Parks Victoria Annual Report 2000-01

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Left: Elders from Rumbalara Aboriginal Co-operative Limited and Parks Victoria staff at cross-cultural training in Mooroopna near Shepparton.Right: Minister Garbutt at a launch at South Channel Fort with Parks Victoria staff.Cultural HeritageStrengthening our relationships by working cooperatively withindigenous communities across the State has been one of themajor planks in our three-year plan for managing culturalvalues. During the year we held cultural awareness trainingprograms for our staff and consulted with indigenouscommunities about proposed projects, planning activities anddraft guidelines on working with Aboriginal communities.The training program, which will help staff build closeworking relationships with Aboriginal communities andorganisations, examined issues such as appropriateconsultation, relevant legislation and protectingimportant sites.This year’s highlights included:Indigenous PartnershipsThe indigenous community has a much stronger role indetermining Aboriginal cultural messages to visitors toBarmah State Park following an agreement with the YortaYorta Nation to deliver interpretive services at the DharnyaCentre. This agreement includes the secondment of two ParksVictoria cultural officers to the Yorta Yorta Nation. We alsomade significant progress in planning a partnership betweenthe Brambuk Aboriginal Cultural Centre and Parks Victoria’sHalls Gap Visitor Centre.Indigenous Cultural Awareness TrainingProminent Aboriginal elders and community members metwith 150 staff as part of a much-lauded and ground-breakingcross-cultural training program. Staff gained a clearerunderstanding and knowledge of indigenous culture andmore effective skills for interacting with Aboriginalcommunities.Indigenous Management GuidelinesThe completion of the draft Guidelines for Working withAboriginal Communities and Protection of Cultural Sitesmarked a major milestone in the development of ParksVictoria’s Indigenous Cultural Heritage Management Program.Other Programs• Indigenous Cultural Heritage Surveys – Increased staffawareness and survey work with Aboriginal Affairs Victoriahelped identify new sites of Aboriginal occupation at theEureka Mining Site, Leaghur State Park, Lake Boort WildlifeReserve, Discovery Bay Coastal Park, Wilsons PromontoryNational Park, Lysterfield Lake Park and ChurchillNational Park.• Indigenous Site Protection – With cooperation from localAboriginal communities, we protected many indigenoussites at Bunyip State Park, Plenty Gorge Parklands, CoronetBay, Sorrento Ocean Beach, Rosebud Foreshore, CaptainsCreek in Croajingolong National Park, Royals Creek and NewGuinea 2 Caves in Snowy River National Park, Point Hicksand the Koetong Rock Art site at Mt Lawson State Park.• Wimmera Native Title Integration Group – Parks Victoriaworked closely with the Wotjobaluk Traditional LandCouncil in establishing and facilitating the Wimmera NativeTitle Integration Group. Parks Victoria will consult with thisbody in managing Little Desert National Park and otherregional State and National parks.18
Heritage ProgramsParks Victoria has taken a more strategic and systematicapproach to managing the non-indigenous heritage assets inits care, with strong support from Heritage Victoria. To ensurethe long-term care of these cultural treasures, Parks Victoriahas refined its management program and planning processes,developed a heritage strategy and worked to maintain anddevelop business partnerships. Protecting and presenting theState’s mining heritage sites has been a major focus of ourwork this year, coinciding with the 150th anniversary of golddiscovery in Victoria. Local communities have been heavilyinvolved in developing many of these projects.This year’s highlights included:Directions in Historic Places ManagementWe have developed a draft heritage strategy that takes ahistorical thematic approach to managing more than 2500historic places.Mount Alexander DiggingsWe received the 2000 Innovation and Best Practice(Corporate) Award from Parks and Leisure Australia forour work with Mt Alexander Shire, NRE and Heritage Victoriain developing this historic tourism site.Heritage Action StatementsParks Victoria completed eight Heritage Action Statementsfor conservation works at Pontville Homestead, ViewbankHomestead Foundations, Point Cook Homestead, PovertyPoint Bridge, Wilsons Promontory Light Station, Point HicksLight Station, Heathcote Powder Magazine and SouthernGoldfields Historic Reserves.Other Programs• European Heritage Identification – Survey work atCastlemaine-Chewton Historic Reserve identified 300previously unknown sites of gold-era habitation. ParksVictoria is assisting Heritage Victoria in investigating aWorld Heritage site nomination based on Europeancultural themes for this area.• Restoration Projects – Our restoration program includedworks at Wilsons Promontory Light Station, EldoradoDredge, Drysdale Free Library, Mount Buffalo HistoricShelters, Wonthaggi State Coal Mine Rescue Station,Queenscliff Lifeboat Shed and the South Channel Fort.• Public Heritage Program – We received grants of $425,525for ten major conservation projects including Mount BuffaloHistoric Shelters, Wilsons Promontory Light Station, PovertyPoint Bridge in Mount Baw Baw National Park, QueenscliffPier Lifeboat Shed, Skipton Courthouse and Police Stables,Lal Lal Blast furnace, Grand Duke Mine at Timor, PointCook Homestead and Heatherlie Quarry in the Grampians.Wilsons Promontory Light Station.• 150th Anniversary of Gold – Parks Victoria played a key rolewith Manningham City Council and community groups tocelebrate the first registered Victorian gold discovery witha re-enactment at Warrandyte State Park.• Buchan Caves Grant – A $605,000 Regional InfrastructureDevelopment Fund grant allowed the upgrading of visitorfacilities and cave safety at Buchan Caves.• Collins Settlement – We began work on a FutureDirections Plan for the original 1803 Collins SettlementSite at Sorrento.19
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