Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01587:reg:1961:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01587
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 1961 (pt 2/19)
Character Range: 48750–51678

larapuna as part of the Kickin' Up Dust program of four Aboriginal festivals around Australia. This resulted in an exhibition of photographs from all four festivals touring the country. The gathering at larapuna was seen as a chance for the community 'to celebrate its survival as a people and the revival and maintenance of its culture' (DFAT 2003).
    Since that year there have been similar annual gatherings in late January or early February, providing an opportunity for Aboriginal people from around Tasmania to learn from each other and to pass on knowledge to the young, reviving the language and traditional skills and crafts, and gathering food from the sea as was done traditionally. The history and culture of the original northeast people return to its home again.'
The lease granted to the Tasmanian Aboriginal Land Council (ALCT) as lessee, permits the use of the site for the purpose of Aboriginal cultural activities and anything related to them for a period of 40 years from February 2006 for a nominal rent of $1 per year. The agreement also permits collection of flora and fauna from the lease area and from Mt. William National Park for cultural activities[34].
Local, National, and International associations
Eddystone Point is renowned amongst locals  as one of the oldest heritage sites in the Gladstone region. As the most eastern Tasmanian lighthouse, the structure is admired both state-wide and nationally as a prominent historical site of distinctive character.
AMSA received a submission from the Friends of Eddystone Light, and notes their aim is to promote, protect and preserve the infrastructure, history, heritage and natural assets within the original Eddystone Point Reserve of North East Tasmania for all to enjoy and admire.
Objectives and purpose of the Association
To promote, protect and preserve the infrastructure, history, heritage and natural assets within the original Eddystone Point Reserve of North East Tasmania for all to enjoy and admire by:
     1. Researching and sharing the maritime history, local history and heritage values of the area.
     2. Seeking and raising funds for projects to promote, protect and preserve the Infrastructure, history, heritage and natural assets within the original Eddystone Point Reserve.
      3. Liaising with local, state and federal authorities, history and heritage societies and organisations as well as other interested parties to determine suitable outcomes for the Reserve.
Eddystone Point Lighthouse is also regarded as a significant feature within the nation-wide Geodetic Survey of Australia. Eddystone Point was the only lighthouse tower in Tasmania to serve as a LaPlace Azimuth and Geodial station. The results of this national survey determined the Australian Geodetic Datum in 1966, the first whole-of-continent consistent geodetic datum in the world.
  3.11          Unresolved questions or historical conflicts
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