Legislation for the management and protection of cultural heritage; the gap between legislation and policy; legislation as a mechanism of last resort; management of the Blacks Palace art site before any cultural heritage protection legislation existed in Queensland; introduction of the Aboriginal Relics Preservation Act 1967; the Department of Environment and Heritage gaining bureaucratic control of cultural heritage matters in 1989; description of Blacks Palace art site; vandalism of the site; controls on site visitation; the development of management policy; the Cultural Record Act of 1987; the involvement of Aboriginal people in developing a management plan for the Blacks Palace site; grants for the management of Indigenous Heritage; Native Title provisions; Murandoo Yanner Native Title case; Indigenous ownership and management involvement of reserve
