Heritage Victoria

Heritage Victoria makes decisions about the most important historic heritage sites in Victoria

Changes to the Heritage Act 2017

The Heritage Amendment Bill 2023 has been passed by Parliament. It will come into effect on 1 February 2024

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Heritage listings

Find information about how places are heritage listed in Victoria.

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Protecting our heritage

Learn how you can help protect a heritage place.

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Heritage grants

The Living Heritage Grants Program provides funding to safeguard and activate Victoria's state listed heritage places.

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Permits and consents

Find out if you need a heritage permit or archaeological consent before you start works.

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Resources and publications

Browse heritage policy, forms and research.

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Find out about Heritage Victoria’s role and responsibilities.

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Find out if a place is heritage listed

Find the heritage status of properties in Victoria. Enter a property address to find out if a property is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register, the Victorian Heritage Inventory, or is protected by a Heritage Overlay

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Wreck of Cac Wirraway (A20-714) Aircraft in Lake Corangamite, Victoria. Image shows a wreck of an aircraft in a lake.

Maritime Heritage at Risk Program 2022/23 Annual Report

The 2022/23 Annual Report for the Maritime Heritage at Risk Program has been published.

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Image shows the water tower from a distance. The tower is made out of red brick and a house can be seen behind it.

Murtoa Water Tower conservation

A ‘towering’ heritage landmark is set to undergo conservation works in Murtoa.

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Setting the standard

New and updated resources released by Heritage Victoria’s Government Asset Managers Program

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New information about undiscovered maritime heritage

Heritage Victoria has received new information relating to undiscovered maritime heritage.

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Change is afoot at Campbell Arcade

Heritage Victoria’s Major Projects Team negotiating a good heritage outcome.

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Band playing to a crowded room at Magdalen Laundries

A new life for the Abbotsford Convent’s historic Magdalen Laundries

The careful restoration of the Mary Magdalen Laundries at Abbotsford Convent has created a new arts and events space.

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Rippon Lea house, image shows the exterior of the house. The house is made of red brick and looks glamorous.

Rippon Lea’s lost conservatory

Living Heritage Grant helps restore a rediscovered glasshouse.

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A new addition in the Victorian Heritage Register

Learn about the Flinders Telegraph Cable Complex and Pier and the seadragons that call the surrounding waters home

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Changes to the Heritage Act 2017

Amendments to the Heritage Act 2017 will come into effect in 2024.

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