Page 4397 - Week 11 - Thursday, 25 October 2018
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(8) Community engagement on the Tharwa Draft Village Plan found strong support for the upgrade of the Tharwa Explorer Track and the development of wider regional path connections (such as with the Namadgi Visitor’s Centre, the Gigerline Nature Reserve and Lanyon Homestead) including improved equestrian connections through Tharwa incorporating the Bicentennial National Trail. The final Tharwa Village Plan recommends the upgrade of the Tharwa Explorer Track, including the consideration of improved regional path connections and equestrian routes incorporating the Bicentennial National Trail.
(9) Grant funding has been provided specifically for further consultation and detailed planning with key stakeholders. The risks associated with proposed walking trail will be considered as part of the consultation process.
(10) The risk of the proposed trail impacting on the rural leaseholder’s farming operation and the likelihood of deprivation of income, devaluation of assets and compromise of his family’s security and privacy is considered low.
Lanyon Homestead received 50,000 visitors last year. The boundaries of Lanyon Historic Precinct are surrounded by the rural leasehold. There were no reported issues from the rural leaseholder as a result of the record number of visitors.
Notwithstanding, these issues will be discussed as part of the further consultation and detailed planning required of the Grant.
(11) The proposed trail follows an existing walking trail (Tharwa Explorer Track) and fire break linking Cuppacumbalong and Lanyon Homesteads along the Murrumbidgee River Corridor.
There are several walking tracks within the Lanyon Historic Precinct and the potential to utilise an existing trail to access the Murrumbidgee River Corridor will also be investigated.
(12) The Grant was awarded to the applicant, Ms Ali Wass, leaseholder of Cuppacumbalong Homestead, Tharwa.
The projects meets the following three 2018-19 funding priorities:
• Projects that provide partnership opportunities between community organisations and ACT Government agencies;
• Community projects that increase the utilisation, awareness and engagement in heritage places through education (of all ages), oral histories, tourism, interpretation and events;
• Aboriginal projects initiated by or involving the local Aboriginal community in local heritage activities.
(13) Evidence of consultation with relevant parties as required under the ‘ACT Heritage Grants Program Guidelines for Applications 2018-2019’ (the Guidelines) was provided by the applicant.
This included the requirement “that projects with Aboriginal heritage content must include evidence of consultation with the Representative Aboriginal Organisations (RAOs)”, a record of such consultation was provided as detailed in response to Q3.
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