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The Australian Heritage Places Inventory contains summary information about places listed in State, Territory and Commonwealth Heritage Registers. The information is updated regularly. This website includes: 1. A search page for searches by database number, place name, street address, town, and local government area. Key word searches are also available for the statements of significance and the descriptions. Users may also limit their searches to a particular state or database. 2. A results page. The search returns a list of places including place name, address, local government area and the name of the parent database. A link from this page will take the use to the 'metadata' information. 3. A 'metadata' or full summary information page. The metadata includes all summary information posted by the originating database. This includes the unique database number, the place name, the location and the Local Government Area. It may also include a statement of significance and a description of the place where these exist and a URL. 4. Link to the Parent database - either the individual record, the State database search page or general home page. Contributing Heritage RegistersACT Heritage Register | The Register of the National Estate | The NSW State Heritage Inventory | The Victorian Heritage Register | The Northern Territory Heritage Register (NT) | State Heritage Register (South Australia) | Queensland Heritage Register | Heritage Places Database (Western Australia) | Tasmanian Heritage Register ACT Heritage Register - Inventory data updated July 2001The Heritage Unit, Environment ACT provides heritage conservation advice and carries out heritage projects that promote heritage. The Unit administers the heritage provisions of the Land (Planning and Environment) Act 1991, which relate to the management of natural, Aboriginal and historic heritage. The Unit assists in the conservation of the Territory's heritage assets to ensure their identification, preservation, protection, maintenance and enhancement (where appropriate) for present and future generations. For further information: The Register of the National Estate - Inventory data updated regularlyThe Australian Heritage Commission has compiled this Register since 1976. There are now more than 12 000 places of natural, historic and indigenous significance. The database contains information on the 12 000 listed places and on all places that have been considered, as well as all others in the process of assessment or rejected by the Commission. They come from all parts of Australia and are owned variously by Commonwealth, State and local governments, by businesses, voluntary and other organizations and by private individuals. All places entered in the Register are strictly assessed against publicly available criteria outlining national estate values. For further information: Australian Heritage Commission including listing process, the criteria used in assessing places and how the National Estate is protected. The Register of the National Estate data in the Inventory is updated monthly. Alternatively, for up-to-date searching you can go directly to the Register of the National Estate which is live on the Australian Heritage Commission's website. Contact: The NSW State Heritage RegisterThe State Heritage Register contains almost 1400 items which have been recognised as having State Heritage Significance by the NSW Heritage Council and listed by the Minister responsible for the Heritage Act as being of particular importance to the people of New South Wales. Basic information on these items is available through the Australian Heritage Places Inventory. These records are a subset of the larger State Heritage Inventory which contains information for about 20,000 heritage items listed on State lists (such as Local Environment Plans, Regional Environment Plans and the State Heritage Register). Most records contain only basic information (name, address and listing). Many items in the Inventory are historic buildings but the State Heritage Inventory also includes historic sites, heritage objects owned by State Government agencies, natural heritage items and Aboriginal heritage. The hyperink in the Australian Heritage Places Inventory record will link to the complete record in the State Heritage Inventory. Both the State Heritage Register and State Heritage Inventory are available as searchable databases via the NSW Heritage Office. For further information: NSW Heritage Office homepage Contact: The Northern Territory Heritage Register - Inventory data updated June 2001The Northern Territory Heritage Register lists all the places and objects that the Minister has declared under the Heritage Conservation Act 1991. It also includes details of interim conservation orders, conservation management plans and heritage agreements. Information on the register is available to the public. Note that the public has no special right of access to declared heritage places and objects located on private property. For further information, select the area you are interested in: Declared Heritage Places and Objects Victorian Heritage Register - Inventory data updated July 2000A comprehensive listing of Victoria's most significant historic places, objects and shipwrecks. It is not possible to link directly to the individual records in the Victorian Heritage Register. The link in the AHPI is to the search page for the Victorian Heritage Register Online. For further information: Heritage Council of Victoria Contact: South Australian Heritage Register - Inventory data updated fortnightlyThe South Australian Heritage Register is a list of places of heritage significance to the State. The Register lists the full range of South Australian heritage places within one database, including World Heritage, Australian Government listings, State Heritage Places, State Heritage Areas, local heritage places, Historic (Conservation) Zones and Historic Policy Areas. At present the AHPI includes only State Heritage Places (ie those protected under the Heritage Places Act 1993) and State Heritage Areas designated prior to 1994. All other categories listed in the Register are protected by separate pieces of legislation and are recorded in the Register for convenience only. The coverage of the AHPI will be expanded to cover the other categories in due course. To be entered in the Register as a State Heritage Place, a place must satisfy one or more of the criteria in Section 16 of the Heritage Places Act 1993. The decision to enter a State Heritage Place in the Register is made by the South Australian Heritage Council, a seven to nine member body established under the provisions of the Act. Advice to the Council is provided by the Heritage Branch, whose staff maintain the Register on the Council's behalf. State Heritage Places comprise confirmed places and provisionally entered places (ie. places which are awaiting confirmation). Occasionally provisionally entered places are removed rather than confirmed. As at 30 November 2005 there were 2195 confirmed State Heritage Places entered in the Register. The AHPI includes only limited information on State Heritage Places extracted from the South Australian Heritage Database. The features which create the heritage significance of a place should be ascertained from the staff of the Heritage Branch. It is not possible to link directly to the individual records in the South Australian Heritage Database. The link in the AHPI is to the SA Heritage Register page of the Heritage Branch website. The South Australian Heritage Register is maintained on a computerised database and is available for public inspection at the Heritage Branch, 1 Richmond Rd, Keswick, during normal office hours. All enquiries should be directed to the Register Clerks. Lists of relevant State Heritage Places have been supplied to all local councils and revised lists are distributed to relevant councils whenever new State Heritage Places are entered in the Register. General information relating to the administration of State heritage legislation is also available on the Internet at http://www.heritage.sa.gov.au. The Heritage Branch, Department for Environment and Heritage, GPO Box 1047, Adelaide 5001, tel: 61 8 8124 4960, FAX 61 8 8124 4980. Detailed information about the SA data in the AHPI. Queensland Heritage Register - Inventory data updated March 2002The Queensland Heritage Register is a list of places or buildings of cultural heritage significance in Queensland. Developed under the Queensland Heritage Act 1992, the Register recognises the value of Queensland's cultural heritage. It gives community recognition to the value and importance of significant cultural heritage places. Once a place is entered in the Register, anyone wanting to alter it must apply to the Queensland Heritage Council for approval. Overall, the Register protects significant cultural heritage places, so that they are conserved for future generations. The Register database is maintained on behalf of the Queensland Heritage Council by the Cultural Heritage Unit, Environment Protection Agency. As at March 2002 , there were 1332 places entered in the database. Information on places in the Queensland Heritage Register is available on the Internet via the AHPI and the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) website. The link in the AHPI goes to the entry about the place on the EPA website. Visit the Cultural Heritage Unit, Environment Protection Agency Contact: Heritage Places Database WA - Inventory data updated July 2000Lists places, buildings and sites of cultural heritage significance. It is not possible to link directly to the original records in the Heritage Places Database. The following link and the link in the repository is to the search page for the Heritage Places Database. Link to Heritage Council of WA Contact: Tasmanian Heritage Register - Inventory data updated 30 November 2001It is not possible to link directly to original records in the Tasmanian Heritage Register. The following link and the one in the repository is to the homepage of the Department responsible for the Register and Tasmanian Heritage Council. Contact: Email contact: enquiries@heritage.tas.gov.au |
