6583830 GRWP Works Approval Application available at: Appendix I Appendix J Ecological and Planning Cultural Heritage Due Assessment Report Diligence CH2M Beca // 25 March 2021 6583830 // page 123 Cultural Heritage Due Diligence Report Report Heritage Due Diligence Report Prepared for Western Water Prepared by CH2M Beca Ltd 17 December 2020 Cultural Heritage Due Diligence Report Table of Contents Document Acceptance.......................................................................................................................... iii Abbreviations ........................................................................................................... v Executive Summary .............................................................................................. vii Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... vii Desktop assessment ........................................................................................................................... vii Aboriginal heritage ..................................................................................................................... vii Historical heritage ...................................................................................................................... vii Recommendations.............................................................................................................................. viii Aboriginal heritage .................................................................................................................... viii Historical heritage ..................................................................................................................... viii Important note about your report ........................................................................................................... ix 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Project description ...................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Project location ........................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Purpose of assessment .............................................................................................................. 1 1.4 Authorship of the report .............................................................................................................. 2 2 Review of relevant legislation .......................................................................... 4 2.1 Victorian State legislation ............................................................................................................ 4 2.1.1 Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 .......................................................................................... 4 2.1.2 Aboriginal Heritage Regulations 2018 ............................................................................. 4 2.1.3 Heritage Act 2017 ........................................................................................................... 5 2.1.4 Planning and Environment Act 1987 ............................................................................... 6 2.2 Commonwealth legislation .......................................................................................................... 6 2.2.1 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1984 ..................................... 6 3 Desktop assessment ......................................................................................... 8 3.1 Aboriginal heritage ...................................................................................................................... 8 3.1.1 Ethno-history .................................................................................................................. 8 3.1.2 Existing conditions .......................................................................................................... 8 3.1.3 Areas of Cultural Heritage Sensitivity .............................................................................. 9 3.1.4 Previous Aboriginal heritage assessments ...................................................................... 9 3.1.5 Sensitive landforms .......................................................................................................11 3.1.6 Predictive statement ......................................................................................................12 3.1.7 Conclusion ....................................................................................................................12 3.2 Historical heritage ......................................................................................................................16 3.2.1 Historical background ....................................................................................................16 3.2.2 Previous historical heritage assessments ......................................................................16 3.2.3 Review of aerial imagery ...............................................................................................17 3.2.4 Register searches .........................................................................................................17 CH2M Beca // 17 December 2020 6583830 // page i Cultural Heritage Due Diligence Report 3.2.5 Predictive statement ......................................................................................................18 3.2.6 Conclusion ....................................................................................................................18 4 Recommendations........................................................................................... 20 4.1 Summary ...................................................................................................................................20 4.2 Aboriginal heritage recommendations ........................................................................................20 4.2.1 High impact activities .....................................................................................................20 4.2.2 Areas of Cultural Heritage Sensitivity .............................................................................20 4.2.3 Cultural Heritage Management Plan requirement ...........................................................20 4.3 Historical heritage recommendations .........................................................................................21 4.3.1 Further historical heritage assessment...........................................................................21 4.3.2 Discovery of archaeological sites ...................................................................................21 4.3.3 Heritage induction training .............................................................................................22 5 References ....................................................................................................... 23 Glossary ................................................................................................................. 24 Glossary ................................................................................................................... 1 List of Figures Figure 1-1 The project area with descriptions of proposed works .................................................................. 3 Figure 3-1 Aboriginal Places and areas of CHS within 3 km of the project area ...........................................13 Figure 3-2 Aboriginal Places within the project area ....................................................................................14 Figure 3-3 extent of VAHR 7823-0195 .........................................................................................................15 List of Tables Table 3-1 Aboriginal Places within 3 km of the project area .......................................................................... 8 Table 3-2 Previous Aboriginal cultural heritage studies ................................................................................. 9 Table 3-3 Summary of previous historical heritage assessments .................................................................17 Table 3-4 Historical heritage in proximity to the project area ........................................................................18 Table 4-1 Summary of existing conditions and predicted archaeological sensitivity ......................................20 CH2M Beca // 17 December 2020 6583830 // page ii Cultural Heritage Due Diligence Report Revision Nº Prepared By Description Date 1 Kane Winchester Issue for CH technical review 03/09/2020 2 Kane Winchester Issue for CH2M Beca PM review 11/09/2020 3 Terrie Burns Update based on WW Comments 4 5 Document Acceptance Action Name Signed Date Prepared by Kane Winchester 03/09/2020 Reviewed by Rose Overberg (Aboriginal 04/09/2020 heritage) Reviewed by Karen Murphy (Historical 07/09/2020 heritage) Approved by Kate Munro 21/09/2020 on behalf of CH2M Beca CH2M Beca // 17 December 2020 6583830 // page iii Cultural Heritage Due Diligence Report © CH2M Beca 2020 (unless CH2M Beca has expressly agreed otherwise with the Client in writing). 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