Resources and publications

This report identifies 100 places, objects and collections that have special meaning to Victoria’s contemporary queer communities.

Heritage technical code on repointing with lime mortars.

This Code is about the practical aspects of repointing mortars joints in historic masonry. It covers the investigations and decisions required before repointing and undertaking the actual repointing itself, including acceptable tools, raking and cutting out joints, pre-wetting, finishing, protection and curing.

This Code is about the design and specification of lime mortars for the repair of masonry. It covers mortars made from hydraulic and pure (non-hydraulic) lime binders in combination with aggregates (such as sand), identifies acceptable materials and sets out steps for developing specifications and the selection ofappropriate mortar mixes. It also identifies important practical aspects of the use of lime mortars that may be unfamiliar to the contemporary building industry.

Preserving war heritage and memorabilia

If you are seeking to undertake conservation work on a heritage object or place, it is important that you get help and advice from qualified and reputable conservators and tradespeople. War memorials, honour rolls and objects can be easily damaged or weakened by incorrect conservation ‘treatments’.

The Victorian Heritage Database is home to the Victorian Heritage Register which lists the State's most significant heritage places, objects and historic shipwrecks protected under the Heritage Act 2017. It's also home to the Victorian Heritage Inventory which lists all known historical archaeological sites in Victoria.

The Burra Charter: Australia ICOMOS Charter for Places of Cultural Significance, 2013 (Burra Charter) and the associated series of Practice Notes provide a best practice standard for managing cultural heritage places in Australia.

Use this search tool to generate a report that will help determine whether matters of national environmental significance or other matters protected by the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 are likely to occur in your area of interest.

The National Trust Advocacy Toolkit is a free online resource created by the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) to support individuals and communities to advocate for the protection of places of cultural heritage significance.

The 2019-20 bushfires across North East and East Gippsland captured the local government areas of Alpine, Baw Baw, Cardinia, Towong, Wodonga and East Gippsland. The fire footprint contains more than 130 known historic heritage places.

Find out more about Heritage Victoria's bushfire recovery work.

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 feedback.