Eurobodalla
Indicator: Heritage
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Please note: Text or data highlighted in this colour represent an update to this indicator for the period 2008/09.
What the results tell us for Eurobodalla
During the reporting period Council has been particularly active within the area of Indigenous heritage through the development and implementation of the multi-phase Eurobodalla Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Study, as well as a number of other innovative projects.
Changes to the listed heritage estate for Eurobodalla Shire Council area over the past four years show that:
- One place has been added to the Commonwealth Heritage List (Montague Island Lighthouse);
- No places have been added to the Register of the National Estate;
- No places have been added to the New South Wales (NSW) Heritage register;
- Two places have been removed from the Section 170 heritage list of NSW Government departments and agencies (Montague Island Lighthouse and the Narooma Bridge);
- 104 places have been added to the Eurobodalla Local Environment Plan; and
- 16 new places are proposed to be listed in the draft Eurobodalla Local Environment Plan 2009.
Details or listed places
There are 41 places in the Eurobodalla Shire Council area listed on Australian Government heritage lists. 40 places are entered in the Register of the National Estate and one is on the Commonwealth Heritage List and is protected under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Act 1999.
Places listed on the Register of the National Estate (RNE)
The 40 places in the RNE are:
Central Tilba Conservation Area, Princes Hwy, Central Tilba
Uniting Church Group, 134 Wagonga St, Narooma
Uniting Church, 134 Wagonga St, Narooma
Parsonage, Wagonga St, Narooma
Montague Island Lighthouse (Commonwealth), Narooma
Montague Island Lighthouse Group, Narooma
All Saints Anglican Church, 48 Princes Hwy, Bodalla
Goura Nature Reserve, Princes Hwy, Central Tilba
Illawong Nature Reserve, Broulee
Tollgate Islands Nature Reserve, Batemans Bay
Broulee Island Nature Reserve, Moruya
Deua National Park, Moruya
Moruya Courthouse, 65 Vulcan St, Moruya
Kiora Homestead, Outbuildings and Surrounds, Araluen Rd, Moruya
Emmott House, 85-87 Campbell St, Moruya
Melville Point, Red Hill Pde, Tomakin
Bingie Bingie (Kellys) Point, Bingie Rd, Tuross Head
Mount Dromedary Flora Reserve, Tilba Tilba Trk, Central Tilba
Montague Island, Narooma
Durras Lake Forest Ornithological Area, Durras Rd, Durras Lake
Myrtle Beach - Wasp Head Coastal Area, Durras
Narooma Soldiers Memorial School of Arts, 92 Campbell St, Narooma
TSS John Penn Shipwreck, Broulee
Guerilla Bay - Burrewarra Point Area, Tomakin
Wagonga Beds Research Site, Tomakin
Mechanics Institute Building (former), 13 Page St, Moruya
Glasshouse Rocks Geological Site, Glasshouse Rocks Rd, Narooma
Denhams Beach and Lilli Pilli Geological Sites, Batehaven
St Josephs Catholic Church, 1 Runnyford Rd, Nelligen
Congo Area, Congo
Cullendulla Embayment, The Outlook Rd, Batemans Bay
Corunna Recreation Ground and Velodrome (former), Mystery Bay Rd, Mystery Bay
Central Tilba War Memorial, Bate St, Central Tilba
Wallaga Lake National Park, Princes Hwy, Bermagui
Wadbilliga National Park, Bourkes Rd, Bemboka
Mongarlowe & Buckenbowra Rivers Area, Kings Hwy, Monga
Murramarang Area, Princes Hwy, Benandarah
Murramarang National Park (1980 boundary), Durras Rd, Durras
Benandarah Area, Princes Hwy, Benandarah
Budawang National Park, Budawang Rd, Monga
Place listed on the Commonwealth Heritage List
The one place listed on the Commonwealth Heritage List is the Montague Island Lighthouse.
Places listed on the NSW Heritage Register
There are three places listed on the NSW Heritage Register:
Lakeview Homestead Complex, Bergalia
Mechanics Institute, 13 Page Street, Moruya
Montague Island Lightstation, Montague Island
There are no places listed on the NSW s.170 Heritage Register:
There are 258 places listed under the Eurobodalla Shire Local Environmental Plan:
Aboriginal Canoe Tree, George Bass Drive, Broulee
Adelaide Hotel, 36-38 Vulcan Street, Moruya
Agricultural Showground Hall, Former, 8727-8729 Princes Highway, Tilba, Air Raid Tavern; Moruya Hotel (The), Mirrabooka Avenue, Moruya
Albert Read Grave, Haxstead Road, Tilba District
All Saints Anglican Church, 42 Princes Highway, Bodalla
Amaroo, 127 Annetts Parade, Mossy Point
Anchor Monument, Annetts Parade, Mossy Point
Araluen, 105 Annetts Parade, Mossy Point
Backhouses' mill, Princes Highway, Benandarah
Bakery Oven, 66 Princes Highway, Bodalla
Batemans Bay Historical Society Museum, 3 Museum Place, Batemans Bay
Bay View Hotel, 20 Orient Street, Batemans Bay
Bed and Breakfast (Old Moruya Post Office0, 52 Campbell Street, Moruya
Bellbrook farm buildings, 106 Corkhill Drive, Tilba District
Bendethera Area Bridle Track Network Including: Bendethera Valley To Tablelands, Bendethera Valley, Deua National Park, Moruya
Bendethera Bakery Oven, Junction Con Creek (Near), Moruya
Bergalia Saddlers, 58 Berglia Link Road, Bergalia
Bergalia War Memorial, Beashells Lane, Bergalia
Bingie Farm, Bingie Road Bingie Bingie Via Moruya, Moruya
Bodalla Arms Hotel (The), 73-77 Princes Highway, Bodalla
Bodalla Cemetery, Eurobodalla Road, Bodalla
Bottin Family Graves, Morts Folly Road, Dignams Creek
Braemar Farm, 1a South Head Road, Moruya
Breakwater, Annetts Parade, Mossy Point
Browne's Hut and Stockyard Memorial, 1188-1190 Buckenbowra, Batemans Bay
Cemetery and church site, Old Highway Corunna, Corunna
Cemetery Memorial (Former), Red Hill Parade Melville Point Reserve, Tomakin
Central Tilba Primary School, 89 Corkhill Drive, Tilba District
Cheese Factory, Former, 8731 Princes Highway, Tilba District
Chinese drystone wall, Mount Dromedary Trail, Tilba District
Chinese Oven, Eurobodallah Road, Nerrigundah
Coman Family Headstone and Graves, 126 Wamban Road, Kiora
Comans Gold Mine (Former), Comans Road (Off), Nerrigundah
Convict Road, Buckenbowra River, Runnyford N
Corn Trail, The, Buckenboura, Nelligen
Corunna Recreation Ground and Velodrome(former), Eurobodalla National Park, Mystery Bay Via Central Tilba
Cottage, 37 Sydney Street, Mogo
Cottage, 13 Albert Street, Moruya Heads
Country Women's Association Hall, 10 Beach Road, Batemans Bay
Cricket pitch, Princes Highway, Benandarah
Davis Family Presbyterian Church, 4017 Princes Highway, Coila
Department of Education Offices, 8 Beach Road, Batemans Bay
Derraquin House Site, Derraquin Road Bodalla State Forest, Bodalla
Dignams Creek Post Office (Former), 9473 Princes Highway, Southern District, Dignams Creek Via Central Tilba
Dimbaloo; Mogo Maze; Fudge and Lolly Shop, 44 Sydney Street, Mogo
Donkey Hill Gold Mine Site, Dwyers Creek Road, Moruya –Durras Road, Benandarah
East Lynne tram line, Benandarah
Emmott House and Gibson House (Moruya District Historical Society Museum), 85-87 Campbell Street, Moruya
Erin-go-bragh Hotel Site, South-west (Corner), Broulee Island
Eurobodalla South Skillshare; Campbell Page Training Centre, 67-71 Campbell Street, Moruya
Eva Mylott Memorial, Jutland Avenue, Tuross Head
Ex-raaf Hut, 167 Annetts Parade, Mossy Point
Foxglove Spires residence and garden, 282 Corkhill Drive, Tilba District
Francis Hill Gold Mine Site, Dwyers Creek Road, Moruya
Garnet Chewying Shops (Former), 70-72 Vulcan Street, Moruya
Glen Luna Residence, 8727-8729 Princes Highway, Tilba District
Glendeuart Cemetery, Maclean Place Reserve, Moruya North
Glenrock farm house and buildings, 123-125 Punkalla Tilba Road, Tilba District
Granitetown Cottage, 297 North Head Drive, Moruya North
Grave of James Richard George, Bendethera Valley, Deua National Park, Moruya
Graves of Charles Harpur and Son, 'Euroma' Eurobodalla Road, Eurobodalla
Greenacres farm house, 229 Corkhill Drive, Tilba District
Greengables and former Temperance Hall, 269 Corkhill Drive, Tilba District
Greengates, 175 Annetts Parade, Mossy Point
Guy's sawmill, 22 Lookout Road, Benandarah
Hall/former school, 2 Lookout Road, Benandarah
Haxstead Homestead, 131-133 Haxstead Road, Central Tilba
Haxstead Silo, 131-133 Haxstead, Haxstead Road, Central Tilba
Heffernans Hill Residence, 142-157 Eurobodalla Road, Bodalla
Heinrich Thomsen's Grave, Quart Pot Road (Off), Buckenboura
Henkley Dam (Former), 58 Sherringham Lane, Tilba District
Henkley Homestead and Farm Buildings, Haxstead Road, Tilba District
Heritage Publishing Office, 8 Page Street, Moruya
Holy Trinity Church, 242 Corkhill Drive, Tilba District
Home Farm Cheese Factory, 149 Eurobodalla Road, Bodalla
Hunts Mine and Battery (Former), Dwyers Creek Road, Moruya
Illawarra Steam Navigation Company Wharf Remnants (Former), Preddys Wharf Road (End Of), Moruya Heads
J & P Miers Jewellery Studio & Gallery, 34-36 Sydney Street, Mogo
John Young Family vault, Mountain Valley John Young Estate Off Bermagui Road Tilba Tilba, Tilba District
Kellys Gold Mine, Bimbimbie Road, Bimbimbie
Kings Battery - Little Belimbla Creek Mine Site, Junction Little Belimbla Creek and Millers Creek Dampier State Forest, Cadgee/Tinpot
Kiora Cheese Factory (Former), 495-497 Araluen Road (Durham Farm), Kiora
Kiora Homestead, 486 Araluen Road, Kiora
Kitty's House, 267 Corkhill Drive, Tilba District
Kyla Park Farm remnants, 8 Hawdons Cove, Tuross Head
Kyla Park grazing lands, Hector McWilliam Drive, Tuross Head
Lake View Gold Mine (Former), Little Lake Haxstead Road (Beside), Central Tilba
Lakeview Homestead, inc outbuildings and Begalia Managers Cottage, 120 Bingie Road, Bingie Bingie
Log Ramps (Skids) In Wagonga Inlet, Barlows Bay, Forsters Bay, Hobbs Point and Wagonga Forest Reserve Wagonga Inlet, Narooma
Louttit's Quarry, wharf and roadway, South Head Road, Moruya
Lucky Old Chief Mine; Royal Oak Mine (Known As Chinamen's Caves), Rifle Range Road, Narooma
Lustleigh Park Farmhouse, Haxstead Road, Tilba District
Man Made Cutting In The Upper Deua River, Deua River Deua River Deua National Park (Upper), Cadgee/Tinpot
Marengo farm house, Corkhill Drive, Tilba District
Maria Thompson Grave, Congo Road, Moruya
Marshmead farm house and buildings, 141 Corkhill Drive, Tilba District
Masonic Hall, 16 Page Street, Moruya
May's Landing/Wray's Wharf Site, Mays Road Northern District, Runnyford Via Nelligen
Mechanics Institute: The Hall, Braidwood Street, Nelligen
Merchant of Moruya; New and Second Hand Goods Store, 58 Campbell Street, Moruya
Merriwingah - Wallaga Lake Recreation Reserve (Former), Youngs Road, Tilba District
Methodist Church, 32 Corkhill Drive, Tilba District
Mogo Cemetery, Princes Highway, Mogo
Mogo Nursery & Landscaping, 42 Sydney Street, Mogo
Mogo Pottery, 22-24 Sydney Street, Mogo
Mogo Public School and teacher's residence, 64-72 Sydney Street, Mogo
Monzonite quarries, 37 and 57 Punkalla Tilba Road, Tilba District
Mooring Ring, Elizabeth Street, Moruya
Moreton Bay Fig Tree, 9 Albert Street, Moruya Heads
Moruya Airport World War II Installations, North Head Drive, Moruya North
Moruya Courthouse, 65 Vulcan Street, Moruya
Moruya Girl Guide Hall, Evans Street, Moruya
Moruya Heads Cemetery, Elizabeth Street, Moruya
Moruya Public School, 16-28 Evans Street, Moruya
Moruya quarry, site and structures, North Head Drive, Moruya North
Moruya RSL Memorial Hall, 11 Page Street, Moruya
Moruya Sewing Centre, 80 Vulcan Street, Moruya
Moruya Showground, 74 Albert Street, Moruya
Mossy Point Shop, 1 Surfside Avenue, Mossy Point
Mount Coman Mine Concrete Dam (Former), Comans Road, Nerrigundah
Mount Dromedary water supply reservoir, Tilba District
Mount Oldrey homestead, 207 Broulee Road, Broulee
Mount Pleasant farm buildings, 46 Punkalla Tilba Road, Tilba District
Mountain Valley Farm Cottage, 8728-8729 Mountain Valley John Young Estate Princes Highway, Tilba District
Mountain View homestead, farm buildings and garden, The Avenue, Tilba District
Mrs Abraham Maleber's Grave, Nature Reserve, Broulee Island
Myrtle Beach-Wasp Head geological site, Durras
Mystery Bay Mystery Site Memorial, Lamont Young Drive, Mystery Bay Via Central Tilba
Narooma Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Narooma
Narooma Court House, 100 Campbell Street, Narooma
Narooma Lions Centenary School House, 19 Montague Street, Narooma
Narooma Primary School, 19 Montague Street, Narooma
Narooma Soldiers Memorial School of Arts, 92 Campbell Street, Narooma
Narooma Uniting Church, 134 Wagonga Street, Narooma
Nelligen General Cemetery, Runnyford Road, Nelligen
Nelligen Soldiers Memorial, Braidwood Street, Nelligen
Nerrigundah (Pollock's) General Store, 6-8 Gulph Street, Nerrigundah
Nerrigundah General Cemetery, 823 Nerrigundah Mountain Road, Nerrigundah
Newsagent/Stationery Shop, 42 Vulcan Street, Moruya
Nicholson Property Marketing; Le Cafe De Banque; Mother Nature's Supplies, 59 Vulcan Street, Moruya
Old Bolaro Road, Old Bolaro Road, Nelligen
Old Cemetery, Kiora Street Crown Reserve, Moruya
Old Comerang Cow Bails, Comerang Farm Road, Bodalla
Old Ferry Approaches, Bridge Princes Highway (Adjacent), Narooma
Old Grain Silo, Neil Davis Reserve Princes Highway, Coila
Old Nelligen Post Office Guest House, 7 Braidwood Street, Nelligen
Old Pilot Station and Mast of, 2 Elizabeth Street, Moruya
Old Riverview Cow Bails, Riverview Redex Road, Bodalla
Old Southern Breakwater, Elizabeth Street Eurobodalla National Park, Moruya
Old Timber Cottage, Hawkins Road, Tuross Head
Old Trunketabella Cheese Factory, 15 Princes Highway, Bodalla
Old Tuross Bakery, 10 Hood Crescent, Tuross Head
Original Nerrigundah Cemetery, Byrnes Street, Nerrigundah
Paddle wheel punt, Bartleys Arm, Durras Lake, Benandarah
Pilots Wharf and Boatshed Remains, Bluewater Drive Wagonga Inlet, Narooma
Police Station and Lock-up, 96-100 Princes Highway, Bodalla
Port Philip Neddie's Grave, Wattlegrove Road Southern District, Cadgee/Tinpot
Post Office and Residence, 66a Princes Highway, Bodalla
Post Office former, 9067 Princes Highway, Couria Creek
Post Office Former, 12-18 Waincourt Road, Eurobodalla
Presbyterian and Roman Catholic Cemetery, 1 Bent Street, Batemans Bay
Private Residence, 3 Page Street, Moruya
Professional Offices of Kennedy and Cooke Solicitors, 51 Vulcan Street, Moruya
Progress Association Hall, 1 Jutland Avenue, Tuross Head
Prospect Granite House, 56 Campbell Street, Moruya
Rail Tracks On Former Jetty, Albert Street (Broulee Island Nature Reserve), Broulee Island
Remains of Granitetown, Moruya Quarry, Moruya North
Remains of McMillans Mill, RMB 80A Old Highway, Narooma
Remains of The Eurobodalla School Of Arts, Eurobodalla Road, Eurobodalla
Residence, 84 Princes Highway, Bodalla
Residence, 157 Princes Highway, Bodalla
Residence, 63 Hawdon Street, Moruya
Residence, 62 Campbell Street, Moruya
Residence, 23 Page Street, Moruya
Residence 13 Braidwood Street, Nelligen
Residence, Ringlands Road, Narooma
Residence, 265 Corkhill Drive, Tilba District
Residence, 874 Princes Highway, Mogo
Residence, 51 Queen Street, Moruya
Residence, 15 Page Street, Moruya
Residence, 9 William Street, Nerrigundah
Residence, 47 Corkhill Drive, Tilba District
Residence, 29 Evans Street, Moruya
Residence, 19 Page Street, Moruya
Residence, 36 Annetts Parade, Mossy Point
Residence, 272 Corkhill Drive, Tilba District
Residence, 270 Corkhill Drive, Tilba District
Residence, 254-256 Corkhill Drive, Tilba District
Residence, Bergalia Link Road, Bergalia
Residence, 55 Campbell Street, Moruya
Residence, 57 Hawdon Street, Moruya
Residence, 21 Page Street, Moruya
Residence, 258 Corkhill Drive, Tilba District
Residence, 49 Corkhill Drive, Tilba District
Residence and Shop, 25 Sydney Street, Mogo
Residence/former Post Office, 263 Corkhill Drive, Tilba District
Rock Training Walls, Wagonga Inlet, Narooma
Roman Catholic Church, 26 Lonsdale Parade, Dalmeny
Roman Catholic Church, 6 Byrnes Street, Nerrigundah
Rose Bud Farm Pottery, 520 Dunns Creek Road, Malua Bay
Ruins Gulph Creek Dredge, Gulph Creek, Nerrigundah
Ruins of Former Noorooma Residence, 'Noorooma' Old Princes Higway, Narooma
Runnyford Homestead, 1183 Runnyford Road, Runnyford Via Nelligen
Rural Fencing, 147 Annetts Parade, Mossy Point
Sacred Heart Presbytery, Page Street, Moruya
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Page Street, Moruya
School Residence, Including Washhouse and Private Yard, 7 Eurobodalla Road, Bodalla
Shannon View, 21 Larry's Mountain Road, Moruya North
Sherringham, 198-244 Sherringham Lane, Tilba District
Sherringham Farm Silos, 198-244 Sherringham, Sherringham Lane, Tilba District
Ship building site, 560 The River Road, Currowan
Shipyard Site, Moruya River/Anchorage Road, Moruya Heads
Shop: Ned Kelly's Bargains; Bayview Seafood Residence: The Professionals; Batema, 5-7 Clyde Street, Batemans Bay
Slaughter yards, 94 Punkalla Tilba Road, Tilba District
Southam Graves, ‘Fairview’ Fairview Road, Couria Creek Via Narooma
Southern Star Newspaper Office, 10 Page Street, Moruya
Spike Tree, South Head Road, Moruya Head
St Davids Presbyterian Church, 277 Hector McWilliam Drive, Tuross Head
St Edmunds & Our Lady Star of The Sea Catholic Church, Potato Point Road, Bodalla
St John's Anglican Church Group Comprising Church and Rectory, 50 Page Street, Moruya
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, 1 Runnyford Road, Nelligen
St Nicholas Anglican Church, 15 Braidwood Street, Nelligen
St Phillips Church of England Cemetery (Including Willcocks Family Graves), Waonga Scenic Drive, Narooma
St Stephens Presbyterian Church, 31 Evans Street, Moruya
Starch factory site, The River Road, Currowan
Stock Routes Used By Charles Byrnes, S W Bate and W G Tarlington
Cadgee, Nerrigundah, Tuross River Valley, Belimbla Creek Valley and Belowra Valley, Cadgee/Tinpot
Sundial, Vulcan Street (Council Chambers Vulcan), Moruya
Sunnybank House former, Princes Highway, Moruya North
Sutherland Babies Grave, 3070 Belowra Road, Belowra
Teen Zone Community Centre, 13 Page Street, Moruya
Three Graves - Elsie Ross, Mrs Nell Murphy and Unknown, 3 Ballingalla Street, Narooma
Thyme Garden, The, 8-12 North Head Drive, Moruya North
Tilba Tilba District Cemetery, Haxstead Road, Central Tilba
Timber Barn, 19 Durras Drive, Benandarah
Tuross House and Norfolk Island Pine, 18-20 Coral Crescent, Tuross Head
Tuross House Barn, 221 Hector McWilliam Drive, Tuross Head
Uniting Church, 7 Page Street, Moruya
Uniting Church Parsonage, 134 Wagonga Street, Narooma
Village Choice (The), 79 Princes Highway, Bodalla
Village Store, 264-268 Corkhill Drive, Tilba District
Vivian Cottage, 60 Campbell Street, Moruya
Vulcan Street Pharmacy; George Tait Chemist, 60 Vulcan Street Moruya Plaza Arcade, Moruya
Wagonga Cemetery, Wagonga Scenic Drive Brices Bay Wagonga Inlet, Narooma
War Memorial Clock, Thomson Park Wagonga Street, Narooma
Water Race, North Creek Road, Bodalla
Water Race, Former, Bendethera Valley, Deua National Park, Moruya
Wharf Pylon, Bluewater Drive, Narooma
Wharf Remnant, Elizabeth Street, Moruya
William Eastcott Secombe's Grave, Haxstead Road, Central Tilba
William Henry Fletcher Grave Site, Belowra Road, Nerrigundah
Womens Refuge, 43 Queen Street, Moruya
World War II Radar Station Number 17, Burrewarra Point Reserve Burri Point Road, Guerilla Bay
Wreck of sand barge, Malabar Creek, Moruya North
Wreck of the John Penn, Broulee
Wreck of The Rover Memorial (The), Annetts Parade, Mossy Point
Yaringah farm houses, 8456 Princes Highway, Tilba District
Heritage management in the Eurobodalla
Council works with a specialist Heritage Advisor to ensure that heritage places and items are managed appropriately. Owners of heritage items in Eurobodalla are entitled to free advice from Council’s Heritage Advisor and are also entitled to apply for funding to support the conservation of their item.
Council is aiming to retain the characteristics of its coastal villages, including their heritage values. To this end, Structure Plans for Moruya and Greater Batemans Bay were adopted in 2007, and include consideration of heritage buildings. Special character areas were identified in these towns for special treatment in terms of building design, materials and fabric and local style guides prepared.
No information was available on the overall 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.
In 2009-11 Council will begin a Community-based Heritage Study to establish the status of listed items, investigate items proposed for listing and update the Thematic History of the Shire.
Indigenous heritage in the Eurobodalla
Council supports the operations of the Eurobodalla Aboriginal Advisory Committee. This committee has been operating for over six years and is made up of representatives from six Local Aboriginal Land Councils, Aboriginal Elders, Southern Rivers Catchment Management Authority (SRCMA), Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC) and Eurobodalla Shire Council (ESC).
Council has an Aboriginal Heritage Officer to foster communication between Council and the Aboriginal community, assist the economic development of the Aboriginal community and to assist with Aboriginal cultural heritage, projects and site assessments.
Eurobodalla Aboriginal Heritage Cultural Study
Council, with the support of the Eurobodalla Aboriginal Advisory Committee, has completed the Eurobodalla Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Study, a four stage project aimed at developing a better understanding of the Aboriginal cultural heritage in the Shire through historical research and collection of oral history from Aboriginal people with connections to the Eurobodalla region. The study has recorded a wide range of heritage values of traditional, historic and contemporary importance to Aboriginal communities.
| Stage 1 – Research / data audit | ||
|---|---|---|
| Title - Eurobodalla Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Study South Coast New South Wales | 2004 | Completed March 2005 |
| Identify archival and current research material relevant to this study area and identify Aboriginal places listed in the archives, and provide a context for the project. | ESC (consultant) with LALCs. | |
| Stage 2 – Field Work | ||
| Title - Stories About the Eurobodalla by Aboriginal People | 2005 – 2006 | Completed June 2006 |
| Undertake consultation and survey with Aboriginal communities and individuals to collect, document and map cultural heritage information | DECC, LALCs and Aboriginal communities | |
| Stage 3 – Aboriginal Values Report and Mapping | ||
| Title - Understanding and Managing Aboriginal Cultural Heritage | 2006 | Completed September 2007 |
| Document, report and map and make information available to local Aboriginal communities and agencies as determined by agreed protocols | All agencies and LALCs | |
| Stage 4 – Future Planning Report | ||
| Title: Managing and Protecting Aboriginal Heritage in the Eurobodalla within the Local Government framework | 2007 | Completed December 2008 |
| Investigate and recommend ways that the traditional and contemporary Aboriginal heritage values from stages 1 –3 can be integrated into future cultural heritage management and landuse planning. This will involve a review of legislative structures, mechanisms and processes formalising Aboriginal heritage co-management. | ESC (consultant), LALCs and DECC |
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As a result of the Study, twelve Places of Aboriginal Heritage Significance have been identified and included for listing in the draft Eurobodalla Local Environmental Plan 2009.
Other Indigenous Heritage Projects
An important additional project fostered by the Aboriginal Heritage Committee during the reporting period was the installation of interpretive signage in the Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Gardens to highlight the Aboriginal significance of the plants of the Yuin Nation. Another project was the implementation of the Wagonga Inlet Estuary Management Plan interpretive signage for both Aboriginal and non-aboriginal heritage points of interest. Eight days of Aboriginal Heritage cultural training were also delivered during the reporting period to 54 participants, mostly members of Landcare groups.
The publication Aboriginal Men & Women’s Heritage: Eurobodalla was completed in March 2008 depicting the stories of nineteen people of the region. The unique project was developed by incorporating stories focused around traditional caring for country practices, including plant and natural resource usage, documenting many aspects of social, cultural and spiritual life of Aboriginal people.
Other general heritage projects
Council has also partnered with South East Arts Region (SEAR), the NSW Community Relations Commission and the Queanbeyan Multilingual Centre to develop the Wellsprings of the Far South Coast -Heritage Books project. In the project, students are encouraged to talk to their relatives about their family history and to share these discoveries with their classmates. As part of the project, Eurobodalla Shire Council will consult with participants and their families about their ancestral heritage. The project will be extended to Moruya and Batemans Bay schools and the TAFE Multilingual Group.
The Heritage Conservation and Management Program continues to implement the findings of the 1997 Shire-wide heritage study through a Heritage Advisory Committee and a Heritage Adviser as well as undertaking further research including completion of the Dairy Industry Study. This study has identified further dairy industry based items for conservation.
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