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The National and Commonwealth Heritage Lists
1 j a n ua ry 2 0 0 4 – 3 0 j u n e 2 0 0 8
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The National and Commonwealth Heritage Lists
1 j a n ua ry 2 0 0 4 – 3 0 j u n e 2 0 0 8
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Published by the Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
ISBN 978 0642 55488 8
© Commonwealth of Australia 2008
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Cover images left to right: Myall Creek Massacre and Memorial Site,Mawson’s Huts, Wet Tropics of Queensland, Flemington Racecourse (© DEWHA and associated photographers), Brickendon Estate (© Brickendon Estate).
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Contents
Introduction 5
Terms and abbreviations 6
A. Number of Places included in the National and Commonwealth Heritage Lists 7
B. Any significant damage or threat to the National or Commonwealth Heritage values of listed places 9
C. Number of management plans and how effectively they are operating 10
National Heritage List 10
Commonwealth Heritage List 1�
Heritage strategies for Commonwealth Heritage places 1�
D. Conservation agreements 14
National Heritage places 14
Commonwealth Heritage places 14
E. Nominations, assessments and changes to the lists 15
Nominations and assessments process 15
Nominations and assessments 16
National Heritage List 16
Commonwealth Heritage List 17
Emergency listing 17
Legislative changes 17
F. Compliance with the Act 19
Referrals under the EPBC Act 19
National Heritage – potential compliance incidents �0
Commonwealth Heritage – potential compliance incidents �1
G. Other relevant matters ��
Public awareness ��
List of appendices �4
Appendix A Review and reporting requirements under the EPBC Act 1999 �5
Appendix B List of National Heritage List places as of �0 June �008 �6
Appendix C List of Commonwealth Heritage List places by state (�0 June �008) �8
Appendix D Places included in the �007–08 and �008–09 Finalised Priority Assessment Lists �7
Appendix E National Heritage List places showing status of management planning under Subdivisions C and D, Division 1A, Part 15 of the EPBC Act 1999 �8
Appendix F Overview of Commonwealth Heritage management plans status 4�
Appendix G Criteria for National Heritage and Commonwealth Heritage Lists 44
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With the assent of the Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Act (No 1) �00� on �� September �00�, a heritage protection and management regime became part of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the Act). As a result, the Federal Minister for the Environment became responsible for including places in the National Heritage List and Commonwealth Heritage List1 from the date of commencement, 1 January �004.
The Act (s��4ZC and s�41ZH) requires the Minister to ensure that at least once in every five year period after the implementation of the National and Commonwealth Heritage Lists the lists are reviewed, and a report of the review is tabled in each House of the Parliament.
This, the first review and report on the National and Commonwealth Heritage Lists, covers the period from 1 January �004 until �0 June �008.
The Act specifies seven topics which the review must cover:
(a) the number of places included in the National and Commonwealth Heritage Lists;
(b) any significant damage or threat to the National or Commonwealth Heritage values of those listed places;
(c) the number of plans made or in preparation under the relevant Subdivisions of the Act for managing the listed places, and how effectively the plans are operating;
(d) the operation of any conservation agreements under Part 14 of the Act that affect the listed places;
(e) all nominations, assessments and changes to the Lists during the period of review;
(f ) compliance with this Act in relation to the listed places; and
(g) any other matters that the Minister considers relevant.
The relevant sections of the Act are given in full in Appendix A.
The report highlights the Australian Government’s achievement in establishing a new heritage system centred upon the National and Commonwealth Heritage Lists. The Lists help identify, protect, and manage those places that are of outstanding heritage significance to the nation, and heritage places owned by the Commonwealth, and assist in creating greater public awareness and appreciation of these special places and the important national stories associated with them.
Introduction
1 Fuller background to the Act is provided in the “Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communication and the Arts: Inquiring into the Operation of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.” Submission by the Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, and the Australian Government Department of Climate Change. �008
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AHC Australian Heritage Council
AHDB Australian Heritage Database
CA Controlled Action
DEWHA Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
FPAL Finalised Priority Assessment List
Minister Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts
NCA Not Controlled Action
the Act or Environment Protection and EPBC Act Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
RNE Register of National Estate
NHL National Heritage List
CHL Commonwealth Heritage List
Terms and abbreviations
Burrup Gorge (DEWHA)
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A. Number of places included in the National and Commonwealth Heritage Lists
At �0 June �008, there were 79 places in the National Heritage List, and �4� places in the Commonwealth Heritage List – shown in Appendix B and Appendix C respectively.
In accordance with the 1997 Council of Australian Government Heads of Agreement on Commonwealth/State Roles and Responsibilities for the Environment, the Act focuses the Australian Government’s heritage protection and listing role on places of national significance and places which it owns or leases. This approach ensures that heritage listing decisions are made by the most appropriate level of government, and avoids overlap or duplication with state and local government heritage listings.
Accordingly, a very high threshold of heritage significance applies to the National Heritage List. A place must be assessed to be of “outstanding heritage value to the nation” for the Minister to enter it in the National Heritage List.
To be entered in the Commonwealth Heritage List, a place must be assessed “to be of significant heritage value” and to be owned or leased by the Australian Government. The criteria for the lists are at Appendix G.
The National Heritage List and Commonwealth Heritage List include places in all states and territories. The places in the National Heritage List at �0 June �008 are shown in the map on the following page.
The numbers of places in each state in the Commonwealth Heritage List
0ACT EXT NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA
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New South waleS1 SydneyHarbourBridge2 SydneyOperaHouse3 BondiBeach4 NorthHead–Sydney5 FirstGovernmentHouseSite6 KurnellPeninsulaHeadland7 CockatooIsland8 HydeParkBarracks9 CyprusHelleneClub–AustraliaHall10 OldGovernmentHouseandthe GovernmentDomain11 Ku-ring-gaiChaseNationalPark12 RoyalNationalParkandGarawarra StateConservationArea13 OldGreatNorthRoad14 TheGreaterBlueMountainsArea15 GondwanaRainforestsofAustralia16 MyallCreekMassacreandMemorialSite17 WarrumbungleNationalPark18 BrewarrinaAboriginalFishTraps (BaiamesNgunnhu)19 WillandraLakesRegion20 LordHoweIslandGroup
auStraliaN Captial territory21 AustralianAcademyofScienceBuilding22 HighCourt–NationalGalleryPrecinct23 OldParliamentHouseandCurtilage24 AustralianWarMemorialandtheMemorial Parade
ViCtoria25 BonegillaMigrantCamp–Block1926 GlenrowanHeritagePrecinct27 EchucaWharf28 FloraFossilSite–Yea
29 MountWilliamStoneHatchetQuarry30 CastlemaineDiggingsNationalHeritagePark31 EurekaStockadeGardens32 GrampiansNationalPark(Gariwerd)33 BudjBimNationalHeritageLandscape –MtEcclesLakeCondah34 BudjBimNationalHeritageLandscape –TyrendarraArea35 PointNepeanDefenceSites andQuarantineStationArea36 PointCookAirBase37 RoyalExhibitionBuildingandCarltonGardens38 NewmanCollege39 SidneyMyerMusicBowl40 ICIBuilding/OricaHouse(former)41 FlemingtonRacecourse42 HighCourtofAustralia(former)43 HMVSCerberus44 MelbourneCricketGround45 RipponLeaHouseandGardens
QueeNSlaNd46 GreatBarrierReef47 WetTropicsofQueensland48 AustralianFossilMammalSites(Riversleigh)49 DinosaurStampedeNationalMonument50 TreeofKnowledgeandcurtilage51 FraserIsland52 GlassHouseMountainsNationalLandscape
NortherN territory53 KakaduNationalPark54 WaveHillWalkOffRoute55 HermannsburgHistoricPrecinct56 Uluru–KataTjutaNationalPark
weSterN auStralia57 StirlingRangeNationalPark58 FremantlePrison59 BataviaShipwreckSiteandSurvivorCamps Area1629–HoutmanAbrolhos60 SharkBay61 DirkHartogLandingSite1616 –CapeInscriptionArea62 DampierArchipelago (includingBurrupPeninsula)63 PurnululuNationalPark
South auStralia64 AustralianFossilMammalSites–Nilpena65 SouthAustralianOldandNew ParliamentHouses66 EdiacaraFossilSite–Naracoorte
taSmaNia67 WoolmersEstate68 BrickendonEstate69 TasmanianWilderness70 RechercheBay(NorthEastPeninsula)Area71 CascadesFemaleFactory72 RichmondBridge73 CoalMinesHistoricSite74 PortArthurHistoricSite75 DarlingtonProbationStation76 MacquarieIsland
eXterNal77 KingstonandArthursVale HistoricArea78 MawsonsHutsandMawsons HutsHistoricSite79 HeardIslandandMcDonaldIslands
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19
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Places in the National Heritage List
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B. Any significant damage or threat to the National or Commonwealth heritage values of listed places
Significant threats to the National or Commonwealth heritage values of listed places require referral under sections 15B, �6 or �8 of the Act. While there has been substantial compliance with these requirements, there have been several incidents and potential threats reported to the Department that were not the subject of referrals.
All of these incidents have been assessed by the Department and, in all, but two cases, the actions or threats were considered to be unlikely to have any significant impact on the values of the listed places. The other two cases relate to the poisoning of the Tree of Knowledge, and vandalism of rock art on the Burrup Peninsula. In neither case was it possible to identify the perpetrators and therefore enforcement action was not possible.
Brief details of all incidents are outlined below in Section F ‘Compliance with the Act’.
A number of additional general threats have been identified for listed places. For example:
• Rabbits and rodents have been identified as a significant threat to the National Heritage values of Macquarie Island. To address the problem, the Australian and the Tasmanian Governments have developed a rabbit and rodent eradication plan, which is now being implemented.
• Climate change poses a significant threat to the values of a number of the places on the National and Commonwealth Heritage Lists. Places particularly vulnerable include the Great Barrier Reef, the Wet Tropics of Queensland, and Kakadu National Park.
Great Barrier Reef (GBRMPA)
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C. Number of management plans and how effectively they are operating
National Heritage List
Once the Minister includes a place in the National Heritage List, the Act provides for the preparation of a management plan to help protect and manage the heritage values of the site (s��4S and s��4X in Subdivisions C and D of Part 15). A management plan is a written document identifying the heritage values of the place and the conservation policies necessary to protect and manage them.
The Act categorises National Heritage Listed places in two ways: those which fall entirely within a Commonwealth area; and those which do not.
National Heritage places in Commonwealth areas
If a National Heritage Listed place is entirely in a Commonwealth area, the Minister is responsible for preparing a management plan that meets the requirements of the Act. Seven of the 79 places in the National Heritage List are entirely within a Commonwealth area. Three of these seven have completed plans; three have plans in draft, and the remaining place (Heard Island and McDonald Islands) is covered by s��4T of the Act (which states that “the Minister must not make a plan for managing” the place as that place is covered by other legislation).
National Heritage places not entirely in a Commonwealth Area
If the National Heritage Listed place is not entirely within a Commonwealth area, the Australian Government does not have the power to prepare and implement a management plan for it.
In such cases, the Act (s��4X) requires the Government to use its best endeavours to ensure that a management plan (consistent with the National Heritage management principles) is prepared and implemented in cooperation with the relevant state or territory government.
Of this category of place, �0 have plans which fully comply with Subdivisions C and D of the Act; five have World Heritage plans which would require amendment to meet the specific requirements of Subdivisions C and D (but still provide good protection of the listed values); 19 have plans in draft; �� have management plans in place that currently do not fully comply with the Act; and one place is not required to have a management plan (Dinosaur Stampede National Monument). Only five places currently have no management plans in place or under preparation.
All National Heritage places
Taking both categories together, there are only seven places that do not have some form of management plan and two of these places are either not allowed or not required under the Act to have management plans.
Historic Heritage places
By �0 June �008, 45 places were listed in the National Heritage List for historic values. Nine had management plans made under Subdivisions C and D of the Act. Eighteen places have plans in draft or in preparation to comply with the Act. Seventeen others have some form of management plan in place (but do not currently fully comply with the Act). Only one place, Flemington Racecourse, does not have any plan in place.
Indigenous Heritage places
Of the nine places listed for Indigenous values, one, Brewarrina fish traps, has a plan that satisfies the Act. Three have management plans
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in preparation to comply with the Act: Dampier Archipelago; Lake Condah; Hermannsburg. Three others have some form of management plan in place (but which do not currently fully comply with the Act). Only two places Wave Hill Walk Off Route, and Myall Creek Massacre and Memorial Site currently have no plans at all.
Natural Heritage Places
�5 places are listed for natural values. 1� have management plans that address the heritage values of the places as required by the Act (including Kakadu National Park which has a plan prepared as a Commonwealth reserve but which also complies with Subdivision C of the Act). Another five places listed for natural values and World Heritage Areas before inclusion in the National Heritage List, Willandra Lakes Region, Wet Tropics of Queensland, Shark Bay, Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh); and Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Naracoorte) have World Heritage management plans, although not prepared under Subdivision D of the Act.
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park has a management plan in preparation as a Commonwealth reserve. The plan will comply with the heritage requirements of the Act although not made under Subdivision C of the Act.
Heard Island and McDonald Islands is covered by section ��4T of the Act. This states that the Minister must not make a plan for managing so much of a National Heritage place “as is in a Commonwealth reserve and covered by another plan under this Act” (s��4T(1)), or “as is in the Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands and covered by a plan in operation under the Environment Protection and Management Ordinance 1987 of that Territory” (s��4T(�)). In the case of Dinosaur Stampede National Monument (a State Reserve), the Minister agreed at the time of listing (�005) that no new management plan was required.
Two other places have some form of management plan in place (but which do not currently fully comply with the Act). The Great Barrier Reef has a strategic plan covering the whole of the World Heritage area and several management plans covering sections of that area. Purnululu National Park, has a plan pre-dating its inclusion in the National Heritage List. Only two places have no plans: Flora Fossil Site, Yea and Ediacara Fossil Site.
The Australian Government has provided financial assistance to help develop management plans for 18 National Heritage Listed places. These places include: Brewarrina Aboriginal Fish Traps (Baiames Ngunnhu), the Greater Blue
National Heritage List: Places with management plans2
Historic Indigenous Natural Total
Plans completed (EPBC Act compliant)
9 1 1� ��
Plans completed (WHL) 5 5
Plans in draft 18 � 1 ��
Plans not allowed or not required � �
Management plans in place – but do not currently fully comply with the Act
17 � � ��
No management plans currently in place or in preparation
1 � � 5
Total 45 9 �5 79
� Places in the National Heritage List and Commonwealth Heritage List are categorised according to their primary heritage values: historic, natural, or Indigenous.
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Mountains Area, NSW; Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape – Mt Eccles Lake Condah Area, High Court of Australia (former), Vic; Batavia Shipwreck Site and Survivor Camps Area 16�9 – Houtman Abrolhos, WA; Richmond Bridge, Tas; Kingston and Arthurs Vale Historic Area, Norfolk Island; and Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Indian Ocean.
A table listing each National Heritage Listed place with a comment about its management plan is at Appendix E.
Effectiveness of National Heritage Management Plans
Under the Act, management plans for National Heritage places in Commonwealth areas must be reviewed every five years (s��4W), including a review of their effectiveness. Apart from these areas, there are no requirements for the Commonwealth to review or monitor management plans.
While there are some very successful management plans that stand out – for example, those for Port Arthur, and the Tasmanian Wilderness – in many cases the plans have only just been finalised and implemented and therefore it is too early to make meaningful judgments.
To inform future assessments of this type, and to determine whether the current statutory requirements for these plans are the most appropriate, the Australian Heritage Council and the Department are undertaking a review of the efficacy and effectiveness of the current plans. If appropriate, the findings of this review may be useful in informing the current review of the EPBC Act. The intention is to identify whether any improvements can be made to the rules governing the production and use of these plans in a way that would lead to better heritage results or reduced costs.
Commonwealth Heritage List
The Act requires each Australian Government agency that owns or leases a place in the Commonwealth Heritage List to prepare a written management plan for the place to protect and manage its heritage values (s�41S). An agency must prepare a plan that meets the Regulations and Commonwealth heritage principles, and in the process must seek advice from the Minister, who, in turn, must consult the AHC. Revisions, if required, are then made by the agency. A plan cannot be considered to have been made in accordance with the Act until it has been through this process.
To help agencies comply with the requirements, the Department has produced and distributed a guide that provides advice on preparing management plans for Commonwealth Heritage places, addressing the Act’s requirements and Regulations. The Department also continues to provide informal advice to Commonwealth agencies to assist them in meeting these obligations.
Under the Act a plan for managing a Commonwealth Heritage place made under s�41S must be reviewed at least once in every five years. The review must consider the plan’s consistency with the Commonwealth Heritage management principles in force at the time, the plan’s effectiveness in conserving the place’s Commonwealth Heritage values; and make recommendations for the improved protection of those values (s�41X). The Department expects the first of these reviews to be carried out in �009.
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Heritage strategies for Commonwealth Heritage places
An important element of the preservation and appropriate management of Commonwealth Heritage places is the development of a heritage strategy a document that integrates heritage conservation and management within each Commonwealth agency’s overall property planning and management framework. It helps the agencies manage and report on steps they are taking to protect and conserve the Commonwealth Heritage values of properties under their ownership or control.
A heritage strategy must be prepared by each agency that owns or controls one or more places with heritage values. The size and the complexity of the strategy reflects the size of the agency’s property holdings and management responsibilities. Under the Act, agencies are required to consult with the AHC and take its advice on their strategies (s�41ZA).
An agency has two years from the commencement of the new heritage legislation, or from the time it first owns or controls a place, to develop a heritage strategy and provide it to the Minister.
Completed heritage strategies
The AHC has reviewed a number of heritage strategies prepared by agencies. A number of agencies, whose strategies are not yet formally complete, have provided drafts to the Department. The following agencies (as they existed at the time) have completed their heritage strategies in compliance with the Act:
AirServices Australia
Department of Defence
Department of Transport and Regional Services
National Capital Authority
Department of the Environment and Heritage
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Sydney Harbour Federation Trust
Bureau of Meteorology
Department of Finance and Administration
National Library of Australia
Office of the Governor General
Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)
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Under Part 14 of the Act, the Minister and persons can enter into a conservation agreement to provide for the protection and conservation of the National Heritage values of National Heritage places and the Commonwealth Heritage values of Commonwealth Heritage places (sub-paragraphs �04(1) (a) (iii) and (iv)). Actions taken contrary to a conservation agreement may be subject to sanctions, remediation or the imposition of mitigation measures.
All conservation agreements, as well as notifications when new agreements are concluded, or existing agreements varied or terminated, are published on the DEWHA website: http://www.environment.gov.au/epbc/about/conservation-agreements.html
National Heritage places
The Minister has signed two conservation agreements for a National Heritage Listed place. Both relate to the Dampier Archipelago (including Burrup Peninsula) listed in the National Heritage List.
They are with Woodside Energy Ltd, signed � July �007; and Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd and Dampier Salt Ltd, signed 1� July �007.
Commonwealth Heritage places
The Minister has not entered into any conservation agreement for Commonwealth Heritage List places.
D. Conservation agreements
Tasmanian Wilderness (Tas Department of Tourism, Arts and the Environment, Joe Shemesh)
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E. Nominations, assessments and changes to the lists
Nominations and assessments process
Any member of the public can nominate a place for assessment for possible inclusion in the National or Commonwealth Heritage Lists. The Minister decides whether to include the place in the relevant list after considering the advice of the AHC, any public comments, and information or advice from any source. The criteria against which places are assessed are given at Appendix G.
On 19 February �007, the Act was amended to change elements of the nomination process, the timing of nominations, and the role of the AHC. The processes in place for the first three years and the subsequent two years are described below.
For the first three years covered by this report (1 January �004 to 19 February �007) the nomination process typically followed these steps:
1. Public nomination can be submitted at any time of the year.
�. Within 10 business days of receiving the nomination, Minister requests the AHC to assess the public nomination received. The AHC can also initiate assessments.
�. The AHC publishes the nomination on the Internet.
4. The AHC advertises in the national press for comments.
5. The AHC assesses each place against the National or Commonwealth Heritage criteria to see if it might have heritage values.
6. The AHC consults with landowners, Indigenous people with a right or interest, and affected parties if the place is assessed as potentially having heritage values.
7. Final assessment.
8. The AHC gives its assessment and public comments received to the Minister.
9. The Minister decides whether to include the assessed place in the list.
From �0 February �007, the nomination process typically includes these steps:
1. The Minister publishes a notice inviting public nominations, and setting a cut-off date by which nominations must be received.
�. The Minister gives the nominations to the AHC within �0 business days after the cut-off date specified above.
�. The AHC conducts a preliminary assessment of the nominations then prepares and gives the Minister a list of places it thinks should be assessed.
4. The Minister finalises the list of places that the AHC is to assess (the finalised priority assessment list, or FPAL).
5. The AHC publishes the finalised priority assessment list and invites public comments about places in the list.
6. The AHC assesses each place in the finalised list to see if it might have heritage values.
7. The AHC consults with landowners, Indigenous people with a right or interest, and affected parties if the place has been assessed as likely to have heritage values.
8. The AHC makes its final assessments and gives the assessments and public comments to the Minister.
9. The Minister decides whether to include the assessed place in the list.
In February �007, the then Minister, the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP set each financial year as the annual assessment period for the AHC to assess National Heritage List and Commonwealth Heritage List nominations. As the amendments took effect in late February �007, the then Minister called for nominations early that year (February), with a second call in September �007. The process is now synchronised with the financial year cycle. Nominations will now be called for in December-February each year so that preliminary assessments can be completed
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and the Finalised Priority Assessment List set before the end of each June. This will allow the AHC to begin assessments from the start of each financial year.
Nominations and assessments
For �007–08, the AHC considered 119 National Heritage List nominations made by the public and the AHC itself, and nine Commonwealth Heritage List nominations. From this pool, the then Minister included 19 National and five Commonwealth Heritage List assessments in the �007–08 FPAL.
For �008–09, the AHC considered 1�8 public nominations (including those that had not been included in the �007–08 FPAL) and made six nominations itself in preparing its proposed work plan for �008–09. It also considered four public nominations for the Commonwealth Heritage List. In May �008, the Minister decided to include 1� National and one Commonwealth Heritage List assessments in the FPALs for
�008–09. The FPALs for �007–08 and �008–09 are at Appendix D.
National Heritage List
The graph below shows the number of nominations received from the public and initiated by the AHC itself since the NHL was established in �004. While there has been a falling off in public nominations since �004–05, this is to be expected to some extent following inclusion of the most obvious and iconic places in the NHL. There has, however, been an increase in the number of less well-known, but no less significant sites nominated by the AHC over this time. There has also been an increase in the size and complexity of nominations under assessment (for example, the Kimberley), and, therefore, raw numbers alone are not a good measure of the workload or significance.
The list of places at Appendix B includes the listing date for each place.
Source of National Heritage List nominations, and numbers listed
0
AHC
2003–04
0
44
0
1
71
10
2
67
21
9
59
28
10
35
20
2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Public
Listed
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Commonwealth Heritage List
The picture for Commonwealth Heritage List nominations and listings is quite different. The Commonwealth Heritage List was almost wholly populated in its first year by an inclusion of ��4 eligible places from the Register of National Estate. It has not grown significantly since. The figures are presented in the table below.
Over the next few years, the AHC will give priority to reviewing other Commonwealth places on the RNE for possible inclusion in the CHL.
Emergency listing
The Act enables the Minister to include in the National Heritage or Commonwealth Heritage Lists a place that the Minister believes may have one or more National Heritage or Commonwealth Heritage values that are under imminent threat of a significant adverse impact (s��4JL; s�41JK).
One place was included in the National Heritage List as a result of an emergency listing request: Kurnell Peninsula in �004. The AHC subsequently assessed the place and the Minister reduced the area of the listing to the Kurnell Peninsula Headland.
In �005 the then Minister, Senator the Hon Ian Campbell, emergency listed the Alpine National Park in the National Heritage List. In October �005, after the AHC assessed the place, the Minister removed it from the list in favour of a wider assessment of the Australian Alps National Parks. This assessment was provided to the Minister on �0 June �008.
Legislative changes
In late �006 the Australian Parliament passed the Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Act (No.1) 2006 which included significant amendments to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Public nominations
AHC nominations
Places listed in the year
Places removed in the year
�00�–04# 0 0 ��4*
�004–05 19 � �
�005–06 � 0 �
�006–07 � 0 1 1
�007–08 0 0 �
# �0/�/04 to �0/6/04
Commonwealth Heritage List nominations and listings
Number of places for which emergency listing requests were received
National Heritage List
Commonwealth Heritage List Places listed
�00�–04 � 0
�004–05 �4 7 1 National Heritage List (later reduced in area)
�005–06 8 0 1 National Heritage List (later removed)
�006–07 6 0
�007–08 4 0
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and the Australian Heritage Council Act 2003. The amendments, which came into effect on 19 February �007:
• improve efficiency of the listing process by removing onerous statutory requirements and providing for strategic approaches to be taken to listing;
• increase ease of communication with owners or occupiers and people proposing listings by improving consultation mechanisms;
• allow greater certainty for owners of heritage listed properties in external territories; and
• provide more efficient administration and greater certainty through resolution of definitional and technical uncertainty.
In relation to heritage identification and conservation, the key elements of the amendments for the National Heritage List and Commonwealth Heritage List are to:
• set out the arrangements for the nomination and assessment processes for the National Heritage List and Commonwealth Heritage List (as outlined in the ‘Nominations’ section above). These allow the Minister to direct the AHC to focus on places of strategic importance, rather than having to assess all places which happen to be nominated and which may be unlikely to meet the thresholds;
• streamline the process for National and Commonwealth Heritage emergency listing; and
• allow previously listed World Heritage places to be included in the National Heritage List for their World Heritage values without further assessment.
Other elements of the amendments (not directly related to the National Heritage List or Commonwealth Heritage List):
• establish the List of Overseas Places of Historic Significance to Australia to provide symbolic recognition of overseas places. The National Heritage List is no longer open to places outside Australian jurisdiction; and
• freeze the Register of the National Estate and remove its statutory basis after five years (�01�).
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F. Compliance with the Act
The Act includes a monitoring and audit, compliance and enforcement framework which provides a broad range of enforcement options.
The Department’s approach to compliance and enforcement under the Act is outlined in its Compliance and Enforcement Policy, the objectives of which are to:
• help achieve the objectives of the Act;
• maximise compliance with the Act;
• enhance community capacity to protect the environment and heritage and conserve biodiversity; and
• are generally accepted as appropriate by stakeholders and the community.
Under the Policy, the Department uses a number of flexible and targeted measures to promote self-regulation including education and awareness activities and the timely provision of advice and information about the Act.
If self-regulation fails, the Policy provides for the use of the range of enforcement sanctions under the Act which escalate as the severity of the breach increases. They rely heavily on their deterrent effect, applying for example, penalty-based instruments such as suspension or cancellation of approval, remediation orders and determinations, pecuniary penalties, civil penalties, and criminal prosecution action.�
Referrals under the EPBC Act
Under the Act, a proposal affecting a National or Commonwealth Heritage listed place must be referred to the Minister for assessment and approval if the proposed action has, will have, or is likely to have a significant impact on the National or Commonwealth Heritage values of the place. These include actions taken:
• by a Commonwealth agency or constitutional corporation;
• for trade or commerce between states and territories and with other countries;
• in a Commonwealth area or a territory; or
• that have, will have or are likely to have a significant impact on National Heritage values where they are Indigenous heritage values or in an area where Australia has obligations under Article 8 of the Biodiversity Convention.
The Department assesses the referral and passes its advice to the Minister or delegate, who decides whether or not the project requires approval, and if so the method of assessment, and, if approved, the conditions of the approval. There are four types of referral outcomes:
• ‘Not Controlled Action’ or NCA – which means that approval is not required if the action is taken in accordance with the referral;
• ‘NCA – particular manner’ – a variant of NCA which means that approval is not required if the action is taken in accordance with the manner specified by the Minister/delegate;
• ‘Controlled Action’ or CA – which means that approval is subject to specified conditions; or
• ‘Not approved’ – the project is not approved.
Referral of a project is a positive compliance outcome as it ensures that activities do not have a significant impact on a matter of national environmental significance (NES) or the environment on Commonwealth land. After their approval, referrals are monitored by the Department (including through random and strategic audits) to ensure the proponent complies with any conditions associated with the approval. Failure to comply is dealt with as a compliance incident. A full list of all referrals under the Act is published by the Department on its web-page at http://www.environment.gov.au/epbc/notices/index.html.
� Further information is available in the Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communication and the Arts: Inquiring into the Operation of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
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National Heritage – potential compliance incidents
There have been a number of potential compliance incidents reported to the Department relating to National Heritage places. None have yet required further enforcement action.
�006 • Glenrowan (Vic): drainage and landscaping works. The works were not referred for assessment and approval, however all State and local government approvals were in place and it is possible that the works started before the place was listed. The works were fully supported by Heritage Victoria and did not directly impact on an 1880s feature.
• Tree of Knowledge (Qld): tree poisoned – unable to identify perpetrator.
• Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park (Vic): report of proposed nearby residential development no specific applications identified.
�007 • Cradle Mountain (Tas): helicopter landings considered unlikely to have a significant impact. Department wrote to the relevant parties.
• Budj Bim (Vic): fire access track considered unlikely to have a significant impact.
�008 • Burrup Peninsula (WA): – vandalism: several incidents were reported but no perpetrator or time was established for
any incident;– potential developments in vicinity sand mining likely to be referred.
Royal Exhibition Building (Vic): – proposed development in the vicinity – significant impact considered unlikely;– removal of flagpoles: one in poor condition fell off, another two were removed for safety
reasons. The flagpole on the main dome is not affected. Not a compliance incident.
• South West Tasmania: proposed mineral exploration significant impact considered unlikely. The application for a mining exploration licence was later refused by the Tasmanian Government.
• Fraser Island (Qld): firebreaks and dingo fences; considered unlikely to have a significant impact.
• Glasshouse Mountains (Qld): several matters were reported; none were considered likely to have a significant impact.
• Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area (NSW): several matters reported, mostly affecting the Act-listed endangered ecological community, Temperate Highland Peat Swamps on Sandstone rather than National Heritage values; none requiring progression to further compliance action.
• Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Qld): numerous matters dealt with relating to clearing along Queensland coast; many result in referral to the Department. One case of illegal clearing resulted in the issuing of a remediation determination by the Minister. Further investigations are underway under the offence provisions of the Act in relation to this action.
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�004 • Norfolk Island: tree pruning; significant impacts unlikely.
• Cocos Island: goats on the island: project was referred. Decision: CA
�005 • Ingleburn (NSW): development referred. Decision: CA.
• Christmas Island: infrastructure upgrade, taking action before project approved; warning letter sent.
• Malabar Headland (NSW): removal of Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub seedlings; unable to prove who took the action.
• Norfolk Island: expansion of the waste disposal centre; continuing use, exempt from application of the Act.
�006 • Villawood (NSW): site remediation; referred. Decision: NCA – particular manner.
• Gold Coast Airport infrastructure (Qld) works deemed to be in accordance with Major Development Plan.
• Norfolk Island: – NRM projects; not a compliance incident.– telecommunications antennae; project referred. NCA – particular manner.– Cascade Reserve, Norfolk Island: Residence overlooking reserve; had been referred in
�004. Decision: NCA.– KAHVA: impact of crusher dust; significant impact considered unlikely.– oil leaking from storage area; incident was investigated and significant impacts on
heritage values were considered unlikely.
• Nobby’s Lighthouse (NSW): development proposal; project referred. (Minister refused approval, �008).
• Greenbank Military Training Area (Qld): allegation of proposal to sell off part for road; no plan to sell off any of the site.
Commonwealth Heritage – potential compliance incidents
There have been a number of reports of potential breaches of the Act since 1 January �004 relating to Commonwealth Heritage. While none required further compliance action, some resulted in referrals being submitted to the Department. One was refused approval.
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�007 • Duntroon (ACT): alterations to residence; significant impacts on heritage values were considered unlikely.
• Holsworthy (NSW): clearing more than proposed in original referral; significant impacts considered unlikely. Advice had previously been sought from the Department.
• Shoalwater Bay Training Area (Qld): illegal 4WD drive access – significant impacts considered unlikely, Defence to seek methods of preventing access.
• Fort Scratchley (NSW): development; project had already been referred. Decision: NCA.
• Cape Wickham lighthouse (King Island): construction of dwelling close by – project referred. Decision: NCA – particular manner.
• Edmund Barton Building (ACT): works commenced before action approved works ceased until decision made.
• Old Canberra House (ACT): tree removal (works commenced before action approved) warning letter sent.
• Christmas Island: clearing of vegetation; no evidence of significant impacts.
• Norfolk Island: – dredging Kingston Pier; no evidence of significant impacts on Commonwealth Heritage
values or matters of NES.– dioxin pollution at Headstone tip; no evidence of significant impacts on Commonwealth
Heritage values or matters of NES.– house construction, Driver Christian Road. Matter was referred. Decision: NCA
particular manner.– Norfolk Island: Runway Safety Area, Norfolk Island Airport – project referred.
Decision: NCA
�008 • Belconnen Naval Transmission Station (ACT): impacts upon the grassland from temporary fencing. Advice from Department of Defence and DEWHA is that the grassland is expected to recover naturally.
• Woolwich Dock (NSW): development – not affecting listed heritage values. Heritage Division had been invited to comment on proposal.
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G. Other relevant matters
Public awareness
A key objective of the National Heritage List is to provide long-term protection to Australia’s most important heritage places through greater public awareness and understanding of heritage and its importance to national identity.
A number of public awareness initiatives have been implemented to support this goal. There has been a branding framework and four-year communication strategy to increase public understanding of and commitment to National Heritage and Commonwealth Heritage places.
Ministerial heritage announcements and events linked to listing of places in the National Heritage List have successfully generated media coverage for national heritage. Notable among these in �007–08 was the inclusion of Bondi Beach (January �008), and Myall Creek Massacre site (June �008) in the National Heritage List.
The Department has also had interpretative products created including plinths, posts, plaques and brochures to increase public awareness and understanding of Australia’s heritage. These products have already been installed at one in five of all National Heritage List sites including such iconic places as the Melbourne Cricket Ground and Flemington Racecourse in Victoria, Warrumbungles National Park and Bondi Beach in New South Wales, and Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
The Department also developed partnerships with corporate organisations and cultural institutions to promote public awareness and understanding of the National and Commonwealth Heritage Lists. A highly successful partnership with QANTAS led to it broadcasting heritage mini-documentaries on its national and international flights, and including regular heritage features in its In Flight magazine. Significant partnerships under development for �008–09 are with the National Museum of
Australia (for a travelling banner-based heritage exhibition), and Screen Australia (for a heritage mini-series).
The Department also developed a National Heritage Place Managers’ network to help managers responsible for listed places. The network provides online access for managers to communicate with each other and with departmental staff. The network held an inaugural forum at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in October �007. Managers from 6� National Heritage places attended, taking advantage of the opportunity to make personal contacts with departmental staff, and to learn from one another. The forum also provided information on the Department’s communications program, recent heritage market research, and the responsibilities and economic opportunities associated with heritage listing.
Interpretive signage at Flemington Racecourse (image courtesy of the site)
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List of appendices
Appendix A Relevant sections from the EPBC Act 1999
List of National Heritage List places as of 30 June 2008
List of Commonwealth Heritage List places as of 30 June 2008
Places included in the 2007–08 and 2008–09 Finalised Priority Assessment Lists
List of National Heritage List places showing status of management planning
Overview of Commonwealth Heritage management plans status
Criteria for National Heritage and Commonwealth Heritage Lists
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Appendix E
Appendix F
Appendix G
Sydney Opera House (Australian Scenics)
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Appendix A
National Heritage List (s324ZC)
1) At least once in every five year period after the National Heritage List is established, the Minister must ensure that:
a) a review of the National Heritage List is carried out; and
b) a report of that review is tabled in each House of the Parliament.
�) The report must include details of:
a) the number of places included in the National Heritage List; and
b) any significant damage or threat to the National Heritage values of those places; and
c) how may plans under Subdivisions C and D for managing National Heritage places have been made, or are being prepared, and how effectively the plans that have been made are operating; and
d) the operation of any conservation agreements under Part 14 that affect National Heritage places; and
e) all nominations, assessments and changes to the National Heritage List under this Division during the period of review; and
f ) compliance with this Act in relation to National Heritage places; and
g) any other matters that the Minister considers relevant.
Commonwealth Heritage List (s341ZH)
1) At least once in every five year period after the Commonwealth Heritage List is established, the Minister must ensure that:
a) a review of the Commonwealth Heritage List is carried out; and
b) a report of that review is tabled in each House of the Parliament.
�) The report must include details of:
a) the number of places included in the Commonwealth Heritage List; and
b) any significant damage or threat to the Commonwealth Heritage values of those places; and
c) how may plans under Subdivision C for managing Commonwealth Heritage places have been made, or are being prepared, and how effectively the plans that have been made are operating; and
d) the operation of any conservation agreements under Part 14 that affect Commonwealth Heritage places; and
e) all nominations, assessments and changes to the Commonwealth Heritage List under this Division during the period of review; and
f ) compliance with this Act in relation to Commonwealth Heritage places; and
g) any other matters that the Minister considers relevant.
Review and reporting requirements under the EPBC Act 1999
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Appendix B
State Place Gazettal date
New South Wales Kurnell Peninsula Headland �8/0�/�005
Brewarrina Aboriginal Fish Traps (Baiames Ngunnhu) �/06/�005
Sydney Opera House 1�/07/�005
First Government House Site 19/08/�005
North Head – Sydney 1�/05/�006
Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Lion, Long and Spectacle Island Nature Reserves
15/1�/�006
Warrumbungle National Park 15/1�/�006
Royal National Park and Garawarra State Conservation Area 15/1�/�006
Sydney Harbour Bridge 19/0�/�007
Willandra Lakes Region �1/05/�007
Lord Howe Island Group �1/05/�007
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia �1/05/�007
The Greater Blue Mountains Area �1/05/�007
Cockatoo Island 1/08/�007
Hyde Park Barracks 1/08/�007
Old Government House and the Government Domain 1/08/�007
Old Great North Road 1/08/�007
Bondi Beach �5/01/�008
Cyprus Hellene Club – Australian Hall �0/05/�008
Myall Creek Massacre and Memorial Site 7/06/�008
Victoria Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape – Mt Eccles Lake Condah Area �0/07/�004
Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape – Tyrendarra Area �0/07/�004
Royal Exhibition Building National Historic Place �0/07/�004
Eureka Stockade Gardens 8/1�/�004
Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park �7/01/�005
Glenrowan Heritage Precinct 5/07/�005
Newman College �1/09/�005
Sidney Myer Music Bowl �1/09/�005
ICI Building (former) �1/09/�005
HMVS Cerberus 14/1�/�005
Melbourne Cricket Ground �6/1�/�005
Point Nepean Defence Sites and Quarantine Station Area 16/06/�006
Rippon Lea House and Garden 11/08/�006
Flemington Racecourse 7/11/�006
Grampians National Park (Gariwerd) 15/1�/�006
Flora Fossil Site – Yea 11/01/�007
Echuca Wharf �6/04/�007
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Victoria (continued) High Court of Australia (former) 11/07/�007
Point Cook Air Base �1/10/�007
Bonegilla Migrant Camp – Block 19 7/1�/�007
Mount William Stone Hatchet Quarry �5/0�/�008
South Australia South Australian Old and New Parliament Houses �6/01/�006
Ediacara Fossil Site – Nilpena 11/01/�007
Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Naracoorte) �1/05/�007
Queensland Dinosaur Stampede National Monument �0/07/�004
Tree of Knowledge and curtilage �6/01/�006
Glass House Mountains National Landscape �/08/�006
Wet Tropics of Queensland �1/05/�007
Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh) �1/05/�007
Great Barrier Reef �1/05/�007
Fraser Island �1/05/�007
Western Australia Fremantle Prison (former) 1/08/�005
Dirk Hartog Landing Site 1616 – Cape Inscription Area 6/04/�006
Batavia Shipwreck Site and Survivor Camps Area 16�9 – Houtman Abrolhos
6/04/�006
Stirling Range National Park 15/1�/�006
Shark Bay, Western Australia �1/05/�007
Purnululu National Park �1/05/�007
Dampier Archipelago (including Burrup Peninsula) �/07/�007
Tasmania Port Arthur Historic Site �/06/�005
Recherche Bay (North East Peninsula) Area 7/10/�005
Richmond Bridge �5/11/�005
Tasmanian Wilderness �1/05/�007
Macquarie Island �1/05/�007
Coal Mines Historic Site 1/08/�007
Cascades Female Factory 1/08/�007
Darlington Probation Station 1/08/�007
Woolmers Estate ��/11/�007
Brickendon Estate ��/11/�007
Northern Territory Hermannsburg Historic Precinct 1�/04/�006
Kakadu National Park �1/05/�007
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park �1/05/�007
Wave Hill Walk Off Route 9/08/�007
Australian Capital Territory
Australian Academy of Science Building �1/09/�005
Australian War Memorial and the Memorial Parade �5/04/�006
Old Parliament House and Curtilage �0/06/�006
High Court – National Gallery Precinct ��/11/�007
External Territories Mawsons Huts and Mawsons Huts Historic Site �7/01/�005
Heard Island and McDonald Islands �1/05/�007
Kingston and Arthurs Vale Historic Area 1/08/�007
State Place Gazettal date
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Appendix C
List of Commonwealth Heritage List places by state (30 June 2008)
State Nearest town Primary values
New South Wales
Cape Byron Lighthouse Byron Bay HISTORIC
Hunter River Lancers Training Depot Armidale HISTORIC
Mulwala Homestead Precinct Mulwala HISTORIC
Junee Post Office Junee HISTORIC
Hay Post Office Hay HISTORIC
Forbes Post Office Forbes HISTORIC
Montague Island Lighthouse Narooma HISTORIC
Goulburn Post Office Goulburn HISTORIC
Fort Scratchley Group Newcastle East HISTORIC
Fort Scratchley Above Ground Buildings Newcastle East HISTORIC
Nobbys Lighthouse Newcastle East HISTORIC
Fort Wallace Stockton HISTORIC
Williamtown RAAF Base Group Williamtown RAAF HISTORIC
Murinbin House Group Broke HISTORIC
Sugarloaf Point Lighthouse Seal Rocks HISTORIC
Point Perpendicular Lightstation Currarong HISTORIC
Beecroft Peninsula Currarong NATURAL
Prison Barracks Precinct Cockatoo Island HISTORIC
Barracks Block Cockatoo Island HISTORIC
Military Guard Room Cockatoo Island HISTORIC
Mess Hall (former) Cockatoo Island HISTORIC
Power House / Pump House Cockatoo Island HISTORIC
Sutherland Dock Cockatoo Island HISTORIC
Fitzroy Dock Cockatoo Island HISTORIC
Cockatoo Island Industrial Conservation Area Cockatoo Island HISTORIC
Biloela Group Cockatoo Island HISTORIC
Underground Grain Silos Cockatoo Island HISTORIC
School of Musketry and Officers Mess, Randwick Army Barracks
Malabar HISTORIC
Malabar Headland Malabar NATURAL
Sydney Customs House (former) Sydney HISTORIC
General Post Office Sydney HISTORIC
Victoria Barracks Precinct Paddington HISTORIC
Building VB1 and Parade Ground Paddington HISTORIC
Buildings VB41, 45 & 5� Paddington HISTORIC
Buildings VB1�, 15, 16 & 17 Paddington HISTORIC
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NSW (continued) Buildings MQVB16 and VB56 Paddington HISTORIC
Buildings VB69, 75 & 76 including Garden Paddington HISTORIC
Buildings VB8�, 84, 85, 87 & 89 Paddington HISTORIC
Buildings VB90, 91, 91A & 9� Paddington HISTORIC
Victoria Barracks Perimeter Wall and Gates Paddington HISTORIC
Building VB� Guard House Paddington HISTORIC
Buildings VB60 and VB6� Paddington HISTORIC
Gazebo Potts Point HISTORIC
Pyrmont Post Office Pyrmont HISTORIC
Commonwealth Naval Stores Building (former) Pyrmont HISTORIC
Garden Island Precinct Garden Island HISTORIC
Buildings �1 and �� Garden Island HISTORIC
Rigging Shed and Chapel Garden Island HISTORIC
Residences Group Garden Island HISTORIC
Factory Garden Island HISTORIC
Naval Store Garden Island HISTORIC
Office Building Garden Island HISTORIC
Chain and Anchor Store (former) Garden Island HISTORIC
Reserve Bank Sydney HISTORIC
Victoria Barracks Squash Courts Paddington HISTORIC
Cliff House Watsons Bay HISTORIC
Macquarie Lighthouse Group Vaucluse HISTORIC
Macquarie Lighthouse Vaucluse HISTORIC
Cottage at Macquarie Lighthouse Vaucluse HISTORIC
Macquarie Lighthouse Surrounding Wall Vaucluse HISTORIC
Army Cottage with return verandah Vaucluse HISTORIC
Marine Biological Station (former) Watsons Bay HISTORIC
Shark Point Battery Vaucluse HISTORIC
Barracks Group HMAS Watson Watsons Bay HISTORIC
Woolwich Dock Woolwich HISTORIC
North Head Artillery Barracks Manly HISTORIC
Battery for Five Guns Georges Heights HISTORIC
Officers Mess, HQ Training Command Georges Heights HISTORIC
Chowder Bay Barracks Group Georges Heights HISTORIC
Defence site – Georges Heights and Middle Head Georges Heights HISTORIC
Military Road Framework – Defence Land Georges Heights HISTORIC
Golf Clubhouse (former) Georges Heights HISTORIC
Battery B4� Georges Heights HISTORIC
Batteries A8� and C9A Georges Heights HISTORIC
Headquarters 8th Brigade Precinct Clifton Gardens HISTORIC
HMAS Penguin Georges Heights HISTORIC
Navy Refuelling Depot and Caretakers House Georges Heights HISTORIC
State Nearest town Primary values
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NSW (continued) Headquarters Training Command Precinct Georges Heights HISTORIC
Thirty Terminal Squadron Precinct Georges Heights HISTORIC
Commonwealth Avenue Defence Housing Georges Heights HISTORIC
Ten Terminal Regiment Headquarters and AusAid Training Centre
Georges Heights HISTORIC
Kirribilli House Kirribilli HISTORIC
Kirribilli House Garden & Grounds Kirribilli HISTORIC
Admiralty House and Lodge Kirribilli HISTORIC
Customs Marine Centre Neutral Bay HISTORIC
Admiralty House Garden and Fortifications Kirribilli HISTORIC
Shale Woodland Llandilo Shanes Park NATURAL
Lancer Barracks Parramatta HISTORIC
Lancer Barracks Precinct Parramatta HISTORIC
Thornton Hall & Surrounds Penrith HISTORIC
Orchard Hills Cumberland Plain Woodland Orchard Hills NATURAL
North Base Trig Station Richmond RAAF Base HISTORIC
RAAF Base Richmond Richmond HISTORIC
Ingleburn Army Camp Ingleburn Village HISTORIC
Prefabricated Cottages Ingleburn Village Ingleburn Village HISTORIC
Old Army / Internment Camp Group Holsworthy Holsworthy HISTORIC
Cubbitch Barta National Estate Area Holsworthy INDIGENOUS
Defence National Storage and Distribution Centre Moorebank HISTORIC
Villawood Immigration Centre Villawood HISTORIC
Cape Baily Lighthouse Kurnell HISTORIC
Spectacle Island Explosives Complex Drummoyne HISTORIC
Snapper Island Drummoyne HISTORIC
Smoky Cape Lighthouse South West Rocks HISTORIC
Victoria
Point Wilson Defence Natural Area Lara NATURAL
Fort Queenscliff Queenscliff HISTORIC
Swan Island Defence Precinct Queenscliff HISTORIC
Swan Island and Naval Waters Queenscliff NATURAL
Customs House Portland HISTORIC
Stawell Post Office Stawell HISTORIC
Puckapunyal Military Area Puckapunyal NATURAL
Fortuna Golden Square HISTORIC
Puckapunyal Army Camp Puckapunyal HISTORIC
Gabo Island Lighthouse Mallacoota HISTORIC
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse Tidal River HISTORIC
Leongatha Post and Telegraph Office Leongatha HISTORIC
Melbourne General Post Office Melbourne HISTORIC
Commonwealth Offices Building East Melbourne HISTORIC
State Nearest town Primary values
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Victoria (continued) Artillery Orderly Room / Drill Hall St Kilda East HISTORIC
Victoria Barracks A Block Southbank HISTORIC
Victoria Barracks G Block Southbank HISTORIC
Victoria Barracks, The Keep Southbank HISTORIC
Victoria Barracks F Block Southbank HISTORIC
Victoria Barracks J Block Southbank HISTORIC
Victoria Barracks Precinct Southbank HISTORIC
Victoria Barracks Guardhouse (former) Southbank HISTORIC
Victoria Barracks C Block Southbank HISTORIC
Defence Explosive Factory Maribyrnong Maribyrnong HISTORIC
Point Cook Air Base Point Cook HISTORIC
Officers Mess – RAAF Williams Laverton Base Laverton HISTORIC
Fort Gellibrand Commonwealth Area Williamstown HISTORIC
Metropolitan Fire Brigade Station (former) Elsternwick HISTORIC
Sorrento Post Office Sorrento HISTORIC
Limestone Building (Shepherds Hut) Portsea HISTORIC
Point Nepean Commonwealth Area Portsea HISTORIC
Point Nepean Quarantine Station (former) Portsea HISTORIC
HMAS Cerberus Marine and Coastal Area HMAS Cerberus NATURAL
HMAS Cerberus Central Area Group HMAS Cerberus HISTORIC
South Australia
Murray Mallee – Calperum Station and Taylorville Station
Renmark NATURAL
Adelaide General Post Office Adelaide HISTORIC
Headquarters Building ��, Keswick Barracks Keswick HISTORIC
Cape St Alban Lighthouse Penneshaw HISTORIC
Cape Du Couedic Lighthouse Parndana HISTORIC
Strathalbyn Post Office Strathalbyn HISTORIC
Cape Northumberland Lighthouse Port MacDonnell HISTORIC
Queensland
Low Island Low Islets Lightstation Port Douglas HISTORIC
Lady Elliot Island Lightstation Burnett Heads HISTORIC
General Post Office Brisbane City HISTORIC
Naval Offices Brisbane City HISTORIC
School Of Musketry (former) Enoggera HISTORIC
Small Arms Magazine (former) Enoggera HISTORIC
Enoggera Magazine Complex Enoggera HISTORIC
Remount Complex (former) Enoggera HISTORIC
Greenbank Military Training Area (part) Greenbank NATURAL
Canungra Land Warfare Centre Training Area (part) Canungra NATURAL
Amberley RAAF Base Group Amberley HISTORIC
Wide Bay Military Reserve Tin Can Bay NATURAL
North Reef Lightstation Curtis Island HISTORIC
State Nearest town Primary values
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Queensland (continued)
Shoalwater Bay Military Training Area Byfield NATURAL
Dent Island Lightstation Hamilton Island HISTORIC
Macrossan Stores Depot Group Macrossan HISTORIC
Kissing Point Fort North Ward HISTORIC
Tully Training Area Tully NATURAL
Green Hill Fort, Thursday Island Thursday Island HISTORIC
Goods Island Lighthouse Thursday Island Town HISTORIC
Stanthorpe Post Office Stanthorpe HISTORIC
Western Australia
Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse Augusta HISTORIC
Geraldton Customs House Complex Geraldton HISTORIC
Geraldton Drill Hall Complex Geraldton HISTORIC
Kalgoorlie Post Office Kalgoorlie HISTORIC
Northam Post Office Northam HISTORIC
Bindoon Defence Training Area Bindoon NATURAL
Mermaid Reef – Rowley Shoals Broome NATURAL
Yampi Defence Area Koolan Island NATURAL
Lancelin Defence Training Area Lancelin NATURAL
Claremont Post Office Claremont HISTORIC
Army Magazine Buildings Irwin Barracks Karrakatta HISTORIC
Perth General Post Office Perth HISTORIC
Artillery Barracks Fremantle HISTORIC
Cliff Point Historic Site Garden Island HISTORIC
J Gun Battery Garden Island HISTORIC
Garden Island Garden Island NATURAL
Bushmead Rifle Range Commonwealth Area Helena Valley NATURAL
Ningaloo Marine Area – Commonwealth Waters Ningaloo NATURAL
Learmonth Air Weapons Range Facility Learmonth NATURAL
Tasmania
Pontville Small Arms Range Grassland Site Pontville NATURAL
General Post Office Hobart HISTORIC
Anglesea Barracks Battery Point HISTORIC
Tasman Island Lighthouse Port Arthur HISTORIC
Mersey Bluff Lighthouse Devonport HISTORIC
Cape Wickham Lighthouse Egg Lagoon HISTORIC
Table Cape Lighthouse Wynyard HISTORIC
General Post Office – Launceston Launceston HISTORIC
Paterson Barracks Commissariat Store Launceston HISTORIC
Goose Island Lighthouse Whitemark HISTORIC
Australian Maritime College, Newnham Campus Newnham HISTORIC
Eddystone Lighthouse Gladstone HISTORIC
State Nearest town Primary values
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Tasmania (continued) Swan Island Lighthouse Gladstone HISTORIC
Queenstown Post Office Queenstown HISTORIC
Cape Sorell Lighthouse Strahan HISTORIC
Northern Territory
RAAF Base Precinct RAAF Base Darwin HISTORIC
Water Tower 1�9 RAAF Base Darwin HISTORIC
Larrakeyah Barracks Headquarters Building Larrakeyah HISTORIC
Larrakeyah Barracks Sergeants Mess Larrakeyah HISTORIC
Mines House Larrakeyah HISTORIC
Burnett House Larrakeyah HISTORIC
RAAF Base Commanding Officers Residence RAAF Base Darwin HISTORIC
RAAF Base Tropical Housing Type � RAAF Base Darwin HISTORIC
RAAF Base Tropical Housing Type � RAAF Base Darwin HISTORIC
Larrakeyah Barracks Precinct Larrakeyah HISTORIC
Mount Bundey Military Training Area Humpty Doo NATURAL
Adelaide River War Cemetery Adelaide River HISTORIC
Bradshaw Defence Area Timber Creek NATURAL
Arid A Type Residence Alice Springs HISTORIC
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park Yulara INDIGENOUS
Australian Capital Territory
Duntroon House and Garden Campbell HISTORIC
Institute of Anatomy (former) Acton HISTORIC
Old Parliament House and Curtilage Parkes HISTORIC
Australian War Memorial Campbell HISTORIC
State Circle Cutting Parkes NATURAL
Blundells Farmhouse, Slab Outbuilding and Surrounds Parkes HISTORIC
Acton Conservation Area Acton HISTORIC
Gungahlin Homestead and Landscape Crace HISTORIC
Gungahlin Complex Crace HISTORIC
The Surveyors Hut Capital Hill HISTORIC
Mount Stromlo Observatory Precinct Mt Stromlo HISTORIC
National Library of Australia and Surrounds Parkes HISTORIC
Parliament House Vista Parkes HISTORIC
RMC Duntroon Conservation Area Campbell HISTORIC
Residence Asset C8 Campbell HISTORIC
Residence Asset B5 Campbell HISTORIC
Apple Shed Asset C58 Campbell HISTORIC
Commandants House Asset B9 Campbell HISTORIC
Residence Asset C1� Campbell HISTORIC
Residence Asset C1� Campbell HISTORIC
Residence Asset C14 Campbell HISTORIC
Residence Asset C15 Campbell HISTORIC
State Nearest town Primary values
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ACT (continued) Residence Asset C7 Campbell HISTORIC
Residence Asset B7 Campbell HISTORIC
Captains Quarters Assets B1 to B4 Campbell HISTORIC
Parade Ground and Associated Buildings Group Campbell HISTORIC
Anzac Memorial Chapel of St Paul Campbell HISTORIC
General Bridges Grave Campbell HISTORIC
The Lodge Deakin HISTORIC
The CSIRO Forestry Precinct Yarralumla HISTORIC
Three Wartime Bomb Dump Buildings Pialligo HISTORIC
Old Parliament House Gardens Parkes HISTORIC
Russell Precinct Heritage Area Russell HISTORIC
CSIRO Main Entomology Building Acton HISTORIC
Yarralumla and Surrounds Yarralumla HISTORIC
Patent Office (former) Barton HISTORIC
Australian National Botanic Gardens (part) Acton HISTORIC
Redwood Plantation Pialligo HISTORIC
Australian Forestry School (former) Yarralumla HISTORIC
Westridge House & Grounds Yarralumla HISTORIC
Casey House and Garden Yarralumla HISTORIC
King George V Memorial Parkes HISTORIC
Australian American Memorial and Sir Thomas Blamey Square
Russell HISTORIC
Commencement Column Monument Capital Hill HISTORIC
Changi Chapel Campbell HISTORIC
Carillon Parkes HISTORIC
Synemon Plana Moth Habitat Lawson NATURAL
Sculpture Garden National Gallery of Australia Parkes HISTORIC
National Rose Gardens Parkes HISTORIC
John Gorton Building Parkes HISTORIC
Communications Centre Parkes HISTORIC
Lennox House Complex Acton HISTORIC
Reserve Bank of Australia Canberra HISTORIC
Drill Hall Gallery Acton HISTORIC
Canberra School of Music Canberra HISTORIC
University House and Garden Acton HISTORIC
R G Menzies Building ANU Acton HISTORIC
Toad Hall ANU Acton HISTORIC
East Block Government Offices Parkes HISTORIC
York Park North Tree Plantation Barton HISTORIC
West Block and the Dugout Parkes HISTORIC
Royal Australian Naval Transmitting Station Lawson HISTORIC
Acton Peninsula Building 1 Acton HISTORIC
State Nearest town Primary values
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ACT (continued) Acton Peninsula Building 15 Acton HISTORIC
Acton Peninsula Building � Acton HISTORIC
Acton Peninsula Limestone Outcrops Acton HISTORIC
Parliament House Vista Extension – Portal Buildings Parkes HISTORIC
Cameron Offices Belconnen HISTORIC
Edmund Barton Offices Barton HISTORIC
Apostolic Nunciature Red Hill HISTORIC
High Court – National Gallery Precinct Parkes HISTORIC
High Court of Australia Parkes HISTORIC
National Gallery of Australia Parkes HISTORIC
Blowfly Insectary Numbers 1 and � Acton HISTORIC
Phytotron Acton HISTORIC
Royal Australian Naval College Jervis Bay HISTORIC
Cape St George Lighthouse Ruins & Curtilage Jervis Bay HISTORIC
Christians Minde Settlement Sussex Inlet HISTORIC
Jervis Bay Botanic Gardens Jervis Bay HISTORIC
Jervis Bay Territory Jervis Bay INDIGENOUS
External Territories
Arched Building, Longridge Longridge HISTORIC
Anson Bay Reserve (�00� boundary) Burnt Pine NATURAL
Selwyn Reserve (�00� boundary) Burnt Pine NATURAL
Hundred Acres Reserve Longridge NATURAL
Point Ross Reserve Longridge NATURAL
Bumbora Reserve Longridge NATURAL
Ball Bay Reserve Kingston NATURAL
Two Chimneys Reserve & Escarpment Middlegate NATURAL
Philip Island Kingston NATURAL
Nepean Island Reserve Kingston NATURAL
Kingston and Arthurs Vale Commonwealth Tenure Area Kingston HISTORIC
Mawson Station Mawson Station HISTORIC
Mawsons Huts Historic Site Dumont D’Urville Station
HISTORIC
Christmas Island Natural Areas Settlement NATURAL
Administrators House Precinct Settlement HISTORIC
Settlement Christmas Island Settlement HISTORIC
Drumsite Industrial Area Drumsite HISTORIC
Poon Saan Group Poon Saan HISTORIC
Industrial and Administrative Group Settlement HISTORIC
Malay Kampong Group Settlement HISTORIC
Malay Kampong Precinct Settlement HISTORIC
Phosphate Hill Historic Area Poon Saan HISTORIC
South Point Settlement Remains South Point HISTORIC
Bungalow 70� Drumsite HISTORIC
State Nearest town Primary values
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External Territories (continued)
Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve Derby NATURAL
Home Island Cemetery Cocos (Keeling) Islands HISTORIC
Oceania House and Surrounds Cocos (Keeling) Islands HISTORIC
North Keeling Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands NATURAL
Seringapatam Reef and Surrounds Derby NATURAL
Scott Reef and Surrounds – Commonwealth Area Derby NATURAL
Qantas Huts (former) Cocos (Keeling) Islands HISTORIC
RAAF Memorial Cocos (Keeling) Islands HISTORIC
West Island Mosque Cocos (Keeling) Islands HISTORIC
Government House Cocos (Keeling) Islands HISTORIC
West Island Elevated Houses Cocos (Keeling) Islands HISTORIC
Direction Island (DI) Houses Cocos (Keeling) Islands HISTORIC
Type � Residences Cocos (Keeling) Islands HISTORIC
Type T Houses Precinct Cocos (Keeling) Islands HISTORIC
Administration Building Forecourt Cocos (Keeling) Islands HISTORIC
Home Island Industrial Precinct Cocos (Keeling) Islands HISTORIC
Early Settlers Graves Cocos (Keeling) Islands HISTORIC
Co-op Shop Cocos (Keeling) Islands HISTORIC
Captain Ballards Grave Cocos (Keeling) Islands HISTORIC
Home Island Foreshore Cocos (Keeling) Islands HISTORIC
Slipway and Tank Cocos (Keeling) Islands HISTORIC
Six Inch Guns Cocos (Keeling) Islands HISTORIC
West Island Housing Precinct Cocos (Keeling) Islands HISTORIC
Tasmanian Seamounts Hobart NATURAL
State Nearest town Primary values
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Appendix D
National Heritage List
2007–08City of Broken Hill, NSWBondi Beach, NSWLongreach Airport (including the Qantas Hangar), QLDGoldfields Water Supply Scheme, WASullivans Cove and Precinct, TASMyall Creek Memorial Site, NSWCyprus Helene Club and Australian Hall, NSWAboriginal Tent Embassy, ACTGreat Ocean Road and Rural Environs, VICDalhousie Mound Springs, SACooloola/Great Sandy Region, QLDChillagoe Karst Region, QLDElizabeth Springs, QLDFitzgerald River Ravensthorpe Range Area, WAPorongurup Ranges, WABeekeepers–Lesueur–Coomallo Area and Nambung National Park, WANingaloo Reef, Cape Range and Exmouth Gulf Area, WATarkine Wilderness Area, TAS
Places included under transitional provisions of the 2007 amendments to the Act:Australian Alps, ACT, NSW, VICPitt Town District Cultural Precinct, NSWBonegilla Migrant Camp Block 19, VICMount William Stone Hatchet Quarry, VICThe Adelaide Park Lands and City Layout, SABrickendon Estate, TASWoolmers Estate, TAS
2008–09Snowy Mountains Scheme, ACT, NSWBirdsville/Strzelecki Track Area, SACascade Female Factory – Yard 4 North, TASHMAS Sydney II and HSK Kormoran Battle Site and Wrecks, WACoranderrk, VICKoonalda Cave, SANgarrabullgan, QLDWet Tropics World Heritage Area (Indigenous values), QLDCheetup Rock Shelter, WAWilgie Mia, WAThe Greater Blue Mountains Area, NSWThe Kimberley, WAWest MacDonnell National Park, NT
Commonwealth Heritage List
2007–08RAAF Williams – Laverton Base, VICVictoria Barrack, QLDABC Radio Studios, QLDCanberra School of Art, ACTNatural Areas around and within Majura, Pialligo and Jerrabomberra, ACT
Places included under transitional provisions of the 2007 amendments to the Act:Low Islets Lightstation, QLDGreen Hill Fort, QLDRoyal Swedish Embassy and Grounds, ACTCascade Reserve, EXT
2008–09HMAS Sydney II and HSK Kormoran Battle Site and Wrecks, WA
Places included in the 2007–08 and 2008–09 Finalised Priority Assessment Lists
Warrumbungle National Park (DEWHA)
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Appendix E
National Heritage List places showing status of management planning under Subdivisions C and D, Division 1A, Part 15 of the EPBC Act 1999
State Place
Some management plan (yes/no)
EPBC management plan (yes/no) Comments Primary values
ACT Australian Academy of Science Building
yes yes Plan completed (�008) Historic
ACT Australian War Memorial and the Memorial Parade
yes draft Plan in preparation. Old plan requires significant review to satisfy EPBC Act
Historic
WA Batavia Shipwreck Site and Survivor Camps Area 16�9 – Houtman Abrolhos
yes no – draft Draft plan (�007). Plan requires significant review
Historic
NSW Bondi Beach yes no No plan under EPBC Act Historic
VIC Bonegilla Migrant Camp – Block 19
yes no No plan under EPBC Act Historic
TAS Brickendon Estate yes yes Plan completed (�008) Historic
TAS Cascades Female Factory yes no – draft Draft plan (�008) Historic
VIC Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park
yes no No plan under EPBC Act Historic
TAS Coal Mines Historic Site yes no – draft Draft plan (�007); integrated with Port Arthur plan
Historic
NSW Cockatoo Island draft no – draft Draft plan (�007) Historic
TAS Darlington Probation Station yes yes Plan completed (�008) Historic
WA Dirk Hartog Landing Site 1616 – Cape Inscription Area
yes no – draft Draft plan (�008) Historic
VIC Echuca Wharf draft no – draft Plan in preparation Historic
VIC Eureka Stockade Gardens yes no Plan requires significant review to satisfy EPBC Act
Historic
NSW First Government House Site yes no No plan under EPBC Act Historic
VIC Flemington Racecourse no no No plan under EPBC Act Historic
WA Fremantle Prison (former) draft no – draft Draft plan (�008) Historic
VIC Glenrowan Heritage Precinct yes no Plan requires significant review to satisfy EPBC Act
Historic
ACT High Court – National Gallery Precinct
yes no Plan completed (�005) requires significant review to satisfy EPBC Act
Historic
VIC High Court of Australia (former) draft no – draft Plan in preparation Historic
VIC HMVS Cerberus yes no No plan under EPBC ACT. With minor amendment the plan would satisfy EPBC Act
Historic
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NSW Hyde Park Barracks draft draft Draft plan (�007) Historic
VIC ICI Building (former) yes no – draft Plan in preparation. Current plan requires significant review to satisfy EPBC Act
Historic
EXT Kingston and Arthurs Vale Historic Area
yes no – draft Draft plan (�008) Historic
NSW Kurnell Peninsula Headland yes yes Plan completed Historic
EXT Mawsons Huts and Mawsons Huts Historic Site
yes yes Plan completed (�007) Historic
VIC Melbourne Cricket Ground yes no No plan under EPBC Act. With minor amendment the plan would satisfy EPBC Act
Historic
VIC Newman College yes no Plan requires significant review to satisfy EPBC Act
Historic
NSW North Head – Sydney yes no Plan requires significant review to satisfy EPBC Act
Historic
NSW Old Government House and the Government Domain
draft no – draft Draft plan (�008) Historic
NSW Old Great North Road draft no – draft Draft plan (�007) Historic
ACT Old Parliament House and Curtilage
yes yes Plan completed (�007) Historic
VIC Point Cook Air Base yes yes Plan completed (�008) but not reviewed
Historic
VIC Point Nepean Defence Sites and Quarantine Station Area
yes no – draft Draft plan (�007). Plan requires significant review to satisfy EPBC Act
Historic
TAS Port Arthur Historic Site draft no – draft Draft plan (�007) Historic
TAS Recherche Bay (North East Peninsula) Area
yes no Plan requires significant review to satisfy EPBC Act
Historic
TAS Richmond Bridge yes no – draft Draft plan (�008). With minor amendment the plan in place would satisfy EPBC Act
Historic
VIC Rippon Lea House and Garden yes no Plan requires significant review to satisfy EPBC Act
Historic
VIC Royal Exhibition Building National Historic Place
yes no Plan requires significant review to satisfy EPBC Act
Historic
VIC Sidney Myer Music Bowl yes no Plan requires significant review to satisfy EPBC Act
Historic
SA South Australian Old and New Parliament Houses
yes no – draft EPBC Act compliant plan in preparation
Historic
NSW Sydney Harbour Bridge yes no No plan under EPBC Act Historic
NSW Sydney Opera House yes yes Accredited plan (�005) Historic
State Place
Some management plan (yes/no)
EPBC management plan (yes/no) Comments Primary values
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State Place
Some management plan (yes/no)
EPBC management plan (yes/no) Comments Primary values
National Heritage List places showing status of management planning under Subdivisions C and D, Division 1A, Part 15 of the EPBC Act 1999
QLD Tree of Knowledge and curtilage yes no Plan requires significant review to satisfy EPBC Act
Historic
TAS Woolmers Estate yes yes Plan completed (�007) Historic
NSW Brewarrina Aboriginal Fish Traps (Baiames Ngunnhu)
yes yes Draft Plan completed (�008)
Indigenous
VIC Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape – Mt Eccles Lake Condah Area
yes no – draft Plan requires review to satisfy EPBC Act requirements
Indigenous
VIC Budj Bim National Heritage Landscape – Tyrendarra Area
yes no Plan requires review to satisfy EPBC Act requirements
Indigenous
NSW Cyprus Hellene Club – Australian Hall
yes no No plan under EPBC Act Indigenous
WA Dampier Archipelago (including Burrup Peninsula)
no no – draft WA Government preparing Plan in consultation with Commonwealth
Indigenous
NT Hermannsburg Historic Precinct yes no – draft Final draft plan approved by community �1 Aug �008
Indigenous
VIC Mount William Stone Hatchet Quarry
yes no No plan under EPBC Act Indigenous
NSW Myall Creek Massacre and Memorial Site
no no No plan under EPBC Act Indigenous
NT Wave Hill Walk Off Route no no No plan under EPBC Act Indigenous
SA Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Naracoorte)
yes no – WHL WHL Plan completed before National Heritage List listing
Natural
QLD Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh)
yes no – WHL WHL plan and management arrangements at the time of National Heritage List inscription considered sufficient to protect values
Natural
QLD Dinosaur Stampede National Monument
no no – not required
No plan under EPBC Act – The Minister agreed at the time of listing that the place did not require a new management plan
Natural
SA Ediacara Fossil Site – Nilpena no no Some work has been done to develop management arrangements
Natural
VIC Flora Fossil Site – Yea no no Work done to develop management arrangements. Old plan requires upgrade
Natural
QLD Fraser Island yes yes Plan completed Natural
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State Place
Some management plan (yes/no)
EPBC management plan (yes/no) Comments Primary values
QLD Glass House Mountains National Landscape
yes yes Plan completed – Glasshouse Mountains Mgt Plan being updated as at �0 June �008
Natural
NSW Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
yes yes Plan completed Natural
VIC Grampians National Park (Gariwerd)
yes yes Plan completed Natural
QLD Great Barrier Reef yes no Strategic plan and several section management plans
Natural
EXT Heard Island and McDonald Islands
s��4T s��4T s��4T Natural
NT Kakadu National Park yes yes Plan completed Jan �007 – s��4T relevant
Natural
NSW Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Lion, Long and Spectacle Island Nature Reserves
yes yes Plan completed Natural
NSW Lord Howe Island Group yes yes Plan completed – �005 study found it requires upgrade
Natural
TAS Macquarie Island yes yes Plan completed Natural
WA Purnululu National Park yes no Plan completed before NHL inclusion. �005 study found it requires upgrade
Natural
NSW Royal National Park and Garawarra State Conservation Area
yes yes Plan completed Natural
WA Shark Bay yes no – WHL Plan completed – WHL plan
Natural
WA Stirling Range National Park yes yes Plan found to satisfy EPBC Act requirements
Natural
TAS Tasmanian Wilderness yes yes Plan completed Natural
NSW The Greater Blue Mountains Area
yes yes Plan completed – �005 study found it requires update
Natural
NT Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park yes no – draft Old plan in place until new plan, in final draft August �008, s��4T relevant
Natural
NSW Warrumbungle National Park yes yes Plan completed Natural
QLD Wet Tropics of Queensland yes no – WHL Plan completed – WHL plan
Natural
NSW Willandra Lakes Region yes no – WHL Plan completed – WHL plan
Natural
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Appendix F
Overview of Commonwealth Heritage management plans status
Stage Place Agency No.
Management plan endorsed by the Minister or his delegate
0
Management plan finalised Mt Stromlo Observatory Precinct, ACT ANU 8
Drill Hall Gallery, ACT ANU
Entomology Building, ACT CSIRO
Old Parliament House, ACT DEWHA
Mawson’s Hut, EXT DEWHA
High Court and National Gallery Precinct, ACT
NCA
Institute of Anatomy Building, ACT Screensound Australia
Edmund Barton Building, ACT Stocklands (owned by Finance)
Advice sought from Australian Heritage Council/Minister
Fremantle Barracks, WA Defence 4
Lennox House, ACT ANU
York Park, ACT NCA
Lady Elliot Light station, EXT DOTARS/DEWHA
Management plan on exhibit for public comment
National Gallery of Australia, ACT DEWHA 16
Jezzine Barracks Kissing Point Fort, QLD (Plan part of condition for the sale of the place)
Defence
Maribyrnong Explosives Factory, VIC (Unlikely to seek advice from Minister. Plan is part of the conditions for the sale of the place)
Defence
North Jervis Bay including Beecroft Peninsula
Defence
South Jervis Bay including HMAS Creswell
Defence
Duntroon House and Garden, ACT Defence
Mermaid Reef Marine Conservation Area Defence Housing Authority
Point Nepean Quarantine Station, VIC Point Nepean Community Trust
Woolwich Dock, NSW DEWHA/SHFT
Macquarie Light station , NSW DEWHA/SHFT
Middle Head , NSW DEWHA/SHFT
North Head School of Artillery, NSW DEWHA/SHFT
KAVHA, EXT AG
Carillon and Aspen Island, ACT NCA
Toad Hall, ACT ANU
Perth GPO, WA Australia Post
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Management plan on exhibit for public comment but requiring changes following consideration by the AHC
Orchard Hills, NSW Defence 8
Lancer Barracks, NSW Defence
Randwick Barracks, NSW Defence
Victoria Barracks, NSW Defence
Gallipoli Barracks, QLD Defence
Keswick Barracks, SA Defence
Artillery Barracks, WA Defence
Geraldton Drill Hall, WA Defence
Department has reviewed draft management plan
Reserve Bank of Australia (Canberra) June �008
RBA 14
Reserve Bank of Australia (Sydney) RBA
Kalgoorlie Post Office, WA Australia Post
Old Parliament House Rose Gardens, ACT DEWHA
RAAF Base Richmond , VIC Defence
HMAS Cerberus, VIC Defence
Woomera Defence
Mulwala Homestead Defence
Cockatoo Island, NSW Defence/ADD
General Bridges Grave, ACT NCA
Changi Chapel, ACT NCA
Duntroon Barracks Heritage Housing, ACT
Defence
Victoria Barracks (NSW) Heritage Housing
Defence Housing Authority
Anglesea Barracks Defence
Draft management plan in preparation
Darwin RAAF base Tropical Type � and � Houses (� Listed elements)
Defence Housing Authority 11
Gum House Artillery Barracks Defence Housing Authority
Royal Australian Naval College (HMAS Creswell) Housing
Defence Housing Authority
HMAS Watson Housing, NSW Defence Housing Authority
Point Cook Air Base Housing, VIC Defence Housing Authority
Garden Island Residences Group, WA Defence Housing Authority
HMAS Cerberus houses (not on Commonwealth Heritage List)
Defence Housing Authority
Briarcliffe, Glenbrook (Not on Commonwealth Heritage List)
Defence Housing Authority
Parliament House Vista, ACT NCA
National Library of Australia, ACT National Library of Australia
Yarralumla and Surrounds, ACT Official Secretary to the Governor-General
Total 61
Management plans yet to be commenced
Unknown
Stage Place Agency No.
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Appendix G
The Commonwealth Heritage List and National Heritage List have similar criteria. The key difference is the level or ‘threshold’ of significance which a place is required to reach to meet the relevant criteria.
To reach the National Heritage List threshold, a place must have ‘outstanding’ heritage value to the nation. To determine whether it has ‘outstanding’ heritage values, the place is compared to other, similar places, allowing the Australian Heritage Council to determine if one place is ‘more’ or ‘less’ significant compared to other similar places. The degree of significance can also relate to the geographic area, the extent of a place’s significance locally, regionally, nationally or internationally.
To be entered on the Commonwealth List, a place must have ‘significant’ heritage value.
National Heritage List criteria
The criteria against which the heritage values of a place are assessed for the National Heritage List are:
a. the place has outstanding heritage value to the nation because of the place’s importance in the course, or pattern, of Australia’s natural or cultural history
b. the place has outstanding heritage value to the nation because of the place’s possession of uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of Australia’s natural or cultural history
c. the place has outstanding heritage value to the nation because of the place’s potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Australia’s natural or cultural history
d. the place has outstanding heritage value to the nation because of the place’s importance in demonstrating the principal characteristics of:
i. a class of Australia’s natural or cultural places; or
ii. a class of Australia’s natural or cultural environments;
e. the place has outstanding heritage value to the nation because of the place’s importance in exhibiting particular aesthetic characteristics valued by a community or cultural group
f. the place has outstanding heritage value to the nation because of the place’s importance in demonstrating a high degree of creative or technical achievement at a particular period
g. the place has outstanding heritage value to the nation because of the place’s strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons
h. the place has outstanding heritage value to the nation because of the place’s special association with the life or works of a person, or group of persons, of importance in Australia’s natural or cultural history
i. the place has outstanding heritage value to the nation because of the place’s importance as part of Indigenous tradition.
Commonwealth Heritage List criteria
The criteria against which the heritage values of a place are assessed for the Commonwealth Heritage List are:
a. the place has significant heritage value because of the place’s importance in the course, or pattern, of Australia’s natural or cultural history
b. the place has significant heritage value because of the place’s possession of uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of Australia’s natural or cultural history
c. the place has significant heritage value because of the place’s potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Australia’s natural or cultural history
d. the place has significant heritage value because of the place’s importance in demonstrating the principal characteristics of:
i. a class of Australia’s natural or cultural places; or
ii. a class of Australia’s natural or cultural environments;
e. the place has significant heritage value because of the place’s importance in exhibiting particular aesthetic characteristics valued by a community or cultural group
f. the place has significant heritage value because of the place’s importance in demonstrating a high degree of creative or technical achievement at a particular period
Criteria for National Heritage and Commonwealth Heritage Lists
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g. the place has significant heritage value because of the place’s strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons
h. the place has significant heritage value because of the place’s special association with the life or works of a person, or group of persons, of importance in Australia’s natural or cultural history
i. the place has significant heritage value because of the place’s importance as part of Indigenous tradition.
Note: The cultural aspect of a criterion means the Indigenous cultural aspect, the non-Indigenous cultural aspect, or both.
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