Appendix C - Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment - Peabody Energy

Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment
North Wambo Underground Mine Modification
Rhoda Perry advised verbally that Wonnarua Elders Council would be withdrawing their registration from
Wambo works and from the roster system. The next rostered group was Wanaruah Custodians Aboriginal
Corporation.
RPS sent out invitations to these twelve groups by mail, email, fax and telephone. Hunter Valley Cultural
Surveying could not be reached. The other eleven groups were contacted; however Ungooroo Cultural &
Community Services, HTO Environment Management Services, Wonn1 Contracting, Wonnarua Culture
Heritage and Wanaruah Custodians Aboriginal Corporation were unable to attend. Attempts were made to
contact Carrawonga Consultants and Hunter Valley Natural & Cultural Resource Management however they
were also unable to attend.
The following Aboriginal stakeholders attended the field survey investigation of the project area on Friday 29
July and Tuesday 2 August 2011 (Table 4).
Table 4 Registered Aboriginal parties who participated in the field survey July/August 2011
Organisation Name of Representative Date attended
Wanaruah Local Aboriginal Land Council Suzie Worth 29/07/2011
Hunter Valley Aboriginal Corporation Rhonda Griffiths 02/08/2011
Yinaar Cultural Services Kathleen Kinchela 02/08/2011
Ungooroo Aboriginal Corporation Allen Paget 02/08/2011
Giwiirr Consultants Barry Stair 02/08/2011
Upper Hunter Wonnarua Council Incorporated Georgina Berry 02/08/2011
In accordance with the ACHCRs, a first draft of this CHIA was provided to all registered stakeholders listed in
Table 2 (copies sent 23 December 2011) for review and comment. Comments on the draft CHIA were
requested (either verbally or in writing) by 27 January 2012.
Due to changes in the mine layout, additional surveys were undertaken on 4 April 2012. Refinements to the
layout (since December 2011) resulted in a reduction of subsidence extent by approximately 800 metres (m)
in the south-west, 530 m in the south, 215 m in the east and an extension of subsidence extent by 430 m in
the north.
A number of groups were contacted regarding the April 2012 field work but were unable to attend due to
illness, injury, family reasons or because they had no available sites officer, including: Ungooroo Culture &
Community Services; Kayaway Eco-Cultural & Heritage Services; Wonnarua Nation Aboriginal Corporation;
Muswellbrook Cultural Consultants; Upper Hunter Heritage Consultants; Mingga Consultants; and Culturally
Aware. Furthermore, Tocomwall was contacted but declined to participate. Sites Officers from three groups
attended the April 2012 field survey (Table 5).
Table 5 Registered Aboriginal parties who participated in the field survey April 2012
Organisation Name of Representative Date attended
Widescope Indigenous Group Steven Hickey 04/04/2012
Buudang
Larry Foley (formerly of Muronga
Gialinga)
04/04/2012
Cacatua Culture Consultants George Sampson 04/04/2012
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