Bendethera, Deua National Park, Conservation Management Plan

The Bendethera homestead precinct is a former pastoral settlement that is now part of Deua National Park in the south coast region of NSW. This plan sets out how to best manage and conserve this historic heritage place and landscape.

Date
1 August 2009
Publisher
Department of Environment and Climate Change NSW
Type
Publication, Conservation management plan
Status
Final
Cost
Free
Language
English
Tags
  • ISBN 978-1-74232-796-9
  • ID DECCW20100487
  • File PDF 4.2MB
  • Pages 85
  • Name bendethera-deua-national-park-conservation-management-plan-100487.pdf

Wooden fences, Bendethera Valley campground, Deua National ParkThe Bendethera homestead precinct is an iconic example of a former pastoral homestead station with associated stock yards, gravesites and other remnants. The place is important culturally in terms of specific sites and as a cultural landscape of remote, cleared river flats.  

This conservation management plan (CMP) provides a conservation analysis and assessment of the pastoral history of Bendethera, including physical evidence and associated social values.

The plan helps guide the management of historic heritage assets within Deua National Park and provides a heritage significance assessment of the Bendethera homestead precinct and the adjacent cleared flat areas.

The plan also identifies cultural tourism and interpretation opportunities and issues and constraints that arise from these opportunities.

Visitor information

Visit Deua National Park and discover the remains of the area's pastoral heritage.


Photo: Wooden fences, Bendethera Valley, Deua National Park / Lucas Boyd/OEH