Heritage

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Reform of Indigenous heritage protection laws - submissions received

Improving protection for Indigenous traditional areas and objects

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  Submission Organisation Suburb State
1  Dr Zeny Edwards (PDF - 1.5 MB) n/a Turramurra NSW
2  Allan Hall - YEAC (PDF - 6 MB) Yuwaaliaay Elders Aboriginal Corporation Lightning Ridge NSW
3  Phil Baker - APA (PDF - 451 KB) Adelaide and Parafield Airports Adelaide SA
4  Peter Webster - Purfleet-Taree LALC(PDF - 1.1 MB) Purfleet-Taree Local Aboriginal Land Council Taree NSW
5  Dr John R Wilson (PDF - 2.9 MB) n/a Quoiba TAS
6  Judith Carr - SAHC (PDF - 236 KB) South Australian Heritage Council Adelaide SA
7  Dr Brian Reid - HAC (PDF - 525 KB) Heritage Advisory Council Darwin NT
8  Marion Fulker - HCWA (PDF - 514 KB) Heritage Council of Western Australia Perth WA
9  Geoff Mercer - EE (PDF - 4.5 MB) Ergon Energy Ltd Rockhampton QLD
10  Peter C. Sims OAM (PDF - 2.48 MB) n/a Quoiba TAS
11  John Stewart AM - NFF (PDF - 312 KB) National Farmers' Federation Kingston QLD
12  David Watts - AHO (PDF - 313 KB) Aboriginal Heritage Office (Northern Region) Sydney NSW
13  Robert G. Bednarik - IFRAO AURA (PDF - 657 KB) International Federation of Rock Art Organisations & Australian Rock Art Research Association Caufield South VIC
14  Dr Janet Hunt - CAEPR (PDF - 130 KB) Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy & Research, ANU Canberra ACT
15  Keith Clarke AH (PDF - 241 KB) Aboriginal Hostels Ltd Canberra ACT
16  Heather Ridout AIG (PDF - 105 KB) Australian Industry Group North Sydney NSW
17  Ernst Willheim (PDF - 184 KB) n/a Canberra ACT
18  Malcolm O'Dell CDNTS (PDF - 126 KB) Central Desert Native Title Services Ltd Perth WA
19  Colin Williams NLALC (PDF - 161 KB) Ngambri Local Aboriginal Land Corporation Queanbeyan NSW
20  Dr Ian McNiven - AAA (PDF - 301 KB) Australian Archaeological Association Inc Clayton VIC
21  Carol Williams (PDF - 518 KB) n/a St Helens TAS
22  Philippa Morrissey (PDF - 676 KB) Telstra Corporation Ltd Sydney NSW
23  The Hon Elizabeth Evatt AC (PDF - 55 KB) n/a Darlinghurst NSW
24  Damien Ryan & Rex Mooney - ASTC (PDF - 451 KB) Alice Springs Town Council Alice Springs NT
25  Mark Holden - UTS (PDF - 337 KB) Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, UTS Broadway NSW
26  Geoff Scott - NSWALC (PDF - 584 KB) New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council Parramatta NSW
27  Genevieve Jones (PDF - 638 KB) n/a Bli Bli QLD
28  Parry Agius & Neil E Gillespie - SANTS & ALRM (PDF - 137 KB) South Australian Native Title Services & Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement Adelaide SA
29  Neva Collings - ANEDO (PDF - 242 KB) Australian Network of Environmental Defender's Offices Sydney NSW
30  Bernice Murphy (PDF - 167 KB) Museums Australia Canberra ACT
31  Dr Phillip Clark - SAM (PDF - 746 KB) South Australian Museum Adelaide SA
32  Dr Stephen Sparkes - NNTT (PDF - 297 KB) National Native Title Tribunal Perth WA
33  Oona Nicolson - AACAI VIC (PDF - 130 KB) Australian Association of Consulting Archaeologists Inc Armadale VIC
34  George McKenzie - LGASA, SACME, SAFF, SANTS, WFSA (PDF - 7.5 MB) State Aboriginal Heritage Committee, Aboriginal Congress of South Australia Inc, Local Government Association of South Australia Inc, South Australian Chamber of Mines and Energy Inc, South Australian Farmers Federation Inc, South Australian Native Title Services Ltd & Wildcatch Fisheries SA Inc Adelaide SA
35  Denese Williams - Brungle/Tumut LALC (PDF - 2.7 MB) Brungle/Tumut Local Aboriginal Land Council Tumut NSW
36  Kim Evans - DPIPWE (PDF - 1.4 MB) Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Tasmania Hobart TAS
37  Professor John Langmore - ANPAC (PDF - 49 KB) Anglican National Public Affairs Commission North Melbourne VIC
38  Professor Vivien Johnson (PDF - 3.9 MB) n/a Sydney NSW
39  Julieanne Alroe - BA (PDF - 328 KB) Brisbane Airports Brisbane Airport QLD
40  Professor Mick Dodson AM - NCIS (PDF - 1.45 MB) National Centre for Indigenous Studies, ANU Canberra ACT
41  Dr Darryl McIntyre - NFSA (PDF - 1.44 MB) National Film and Sound Archive Canberra ACT
42  John Fraser - JA (PDF - 484 KB) Jandakot Airport Jandacot WA
43  Peter Callaghan - CYLCAC (PDF - 1.04 MB) Cape York Land Council Aboriginal Corporation Cairns QLD
44  Darren Brown - AMEC (PDF - 70KB) Association of Mining and Exploration Companies Inc East Perth WA
45  Dr Craig Muller - GLSC (PDF - 550KB) Goldfields Land and Sea Council Perth WA
46  Brian Wyatt - NNTC (PDF - 421 KB) National Native Title Council & Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation Perth WA
47  Professor Lee Godden (PDF - 233 KB) Melbourne Law School, UoM Carlton VIC
48  Dr Lisa Strelein - AIATSIS (PDF - 189 KB) Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Acton ACT
49  Dr Susan McIntyre-Tamwoy - ICOMOS (PDF - 626 KB) Australia ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) Burwood VIC
50  Ross Chadwick - WAM (PDF - 731 KB) Western Australian Museum Welshpool WA
51  Warwick Oackman - AAADA (PDF - 79 KB) Australian Antique and Art Dealers Association Malvern VIC
52  Patrick Dodson - YNTHAC (PDF - 213 KB) Yawuru Native Title Holders Aboriginal Corporation Broome WA
53  Margaret Birtley - CCA (PDF - 89 KB) Collections Council of Australia Adelaide SA
54  Craddock Morton - NMA (PDF - 41 KB) National Museum of Australia Acton ACT
55  David Ross & Kim Hill - CLC, NLC (PDF - 521 KB) Central Land Council & Northern Land Council Alice Springs NT
56  David Galvin - ILC (PDF - 728 KB) Indigenous Land Corporation Curtin ACT
57  Louise Robinson - Nambucca Heads LALC (PDF - 3.81 MB) Nambucca Heads Local Aboriginal Land Council Nambucca Heads NSW
58  Leah Brown - NQLC (PDF - 4.91 MB) North Queensland Land Council Cairns QLD
59  Aileen Blackburn - NNNMAC (PDF - 716 KB) Nindi Ngujarn Ngarigo Monero Aboriginal Corporation Cann River VIC
60  Melanie Stutsel - MCA (PDF - 67 KB) Minerals Council of Australia Kingston ACT
61  Rana Koroglu - NTSCOR (PDF - 274 KB) NTSCORP Redfern NSW
62  Julia Taylor - KLC (PDF - 4.41 MB) Kimberley Land Council Broome WA
63  John T Kris - TSRA (PDF - 288 KB) Torres Strait Regional Authority Thursday Island QLD
64  Michelle Young - NPYWCAC (PDF - 5.91 MB) Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women's Council Aboriginal Corporation Alice Springs NT
65  Melissa George - IAC (PDF - 395 KB) Indigenous Advisory Committee Canberra ACT
66  Western Australian Government (PDF - 980 KB) Western Australian Government Perth WA
67  New South Wales Government (PDF - 192 KB) New South Wales Government Sydney NSW
68  Government of South Australia (PDF - 34 KB) Government of South Australia Adelaide SA
69  Dr Meredith Foley (PDF - 141 KB) Council of Australasian Museum Directors Sydney NSW
70  Delwyn Everard (PDF - 653 KB) Arts Law Centre of Australia Woolloomooloo NSW
71  Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority (PDF - 1 MB) Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority Darwin NT
72  Urban Taskforce Australia (PDF - 205 KB) Urban Taskforce Australia Sydney NSW
73  Queensland Government (PDF - 632 KB) Queensland Government Brisbane QLD
74  Victorian Government (PDF - 3 MB) Victorian Government Melbourne VIC
75  Eleanor Bourke (PDF - 3 MB) Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council Melbourne VIC
76  Tom Harley (PDF - 160 KB) Australian Heritage Council Canberra ACT

Confidentiality and privacy

Note that we will not regard your submission as confidential. In general we intend to publish all submissions on our website, enabling anyone with an interest in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 to see what other people think about reforming this legislation. However we reserve the right not to publish a submission or any part of a submission, at our discretion.

Anyone who visits our website will be able to view your submission and personal information, such as your name and address or any other information that could be used to identify you, if you include it in your submission. If you prefer we can conceal your address when we post your submission on our website. Please let us know if you want us to do this by ticking the box on page 4 of the submission form, or by including a similar statement if you make your submission in a different format.

We will use your submission to prepare advice for the Australian Government about options for reforming the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984. As is normally the case with this type of advice, we will advise the governments bout the views of individuals or groups who have and interest in the legislation. This could mean that we provide some of your personal information, such as your name, to government ministers and other departments, for example the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts.

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