What is Victorian Heritage Register?
[[File:Former gollin and company building bourke street melbourne.jpg|thumb|The Gollin and Company building in Melbourne, listed on the Victorian Heritage Register]] [[File:Blue plaque Ballarat mining exchange.jpg|thumb|Blue plaque on the Ballarat Mining Exchange]] The '''Victorian Heritage Register''' is a list of places of [[cultural]] heritage important to the State of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]]. It has legal powers under the Heritage Act 1995. [[Heritage Victoria]] is the government department which is responsible for the register. It protects a wide range of cultural heritage places and objects, including: * historic [[archaeological site]]s and objects * historic buildings, structures and areas * gardens, trees and [[cemetery|cemeteries]] * cultural landscapes * shipwrecks and relics * important objects and collections Heritage Victoria is part of the Department of Planning and Community Development, a department of the [[Government of Victoria]], [[Australia]]. Heritage Victoria reports to the Heritage Council who decide which places and items should be on the register. The Minister for Planning is the responsible Minister for Heritage Victoria and the Heritage Act 1995. It lists important buildings and other places in Victoria. It gives legal protection to stop listed sites being destroyed or changed. Removing an item from the list can only be done by a government minister. All places and objects listed on the register are entitled to a blue sign. .<ref>{{Citation | title=Blue Plaques | url=http://www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/heritage/heritage-places-and-objects/blue-plaques-how-to-obtain | publisher=Department of Planning and Community Development, Victoria | accessdate=2011-02-14 | archive-date=2011-02-25 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225065540/http://www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/heritage/heritage-places-and-objects/blue-plaques-how-to-obtain | url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.heritage.vic.gov.au Heritage Victori