❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice addresses the Minister for Indigenous Affairs regarding Aboriginal heritage sites at James Price Point, specifically concerning a 'song cycle path' identified in a 1991 report and the need for approvals under the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972. The Minister acknowledges awareness of past reports but states that the song cycle path is not currently considered a protected site, and no approval is required for disturbance.
AnsweredQoN 757Legislative Council
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JAMES PRICE POINT — REGISTERED ABORIGINAL SITES — TERREX REPORT
I refer to Aboriginal sites at James Price Point. (1) Is the minister aware of the 1991 WA Museum report prepared by Mr Nicholas Green, then a senior heritage officer with the Western Australian Register of Aboriginal Sites, for the Broome Mining Wardens Court in relation to exploration licences E04/645, EO4/646 and EO4/647, which generally is referred to as the Terrex report? (2) Is the minister aware of the decision of the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee communicated to the Mining Wardens Court in the above case by letter dated 18 July 1991? (3) Is the “song cycle path” as recorded and mapped in the above report and as referred to in the ACMC decision, an area to which section 5 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 applies? (4) Is approval under section 18 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 required in relation to any disturbance of the “song cycle path”? Hon PETER COLLIER
I refer to Aboriginal sites at James Price Point. (1) Is the minister aware of the 1991 WA Museum report prepared by Mr Nicholas Green, then a senior heritage officer with the Western Australian Register of Aboriginal Sites, for the Broome Mining Wardens Court in relation to exploration licences E04/645, EO4/646 and EO4/647, which generally is referred to as the Terrex report? (2) Is the minister aware of the decision of the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee communicated to the Mining Wardens Court in the above case by letter dated 18 July 1991? (3) Is the “song cycle path” as recorded and mapped in the above report and as referred to in the ACMC decision, an area to which section 5 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 applies? (4) Is approval under section 18 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 required in relation to any disturbance of the “song cycle path”? Hon PETER COLLIER
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I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) Yes; I am aware that the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee provided advice to the Mining Wardens Court in 1991. (3) Not at this time; however, the ACMC will be considering heritage information for the area at a meeting in the near feature, and will make a decision about whether a site exists. (4) No.
(1) Is the minister aware of the 1991 WA Museum report prepared by Mr Nicholas Green, then a senior heritage officer with the Western Australian Register of Aboriginal Sites, for the Broome Mining Wardens Court in relation to exploration licences E04/645, EO4/646 and EO4/647, which generally is referred to as the Terrex report? (2) Is the minister aware of the decision of the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee communicated to the Mining Wardens Court in the above case by letter dated 18 July 1991? (3) Is the “song cycle path” as recorded and mapped in the above report and as referred to in the ACMC decision, an area to which section 5 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 applies? (4) Is approval under section 18 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 required in relation to any disturbance of the “song cycle path”? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) Yes; I am aware that the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee provided advice to the Mining Wardens Court in 1991. (3) Not at this time; however, the ACMC will be considering heritage information for the area at a meeting in the near feature, and will make a decision about whether a site exists. (4) No.
(2) Is the minister aware of the decision of the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee communicated to the Mining Wardens Court in the above case by letter dated 18 July 1991? (3) Is the “song cycle path” as recorded and mapped in the above report and as referred to in the ACMC decision, an area to which section 5 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 applies? (4) Is approval under section 18 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 required in relation to any disturbance of the “song cycle path”? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) Yes; I am aware that the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee provided advice to the Mining Wardens Court in 1991. (3) Not at this time; however, the ACMC will be considering heritage information for the area at a meeting in the near feature, and will make a decision about whether a site exists. (4) No.
(3) Is the “song cycle path” as recorded and mapped in the above report and as referred to in the ACMC decision, an area to which section 5 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 applies? (4) Is approval under section 18 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 required in relation to any disturbance of the “song cycle path”? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) Yes; I am aware that the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee provided advice to the Mining Wardens Court in 1991. (3) Not at this time; however, the ACMC will be considering heritage information for the area at a meeting in the near feature, and will make a decision about whether a site exists. (4) No.
(4) Is approval under section 18 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 required in relation to any disturbance of the “song cycle path”? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) Yes; I am aware that the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee provided advice to the Mining Wardens Court in 1991. (3) Not at this time; however, the ACMC will be considering heritage information for the area at a meeting in the near feature, and will make a decision about whether a site exists. (4) No.
Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) Yes; I am aware that the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee provided advice to the Mining Wardens Court in 1991. (3) Not at this time; however, the ACMC will be considering heritage information for the area at a meeting in the near feature, and will make a decision about whether a site exists. (4) No.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) Yes; I am aware that the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee provided advice to the Mining Wardens Court in 1991. (3) Not at this time; however, the ACMC will be considering heritage information for the area at a meeting in the near feature, and will make a decision about whether a site exists. (4) No.
(1) Yes. (2) Yes; I am aware that the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee provided advice to the Mining Wardens Court in 1991. (3) Not at this time; however, the ACMC will be considering heritage information for the area at a meeting in the near feature, and will make a decision about whether a site exists. (4) No.
(2) Yes; I am aware that the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee provided advice to the Mining Wardens Court in 1991. (3) Not at this time; however, the ACMC will be considering heritage information for the area at a meeting in the near feature, and will make a decision about whether a site exists. (4) No.
(3) Not at this time; however, the ACMC will be considering heritage information for the area at a meeting in the near feature, and will make a decision about whether a site exists. (4) No.
(4) No.
(1) Is the minister aware of the 1991 WA Museum report prepared by Mr Nicholas Green, then a senior heritage officer with the Western Australian Register of Aboriginal Sites, for the Broome Mining Wardens Court in relation to exploration licences E04/645, EO4/646 and EO4/647, which generally is referred to as the Terrex report? (2) Is the minister aware of the decision of the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee communicated to the Mining Wardens Court in the above case by letter dated 18 July 1991? (3) Is the “song cycle path” as recorded and mapped in the above report and as referred to in the ACMC decision, an area to which section 5 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 applies? (4) Is approval under section 18 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 required in relation to any disturbance of the “song cycle path”? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) Yes; I am aware that the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee provided advice to the Mining Wardens Court in 1991. (3) Not at this time; however, the ACMC will be considering heritage information for the area at a meeting in the near feature, and will make a decision about whether a site exists. (4) No.
(2) Is the minister aware of the decision of the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee communicated to the Mining Wardens Court in the above case by letter dated 18 July 1991? (3) Is the “song cycle path” as recorded and mapped in the above report and as referred to in the ACMC decision, an area to which section 5 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 applies? (4) Is approval under section 18 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 required in relation to any disturbance of the “song cycle path”? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) Yes; I am aware that the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee provided advice to the Mining Wardens Court in 1991. (3) Not at this time; however, the ACMC will be considering heritage information for the area at a meeting in the near feature, and will make a decision about whether a site exists. (4) No.
(3) Is the “song cycle path” as recorded and mapped in the above report and as referred to in the ACMC decision, an area to which section 5 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 applies? (4) Is approval under section 18 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 required in relation to any disturbance of the “song cycle path”? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) Yes; I am aware that the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee provided advice to the Mining Wardens Court in 1991. (3) Not at this time; however, the ACMC will be considering heritage information for the area at a meeting in the near feature, and will make a decision about whether a site exists. (4) No.
(4) Is approval under section 18 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 required in relation to any disturbance of the “song cycle path”? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) Yes; I am aware that the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee provided advice to the Mining Wardens Court in 1991. (3) Not at this time; however, the ACMC will be considering heritage information for the area at a meeting in the near feature, and will make a decision about whether a site exists. (4) No.
Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) Yes; I am aware that the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee provided advice to the Mining Wardens Court in 1991. (3) Not at this time; however, the ACMC will be considering heritage information for the area at a meeting in the near feature, and will make a decision about whether a site exists. (4) No.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) Yes. (2) Yes; I am aware that the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee provided advice to the Mining Wardens Court in 1991. (3) Not at this time; however, the ACMC will be considering heritage information for the area at a meeting in the near feature, and will make a decision about whether a site exists. (4) No.
(1) Yes. (2) Yes; I am aware that the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee provided advice to the Mining Wardens Court in 1991. (3) Not at this time; however, the ACMC will be considering heritage information for the area at a meeting in the near feature, and will make a decision about whether a site exists. (4) No.
(2) Yes; I am aware that the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee provided advice to the Mining Wardens Court in 1991. (3) Not at this time; however, the ACMC will be considering heritage information for the area at a meeting in the near feature, and will make a decision about whether a site exists. (4) No.
(3) Not at this time; however, the ACMC will be considering heritage information for the area at a meeting in the near feature, and will make a decision about whether a site exists. (4) No.
(4) No.
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