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Timbrell Park and Cabarita Point Park – Specialist Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Advice

Gondwana Consulting has been retained by the City of Canada Bay Council to provide specialist advice and input, and assist Council in liaison with government agencies and Aboriginal organisations, in relation to: the assessment and appropriate management measures for a potential Aboriginal midden (being disturbed by an BMX circuit and Council landscape works) along the […]

Hurstville Oval Plan of Management

In late 2018 Gondwana Consulting was  engaged by Georges River Council to prepare a Plan of Management and Masterplan for Hurstville Oval and the adjacent Timothy Reserve.  The site supports a State level cricket oval and fringing velodrome and associated built facilities and a passive open space area.  Being in proximity to Hurstville CBD the […]

Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Management Development Assessment Toolkit

For Shellharbour City Council, Wollongong City Council and Kiama Municipal Council. The Toolkit and accompanying protocol provides a set of guidelines for the assessment of development applications in relation to Aboriginal heritage, within existing legal constraints. It also sets out standard actions to be taken if Aboriginal items are discovered during construction, in cases where […]

New Plan of Management for National Park, Newcastle

For Newcastle City Council. Gondwana Consulting prepared a replacement Plan of Management for National Park out the outskirts of the Newcastle CBD for Newcastle City Council.  National Park is an historic sporting park, covering approximately 20 hectares, which has played a significant role in the provision of major sporting facilities for Newcastle and the wider […]

Cattai Wetlands Future Direction Strategy

For Greater Taree City Council. Gondwana Consulting prepared a “Future Direction Strategy” for Greater Taree City Council for the Cattai Wetlands – an area of nearly 500 hectares with a range of significant biodiversity, cultural heritage, tourism/recreation and landscape values located approximately 22 kilometres north of Taree on the NSW mid-north coast.  Council’s management of […]

Aquatic Recreation Usage Studies of Narrabeen Lagoon

For Warringah Council. Narrabeen Lagoon is a highly valued recreational, environmental and scenic asset for the residents of Warringah, Pittwater and beyond.  The lagoon, which covers 2.2km² in surface area, has a long and well established history of recreational use – for pursuits such as kayaking, canoeing, sailing, boating, fishing, windsurfing and more recently for […]

Beresfield Recreation Precinct Masterplan.

For The City of Newcastle. Gondwana Consulting assisted The City of Newcastle in preparing alternative masterplans, a masterplan report and accompanying cost estimates, feasibility study and implementation pathway for the redevelopment of recreation and community facilities within the Beresfield Recreation Precinct on the western margin of the Newcastle LGA. The project examined the existing open […]

Review of Commercial Recreation Licensing in Gosford Public Open Space

For Gosford City Council. Gondwana Consulting undertook a comprehensive review of the management of commercial recreation licences within the public open space areas managed by Gosford City Council. This project was carried out in 2013/14 through the on-site evaluation of existing commercial use locations, the determination of capacity and sustainable management assessment criteria and a […]

Botany Bay Aboriginal Heritage Study

  Gondwana Consulting was commissioned to undertake a study and subsequent report that records the Botany bay LGA’s Aboriginal cultural heritage sites and value, involves a community-supported assessment of their significance and future directions for their protection/management/presentation, and provides an information source to help the wider community to appreciate these values (where also appropriate) and establish […]

Mill Creek Catchment

cultural heritage planning mill creek catchment

The Mill Creek sub-catchment is one of the major tributary drainage systems feeding into the mid Georges River, and has been selected by management authorities as one of two locations where projects will be developed and implemented to address the diverse impacts affecting the river and its catchments. NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT […]