Aboriginal Heritage
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About Aboriginal Heritage Tasmania
Aborigines have been in Tasmania for 70,000 years. Middens, quarries, rock art and other Aboriginal heritage places can be found all over Tasmania. These heritage places provide valuable information about one of the world's oldest living cultures and a spiritual connection for today's Tasmanian Aborigines.
Aboriginal Heritage Tasmania protects and promotes Aboriginal heritage, adopting a partnership approach with Aboriginal community organisations to develop and deliver services.
What Aboriginal Heritage Tasmania does:
- Works with the Tasmanian Aboriginal community to recognise and respect Tasmanian Aboriginal culture and heritage, and secure the protection and promotion of Tasmanian Aboriginal heritage for present and future generations.
- Provides administrative services under the Aboriginal Relics Act 1975, for all land tenures.
- Advises on responsible management of Tasmanian Aboriginal heritage.
- Undertakes research and interpretive activities that protect and promote Tasmanian Aboriginal heritage.
Key objectives of Aboriginal Heritage Tasmania:
- Strengthen our partnership with the Tasmanian Aboriginal community.
- Improve the respect and understanding of Tasmanian Aboriginal culture and heritage through engagement and education of the Tasmanian community.
- Increase our ability to protect Tasmanian Aboriginal heritage for the benefit of present and future generations of Tasmanians.
- Improve the sustainable management of Tasmanian Aboriginal heritage consistent with legislative and statutory obligations.
- Improve the coordination and delivery of efficient and effective policies and services that are consistent, accountable and transparent to the Aboriginal community and our clients.
