Heritage

Historic shipwrecks

Submissions

SS Nord (1915) Tasmania. Source: Mark Spencer

SS Nord (1915) Tasmania.
Source: Mark Spencer

The period for written public submissions has now closed. The Secretariat is currently processing all submissions received.

On Thursday 4 June 2009 the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts announced the review of the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976 and consideration of the requirements arising from the UNESCO 2001 Convention for the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage Discussion Paper. This coincided with the release of a discussion paper which identifies the main issues being considered under the review. Submissions were also requested in response to the terms of reference for the review.

If you are unable to read a submission, please contact us.

 

Submissions received

Submitter Suburb State or
Territory
 Australia ICOMOS (PDF - 74 KB) Burwood VIC
 Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology (PDF - 391 KB) Fremantle WA
 Australian Hydrographic Service (PDF - 579 KB) Wollongong NSW
 Australian National Maritime Museum (PDF - 487 KB) Darling Harbour NSW
 Dr John Bach (PDF - 30 KB) Coal Point NSW
 Collections Council of Australia Ltd (PDF - 707 KB) Adelaide SA
 Cosmos Archaeology Pty Ltd (PDF - 335 KB) Maroubra NSW
 Mr David Cowan (PDF - 88 KB) West lake SA
 Department of Environment and Climate Change (PDF - 394 KB) Sydney NSW
Department of Environment and Resource Management (Confidential) Brisbane QLD
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts - Collections Branch (Confidential) Civic ACT
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts - Compliance Support Unit (Confidential) Civic ACT
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Confidential) Civic ACT
 Department of Lands (PDF - 912 KB) Sydney NSW
 Department of Natural Resources, Environment, the Arts and Sport (PDF - 103 KB) Palmerston NT
 Department of Planning, Heritage Branch (PDF - 565 KB) Parramatta NSW
 Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (PDF - 954 KB) Hobart TAS
 Department of Primary Industries, Fisheries Victoria (PDF - 47 KB) Warranbool VIC
 Ellengowan Enterprises (PDF - 178 KB) Alawa NT
 Dr Craig Forrest (PDF - 1,014 KB) St Lucia QLD
 Heritage Council of Victoria (PDF - 237 KB) Melbourne VIC
 Heritage Council of Western Australia (PDF - 345 KB) East Perth WA
 Heritage Victoria (PDF - 727 KB) Melbourne VIC
 Maritime Archaeological Association of Victoria (PDF - 1,461 KB) Newport VIC
 Museums Australia (PDF - 708 KB) Civic ACT
 Norfolk Island Museum (PDF - 874 KB) Kingston NFI
 NSW Maritime (PDF - 44 KB) Rozelle NSW
 Ocean Trek Diving Resort (PDF - 136 KB) Vincentia NSW
 Dr Patrick O'Keefe and Dr Lyndel Prott (PDF - 89KB) Toowoomba QLD
 PADI Asia Pacific Pty Ltd (3.2 MB) Frenches Forest NSW
 Royal Australian Navy (PDF - 74 KB) Canberra ACT
 Scuba Divers Federation of Victoria (PDF - 297 KB) Melbourne VIC
 South Pacific Divers Club (PDF - 504 KB) Bankstown NSW
 Associate Professor Mark Staniforth (PDF - 259 KB) Adelaide SA
 The Sydney Project (PDF - 232 KB) Glenorie NSW
 TDI/SDI (PDF - 291 KB) Willoughby NSW
 Western Australian Museum (PDF - 4.9 MB) Fremantle WA
 Mr Scott Willan (PDF - 653 KB) Sydney NSW

Confidentiality

Note that all submissions received will be published electronically on the review of the Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976 web site or in hard copy, unless the author of the submission specifically asks that it not be published.

You must indicate on your submission if you wish for your submission not be published. If you wish for your submission to not be published please mark your submission as 'Confidential' on page 1 of the submissions, and in any covering letter.

You should note that even if your submission is not published, the title of your submission and the name of the submitting organisation or individual will be published in the Report on the Review of the Historic Shipwrecks Act, and may be published online. If you wish to not have your details published please contact the Secretariat before making a submission.

The contact details of organisations or individuals making submissions that are published in the report or online will be limited to the name of the individual or organisation, suburb and State/Territory.

Questions about the review can be directed to the Secretariat by emailing HSreview@environment.gov.au or calling 1800 018 903.

Disclaimer

The material on this website contains the views or recommendations of third parties. This material does not necessarily reflect the views of this Department, or indicate a commitment to a particular course of action. The Commonwealth cannot verify the accuracy of information that has been provided by third parties.

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