Register of the National Estate
The Register of the National Estate is a listing of natural and cultural heritage places in Australia. The listing was initially compiled between 1976 and 2003 by the Australian Heritage Commission.[1] The register is now maintained by the Australian Heritage Council. 13,000 places are listed.
The expression "national estate" was first used by the British architect Clough Williams-Ellis, and reached Australia in the 1970s.[2] It was incorporated into the Australian Heritage Commission Act[2] and is used to describe a collection of buildings and sites that are worthy of preservation for a variety of reasons. It covers natural environments as well as European history and Aboriginal culture.
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[edit] Process of listing
Anyone can suggest that a certain site should be listed on the Register of the National Estate. A nomination form is provided and is then submitted to an expert group for evaluation. If a place is accepted for listing, the nomination is declared in the Commonwealth Gazette and newspapers. The Heritage Council eventually makes a decision after the public has had time to comment and raise possible objections. The listing, if it takes place, is based on an assessment of the values of the nominated place, whether "aesthetic, historic, scientific, or social significance, or other special value".[2]
A listing on the Register requires that a Commonwealth Minister or authority should not take any course of action that will adversely affect the listed subjects unless there is no alternative; in the latter case, the Minister is obliged to take steps to minimise any effect on the listed subject.[2] The listing does not impose any legal obligations on private owners, companies, State governments or local governments. The Australian Heritage Council must always be consulted if any government wants to take a course of action that may have an adverse effect on a listed subject. The Council itself cannot make decisions on a proposed course of action; such decisions are made by the Federal Minister or the relevant authority contemplating any such course of action.[2]
[edit] Frozen
The Register of the National Estate was frozen in February 2007. It will continue until February 2012 but has been replaced by other heritage lists.[3]
[edit] Examples of listed sites
[edit] Heritage
A small selection of Sydney buildings listed on the Register of the National Estate:[4]
- The Abbey, Annandale
- Admiralty House, Kirribilli
- Annandale Post Office, Johnston Street, Annandale
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery Road
- Australian Museum, College Street
- Burns Philp Building, Bridge Street
- Central railway station, Sydney
- Christchurch, Walker Street, North Sydney
- Corporation Building, Hay Street
- Customs House, Sydney, Alfred Street
- Department of Lands building, Bridge Street
- Department of Education Building, Bridge Street
- Former Gresham Hotel, Corner York and Druitt Streets
- Former Bank Building, Corner George and Bathurst Street
- General Post Office, Sydney, Martin Place
- Government House, Sydney, Bennelong Point
- Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney, Macquarie Street
- Kirribilli House, Kirribilli
- Loreto Kirribilli, Carabella Road, Kirribilli
- MLC building, North Sydney, first high-rise in the North Shore
- North Sydney Post Office, Pacific Highway, North Sydney
- Parliament House, Sydney, Macquarie Street
- Queen Victoria Building, George Street
- St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, George Street
- St Francis Xavier Church, Mackenzie Street, North Sydney
- St James' Church, Sydney, King Street
- St Peter's Church, Blues Point Road, North Sydney
- State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street
- Sydney Harbour Bridge
- Sydney Hospital, Macquarie Street
- Sydney Mint, Macquarie Street
- Sydney Opera House, Bennelong Point
- Sydney Town Hall, George Street
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St David's Cathedral, Hobart, Tasmania
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Exchange Hotel, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
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Aboriginal paintings, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory
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Adelaide Town Hall, South Australia
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The Rialto Building is designed by William Pitt, the 1889 is situated next to the Rialto Towers and prevented its development until the 1980s.
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Kew Asylum (Willsmere), Melbourne, Victoria
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