TILBUSTER QUARRY
ABORIGINAL CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSESSMENT
Puddledock Rock Pty Ltd is seeking approval for the development of a quarry on
Pt. Lot 1 DP613994, 747 Puddledock Road, Tilbuster, NSW, 2350 (Project Site).
The proposed quarry is located about 11 km to the north of Armidale and 7.5 km east of the New England Highway, within the Armidale Regional Council Local Government Area (LGA).
Puddledock Rock Pty Ltd propose to establish a hard rock quarry on the Project Site and extract up to 300,000 tonnes per annum of quarry material from a resource of approximately 4.7 million tonnes. The proposed quarry footprint is approximately 8.6 ha and is located within an existing mine lease (ML1064) associated with a former gold mine dating back to the early 1900s (Figure 1). The Project is within the boundaries of the Northern Local Aboriginal Land Council (LALC) in the Armidale Regional Council LGA of NSW.
As part of the Project approval application, Puddledock Rock Pty Ltd will prepare an Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment (ACHA) to identify ways to avoid or minimise potential harm to Aboriginal objects. The ACHA will form part of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for this Regionally Significant Development (under Schedule 7 of the State Environmental Planning Policy (Planning Systems) 2021). Community consultation with the Aboriginal community is an important part of this process. In accordance with the requirements of the Aboriginal cultural heritage consultation requirements for proponents 2010 (NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water, 2010) [Consultation Guidelines], Aboriginal persons or groups who may hold cultural knowledge relevant to determining the significance of Aboriginal objects and/or places in the Area of Interest are invited to register for the community consultation process with Puddledock Rock Pty Ltd by 5pm on 18 January 2025 via the contact details:
Puddledock Rock Pty Ltd
c/- Whincop Archaeology Pty Ltd
Address: 99 Murton Avenue Holland Park 4121
Email: matt@whincoparchaeology.com.au
Phone: 0407 038 584
Puddledock Rock Pty Ltd advises that the details of any Aboriginal person or group who registers an interest in the Project will be forwarded to Heritage NSW, and the Northern LALC in accordance with Section 4.1.5 of the Consultation Guidelines, unless they specify that they do not want their details released.
Please note that any opportunities for engagement during the ACHA process would be separate to the consultation process.
Figure 1: Plan Showing Project Site (Indicative Footprint)
This is a public notice paid for by Whincop Archaeology.