Desecration of Anzac Park Toowong a serious non-indigenous cultural heritage law matter among a multitude of other issues.

BCC is supposed to conserve, protect and care for Anzac Park following the guidelines of The Burra Charter.

Anzac Park was listed on the City Plan Heritage Register in January 2004 under - Schedule 1 Heritage places and heritage precincts of cultural heritage significance:

‘Anzac Park 170 Mt Coot–tha Rd, Toowong 1 (part) RP18899 01/01/2004’

Check it out:
http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/bccwr/lib181/appendix2_heritageregister_psp.pdf

Places listed on the Council's Heritage Register are protected by the Heritage Place Code in Chapter 5 of the City Plan 2000. Check it out and especially 3.2.1 Development of or in a heritage place or heritage precinct:

http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/bccwr/lib181/chapter5_heritageplace_code.pdf

The Burra Charter was adopted by Australia ICOMOS (the Australian National Committee of ICOMOS)

The Burra Charter advocates a cautious approach to change: do as much as necessary to care for the place and to make it useable, but otherwise change it as little as possible so the history of the place can continue to be recognised in its physical material. (So a construction workers car park is out of the question)

http://www.nationaltrust.com.au/burracharter.html

The Burra Charter of Australia ICOMOS is the accepted standard for conservation analysis in this country. A Heritage Impact Statement should be based on the principles and processes of the Burra Charter, insofar as the cultural significance of the building/site/place should be determined through an analysis of its documentary and physical evidence. The Heritage Impact Statement should encourage conservation of the Heritage Place; the aim of conservation is to retain the cultural significance of a place.

Where is this Heritage Impact Statement done by BCC on the change to the project with this new plan for the car park in Anzac Park? Not done! (Bad bad BCC!)

It gets better with the fact that Anzac Park is adjacent to Toowong Cemetery listed on Qld Heritage Register. With new facts about Anzac Park Toowong coming to light each day an application is being prepared to have the park also listed on the Qld Heritage Register.

The Coordinator-General from Queensland Government advises in the Terms of Reference for the Northern Link Tunnel states:

5.8 Cultural heritage

5.8.1 Description of existing environment

The EIS should describe the existing values for indigenous and non-indigenous cultural heritage areas and objects that may be affected by the project activities. This assessment should be developed in accordance with the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act (2003), administered by NRW, and the Queensland Heritage Act (1992), administered by EPA. Reference to the Brisbane City Council Cultural Heritage Manual and City Plan’s Heritage Register Planning Scheme Policy is advised.

(Note that any EIS done by BCC was done before the idea came up for the car park so the impact of the car park has not been assessed.)