Victorian Consolidated Regulations Victorian Consolidated Regulations(1) For the purposes of section 53(2) of the Act, a desktop assessment of an activity area must include research into information relating to Aboriginal cultural heritage in or associated with the activity area, including the following—
(a) a search of the Register for information relating to the activity area;
(b) an identification and determination of the geographic region of which the activity area forms a part that is relevant to the Aboriginal cultural heritage that may be present in the activity area;
(c) a review of reports and published works about Aboriginal cultural heritage in the geographic region referred to in paragraph (b);
(d) a review of historical and ethno-historical accounts of Aboriginal occupation of the geographic region referred to in paragraph (b);
(e) a review of the landforms or geomorphology of the activity area;
(f) a review of the history of the use of the activity area.
(2) A desktop assessment may include the collection and review of oral history relating to the activity area.