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Northwest Resorts Pty Ltd Ningaloo Lighthouse Holiday Park Redevelopment Project Cultural Heritage Management Plan Version Date Description Approved A 28-Aug-20 Draft – Issued for internal review Damien Lafrentz 1 30-Oct-20 Issued for use Daniel Griffin Cultural Heritage Management Plan Ningaloo Lighthouse Holiday Park Rev A Contents 1 Project Overview ........................................................................................................................... 3 1.1 Project Area ......................................................................................................................................... 3 1.2 Background .......................................................................................................................................... 3 1.3 Purpose................................................................................................................................................ 3 2 Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 ......................................................................................................... 5 3 Terminology and Abbreviations ..................................................................................................... 7 4 Aboriginal Stakeholder Engagement .............................................................................................. 8 4.1 Aboriginal Stakeholder Group ............................................................................................................. 8 4.2 Native Title and Cultural Heritage ....................................................................................................... 8 5 Purpose of CHMP ........................................................................................................................... 9 6 Summary of Consultation and Fieldwork ..................................................................................... 10 6.1 Archival Research .............................................................................................................................. 10 6.2 Aboriginal Heritage Survey ................................................................................................................ 10 7 Heritage Survey Outcomes........................................................................................................... 11 7.1 Summary of Heritage Site ................................................................................................................. 11 8 Key Construction Hazards and Proposed Mitigation ..................................................................... 15 9 Aboriginal Heritage Procedures / Control Methods ...................................................................... 16 9.1 Inductions and Cultural Heritage Awareness Training ...................................................................... 16 9.2 Demarcation of Aboriginal Heritage Site .......................................................................................... 16 9.3 Stop Work - Aboriginal Heritage Incidents........................................................................................ 16 9.4 Stop Work – Identification of Aboriginal Sites .................................................................................. 17 9.5 Stop Work – Discovery of Skeletal Remains...................................................................................... 17 9.6 Enforcement ...................................................................................................................................... 17 10 Records........................................................................................................................................ 18 11 References ................................................................................................................................... 19 11.1 General References ....................................................................................................................... 19 11.2 Online References.......................................................................................................................... 19 Appendices APPENDIX 1 – Section 18 Consent letter .................................................................................................... 20 APPENDIX 2 – YMAC Aboriginal Heritage Survey Report December 2019 ................................................. 25 Figures Figure 1: Northwest Resorts Overview with DPLH Layer Figure 2: Aboriginal Heritage Survey Results Figure 3: Section 18 Consent Area Page 2 of 25 Cultural Heritage Management Plan Ningaloo Lighthouse Holiday Park Rev A 1 Project Overview Northwest Resorts (the proponent) intend to facilitate a planned redevelopment of the existing Ningaloo Lighthouse Holiday Park located within Lots 2 and 557 Yardie Creek Road near Exmouth, WA. The redevelopment will include demolition of most of the existing holiday park facilities and then development of a mix of hotel rooms, villas, cabins, camping grounds and caravan facilities in a resort style setting, with associated functions spaces and boat wash down areas. A dedicated site for group camping activities is also planned, along with a future Stage 2 development that would include additional short stay/tourist accommodation. 1.1 Project Area The project area comprises Lots 2 and 557 Yardie Creek Road, North West Cape, and is located within the Shire of Exmouth. The combined site comprises 45.346 hectares of land with direct road frontage to Yardie Creek Road. Lot 2 contains the existing Ningaloo Lighthouse Holiday Park, which comprises a mix of camping and caravan park areas, cabin-based guest accommodation, and associated facilities and amenities, whilst Lot 557 is vacant, with the exception of an unsealed vehicle track. 1.2 Background Consultation and a heritage survey were undertaken in 2019 with the Gnulli (Baiyungu) Native Title Holders. During the heritage survey, one registered Aboriginal site DPLH 10381 Vlaming Head and one sensitive sand dune area were identified within the project area. Section 18 consent was applied for by NWR in July 2020. As of October 2020, the project is subject to a Section 18 consent approval: Reference 69-21438 dated 22 September 2020 The area applicable to Section 18 consent is shown in the Figure 3. The Section 18 consent was issued with conditions, and there is a statutory requirement for NWR to adhere to and implement these conditions under the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972. The Section 18 approval is provided in Appendix 1. 1.3 Purpose The purpose of this Cultural Heritage Management Plan (CHMP) is to provide a framework for the management of any Aboriginal heritage sites and values located within the project area. Whilst a CHMP is not required as a condition of the Section 18 consent, the NWR have prepared this CHMP based on the recommendations of the heritage survey report (YMAC 2019) and in accordance with a best-practice approach. In addition, this CHMP has been prepared to ensure the project is undertaken in a manner that complies with statutory obligations related to Aboriginal heritage management in accordance with the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972. Page 3 of 25 Cultural Heritage Management Plan Ningaloo Lighthouse Holiday Park Rev A Figure 1: Northwest Resorts Overview with DPLH Layer Page 4 of 25 Cultural Heritage Management Plan Cultural Heritage Management Plan Ningaloo Lighthouse Holiday Park Ningaloo Lighthouse Holiday Park Rev A Rev A 2 Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 The Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 (AHA) is “an Act to make provision for the preservation on behalf of the community of places and objects customarily used by or traditional to the original inhabitants of Australia or their descendants, or associated therewith, and for other purposes incidental thereto”. The AHA applies to both places and objects, as defined in Section 5 and 6 of the Act, as outlined below. Section 5. Application to places This Act applies to — (a) any place of importance and significance where persons of Aboriginal descent have, or appear to have, left any object, natural or artificial, used for, or made or adapted for use for, any purpose connected with the traditional cultural life of the Aboriginal people, past or present; (b) any sacred, ritual or ceremonial site, which is of importance and special significance to persons of Aboriginal descent; (c) any place which, in the opinion of the Committee, is or was associated with the Aboriginal people and which is of historical, anthropological, archaeological or ethnographical interest and should be preserved because of its importance and significance to the cultural heritage of the State; (d) any place where objects to which this Act applies are traditionally stored, or to which, under the provisions of this Act, such objects have been taken or removed. Section 6. Application to objects (1) Subject to subsection (2a), this Act applies to all objects, whether natural or artificial and irrespective of where found or situated in the State, which are or have been of sacred, ritual or ceremonial significance to persons of Aboriginal descent, or which are or were used for, or made or adapted for use for, any purpose connected with the traditional cultural life of the Aboriginal people past or present. (2) Subject to subsection (2a), this Act applies to objects so nearly resembling an object of sacred significance to persons of Aboriginal descent as to be likely to deceive or be capable of being mistaken for such an object. (2a) This Act