Outcome:	1. Environment		Question No: 24
Output:  	1.5 Heritage
Division/Agency:	Heritage Division
Topic: 	Research Bay
Hansard Page ECITA:	Written Question on Notice

Senator Brown asked: 
Regarding the Research Bay locality in Tasmania – What (a) archaeological, (b) entomological, (c) zoological, (d) botanical, (e) geological, (f) geomorphological, (g) historical or other studies have been done or assessed by the government.

Answer/s:
The assessment of the National Heritage List nomination for the Recherche Bay locality is the responsibility of the Australian Heritage Council. The only study so far commissioned that includes some consideration of Recherche Bay is Pearson, M. 2004. A Great Southern Land: the maritime investigation of Terra Australis.

Outcome:	1.  Environment		Question No: 25
Output:  	1.5 Heritage
Division/Agency:	Heritage Division
Topic: 	D’Entrecasteaux Expedition
Hansard Page ECITA:	Written Question on Notice

Senator Brown asked: 
Can a detailed map be provided of exploration of the region by members of the D’Entrecasteaux expedition in 1792/3?

Answer/s: 
The only such detailed maps of which my Department is aware are available from the Recherche Bay Protection Group.

Outcome:	1.  Environment		Question No: 26
Output:  	1.5 Heritage
Division/Agency:	Heritage Division
Topic: 	D’Entrecasteaux expedition
Hansard Page ECITA:		Written Question on Notice

Senator Brown asked: 
What is/was the Tasmanian Aboriginal presence and history in the region?

Answer/s: 
In 1793 members of the D’Entrecasteaux expedition met the Lyluequonny people in the vicinity of Recherche Bay and the Nuennone people when the expedition stopped at Bruny Island.  I understand that information about the history of Tasmanian Aboriginal people in the areas visited by the D’Entrecasteaux expedition can be found in Lyndall Ryan’s (1996) standard historical reference ‘The Aboriginal Tasmanians’.  I understand that some Tasmanian Aboriginal families are historically associated with the Channel area in south eastern Tasmania.