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Cultural heritageBefore beginning restoration work in areas thatmay hold cultural significance, it is appropriateand respectful to assess all issues. Some statesand territories require this. Contact your localgovernment or natural resource managementauthority for information about appropriateprocedures. Copies of the laws summarised inTable 4 are available online from Australasian LegalInformation Institute at www.austlii.edu.au.The Australian Heritage Database containsinformation for over 20,000 natural, historic andindigenous places. Searching by local governmentarea provides a list of heritage places in eachlocality. The database is accessible online fromDepartment of Sustainability, Environment, Water,Population and Communities at www.environment.gov.au/heritage/ahdb. It should be noted that thisis not be a comprehensive register of culturallysignificant places.Previously unknown sites of Indigenous culturalsignificance are frequently revealed during thecourse of on-ground works. A useful introductionto identification, consultation and managementof new sites titled Ask First: A guide to respectingIndigenous heritage places and values is availableonline from the Australian Heritage Council www.environment.gov.au/heritage/ahc/publications/commission/books/ask-first.html.A guide for protecting and conserving Aboriginallandscapes called Bushcare With Care Guideis available online from Sydney MetropolitanCatchment Management Authority at http://sydney.cma.nsw.gov.au/content/view/68/32/.Natural resource management officers can helpwith questions about Aboriginal heritage. State,territory and regional contacts are available onlinefrom Caring for our Country at www.nrm.gov.auand search for ‘contacts’.Most states and territories maintain Indigenousheritage site registers. Because of the sensitiveand vulnerable nature of many sites, access tosome information may be restricted and requirean application process. As well as accessinginformation, it is equally important to reportpreviously unknown sites for entry into the databases.For more information, contact the governmentagency responsible for managing each register.Table 4. Cultural heritage legislation and informationAct Register and managing agency WebsiteACT Heritage Act 2004Heritage Objects Act 1991NSW Heritage Act 1977National Parks and Wildlife Amendment(Aboriginal Ownership) Act 1996NT Aboriginal Sacred Sites Act 1989Heritage Conservation Act 1991QLD Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003Torres Strait Islander Cultural HeritageAct 2003Queensland Heritage Act 1992SA Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988Heritage Act 1994TAS Aboriginal Relics Act 1975Historic Cultural Heritage Act 1995VIC Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006Heritage Act 1994WA Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972Heritage of Western Australia Act 1990Heritage RegisterEnvironment and Sustainable Development DirectorateState Heritage RegisterOffice of Environment and HeritageRegister of Sacred SitesAboriginal Areas Protection AuthorityAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural HeritageRegisterDepartment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander andMulticultural AffairsHeritage Sites DatabaseDepartment of Planning, Transport and InfrastructureTasmanian Aboriginal Site IndexDepartment of Primary Industries, Parks, Water andEnvironmentVictorian Aboriginal Heritage RegisterDepartment of Planning and Community DevelopmentRegister of Aboriginal SitesDepartment of Indigenous AffairsFederal Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999Australian Heritage Commission Act 1975www.environment.act.gov.au/heritage/heritage_registerwww.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/heritagesearch.aspxwww.aapant.org.au/www.datsima.qld.gov.au/atsis/aboriginal-torres-strait-islanderpeoples/indigenous-cultural-heritagewww.planning.sa.gov.au/go/heritagesearchhttp://www.aboriginalheritage.tas.gov.au/tasmanian-aboriginal-siteindex-(tasi)www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/heritage/victorian-heritage-register/Victorianaboriginal-heritage-registerwww.dia.wa.gov.au/en/Site-Search/Register-of-Aboriginal-sites/114