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ABORIGINAL HERITAGE REGULATIONS 2007 (SR NO 41 OF 2007) - REG 57

What does a desktop assessment include?

    (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.



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