OUR HERITAGE AT RISK - NORTHERN TERRITORY - 2009
MOST AT RISK PLACES:
Place: Goyder’s Camp (site) and Hughes Avenue
Threat: Devaluation
Description of Risk:
Goyder's campsite and Hughes Avenue (the connecting road to the top of the escarpment)are the earliest record of European settlement in Darwin
and are highly significant to its history and heritage. Goyder established the first succesful settlement (then known as Palmerston) in
February 1869 and Hughes Ave follows the exact route of the road he created to the top of the escarpment. For many years the site was hidden by
port activities, but now has the potential to be interpreted under sensitive development of the port.
Desired Outcome / Vision:
Heritage values to be recognised,
conserved and interpreted in development plans of the Harbour.
Place: Mangrove foreshore of Darwin Harbour
Threat: Devaluation, destruction
Description of Risk:
Darwin's foreshore mangrove communities are part of one of the largest single stands of mangroves in the country and as such are
nationally important (Hanley 1992a). Threats from development of Darwin Harbour include vegetation clearance, tidal flat drainage, altered
drainage patterns, extractive industries, port operations, sewage outfalls, stormwater drains and surface runoff. Any mangrove loss should be
accompanied by attempts to maintain productivity levels and a range of all mangrove habitat types. . There is a very real danger that the current
mosaic of development will lead to a significant loss of mangrove productivity and habitat similar to that seen elsewhere in
Australia.
Desired Outcome / Vision:
Mangroves to be conserved and protected and productivity levels to be sustained. A management plan for mangroves to be
developed.
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