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Research and guidance

Explore expert research and guidance to help you protect, manage and conserve Victoria's cultural heritage.

Topics in focus

Heritage and climate change

Discover how to protect and adapt our cultural heritage.

  • Focus topic
  • Climate change

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

Research and reports

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Valuing Victoria’s heritage

Report published 2023

Discover the Heritage Council's latest report, exploring the economic, social, and environmental value of Victoria's heritage

  • Research report

Shaping the future of the Victorian Heritage Register

Report published 2023

Read the findings of a 2023 survey to understand the cultural heritage valued by Victorians.

  • Research report

Improving local cultural heritage protection and management

Report published 2020

Read the State of Heritage Review: Local Heritage Report 2020.

  • Research report

Our guidance

Steps in the protection process

Make a submission through the HCV Hub

Submit requests and information to the Heritage Council of Victoria through the HCV Hub.

  • Regulatory 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
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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
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Manage and maintain heritage

Repointing mortar joints in older buildings

A practical guide on repointing and using lime mortars to repair old stone or brick buildings and heritage sites.

  • Heritage guidance

At home with heritage

Explore our comprehensive guide for renovating a heritage home.

  • Heritage guidance
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