The Queensland Heritage Register is a heritage register, a statutory list of places in Queensland, Australia that are protected by Queensland legislation, the Queensland Heritage Act 1992. It is maintained by the Queensland Heritage Council. As at 5 April 2020 there are 1790 places on the Queensland Heritage Register, including the

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and the Ross River Meatworks Chimney in

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Criteria

For a place to be entered in the register, it must be nominated and then go through a process of assessment. There are three categories for inclusion: * State Heritage Place (the most common type of entry), e.g. the Charters Towers Courthouse * Archaeological Place, e.g. the First Brisbane Burial Ground in the vicinity of Skew Street, Brisbane * Protected Area, e.g. the shipwreck of the on Fraser Island

Criteria for inclusion as a State Heritage Place

For inclusion as a State Heritage Place on the Queensland Heritage Register, the place must satisfy one of the following criteria: * it shows evolutions or patterns of the history of Queensland * it has rare, uncommon or endangered aspects of the

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of Queensland * it contributes to an understanding of the history of Queensland * it is a good example of a particular type of

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* it is important for its

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* it shows a high standard of creative or technical achievement in its time period * it is important to a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons * it is associated with the life or work of important people, groups or organisations in the history of Queensland

Criteria for inclusion as an Archaeological Place

For inclusion as an Archaeological Place on the Queensland Heritage Register, the place must have the potential to contain an archaeological artefact that might yield information about the history of Queensland. If a place is already listed as a State Heritage Place, it cannot also be separately listed as an Archaeological Place.

Protected Areas

A Protected Area must be declared by regulation; there is no explicit criteria listed in the legislation, other than it be a place of great significance to cultural heritage. Entry to Protected Areas is restricted with a system of permits, affording a high level of protection.

Format of the Register

An entry in the Queensland Heritage Register must include: * location information * the history of the place * a description of the place * if it is subject to a heritage agreement * for State Heritage Places, how it meets the criteria for State Heritage Places * for Archaeological Places, how it meets the criteria for Archaeological Places * for Protected Areas, a statement of the significance of the cultural heritage that warrants the protection

Other heritage registers

Places may also be entered in other lists such as the

Commonwealth National Heritage List The Commonwealth Heritage List is a heritage register established in 2003, which lists places under the control of the Australian government, on land or in waters directly owned by the Crown (in Australia, the Crown in right of the Commonwealth ...

which is maintained by the

Australian Heritage Council The Australian Heritage Council is the principal adviser to the Australian Government on heritage matters. It was established on 19 February 2004 by the '' Australian Heritage Council Act 2003''. The Council replaced the Australian Heritage Commi ...

. Under Section 113 of the Queensland Heritage Act 1992, all local government authorities in Queensland must maintain a local heritage register; the

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is an example of a local government heritage register in Queensland.

References

External links

Queensland Heritage Act 1992

Queensland Heritage Register (searchable)
{{Heritage registers of Australia Heritage registers in Australia Historical sites in Queensland

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