MCU14/0106 Appendix O - Cultural Heritage Search

From:            Vanessa L Faulkner
To:              Trent Forrest
Subject:         Cultural Heritage Search - 3 SP246584
Date:            Thursday, 30 October 2014 8:39:30 AM


I refer to your application in which you requested advice on Aboriginal cultural heritage places
 recorded on the
above location.

I wish to advise that no Aboriginal cultural heritage is recorded on the Cultural Heritage Database
 and Register
in your specific search area, from the data provided by you. However, it is probable that the
 absence of
recorded Aboriginal cultural heritage places reflects a lack of previous cultural heritage surveys
 of the
area. Therefore, our records are not likely to reflect a true picture of the Aboriginal cultural
 heritage values of
the area.

All significant Aboriginal cultural heritage in Queensland is protected under the Aboriginal
Cultural Heritage Act
2003, and penalty provisions apply for any unauthorized harm. Under the legislation a person
carrying out an
activity must take all reasonable and practical measures to ensure the activity does not harm
Aboriginal Cultural
Heritage. This applies whether or not such places are recorded in an official register and
whether or not they
are located in, on or under private land.

Aboriginal cultural heritage, which may occur on the subject property, is protected under the
 terms of the
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 even if the Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
 Islander and Multicultural Affairs has no
records relating to it.

Please refer to our website www.datsima.qld.gov.au/atsis/aboriginal-torres-strait-islander-
peoples/indigenous-cultural-heritage for a copy of the gazetted
Cultural Heritage duty of care guidelines, which set out reasonable and practical measures for
meeting the duty
of care.

There is currently no registered Cultural Heritage body for the 3 SP246584 area.

The Aboriginal party for the 3 SP246584 area is:

QC13/03 - QUD280/2013
Kabi Kabi First Nation
Queensland South Native Title Services Limited
Level 10, 307 Queen St