Bega Valley

Indicator: Heritage

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What the results tell us for Bega Valley Shire.

Changes to the listed heritage estate for Bega Valley Shire over the past four years show that:

No places have been added to the Register of the National Estate,
No places have been added to the NSW Heritage register, and
One place has been added to the s. 170 heritage list of NSW Government departments and agencies (Bega Fire Station, Gipps Street Bega.)

Details of listed places

There are 58 places in the Bega Valley Shire entered in the Register of the National Estate:

Places listed on the Register of the National Estate

Bega Courthouse, Carp St, Bega

Rosevear Jewellers Shopfront, 165 Carp St, Bega

Bega Primary School Group, 25-33 Auckland St, Bega

House, 21 Auckland St, Bega

Jellat Jellat, Tathra Rd, Bega

Courunga House, Grounds and Trees, Monaro St, Merimbula

Tathra Wharf and Reserve, Wharf Rd, Tathra

Ben Boyd National Park, Princes Hwy, Eden

Mount Imlay National Park, Mt Imlay Rd, Eden

Nalbaugh National Park, Mines Rd, Bombala

Nungatta National Park, Cann River Rd, Bombala

Eden Courthouse, 233 Imlay St, Eden

Bournda Nature Reserve, Kalaru Merimbula Rd, Wolumla

Bell Bird Creek Nature Reserve, Princes Hwy, Eden

Egan Peaks Nature Reserve, Fire Rd, Towamba

Nadgee Nature Reserve, Faunal Reserve Rd, Eden

Green Cape Lighthouse and Residences Group, Eden

Bittangabee Ruins, Bittangabee Bay, Eden

Nadgee Wilderness Area, Wonboyn Lake

Boydtown Group, 87 Boydtown Park Rd, Eden

Sea Horse Inn, 87 Boydtown Park Rd, Eden

Church Ruins, 87 Boydtown Park Rd, Eden

Edrom Lodge, Edrom Road, Eden

Coolangubra Forest Area, Imlay Rd, Bombala

Coolangubra Forest Area Extensions, Bombala

Nethercote Waterfall and Associated Rhyolite Outcrops, Pambula

Tantawangalo Creek Catchment, Tantawangalo Mountain Road, Bemboka

Mount Poole Area, Yambulla State Forest, Eden

Narrabarba Hill Area, Nadgee State Forest, Eden

Swamp Road Area, Nadgee State Forest, Eden

Pomaderris sp nov Site, Yambulla State Forest, Eden

Box Range Shrub Community Sites, Pambula

Shrub Community Sites, Nullica State Forest, Back Creek Trail, Pambula

Zieria Sp Box Range North Site, Pambula

Acacia Constablei Site, East Boyd State Forest, Eden

Boyds Tower Fish Fossils, Eden

Eden Geological Site, Bramble St, Eden

Panbula Goldfield, Pambula

School and Residence (former), 85-87 Main St, Merimbula

Yowaka Forest Area / Egan Peaks Extension Area, Burragate Fire Rd, Eden

Zieria Sp Nov Site (Lochiel), Pambula

Old Hut Creek Phebalium Site 2, Back Creek Fire Rd, Nethercote

Nullica State Forest Pseudanthus Site, Nethercote

Kianinny Bay Acacia Georgensis Site, Tathra

Courthouse / Police Station and Cell Block (former), 26-30 Toalla St, Pambula

Merriman Island Aboriginal Place, Bermagui

Mimosa Rocks National Park (1980 boundary), Aragunnu Beach Rd, Tathra

Wallaga Lake National Park, Princes Hwy, Bermagui

Bermaguee Nature Reserve, Head of Cuttagee Rd, Bermagui

Murunna Point Coastal Area, Bermagui

Bridge House Group, Princes Hwy, Brogo

Mumbulla Mountain (Biamanga), Fieldbuckers Forrest Rd, Quaama

Dr George Mountain, Bega

PS Mimosa Shipwreck, Tanja

Montreal Goldfield, Wallaga Lake Rd, Bermagui

Ginns Lookout,Tathra

Barn at Penders, Haighs Rd, Tanja

Wadbilliga National Park, Bourkes Rd, Bemboka

Places listed on the NSW Heritage Register

There are eight places listed on the NSW Heritage Register:

CBC Bank (former), 21 Auckland Street, Bega

Courunga, Monaro Street, Merimbula

Davidson Whaling Station, 35km South Of Eden

Ness Property, Reserve Road, Wapengo

New Buildings Bridge over Towamba River, Wyndham (south west)

Oaklands, Princes Highway, Pambula

Tathra Wharf and building, Wharf Road, Tathra

Yowaka Bridge near Eden, State Highway 1, Eden

Places listed on the NSW Section 170 Heritage Register

There is one place listed on the NSW s.170 Heritage Register:

Bega Fire Station, Gipps Street, Bega

Heritage places listed on the local environmental plan

In the 2004 Regional State of the Environment Report, 261 places were identified as being listed in the Bega Valley Shire Local Environmental Plan (LEP) either as heritage items (Schedule 5) or as interim heritage items (Schedule 6). There are still 81 places listed as heritage items in Schedule 5 of the Bega Valley Shire 2002 Local Environmental Plan. As at 30 June 2008 there were also 180 interim heritage places listed in the LEP under Schedule 6. In total there has not though been any increase in those heritage places (either listed or interim) contained within the Bega Valley Shire LEP 2002 since the 2004 Report.

As was the case in the 2004 report a number of heritage items are contained on more than one register.

Listings in the LEP provide inherent protection as well as potential access to incentives. The interim listing of 170 heritage items in the LEP does also afford some additional protection through clause 59 of BVSC LEP 2002.

Council is in the process of preparing a Comprehensive Local Environmental Plan for the Shire. This Plan will have only one heritage schedule in accordance with the State Government requirements. The items contained in the schedule have been reviewed and whilst some items have been removed the overall number of items proposed to be included on the schedule has been increased.

Indigenous heritage

There are no listed Aboriginal Cultural Heritage sites in the Bega Valley Council area.

Current condition of known heritage places

No information is available on the condition of heritage sites during the reporting period and little information on condition prior to the reporting period either. The condition of many sites has not been updated since they were listed on the Register of the National Estate.

Resources for heritage identification and management

Funds expended by Council, including grants, on heritage programs is running at between $30,000.00 and $35,000 annually.

An MOU negotiated by Council with Eden, Bega, and Merrimans Local Aboriginal Lands Councils in 2001 has been reaffirmed in 2008. Council has also embarked on a study of Aboriginal heritage during this reporting period with funding from the State. This study will help inform the LEP process as well as Aboriginal heritage issues in the Shire generally. Funding for this project was $12,300.00 in 2007/08.

During 2005-2006 Council gave assistance for a Heritage Council tour of Aboriginal sites in the Shire.