SUMMARY actions that Parks Victoria will undertake, Most people are aware of Parks the Heritage Management Strategy looks role in looking after the Victoria’s State’s at the legal and policy framework that natural areas and open space. Probably requires Parks Victoria to manage not so many know that it is also one of historic places, and describes other the main managers of historical Victoria’s agencies and groups involved in heritage heritage. Think of Werribee Park, Coolart, management. It also classifies our Mount Buffalo Chalet and the Wilsons historic places into a number of Promontory Lighthouse, to name just a categories interestingly, mining sites – few, and of Parks Victoria you’re thinking make up just over half of all the recorded managed places. places. Cultural heritage protection has been a role of park agency at least Victoria’s since the National Parks Act of 1975. In Parks Victoria has drawn on the Australian Heritage fact Parks Victoria manages some 40 Commission’s Historic Themes Framework to classify major historic buildings and complexes, historic sites further. Broad themes, such and an amazing 2500 recorded historic as places and collections around the State, “Resource Utilisation”, “Transport”, including huts, mining sites, gardens, been refined into a set “Settlement”, have of key historical themes relevant to Parks lighthouses, cemeteries, court houses, Victoria. These are: monuments, industrial sites, landscapes and shipwrecks. And there are many Accessing Natural more unrecorded places, mostly Treasures archaeological, in parks and reserves. These places and objects, our cultural Settling the Port Phillip District heritage, help people to understand the Mining beliefs, hopes and aspirations of our forebears. Shipping along the Coast Living in Remote Areas Making sense of this diverse cultural heritage, and helping Parks Victoria to Defending Colonial Victoria make decisions about its conservation and presentation, is the reason for developing this Parks Victoria Heritage Management Strategy, which establishes actions, priorities and standards for the organisation in heritage management for the next five to ten years. Parks Victoria is committed to managing historic places and objects sustainably for the long-term benefit of Victorians, and for visitors from interstate and overseas. Heritage is an important component of contemporary lifestyles and leisure activities, and contributes significantly to the economy through tourism and education. This strategy document covers only our non-indigenous cultural heritage. Parks Victoria is also partly or wholly responsible for managing thousands of indigenous cultural sites, which are the subject of a separate strategy. As well as coming up with a list of
SUMMARY Most people are aware of Parks Victoria’s role in looking after the State’s natural areas and open space. Probably not so many know that it is also one of the main managers of Victoria’s historical heritage. Think of Werribee Park, Coolart, Mount Buffalo Chalet and the Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, to name just a few, and you’re thinking of Parks Victoria managed places. Cultural heritage protection has been a role of Victoria’s park agency at least since the National Parks Act of 1975. In fact Parks Victoria manages some 40 major historic buildings and complexes, and an amazing 2500 recorded historic places and collections around the State, including huts, mining sites, gardens, lighthouses, cemeteries, court houses, monuments, industrial sites, landscapes and shipwrecks. And there are many more unrecorded places, mostly archaeological, in parks and reserves. These places and objects, our cultural heritage, help people to understand the beliefs, hopes and aspirations of our forebears. Making sense of this diverse cultural heritage, and helping Parks Victoria to make decisions about its conservation and presentation, is the reason for developing this Parks Victoria Heritage Management Strategy, which establishes actions, priorities and standards for the organisation in heritage management for the next five to ten years. Parks Victoria is committed to managing historic places and objects sustainably for the long-term benefit of Victorians, and for visitors from interstate and overseas. Heritage is an important component of contemporary lifestyles and leisure activities, and contributes significantly to the economy through tourism and education. This strategy document covers only our non-indigenous cultural heritage. Parks Victoria is also partly or wholly responsible for managing thousands of indigenous cultural sites, which are the subject of a separate strategy. As well as coming up with a list of actions that Parks Victoria will undertake, the Heritage Management Strategy looks at the legal and policy framework that requires Parks Victoria to manage historic places, and describes other agencies and groups involved in heritage management. It also classifies our historic places into a number of categories – interestingly, mining sites make up just over half of all the recorded places. Parks Victoria has drawn on the Australian Heritage Commission’s Historic Themes Framework to classify historic sites further. Broad themes, such as “Resource Utilisation”, “Transport”, “Settlement”, have been refined into a set of key historical themes relevant to Parks Victoria. These are: Accessing Natural Treasures Settling the Port Phillip District Mining Shipping along the Coast Living in Remote Areas Defending Colonial Victoria