EUROBODALLA ABORIGINAL HERITAGE STUDY: STAGE FOUR MANAGING & PROTECTING ABORIGINAL HERITAGE IN THE EUROBODALLA WITHIN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT PLANNING FRAMEWORK PREPARED FOR THE EUROBODALLA ABORIGINAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE EUROBODALLA SHIRE COUNCIL DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE SOUTHERN RIVERS CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY LOCAL ABORIGINAL LAND COUNCILS ELDERS GROUPS & ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS PREPARED BY SUSAN DALE DONALDSON ENVIRONMENTAL & CULTURAL SERVICES & GARRET BARRY PLANNING SERVICES. 2nd DECEMBER 2008: FINAL DRAFT Warning: contains reference to Aboriginal people who have passed away. Eurobodalla Shire Council / Department of Environment & Climate Change/ Susan Dale Donaldson of Environmental & Cultural Services / Garrett Barry. The ESC, DECC, Garret Barry and Susan Donaldson acknowledge the intellectual property rights of the Aboriginal people whose stories are featured in this publication. Eurobodalla Shire Council PO Box 99 Moruya, NSW, 2537. Ph: 02 4474 1000 Fax: 02 4474 1234 www.esc.nsw.gov.au Department of Environment & Climate Change NSW National Parks and Wildlife Services PO Box 1967 Hurstville NSW 2220 Ph: 1300 361 967 Fax: 02 9585 6555 [email protected] Susan Dale Donaldson Environmental & Cultural Services Moruya, NSW, 2537. Ph/ Fax: 02 4474 5899 [email protected] Garret Barry Planning Services Pty Ltd Consultant Town Planning and Local Government specialists PO Box 7155 Tathra, NSW 2550. Ph: 0264944145 [email protected] COVER PHOTO The connected landscape of Gulaga and Najanuka from Bermagui. Source: Susan Dale Donaldson 2007 . EUROBODALLA ABORIGINAL CULTURAL HERITAGE STUDY STAGE FOUR TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.......................................................................................... 6 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY............................................................................................7 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 11 1.1 Context of the study ............................................................................................. 11 1.2 Eurobodalla Aboriginal Heritage Study outline..................................................14 1.3 Stage Four research methodology .......................................................................16 2 LEGISLATION AND POLICY ASSESSMENT ....................................................... 17 2.1 Scope of the project brief..................................................................................... 17 2.2 Legislation relevant to Aboriginal cultural heritage management ..................... 17 2.3 Requirements of the EPA Act............................................................................. 23 2.4 Guidelines and advice from the Department Of Planning and the Department of Environment and Climate Change............................................................................25 2.5 A summary of the legislative and policy requirements and options available to Council for the LEP process......................................................................................27 3. REVIEW OF ESC HERITAGE MANAGEMENT PRACTICE............................... 30 3.1 Review of Council’s current codes and practices................................................ 30 3.2 Comment on the current Code of Practice from staff users................................31 3.3 Comment on the current Code of Practice from LALC users .............................31 3.4 Comment on Current ESC practice from DECC .......................................... 32 3.5 Review of other government heritage management systems ............................ 32 3.6 Resolving Improvements to Council’s public Protocol and internal Code of Practice..................................................................................................................... 33 3.7 Aboriginal heritage protection through the Local Environment Plan............... 36 3.8 Aboriginal heritage protection through Development Control Plans ............... 36 3.9 State policies and plans...................................................................................... 36 3.10 ESC /DECC AHIMS data license agreement.................................................... 38 4. HERITAGE MANAGEMENT OPTIONS.............................................................. 39 4.1 Aboriginal Heritage Listings in the LEP............................................................. 39 4.2 Culturally Sensitive Landscape provision in the DCP ....................................... 40 4.2.1 Special Local Clause For DCP- Aboriginal Culturally Sensitive Landscape Provision ......................................................................................41 4.2.2 Proposed DCP ACSL areas ....................................................................41 4.3 Data compilation and analysis........................................................................... 43 4.4 Aboriginal Area declaration............................................................................... 44 4.5 Aboriginal Place declaration .............................................................................. 45 4.6 Formal Agreements............................................................................................ 45 4.7 Land Acquisition ................................................................................................ 48 4.8 Possible resource pooling for assessment and consultation.............................. 49 4.9 The need for better integration in the management of Aboriginal heritage 50 5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT & EDUCATION OPTIONS............................................52 5.1 Custodians of the Eurobodalla ............................................................................52 5.2 Aboriginal origins of place names.......................................................................52 5.3 Artistic expression...............................................................................................53 5.4 Health and Well being walks.............................................................................. 54 5.5 Eurobodalla Heritage Time line......................................................................... 54 5.6 Cultural Awareness training .............................................................................. 54 6 FURTHER RESEARCH REQUIRED.................................................................... 56 6.1 Travelling routes................................................................................................. 56 6.2 Historic Government Aboriginal Reservations...................................................57 6.3 Totemism: the culture of the ecology..................................................................57 7 SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS............................................................... 60 8 REFERENCES CITED .......................................................................................... 66 APPENDIX ONE: CONSULTATION SUMMARY ................................................... 68 APPENDIX TWO: SUMMARY OF IDENTIFIED SPECIES ..................................... 71 APPENDIX THREE: ABORIGINAL HERITAGE TIME LINE.................................74 APPENDIX FOUR: SUMMARY OF ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO DEVELOPMENT CONSULTATION.........................................................................75 APPENDIX FIVE A: CURRENT CODE OF PRACTICE FOR THE PROTECTION OF ABORIGINAL HERITAGE IN EUROBODALLA SHIRE COUNCIL ...................82 CODE OF PRACTICE ...............................................................................82 APPENDIX FIVE B: RECOMMENDED DRAFT PROTOCOL FOR THE PROTECTION OF ABORIGINAL HERITAGE AND CONSULTATION WITH THE ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY IN THE EUROBODALLA SHIRE............................ 88 APPENDIX SIX: SPECIAL LOCAL CLAUSE FOR THE EUROBODALLA DCP RELATING TO CULTURALLY SENSITIVE AREAS ............................................... 98 APPENDIX SEVEN: HERITAGE SIGNIFICANCE ASSESSMENT [PUBLIC] FOR PROPOSED ABORIGINAL HERITAGE CONSERVATION AREAS ....................... 99 APPENDIX EIGHT: DESCRIPTION OF THE FIVE PROPOSED CULTURALLY SENSITIVE LANDSCAPES ......................................................................100 APPENDIX NINE: SUMMARY OF PROPOSED HERITAGE OPTIONS BY LALC REGION .............................................................................................. 124 APPENDIX TEN : ABORIGINAL PLACE NAMES IN THE EUROBODALLA .... 125 APPENDIX ELEVEN: LALC COMMENTS ON ESC CODE OF PRACTICE...........127 APPENDIX TWELVE: EUROBODALLA ABORIGINAL HERITAGE INVENTORY 6 MAPS, TABLES AND CHARTS TABLE ONE: Composition of land tenure within the Eurobodalla LGA 11 TABLE TWO: Totemic species in the Eurobodalla 59 MAP ONE: Eurobodalla Shire 13 CHART ONE: HERITAGE PLACES IDENTIFIED BY PRIMARY THEME [STAGES 1, 2 & 3 combined]. 15 CHART TWO: suggested heritage management process. 29 ACRONYMS USED Eurobodalla Shire Council ESC Local Aboriginal Land Council LALC Southern Rivers Catchment Management Authority SRCMA Department of Environment and Climate Change DECC Natural Heritage Trust NHT Aboriginal Heritage Information System AHIMS Development Application DA Local Environment Plan LEP Development Control Plan DCP Voluntary Conservation Agreement VCA Indigenous Land Use Agreement ILUA Aboriginal Culturally Sensitive Landscape ACSL Heritage Conservation Area HCA EUROBODALLA ABORIGINAL CULTURAL HERITAGE STUDY STAGE FOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Natural Heritage Trust [NHT],