Nora Creina Golf and Tourism Resort Project

Consultation has concluded. Below is a record of the engagement.


Are you a Traditional Owner or Aboriginal party with an interest in the South East?

What's being decided?

We want to hear from you about a proposal from Nora Creina Golf and Tourism Resort Pty Ltd (Applicant) to build two golf courses and associated tourism infrastructure near Robe in the South East (Project).

Your views will help the Premier decide whether to authorise excavation, damage, disturbance or interference with Aboriginal heritage that would occur as a result of this Project.

The Project would involve the development of:

  • two 18-hole golf courses
  • practice greens
  • a building complex
  • car parking
  • on-site accommodation
  • a wellness retreat
  • vineyard
  • beef farm
  • internal roads
  • walking trails
  • a maintenance compound
  • associated infrastructure and services.

Background

The Premier of South Australia, who administers the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988 (SA) (Act), has received an application for authorisations under sections 21 and 23 of the Act from the Applicant.

The Applicant has sought the authorisations to help enable the Project, which would be undertaken across vegetated sand dunes and cleared grazing land near Nora Creina, approximately 15 km south of Robe. A map of the Application Area is available here.

Section 21 of the Act makes it an offence to excavate land to uncover any Aboriginal site, object or remains (Aboriginal heritage) without the Premier’s authorisation, while section 23 of the Act makes it an offence to damage, disturb or interfere with Aboriginal heritage without the Premier’s authorisation.

Prior to considering whether to grant the authorisations, section 13 of the Act requires the Premier to consult with Traditional Owners, the State Aboriginal Heritage Committee (Committee), and other Aboriginal parties that he thinks may have an interest in the matter.

Get involved

If you are a Traditional Owner or an Aboriginal party with an interest in the Application Area, please read the Consultation Information Pack or the Public Consultation Notice and consider the following three questions:

  1. Should the authorisations sought by the Applicant be granted? Why or why not?
  2. If granted, what conditions (if any) do you think should be imposed on them?
  3. What should the Premier be aware of when making his decision?

Have your say by:

  • calling us on (08) 8303 0742
  • emailing your feedback to DPC-AAR.CIR@sa.gov.au
  • posting your feedback to:
    Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation
    GPO Box 2343
    ADELAIDE SA 5001

See the Consultation Information Pack or the Public Consultation Notice for further details on how to lodge a verbal or written submission.

What are the next steps?

Unless otherwise requested, consultees submissions will be forwarded to the Applicant for comment. Once the public consultation period has closed, submissions and the Applicant’s comments about them will be forwarded to the Committee. The Committee’s own views about the application will then be sought. Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation will collate consultee submissions, the Applicant’s responses to them, the Committee’s advice, and its own recommendations to the Premier within a single brief to assist him to make a final decision about the application.

Are you a Traditional Owner or Aboriginal party with an interest in the South East?

What's being decided?

We want to hear from you about a proposal from Nora Creina Golf and Tourism Resort Pty Ltd (Applicant) to build two golf courses and associated tourism infrastructure near Robe in the South East (Project).

Your views will help the Premier decide whether to authorise excavation, damage, disturbance or interference with Aboriginal heritage that would occur as a result of this Project.

The Project would involve the development of:

  • two 18-hole golf courses
  • practice greens
  • a building complex
  • car parking
  • on-site accommodation
  • a wellness retreat
  • vineyard
  • beef farm
  • internal roads
  • walking trails
  • a maintenance compound
  • associated infrastructure and services.

Background

The Premier of South Australia, who administers the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988 (SA) (Act), has received an application for authorisations under sections 21 and 23 of the Act from the Applicant.

The Applicant has sought the authorisations to help enable the Project, which would be undertaken across vegetated sand dunes and cleared grazing land near Nora Creina, approximately 15 km south of Robe. A map of the Application Area is available here.

Section 21 of the Act makes it an offence to excavate land to uncover any Aboriginal site, object or remains (Aboriginal heritage) without the Premier’s authorisation, while section 23 of the Act makes it an offence to damage, disturb or interfere with Aboriginal heritage without the Premier’s authorisation.

Prior to considering whether to grant the authorisations, section 13 of the Act requires the Premier to consult with Traditional Owners, the State Aboriginal Heritage Committee (Committee), and other Aboriginal parties that he thinks may have an interest in the matter.

Get involved

If you are a Traditional Owner or an Aboriginal party with an interest in the Application Area, please read the Consultation Information Pack or the Public Consultation Notice and consider the following three questions:

  1. Should the authorisations sought by the Applicant be granted? Why or why not?
  2. If granted, what conditions (if any) do you think should be imposed on them?
  3. What should the Premier be aware of when making his decision?

Have your say by:

  • calling us on (08) 8303 0742
  • emailing your feedback to DPC-AAR.CIR@sa.gov.au
  • posting your feedback to:
    Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation
    GPO Box 2343
    ADELAIDE SA 5001

See the Consultation Information Pack or the Public Consultation Notice for further details on how to lodge a verbal or written submission.

What are the next steps?

Unless otherwise requested, consultees submissions will be forwarded to the Applicant for comment. Once the public consultation period has closed, submissions and the Applicant’s comments about them will be forwarded to the Committee. The Committee’s own views about the application will then be sought. Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation will collate consultee submissions, the Applicant’s responses to them, the Committee’s advice, and its own recommendations to the Premier within a single brief to assist him to make a final decision about the application.