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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