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Norfolk Island (and additional Australian Government
funded capital programs), the resources currently available for conservation of the KAVHA site, including
physical work and other conservation activities such as interpretation, are not commensurate with the
calibre of the place. Recognising the current limits on available Commonwealth and Norfolk Island
funding, it is important to instigate additional resource streams including, for example, commercial income
from appropriate new site uses, contributions from tourism or access to additional grant funding.

One of the most important resources for effective conservation of the KAVHA site is adequate knowledge,
skills and expertise. To this end, the existing knowledge and highly developed skills of the current staff
who contribute to conservation and management of the KAVHA site should be recognised, recorded and
passed onto future generations; and access should be available to relevant specialist professional and
heritage trades expertise.

Section 7: Strategic Principles

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Jean Rice Architect | CONTEXT | GML Heritage

7.3 Life in the Community

State Parties to the World Heritage Convention have the responsibility to adopt general policies to... give the
heritage a function in the life of the community.

The key principles are:

Local people and their cultures should be respected.

Celebration of local traditions, uses and activities, including recreation and leisure,
should be encouraged and continued.

The Norfolk Island community, including private landholders, should be engaged
with the KAVHA site and should participate in its conservation, interpretation and

management.

Kingston and Arthur's Vale is part of the everyday and celebratory life of the community of Norfolk Island.
This area represents the origins of the Norfolk Island community, being the focus of three eighteenth and
nineteenth-century settlements, including the first home for the Pitcairn Islanders when resettled on
Norfolk Island in 1856. Through continuing community use, it represents a palimpsest of community
connections and values.

Respect for local people, culture and traditional practices is fundamental. The KAVHA site represents key
stories that are a significant part of community identity. In this place, the Norfolk Island community
celebrates and connects with the past through traditions and celebrations, engaging, recognising and
including the whole community from Pitcairn descendants through to newcomers. The KAVHA site is also
a place where a wide range of community traditions continue; from enacting the Pitcairner landing on
Anniversary (Bounty) Day to gathering hi hi and unloading ships using lighters. The KAVHA site also
contains the Island's cemetery, which is a place of great importance to the Norfolk Island community.

4 <http://whc.unesco.org/en/guidelines> |.C 15. The World Heritage Committee recommended strengthening and developing consultation
between the site manager and landholders through a 'shared charter of good conduct.' This strategic principle and associated policies and
actions address this recommendation.

Kingston