Protecting our heritage

Heritage protection in Victoria

Learn how heritage protection works in Victoria and how the Heritage Council helps protect significant places and objects.

  • Regulatory guidance

Criteria for inclusion in the Victorian Heritage Register

Read the Victorian Heritage Register criteria and threshold guidelines to understand how to assess heritage places and objects.

  • Regulatory guidance

Heritage Act 2017

Learn how the Heritage Act 2017 protects Victoria's cultural heritage.

  • Regulatory guidance

How we make decisions

Learn how we make decisions about Victoria’s significant heritage places and objects and the role of hearings and reviews.

  • Regulatory guidance

Victorian Heritage Register

Discover Victoria's cultural heritage in the Victorian Heritage Register. Search more than 3,000 places and objects of cultural significance to our state.

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