Living Heritage: Protecting the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage of the Dampier Peninsula for all Final Plan December 2020 Copyright and Disclaimer Confidentiality All the information contained in this report is freely available and every effort has been made to ensure that no confidential, legally privileged information is included. Of note, throughout this project we did not seek any cultural or heritage information in for this plan that Traditional Owners of the Dampier Peninsula might consider confidential, do not wish to disclose further, do not wish to be part of a report that may be distributed further or include Intellectual Property that they do not wish to be disclosed. The provision of this report, the conclusions and recommendations contained within it are subject to conditions set out in the final sections. Copyright Ownership of the intellectual property rights of the information provided by the Traditional Owner Informants of the relevant Traditional Owner Native Title Determinations of the Dampier Peninsula remains the property of those named people. Ownership of the primary materials created in the course of the contracted services for this project remains the property of the Western Australian Department of Planning Lands and Heritage (DPLH). Apart from the use described above, this report may not be used, sold, published, reproduced or distributed wholly or in part without the prior written consent of DPLH. Disclaimer Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that all relevant data has been presented, the authors are not accountable for omissions and inconsistencies that may result from information which may come to light in the future, but which was not available at the time of this research. The recommendations, conclusions and conditions within this Report are based on information available at the time of its preparation. Mapping Data All co-ordinates quoted in this report were obtained with a Garmin Handheld GPS 72 unit using UTM GDA 94 Datum, Zone 51K. Acknowledgements This report was written by Melissa Marshall for DPLH. All photographs were taken by the author unless otherwise identified. The author would like to thank the Aboriginal people of the Dampier Peninsula, their representative Registered Native Title Prescribed Body Corporates (RNTPBCs or PBCs) being Bardi Jawi, Nyul Nyul, Nimanburr and Gogolanyngor; the remote communities of Ardyaloon (One Arm Point), Lombadina, Djarindjin and Beagle Bay; surrounding outstations; as well as the Dampier Peninsula Working Group and both the Bardi Jawi Rangers and Nyul Nyul Rangers. Assistance provided in the delivery of this project was greatly appreciated, particularly from both Bart Pigram and Rosanna Angus who assisted with consultation. Thanks also go to Larissa Searle for transcription of meeting notes. Appreciation also to staff from the DPLH for their involvement and direction in this project, including Jeremy Elliott, Cesar Rodriguez and Julie Cobb. Printed maps used during the consultation were compiled by Sharon Zappelli (DPLH) and printed by Printing Ideas (Broome). Cover photo: Southerly view from Kooljaman. 2 | Page Contents Glossary ............................................................................................................................................................... 6 Foreword ............................................................................................................................................................. 7 Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................................. 8 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................... 15 Protecting and sharing the cultural heritage of the Dampier Peninsula ........................................................... 17 Bardi Jawi Cultural Landscapes ......................................................................................................................... 20 Heritage protection areas on Bardi Jawi Country ......................................................................................... 22 Existing heritage protections ..................................................................................................................... 22 Protection requirements for Bardi Jawi Country ...................................................................................... 25 Communities, outstations and cultural tourism operations ......................................................................... 38 Ardyaloon (One Arm Point) Aboriginal Community .................................................................................. 38 Djarindjin Aboriginal Community .............................................................................................................. 42 Lombadina Aboriginal Community ............................................................................................................ 43 Outstations and cultural tourism operators on Bardi Jawi Country ......................................................... 46 Summary of heritage protection requirements for Bardi Jawi Country ....................................................... 49 Nyul Nyul Cultural Landscapes .......................................................................................................................... 55 Heritage protection areas on Nyul Nyul Country .......................................................................................... 55 Existing heritage protections ..................................................................................................................... 57 Protection requirements for Nyul Nyul Country ....................................................................................... 57 Beagle Bay Aboriginal Community ................................................................................................................ 63 Outstations and cultural tourism on Nyul Nyul Country ............................................................................... 65 Summary of protection requirements for Nyul Nyul Country ...................................................................... 67 Nimanburr Cultural Landscapes ........................................................................................................................ 69 Heritage protection areas on Nimanburr Country ........................................................................................ 69 Existing heritage protections ..................................................................................................................... 69 Protection requirements for Nimanburr Country ..................................................................................... 71 Outstations and cultural tourism on Nimanburr Country ............................................................................. 74 Summary of protection requirements for Nimanburr Country..................................................................... 74 Jabirr Jabirr and Jabir Jabirr Ngumbarl Cultural Landscapes ............................................................................. 76 Heritage protection areas on Jabirr Jabirr and Jabirr Jabirr Ngumbarl Country ........................................... 76 Existing heritage protections ..................................................................................................................... 76 Protection requirements for Jabirr Jabirr Ngumbarl Country ................................................................... 78 Outstations and cultural tourism on Jabirr Jabirr Ngumbarl Country ........................................................... 84 Summary of protection requirements for Jabirr Jabirr Ngumbarl Country .................................................. 85 Identification of vulnerable Aboriginal cultural heritage .................................................................................. 88 3 | Page Protection planning and management requirements ....................................................................................... 90 Opportunities for sharing and celebrating the living Aboriginal cultural heritage of the Dampier Peninsula . 92 Resource implications ....................................................................................................................................... 94 Recommendations ............................................................................................................................................. 95 Implementing this plan to protect the Aboriginal cultural heritage of the Dampier Peninsula ....................... 97 Conclusion ......................................................................................................................................................... 99 References ....................................................................................................................................................... 100 Appendix One: Details of consultation undertaken for the project ................................................................ 104 Appendix Two: Background review of additional references obtained .......................................................... 105 Appendix Three: Legislation and guidelines informing the plan ..................................................................... 108 Commonwealth Heritage