Historic
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Key messages
Key Findings
State
- Queensland heritage places
Since 2012, 66 Queensland Heritage Places have been entered in the Queensland Heritage Register. Five places have been removed from the Register in line with new provisions introduced in 2011.
- Local heritage places and areas
The majority of local governments identify and protect local heritage places and areas through a planning scheme.
- Historic shipwrecks and aircraft wrecks
Since 2012, 1,112 Queensland shipwreck entries and 50 aircraft entries were updated in the Australian National Shipwreck Database. The term ‘historic shipwreck’ has been replaced in the Queensland Heritage Act 1992 with ‘underwater cultural heritage artefact’ to broaden the range of artefacts covered.
- Queensland open house events
Since 2010, Open House events have been staged in four Queensland cities: beginning with Brisbane and expanding to Maryborough, Toowoomba and, in 2015, the Gold Coast. The global Open House movement highlights history and architecture and offers a range of satellite events for the public in each city.
Pressure
- Queensland heritage places destroyed
No State Heritage Places were destroyed between 2012 and 2015; however five places destroyed prior to 2012 have been removed from the Queensland Heritage Register.
Programs
Queensland Heritage Register | The Queensland Heritage Register is a list of Queensland’s significant heritage places. The Department of Environment and Heritage Protection manages the details about places on the Queensland Heritage Register, but the Queensland Heritage Council makes decisions about which places are entered in or removed from it, and when substantial changes are made to those entry documents. |
Underwater Cultural Heritage Program | Popular and vulnerable historic shipwrecks are periodically inspected by government agencies to ensure they have not deteriorated quickly due to environmental or human impacts. Site monitoring and compliance checks also ensure site restrictions are enforced. Inspection results are recorded in internal database and site conditions and information updated on the Australian National Shipwreck Database. |
Open House Events Queensland | At each event throughout the state, volunteers collect visitor numbers for each featured building, including heritage places. After the event, Open House Event managers collate the statistics and supply a report on the outcomes to the department. |
Digitally-mapped terrestrial and maritime heritage sites | Innovation in digital scanning and mapping and the use of drones contributes to the conservation, management and interpretation of heritage sites. |