Monthly Bulletin January/February 2005 - Vol 8 No. 1

National Heritage Workshops - schedule for Victoria

by Tracey Rich, Heritage Outreach Officer, EPBC Unit, WWF

Victoria now has three places on the National Heritage List, and numerous places on the new Commonwealth Heritage List. Both of these lists are relatively new Australian Government initiatives, and the places on them are now afforded a similar level of protection to World Heritage sites under the Australian Government's Environment Protection and Environment Conservation Act, or the EPBC Act.

The National Trust of Victoria, in conjunction with WWF Australia and the Tasmanian Conservation Trust, is pleased to be hosting a series of workshops on both of these new national heritage lists. The workshops will include information about the new national heritage system including:

• How heritage listing under the new national heritage system works (the criteria and thresholds for listing)
• How places on the lists are protected
• Opportunities for community involvement in the new system (nomination to the lists is open to anyone, and there are numerous opportunities for comment)
• How places on the lists are required to be managed
• Funding opportunities for listed places
• How the national heritage system integrates with State / local Heritage systems

Sessions are free, and lighthouse enthusiasts are urged to attend. Schedules for other states are still being finalised, and details will be published as soon as they are confirmed. Download the National Heritage System flyer (154KB) for more information.

The schedule of Victorian workshops are as follows:

Tracey Rich
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