New South Wales Archaeology Pty Ltd ACN 106044366 __________________________________________________________ Addendum Rye Park Wind Farm Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment Report Date: November 2015 Author: Dr Julie Dibden Proponent: Rye Park Renewables Pty Ltd Local Government Area: Yass Valley, Boorowa, and Upper Lachlan Shire Councils www.nswarchaeology.com.au TABLE OF CONTENTS SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................ 1 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 4 1.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 4 2. DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA – BACKGROUND INFORMATION .............................. 7 2.1 THE PHYSICAL SETTING OR LANDSCAPE ........................................................................ 7 2.2 HISTORY OF PEOPLES LIVING ON THE LAND ................................................................ 11 2.3 MATERIAL EVIDENCE ................................................................................................... 17 2.3.1 Previous Environmental Impact Assessment ............................................................ 20 2.3.2 Predictive Model of Aboriginal Site Distribution....................................................... 25 2.3.3 Field Inspection – Methodology ................................................................................ 30 2.3.4 Field Inspection – Results ........................................................................................ 34 3. CONSULTATION PROCESS ........................................................................................... 79 4. SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION ............................. 81 5. CULTURAL HERITAGE VALUES AND STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE ............... 83 5.1 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE ...................................................................................... 84 6. THE PROPOSED ACTIVITY .......................................................................................... 88 6.1 PROPOSED IMPACTS ...................................................................................................... 88 6.2 TYPE OF HARM ............................................................................................................. 89 7. AVOIDING AND/OR MINIMISING HARM ................................................................... 93 7.1 MANAGEMENT AND MITIGATION STRATEGIES - OPTIONS .............................................. 93 7.1 MANAGEMENT AND MITIGATION STRATEGIES .............................................................. 95 8. STATUTORY INFORMATION ....................................................................................... 99 9. RECOMMENDATIONS .................................................................................................. 100 10. REFERENCES .............................................................................................................. 102 GLOSSARY ......................................................................................................................... 110 TABLE OF FIGURES Figure 1 The layout of the proposed Wind Farm (map supplied by the proponent). ................. 6 Figure 2 Location of Survey Units and Aboriginal object locales in respect of proposed wind turbine generator layout; south end of proposal area. ............................................................. 43 Figure 3 Location of Survey Units and Aboriginal object locales in respect of proposed wind turbine generator layout; south-mid end of proposal area....................................................... 44 Figure 4 Location of Survey Units and Aboriginal object locales in respect of proposed wind turbine generator layout; mid end of proposal area. ............................................................... 45 Figure 5 Location of Survey Units and Aboriginal object locales in respect of proposed layout - Overhead Electricity. ............................................................................................................ 46 Figure 6 Location of Survey Units in respect of proposed layout - Overhead Electricity. ........ 47 Figure 7 Location of Survey Units and Aboriginal object locales in respect of proposed wind turbine generator layout; mid end of proposal area. ............................................................... 48 Figure 8 Location of Survey Units and Aboriginal object locales in respect of proposed wind turbine generator layout; mid north-east end of proposal area................................................ 49 Figure 9 Location of Survey Units and Aboriginal object locales in respect of proposed wind turbine generator layout; mid north-west end of proposal area. .............................................. 50 Figure 10 Location of Survey Units and Aboriginal object locales in respect of proposed wind turbine generator layout; north end of proposal area. ............................................................. 51 Figure 11 Location of SU28/L1. Note extensive erosion. ........................................................ 57 Figure 12 Location of SU28/L2. ............................................................................................. 58 Figure 13 Location of SU29/L1. ............................................................................................. 59 Figure 14 Location of SU30/L1 and SU30/L2. ........................................................................ 62 Figure 15 Location of SU30/L3. ............................................................................................. 64 Figure 16 Location of SU33/L1 and SU30/L2. ........................................................................ 65 Figure 17 Location of SU33/L3. ............................................................................................. 67 Figure 18 Location of SU33/L4, SU33/L5 and SU33/L6. ........................................................ 68 Figure 19 Location of SU34/L1. ............................................................................................. 71 Figure 20 Location of SU 37/L1 and SU37/L2. ....................................................................... 72 Figure 21 Location of SU37/L3. ............................................................................................. 74 Figure 22 Location of SU40/L1. ............................................................................................. 75 Figure 23 Location of SU42/L1. ............................................................................................. 76 Figure 24 Location of SU47/L1. ............................................................................................. 77 Figure 25 Location of SU47/L2. ............................................................................................. 78 TABLE OF PLATES Plate 1 Typical rockland on turbine ridges: SU46. .................................................................... 8 Plate 2 Lithosol on a low elevation crest within a valley context: SU37. ................................... 9 Plate 3 Typical back country covered in Sifton Bush: SU34. .................................................. 10 Plate 4 Active sheet and gully erosion incising the channel of a 2nd order stream: SU30. ........ 11 Plate 5 SU28/L1 looking 30°. ................................................................................................. 57 Plate 6 SU28/L1 Three artefacts found together..................................................................... 57 Plate 7 SU28/L2 looking 210°. ............................................................................................... 58 Plate 8 The core fragment in SU28/L2. .................................................................................. 58 Plate 9 SU29/L1 looking 270°. ............................................................................................... 59 Plate 10 The core fragment in SU29/L1. ................................................................................ 59 Plate 11 The large sheet erosion scour in SU30/L1; looking west. Note clustering of artefacts in northwest end where erosion is less severe. ............................................................................. 60 Plate 12 The large erosional scour in SU30/L2; looking 210°. .................................................. 61 Plate 13 North end of SU30/L2; looking 190°. The gully erosion and table drain with farm road in foreground. ........................................................................................................................ 61 Plate 14 A part of SU30/L3 looking 20°. ................................................................................ 63 Plate 15 SU30/L3: Artefact #58. ........................................................................................... 63 Plate 16 SU30/L3: Artefact #101. .......................................................................................... 63 Plate 17 SU33/L1 .................................................................................................................. 65 Plate 18 SU33/L1 A sample of the silcrete and chert artefacts. ............................................... 65 Plate 19 SU33/L2 .................................................................................................................. 66