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This is
unique in the history of Australia and its territories. Norfolk Island's strategic importance was one of the
reasons for the settling of Australia by the British. Further, the KAVHA site includes rare surviving
evidence of pre-European Polynesian occupation.

The KAVHA site was included on the Norfolk Island Heritage Register in 2003, Australia's National
Heritage List and the Commonwealth Heritage List in 2007, and added to the World Heritage List as one
of eleven places that comprise the Australian Convict Sites in 2010.

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cwlth) (EPBC Act) requires regular
review of management documents for places on the National Heritage List (NHL) and World Heritage List.
In April 1980, a Management Plan for the KAVHA site was prepared by a working group comprised of
representatives from the Commonwealth Department of Home Affairs and Environment. It was
accompanied by a detailed Archaeological Survey and an Architectural Historical Record. Clive Lucas
Stapleton and Partners Pty Ltd prepared a Conservation Management Plan for the KAVHA site in October
1988 for the Department of Administrative Services, Australian Construction Services. The 1988
Conservation Management Plan was updated in 2008 to support the Australian Convict Sites' World
Heritage nomination. In the case of the KAVHA site, it is appropriate that the contribution which KAVHA
makes to the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of the Australian Convict Sites—as well as its National
Heritage values and other heritage values—should be reflected in a new Heritage Management Plan
(HMP).

Kingston and Arthur's Vale Historic Area—Heritage Management Plan, April 2016

Authorised Version F2016L01891 registered 09/12/2016

Jean Rice Architect | CONTEXT | GML Heritage

The Australian Government and Norfolk Island administration agree that the KAVHA site should be
conserved so that its heritage values are transmitted to current and future generations, and the place itself
has a continuing function in the life of the Norfolk Island community. To this end, GML Heritage Pty Ltd
(GML), Context Pty Ltd (Context) and Jean Rice Architect were commissioned to prepare a revised
Heritage Management Plan (HMP). This plan adopts an integrated values-based management approach
through a consultative process with relevant stakeholders. The project has involved:

. review of the current (2008) Conservation Management Plan (CMP) and identification of required
revisions and inclusions;

. updating management implications arising from the World Heritage Listing;

° consideration of statutory controls, management systems and processes, including recent
legislative and administrative changes to the governance of Norfolk Island;

° extensive engagement with the Norfolk Island community and organisations, and a range of other
stakeholders;

. contributions and advice from the Australian Department of Infrastructure and Regional
Development;

. preparation of an integrated plan that provides for best practice management; and

° recommendation of