Page 601 - Week 02 - Thursday, 25 February 1993

MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, LAND AND PLANNING

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO 529

Aboriginal Sacred Sites

Mr Cornwell - asked the Minister for the Environment,

Land and Planning-

(1) Are there any Aboriginal sacred sites on Red Hill

and if so, what is being done to protect them.

Mr Wood - the answer to the Members question is as follows:

(1) I am not aware of any Aboriginal sacred sites on Red Hill.

There have not been any detailed archaeological

surveys of the area to record sites of Aboriginal

significance.. The draft management plan for

. Canberra Nature Park currently being prepared by my

Department proposes a systematic survey of this kind

for all nature park areas, including Red Hill.

All unrecorded Aboriginal sites in the ACT receive the protection of the Land (Planning and Environment) Act 1991