| Description |
1 online resource (412 pages) |
| Contents |
Intro; Looking After Heritage Places; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1 Looking After the Past; What this book is about; What are heritage places?; What is management?; Why do we conserve heritage places?; The nature of significance; Community heritage values-historic, aesthetic or social; Value to minority groups; Scientific or research value; Significance and society; The range of heritage places in Australia; Heritage and its inheritors; 2 The Legislative and Administrative Framework; Effective legislation; Legislation and politics; Legislation and management |
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Types of legislation1 Aboriginal and historic sites protection Acts; 2 Notification Acts; 3 Land or site management Acts; 4 Planning legislation; International conventions and recommendations; National legislation; The implications of listing; Commonwealth protection for Aboriginal places; Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976; State and Territory legislation; Australian Capital Territory; New South Wales; Northern Territory; Queensland; South Australia; Tasmania; Victoria; Western Australia; Other relevant legislation; Using legal measures for active conservation; The administrative framework |
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How to get a place added to a heritage register3 Documenting the Resource; Documentation and management; Aims and strategies; Gathering background information; Registers; Local histories; Local contacts; Refining aims of the inventory; A place register; Choosing a survey method; The heritage place and its context; Choices for action; Commissioning a survey; Planning an in-house inventory; Practical advice for survey, place recording and documentation; Survey; Place recording and surveying; Simple surveying principles and methods; Scale; Methods; Other aspects of place recording |
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Location of the placeDescription of the place; What not to do at a heritage place; Some operational difficulties; Place definition; Visibility; Documentation of the place; Specialist recording: the use and assessment of specialist recorders and programmes; 4 Assessing the Value of Heritage Places; Why is it necessary to assess significance?; Levels of significance assessment; Elements of significance; Aesthetic significance; Abstract qualities; Evocative responses; Meanings; Landmark quality; Landscape integrity; Architectural value; Historic value; Themes in history; Spurious significance |
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History, the public and the managerIntegrity of a place; Significance of function and use; Scientific value; Research value of Aboriginal places; European historic places and research significance; Assessing research significance; Social value; Social significance to local communities; Social significance and minorities; The significance of Aboriginal sites to Aboriginal people; Minorities and heritage place assessment; The nature of cultural significance; Carrying out significance assessment; Research and collection of information; The site in its context |
| Notes |
Analyzing and synthesizing the evidence |
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Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sullivan, Sharon
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| ISBN |
9780522863154 |
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0522863159 |
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