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values while ensuring that
operational requirements such as administration, safety, community access and parking continue. In the
past, restoration concentrated on Georgian buildings in a neat, manicured landscape, and preservation of
the environment and traditional use was not seen as core business.

The ruined elements have aesthetic value and are important to both the site's historic character and an
understanding of all aspects of its history. Earlier generations of Pitcairners avoided using the places of
convict incarceration and punishment, and instead mined these sites for building materials for use
throughout the Island. The agricultural character is not only made up of the pastures and traditional
practices such as cattle grazing, but also significant agricultural elements such as irrigation management,
road and field relationships, field boundaries and field huts, which contribute to the landscape character.
However, sewerage discharge from buildings and cattle grazing contribute to the high level of nutrients
within the channel; cattle also disturb archaeological remains. Management intervention is needed to limit
negative impacts.

The landscape setting is identified in the Norfolk Island Plan which controls development within the
cultural landscape setting. One of the objects of conserving the place is to protect important views to the
KAVHA site and vistas from within it, such as the view from the pier, as well as views across the site from
vantage points such as Flagstaff Hill and the Queen Elizabeth I! lookout. Management involves the
assessment of the impact of development within the KAVHA site and its vicinity to ensure that it does not
have a detrimental impact on the setting and character of the place. The management of erosion by overly
extensive single species tree planting has also impacted on the views and the important overall open
agricultural heritage setting of the KAVHA site. Leasehold land outside KAVHA was able to be converted
into freehold under an Australian Government land initiative in 2004.

Kingston and Arthur's Vale Historic Area—Heritage Management Plan, April 2016
Authorised Version F2016L01891 registered 09/12/2016

6.5 Land and Building Use

The private land within the KAVHA site is mainly used for residential and agricultural uses with some
tourism uses. The properties have residential buildings, ancillary agricultural structures and landscape
features including sheds and fences. Some larger tourist accommodation buildings are highly intrusive
both visually and with potential impacts on highly significant structures, such as the silos. Because of the
sensitive nature of the landscape setting and its heritage significance, extreme care is needed when
considering proposals likely to have detrimental heritage impact. Government involvement in private land
is generally limited to consideration of proposed developments or actions. There has been occasional
liaison concerning issues such as cattle grazing, fencing, water access, erosion and weed control and