The water-dependent asset register for the Maranoa-Balonne-Condamine subregion (Bioregional Assessment Programme, 2017) contains 135 sociocultural assets that are included in the water-dependent asset register that was used for the impact and risk analysis (updated 5 February 2016; Bioregional Assessment Programme, Dataset 2; Bioregional Assessment Programme, 2017). Of these 135 sociocultural assets, 79 were considered to be water dependent based on the presence of floodplain and wetland areas and shallow groundwater within their spatial extent as described in companion product 1.3 (Mitchell et al., 2015b). These 79 sociocultural assets include 39 built heritage assets, 11 war memorials, 3 Indigenous sites and 26 recreation areas, including national parks and areas of remnant vegetation (Table 34).
Separate reports are available on Indigenous water assets in the Queensland and NSW parts of the Maranoa-Balonne-Condamine subregion, which contributed to this Assessment. Following consultation with Traditional Owners in the Maranoa-Balonne-Condamine subregion, an additional 56 Indigenous assets were included in the water-dependent asset register used for the impact and risk analysis (updated 5 February 2016; Bioregional Assessment Programme, Dataset 2; Bioregional Assessment Programme, 2017). Of these, 35 Indigenous assets are cultural values associated with animals and plants that do not have geographic location information. This means they could not be specifically assessed for hydrological impact due to additional coal resource development using spatial overlay. None of the 35 cultural values associated with animals and plants are listed separately as ecological assets for the subregion. The cultural values and nature of the water dependency of these 35 Indigenous assets are described in Table 35.
The zone of potential hydrological change includes part of one sociocultural asset – the 3092 km2 Barakula State Forest Area, near Miles in Queensland – which is classified as a recreation area (Table 34). It is considered to be water dependent based on the presence of floodplain and wetland areas and shallow groundwater within its spatial extent. The Barakula State Forest is located along the eastern edge of the zone of potential hydrological change in the vicinity of The Range coal mine (Figure 44).
Table 34 Number of sociocultural water-dependent assets in the assessment extent and zone of potential hydrological change
|
Asset subgroup |
Asset class |
Number of assets in assessment extent |
Number of assets in zone of potential hydrological change (including modelled open-cut mine pits) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Cultural |
Heritage site |
50 |
0 |
|
Cultural |
Indigenous site |
59a |
– |
|
Social |
Recreation area |
26 |
1 |
|
Total |
135 |
1 |
aOut of the total 59 Indigenous sites, 35 are Indigenous cultural values associated with animals and plants that do not have geographic location information, which means they cannot be specifically assessed for hydrological impact due to additional coal resource development. Therefore ‘–‘ (not applicable) is indicated for whether these assets are in the zone, because it is unknown whether the aspatial assets are in the zone.
Data: Bioregional Assessment Programme (Dataset 2, Dataset 3)
Table 35 Description of cultural values and nature of water dependency for Indigenous assets
|
Asset namea |
Description of cultural values and nature of water dependency |
|---|---|
|
Araucaria bidwilli (bunya) |
Water dependency based on cultural considerations, requires moist conditions for germination |
|
Xanthorrhoea |
Water dependency based on cultural considerations |
|
Callistemon viminalis (bottlebrush) |
Water dependency based on cultural considerations, grows along watercourses in sandstone or granite derived geologies |
|
Capparis mitchelli (wild orange) |
Water dependency based on cultural considerations |
|
Brachychiton populneus (kurrajong) |
Water dependency based on cultural considerations |
|
Pittosporum angustifolium (umbie umbie) |
Water dependency based on cultural considerations |
|
Eremophila longifolia (emu bush) |
Water dependency based on cultural considerations |
|
Psydrax oleifolia (lemon myrtle) |
Water dependency based on cultural considerations |
|
Santalum lanceolatum (sandalwood) |
Water dependency based on cultural considerations |
|
Capparis lasiantha (maypan) |
Water dependency based on cultural considerations |
|
Eucalyptus camaldulensis (river red gum) |
Water dependency based on cultural considerations, known to have surface water and groundwater dependence |
|
Petalostigma pubescens (quinine tree) |
Water dependency based on cultural considerations |
|
Carissa ovata (blackcurrant bush) |
Water dependency based on cultural considerations |
|
Grevillea striata (beefwood) |
Water dependency based on cultural considerations, may occur along water courses |
|
Owenia acidula (emu apple) |
Water dependency based on cultural considerations |
|
Callitris glaucophylla (white cypress pine) |
Water dependency based on cultural considerations |
|
Xylomelum cunninghamianum (native pear) |
Water dependency based on cultural considerations |
|
Santalum lanceolatum (commercial sandalwood) |
Water dependency based on cultural considerations |
|
Apophyllum anomalum (broom bush) |
Water dependency based on cultural considerations |
|
Dodonaea viscosa (sticky hopbush) |
Water dependency based on cultural considerations |
|
Ficus opposita (sandpaper fig) |
Water dependency based on cultural considerations |
|
Alphitonia excelsa (red ash) |
Water dependency based on cultural considerations |
|
Clerodendrum floribundum (lolly bush) |
Water dependency based on cultural considerations, often associated with coastal rainforests and sometimes with creek lines and alluvium |
|
Ventilago viminalis (vine tree) |
Water dependency based on cultural considerations |
|
Exocarpos cupressiformis (native cherry) |
Water dependency based on cultural considerations |
|
Dendrophthoe glabrescens (mistletoe) |
Water dependency based on cultural considerations |
|
Eremophila dutonii (red poverty bush) |
Water dependency based on cultural considerations |
|
Eremophila freelingii (rock fuschia bush) |
Water dependency based on cultural considerations |
|
Eremophila latrobei (crimson turkey bush) |
Water dependency based on cultural considerations |
|
Typha domingensis (bulrush) |
Water dependency based on cultural considerations, emergent aquatic perennial |
|
Marsdenia australis (maypan/bush banana) |
Water dependency based on cultural considerations |
|
Cherax destructor (bugili (crayfish)) |
Water dependency based on cultural considerations, aquatic crustacean |
|
Macquaria sp. (yellow belly) |
Water dependency based on cultural considerations, native fish species |
|
Morelia spilota metcalfei (bumbari (carpet snake)) |
Water dependency based on cultural considerations, often associated with riparian vegetation |
|
Dromaius novaehollandise (nuriyn (emu)) |
Water dependency based on cultural considerations, often associated with riparian vegetation |
aPunctuation and typography appear as used in the asset database.
Data: Bioregional Assessment Programme (Dataset 2)
Baseline drawdown is the maximum difference in drawdown (dmax) under the baseline relative to no coal resource development. Additional drawdown is the maximum difference in drawdown (dmax) between the coal resource development pathway (CRDP) and baseline, due to additional coal resource development. The mine pits in the CRDP are the sum of those in the baseline and the additional coal resource development. Areas within modelled open-cut mine pits (Table 4) are not included in this analysis.
ACRD = additional coal resource development, CSG = coal seam gas
Data: Bioregional Assessment Programme (Dataset 2, Dataset 4, Dataset 5, Dataset 6, Dataset 7, Dataset 8)
The zone of potential hydrological change, where there is a greater than 5% chance of exceeding 0.2 m drawdown due to additional coal resource development, includes 465 km2 of the Barakula State Forest (Table 36 and Figure 45). Median drawdown due to additional coal resource development is less than 2 m, and predominantly less than 2 m under the baseline, with the exception of 13 km2 to the south-west of The Range coal mine (Table 36 and Table 37).
Colours represent the 5th, 50th and 95th percentile. Baseline drawdown is the maximum difference in drawdown (dmax) under the baseline relative to no coal resource development. Additional drawdown is the maximum difference in drawdown (dmax) between the coal resource development pathway (CRDP) and baseline, due to additional coal resource development. Areas within modelled open-cut mine pits (Table 4) are not included in this analysis.
Data: Bioregional Assessment Programme (Dataset 3)
Table 36 Number and extent of sociocultural assets that exceed the 5th, 50th and 95th percentile estimates of baseline drawdown (m) in the zone of potential hydrological change
|
Asset subgroup |
Asset class |
Numbera, length or area |
Assets in assessment extent |
Assets in zone of potential hydrological change |
Extentbd of assets with baseline drawdown ≥0.2 m |
Extentbd of assets with baseline drawdown ≥2 m |
Extentbd of assets with baseline drawdown ≥5 m |
||||||||
|
Numbera |
Length or area |
Numbera |
Length or areab |
5th |
50th |
95th |
5th |
50th |
95th |
5th |
50th |
95th |
|||
|
Cultural |
Heritage site |
Area (km2) |
50 |
131 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Indigenous site |
Area (km2) |
3 |
26.8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Indigenous site |
Length (km) |
8 |
1493 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Indigenous site |
Point (number) |
13 |
– |
0 |
– |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Indigenous site |
Aspatial (number) |
35c |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
|
|
Social |
Recreation area |
Area (km2) |
26 |
3472 |
1 |
465 |
141 |
465 |
465 |
5.3 |
13.2 |
27.8 |
0 |
0.3 |
1.2 |
aNumbers in table are italicised, to distinguish from areas. Numbers within the whole zone are included in this analysis.
bLengths or areas within modelled open-cut mine pits (Table 4) are not included in this analysis.
cOut of the total 59 Indigenous sites, these 35 are Indigenous cultural values associated with animals and plants that do not have geographic location information, which means they cannot be specifically assessed for hydrological impact due to additional coal resource development.
dExtent could be a number, length or area.
‘–’ means ‘not applicable’. The extent potentially exposed to ≥0.2, ≥2 and ≥5 m baseline drawdown is shown for the 5th, 50th and 95th percentile estimates. Baseline drawdown is the maximum difference in drawdown (dmax) under the baseline relative to no coal resource development. The zone of potential hydrological change is defined as the area with a greater than 5% chance of exceeding 0.2 m drawdown due to additional coal resource development.
Data: Bioregional Assessment Programme (Dataset 3)
Table 37 Number and extent of sociocultural assets that exceed the 5th, 50th and 95th percentile estimates of additional drawdown (m) in the zone of potential hydrological change
|
Asset subgroup |
Asset class |
Numbera, length or area |
Assets in assessment extent |
Assets in zone of potential hydrological change |
Extentbd of assets with additional drawdown ≥0.2 m |
Extentbd of assets with additional drawdown ≥2 m |
Extentbd of assets with additional drawdown ≥5 m |
||||||||
|
Numbera |
Length or area |
Numbera |
Length or areab |
5th |
50th |
95th |
5th |
50th |
95th |
5th |
50th |
95th |
|||
|
Cultural |
Heritage site |
Area (km2) |
50 |
131 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Indigenous site |
Area (km2) |
3 |
26.8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Indigenous site |
Length (km) |
8 |
1493 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Indigenous site |
Point (number) |
13 |
– |
0 |
– |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Indigenous site |
Aspatial (number) |
35c |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
|
|
Social |
Recreation area |
Area (km2) |
26 |
3472 |
0 |
465 |
20.5 |
75.9 |
465 |
0 |
0 |
6.4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
aNumbers in table are italicised, to distinguish from areas. Numbers within the whole zone are included in this analysis.
bLengths or areas within modelled open-cut mine pits (Table 4) are not included in this analysis.
cOut of the total 59 Indigenous sites, these 35 are Indigenous cultural values associated with animals and plants that do not have geographic location information, which means they could not be specifically assessed for hydrological impact due to additional coal resource development.
dExtent could be a number, length or area.
‘–’ means ‘not applicable’. The extent potentially exposed to ≥0.2, ≥2 and ≥5 m additional drawdown is shown for the 5th, 50th and 95th percentile estimates of the maximum difference in drawdown (dmax) between the coal resource development pathway (CRDP) and baseline, due to additional coal resource development. The zone of potential hydrological change is defined as the area with a greater than 5% chance of exceeding 0.2 m drawdown due to additional coal resource development.
Data: Bioregional Assessment Programme (Dataset 3)
