Site Details

Name

Jasper Gorge

Status

Permanent Declaration

Type

Place

Description

Jasper Gorge is well known for its scenic characteristics, such as the red sandstone escarpment formations and permanent waterholes and associated riverine vegetation. The gorge contains a diverse range of site types, such as carved boabs, paintings and engravings located along the length of the gorge.

Sites within the gorge and the gorge itself are associated with key phases in human occupation in the area, including Aboriginal land use, early European exploration and settlement of the region.

Statement Of
Heritage Value

Jasper Gorge is of cultural and natural significance to the Northern Territory. The Gorge contains a diverse range of cultural features within a scenic gorge setting including carved boabs, paintings, engravings, stone arrangements, stone artefact scatter and Dreaming sites.

Such features may contribute to our understanding of Aboriginal land use and the nature of Aboriginal and European contact in the region. The presence of stone arrangements interpreted as hawk hunting hides, demonstrates a function and design which is no longer generally practiced.

The gorge has historical significance as the location of many early Aboriginal and European encounters and it is associated with early exploring activities of A C Gregory and his party. The gorge is highly valued by the local Aboriginal community as the location of numerous Dreaming sites including those associated with Walujapi (Black Headed Python) and as the location where the Aboriginal Land Commissioner heard evidence for the Kidman Springs / Jasper Gorge Land Claim.

The gorge is also the prime example of the Jasper Gorge Sandstone, a geological unit characteristic of the Victoria River Region and formed during a major marine transgression phase in which a shallow sea spread over the region.

Nominated

01/10/1996

Nomination Refused

Nomination Accepted

14/11/1996

Provisional Declaration

Assessment Report
Considered

27/03/1996

Report Action

Comment sought

Report Comments

Recommended

Not Recommended

Refused By Minister

Referred Back

Signed By Minister

13/05/2003

Publish notice of
declaration

25/10/2003

Gazetted

13/08/2003

Revoked

Destroyed

File No

H96/0040

Value

Historic, Indigenous & Natural

Conservation Policy

LGA

Victoria - Daly Shire

Comments

Part of NT Portions 3847 and 2917 Designated NT Portion 6276(A). Victoria River Downs District.

Photo

	Name	Description	Date Added
View	jasper gorge web photo.jpg	Jasper Gorge	19/SEP/07

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Scan

	Name	Description	Date Added
View	Instrument.pdf	-	11/FEB/09

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Further Information

no data found

Approximate Location

LAIS Key	Street Number	Street Name	Suburb	Location Code	Lot Number	LTO Plan	Part	Tenure
000 02917	21235	VICTORIA	GREGORY	000	2917	-	-	Freehold
000 03847	13774	BUCHANAN	VICTORIA RIVER	000	3847	-	-	Freehold

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Status Explanations

Nomination Period - a nomination has been accepted by Heritage Branch, but has not yet been accepted by the Heritage Council; OR a nomination has been accepted by the Heritage Council but the place/object has not yet been subject to a heritage assessment.

Assessment Period - a nomination has been accepted by the Heritage Council and the place/object is in the process of being assessed.

Consultation Period - Heritage assessment has been completed and s24 of the Act has been instigated, ie comment has been sought on a proposal to declare the place/object.

Recommendation Period - the Heritage Council has made a recommendation to declare the place/object and the Minister's final decision is awaited.

Not Recommended - a decision has been made by the Heritage Council not to recommend to the Minister that a place/object be declared

Declared - the Minister has made a decision to declare the place/object

Refused - the Minister has refused to declare the place/object