Heritage buildings and sustainability
Date published: February 2009
Assistance type: Guideline; How to; Resources for consultants; Resources for owners
Subject: Architecture; Sustainability; Technical guidance
This technical guide promotes environmental and sustainable performance measures for existing heritage buildings without adversely impacting their cultural heritage significance.
Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens World Heritage Management Plan - Attachment B: Carlton Gardens Master Plan
Date published: 2003
Assistance type: Policy; Report
Subject: Gardens and landscapes; Heritage Victoria policy
VHR/VHI Number: H1501
Within the broad planning framework for this World Heritage listed site, the Master Plan sets out the future directions for the management of the Gardens and the three forecourts of the Royal Exhibition Building.
Heritage buildings and energy efficiency regulations
Date published: 2009
Assistance type: Guideline; How to; Resources for consultants; Resources for owners
Subject: Architecture; Sustainability; Technical guidance
Design strategies to improve energy efficiency in heritage buildings.
Guidelines for change and development of heritage places of worship
Date published: June 2010
Assistance type: Guideline; How to; Resources for consultants; Resources for owners
Subject: Victorian Heritage Register
Guidelines for the change and development of heritage places of worship.
What house is that?
Date published: September 2010
Assistance type: Guideline; How to; Resources for consultants; Resources for owners
Subject: Architecture
A guide to Victoria's housing styles.
Celebrating the diversity of Victoria’s housing, What House is that? highlights the state’s many styles and the eras in which they flourished.
Heritage gardens
Date published: 2001
Assistance type: Guideline; How to; Resources for consultants; Resources for owners
Subject: Gardens and landscapes; Maintenance; Sustainability
Guidance on the maintenance of heritage gardens.
Report on the Public Submissions to the Draft World Heritage Management Plan: Attachment E
Date published: October 2013
Assistance type: Report
Subject: Heritage Victoria policy
VHR/VHI Number: H1501
Royal Exhibition Building (REB) and Carlton Gardens World Heritage Management Plan Steering Committee.
Report on the public submissions to the draft World Heritage Management Plan, 6 March 2012
Repair of tongue and groove floorboards
Date published: 2007
Assistance type: Guideline; How to; Resources for consultants; Resources for owners
Subject: Maintenance; Technical guidance; Timber
How to repair problems and faults in tongue and groove floorboards.
Victorian water supply heritage study
Date published: 2007
Assistance type: Consultant report
The Victorian Water Supply Heritage Study (the study) was commissioned by Heritage Victoria. The purpose of the study is to prepare a thematic environmental history of water supply in Victoria; and a desktop survey of Victoria’s water supply systems and sites as the first part of an in-depth examination of the heritage of Victoria’s water supply infrastructure.
Royal Exhibition Building and Exhibition Reserve Master Plan 2013
Date published: 2013
Assistance type: Policy
Subject: Heritage Victoria policy; Victorian Heritage Register
VHR/VHI Number: H1501
The Royal Exhibition Building is the first building in Australia to receive World Heritage Listing and this Master Plan is one of a suite of documents that informs and supports the World Heritage Site Management Plan.
Review of the Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens World Heritage Management Plan: Discussion Paper
Date published: 2020
Assistance type: Policy; Report
Subject: Architecture; Gardens and landscapes; Heritage Victoria policy
This Discussion Paper provides background information on the World Heritage Management Plan and its component parts, including the statutory and governance requirements, and identifies key questions to assist you in submitting your feedback.
More information: Accessible word version
Victoria's framework of historical themes
Date published: 2009
Assistance type: Policy
Subject: Heritage Victoria policy; Victorian Heritage Register
Heritage Victoria has developed a Framework of Historical Themes to increase people’s understanding and appreciation of Victoria’s rich heritage.
The Framework’s purpose is to highlight what is distinctive about Victoria and to increase awareness and appreciation of the state’s heritage. By emphasising the human activities that have produced the places and objects we value, the stories associated with heritage items can be more easily told.
Coal mining heritage study in Victoria
Date published: 2008
Assistance type: Consultant report
Subject: Mining
The Coal Mining Heritage Study was undertaken by Jack Vines from November 2003 – May 2007, under Heritage Victoria’s management. Many people have contributed to this study which, it is hoped, will be indispensable to all future study of the state’s coal mining industry.
Guidelines for implementation of Government heritage asset management principles
Assistance type: Guideline; Resources for consultants; Resources for owners
Subject: Archaeology; Government asset management; Victorian Heritage Register
Victorian Government cultural heritage asset management principles
Date published: January 2000
Assistance type: Guideline; How to; Policy; Resources for consultants; Resources for owners
Subject: Government asset management
These principles were endorsed by the Victorian Government in December 2009.
Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens conservation management plan - Part 2
Date published: October 2013
Assistance type: Policy
Subject: Heritage Victoria policy
VHR/VHI Number: H1501
This report was prepared for Heritage Victoria; its purpose is to update, including a review and revision, the draft 2004 Conservation Management Plan (CMP) for the Royal Exhibition Building (REB) and Carlton Gardens. The 2004 report was prepared by Allom Lovell and Associates (now Lovell Chen) and Context Pty Ltd, for the City of Melbourne and Museum Victoria.
Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens conservation management plan - Part 1
Date published: October 2013
Assistance type: Policy
Subject: Heritage Victoria policy
VHR/VHI Number: H1501
This report was prepared for Heritage Victoria; its purpose is to update, including a review and revision, the draft 2004 Conservation Management Plan (CMP) for the Royal Exhibition Building (REB) and Carlton Gardens. The 2004 report was prepared by Allom Lovell and Associates (now Lovell Chen) and Context Pty Ltd, for the City of Melbourne and Museum Victoria.
Watering heritage gardens and trees
Date published: 2008
Assistance type: Guideline; How to; Resources for consultants; Resources for owners
Subject: Gardens and landscapes; Maintenance; Technical guidance
Minimise the impact of drought and the long term effects of climate change on historic gardens and trees.
Conservation Management Plans: Managing Historic Places
Date published: 2010
Assistance type: Guideline; How to; Resources for consultants; Resources for owners
Subject: Heritage Victoria policy; Technical guidance; Victorian Heritage Register
This guide explains the purpose, scope and content of a Conservation Management Plan or Heritage Management Plan and how to commission and use a CMP or HMP.
Melbourne metropolitan tramway heritage study
Date published: 2011
Assistance type: Consultant report; Resources for consultants
Subject: Architecture; Social history; Victorian Heritage Register
The following lists have been primarily sourced from the existing heritage listings including Heritage Victoria’s HERMES, and Online ‘Victorian Heritage Database’. As well as local heritage studies, Heritage Overlay schedules, municipal and tramway histories, and field survey.