Heritage
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Heritage
Introduction
Cultural Heritage State Indicators
Trends
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Sites listed on the Central Archive (including the Register of Aboriginal
Sites and Objects): INCREASED
to 7,485 from 5,691 in 2003.
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Shipwrecks listed in the SA Shipwrecks Database: STABLE
at 788
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Protected South Australian shipwrecks: INCREASING, with 392
at September 2007 – up 206 since December 2002.
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Documentation of geological heritage: significantly DECREASED
due to discontinuation of funding.
Built Heritage State Indicators
Trends
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Places on the South Australian Heritage Register: INCREASED
by nine
since 2003 with the majority of suitable places now listed and limited future
additions expected.
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Local heritage places designated in all Council Development Plans:
INCREASED
by 2,699 since 2003 (New indicator).
Natural Heritage
The Council area encompasses a broad range of natural environmental
features. It is likely that the Kaurna people occupied and modified these diverse
ecosystems, from the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges to the tidal estuaries
around Port Adelaide. As represented in Figure 17. (p 86) the area includes four
broadly defined landscapes, the Para Fault Block, Alluvial Plain, Estuarine Plain
and Coastal Dune (Pullen 2006).
The Para Fault Block defines the western margin of the Mount Lofty Ranges,
developed through movement along a series of roughly parallel fault lines. The
escarpment occurs from Gepps Cross to Devon Park including the Torrens
River and Dry Creek (SoE 2007).
