5 THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT

5.1 Aboriginal Significance

The Reserve does not contain any items listed in the LEP as being of known aboriginal archaeological sites, nor places of heritage significance.

A search of the Office of the Environment and Heritage AHIMS Web Services (Aboriginal Heritage Information Management System) did not reveal that:

 aboriginal sites are recorded in or near the Reserve (200 m buffer)

 aboriginal places have been declared in or near the Reserve (200 m buffer).

5.2 Heritage Significance

The LEP lists the Reserve as heritage listed. The relevant 149 Certificate indicates the existence of heritage items and controls with respect to development of heritage buildings. A submission regarding the potential heritage status of structures on the land, including the Hall constructed between 1911 and 1912, and other infrastructure, was completed by the NSW Heritage Office in 2009.10

Figure 9 - Heritage Structures

Top left: Nabiac Community Hall was the first structure built at the Showground (completed 1912); the Cattle Stalls and associated shedding contain some original timber framing and stock partitions from the early days of construction.

10 NSW Heritage Office inventory form Na 25, No. 103357. Garry Smith 2009.