Report Under Section 10(4) of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 on the Kakadu Conservation Zone
Description:... Report to the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs on the necessity to protect the Kakadu Conservation zone; report deals with sacred sites at Coronation Hill and the Bula complex within the Sickness country; history, location and description of the Conservation Zone; Aboriginal significance of the area; nature of threat; recommendations for protection; various Appendices including; Appendix A - Application by the Northern Land Council, Appendix B - correspondence, Appendix H - summaries of archaeological, anthropological and social impact reports, Appendix I - material from Resource Assessment Commission inquiry including; assessment of evidence for Jawoyn association with the area, Bula tradition, inheritance of land, territorial groupings, change in territorial affiliation and religious beliefs.
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