Appendix 11 Cultural Values Assessment _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Warragamba Dam Raising Project Appendix 11: Cultural Values Assessment A11-1 WARRAGAMBA DAM RAISING: DRAFT REPORT Aboriginal Cultural Values Assessment Report April 2021 (v.3) Prepared by: Waters Consultancy Pty Ltd Client: WATERS CONSULTANCY PTY LTD ACN 134 852 314 PHONE 02 9810 6474 EMAIL [email protected] ADDRESS 66 Balmain Road • Leichhardt NSW 2040 HISTORY • CULTURE • HERITAGE Table of Contents Note on language in quotes .................................................................................................. 7 1 Introduction .............................................................................................................. 8 1.1 Proposed Project ................................................................................................... 8 1.2 Impact Zone .......................................................................................................... 8 1.3 Project Area .......................................................................................................... 9 1.4 Aim of Assessment ............................................................................................... 10 1.5 Mapping ............................................................................................................... 10 2 Methodology ........................................................................................................... 17 3 Consultation Process .............................................................................................. 19 4 What is Intangible Cultural Significance? ................................................................. 20 5 The Cultural Landscape ............................................................................................ 21 5.1 Cultural Values in the Study Area ......................................................................... 22 5.2 Mapping Locations .............................................................................................. 23 6 Gurrangatch-Mirrigan Dreaming Track ................................................................... 25 6.1 Gurrangatch-Mirrigan Dreaming Track Places 1-5 ............................................... 28 6.2 Gurrangatch-Mirrigan Dreaming Track Places 6-8 ............................................... 30 6.3 Gurrangatch-Mirrigan Dreaming Track Places 9-11 .............................................. 32 6.4 Gurrangatch-Mirrigan Dreaming Track Places 12-15 ............................................ 34 6.5 Gurrangatch-Mirrigan Dreaming Track Places 16-19 ............................................. 37 7 Buru (Kangaroo) Dreaming Story Places ................................................................. 41 8 Living Places ........................................................................................................... 46 8.1 Living Place 1: Gazetted Aboriginal Reserve No. 26 ............................................. 49 8.2 Living Place 2: Gazetted Aboriginal Reserve No. 27 .............................................. 51 8.3 Living Place 3: Gazetted Aboriginal Reserve No. 10159 ......................................... 53 8.4 Living Places 4 & 5: Gazetted A.R. No. 14937 & No. 40798 (Ghungarlook Farm) .... 55 8.5 Living Places 6 & 7: Gazetted A. R. No. 17023 & St Joseph’s Farm ........................ 60 8.6 Living Place 8: The Big Flat .................................................................................. 65 8.7 Living Place 9: Burnt Flat ...................................................................................... 67 8.8 Living Place 10: New Yards Creek ........................................................................ 69 9 Cultural Places ......................................................................................................... 73 9.1 Cultural Place 1: Tommy Bundle’s Burial ............................................................... 78 9.2 Cultural Place 2: ‘Hands on the Rock’ ................................................................... 82 9.3 Cultural Place 3: Jimmy Ah-re-moy or Tarlo Jack’s Burial ..................................... 85 9.4 Cultural Place 4: Burial Tree Site .......................................................................... 88 9.5 Cultural Place 5: ‘Chief’s’ Burial ............................................................................ 89 9.6 Cultural Place 6: Black Waterhole ........................................................................ 91 Waters Consultancy Pty Ltd PAGE 3 HISTORY • CULTURE • HERITAGE 9.7 Cultural Place 7: Red Hand Cave .......................................................................... 92 9.8 Cultural Place 8: Jumping Woman Dreaming Story Site ....................................... 96 9.9 Cultural Place 9: Kerswell Hill ............................................................................... 98 9.10 Cultural Places 10 & 11: Oaky Creek Site Complex .............................................. 102 9.11 Cultural Place 12: Ripple Creek Site Cluster ......................................................... 105 9.12 Cultural Place 13: Joorilands Farm Site Cluster .................................................... 106 9.13 Cultural Place 14: Byrnes Creek Rock Engraving ................................................. 108 10 Cultural Values and Significance Recommendations .............................................. 112 10.1 Statement of Significance: Gurrangatch-Mirrigan Dreaming Track .................... 116 10.2 Statement of Significance: Buru (Kangaroo) Dreaming Story Places .................. 117 10.3 Statement of Significance: Living Places ............................................................ 118 10.4 Statement of Significance: Cultural Places ......................................................... 119 10.5 Statement of Significance: Archaeological Sites ................................................. 120 10.6 Statement of Significance: Waterways ............................................................... 121 11 Recommendations ................................................................................................. 122 12 Bibliography .......................................................................................................... 129 13 Appendix A: Draft Methodology and Covering Letter & Email ................................ 136 14 Appendix B: RAPs Responses to Draft Methodology .............................................. 140 15 Appendix C: Final Methodology and Covering Email .............................................. 151 16 Appendix D: Email Extending Period for Input ........................................................ 155 17 Endnotes ............................................................................................................... 159 Tables Table 1: Summary of Cultural Values. ............................................................................... 113 Table 2: Summary of Identified Cultural Places and Impacts ............................................. 114 Table 3: Recommended Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Safeguards. .................................... 123 Maps Map 1: Extract from Parish Map (c.1890s) showing Shauny's Corner ................................. 29 Map 2: Extract from Parish Map (c.1890s) showing 'The Eel Hole'. ...................................... 35 Map 3: Extract from Parish Map (1909) showing Black Hollow Creek and Black Gooler. ...... 35 Map 4: Extract from Parish Map (c.1895) showing Aboriginal Reserve No. 26 .................... 50 Map 5: Extract from Parish Map (c.1895) showing Aboriginal Reserve No. 27. .................... 52 Map 6: Extract from Parish Map (c.1917) showing Aboriginal Reserve No. 10159. .............. 54 Map 7: APB Plan of Aboriginal Reserve No. 14937 (c.1891). ................................................ 56 Map 8: Extract from Parish Map (c.1895) showing Aboriginal Reserve No. 14937. .............. 56 Map 9: Extract from Parish Map (c.1927) showing A. R. No. 40798 & A.R. No. 14937 ........... 57 Map 10: Extract from Parish Map (1968) showing appropriation of Ghungarlook Farm ...... 58 Map 11: Extract from Parish Map (1948) showing “St Joseph’s PS Site” ............................. 61 Map 12: Extract from Parish Map (c.1893) showing A. R. No. 17023 & St Joseph’s .............. 61 Map 13: Extract from Parish Map (c.1890s) showing Burnt Flat and John Riley's leasehold. 68 Map 14: Extract from Parish Map (c.1890s) with notation on rejected reserve application. 68 PAGE 4 Waters Consultancy Pty Ltd HISTORY • CULTURE • HERITAGE Map 15: Extract from Parish Map (c.1890s) showing Portion 93. ......................................... 70 Map 16: Extract from Parish Map (1909) showing Black Gooler and Black Hollow. .............. 79 Map 17: Extract from Parish Map (c.1890s) showing Portion B171/587. ............................... 86 Map 18: Extract from Parish Map (c.1890s) showing Portions C98/70 & C98/105. ............... 90 Map 19: Extract from Myles Dunphy's Map, 1933 ............................................................... 93 Map 20: Extract from Parish Map (1911) showing Portion 5. .............................................. 109 Figures Figure 1: Project area. ........................................................................................................