Managing Kakadu's Cultural Heritage

The following are the aims of cultural heritage management in Kakadu:

to make sure that the World Heritage attributes of the Park are protected and that traditional owners control the management of their cultural heritage and cultural material in the Park;
to encourage and support the recording and management of Bininj/Mungguy oral cultural heritage material;
to actively support the maintenance of Aboriginal oral cultural heritage, in keeping with the wishes of traditional owners;
to record and protect areas of significance in line with the wishes of traditional owners and site custodians;
to protect and conserve rock art and other archaeological sites in line with the wishes of traditional owners;
when requested by traditional owners, to arrange for Aboriginal artefacts to be returned to Kakadu and to arrange appropriate access to such artefacts;
to make sure the post-contact historical sites in Kakadu are adequately recorded and conserved.

More details about the management of cultural heritage in Kakadu can be found in:

the Managing the Cultural Heritage of the Park Section of the Kakadu National Park Management Plan
the book entitled Kakadu: Natural and Cultural Heritage and Management (Press et al. 1995)

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