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Victoria Heritage Sensitivity

Victoria areas where Aboriginal cultural heritage is known or likely present.

What it shows

Areas of Aboriginal cultural heritage sensitivity in Victoria, published by the Department of Premier and Cabinet. These are places where Aboriginal cultural heritage is known or considered likely, and they follow the same landforms prospectors work: waterways, river terraces and stony rises. Being inside one does not ban prospecting, and this layer is not a permission verdict either way. What it does is tell you to take more care: keep to hand tools, disturb as little ground as possible, backfill, and leave any object exactly where it lies. Harming Aboriginal cultural heritage is an offence. The published areas carry no further detail by design, so the layer shows where they are and nothing about why. The mapping is under active revision and the boundaries change, so check the date it was built.

Before you rely on it

This is not a no-go area and not a ban on prospecting. It marks ground where Aboriginal cultural heritage is known or likely. Keep to hand tools, and never move or take an object you find. Harming it is an offence under the Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006. This mapping is revised often, so check the date above.

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