Aboriginal Heritage Act – Residential Development at Lot 78 Narnu Bay Drive, Hindmarsh Island
If you are a Traditional Owner or an Aboriginal party with an interest in Hindmarsh Island and surrounds, we want to hear from you.
What's being decided?
Ms Anne Sykes (Applicant) proposes to build a new two-storey house at Lot 78 Narnu Bay Drive, Hindmarsh Island SA, which is known to contain Aboriginal remains.
Under the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988 (SA) (Act), authorisations under sections 21 and 23 are required to excavate land for the purposes of uncovering Aboriginal sites, objects and/or ancestral remains (together, heritage) and to damage, disturb and/or interfere with heritage.
Your views will help decide whether ministerial authorisations should be granted to the Applicant to facilitate the proposed residential development.
Background
The Minister, who is responsible for the Act, has received an application for authorisations under the Act from the Applicant in relation to the construction of a new two-storey house at Lot 78 Narnu Bay Drive, Hindmarsh Island SA (Project).
The Project would involve the following works within a portion of the application area:
- extensive ground disturbing works, including excavation to create the lower level of the proposed house and achieve required surface levels, footings, retaining walls, septic and holding tanks and new concrete driveway
- trenching for stormwater pipes, plumbing, electrical cables and other services
- soil backfilling and removal of excess soil/material from the application area
- installation of rainwater tanks
- landscaping and installation of irrigation systems
- other supporting works that may be required to complete the Project.
Get involved
Section 13 of the Act requires the Minister to consult with relevant Traditional Owners, the State Aboriginal Heritage Committee (Committee) and any other Aboriginal people or organisations that he considers may have an interest in this matter.
If you are a Traditional Owner or an interested Aboriginal party, please read the Consultation Information Pack and consider responding to at least the following questions:
- Should the authorisations sought by the Applicant be granted? Why or why not?
- If the authorisations are granted, what conditions (if any) should be imposed on them?
- Will the Project provide you with any direct or indirect benefits (e.g., cultural, financial or personal)?
- Are there any other matters the Minister should consider when deciding this application?
If you wish to learn more, to lodge a submission and/or be notified once a decision in this matter has been made, you can:
- Call us on (08) 7424 6674
- Visit AAR’s website
- Email your feedback to AAR.CIR@sa.gov.au
- Post your feedback to:
Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation
Attorney-General’s Department
GPO Box 464, ADELAIDE SA 5001
See the Consultation Information Pack for further details on how to lodge a verbal or written submission.
AAR is available to assist people to record submissions if they have any difficulty in doing so.
Submissions must be received by AAR by Friday 28 February 2025.
What are the next steps?
You may request that AAR keeps any cultural information in your submission confidential. AAR will facilitate these requests, where possible, in line with procedural fairness principles. Otherwise, AAR will forward your submissions in full to the Applicant for optional comment. Once the public consultation has closed, AAR will forward all submissions received and any comments the Applicant may make about them to the Committee, whose views will also be sought.
AAR will provide all submissions, any responses the Applicant may make to them, the Committee’s advice, and its own recommendations to the Minister to allow him to make a final decision about the application.
