Parafield Airport - Impacts to Aboriginal Heritage - Consultation with interested Aboriginal parties, under section 13 of Aboriginal Heritage Act, 1988

Are you a Traditional Owner or Aboriginal party with an interest in Aboriginal heritage in the vicinity of Parafield Airport?

What’s being decided?

We want to hear from you about a proposal from Parafield Airport Ltd (Applicant) to carry out archaeological salvage works of Aboriginal heritage to facilitate the construction of multiple commercial/industrial warehouse developments including carparking and landscaping (Project). As the Project will involve ground-disturbing works that will impact, and require excavation of, heritage, the Applicant has sought authorisations under sections 21 and 23 of the Act.

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

Background

Before giving any authorisations under the Act, section 13 requires the Minister to consult with Traditional Owners, the State Aboriginal Heritage Committee (Committee) and any other Aboriginal parties that may have an interest in the matter.

Get involved

An Aboriginal Community consultation meeting will be held for Traditional Owners and any other interested Aboriginal parties from 6:00 pm on Wednesday 15 April 2026 at Yitpi Yartapuultiku, 1300 Old Port Rd, Port Adelaide SA 5015

Please RSVP for catering purposes

To RSVP to attend the Aboriginal Community consultation meeting, please:

Submissions

If you are a Traditional Owner or an interested Aboriginal party, please consider making a submission.

When making a submission, consider and respond to at least the following questions:

  1. What are your views on the authorisations the Applicant is seeking?
  2. If the authorisations are given, would you seek that the authorisations be conditioned in any way? Please provide example conditions
  3. What are your views on the Project proceeding as planned?
  4. What are your views on the impacts to Aboriginal heritage that the Project currently proposes?
  5. What are your views on the Applicant’s proposed protection and management of Aboriginal heritage should impacts to Aboriginal heritage be authorised?
  6. Do you have any other views you wish to share with the Minister before they decide this application?

CONSULTATION CLOSES ON THURSDAY 1 May 2026.

What are the next steps?

How your submission will be used

Once the consultation period has closed, submissions and the Applicant’s responses to them will be provided to the Committee, and the Committee’s advice will then be sought.

All submissions, the Applicant’s responses to them, the Committee’s advice and AAR’s recommendations will be forwarded to the Minister to assist the Minister to decide the application.

More information

Current applications under the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988 | Attorney-General's Department

To give your views. request further information or to be notified once a decision is made, please contact:

Email: aar.heritagesubmissions@sa.gov.au

Jeremy Sibbald

Senior Project Officer (Heritage)

Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, Attorney General’s Department

Mail: GPO Box 464, ADELAIDE SA 5001

Telephone: (08) 7322 7821

Are you a Traditional Owner or Aboriginal party with an interest in Aboriginal heritage in the vicinity of Parafield Airport?

What’s being decided?

We want to hear from you about a proposal from Parafield Airport Ltd (Applicant) to carry out archaeological salvage works of Aboriginal heritage to facilitate the construction of multiple commercial/industrial warehouse developments including carparking and landscaping (Project). As the Project will involve ground-disturbing works that will impact, and require excavation of, heritage, the Applicant has sought authorisations under sections 21 and 23 of the Act.

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

Background

Before giving any authorisations under the Act, section 13 requires the Minister to consult with Traditional Owners, the State Aboriginal Heritage Committee (Committee) and any other Aboriginal parties that may have an interest in the matter.

Get involved

An Aboriginal Community consultation meeting will be held for Traditional Owners and any other interested Aboriginal parties from 6:00 pm on Wednesday 15 April 2026 at Yitpi Yartapuultiku, 1300 Old Port Rd, Port Adelaide SA 5015

Please RSVP for catering purposes

To RSVP to attend the Aboriginal Community consultation meeting, please:

Submissions

If you are a Traditional Owner or an interested Aboriginal party, please consider making a submission.

When making a submission, consider and respond to at least the following questions:

  1. What are your views on the authorisations the Applicant is seeking?
  2. If the authorisations are given, would you seek that the authorisations be conditioned in any way? Please provide example conditions
  3. What are your views on the Project proceeding as planned?
  4. What are your views on the impacts to Aboriginal heritage that the Project currently proposes?
  5. What are your views on the Applicant’s proposed protection and management of Aboriginal heritage should impacts to Aboriginal heritage be authorised?
  6. Do you have any other views you wish to share with the Minister before they decide this application?

CONSULTATION CLOSES ON THURSDAY 1 May 2026.

What are the next steps?

How your submission will be used

Once the consultation period has closed, submissions and the Applicant’s responses to them will be provided to the Committee, and the Committee’s advice will then be sought.

All submissions, the Applicant’s responses to them, the Committee’s advice and AAR’s recommendations will be forwarded to the Minister to assist the Minister to decide the application.

More information

Current applications under the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988 | Attorney-General's Department

To give your views. request further information or to be notified once a decision is made, please contact:

Email: aar.heritagesubmissions@sa.gov.au

Jeremy Sibbald

Senior Project Officer (Heritage)

Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, Attorney General’s Department

Mail: GPO Box 464, ADELAIDE SA 5001

Telephone: (08) 7322 7821

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