3. Heritage Values

3.1. Method of assessment

The extensive research on the political, social and construction history of Old Parliament House (see Appendix D) has provided a comprehensive body of work from which several Statements of Significance have been developed.4 These Statements of Significance, along with the analysis of the heritage values for the National Heritage List and the Commonwealth Heritage List, formed the basis for the current Statement of Heritage Significance. Figure 6 shows the process undertaken to assess the heritage values.

The process starts with Old Parliament House listed on the Register of the National Estate in 1987, followed by independent research and assessment of heritage significance in the development of a Conservation Management Plan in the year 2000. Additional independent detailed heritage analyses on specific areas (see Appendix I) was incorporated into nominations for the Commonwealth Heritage list in 2004, and the National Heritage List in 2006. The Australian Heritage Council assessed the nominations, and the decision by the Minister for the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, was made to add Old Parliament House to these two heritage lists. Public comment and input from an Expert Advisory Panel were part of the process that led to the current Statement of Heritage Significance at Appendix C.
Figure 6: Process for assessing the heritage values of Old Parliament House

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Pearson, M, Betteridge, M, Marshall, D, O’Keefe, B, and Young, L, 2000, Old Parliament House Conservation Management Plan 2000, prepared for the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, and subsequent studies. This is the Conservation Management Plan 2000 (discussed more fully in Appendix G).