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The National and Commonwealth Heritage Lists

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Published by the Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts

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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)


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

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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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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)


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


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)


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)


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


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.


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

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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

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Commonwealth Heritage List nominations and listings

Number of places for which emergency listing requests were received


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


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�).

Hermannsburg Historic Precinct (DEWHA)


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)


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)


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


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

List of National Heritage List places as of 30 June 2008


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


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


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



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


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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


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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



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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





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




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



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




Appendix D


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


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)


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


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


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


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




State Place



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


State Place



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)


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


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


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


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)


Briarcliffe, Glenbrook (Not on Commonwealth Heritage List)


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.


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


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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