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and Australian Governments.

The KAVHA works team continued to repair and maintain the site, and conducted restoration and interpretive
works. Some intrusive buildings and additions were removed. The remaining buildings continue to be used by the
Australian Government, the Norfolk Island administration, the Administrator, the Norfolk Island Museum, KAVHA
office, the works team, the Golf Club, the All Saints Anglican Church and the Lions Club. Privately owned
buildings continue to be residences and tourist accommodation, and some land is grazed and farmed. In 2006 the
Australian Government undertook extensive works to the Pier, including the addition of concrete paving.

In August 2015 an interim KAVHA Steering Group was established, comprising the Executive Director of Local
Government and Territories Division of the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development and the
Executive Director of Norfolk Island. The former KAVHA Board was reconstituted as the KAVHA Advisory
Committee, and the Commonwealth Heritage Manager became the manager of the KAVHA site. These
arrangements replaced the 1994 MOU. In future, the management arrangements for KAVHA will be outlined in
a Service Delivery Agreement between the Commonwealth and the Norfolk Island Regional Council.

A detailed historical chronology is provided at Appendix 11.5.

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

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3.4 Site Description
3.4.1 Introduction

The settlement of Kingston is on the coastal lowland. On the foreshore are rocky headlands, two sandy
beaches and Emily and Slaughter Bays, protected by a coral reef. Lookouts give views over the town to
Nepean and Phillip Islands. The convict built Georgian buildings of Kingston are seen against the
backdrop of open green hills and groves of Norfolk Island pines. The combination and juxtaposition of
natural beauty, fine architecture and daily life with the reality of its convict penal settlement history give the
KAVHA site a distinct sense of place and heritage value, aspects of which are important to Norfolk Island,
Australia and the world.

3.4.2 Remnant Natural Features

The streams originally emptied into a swamp behind a foreshore ridge. Clay and organic matter were
deposited and created a distinctive saprophytic deposit containing tree trunks, known as the 'fossilised
forest'. This formation is visible at low tide on Cemetery Beach. Many species have been introduced and
many endemic species, particularly birds, have become extinct since human settlement. Some species
survive only as archaeological remains. Corals, fish and rich marine life survive on the reef and in the bays
off KAVHA. The Norfolk Island pine on Point Hunter, a group near Chimney Hill, one at Government
House and some White Oaks near Tributary Creek may predate European settlement.

3.4.3 Natural Species

Significant natural species recorded within