Identify and classify heritage

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

Victoria’s framework of historical themes

Discover Victoria’s rich heritage through the themes that connect our historical places, objects and events.

  • Heritage guidance

Assessing and managing social significance

Learn how to identify and assess landscapes for state heritage listing in Victoria.

  • Heritage guidance

Recognising Aboriginal heritage values

Learn how the Heritage Council of Victoria and the Victorian Aboriginal Council work to ensure all histories in Victoria's are recognised and protected.

  • Heritage guidance

Registering objects integral to a heritage place

Learn what makes an object integral to a heritage place in the Victorian Heritage Register.

  • Regulatory guidance

Heritage information pack

Discover why protecting heritage matters and explore resources to help celebrate and preserve Victoria's rich cultural heritage.

  • Focus topic
  • Community heritage
  • Cultural value

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