Aboriginal Cultural Heritage - Historic (DPLH-098)

Aboriginal cultural heritage refers to the elements, both tangible and intangible, that hold significant value to Aboriginal people for their social, spiritual, historical, scientific, or aesthetic importance within Aboriginal traditions. This could include rock art, ancient caves or burial sites, waterways, ceremonial sites or scar trees.

This data set contains Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Places within Western Australia that have been reported to the Registrar of Aboriginal Sites as possible Aboriginal sites within the meaning of Section 5 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972. This dataset contains records that are:

• Historic: Places assessed as not meeting Section 5 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972, and places previously on the Register that are no longer in existence.

Note: to preserve confidentiality, the exact location and extent of some places are not displayed on the map—however a shaded region (generally with an area of at least 4km²) provides a general indication of where the place is located. Some information, including the precision of Aboriginal Place boundaries, is based on historical information provided before the use of accurate spatial referencing tools such as GPS or high-resolution mapping systems. It therefore may be inaccurate and indicative. Please check the status of the ‘boundary reliable’ field for any Aboriginal Heritage Place you are accessing. If you are aware of updated information relating to Aboriginal Heritage Places, please report this information to the Department.