The Australian Heritage Database is a searchable online database of heritage sites in Australia. It is maintained by the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment as of 2022[update], in consultation with Australian Heritage Council. There are more than 20,000 entries in the database, which includes natural, historic and Indigenous heritage places, held in separately maintained lists.
Description
[edit]Included in the database are places or items:[1]
- the World Heritage List, places that are of outstanding universal value and have been included on this United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) managed list;
- the National Heritage List, a long list of natural, historic and Indigenous places that are of outstanding national heritage value to the Australian nation;
- the Commonwealth Heritage List, a list of natural, historic and Indigenous places of heritage significance owned or controlled by the Australian Government;
- the Register of the National Estate, a list of natural, historic and Indigenous heritage places throughout Australia, frozen in February 2007 and replaced by the Australian National Heritage List and the Commonwealth Heritage List;
- the List of Overseas Places of Historic Significance (LOPHSA),[2] a list which recognises symbolically sites of outstanding historic significance to Australia that are located outside the Australian jurisdiction; and
- other places being considered for listing in one of these lists.
Photographs
[edit]Photographs of listed places are included (if available) through links to the Australian Heritage Photographic Library. There is a separate search facility for searching the photos only.[3]
See also
[edit]- Australasian Underwater Cultural Heritage Database – shipwrecks, sunken aircraft and other types of underwater heritage sites and artefacts
- Australian Heritage Council – principal adviser to the Australian Government on heritage matters
- List of heritage registers (worldwide)
- List of Overseas Places of Historic Significance to Australia
References
[edit]- ^ "Australian Heritage Database". Australian Government. Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ^ "List of Overseas Places of Historic Significance to Australia". Department of the Environment and Energy. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- ^ "Search the Australian heritage photographic library". Australian Government. Department of the Environment. Retrieved 19 November 2019.