ACTIVITIES & OUTCOMES, 2011/12

GABBIE KYLIEFOUNDATION

PROJECTS

• Jerdacuttup Lakes HeritageAssessment

• Cape Arid National ParkRegional Heritage Assessment

• Dunn’s Rock Coastal SiteProtection Plan

• Stone Arrangements Survey• Interpretive Display

• Marbeleerup Rock ArtProtection Project

• Recherche Archipelago(Leeuwin Adventure) Survey

• Middle Island ConservationProject

• Woody Island HeritageAssessment

• Cape le Grand National ParkRegional Survey

• Cheetup Cave ManagementPlan

• Munglinup CommunityEngagement Workshop

PROJECT LOCATIONS

RESEARCH PARTNERS

Planned:

• Dynamics of Interaction: TheArchaeology of EuropeanSettlement and Wudjari ContactHistory, Renee Gardiner

• Traditional Place Names andArchaeological Site Distributions -Spatial Modeling, Mal Ridges/CatMorgan

Commenced or Completed:

• Social Landscapes – Myles Mitchell,PhD Candidate, Australian NationalUniversity

• Whaling, Sealing and IndigenousInteractions on the South Coast,Ross Anderson, WA MaritimeMuseum Archaeology Department

• Marine Transgression Model, TomKimber, University of Leicester

• Indigenous and GovernmentAgency Consultation Systems,Jennifer Mitchell, EqualOpportunities Commission

• Caring for Country and Wellbeing,Blythe Spraggins, University ofWestern Australia

NEW PARTNERS

• Professor Stephen D. HopperAC FLS FTSE

Winthrop Professor of BiodiversityCentre of Excellence in NaturalResource Management &School of Plant BiologyThe University of Western Australia

• Malcolm Ridges (PhD)Landscape Modelling andDecision Support, ScientificServices DivisionOffice of Environment & HeritageDepartment of Premier &Cabinet & The University of NewEngland

Professor Steve Hopper (third from left) and Dr. MalRidges(fourth from left) working with the Gabbie Kylieteam in Cape Arid NP, Oct 2012

PROJECT: CAPE LE GRAND

Outcomes

Petrified BoomerangDiscovery

Excavated 4,600 year oldcampsite

Heritage Plan for theNationally-listed HeritageSite of Cheetup Cave

International Field School

Coastal site protectionworks

PROJECT: MARBELEERUP ROCK ARTPROTECTION

Outcomes

Graffiti removed

Protection workundertaken

Walk Trail Constructed

MA Research

Joint Management

PROJECT : WOODY ISLAND WEED CONTROLAND NATIVE FAUNA MONITORING

Outcomes

Identified native rodent

Removed AfricanBoxthorn

Mapped archaeologicalsites

Mapped historical sites

Changed DECmanagement

PROJECT: ISLANDS OF THE RECHERCHE

Outcomes

Leeuwin Adventure

Sea-Floor Mapping

Ice Age Human History

MA Research

Conservation work

PROJECT: CAPE ARID - WEST

Outcomes

Constructed heritage trail

Protection workundertaken

5,500 year old camp site

Rock art discovered

International Field School

PROJECT: CAPE ARID - EAST

Outcomes

Discovered Stone Fish Trap

Investigation of HistoricalHomesteads and WudjariSites

Documented WhalingCamps

Prof Steve Hoppedidentified New Species ofSedge

International Field School

PROJECT: MIDDLE ISLAND

Outcomes

Discovered PossibleWhalers Camp(musketballs, axes,harpoon)

Carried out heritage siteprotection work

Developed amanagement trail toavoid cultural places andprotect the fragile dunessystem and Hilliers (pink)Lake (with DEC)

International Field School

PROJECT: MUNGLINUP WORKSHOP

Outcomes

Gabbie Kylie facilitated abush camp and series ofmeetings with South CoastElders

Developed a partnershipwith the EqualOpportunities Commission

Carrying out Research onissues of community andgovernment agencyconsultation processes.

PROJECT: JERDACUTTUP LAKES

Outcomes

Gabbie Kylie facilitated acultural mapping projectto discuss registering theJerdacuttup Lakes

Linking data withcommercial surveys todevelop an integratedheritage landscape planfor greater communitymanagement andprotection

Linking with regional NRMbodies working in nearbyareas to integrate landcare and heritagelandscape managementprocesses

PROJECT: BELINUP WALK TRAIL

Outcomes

Gabbie Kylie wascontracted by DEC todevelop a heritage walktrail at Belinup Hill, nearThomas River, Cape AridNational Park.

The purpose was to designa path for visitors thatminimizes damage tosignificant cultural featureswhile providing anopportunity to experiencethe rich and diversecultural and ecologicallandscape.

PROJECT: SALISBURY ISLAND AND GREATWHITE SHARK MONITORING

Outcomes

Gabbie Kylie carried out aheritage survey on theremote Salisbury Island atthe same time as workingwith WA Dept of Fisheriesand local Abalone diversto set out trackingreceivers for taggedGreat White Sharks.

PROJECT: INTERPRETATION

Outcomes

Gabbie Kylie has developed several walk trails, interpretive signs, and developing a Museum Display, with plans todevelop a regional heritage trail and interpretation plan with DEC.

STRATEGIC PLANNING 1: COMMUNITYEMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING

Plans

Gabbie Kylie has developed a long-term community training and employmentprogram focussed on conservation and land management and development oftrained Indigenous Rangers while working on the range of Gabbie Kylie projects andthroughout the DEC estate.

This plan requires approval and input from DEC and long-term funding has yet to besecured.

STRATEGIC PLANNING 2: BUSINESS PLANAND SOCIAL ENTERPRISE

Plans

Gabbie Kylie has developed a business plan and now investigating avenues for establishing theoperation as a social enterprise focused on Cultural NRM.

STRATEGIC PLANNING 3: INTEGRATEDRESEARCH PROGRAMME

Plans

Gabbie Kylie is planning to develop a long-term research programme that integrates the variouspartners and diverse fields of science and social science that will contribute to the overallsustainability of the community program while providing high-level research outcomes in a number offields. The team has been actively hosting a number of MA and PhD student projects, presented at anumber of conferences around the world and published aspects of the model and research inacademic journals.

STRATEGIC PLANNING 4: FIELD SCHOOLSAND HERITAGE TOURISM

Plans

Gabbie Kylie is planning to expand the successful field school program with a focus on education andheritage tourism. This requires the development of an international marketing strategy to support thisunique component of the overall program.

ELDER AND PROJECT COORDINATOR, DOC REYNOLDS

LOGISTICS AND PLANNING

ELDER, GAIL YORKSHIRE-SELBY

CULTURAL GUIDANCE

MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGIST, ROSS ANDERSON

SPECIALISTS AND PARTNERS

WA MARITIME MUSEUM, EARTH IMPRINTS & APPLIED ARCHAEOLOGY

ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS

WA MARITIME MUSEUM, EARTH IMPRINTS & APPLIED ARCHAEOLOGY

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS

FROM THE RECHERCHE ARCHIPELAGO, TO CAPE LE GRAND,CAPE ARID, AND ACROSS THE NYUTSLAND NATURE RESERVE

REMOTE WILDERNESS

GABBIE KYLIE FIELD SCHOOLS

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

GABBIE KYLIE FIELD SCHOOLS

WILDLIFE MONITORING

GABBIE KYLIE FIELD SCHOOLS

NEW HORIZONS

GABBIE KYLIE FIELD SCHOOLS

COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT

RESEARCH AND WORKSHOPS

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

ON GROUND ACTION

COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT

RESEARCH AND WORKSHOPS

INDIGENOUS ARCHAEOLOGY

GABBIE KYLIE FIELD SCHOOLS

MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY

GABBIE KYLIE FIELD SCHOOLS

HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

WORKING WITH LAND MANAGERS AND SPECIALISTS

CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT

EXPLORATION AND NEW DISCOVERIES

REMOTE SURVEY

TRADITIONAL PLACES AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES

CULTURAL LANDSCAPES

HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS

LANDSCAPE CHANGE AND FORMATION

LEARNING AND EXPERIENCING

ADVENTURE

SPECIALISTS AND PARTNERS

INTEGRATED RESEARCH

PROTECTING THE REGION’S NATURAL AND CULTURAL VALUES

ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT

CULTURAL SHARING AND WORKSHOPS

CULTURAL AWARENESS