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this group. See Figure 5. All other trees, either because of their comparatively young age or because they are species that do not naturally occur in the area, are considered to be planted trees.

       Figure 3. The existing vegetation of the eastern precinct, March 2008

       Figure 4. The present site vegetation overlain on the 1952 aerial photo.

       Figure 5. Trees which may have links to the original woodland on site.

       These trees (the two Eucalyptus melliodora trees and the small group of Eucalyptus bridgesiana) are insufficient to be considered remnants of the original woodland community on site and they now exist in isolation in an artificial parkland environment. They are therefore not items of natural heritage significance when measured against the criteria for Commonwealth heritage listing. Instead, they may reflect a decision, on the part of the landscapers, to retain a link with the original vegetation of the locality and thus their value relates more to the values of the created cultural landscape.

       Although common practice at that time of creating the AWM landscape was to source all landscape planting material from the Canberra Parks and Gardens nurseries, there was also a concept, introduced by Pryor, of 'planting deciduous species on the plains and natives on the slopes leading up to the eucalypt covered hills'. The recognition and use of the woodland species on the site would have been in line with this concept and may have been originally more extensive, with mortality and site development works over the years reducing it to its present state.

       However, the dominant landscaping theme of the Eastern Precinct, undertaken over the same period, was the dense plantings of Eucalyptus bicostata , E. maidenii and E. viminalis species around the perimeter and in numerous stands within the Precinct.
       These introduced native species have isolated the indigenous species from any link with the Mt Ainslie woodlands.
    Appendix I

    Navin Officer, Australian War Memorial, Campbell and Mitchell, ACT—Indigenous Cultural Heritage Assessment, March 2008

                         Australian War Memorial, Campbell and Mitchell, ACT

                         Indigenous Cultural Heritage Assessment

                         March 2008

                                                      Navin Officer

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       EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

            * The Australian War Memorial is currently developing the Australian War Memorial Heritage Register in conjunction with Australian War Memorial's existing collection management database (MICA). The Register is a list of places and place elements which have been identified as having Commonwealth Heritage value.

            * Navin Officer Heritage Consultants Pty Ltd was commissioned by Godden Mackay Logan to undertake an indigenous cultural heritage assessment of the Campbell and