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and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975 (Parks Act) as the Jervis Bay National Park and as the Jervis Bay component of the Australian National Botanic Gardens in 1992 and 1991 respectively. In May 2000 the Botanic Gardens were incorporated into the park. The park is deemed to have been declared for the following purposes:

    * the preservation of the area in its natural condition

    * the encouragement and regulation of the appropriate use, appreciation and enjoyment of the area by the public.

In 1998, in recognition of the Aboriginal ownership of the park, the name of the park was amended by proclamation to Booderee National Park.

  1.    Aboriginal Cultural Values:

The park is the traditional home of the Bhewerre people, containing cultural sites, special places and artefacts that are a record of the traditional owners' ancestry and is a place where traditional skills, knowledge and cultural practices can be passed on to future generations.
      * The park is home to the Bhewerre People, a place where traditional skills, knowledge and cultural practices can be passed on to future generations.
      * The Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council, through its Vision Statement and goals, supports Wreck Bay Aboriginal People in their aims to become self-sufficient and to determine their future and lifestyle.
      * The park provides opportunities for Bhewerre People to apply traditional land management knowledge and practices and to support and maintain cultural knowledge.
      * The park contains cultural sites which demonstrate Aboriginal occupation and use of the land over time include shell middens, rock shelters, burial sites, ceremonial grounds, stone flaking sites, axe grinding grooves and scarred trees, as well as less tangible sites associated with traditional culture, history and practices.
  2.    Post-Colonial Cultural Values:

The park protects a range of historic sites and artefacts that tell the story of the region's post colonial history.
   * The park contains a number of shared heritage sites including the ruins of the Cape St George lighthouse, Christians Minde cemetery, and archaeological evidence of a camp used by survivors of the wreck of the Hive convict ship and gun emplacements and associated infrastructure on Bowen Island.
  3.    Natural Values:

The park protects coastal dune systems, their associated habitats and unique biodiversity which are otherwise disturbed or potentially threatened in the bioregion.
      * The park protects a number of significant listed species, recognised under the EPBC Act and neighbouring New South Wales legislation, including:
      -       grey-headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus)
      -       eastern bristlebird (Dasyornis brachypterus)
      -       pied oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris)
      -       swift parrot (Lathamus discolour)
      -       barking owl (Ninox connivens)
      -       grey nurse shark (Carcharias Taurus)
      -       Gould's petrel (Pterodroma leucoptera leucoptera)
      -       albatross and marine turtles
      * The relatively undisturbed habitat of the park