Preliminary Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment of Kioloa Beach Holiday Park 635 Murramarang Road Kioloa, NSW
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Preliminary Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment of Kioloa Beach Holiday Park 635 Murramarang Road Kioloa, NSW July 2007 Prepared for Kioloa Beach Holiday Park Kayandel Archaeological Services Suite 6, 72-80 Argyle Street Picton NSW 2571 02 4677 0446 02 4677 0454 [email protected] Preliminary Indigenous Heritage Assessment – Kioloa Beach Holiday Park EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Kayandel Archaeological Services (KAS) has been commissioned by Cowman Stoddart Pty Ltd to undertake an Aboriginal cultural heritage assessment and, if necessary undertake targeted archaeological excavation for proposed legitimisation of an existing 23 short term and 93 camp sites within the Kioloa Beach Holiday Park. The project, because of its proximity to the coast, falls under Part 3A of the Environment Planning & Assessment Act 1979 (EP&A Act). The study area is located between the townships of Bawley Point and Durras on the New South Wales south coast (Figure 1). The study area has been the subject of a proposal under Part 3A of the EP&A Act and seeks approval for the legitimisation of an existing 23 short term caravan and 93 tent sites. The Director-General of Planning has directed that an Aboriginal archaeological assessment of the site is undertaken prior to subsequent impacts. These sites already exist within the footprint of the caravan park: no new impacts are planned for this process (Figure 3). In addition, a new sewerage treatment tank is proposed under the application (Figure 3). Impact will include subsoil disturbance in an area approximately 5 m2 and up to a metre in depth (Plate 1). This will include trenching to connect the tank to the existing pipes. A 1m wide easement excavated to depth of 1m is planned to access existing sewerage pipes. The proposal also makes provision for a beach or foreshore management plan which details measures to rehabilitate degraded areas within the foreshore reserve adjacent to the Kioloa Beach Holiday Park. Three transects were walked across the study area (Figure 4). These covered the crest of the coastal dune (Plate 5), the recently eroded foreshore (Plate 7) and flat sections west of the dune (Plate 9). No Aboriginal sites were identified during the course of the survey (Figure 4). Additionally, DECC Aboriginal sites #58-4-0815 and 58-4-0816 could not be relocated on the foreshore or dune despite conditions creating a natural profile of the area (Plates 6 and 7). It is recommended that: 1. There is no existing Aboriginal heritage constraints to the current Development Application proposed for Kioloa Beach Caravan Park. 2. There is an Aboriginal site located immediately east of the caravan park boundary which needs to be managed prior to any future revegetation programs. Although outside the Caravan Park boundaries it is the subject of future stabilisation works that are the responsibility of the Caravan Park owners and will involve subsurface impacts. 3. It is recommended that prior to revegetation programs commencing, the registered Aboriginal stakeholders are given the opportunity to comment and/or monitor the works. 4. In the event of Aboriginal sites being identified, further investigation to determine the nature, extent and integrity of such sites should be carried out prior to the commencement of any site works. i Preliminary Indigenous Heritage Assessment – Kioloa Beach Holiday Park CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY......................................................................................................I CONTENTS .........................................................................................................................II 1. INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................1 1.1. PROPOSED WORKS................................................................................................................................................2 1.2. THE CONSULTANCY BRIEF .....................................................................................................................................2 2. ABORIGINAL PARTICIPATION ..................................................................................3 2.1. ABORIGINAL CONSULTATION .................................................................................................................................3 3. ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT ....................................................................................5 3.1. BACKGROUND ........................................................................................................................................................5 3.2. CLIMATE..................................................................................................................................................................5 3.3. TOPOGRAPHY..........................................................................................................................................................5 3.4. GEOLOGY ................................................................................................................................................................5 3.5. GEOMORPHOLOGY .................................................................................................................................................6 3.6. SOILS ......................................................................................................................................................................6 3.7. VEGETATION ...........................................................................................................................................................7 3.8. FAUNA.....................................................................................................................................................................7 3.9. EXISTING CONDITION OF THE STUDY AREA...........................................................................................................7 4. ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT ...............................................................................11 4.1. ETHNO-HISTORIC CONTEXT..................................................................................................................................11 4.2. REGIONAL CONTEXT.............................................................................................................................................11 4.3. MODELLING ABORIGINAL OCCUPATION OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES SOUTH COAST........................................12 4.4. PREVIOUS INVESTIGATIONS.................................................................................................................................13 4.5. SITE TYPE PREDICTIONS ......................................................................................................................................15 5. FIELDWORK..............................................................................................................17 5.1. METHODOLOGY ....................................................................................................................................................17 ii Preliminary Indigenous Heritage Assessment – Kioloa Beach Holiday Park 5.2. RESULTS...............................................................................................................................................................17 5.3. DISCUSSION .........................................................................................................................................................20 6. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS ..........................................................21 6.1. ASSESSMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL POTENTIAL ................................................................................................21 7. RECOMMENDATIONS ..............................................................................................22 8. REFERENCES ...........................................................................................................24 9. PLATES .....................................................................................................................26 10. STATUTORY INFORMATION................................................................................38 10.1. FEDERAL LEGISLATION ......................................................................................................................................38 10.1.1. Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999....................................................... 38 10.1.2. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Heritage Protection Act 1984....................................................... 39 10.1.3. Native Title Act 1993.............................................................................................................................. 39 10.2. STATE LEGISLATION ...........................................................................................................................................39 10.2.1. 2.2.1 National Parks & Wildlife Act 1974 ............................................................................................. 39 10.2.2. 2.2.2 Environmental Planning & Assessment Act 1979 ...................................................................... 41 10.3. THE BURRA CHARTER ........................................................................................................................................41 APPENDIX A: STAKEHOLDER CORRESPONDANCE...................................................42 Figures