10Meaning of heritage significance

10 Meaning of heritage significance A place or object has heritage significance if the place or object meets 1 or more of the following criteria (the heritage significance criteria): (a) importance to the course or pattern of the ACT’s cultural or natural history; (b) has uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the ACT’s cultural or natural history; (c) potential to yield important information that will contribute to an understanding of the ACT’s cultural or natural history; (d) importance in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a class of cultural or natural places or objects; (e) importance in exhibiting particular aesthetic characteristics valued by the ACT community or a cultural group in the ACT; (f) importance in demonstrating a high degree of creative or technical achievement for a particular period;

(g) has a strong or special association with the ACT community, or a cultural group in the ACT for social, cultural or spiritual reasons; Example a place or object that has a strong or special association for Aboriginal people in the ACT because it is part of their continuing or developing cultural tradition (h) has a special association with the life or work of a person, or people, important to the history of the ACT.