Question regarding the registration of the Porongurup and Stirling Ranges as Aboriginal sites. The answer clarifies that while the ranges as a whole are not registered, specific sites within them are, and outlines the registration process.

AnsweredQoN 1392Legislative Assembly
Asked
19 February 2002
Portfolio
Indigenous Affairs

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(1) Are the Porongurup and Stirling Ranges regarded as Aboriginal sites by Aboriginal people?
(2) If yes to (1), are these two ranges registered on the Aboriginal Sites Database?
(3) If no to (2) why not and what procedures have to be completed in order for these ranges to be registered?

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Answered
13 March 2002
Responded by
Minister for Indigenous Affairs
Response time
22 days
(2) The Porongurup and Stirling Ranges as a whole are not registered as sites on the Aboriginal Sites Register, however, a number of places of particular significance within the area are registered. (3) No site recording form has been submitted requesting that the Porongurup and Stirling Ranges be registered on the Aboriginal Sites Register. The procedures to register a site on the Aboriginal Sites register are detailed in the attached Department of Indigenous Affairs document, Sites Register System: Policies and Procedures. See tabled Paper
(3) No site recording form has been submitted requesting that the Porongurup and Stirling Ranges be registered on the Aboriginal Sites Register. The procedures to register a site on the Aboriginal Sites register are detailed in the attached Department of Indigenous Affairs document, Sites Register System: Policies and Procedures. See tabled Paper
The procedures to register a site on the Aboriginal Sites register are detailed in the attached Department of Indigenous Affairs document, Sites Register System: Policies and Procedures. See tabled Paper
See tabled Paper

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