WYNDHAM VALE PRECINCT STRUCTURE PLANS (PSP) 42 NORTH CULTURAL HERITAGE MANAGEMENT PLAN (AAV#11895). SPONSOR: GROWTH AREAS AUTHORITY. CULTURAL HERITAGE ADVISOR: JIM WHEELER AUTHORS: SHANNON SUTTON & JIM WHEELER 10TH NOVEMBER 2011 2 / 35 Hope Street BRUNSWICK, VIC, 3056 T: 03 9388 0622 AHMS F: 03 9388 0677 E: [email protected] ABN 45 088 058 388 ACN 088 058 388 ARCHAEOLOGICAL & HERITAGE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS PTY LTD WYNDHAM VALE PSP 42 NORTH CULTURAL HERITAGE MANAGEMENT PLAN #11895 WYNDHAM VALE PRECINCT STRUCTURE PLAN 42 NORTH CULTURAL HERITAGE MANAGEMENT PLAN (AAV#11895) 10TH NOVEMBER 2011 SPONSOR: GROWTH AREAS AUTHORITY CULTURAL HERITAGE ADVISOR: JIM WHEELER Authors: Shannon Sutton & Jim Wheeler. LARGE SIZED ACTIVITY DESKTOP & STANDARD ASSESSMENT Prepared by Archaeological & Heritage Management Solutions (AHMS) Pty Ltd on behalf of Growth Areas Authority. AHMS UNIT 2 / 35 HOPE STREET BRUNSWICK, VIC, 3056 T: 03 9388 0622 F: 03 9388 0677 [email protected] ABN 45 088 058 388 ACN 088 058 388. AHMS I ARCHAEOLOGICAL & HERITAGE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS PTY LTD November 2011 WYNDHAM VALE PSP 42 NORTH CULTURAL HERITAGE MANAGEMENT PLAN #11895 PLEASE NOTE - THIS REPORT CONTAINS PICTURES OF AND INFORMATION ABOUT PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE PASSED AWAY. AHMS II ARCHAEOLOGICAL & HERITAGE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS PTY LTD November 2011 WYNDHAM VALE PSP 42 NORTH CULTURAL HERITAGE MANAGEMENT PLAN #11895 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY TO BE INCLUDED IN FINAL REPORT. AHMS III ARCHAEOLOGICAL & HERITAGE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS PTY LTD November 2011 WYNDHAM VALE PSP 42 NORTH CULTURAL HERITAGE MANAGEMENT PLAN #11895 Contents 1 Introduction....................................................................................... 2 1.1 Preamble..................................................................................... 2 1.2 Reason for the current study ............................................................ 4 1.3 Authorship................................................................................... 5 1.4 Acknowledgements ........................................................................ 5 2 Activity Description.............................................................................. 6 3 Extent of Activity Area.......................................................................... 7 4 Documentation of Consultation ............................................................... 8 4.1 Development of Consultation............................................................ 8 4.2 Outcomes of Consultation ................................................................ 9 5 Desktop Assessment ............................................................................11 5.1 Preamble....................................................................................11 5.2 Geographic Region ........................................................................12 5.3 Review of Aboriginal Places in the Region ...........................................15 5.4 Review of Regional Archaeological Context (including reports and published works)................................................................................................18 5.4.1 Gaughwin 1983 ......................................................................18 5.4.2 Presland 1983........................................................................19 5.4.3 Rhoads 1986..........................................................................19 5.4.4 du Cros 1989 .........................................................................20 5.4.5 du Cros 1990 .........................................................................21 5.4.6 du Cros 1991 .........................................................................22 5.4.7 Weaver and Ellender 1994 ........................................................22 5.4.8 GHD / Andrew Long & Associates 2010 .........................................23 5.5 Review of Local Studies (Pre Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006) .....................29 5.6 Review of Cultural Heritage Management Plans in the Local Area ..............32 5.6.1 Feldman, Matthews, de Lange (CHMP 10888) .................................32 5.6.2 Feldman (CHMP10520) .............................................................32 5.6.3 Berelov, Ricardi, Birkett-Rees, Thiele (CHMP 11583)........................32 5.6.4 Burch, Parmington & Freedmon (CHMP 10906) ...............................32 AHMS IV ARCHAEOLOGICAL & HERITAGE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS PTY LTD November 2011 WYNDHAM VALE PSP 42 NORTH CULTURAL HERITAGE MANAGEMENT PLAN #11895 5.6.5 Burch & Parmington (10905)......................................................33 5.6.6 Murphy & Amorosi (CHMP 10681) ................................................33 5.6.7 MacManus & Burch (11330) .......................................................34 5.6.8 Hobbs & Burch (11217) ............................................................34 5.6.9 Murphy & Owen (11108)...........................................................34 5.6.10 Orr & Matic (CHMP 10718).........................................................35 5.6.11 Webb & Kaskadanis (CHMP 10342)...............................................35 5.6.12 Berelov, Czastka, Ricardi, Thiele (CHMP 11522)..............................36 5.6.13 Veres (CHMP 10548) ................................................................36 5.6.14 Berelov, Ricardi, Thiele (CHMP 11413) .........................................36 5.6.15 Berelov, McMillan, Czastka, Ricardi & Thiele (CHMP 11249) ...............37 5.6.16 Kaskadanis & Hill(CHMP 11224) ..................................................37 5.6.17 Murphy & Owen (11093)...........................................................38 5.6.18 Howell-Meurs & East (11063) .....................................................38 5.6.19 Howell-Meurs & Feldman (11000) ...............................................39 5.6.20 Marshall (CHMP 10177).............................................................39 5.7 General Ethno-historical Background .................................................40 5.7.1 The Wada wurrung Language Group.............................................40 5.7.2 Lifestyle of the Traditional Owners .............................................41 5.7.3 Food Resources......................................................................41 5.7.4 Movements and Camps .............................................................42 5.7.5 Material Culture Material Culture................................................44 5.7.6 Early Settlement & Frontier Relations ..........................................45 5.8 Environmental Context (Landforms & Geomorphology) ...........................48 5.8.1 Landscape and Published Geological Mapping .................................48 5.8.2 Soil landscapes.......................................................................49 5.8.3 Drainage and Water Resources ...................................................49 5.8.4 Vegetation ............................................................................50 5.8.5 Landforms within the activity area ..............................................51 5.9 Landuse History ...........................................................................53 5.9.1 Land Use History in the West Region............................................53 5.9.2 Landuse disturbance history in the activity area .............................53 5.10 Desktop Assessment Conclusions.......................................................56 5.11 Predictive Model ..........................................................................57 5.11.1 Factors Included in the Predictive Model.......................................59 AHMS V ARCHAEOLOGICAL & HERITAGE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS PTY LTD November 2011 WYNDHAM VALE PSP 42 NORTH CULTURAL HERITAGE MANAGEMENT PLAN #11895 5.11.2 Factors Not Included in the Predictive Model. ................................60 5.11.3 Predictive Sensitivity Mapping....................................................63 6 Standard Assessment. ..........................................................................66 6.1 Kayandel Archaeological Services Standard Assessment ..........................66 6.1.1 Survey Details........................................................................66 6.1.2 Survey Methodology ................................................................67 6.1.3 Survey Coverage.....................................................................68 6.1.4 General Observations...............................................................68 6.1.5 Black Forest Road AS4 (BFR AS4).................................................71 6.1.1 PSP 42 Isolated Finds...............................................................71 6.1.2 KAS Survey Conclusions............................................................75 6.2 Cultural Values ............................................................................75 6.3 Standard Assessment Conclusions .....................................................77 7 Management Recommendations..............................................................79 7.1 PSP Planning and Design .................................................................79 7.2 Complex Assessments ....................................................................82 7.3 Management Requirements .............................................................87 Appendix 1 – Notice of Intent ......................................................................94 Appendix 2 – Schedule to PLANNING SCHEME (ugz). ...........................................97