Aboriginal Sites Register
The Service maintains a register of known Aboriginal sites in NSW. The register includes information on a range of different site types together with location, reports and photographic slides. Ceremonial grounds, burial sites, occupation sites, missions, reserves, camp sites, art sites, quarries, water holes, lagoons, mountains and rocks are all included in the register. Dreaming tracks and mythological sites are not recorded.
Access to the register is generally available to researchers with permission from the local Aboriginal Land Council or the traditional owners and custodians. Due to the
sensitivity of some material access in a few cases may be restricted. For example, site information provided by Aboriginal people may be classified as confidential, or closed, at the request of the depositor.
Searches can be conducted by register staff and summary reports prepared indicating the number and types of sites within a locality. The Service charges search fees and further information regarding these can be directed to the head office of the Service (see address below).