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you helping or teaching others?
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work for government?
Are
you in local government?
Are
you involved in tourism and heritage
places?
What
is heritage conservation?
Principles
for heritage conservation
Australia's
natural heritage charter
Australia's
cultural heritage charter

Step 1
What is your heritage place?
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go - step 1

Step 2
Who has an interest in your heritage
place?
How do
you find out who is interested?
Who
can you identify?
Types
of individuals and organisations who might be
interested
Tips
for identifying interests
Example
of different interests working together- Bunbury
Big Swamp, WA
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go - step 2

Step 3
What do you need to know?
Where
is the boundary?
What
information is available?
Heritage
registers
Finding
out more about heritage
How
do you do documentary research?
How
do you do a field study?
How
do you collect community
knowledge?
What
is a thematic study?
Australian
Historic Themes Framework
Migrant
heritage places
Studies
of Indigenous heritage places
What
additional information is required?
What
goes into a heritage study?
Using
your heritage study
Have a
go - step 3

Step 4
Why is this place important?
Examples
of heritage values
Who
should be involved in assessing heritage
significance?
Assessing
the significance of a place
Using
criteria for assessing significance
Compare
this place with others
What is
a statement of significance?
Tips
for writing a statement of
significance
Expressing
and communicating significance in other
ways
How
have others prepared statements of
significance?
Dawn
Fraser Swimming Pool, Balmain
Eureka
Rebellion Precinct, Ballarat,
Victoria.
Vinja
Camp Myth Site
Kulpitjata,
Northern Territory
Boonarga
Cactoblastis Memorial Hall,
Queensland
Mulgoa
Nature Reserve, New South Wales
Holsworthy
Area, Sydney Basin
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Step 5
What are the issues?
Issues
to consider
What
is the condition of the place?
What
are the current and future trends affecting the
place?
Consulting
about issues
Doing a
SWOT analysis
Identifying
priority issues
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Step 6
What do you want to achieve?
What
other influences need to be
considered?
Tips
for writing your objectives or
policy
Examples
of objectives
Woodlands
Historic Park, Victoria
Laura
Aboriginal sites, Queensland
Up-to-Date
Store, Coolamon, New South Wales
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go - step 6

Step 7
What do you need to do?
What
kinds of strategies and actions are
needed?
A
new use for an old building
Tips
for developing your strategies
Examples
of strategies linked to objectives
Brisbane
City Council protecting native
vegetation
Scott
Creek Conservation Park, South
Australia
Australian
War Memorial, Canberra
Baloon
Cave, Queensland
What
are conservation processes?
What
are some conservation processes?
Have a
go - step 7

Step 8
What is your plan?
What's
the difference between a conservation plan and a
management plan?
What a
management plan should include
Types
of studies and reports to assist you
plan
Who is
responsible for what?
Ensuring
monitoring is included
Factors
that can be monitored
Monitoring
the Button Wrinklewort in the ACT
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Step 9
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Step
10 Review it!
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