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of the proposed works should be prioritised and authorised and which conditions should be applied to the authorisation, or when forwarding its comments to the Heritage and Wildlife Division (should a referral under the EPBC Act be required).

1.2.4 Collaborative Partnerships

The AAD has a long-standing collaborative partnership with the Mawson's Huts Foundation (a non-government organisation) to assist with the conservation and management of the Mawson's Huts Historic Site. Since 1996, the AAD has worked with the Foundation on ten expeditions to Cape Denison to undertake conservation works, environmental monitoring and maintenance. These expeditions have played a major role in communicating, conserving and protecting the listed values of the site. In discharging its responsibility to set work programs and direct future activities at and in relation to the site, the AAD will continue to explore opportunities for further such collaborations.

PART 2 – SITE DESCRIPTION AND HERITAGE VALUES

2.1 Location

The Mawson's Huts Historic Site is located at Cape Denison, George V Land, Australian Antarctic Territory. Cape Denison, approximately 130 hectares, is a 1.5 km-wide peninsula projecting into the centre of Commonwealth Bay, a 60 km-wide stretch of coast some 3000 km south of Hobart, Australia.

The boundaries of the site are specified more precisely in the site's entry on the National Heritage List than in the Commonwealth Heritage List entry. In the life of this plan, all boundaries referring to the site should be aligned with the boundaries given in the National Heritage List, namely: a line commencing at the intersection of the coastline and latitude 67°00'47"S at Land's End (approximately 67°00'47"S, 142°39'28"E), then northerly via the low water mark (LWM) to the intersection of the coastline with latitude 67°00'21"S (approximately 67°00'21"S, 142°39'18"E), then north-easterly via a straight line to the intersection of the eastern coastline of Boat Harbour with latitude 67°00'20"S (approximately 67°00'20"S, 142°39'27"E), then northerly and south-easterly via the LWM to its intersection with latitude 67°00'47"S at John O'Groats (approximately 67°00'47"S, 142°41'27"E), then westerly via a straight line to the point of commencement.

The Commonwealth Heritage place boundaries are: a line commencing at the most southerly point of a bay about 120 m northeast of Magnetograph House then running southerly along the ridgeline between Long and Alga Lakes to 40 m ASL, then westerly at that altitude to Land's End, then northerly and easterly via the coastline to the commencement point. Since this is less precise, and in fact covers a smaller part of Cape Denison than the National Heritage place boundaries, this plan should be read as covering the larger (National Heritage) area.

The historic site consists of four huts, memorials, plaques and scattered relics. The Main Hut (originally two separate huts) is in the centre