YAC Heritage
Protecting Yinhawangka Heritage
Working with Yinhawangka People to support the identification, recording, protection and ongoing management of cultural heritage on Yinhawangka Country.
About Heritage
Protecting important places and supporting informed heritage work.
YAC's Heritage work includes heritage surveys, Yinhawangka participation and activities supporting the protection and management of Yinhawangka cultural heritage.
Heritage work can bring together Yinhawangka People, heritage specialists and other relevant teams to record information and support decisions about culturally important places.
Field work
Building a clearer picture
Heritage surveys and site recording help build information about places and cultural heritage on Yinhawangka Country.
The information gathered through this work can support ongoing protection, management and future heritage planning.
Heritage work
From survey to protection
Heritage activities vary depending on the place, purpose and project involved.
Heritage Surveys
Supporting heritage survey work on Yinhawangka Country with appropriate Yinhawangka participation and specialist input.
Site Recording
Recording appropriate information about heritage places and material to support understanding, management and future work.
Yinhawangka Participation
Supporting Yinhawangka People to participate in heritage field work and processes relating to Yinhawangka Country.
Protection & Management
Using heritage information and survey outcomes to support the ongoing protection and appropriate management of culturally significant places.
Heritage stories
Heritage work on Country
Explore recent stories and updates about Heritage activities and work taking place on Yinhawangka Country.
Working together
Yinhawangka participation in Heritage work
Yinhawangka participation is an important part of Heritage field work and helps ensure relevant knowledge and information are brought into heritage processes.
Recent work at Rocklea Station brought Yinhawangka People together with a survey team as part of ethnographic and Ground Penetrating Radar survey work relating to known burial locations.
