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[Protecting Heritage places]

[Step 1 What is your heritage place?]

[Step 10 Review it!]

[Step 9 Do it!]

[Step 8 What is your plan?]

[Step 7 What do you need to do?]

[Step 2 Who has an interest]

[Step 3 What do you need to know?]

[Step 4 Why is this place important]

[Step 5 What are the issues?]

[Step 6 What do you want to achieve?]

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STEP 3 - Contents

> Where is the boundary?

> What information is available?

> Heritage registers

> Finding out more about heritage

> What additional information is required?

> What goes into a heritage study?

 

> Have a go -Step 3

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How do you collect community knowledge?

Collecting community knowledge can help to locate information that may not be recorded on paper, and may not be obtainable from looking at places in the field. It also helps to highlight the significance of places to sections of the local community.

You can collect community knowledge by talking to people and recording their oral histories, and through running community workshops or get togethers.

An oral history is simply interviewing relevant individuals in a structured way to record their recollections about a place, event or period. They can provide a wealth of detail.

Community workshops involve meetings with people from different groups in the local community. They are designed to draw out information about places valued by the local community. This method is useful because it gives people the opportunity to share their knowledge, to learn about places important to others, and to act together in caring for heritage.

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