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What is heritage? • • Heritage is something that is passed down through the generations. History is the study of past events When we think about Ballarat’s history, stories and buildings we call it cultural heritage. Ballarat’s Cultural Heritage includes its historic buildings, monuments and collections of information on how people lived (photo’s paintings, stories, books) that are considered worthy of preservation for the future. Cultural heritage also includes sites of importance to indigenous peoples. Heritage can be small objects in museums and art galleries or buildings that tell us about Ballarat at the time they were built or created. Heritage forms an important component reason as to why people visit Ballarat attracting many visitors from Victoria, Australia and oversees. Countryside, including its plants (flora) and animals (fauna) can itself be an important part of a nation's heritage too and is sometimes called natural heritage.

What is heritage? • Heritage can be something valued by a single person or it can be part of a wider group’s sense of identity and character. • Heritage can be related to: • individuals (personal heritage) • families • groups like schools or sporting clubs • Ballarat and its people • Victoria and its people • Australia and its people • about other cultures or places Sometimes this can be involved in a single story. Eureka is important to Ballarat, Victoria and Australia. The people who were at Eureka have their own stories as well as stories about their family, workplace and activities. Many people at Eureka were from other countries which impacted on their actions and makes the Eureka story interesting elsewhere. For example many people in Italy know of Eureka as it was Carboni who recorded its story.

What is heritage? • • • Heritage can focus on places like the site of the Eureka stockade, artefacts like the Eureka flag, photos, paintings or films, documents like letters or books, landscapes or natural features like Mt Buninyong Heritage is more than objects you can see or feel. It can be the stories, habits, practices and values of a group of people. Events like the Begonia Festival, cultural practices like celebrating Christmas, Chanukah or Ramadan or singing your club football song are important aspects of heritage. Heritage can be: • natural like Mt Buninyong, • cultural like the Mining Exchange • indigenous like a scar tree or midden • moveable like the Eureka flag • archival like old photos and newspapers, • folk like stories, songs and dances or • built – buildings and sites such as the Ballarat Town Hall

Who looks after heritage? • • • Heritage is looked after by everyone. Your family keeps family pictures, stories and practices. Groups like schools and clubs keep records. People look after buildings and landscapes. Heritage can also be managed by government to ensure that places and objects that tell the story of Ballarat are protected. Heritage in Ballarat is managed by: – Council through listing places of importance and maintenance of buildings, places and objects – Ballarat Aboriginal Co-operative – interpret indigenous heritage in the Ballarat area – historical societies who collect pictures, stories and documents – Museums like Sovereign Hill and the Gold Museum who collect items and tell people about Ballarat’s past – the National Trust who provide tours and information on sites – Heritage Victoria who list sites of importance to Victoria – Public Record Office Victoria who keep old records and documents – Ballarat Fine Art Gallery who keep objects of importance to Ballarat including paintings of Ballarat in the past. – The University of Ballarat who maintain an art and historical collection on the University and its students and teachers. – Ranger Barracks Museum and RSL who collect items in relation to soldiers and armed conflict – Mechanics Institute – who house a collection of publications and books – Museum Victoria – picture collection and interpretation sheets – Central Highlands Library Service who collect old books and newspapers University of Ballarat Honour Role http: //www. ballarat. edu. au/fdp/hi story/honour-roll/ Reproduced courtesy of Ballarat Fine art Gallery Reproduced courtesy of University of Ballarat Art and Historical Collection. Mechanics Institute Library

How is heritage managed? • Heritage is managed through state and local legislation and policy. • In Victoria heritage is managed by the Heritage Act 1995, the Planning and Environment Act 1987 and the Archaeological and Aboriginal Relics Preservation Act 1972. • Sites that are protected by planning controls are listed in the Ballarat Planning Scheme. These places tend to be built or natural heritage places rather than movable or archival heritage. • Important documents, paintings and photos may be managed by local history groups, museums, the Public record office, art galleries as well as by schools and universities. Reproduced courtesy of University of Ballarat Art and Historical Collection. Reproduced courtesy of Ballarat Fine art Gallery

How is the heritage of a place assessed? In Victoria there are 8 criteria listed to assess the cultural heritage significance of a place. These are: A)The historical importance, association with or relationship to Victoria’s history of the place or object B)The importance of the place or object in demonstrating rarity or uniqueness C)The place or objects potential to educate, illustrate or provide further scientific investigation in relation to Victoria’s cultural heritage. D)The importance of the place or object in exhibiting the principal characteristic or the representative nature of a place or object as part of a class or type of places or objects. E)The importance of the place or object in exhibiting good design or aesthetic characteristics and/or in exhibiting a richness, diversity or unusual integration of features. F)The importance of the place or object in demonstrating or being associated with scientific or technical innovations or achievements. G)The importance of the place or object in demonstrating social or cultural associations. H)Any other matter which the Council considers relevant to the determination of cultural heritage significance