prepared; the plan is placed on public exhibition for at least one month and any person may comment on it; the plan and copies of all representations are referred to the National Parks and Wildlife Advisory Council for consideration; the Director-General submits the plan, together with the recommendations of the Advisory Council, to the Minister for the Environment; and the Minister may adopt the plan after considering the recommendations of the Advisory Council or may refer the plan back to the Director-General and Council for further consideration. Once the Minister has adopted a plan, no operations may be undertaken within the Botany Bay National Park except in accordance with the plan. This plan of management applies to lands originally reserved as Botany Bay National Park and will continue to apply to the dual named ‘Kamay Botany Bay National Park’ (see Section 4.2.3). In the event of other lands being added to the park, they will be managed in accordance with the objectives, policies and management strategies set out in this plan. It should be noted that this plan of management replaces the earlier plans of management adopted for Captain Cooks Landing Place Historic Site in 1972 and for Bare Island Historic Site in 1975. Additional information on Botany Bay National Park is available from the Discovery Centre in the park at Kurnell (phone 02 9668 2000) and the Laperouse Museum in the Cable Station at La Perouse (phone 02 9311 3379). 1 2. NATIONAL PARKS IN NEW SOUTH WALES 2.1. DEFINITION The national park concept was introduced into Australia through the establishment of The National Park (later renamed Royal National Park) in 1879. For the purposes of preparing plans of management, the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service has adopted the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources – World Conservation Union categories which define a national park as: “a natural area of land and/or sea, designated to (a) protect the ecological integrity of one or more ecosystems for present and future generations, (b) exclude exploitation or occupation inimical to the purposes of designation of the area, and (c) provide a foundation for spiritual, educational, recreational and visitor opportunities, all of which must be environmentally and culturally compatible” (IUCN, 1994). 2.2 GENERAL OBJECTIVES FOR NATIONAL PARKS The following general objectives relate to the management of national parks in New South Wales: the protection and preservation of scenic and natural features; the conservation of wildlife; the maintenance of natural processes as far as is possible; the preservation of Aboriginal sites and places; the preservation of historic places, landscapes, objects and relics; the provision of appropriate recreation opportunities; and the encouragement of scientific and educational research into environmental features and processes, prehistoric and historic places and landscapes and park use patterns. 2 3. BOTANY BAY NATIONAL PARK 3.1 LOCATION AND PARK HISTORY Botany Bay National Park covers approximately 492 hectares of the northern and southern headlands of the entrance to Botany Bay (see Map 1). It is located within the Sydney metropolitan area and is surrounded by residential areas, industrial areas and Crown lands. The park is close to a number of other metropolitan parks and reserves managed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service, and conservation reserves managed by local councils and other bodies. These include Royal National Park, Sydney Harbour National Park, Towra Point Nature Reserve, the Botany wetlands, Wolli Creek, and Firmstone Ponds/Barton Park Wetlands. Botany Bay National Park was gazetted in 1988 but incorporates a number of areas which have been reserved for public use for much longer periods of time, including 100 hectares of land at Captain Cooks Landing Place which was first dedicated for public recreation in 1899.
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