Teralba Sustainable Resource Centre AECOM Environmental Assessment Appendix I Heritage Assessment 3 August 2010 I Teralba Sustainable Resource Centre EA CiviLake on Behalf of Lake Macquarie F I N A L 18 June 2010 Document No Sustainable Resource Centre, Teralba Preliminary Heritage Assessment Teralba Sustainable Resource Centre EA AECOM Sustainable Resource Centre, Teralba - Preliminary Heritage Assessment Sustainable Resource Centre, Teralba Preliminary Heritage Assessment S70075_Heritage Assessment Prepared for CiviLake on Behalf of Lake Macquarie Prepared by AECOM Australia Pty Ltd Level 8, 17 York Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000 T +61 2 8023 9333 F +61 2 8023 9399 www.aecom.com ABN 20 093 846 925 18 June 2010 S7007505 Printed on environmentally responsible paper. Made from 100% recycled post consumer waste. - S70075_PreliminaryHeritageAsses_FINAL_18Jun10 Revision 2 18/06/2010 Teralba Sustainable Resource Centre EA AECOM Sustainable Resource Centre, Teralba - Preliminary Heritage Assessment Quality Information Document Sustainable Resource Centre, Teralba Ref S7007505 Date 18 June 2010 Prepared by Rick Bullers Author Signature ___________________________________________ Reviewed by Neville Baker Technical Peer Reviewer Signature ____________________________ Distribution Copies Recipient Copies Recipient 1 Michael Hale CiviLake Strategic Operations Coordinator Lake Macquarie City Council 126-138 Main Road Boolaroo NSW 2284 1 Copy AECOM File Revision History Authorised Revision Revision Details Date Name/Position Signature Rev01 18-Sep-2009 QA Review N. Baker Final draft 3-Mar-2010 Post-Aboriginal Community N. Baker Comment Period Final 18-Jun-2010 Final N. 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.......................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Study Area ........................................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Aims and Objectives ............................................................................................................................. 1 1.4 Project Team ....................................................................................................................................... 2 1.5 Aboriginal Consultation......................................................................................................................... 2 1.6 Limitations ........................................................................................................................................... 3 2.0 Assessment Methodology ..................................................................................................................... 5 3.0 Environmental Context ......................................................................................................................... 7 3.1 Climate ................................................................................................................................................ 7 3.2 Topography and Hydrology................................................................................................................... 7 3.3 Geology and Soils ................................................................................................................................ 8 3.4 Vegetation ........................................................................................................................................... 8 3.5 Disturbance.......................................................................................................................................... 8 4.0 Ethnographic and Historical Context ..................................................................................................... 9 4.1 Aboriginal Occupation .......................................................................................................................... 9 4.2 European Occupation ......................................................................................................................... 10 5.0 Heritage Search Results ..................................................................................................................... 13 5.1 Aboriginal Heritage ............................................................................................................................. 13 5.1.1 Previous Archaeological Studies ......................................................................................................... 13 5.1.2 Registered Aboriginal Sites................................................................................................................. 14 5.1.3 Previous Assessment of the Study Area .............................................................................................. 15 5.2 Historic Heritage................................................................................................................................. 15 5.2.1 Previous Historic Heritage Studies ...................................................................................................... 15 5.2.2 Registered Historic Sites .................................................................................................................... 16 6.0 Archaeological Potential of the Study Area and Heritage Constraints ................................................... 21 6.1 Project Description and Assessment of Impacts .................................................................................. 22 6.2 Summary ........................................................................................................................................... 23 7.0 Legislative Framework........................................................................................................................ 25 7.1 Commonwealth Legislation ................................................................................................................. 25 7.1.1 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984....................................................... 25 7.2 Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act ................................................................ 25 7.3 New South Wales Legislation ............................................................................................................. 25 S70075_PreliminaryHeritageAsses_FINAL_18Jun10 Revision 2 18/06/2010 iii Teralba Sustainable Resource Centre EA AECOM Sustainable Resource Centre, Teralba - Preliminary Heritage Assessment 7.3.1 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 ............................................................................. 25 7.3.2 National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974................................................................................................... 26 7.3.3 Heritage Act ....................................................................................................................................... 27 7.4 Local Government .............................................................................................................................. 27 7.4.1 Lake Macquarie Local Environmental Plan 2004 ................................................................................. 27 7.4.2 Hunter Regional Environmental Plan 1989 (Heritage) .......................................................................... 28 7.4.3 Hunter Regional Environmental Plan 1989 .......................................................................................... 28 8.0 Recommendations ............................................................................................................................. 29 9.0 References .......................................................................................................................................... 1 List of Figures Figures Section Figure F1: Regional Context Figure F2: Site Location Figure F3: AHIMS Site Search Results Figure F4: Historic Heritage Site Search Results Figure F5: Proposed Site Layout and Potential Archaeological Constraints List of Appendices Appendix A Aboriginal Community Consultation Log and Correspondence Appendix B AHIMS Search Results Appendix C Previous Indigenous and Non Indigenous Heritage Assessment of the Study Area Appendix D Historic Heritage Search Results S70075_PreliminaryHeritageAsses_FINAL_18Jun10 Revision 2 18/06/2010 iv Teralba Sustainable Resource Centre EA AECOM Sustainable Resource Centre, Teralba - Preliminary Heritage Assessment Glossary of Terms Activity Area A pattern of artefacts in a site indicating