Managing Kakadu's Cultural Heritage
The following are the aims of cultural heritage management in Kakadu:
- to make sure that the World Heritage attributes of the park are protected and that traditional owners control the management of their cultural heritage and cultural material in the park;
- to encourage and support the recording and management of Bininj/Mungguy oral cultural heritage material;
- to actively support the maintenance of Aboriginal oral cultural heritage, in keeping with the wishes of traditional owners;
- to record and protect areas of significance in line with the wishes of traditional owners and site custodians;
- to protect and conserve rock art and other archaeological sites in line with the wishes of traditional owners;
- when requested by traditional owners, to arrange for Aboriginal artefacts to be returned to Kakadu and to arrange appropriate access to such artefacts;
- to make sure the post-contact historical sites in Kakadu are adequately recorded and conserved.
More details about the management of cultural heritage in Kakadu can be found in:
- the Managing the Cultural Heritage of the park Section of the Kakadu National Park Management Plan
- the book entitled Kakadu: Natural and Cultural Heritage and Management (Press et al. 1995)