What does a desktop assessment include?
61 What does a desktop assessment include?
For the purposes of section 53(2) of the Act, a desktop assessment of an activity area must include research into information relating to Aboriginal cultural heritage in or associated with the activity area, including the following—
a search of the Register for information relating to the activity area;
an identification and determination of the geographic region of which the activity area forms a part that is relevant to the Aboriginal cultural heritage that may be present in the activity area;
a review of reports and published works about Aboriginal cultural heritage in the geographic region referred to in paragraph (b);
a review of historical and ethno-historical accounts of Aboriginal occupation of the geographic region referred to in paragraph (b);
a review of the landforms or geomorphology of the activity area;
a review of the history of the use of the activity area.
A desktop assessment may include the collection and review of oral history relating to the activity area.
The statute text is free to read above. View Pro plans to unlock the case-law research tools for each provision.