MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING Befween Tweed Shire Council Aboriginql Advisory Commitlee ond Tweed Shire Council ond Converge Heriloge + Communily (Herein referred to os 'Porficiponts') 1. Preomble Tweed Shire Council hos engoged the services of Converge Heritoge + Community in o project to develop o fweed Shire AboriginolCulturolHeritoge Monogement PIon (The Project). Tweed Shire Council (TSC) ond Converge Heritoge + Community (Converge) recognises the Tweed Shire Council Aboriginol Advisory Committee (AAC) os o key stokeholder in lhe Project ond will consult, engoge ond seek direction from the Committee throughout the duroiion of lhe Project. ond Converge recognise thot the AAC includes representotion from o ronge of Aboriginol community groups including; the Tweed/Byron Locol Aboriginol Lond Council; Tweed/Wollumbin Aboriginol Educotion Consultotive Group; Minjungbol Museum ond Study Resource Centre;Tweed Cooperoiive Society; Conowindro Aged Core Focility; Tweed Corporotion for Spori (Stingroys) ond other community representoiives who moy provide odvice ond input on on "os needed" bosis. The AAC wishes to work with TSC ond Converge on lhe Project. TSC The Porficiponfs to this Memorondum of Understonding ocknowledge thot there is o Registered Notive Title Cloim ocross o smoll oreo in the north eost portion of the Shire. As such, Porticiponts ocknowledge the Gold Coost Notive Tiile Group (GCNTG) os stokeholders who moy olso be consulted for thot portion of cloim oreo which overlops the Tweed LGA. The Porticiponfs io this Memorondum of Undersionding ocknowledge the common culturol ond longuoge connection of Bundjolung people who moke up the greoter portions of the Aboriginol community of the Tweed Locol Governmenf Areo (LGA). The Porliciponts to this Memorondum of Understonding ocknowledge thot culturol identity con be o personol decision for Aboriginol people ond ogree 1 lo respect the identity choices mode by oll members of ihe Tweed LGA Aboriginol communiiy. 2. Aboriginol Heritoge Study Representolion The Podiciponts to this Memorondum of Understonding ore the Tweed Shire Council Aboriginol Advisory Committee, Tweed Shire Council, ond Converge Heritoge + Community. Unless otherwise odvised, representotive contoct should be vio the following: Tweed Shire Council Aboriginol Advisory Committee (AAC): Core off Tweed Shire Council AAC Coordinotor. Address: PO Box 8ló Murwillumboh NSW 2484 Phone: (02) 6670 2262 Emoil: [email protected] Tweed Shire Council: Robyn Eisermonn. Address: PO Box 8ló Murwillumboh NSW 2484 Phone: 02) 6670 2562 Emqil: [email protected] Converge Heritoge + Community:Tim Goll. Address: 3ó9 Woleworks Rood, Ashgrove, 4060. Phone: 07 3366 8488 Emoil: [email protected] 3. Purpose Memorondum of Understonding clorifies the roles ond responsibilities of the Porticiponfs in lhe Project, ensuring o respectful, beneficiol, hormonious ond effective working relotionship. This Memorondum of Understonding outlines the expected outcomes ond deliverobles of the fweed Shrre Abonginol CulturolHeritoge Monogement Pton (The Project). Further detoil is included in Appendix A' This Memorqndum of Understonding constitutes the entire Memorondum of Understonding between both Porficiponts, ond moy be omended of ony time in occordonce with clouse 14. This The purpose of this Memorqndum of Understonding ocknowledges fully, ougments, ond does not reploce ony ospect of existing protocols in ploce between Tweed Shire Council ond TSC Aboriginol Advisory Commiftee. 4. Memorondum of Underslonding Timefrome Memorondum of Understonding sholl commence when oll signotures hove executed it, ond will remoin in force for the period of lhe Proiect, unless otherwise chonged (see clouse ì4). This 2012 Tweed Shire Aboriginal Cultural Her¡tage Management Plan MOU 2 5. Agreemenl (ResponsibÍlilies, Profocols, Resources, ond Access) 5.1 The Porficiponfs ogree: o ¡ o ¡ o o . To be fully involved in the plonning ond decision moking of lhe Project. To coniribute oppropriote ond relevont knowledge ond odvice concerning lhe Project. To recognise ond ocknowledge thot lhe Projecl is being undertoken by lhe Porliciponts. To respect ond proiect oll cullurol informotion provided by lhe TSC Aborigìnol Advisory Committee during The Projecl. Tweed Shire Council ond Converge will seek specific feedbock ond oppropriote permissions from ihe TSC Aboriginol Advisory Committee prior io usíng, or releosing ony project reloted oulcomes or informotion to the brooder community. Tweed Shire Council ond Converge will hove effective processes ond procedures to ensure restricted use of the collected doto to plonning ond operolionol outcomes thoi ensure improved proteciion ond monogement of Aboriginol culiurol heritoge sites ond ploces within the Tweed LGA. Any technicol resources ond equipment supplied by Converge for lhe Project remoining the property of Converge. S.2Converge Heritoge + Communify ogrees to: o o o o o Provide professionol odvice to best proctice scientific stondords, opprooches ond methods. Respect the confidentiolity of identified culturol informotion. Respect ond ocknowledge the outhority of the TSC Aboriginol Advisory Commitiee for culturol informotion pertoining to lond wiihin the Tweed LGA. Respect thoi the TSC Aboriginol Advisory Committee is under no obligoiion io occept professionol odvice from Converge, ond thot culturol considerotions moy prevoil in its finol decisions. Work with the Aboriginol community nominee of the TSC Aboriginol Advisory Committee whose duties ond roles ore ouflined in Clouses ond Z 8. 5.3 Tweed Shire Council ogrees to: a a O respecis, oppreciotes ond qcknowledges ihe contribuiions of the AAC ond the importonce to continue to consult ond engoge in relotion to Aboriginol Culturol Heritoge motiers in the TSC LGA. TSC will do its utmost to proteci ond moke sure sensitive informotion provided lo TSC by the AAC will be respecied ond monoged by effective systems ond delegoted responsibilities. TSC is committed io working with the Aboriginol community to increose Aboriginol culturol heritoge oworeness boih within Council, ond the brooder TSC LGA community. TSC willwork prooctively with the AAC io ensure thot relevont ond oppropriote use of endorsed project TSC 2012 Tweed Shire Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Management Plan MOU J ouicomes thot could effectively focilitote Aboriginol culturol heritoge educotion ond oworeness opporlunities ore considered' 5.4 The Aboriginol Advisory Committee ogrees to: Work colloborotively with the porticiponts towords to project outcomes Where ii is deemed oppropriote, lioise with the wider Aboriginol Communiiy to seek their input into the project . o ó. Communicolion Prolocol All communicotions for ihe purposes of lhe Proiect will be through the representotives ocknowledged in Sections 2 obove. ln oddilion, lon Fox of Converge Heritoge + Community will toke o leod role ond hos overoll responsibility io ensure oll Porticiponls ore equolly informed of project motters. 7. Aboriginol Community Nominee The TSC Aboriginol Advisory Commiitee ogrees to nominote o Troditionol Owner or Custodiol representotive of the Tweed Shire district for the purpose of ossisting with the Culturol Heritoge Study. ln consultotion with Converge ond TSC, the TSC AAC will nominote oppropriole representotive/s bosed on lhe ogreed work progrom os required from time to time (fhe nominee/s). The nominee/s hos ogreed to ossist both Converge ond TSC stoff in lhe collection ond interpretotion of culturol informolion os moy be considered oppropriofe. The Aboriginol community Nominee/s moy be required to occompony Converge stoff during field work to visit or identify unrecorded Aboriginol sites ond ploces of signîficonce. Converge will lioise directly with ihe oppointed Nominee/s prior lo such field work ond odvise both the TSC AAC ond TBLALC of results. Converge ond Tweed Shire Council ogrees to ensure thot ony Nominee is to be foirly compensoted for time ond knowledge ond poid o negotioted hourly roie for oll Prqect work undertoken. The rote of poyment is io be in occordonce with o seporote ogreement between the TSC Aboriginol Advisory Commiitee, Tweed Shire Council ond Converge' Culturol proiocols moy require ihot different representotives ore required for differeni oreos within the Tweed Shire district. lf ihis is necessory ihe qdvice of ihe TSC Aboriginol Advisory Committee will be sought in identifying the mosi oppropriote Troditionol Owner or Custodiol nominee for eoch oreo. 8. Troining Converge undertokes to conduct ony siie visits ond investigotions in compony with the Nominee of the TSC Aboriginol Advisory Committee. For the purpose of the Prolecf oll site visits ond investigotions ore to be regorded os q mutuol opportunity for troining ond informotion shoring between Aboriginol poriiciponts, Tweed Shire Council ond Converge stoff. The Nominee will: 2012 Tweed Shire Aboriginal Cultural Her¡tage Management Plan MOU 4 a a a a a Work with Converge lo focilitote engogement of the brooder Aboriginol community to ideniify siies of Aboriginol heritoge significonce in the Tweed LGA ond moke recommendotions, or provide oppropriote culturol odvice, for recording lhe existence of such sites; Assist in seorching primory ond secondory source mqteriol in locol ond other repositories qnd using electronic heritoge dotoboses; Work with the Elders/oiher Aboriginol porticiponts to undertoke orol history interviews of knowledge holders, if oppropriote; Meet os required with Converge stoff ond provide updoie reports to the TSC Aboriginol Advisory Commiitee on o regulor bosis; ln conjunction with Converge stoff work wilh ond report to both ihe TSC Aboriginol Advisory Commitlee ond Tweed Shire Council lo ochieve ouicomes ond mointoin o record of lhe Prqecl's progress. ln oddition, Converge will develop recording temploies for culturol heritoge sites ond ploces, ond will irqin the Nominee in recording ond colloling dotq where opproprioie. 9. Reslriclions on knowledge of Aboriginol culturql siles ond ploces Tweed Shire Council ond Converge ocknowledge the confidentiolity of Aboriginol culturol sites ond ploces. Converge willseek ond respecl odvice from the Nominee regording culturolly confidentiol knowledge. Such knowledge will be identified os "Confidentiol", ond moy require restricted occess, os determined by the Nomínee. All Porticiponls will respect ihe confidentiolity of culturol informotion, ond will observe protocols of ihe Aboriginol community os ideniified by fhe Nominee ond the TSC Aboriginql Advisory Committee. No Porticipont will disclose or distribute ony informotion thot is identified os "Confidentiol", except by ogreement in writing by signotory Porticîponts to this Memorondum of Understonding. This clouse opplies both throughout The life of lhe Prqecf, ond forever thereofter. ocknowledge thot protocols will be developed os o key port of the informotion monogement system to ensure oppropriote confidentiolity. Access will be determined by the TSC Aboriginol Advisory Committee in consultotion with oppropriote knowledge holders. lf required, Protocols for oppropriote confidentiolity qnd occess will be stoied in site specific ogreements between relevont porties. A pro formo for site specific ogreements will be developed by Converge ond the TSC Aboriginol Advisory Committee, if required. All Porliciponts 10. AccessArrongements All Prqecf Portíciponts willseek odvice from the TSC Aboriginol Advisory Committee prior to occessing ony Aboriginol culiurol sites or ploces. Any site recording will only toke ploce wiih the knowledge qnd opprovol of the Nominee. Any protocols obout occessing o site or ploce, os provided by the TSC AAC qnd Nominee, will be followed by oll Project Porticiponts. 2012 Tweed Shire Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Management Plan MOU 5 1 1. Keeping Ploce (Doto sloroge) The Porliciponts recognise thot: The prolect will gother sensilive informotion which sholl olwoys remoin the property of the Aboriginol communiTy, ond moy exist in the l. keeping Ploce. non-sensitive informotion thoi is intended io be mode occessible to the public ond will be the property of Council ot lhe end of the Proiect. 2. The'proþcf will gother ln the interim, occess to ony informotion in the keeping ploce will only be mode ovoiloble lo ProjecÌ Porticiponls ouihorised by the Advisory Commitiee ond TSC projecl sponsor. TSC Aboriginol ihe duroiion of ihe Project, converge ogrees to provide ond mointoin secure doto sloroge focififies. Geogrophic lnformolion Syslem (GlS) mopping doto will be securéd by Tweed Shire Council to restricl occess for mopped culturol doto to opproved stoff only. For prior to lhe completion of the project, the development of o prolocol for the long-term conservotion ond mointenonce of doto, in hord copy ond electronic dolo storoge, will be undertoken by ihe TSC Aboriginol Advisory Commiltee with Tweed Shire Council. This protocolwill oim to ensure thot ony culturolly confidentiol doto or informotion, colloted for ihe Prqecf, will be monoged in occordonce with the wishes of the TSC Aboriginol Advisory CommilTee ond Tweed Shire Councils obligotions, ond will cleorly identify oll informoiion io be occessible by the public. On completion of the Proiecf , opproved copies of Proiect reloted doto ond copies of Project mops will be given to the TSC Aboriginol Advisory Committee for distribution to oppropriote porticipont orgonisotions, eg TBLALC. The finol Aboriginol Heritoge Study report ond mops will be distributed to oll porlícíponfs plùs the Heritoge Bronch of the Deportment of Plonning ond will be mode ovoiloble to the wiOer public, including the development industry ond reloted consultonts. 12. Publicotion qnd Promolion All porficiponfs to this Memorondum of Understonding will be identified in ony reporis ond/or promotion olong with the Heritoge Bronch of the Deportment of Plonning. copies of oll reports regording lhe Pro¡ect will be supplied in o timely ¡11oñn"r to oll porticiponfs to this Memorondum of Understonding' The Droft ond Finol Aboriginol Heriioge Siudy report will olso ocknowledge the Heritoge Bronch, NSW Deportmeni of Plonning, being o key funding body for The Projecf . 2012 Tweed Shire Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Management Plan MOU 6 13. Additionolfunding A Porty to this Memorondum of Understonding moy seek odditionol funding oi ony time, provided the funding is used to focilitote or enhonce Ihe Proiect. 14. Amendmenl ond lerminotion of Memorondum of Underslonding Memorondúm of Understonding moy be chonged or terminoted by wriilen ogreement of the TSC Aboriginol Advisory Committee, Tweed Shire Council, ond Converge Heriioge + Community. Wriiten notice of chonge or terminolioil musl be given to oll Porticiponis oi leosi 2l doys before the suggesied dote of chonge or lerminotion. This Applicotion of low (Slole, Federol. ond Aboriginoltrodilionol ond cusfomory lore) 15. The lows of New South Woles qnd Austrolio opply io this Memorondum of Understonding. Stote ond Federol low should be inierpreted to work in conjunction with or reflecl Aboriginol troditionol ond customory lore (low) when deoling with Aboriginol culturol issues, wherever possible ond reosonoble. Aboriginol troditionol ond customory lore moy be opplied to mqtiers of Aboriginol culture thot ore not subject to ony stoiute or common low. 1ó. Dispule resolulion The Porticþonfs ogree thot ony dispute orising during the course of this Memorondum of Understonding will be deolt with os follows: (o) The Porticiponf cloiming thot there is o dispute will send o notice to lhe other Porlicipontfs/ in occordqnce with Clouse 4 ond 5. Thot notice will exploin the noture of the dispute. (b) The Porticipont will try to resolve the dispute by direct negotiotion of on extroordinory meeting of oll Porficiponts. (c) lf the dispute is obout on Aboriginol culturol heritoge or o personnel motter, ond the Porticíponts ore unoble to resolve the dispuie by direct negotiotion of o meeting of oll Porficiponfs, then the motier will be resolved on the odvice of ihe TSC Aboriginol Advisory Committee. The TSC Aboriginol Advisory Committee moy refer the motter to o person or people, e.9., their nominoled Elders, who hove the obility ond/or outhoriiy to intervene ond focilitofe some form of resoluiion, ln the event thot they ore unoble to focilitote some form of resoluiion, the decision of the person or people to whom the mofter is referred is finol. 17. Brood Projecl Objeclives The Projecf hos 5 specific stoges ond on onticipoted end dote of l5 Moy 2013. These qre furiher identified in Appendix A of this documenf . The Projecf oims to identify ond oppropriotely document both octuol ond potentiol regions ond ploces of Aboriginql heritoge significonce, ond deiermine oppropriote heritoge monogement strolegies thot will support the 2012 Tweed Shire Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Management Plan MOU 7 ongoing conservoiion ond promotion of Aboriginol culturol heritoge in the Tweed LGA. Specificolly,The Project will focus on these moin oreos l. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Documentotion ond mopping of items ond ploces of both troditionol ond contemporory significonce to the Aboriginol community of the Tweed LGA; Documentolion ond mopping of culturol siies ond ploces known (or believed) to hove been physicolly deslroyed or removed, within the Tweed LGA; Documentolion ond mopping of londscope feotures known io hove o high probobiliiy for the presence of culturol objects or ploces of pori¡culor cullurol significo nce; Collection of ethnogrophic (historicol) records qnd doto, copies of which, where oppropriote, will be provided fo Porticiponls porticipoting in The Proiect; ldentificotion of potentiol for interpretotion ond promotion of Aboriginol culturol heritoge; ond on Emphosis on skill shoring for reseqrch ond documentoiion of siles. lnform lond use ond development plonning (or words to this effect) ln oddition to these key oulcomes, the Project oims to include l. 2. 3. 4. Strengthening of the relotionship between Tweed Shire Council, the TSC Aboriginol Advisory Committee ond its members, ond ihe brooder Aboriginol community of the Tweed LGA; Development of the TSC Aboriginol Advisory Committee's, ond members of the border Aboriginol communities', understonding of woys to record their own sites ond ploces of significonce, ond their culturol knowledge; ond Promotion of certoin culiurolsites in o respectful, culturolly oppropriote woy, if this is occeptoble to the Aboriginol community. lmproving ihe understonding ond respect of the wider community of Aboriginol Culture (or words io thot effect) 2012 Tweed Shire Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Management Plan MOU 8 Signotures BranT /c,J ?,¿qnl> ors o nisot ion: fip¿o( &, o 6 u^o Nome: Posilion Dofe 4qþn Nome: Sig Orgonisotion Ca,- Ç)rr-9t1-1,¿/o4, Posilion Nome: Signoture Do @'a--t (aA,, í\Ol>o NA ù) orgonisoiion:{¡¡ e úl> ilOt"t,Ùl"t LocfrL /^.É..¿ 5L CkefA Lvl Position: Nome: /> Orgonisotio t ßtrtr Dote t IA Ja z äot-,t ¿a:f-í-) Signoture Signolure r¿€ 6'u,. Dofe: Position: Nome: N taoLE Êc¡ruø+4H A Position Nome: Signoiure ¿êll Rú, 4 ,.A. . ro/os//a CH+/PEßÒN Tlm Gqçt orsonisotion: Únf Ul46ê Sig Hl C Do a', Posifion: QfulflØl- rrl4uln6fx 20L2 Tweed Shire Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Management Plan MOU 70 9 Nome: l=ecr¡eg ñ Â . C,^J¿(l-t+tX -Signoture Posilion:F, Nome: iC:e+-ce ?rl orgonisotion: Position: € e+*, Wel'' eo lZltà þeP.ææef orgo n isoiion :'Tt^J€zÞ '/lt/'+r( 7-fl r+t C I Signoture Dore: 9'"æ-' zaþ/zz ¿y'*t4 t7zï*' Nome Signoiure Orgonisotion Dote Position: Nome Signoiure Orgonisotion Dote: Position: Nome Signoture Orgonisotion: Dqte: Position: Nqme Signoture Orgonisotion: Dote Position: 2012 Tweed Shire Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Management Plan MOU t0 Appendix A - Projecl Mileslones ond Timelines The intlíolproject plon hos identÌfied the following milestones ond timelinesfor the project: Projeci sÌort up meeting Project Monogement Plon Communicotion Plon Sloge 1 Oufcomes: ì. Estoblishment of on effective working relolionship with the represenled Aboriginol Communities ond individuols 2. Agreement on o process for the project ond how ihe informoiion goihered will be reported bqck to the Aboriginol leoders, Council ond the generol community 3. Agreement on key contocts for the project ond o reporl deioiling the input of individuols ond communities 4. Estqblishment of o project working proiocol or memorondum of Underslonding in conjunction with TSC 5. lnitiol consultoiion session outlining the process ond outcomes with the AAC ó. Estqblishment of o consultoiion plon linked to key stqoes Sloge 5 (initiol) Oulcomes: L lnitiol ogreemeni upon the method of nominoting or triggering ACH'in the Tweed LEP consistent with the requirements of the Stondord Temploie (locol environmentol plons) Order ond proctice notes ond directions. 2. A report outlining specific plonning ond monogemeni recommendotions ol the LGA level. This includes o report on how the mops ond models generoted in the loter stoges might be.included in lond plonning ond monogement, including listing within the Heritoge Schedule of ihe Tweed LEP ond on the SHR. 2012 Tweed Shire Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Management Plan MOU 30th TSC/Conver Jonuory 2012 lSth Morch 2012 ge lSth Moy 2012 (finolised with Stoqel) lSth Moy 2012 7th Moy 2012 Consultont Consultoni Consultont Consultont 11 Sloge 2 Outcomes: l. Dotobose ond mopping of currently identified heritoge iiems ond oreqs in on ogreed formoT 2. A list of ploces ond pothwoys likely to exist in the region (but ore presently unrecorded) os determined by o comprehensive review of records, reports, history books qnd orchivol records; 3. A list of ploces ond polhwoys thol the Aboriginol communities ond individuols wont to be considered in the culturol mopping projecl. 4. A bqckground description of ihe environment ond hisiory (pre-contoci ond post-contoct) of the Tweed. 30th August 2012 Consultont Stoge 3 Oulcomes: 1. Development of o Themotic History of Aboriginol Heritoge in the Tweed 2. Progress Reporting - midpoinl consuliotion with Aboriginol groups 3. Themotic history to integrote with the TSC Communily Bosed Heritoge Study Themotic History Q004) to provide o compleie themotic history of the Tweed Sloge 4 Oulcomes: 1. Spotiol mopping of ihe distribution ond density of ploces ond pothwoys known to exist on ihe ground within the Tweed LGA 2. Predictive modelling / mopping showing where ploces ond pothwoys (presently unrecorded) ore likely to exist on the ground within lhe Tweed LGA 3. An explonotion of how the potterns reveoled in these mops relote to the environment, prehistory, history ond chonging potierns of lond use / lond tenure in the Tweed LGA 4. Developmeni of o themqtic model to describe ond mop the spotiol chorocter ond distribution of historicol, sociol, spirituol ploces ond wild resource ploces ond themes with the TSC. 5. Use of this model to inform ony required field surveys following consultotion with the Aboriginol groups. 31sl Consultonl 2012 Tweed Shire Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Management Plan MOU December 2012 28th Februory 2013 Consr-rltqnt t2 Sloge 5 (finol) Oulcomes: l. A community report, which discusses the outcomes ond recommendotions of the project suitoble for the brooder community. This report would not contoin ony culturolly sensitive informotion. 2. Aboriginol culiurol heriloge mopping designed in o culturolly oppropriote mqnner in occordonce with lhe proiocols of Stoge l, for exomple, lo show lond porcels with significonce ond not octuol siies, lhereby providing o meosure of proteciion ond restriction to sensitive culturol informotion. 3. Finol consultotion with ihe Aboriginol groups to updote the Aboriginol groups of ihe progress ond results to ensure thot the project is continuing with ogreed shored oools. 2012 Tweed Shire Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Management Plan MOU lst Moy Consultont 2013 r3
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