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NSW Department of Environment and Conservation
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee
Top row left to right: Stephen Ryan, James Ingram, Glenda Chalker, Victor Perry , Jason Field Bottom
row left to right: Maureen O’Donnell, Viola Brown, Mary Duroux and Lavinia Duroux. (Yvonne Stewart
is the other ACHAC member, but was unable to attend).
The Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
Advisory Committee was established
in 2006 with the primary role of
advising the Minister for the
Environment and the Director General
of the Department of Environment and
Conservation on any matter relating to
the identification, assessment and
management of Aboriginal cultural
heritage in NSW.
The Department of Environment and
Conservation sought nominations of
Aboriginal people involved in cultural
heritage matters in their local
communities and who have an
understanding of cultural heritage
management issues.
The Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
Advisory Committee was appointed
by the Minister for the Environment in
March 2006. Committee members
serve a term of three years and the
Committees consists of one
representative from the NSW
Aboriginal Land Council and ten
representatives nominated from
either: Aboriginal Elders groups;
registered native title claimants;
and/or registered Aboriginal owners
under the NSW Aboriginal Land
Rights Act 1983.
The Minister for the Environment
inducted the Committee at their first
workshop together at NSW
Parliament House in May 2006. Since
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