This data set contains 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 includes:
- Registered Sites: Places assessed as meeting Section 5 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972.
- Lodged: Information received in relation to a place, but an assessment was not completed to determine if it met section 5 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972.
- Stored Data/Not a Site: Places assessed as not meeting Section 5 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972.
#### PLEASE NOTE ####
As part of the rollout of the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2021, this dataset will be replaced with a collection of new datasets in the near future. In the meantime, this dataset will remain as a static snapshot of the existing data as of 30 June 2023
This dataset has been retired and replaced by Aboriginal Cultural Heritage - Historic (DPLH-098), Aboriginal Cultural Heritage - Register (DPLH-099), and Aboriginal Cultural Heritage - Lodged (DPLH-100).
For spatial information related to Aboriginal Heritage Places, please consult Department’s map viewer
https://www.wa.gov.au/government/document-collections/search-aboriginal-cultural-heritage-places-wa
