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Environmental Assessment Attachment 2 3.4 Aboriginal Environmental Assessment: Proposed Wind Farm, Gullen Range NSW 3.4 Aboriginal archaeology assessment 15 nghenvironmental Proposed Gullen Range Wind Farm Archaeological Assessment September 2007 A report to nghenvironmental on behalf of Epuron Pty Ltd Julie Dibden New South Wales Archaeology Pty Limited PO Box 2135 Central Tilba NSW 2546 Ph/fax 02 44737947 mob. 0427074901 [email protected] TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. SUMMARY......................................................................................................................................................1 1.1 INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................................................1 1.2 PARTNERSHIP WITH ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES .........................................................................................1 1.3 DESCRIPTION OF IMPACT..............................................................................................................................1 1.4 OBJECTIVES AND METHODS .........................................................................................................................2 1.5 PREVIOUS ARCHAEOLOGICAL WORK AND RECORDED SITES .......................................................................2 1.6 SURVEY COVERAGE AND RESULTS ..............................................................................................................3 1.7 STATUTORY CONTEXT .................................................................................................................................5 1.8 SIGNIFICANCE ASSESSMENT.........................................................................................................................5 1.9 MITIGATION AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES.............................................................................................5 1.10 RECOMMENDATIONS ..................................................................................................................................6 2. INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................................8 2.1 INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................................................8 3. PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY ................................................................10 4. DESCRIPTION OF IMPACT......................................................................................................................11 4.1 IMPACT HISTORY........................................................................................................................................11 4.2 PROPOSED IMPACTS ...................................................................................................................................11 4.3 POTENTIAL IMPACTS ..................................................................................................................................12 5. STUDY METHODOLOGY .........................................................................................................................16 5.1 LITERATURE REVIEW .................................................................................................................................16 5.2 FIELD SURVEY AND METHODOLOGY..........................................................................................................16 5.3 SURVEY COVERAGE VARIABLES ................................................................................................................17 6. LANDSCAPE CONTEXT............................................................................................................................18 6.1 TOPOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY AND VEGETATION ...............................................................................................18 7. ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT - INDIGENOUS ................................................................................20 7.1 SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY...................................................................................................................................20 7.2 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED SITES...................................................................................................................21 7.3 ARCHAEOLOGY –THE LOCAL AREA ...........................................................................................................21 7.4 PREDICTIVE MODEL OF SITE TYPE AND LOCATION ....................................................................................24 8. ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HERITAGE CONTEXT – NON-INDIGENOUS .....................................27 8.1 HISTORICAL CONTEXT ...............................................................................................................................27 8.2 HISTORICAL REGISTER SEARCHES ..............................................................................................................32 9. SURVEY RESULTS .....................................................................................................................................33 9.1 KIALLA RESULTS .......................................................................................................................................33 9.2 BANNISTER RESULTS .................................................................................................................................44 9.3 POMEROY RESULTS....................................................................................................................................56 9.4 GURRUNDAH RESULTS ...............................................................................................................................74 9.5 DISCUSSION................................................................................................................................................82 10. STATUTORY CONTEXT .........................................................................................................................85 11. SIGNIFICANCE ASSESSMENT .............................................................................................................86 11.1 SIGNIFICANCE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA.....................................................................................................86 11.2 SIGNIFICANCE VALUE OF THE ABORIGINAL OBJECTS IN THE STUDY AREA..............................................87 12. MITIGATION AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES .........................................................................92 12.1 MANAGEMENT AND MITIGATION STRATEGIES.........................................................................................92 12.2 MANAGEMENT OPTIONS -SUMMARY .......................................................................................................93 13. RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................................................................99 14. REFERENCES..........................................................................................................................................100 APPENDIX 1 CORRESPONDANCE FROM PEJAR LALC Proposed Gullen Range Wind Farm – Epuron Pty Ltd 1. SUMMARY 1.1 Introduction New South Wales Archaeology Pty Ltd was commissioned by nghenvironmental on behalf of Epuron Pty Ltd in July 2007 to undertake an archaeological and heritage assessment of the proposed Gullen Range Wind Farm project area. Epuron Pty Ltd proposes to develop a wind farm with up to 84 turbines on the Gullen Range for the purpose of electricity generation. The proposal area is situated on the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales in the Upper Lachlan Local Government Area. The proposed wind farm is defined as a Major Project under Part 3A of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. nghenvironmental has been commissioned by Epuron Pty Ltd to conduct a number of studies in relation to the proposal. This archaeological assessment forms one component of an Environmental Assessment Report. 1.2 Partnership with Aboriginal Communities The field survey and assessment has been undertaken in partnership with Pejar Local Aboriginal Land Council (PLALC) and Onerwal Local Aboriginal Land Council (OLALC). This assessment has been conducted in accordance with consultation process as outlined in the Interim Guidelines for Aboriginal Community Consultation - Requirements for Applicants (NSW DEC 2004). 1.3 Description of Impact The proposed impact area is situated on a north-south trending ridge system which traverses four localities: Kialla (northern most locality), Bannister, Pomeroy and Gurrundah. All proposed impacts are situated within private grazing properties or crown road easements. The proposal is comprised of the construction, operation and decommissioning of the following infrastructure: x Up to 84 wind turbines, each with three blades measuring up to 50 metres in length, and mounted on a tabular steel tower measuring up to 85 metres high; x Electrical connections between wind turbines using a combination of underground cabling and overhead concrete pole power lines; x Underground communication cabling; x A substation and transmission connection linking the wind turbines to the existing TransGrid 330kV transmission system which passes across the proposal site; x Temporary construction facilities, site compounds, storage areas and batching plants; x Access roads for installation and maintenance of wind turbines; and x An onsite control
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