Associated Development: Gungahlin Urban Development
Commonwealth approval: Strategic assessment of urban development at Gungahlin, ACT
Length of Gungahlin Strategic Assessment approval: 1 January 2043. Following this date, the offset areas will be incorporated into the Canberra Nature Park.
Where are the Jacka, Taylor and Horse Park North Offset Areas?
Jacka (23.0 Ha), Taylor (21.3 Ha) and Horse Park North (76.2 Ha) are located within the Gungahlin district, north of the suburb of Taylor, just shy of the NSW/ACT border. Currently, they are only accessible by private roads.
Why is it an offset?
Jacka, Taylor and Horse Park North have complementary conservation objectives concerning Matters of National Environmental Significance (MNES), protected under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). Specifically:
Threatened flora and fauna
Find out about threatened flora and fauna in our action plans and fact sheets. You can also find useful information through the NSW Government threatened biodiversity profile search and PlantNET.
Ngunnawal Country and People
The Jacka, Taylor and Horse Park North Offset Areas are located on Ngunnawal Country, an ancient and diverse landscape managed by Ngunnawal people for tens of thousands of years. For time immemorial Ngunnawal people have maintained a tangible and intangible cultural, social, environmental, spiritual, and economic connection to these lands and waters.
The Heritage Act 2004 makes particular provision for recognising, registering and conserving Aboriginal places and objects. Under the Act it is an offence to damage, disturb or destroy any Aboriginal place or object. Find out more about registration and protection of Aboriginal places and objects at:
European heritage
Since European settlement, the sites have history of grazing stock.
Learn more about heritage.
Management
Monitoring and Research Reports
- Environmental Offsets Ecological Monitoring Program Report 2018-19 (8.0 MB)
- Environmental Offsets Ecological Monitoring Program Report 2019-20 (10.8 MB)
- Woodland Quality and Extent Mapping 2017 (15.4 MB)
- Box Gum Woodland Offset Monitoring Report 2016 (4.4 MB)
Find out more about monitoring and research in ACT Environmental Offsets.
More information
Find associated publications on the Offsets Register.