EXECUTIVE SUMMARYEXECUTIVE SUMMARY

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

 The Australian War Memorial is currently developing the Australian War Memorial Heritage Register in conjunction with Australian War Memorial’s existing collection management database (MICA). The Register is a list of places and place elements which have been identified as having Commonwealth Heritage value.

 Navin Officer Heritage Consultants Pty Ltd was commissioned by Godden Mackay Logan to undertake an indigenous cultural heritage assessment of the Campbell and Mitchell precincts of the Australian War Memorial. The study included literature review, consultation with representative local Aboriginal groups and field surveys within the Campbell and Mitchell Precincts.

 The main objectives of this heritage study were to:

 Identify Aboriginal heritage within the study areas;

 Assess the significance of Aboriginal heritage sites within the study areas;

 Identify those sites that warrant permanent conservation and are a permanent constraint to disturbance within the study areas;

 Identify areas where further information is required to make an assessment on the heritage value of a site; and

 Provide management recommendations to achieve protection for those sites that warrant it.

 The study determined that:

 No Aboriginal sites have been previously identified within the study areas;

 No Aboriginal sites or areas of archaeological potential/sensitivity were identified in the Australian War Memorial Mitchell Precinct study area in the course of the current investigation. There are no indigenous heritage assets or constraints relating to the Australian War Memorial Mitchell Precinct; and

 One Aboriginal site, isolated find, AWM1, was identified in the Australian War Memorial Campbell Precinct study area in the course of the current investigation. The site has low archaeological values, but is valued by the local Aboriginal community and as such it meets Criterion (i) of the Commonwealth Heritage Listing criteria.

 It is recommended that:

 Site AWM1 be listed on the Australian War Memorial Heritage Register and ACT Heritage Register; and

 Impact to site AWM1 should be avoided, if disturbance is anticipated potential activities around the periphery of the site should be managed and the site fenced where appropriate to demarcate site boundary and to control access.

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