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Heritage Now

Locality: Lake Macquarie

Phone: +61 425 250 310

Address: 34 Groves St. Bennetts Green 2290 Lake Macquarie, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.heritagenow.com.au/

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24.01.2022 Looking for Aboriginal sites in Mosman, aptly called Beauty Point!

24.01.2022 Aboriginal Place and an AHIMS site What’s the difference? An Aboriginal site that is registered on the NSW Aboriginal Heritage Information Management System database and is known as an AHIMS site. It may be of low, moderate, or high significance. AHIMS sites generally contain Aboriginal objects (physical items) which are protected under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974. An Aboriginal object is defined as:... "any deposit, object or material evidence (not being a handicraft made for sale) relating to the Aboriginal habitation of the area that comprises New South Wales, being habitation before or concurrent with (or both) the occupation of that area by persons of non-Aboriginal extraction, and includes Aboriginal remains" (National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 Part 1[5]). There are over 93,000 AHIMS sites registered in NSW.* Most of these sites have been identified by archaeologists and heritage consultants as part of pre-development assessments. AHIMS sites are registered on the AHIMS database by submitting an Aboriginal Site Card (form) and can be registered in a matter of days. There are many AHIMS sites which have been subject to Aboriginal Heritage Impact Permits (AHIPs). An Aboriginal Place is a place of very high and special significance to Aboriginal people. Often they have special cultural or spiritual significance and tend to be nominated by the Aboriginal community. An Aboriginal Place is gazetted by the minister. The process of gazettal is lengthy and may take years. There are only 133 Aboriginal places gazetted in NSW**. The extent of Aboriginal Places tends to be bound by landscape or cultural markers rather than Aboriginal objects. For instance, Soldiers Point Aboriginal Place in Port Stephens is bound by its landform - it is a physical point which juts out from the shoreline. It is very rare for an Aboriginal Heritage Impact Permit to be issued for impact to an Aboriginal Place. In conclusion, both Aboriginal Places and Aboriginal sites are registered in the AHIMS database and both are protected under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974. However, AHIMS sites are far more common than Aboriginal Places. Due to their significance Aboriginal Places tend to have a higher level of protection. *(Source: https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au//aboriginal-heritage-in). ** (Source: State Heritage Inventory).

22.01.2022 Lovely place to look for Aboriginal sites (Sydney, NSW)

14.01.2022 3 must know facts for local heritage in NSW #heritage #development #nsw Local heritage in NSW is protected under the NSW Heritage Act 1977 and the Environmental Planning & Assessment Act 1979. Locally significant heritage is ‘listed’ on the relevant Local Environmental Plans (varying dates) which apply to each Local Government Area. Local heritage is listed on Schedule 5 of the Local Environmental Plan. There are three key distinctions to make about the local heritage listed ...Continue reading

08.01.2022 Lovely historic photo of Ashfield ~ Source: Ashfield and District Historical Society

08.01.2022 We recently surveyed the Old Great North Road in the Upper Hunter. Now mostly used as a stock route, the road is home to some stunning views and traces of historic architecture as well as a memorial to the victim of a bush ranger.

05.01.2022 Heritage Spotting on the ABC What does Newcastle’s built heritage have to do with bad hairdos, bad swearing and bad jokes? They all feature in the ABC’s comedy series Frayed. Set in the late 1980s, the show follows the story of Simone, a wealthy London woman forced to return to her hometown of Newcastle, where she must face her past. The scene is set with suitably daggy clothing, hairstyles, music, and a cringeworthy relationship with her bogan brother. The typical Aussie f...Continue reading