Hanging Rock, VIC - Strategic Planning
MANAGING CULTURAL LANDSCAPES
Client: Victoria Department of Land, Water and Planning & Macedon Ranges Shire Council
The Project
Extent Heritage assisted local and state government to progress a strategic plan for the prominent and state significant site of Hanging Rock in Victoria. Our services included extensive consultation with representatives of three local Aboriginal groups. Together we identified a range of cultural values – archaeological, social and spiritual – and devised creative and sympathetic management responses.
Value Unlocked
Our landscape-based approach was an excellent illustration of how Extent Heritage is responsive to the multi-layered heritage values of large areas (cultural landscapes) and demonstrates our team’s ability to be receptive to the competing aspirations of multiple Aboriginal groups, as well as those of the local council, state government and local residents.