This post first appeared on our Facebook page on 19th September 2025.
It’s taken a month but we are finally in the position to provide an update on this situation. As will come as no surprise to absolutely anyone excepts Scots College and Allen Price, we have been notified that an Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment (ACHA)is being undertaken for this development.
Who knew?
That’s not actually a rhetorical question. We have good reason, by virtue of nearby recorded sites, if not common sense or common decency, to hold the opinion that Scots should have known. But they have relied on Allen Price. We stated in our last post about the many, many ACHAs Allen Price have commissioned and how inconceivable it is that they would think this site, given its location, wouldn’t require one.
Thank you to our allies and supporters who have taken an interest in this matter. Thanks also to ABC Illawarra for picking up this story and covering it on air on 13th August. Both Scots College and Shoalhaven City Council provided comment to ABC. Allen Price declined to comment to ABC as well.
Wilful ignorance, blatant disrespect, or quite possible a racist attitude? It’s hard to know in the absence of any engagement whatsoever. What we do know is that wherever you walk, you walk in the footsteps of our ancestors. You cannot ignore history, let alone rewrite it. This is ancient Country and the few protections that are afforded it by planning instruments must be upheld.
