HERITAGE IN AUSTRALIA
Buying or Selling a Heritage Listed Property?
The highest level are places on the World Heritage List like Kakadu National Park and the Post Office.
The Heritage of Western Australia Act of 1991 was created to identify, conserve and promote places of cultural heritage significance. Many owners volunteer their properties for entry in the Register as Heritage listing can actually add value to a property.
In Western Australia a property listed in the Register of Heritage Places has been officially State and Local community.
Owners of heritage properties are custodians of our cultural heritage. Heritage listing assists in respecting, conserving and revitalising heritage properties.
Commercial development of a Heritage listed site may be limited, however the Government will provide bonuses to offset any possible disadvantage to owners in most instances.
There is more than one type of Heritage Listings in W.A
- Local Government Inventory
A Local Government Inventory (also known as a Municipal Inventory) is a list of places and structures which, in the opinion of the local government, are, or may become, of cultural heritage significance. Places listed in Local Government Inventory do not have legal protection. Only when places are protected under the local Town Planning Scheme
- National Heritage Lists
- National Trust (WA) Classification
- State Register of Heritage Places
The State Register is a list of places given protection under the Heritage of Western Australia Act 1990. Registration of a place is official recognition of its cultural heritage significance to the State.
Australia’s national heritage comprises exceptional natural and cultural places that contribute to Australia’s national identity. National heritage defines the critical moments in our development as a nation and reflects achievements, joys and sorrows in the lives of Australians. It also encompasses those places that reveal the richness of Australia’s extraordinarily diverse natural heritage.