The Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Register (VAHR), is a list of all known
Aboriginal cultural heritage places in
Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
, Australia. It was established by and is regulated under the ''
Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006
The ''Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006'' (AHA) of the state of Victoria, Australia was enacted "to provide for the protection of Aboriginal cultural heritage in Victoria". It established Registered Aboriginal Parties to act as the "primary guardian ...
''.
The Register is administered by the
Office of Aboriginal Affairs Victoria, in some instances through delegation to
Registered Aboriginal Parties
A Registered Aboriginal Party (RAP) is a recognised representative body of an Aboriginal Australian people per the ''Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006'' (Vic.), whose function is to protect and manage the Aboriginal cultural heritage in the state o ...
.
The VAHR evolved from the original Archaeological and Aboriginal Relics Office, established by the ''
Archaeological and Aboriginal Relics Preservation Act 1972''.
it included approximately 35,000
archaeological site
An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology an ...
s, historic Aboriginal places and Aboriginal
cultural artefact
A cultural artifact, or cultural artefact (see American and British English spelling differences), is a term used in the social sciences, particularly anthropology, ethnology and sociology for anything created by humans which gives information ...
s.
35,000 reasons to celebrate Aboriginal cultural heritage
The Hon Jeanette Powell MP, Minister for Local Government, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Press Release, Friday, 05 July 2013
See also
*Aboriginal Victorians
Aboriginal Victorians, the Aboriginal Australians of Victoria, Australia, occupied the land for tens of thousands of years prior to European settlement. Aboriginal people have lived a semi-nomadic existence of fishing, hunting and gathering, a ...
References
External links
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{{Indigenous Australians
Heritage registers in Australia
History of Victoria (Australia)
Government research
Archaeological sites in Victoria (Australia)
Australian Aboriginal culture