Publications
Park management plan - pending finalisation | |
| Kosciuszko National Park huts - draft strategy | |
| On public exhibition to 17 June 2005. | |
Conservation management plan - pending finalisation | |
| Dharug National Park - Old Great North Road draft conservation management plan | |
| On public exhibition to 25 June 2004. | |
| Garigal National Park - draft conservation management plan for Bantry Bay Explosives Magazine Complex | |
| On public exhibition until 2 October 2002. | |
| Kosciuszko National Park - Currango Historic Precinct draft conservation management and interpretation plan | |
| On public exhibition until 16 April 2004. | |
| Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park - draft landscape plan for Barrenjoey Lighthouse | |
| On public exhibition to 26 February 2004. | |
| Myall Lakes National Park - Sugarloaf Point Lighthouse - draft conservation management plan | |
| Download and comment on this draft plan, which outlines NPWS plans to manage this historic lighthouse for recreation and tourism whilst maintaining the integrity of the site. | |
| World Heritage Nomination - Australian convict sites including the Old Great North Road | |
| The Australian Government, in partnership with state and territory governments, is preparing a nomination for World Heritage listing of 11 of Australia's convict sites. The part of the Old Great North Road in Dharug National Park is one of four sites in New South Wales included in the nomination. | |
Policy - final | |
| Aboriginal cultural heritage: standards and guidelines kit (PDF - 602KB) | |
| The standards and guidelines in this kit help promote predictability, transparency and best practice in Aboriginal heritage management. | |
| Protecting Aboriginal objects and places - interim guidelines for community consultation | |
| These interim requirements are for people seeking an approval under Part 6 of the National Parks and Wildlife Act. They explain the requirements for Aboriginal community consultation when a proposed activity will affect Aboriginal objects or places. | |
Cultural heritage books | |
| A history of the Aboriginal people of the Illawarra | |
| This book provides a thematic history of the Aboriginal people in the Illawarra area, south of Sydney, from 1770 to 1970. | |
| A multicultural landscape: national parks and the Macedonian experience | |
| This book focuses on the significance of Royal National Park to Sydney's Macedonian community. Download a copy, or order from the Government Online Bookshop. | |
| Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Regional Studies: an illustrative approach | |
| This report presents a general approach to conducting an assessment of Aboriginal cultural heritage at a regional scale. | |
| Aboriginal scarred trees in NSW - a field manual | |
| Download this book, which aims to help record Aboriginal scarred trees and distinguish between Aboriginal scarring and scars that are the result of natural processes such as tree disease and lightning strikes. | |
| Aboriginal women's heritage - Bourke | |
| Download this booklet, in which ten Aboriginal women describe their experiences of living and working around Bourke in the state's north west. | |
| Aboriginal women's heritage - Brungle & Tumut | |
| Download this booklet, in which nine Aboriginal women describe their experiences of living and working around Brungle and Tumut in the Snowy Mountains area of NSW. | |
| Aboriginal women's heritage - Nambucca | |
| Download this book, which uses oral history interviews to map the relationship between Aboriginal women and the coastal landscape of the Nambucca Valley. | |
| Aboriginal women's heritage - Nowra | |
| Download this booklet, in which nine Aboriginal women describe their experiences of living and working around Nowra on the NSW south coast. | |
| Aboriginal women's heritage - Port Stephens | |
| Download this booklet, in which nine Aboriginal women describe their experiences of living and working around Nowra on the NSW south coast. | |
| Aboriginal women's heritage - Wollongong | |
| Download this booklet, in which nine Aboriginal women describe their experiences of living and working around Wollongong on the NSW south coast. | |
| After Captain Cook: the archaeology of the recent Indigenous past in Australia | |
| This volume describes recent research on the historical archaeology of Aboriginal Australia, and the shared history of Aboriginal and settler Australians after 1788. Find out more, and buy the publication on other websites. | |
| Hill End - an historic Australian goldfields landscape | |
| This book, commissioned by the NPWS, integrates Hill End's landscape and architecture, its artefacts and relics and the personal histories of its current occupants and those long departed. It can be purchased online. | |
| Indigenous kinship with the natural world | |
| Download this report, which describes the social and religious affiliations Aboriginal people have towards plant and animal species, and outlines the implications of this 'totemism' for land management programs. | |
| Living Land Living Culture Aboriginal Heritage and Salinity | |
| This 90-page illustrated book is based on a two year research project to investigate the impact of salinity on Aboriginal culture and heritage in NSW. | |
| Lost but not forgotten - a guide to methods of identifying Aboriginal unmarked graves | |
| This NPWS publication helps Aboriginal communities, NPWS staff, consultant archaeologists and others to locate and conserve unmarked Aboriginal graves. | |
| Mapping attachment: a spatial approach to Aboriginal post-contact heritage | |
| This 'cultural mapping' study shows how Aboriginal people in NSW 'possess' their local landscapes by imprinting them with their life stories, histories, memories and emotions. Buy a copy from the NSW government's online bookshop. | |
| Moving landscapes - national parks and the Vietnamese experience | |
| This book looks into Vietnamese-Australian understandings of natural and cultural landscapes, and use of national parks by people of this cultural background. Download a copy. | |
| Murni, Dhungang, Jirrar: Living in the Illawarra - Aboriginal people and wild resource use | |
| This book is about Aboriginal people's uses of plants and animals in the Illawarra area, south of Sydney. | |
| Re-gendering the landscape in NSW | |
| Download this report, which considers the many ways by which landscape and gender are understood and represented. | |
| Remembering Country: history and memories of Towarri National Park | |
| Towarri National Park in the upper Hunter Valley was home and workplace to many people before it became a national park in 1998. Download this book, which celebrates their lives and their connection to the landscape. | |
| Revival, Renewal and Return: Ray Kelly and the NSW Sites of Significance Survey | |
| This publication reflects upon the career of the service's first Aboriginal employee, in particular his work on the documentation of Aboriginal heritage across NSW. | |
| Shared Landscapes: archaeologies of attachment and the pastoral industry in NSW | |
| This book tracks tracking the history of pastoral land-use changes in NSW, and presents new ways of understanding historic heritage in settler societies. You can purchase the book online. | |
| Social significance: a discussion paper | |
| Download this paper, which reviews the last three decades of NPWS cultural heritage research and management and suggests a more fluid approach to the assessment of cultural significance. | |
| Talk to Print - a step-by-step guide to publishing oral history | |
| Download this guide, which is designed to help Aboriginal people and Aboriginal organisations carry out and publish their own community-based oral history projects. | |
| Talking history: oral history guidelines | |
| These guidelines bring together theoretical and practical information to help researchers design and undertake oral history projects. Download a copy. | |
| The sea and the rock gives us a feed | |
| Download this study into the Gumbaingirr people's use of wild foods and medicines over the last 50 to 100 years in a small town on the NSW mid-north coast. | |
Cultural heritage report - final | |
| Guy Fawkes River National Park - wild horses heritage study | |
| Following a horse culling operation in Guy Fawkes River National Park in October 2000, a working party was formed to study the heritage value of wild horses in the park. Download the working party's final report on this difficult issue. | |
| Indigenous wellbeing - a framework for governments' Aboriginal cultural heritage activities | |
| A report examining government policies relating to wellbeing with a focus on Aboriginal culture and heritage. | |
| Oxley Wild Rivers National Park - history of Youdales Hut | |
| Youdales Hut is a slab-sided mustering hut, built in Oxley Wild Rivers National Park around 1941. This publication is a thematic history and conservation assessment of the hut, drawing from archival material, oral information and other sources. | |
| Sharing kinship with nature: how reconciliation is transforming the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service | |
| This project aims to show how the work practices of field staff such as rangers and area managers can recognise and adopt aspects of Aboriginal kinship with the natural world. | |
| Threatened species recovery planning and Aboriginal community involvement | |
| This discussion paper outlines some practical steps that can be taken to embed Aboriginal cultural values into NPWS decision-making during future recovery planning. | |
| Wellbeing: a framework for Aboriginal cultural heritage activities | |
| Report by the Allen Consulting Group to the Department, May 2006. The report presents a compilation of government policies, strategies and planning documents that address Aboriginal people's wellbeing. | |
| Women and landscape - western parks project | |
| Download this historical study of women and outback landscapes in western NSW. The report focuses on Mungo and Willandra national parks. | |
Park management plan - final | |
| Conservation management and cultural tourism plan for NPWS lighthouses | |
| Download this plan, which explains how the NPWS will protect the cultural heritage values of the historic lighthouses it manages, while still giving people the opportunity to enjoy these powerful monuments. | |
| Hill End Historic Site - master plan | |
| This plan which will inform and drive the current and future management of the site as a 'living community'. Adopted September 2003. | |
| Kinchega National Park - conservation management plan for former pastoral station sites | |
| Adopted September 2002. | |
| Mimosa Rocks National Park - conservation management plan for the Penders site | |
| This plan guides the management of 'Penders', the holiday retreat of architect Roy Grounds and Ken Myer, which is now part of Mimosa Rocks National Park. Download a copy. | |
| Mungo National Park - historic heritage plan | |
| Mungo National Park lies on the site of two old pastoral stations. Download the conservation management and cultural tourism plan for the park's wealth of historic heritage. | |
| Quarantine Station | |
| Download these plans, which set the direction for the management of the North Head Quarantine Station in Sydney Harbour National Park. | |
| Royal National Park - cabins conservation management plan | |
| There are around 200 historic cabins in Royal National Park, occupied for short-term recreational use. Download this plan, which guides NPWS policy development for the cabins. | |
| Sydney Harbour National Park - Quarantine Station conservation management plan | |
| Adopted 2000. Download this plan, which sets the direction for conservation of the North Head Quarantine Station in Sydney Harbour National Park. | |
| Sydney Harbour National Park - Quarantine Station detailed area conservation management plan | |
| Adopted 2001. This is the second in a series of documents which aim to help determine the cultural significance and management strategies for the Quarantine Station at North Head. Download the plan. | |
Conservation management plan - final | |
| Royal National Park - proposed boatramp at Bonnie Vale | |
| Includes the review of environmental factors, heritage impact statement and conservation management plan related to this proposal. Adopted May 2001. | |
Cultural heritage newsletters | |
| Culture and Heritage newsletter - June 2007 | |
| Welcome to the first edition of the Culture and Heritage newsletter. The purpose of this newsletter is to inform you, the community and our government colleagues, of how the Culture and Heritage Division is working to protect, promote and revitalise our culture and heritage. By doing so, we hope to foster a better understanding of our role and how we can work with you to ensure our culture and heritage are available for current and future generations to enjoy and, through understanding our past, help to fashion a better future. | |
Brochures and factsheets | |
| Cultural heritage on private land (PDF - 172KB) | |
| This advisory note outlines the importance, identification and management of Aboriginal heritage values on private land. | |
Page last updated: 16 September 2008