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Aboriginal Heritage Due Diligence Assessment 129 MARYS MOUNT ROAD MARCH 2017 suite 1, 216 carp st (po box 470) bega nsw 2550 australia t (02) 6492 8333 www.nghenvironmental.com.au e [email protected] unit 18, level 3, 21 mary st suite 1, 39 fitzmaurice st (po box 5464) surry hills nsw 2010 australia wagga wagga nsw 2650 australia t (02) 8202 8333 t (02) 6971 9696 unit 17, 27 yallourn st (po box 62) 35 morrisset st (po box 434) fyshwick act 2609 australia bathurst nsw 2795 australia t (02) 6280 5053 0448 820 748 Document Verification Project Title: 129 Marys Mount Road Project Number: 16-059 Project File Name: 16-059 Marys Mount Rd Due Dil v1 Revision Date Prepared by (name) Reviewed by (name) Approved by (name) Draft 16/03/17 Kirsten Bradley Matthew Barber Matthew Barber NGH Environmental prints all documents on environmentally sustainable paper including paper made from bagasse (a by- product of sugar production) or recycled paper. NGH Environmental Pty Ltd (ACN: 124 444 622. ABN: 31 124 444 622) and NGH Environmental (Heritage) Pty Ltd (ACN: 603 938 549. ABN: 62 603 938 549) are part of the NGH Environmental Group of Companies. suite 1, 216 carp st (po box 470) bega nsw 2550 australia t (02) 6492 8333 www.nghenvironmental.com.au e [email protected] unit 18, level 3, 21 mary st suite 1, 39 fitzmaurice st (po box 5464) surry hills nsw 2010 australia wagga wagga nsw 2650 australia t (02) 8202 8333 t (02) 6971 9696 unit 17, 27 yallourn st (po box 62) 35 morrisset st (po box 434) fyshwick act 2609 australia bathurst nsw 2795 australia t (02) 6280 5053 0448 820 748 Aboriginal Heritage Due Diligence 129 Marys Mount Road CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................ I BACKGROUND ASSESSMENT ...........................................................................................................................I FIELD ASSESSMENT ..........................................................................................................................................I IMPACT ASSESSMENT CONCLUSION................................................................................................................I RECOMMENDATIONS .....................................................................................................................................II 1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 PROJECT PARTICIPANTS .......................................................................................................................1 1.2 FORMAT OF THIS REPORT ....................................................................................................................1 2 GROUND DISTURBANCE ........................................................................................................... 4 3 REGISTER SEARCH AND LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT ..................................................................... 4 3.1 LOCAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDIES ......................................................................................................5 4 IMPACT AVOIDANCE ................................................................................................................ 9 5 DESKTOP ASSESSMENT AND VISUAL INSPECTION ...................................................................... 9 6 FURTHER ASSESSMENT ........................................................................................................... 15 7 RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................................................. 15 8 REFERENCES ........................................................................................................................... 17 TABLES Table 1 Breakdown of previously recorded Aboriginal sites in the region. .................................................... 4 Table 2 Aboriginal archaeological sensitivity of landforms in Goulburn (AMBS 2010:25). ............................ 6 FIGURES Figure 1. General project location. ................................................................................................................. 2 Figure 2. Project location. ............................................................................................................................... 3 Figure 3. AHIMS sites. ..................................................................................................................................... 5 Figure 4. Areas of Aboriginal heritage sensitivity near Goulburn mapped by AMBS (2012:33). .................... 8 Figure 5. Field survey results, sites and PADs. ..............................................................................................14 16-059 Draft i Aboriginal Heritage Due Diligence 129 Marys Mount Road PLATES Plate 1. View north-west up slope to house. ................................................................................................10 Plate 2. View south of cut near the house and shed. ...................................................................................10 Plate 3. View east from slope up to house. ..................................................................................................10 Plate 4. View north across PAD 1 towards the house. ..................................................................................10 Plate 5. View west with Marys Mount IF1 at range pole looking down the slope .......................................12 Plate 6. Marys Mount IF1..............................................................................................................................12 Plate 7. View north with Marys Mount IF1 at range pole looking up to the hill crest at the shed. .............12 Plate 8. View south-west across PAD 2. ........................................................................................................12 Plate 9. View south from the centre of PAD 3. .............................................................................................12 Plate 10. View south in woodland area along access track. .........................................................................12 Plate 11. View of east of outcropping in north-west of the project area towards dam. ..............................13 Plate 12. View south from the north-western boundary. ............................................................................13 Plate 13. View south of exposure near fence line and gate. ........................................................................13 Plate 14. View east from the south-western boundary adjacent to Marys Mount Rd. ...............................13 16-059 Draft ii Aboriginal Heritage Due Diligence 129 Marys Mount Road ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS AHIMS Aboriginal heritage information management system Km kilometres LALC Local Aboriginal Land Council M Metres NPW Act National Parks And Wildlife Act 1974 (NSW) NSW New South Wales OEH (NSW) Office of Environment and Heritage, formerly Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water PAD Potential Archaeological Deposit REF Review of Environmental Factors 16-059 Draft iii Aboriginal Heritage Due Diligence 129 Marys Mount Road EXECUTIVE SUMMARY BACKGROUND ASSESSMENT No sites are registered with AHIMS within the proposed project area for the residential development of Lot 26/ DP650291 and Lot 1/DP920161 on Marys Mount Road, although 29 sites have been recorded in the general vicinity. An isolated stone artefact and a low density artefact scatter are located within 200m of the project area, with the closest site located 50m to the south-west. Using the predictive model for the Goulburn region as refined by Fuller in 1989 the study area has landforms present which are predicted to have low to medium archaeological sensitivity. The hill crest within the project area is also a sensitive landscape as defined by OEH. This is in accordance with the landscape model provided in the Due Diligence Code of Practice for the Protection of Aboriginal Objects in New South Wales which outlines ridge tops and ridge lines have higher potential to contain Aboriginal objects. Given that stone artefacts have been recorded in close proximity to the current assessment area as dispersed surface scatters and isolated finds the project area has potential to contain Aboriginal sites and object. FIELD ASSESSMENT The field inspection of the project area identified the presence of a single Aboriginal artefact, Marys Mount IF1, along an access track. Three areas of potential archaeological deposit (PAD) were also identified within Lot 26/ DP650291 and Lot 1/DP920161. Mature trees within the vicinity of the project area were visually inspected and considered not to be culturally modified. IMPACT ASSESSMENT CONCLUSION The field assessment identified the presence of a single Aboriginal artefact Marys Mount IF1 and three areas of PAD. The residential development of Lot 26/ DP650291 and Lot 1/DP920161 outside the identified PADs and Marys Mount IF1 is unlikely to impact Aboriginal heritage objects and does not require further assessment for Aboriginal sites and objects. It may be possible for MaxiWealth to redesign the proposed development of Lot 26/ DP650291 and Lot 1/DP920161 to avoid the site Marys Mount IF1 and the PADs, thus negating the need to conduct further archaeological assessments. If it is not possible to avoid the PADs subsurface investigations, by test pitting,