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Jilliby is an important cultural and historical area for Aboriginal people. There are more than 40 recorded Aboriginal sites in Jilliby, and the adjacent Watagans National Park also includes art sites, axe-grinding grooves and open campsites. Awabakal and Darkinjung People were the original inhabitants of Watagan Range, which once provided a rich range of food sources, …
Aboriginal people make up 4% of people living on the south coast, but they account for 80% of jail terms for fisheries offences since 2009, according to …
A number of grinding-stone quarries are known from the north of South Australia and Central Australia, some only recently studied in a systematic manner. M A Smith, I McBryde and J Ross. 2010. The economics of grindstone production at Narcoonowie quarry, Strzelecki Desert. Australian Aboriginal Studies 2010/1: 92-99.
In NSW, the protection and preservation of Aboriginal objects and places falls within the National Parks and Wildlife Act (NPW) 1974. This protects Aboriginal objects and Aboriginal places in NSW. Under the NPW Act, it is an offence to do any of the following things without an exemption or defence provided for under the NPW Act (penalties apply):
- Narrandera, NSW: The grinding stone is the largest stone implement in the Aboriginal stone tool kit. The grinding stone above is at least 60cm by 30cm, and the top stones are approximately 10-15cms in diameter. It is made from a quarried slab of sandstone, but they can also be made from largish flat pebbles. ...
Axe grinding grooves can be found on rocks beside a nearby creek. Evidence of Aboriginal occupation can also be found at Looking Glass Bay, Looking Glass Point, and Bill Mitchell Park. Lane Cove National Park: Over 40 sites have been recorded within the park, however it is known that many of these were on the river bank and were flooded by the ...
Seed grinding patches are areas of rock worn smooth by Aboriginal women grinding seeds. The women removed the husks, then placed the seeds (eg. acacia, grass, kurrajong and wattle) between a large flat rock and a smaller round rock. The seeds were then ground into flour, which was mixed with water to form a dough.
Aboriginal people demonstrated a sophisticated understanding of engineering, physics and aquaculture in the design of elaborate stone fish traps in NSW, and the 100 sq.km eel farm at Lake Condah in Victoria. They made these fish farms by creating complex systems of canals, linked weirs and ponds out of river stones.
The current Version 7.5 was produced by the now Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE) in 2020 at 50m resolution in Geographic Coordinate System (GCS). Each layer covers the extent of NSW. The suite of layers includes separate predictive layers for different Aboriginal site feature types.
How will we work with Aboriginal communities to manage cultural and natural values? The proposal will protect an important Aboriginal cultural landscape with ongoing cultural connections and many known sites, including rock art, grinding grooves, wells, occupation deposits in rock shelters and surface scatters, and the well-known rock art visitor site of Maiyingu Marragu.
Terramungamine Reserve Grinding Grooves. large image. What makes this area different is the fact you can actually camp alongside the Macquarie River and within 2 minutes you are at the Aboriginal gathering site. A steel grate look-down point, allows you to see the carvings. These rubbing grooves date back before 1901, in Cobb and Co days, when ...
The Tuggerah Lakes catchment's Indigenous heritage is both long-lasting and captivating. The Darkinjung land is home to the Darkinjung people who have lived around the lakes dating back to Aboriginal custodianship from up to 40,000 years ago. Their rich heritage is well-documented, with artefacts such as open campsites, axe-grinding grooves, rock engravings, burial areas …
Aboriginal painting, Baiame Cave, near Singleton, NSW, SardakaEvidence of Aboriginal occupation can be found in grinding grooves, scarred trees, engraving sites and artefact deposits. There are also documented ceremonial sites and burial places.
NSW Aboriginal Affairs Minister Don Harwin says the pilot supports NSW's commitment to the Closing the Gap agreement "by embedding Aboriginal customs and learnings into the justice system and ...
Seed Grinding Patches. Seed grinding patches are areas of rock worn smooth by Aboriginal women grinding seeds. The women removed the husks, then placed the seeds (eg. acacia, grass, kurrajong and wattle) between a large flat rock and a smaller round rock. The seeds were then ground into flour, which was mixed with water to form a dough.
ASDST Hearths Current Model. The Aboriginal Sites Decision Support Tool ASDST extends the Aboriginal Heritage Information Management System (AHIMS) by illustrating the potential distribution of site features recorded in AHIMS. ASDST was first developed in 2012 by the Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) to support landscape planning of ...
Top, Aboriginal silcrete quarry on an isthmus on the western shore of Lake Mungo in the Far West of NSW. Below, detail showing debris from tool making. References All information in this sheet has been sourced from the following references: • Andrews, E.C., 1911, Report on the Cobar Copper and Gold-Field, New South Wales
Canoelands 1. Summary: A significant Aboriginal site, which would have been of great importance in the ritual and mythology of the local tribe. The site includes cave art in different pigments dating over six periods, rock engravings and axe grinding grooves. One of the most impressive Aboriginal heritage sites around Sydney, Canoelands 1 was ...
Why don't we know about the oldest grinding stones in the world, found in Australia, or the crops cultivated by Aboriginal Australians? Bruce Pascoe is helping change that. This article was first published in Issue 136 (July–September 2016) of ReNew magazine. If you were asked who the world's first bakers were, what would your answer be?
Propose Aboriginal places and items for protection. Declaring Aboriginal Places is a way of recognising and legally protecting Aboriginal cultural heritage. Any land in NSW that is deemed to have special significance for Aboriginal culture, including public and private land, can be proposed for declaration as an Aboriginal Place. The NSW ...
Discovering Cultural Heritage. Lake Victoria was drained in 1994 for maintenance and as a result a lot of Aboriginal sites and artefacts were discovered. These included skeletons and burial sites, stone artefacts, scarred trees, grinding stones, spear heads, middens and more. Lake Victoria has one of the densest findings of Aboriginal culture ...
Writing about the centrality of land in NSW Aboriginal activism, historian Heather Goodall (1996) crafted a generous and sympathetic account of Aboriginal determination for land justice up until the 'Tent Embassy' protest in 1972. Continuing this linear narrative, I wrote about the government response to this long-standing demand with the passing of the 1983 NSW …
Axe grinding grooves can be found on rocks beside a nearby creek. Evidence of Aboriginal occupation can also be found at Looking Glass Bay, Looking Glass Point, and Bill Mitchell Park.
Fragments of grinding stones dating back 30,000 years to late in the Pleistocene Epoch have been found at the archaeological site at Cuddie Springs in western NSW. Large grinding stones such as this one were designed to be left at a camp site for use the next time the group moved there. Smaller grinding stones were carried between sites.
If you've already hit the Australian Museum, you won't have to go far to find your next Aboriginal educational adventure. A little more than 10 minutes' walk away is the Art Gallery of NSW and its wonderful Yiribana Gallery.With a permanent collection, as well as the Yiribana Project Space, hosting rotating exhibitions, you can learn about Aboriginal heritage and culture through bark …
A major survey of "NSW Sites of Significance" based on interviews with elders throughout NSW was undertaken by the NPWS 1973-1987 and this survey fed into two lists of Aboriginal relics and places which are now kept under the National Parks & Wildlife Act 1974.
Examples of Aboriginal occupation can be found in the Red Hands Cave, a rock shelter in the National Park at Glenbrook, where the art is believed to be between 500 -1600 years old. The cave walls display hand stencils from adults and children. On the way to the cave, along Campfire Creek, you can see Aboriginal axe grinding grooves.
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The Aboriginal Sites Decision Support Tool ASDST extends the Aboriginal Heritage Information Management System (AHIMS) by illustrating the potential distribution of site features recorded in AHIMS. ASDST was first developed in 2012 by the Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) to support landscape planning of Aboriginal Heritage.
Grinding stones are slabs of stone that Aboriginal people used to grind and crush different materials. Find out how to spot and protect them.