Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Regulations 1984
RepealedCTH
This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.
Jurisdiction
Commonwealth
Act Number
176 of 1984
Collection
legislative instrument
Plain English Summary
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These Regulations provide the administrative templates and geographic definitions that implement parts of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984: a form for emergency declarations, an inspector identity‑card form, and detailed boundaries for local Aboriginal community areas in Victoria. They determine who may make emergency declarations (inspectors, the Minister or a magistrate), how a declared place/object must be identified and what terms may be attached, and which Victorian communities/lands are treated as community areas for the Act’s purposes.
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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
EMERGENCY DECLARATION UNDER SUBSECTION 21C (1) OF THE ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER HERITAGE PROTECTION ACT 1984
I, (insert name of person making the declaration), an inspector appointed under section 21R of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984, (or) Minister of State for Aboriginal Affairs, (or) Magistrate of the State of Victoria, (where the declaration is made by an inspector or the Minister or where the declaration is made by a magistrate on an application by a local Aboriginal community, insert after an application made to me by (insert name of local Aboriginal community), a local Aboriginal community, (or where the application for the declaration was made by another person, insert name, description and address of that person) (or where the declaration is made by an inspector or the Minister on his or her own motion, insert on my own motion,) hereby make under subsection 21C (1) of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 an emergency declaration in relation to (describe or refer to each Aboriginal place or Aboriginal object that is the subject of the declaration in a manner that is sufficient to identify it) (if the declaration is to be subject to any terms, for example, if the manner of preservation to be adopted in relation to that place or object is to be specified, if the manner of removing a specified threat of injury to that place or object is to be specified, or if a prohibition of access to, or interference with, that place or object is to be specified, specify those terms).
Dated 19 .
(Signature of person
making the declaration)
Schedule 3
(subregulation 9 (1))
Form Identity Card No.
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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
EMERGENCY DECLARATION UNDER SUBSECTION 21C (1) OF THE ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER HERITAGE PROTECTION ACT 1984
I, (insert name of person making the declaration), an inspector appointed under section 21R of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984, (or) Minister of State for Aboriginal Affairs, (or) Magistrate of the State of Victoria, (where the declaration is made by an inspector or the Minister or where the declaration is made by a magistrate on an application by a local Aboriginal community, insert after an application made to me by (insert name of local Aboriginal community), a local Aboriginal community, (or where the application for the declaration was made by another person, insert name, description and address of that person) (or where the declaration is made by an inspector or the Minister on his or her own motion, insert on my own motion,) hereby make under subsection 21C (1) of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 an emergency declaration in relation to (describe or refer to each Aboriginal place or Aboriginal object that is the subject of the declaration in a manner that is sufficient to identify it) (if the declaration is to be subject to any terms, for example, if the manner of preservation to be adopted in relation to that place or object is to be specified, if the manner of removing a specified threat of injury to that place or object is to be specified, or if a prohibition of access to, or interference with, that place or object is to be specified, specify those terms).
Dated 19 .
(Signature of person
making the declaration)
Schedule 3
(subregulation 9 (1))
Form Identity Card No.
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
IDENTITY CARD NO.
I, (name of Minister), Minister of State for Aboriginal Affairs, hereby certify that (name and description of inspector), whose photograph appears on this card, is an inspector under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984.
Dated 19 .
(Signature of Minister)
Minister of State for
Aboriginal Affairs
Schedule 4 Community areas in relation to local Aboriginal communities in Victoria
(regulation 3A)
COMMUNITY AREAS IN RELATION TO LOCAL ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES IN VICTORIA
Notes
Note: 1. The community area boundaries described in this Schedule are represented graphically in a computer-based map of the State of Victoria. The map is maintained by the office of the Minister responsible for Aboriginal Affairs (Victoria) in Melbourne. Printed maps may be viewed at that office on written request.
Note: 2. In the following descriptions:
Note: (a) all references to local government areas and boundaries are to those that existed before 1993, when a major program of local government reform was introduced in Victoria; and
Note: (b) ‘kms’ means kilometres; and
Note: (c) all bearings are measured clockwise from true north.
AREA 1: BALLARAT AND DISTRICT ABORIGINAL CO‑OPERATIVE LTD.
The boundary of Area 1 begins in Kyneton at the junction of the Calder Highway and Ebden Street and continues progressively:
north-westerly along the Calder Highway to its junction in Malmsbury with the Malmsbury-Daylesford Road
south-westerly along that road to its junction with the Drummond Vaughan Road
generally westerly then northerly along that road through the township of Glenluce to its junction with the Vaughan Springs Road
generally westerly and north-westerly along that road through the townships of Vaughan and Yapeen to its junction with the Midland Highway
southerly along that highway for approximately 2.5 kms to its junction with the Newstead-Guildford Road in Guildford
generally west-north-westerly along that road to its junction with the Daylesford-Newstead Road in Strangways
north-westerly along that road to its junction with the Pyrenees Highway in Newstead
generally west-north-westerly along that highway to its junction with the Bendigo-Maryborough Road in Maryborough
north-north-easterly along that road to its junction with the Maryborough-Dunolly Road in Havelock
north-north-westerly along that road through the township of Bet Bet to Dunolly where it becomes the Dunolly-Moliagul Road at its junction with the Bridgewater-Dunolly Road
generally north-westerly along the Dunolly-Moliagul Road through the township of Inkerman to its junction with the Bendigo-St Arnaud Road in Moliagul
generally north-westerly and then westerly along that road to its junction with the Sunraysia Highway in St Arnaud
north-westerly along that highway for approximately 800 metres to its junction with the Wimmera Highway
south-westerly along that highway to its junction with the Ararat‑St Arnaud Road in Moolerr
generally southerly along that road, through Navarre township, to its junction with the Pyrenees Highway
south-westerly along that highway to its junction with the Western Highway in Ararat
easterly along that highway for approximately 4 kms to its junction with the Geelong Road
south-easterly along that road, past Ballyrogan and across the Eurambeen-Streatham Road, to its junction with the Beaufort‑Carranballac Road at approximately E.700720 N.5844120
southerly, westerly, south-westerly and again southerly along that road to its junction with the Mount William Road
generally south-easterly along that road to its junction with the Skipton Road approximately 1 kilometre north-west of Skipton township
south-easterly along that road to the Glenelg Highway
easterly along that highway for approximately 1 kilometre to its junction with the Skipton-Rokewood-Geelong Road
south-easterly along that road to its junction with the Cressy Road approximately 1.2 kms east of the bridge over the Woady Yaloak River at Pitfield
southerly along that road and the Werneth Main Road to Werneth
south-easterly along the Cressy-Werneth Road to its junction with the Colac-Ballarat Road
generally northerly along that road through Rokewood and Dereel to its junction with the Buninyong Shire-Leigh Shire boundary
easterly along that boundary to its junction with the Buninyong Shire-Bannockburn Shire boundary at the Yarrowee River
easterly along that boundary to its junction with the Meredith‑Mt Mercer Road
southerly and then easterly along that road to its junction with the Midland Highway at Meredith
northerly along that highway for approximately 0.5 kms to its junction with the Ballan-Meredith Road
northerly along that road for approximately 0.4 kms to its junction with the Meredith-Durdidwarrah Road
east-north-easterly along that road to its junction with the Geelong‑Ballan Road at Durdidwarrah
south-easterly along that road to its junction with the Staughton Vale Road
northerly along that road to its junction with the Bacchus Marsh‑Balliang Road
northerly along that road to its junction with the Geelong-Bacchus Marsh Road
northerly along that road to its junction with the Bacchus Marsh‑Gisborne Road
northerly along that road to its junction with Carrolls Road at Bullengarook
along that road to its junction with Firth Road
generally north-westerly along that road and the Trentham‑Bullengarook Road to Trentham
generally south-westerly along the Greendale-Trentham Road to its junction with the Ballan Shire-Kyneton Shire boundary
generally westerly along that boundary to its junction with Daylesford and Glenlyon Shire boundary
westerly along that boundary to its junction with the Ballan‑Daylesford Road, approximately 1.2 kms south of Leonards Hill
northerly along that road to its junction with the Midland Highway in Daylesford
north-easterly along that highway for approximately 2.2 kms to its junction with the Malmsbury-Daylesford Road
north-easterly along that road to its junction in the township of Denver with the road to Spring Hill
generally south-easterly along that road to the settlement of Spring Hill
on a direct 58o bearing north-east from the eastern boundary of that settlement to the junction of the Calder Highway and the Redesdale Kyneton Road in Kyneton, to the point where the boundary began.
AREA 1A: BANGERANG CULTURAL CENTRE CO-OPERATIVE LTD
Part A: The boundary of the Bangerang Cultural Centre being Lot 1 of Crown Allotments 79A and 80B, Parish of Shepparton, County of Moira and being the land in Certificate of Title Volume 8910 Folio 987.
Part B: The boundary of Part B of Area 1A begins at the junction of Omeo Creek and the Murray River, approximately 600 metres north of Tom Groggin Station homestead, and continues progressively:
west-south-westerly to the summit of Mt Pinnibar
south-south-westerly to the summit of Mt Gibbo
south-westerly along the Tallangatta Shire-Omeo Shire boundary to its junction with the Omeo Highway, approximately 7 kms north of Sunnyside township
generally southerly along that highway to its junction with the Bogong High Plains Road, approximately 7.5 kms north of Anglers Rest
generally westerly then north-westerly along that road to its junction with a line from the summit of Basalt Hill to the summit of Mt Cope at approximately E.525850 N.5914500
south-westerly along that line to the summit of Mt Cope
westerly to the summit of Mt Bundara
west-north-westerly to the summit of Mt Jim
south-westerly to the summit of Mt Loch
south-westerly to the summit of Mt Hotham
south-westerly to the summit of Mt Saint Bernard
west-south-westerly to the summit of Mt Selwyn
south-westerly for approximately 300 metres towards the summit of Mt Speculation, to the Mt Selwyn Road at approximately E.490650 N.5900000
generally northerly along that road to Buckland Junction
northerly along the Buckland Valley Road to its junction with the Ovens Highway in Porepunkah
north-westerly along that highway to its junction with the Myrtleford-Yackandandah Road in Myrtleford
north-easterly along that road to its junction with the Stanley Road
generally northerly along that road to its junction with the Buckland Gap Road in Beechworth
southerly along that road to its junction with the Ovens Highway
westerly along that highway to its junction with the Bowmans‑Whorouly Road
south-westerly along that road to Whorouly township
southerly along the Carboor-Whorouly Road to its junction with the Bright Road
south-easterly along that road to its junction with the continuation of the Carboor-Whorouly Road
generally southerly along that road to where it crosses Whorouly Creek at approximately E.461530 N.5947170
southerly along that creek to the source of 1 of its upper tributaries at approximately E.461600 N.5945120
due south to Gap Creek at approximately E.461620 N.5944470
generally southerly along that creek to its junction with Hurdle Creek at Carboor East
southerly along that creek for approximately 300 metres to where it is crossed by Wrights Lane
southerly, westerly and northerly along that lane to Carboor Upper
generally south-westerly along the Carboor Upper Road to its junction with the Moyhu-Meadow Creek Road
north-westerly along that road to Moyhu
westerly along the Glenrowan-Moyhu Road to its junction with the road to Hansonville
southerly then westerly along that road to its junction with the Wangaratta-Kilfeera Road
southerly and westerly along that road to its junction with the Benalla-Whitfield Road
westerly along that road approximately 200 metres to its junction with the Kilfeera Road
generally westerly along that road to its junction with the Benalla‑Tatong Road in Benalla
north-westerly along that road to its junction with the Benalla‑Winton Road
generally north-easterly along that road and the route of the Hume Highway, through the townships of Winton, Glenrowan and Wangaratta, to the junction of the Hume Highway and the Boorhaman-Springhurst Road, approximately 1 kilometre south of Springhurst township
westerly along that road for approximately 100 metres, across the North-Eastern Railway, to its junction with an unnamed road that runs north-east through Springhurst township
north-easterly along that road to its junction with the Rutherglen‑Springhurst Road in Springhurst
northerly along that road to its junction with the Chiltern‑Rutherglen Road in Rutherglen
north-westerly along that road for approximately 150 metres to its junction with the Murray Valley Highway
north-westerly along that highway approximately 750 metres to its junction with the Rutherglen-Wahgunyah Road
generally north-westerly along that road to the Victoria-New South Wales border on the southern bank of the Murray River at Wahgunyah
generally easterly and southerly along that border to the junction of Omeo Creek and the Murray River at the point where the boundary began.
AREA 2: BENDIGO DJA DJA WRUNG ABORIGINAL ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED
The boundary of Area 2 begins at the junction of the Calder Highway and the Donald-Swan Hill Road at Dumosa, and continues progressively:
generally southerly along the Calder Highway to its junction with the Charlton-St Arnaud Road at Charlton
southerly along that road to Coonooer
south-easterly along the Coonooer-Gower-Logan Road to its junction with the Wedderburn Road at Gowar East
south-westerly along that road for approximately 500 metres to its junction with the Carapooee-Gowar East Road
generally southerly along that road to its junction with the Bendigo‑St Arnaud Road approximately 1 kilometre west of Kooreh
generally south-easterly along that road to Moliagul and Dunolly
south-south-easterly along the Maryborough-Dunolly Road through the township of Bet Bet to its junction with the Bendigo‑Maryborough Road in Havelock
south-south-westerly along that road to its junction with the Pyrenees Highway in Maryborough
generally east-south-easterly along that highway to its junction with the Daylesford-Newstead Road in Newstead
south-easterly along that road to its junction with the Newstead Guildford Road in Strangways
generally east-south-easterly along that road to its junction with the Midland Highway in Guildford
northerly for 2.5 kms along that highway to its junction with the Vaughan Springs Road
generally south-easterly and easterly along that road through the townships of Yapeen and Vaughan to its junction with the Drummond Vaughan Road
generally southerly along that road through the settlement of Glenluce and then easterly to its junction with the Malmsbury‑Daylesford Road
north-easterly along that road to its junction with the Calder Highway in Malmsbury
generally south-easterly along that highway to its junction with Ebden Street in Kyneton
northerly along Ebden Street, which becomes the Redesdale Road, to its junction with the road to Pipers Creek on the northern boundary of Kyneton township
easterly along that road to its junction with the Kyneton-Baynton Road
north-easterly along that road to its junction with the road to Sidonia and the road to Pastoria East
easterly along the Kyneton-Baynton Road through Pastoria East
generally north-easterly along that road to Baynton
generally easterly along the road to Emu Flat
generally easterly along the road to Pyalong
easterly along the road to Glenaroua
generally east-north-easterly along the road to Tallarook to its junction with the road to Hilldene, approximately 6.5 kms west of Tallarook
north-easterly along that road to its junction with the Seymour‑Tooborac Road
easterly along that road to its junction with the Hume Freeway
southerly along that freeway to its junction with the road from Glenaroua to Tallarook
south-easterl
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