World Heritage

Learn about our role in protecting Victoria’s World Heritage.

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The World Heritage convention protects sites on the World Heritage list. Governments must ensure the protection and conservation of their sites.

Places of natural or cultural importance to the world are added to the World Heritage list. 

Learn about the World Heritage list. 

World Heritage in Victoria

Victoria has two World Heritage sites that have Outstanding Universal Value: 

  • The Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens (included in the list since 2004)
  • Budj Bim Cultural Landscape (included in the list since 2019)

The Heritage Act 2017 protects the Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens. This means that we have a role to play in its protection and conservation.

Budj Bim Cultural Landscape is a World Heritage site of Aboriginal cultural significance. It is owned and managed by the Gunditjmara Traditional Owners.

Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens

We have responsibilities to ensure the protection of the World Heritage values of this place.

The area around the Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens has planning rules to manage its significance. 

We review and then adopt the strategy plan that sets out those planning rules. The Minister for Planning approves the final version of the plan.

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