Hon Giz Watson questions the process of salvaging or relocating Indigenous sites on the Burrup Peninsula, given their complex nature and registration status. The response clarifies the definition of sites under the Aboriginal Heritage Act and states that cultural features will be relocated individually.

AnsweredQoN 5554Legislative Council
Asked
16 October 2007
Portfolio
Indigenous Affairs

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(1) How will the site or sites be salvaged or relocated, given that the definition of a site is that it is a complex entity?
(2) How will the site or sites be salvaged or relocated, given the Burrup Peninsula is listed on the interim register as Site 23323?

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Answered
13 November 2007
Responded by
Minister for Local Government representing the Minister for Indigenous Affairs
Response time
28 days
The Department of Indigenous Affairs advises:
(1) Sites are defined in accordance with section 5 of the
Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972.
(2) Cultural features recorded in association with site 23323 have been registered as individual sites and will be relocated accordingly.
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