ABORIGINAL HERITAGE — THREE SISTERS HILLS
359. Hon ALISON XAMON to the minister representing the
Minister for Aboriginal Affairs:
My question is on behalf of Hon
Robin Chapple, who is out of the Parliament on urgent parliamentary business.
I refer to the three peaks named the
Sisters at 22� 29' 8.19'' S 121� 56' 36.31'' E,
and the land in their immediate vicinity, in relation to their value as
Aboriginal cultural heritage sites.
(1) Can the
minister please confirm the submission of data relating to the Sisters 1,
Sisters 2, Sisters 3 and Sisters Grinding 1 sites?
(2) If yes to (1), can the minister
provide an update on the processing of these sites by the department?
(3) Can the minister please confirm
who, if at all, is knowledge holder for these sites or part thereof?
(4) Has the
department received submissions relating to the dreaming information for the
site—that is, intangible heritage and/or spiritual significance?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank Hon Robin Chapple for some
notice of the question. I am not quite sure Hon Alison Xamon got the
coordinates correct, but I will go with the one that is on the paper in front
of me!
(1)–(2) The
Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage has no record of heritage places
being submitted with those names within the
immediate vicinity of the location as provided above. The department holds
records in the broader vicinity in relation to ID 6561, Three Sisters
Hills 1, assessed by the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee—the
ACMC—in December 2000 as not meeting the criteria of section 5 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972, and ID 6562, Three
Sisters Hills 2, assessed by the ACMC in December 2000 as meeting the
criteria of section 5 of the AHA.
(3) There are no
known knowledge holders listed on department records for the heritage places
referred to in the answer above.
(4) No.