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Policy 26 Addressing the limitations of this conservation management plan
Opportunities to address the limitations imposed on this plan (see Section 1.4) should be taken if possible, and the results used to revise the plan.
6.4 Levels of Sensitivity to Change
The statement of significance at Section 4.1 indicates the range of heritage values applying to the Library. It is not prudent to indicate an absolute ranking of significance, as the ranking can change as the perspective of the assessor changes. An attribute of the place either is or is not significant in relation to the criteria used. Attributing degrees of significance depends very much on the context in which the judgement is made—for example, is the architectural value of one element of the building more or less important than the historical value of another? Nor does attributing levels of significance necessarily have direct implications for setting management and conservation priorities—for example, a component of ‘high’ significance might need less effort to conserve, and hence have a lower funding priority, than a component of ‘moderate’ significance. Both need conserving, but the priorities are not driven solely by levels of significance.
A possibly more useful approach is to consider the sorts of actions and change that might have an impact on significance, and identify how sensitive to change a range of significant attributes might be. Actions and change might include such things as introducing new built elements, removing or altering original fabric, changing use, changing frequency of maintenance, or undertaking conservation works. Different actions will have different potential impacts on significance, depending on the nature of the heritage values of the particular element of the Library.
It is therefore potentially useful to indicate the degree of sensitivity that attributes of the place might have to changes in their conservation, use or management. The table below outlines sensitivity of key attributes of the Library in relation to changes in use and fabric. The sensitivity ratings are not an absolute indication of either impact or the suitability of possible changes – they are an initial indication to guide planning and decision-making. As proposals develop or decisions are considered, more detailed assessments may be needed, such as through the preparation of a heritage impact statement. It is also worth noting that on some occasions, changes may be justified even if they involve an attribute of high sensitivity.
The level of sensitivity to change is based on the vulnerability of the attribute to loss of heritage values through change.
High sensitivity High sensitivity to change occurs where a change would pose a major threat to a specific heritage value of the attribute affected, or the Library as a whole. A major threat is one that would lead to substantial or total loss of the heritage value.
Moderate sensitivity Moderate sensitivity to change occurs where a change would pose a moderate threat to a specific heritage value of the attribute affected, or would pose a threat to an attribute of heritage significance in another part of the building. A moderate threat is one that would diminish the heritage value, or diminish the ability of an observer to appreciate the value.
Low Sensitivity Low sensitivity to change occurs where a change would pose no appreciable threat to a specific heritage value of the attribute affected, and would pose no appreciable threat to heritage significance in another part of the building. Attributes of the Library with no individual identified heritage values are likely to have a low sensitivity to change, rising to moderate if the proposals affect adjacent areas having values.
The level of sensitivity will depend on the specific values of the space or attribute involved, and any one space or attribute might have a range of heritage values that have high, moderate or low levels of sensitivity to the same proposal. Assessment of proposals should therefore consider all values.
An example would be a proposal to refurbish a significant reading room. The heritage values of the reading room might include its long-term historical use as a reading room, the design values of its wall cladding and fitout, and its being part of a rare suite of rooms reflecting the original design of the Library. If a proposal to reclad the reading room in new materials were made, the room would have high sensitivity to change in relation to the design of its wall cladding, high to moderate sensitivity in relation to its impact on a suite of rooms, and low sensitivity in relation to use, which would remain unchanged. Understanding the relationship between values and impacts of change will help in modifying proposals and avoiding loss of significance.
The person with overall responsibility for implementing this conservation management plan is the person holding the position of Assistant Director-General, Corporate Services.
Commitment to Best Practice
The National Library of Australia is committed to achieving best practice in heritage conservation, in accordance with its legislative responsibilities and Government policy, and in the context of its other specific and general obligations and responsibilities. This is reflected in the preparation of this conservation management plan and in the adoption of:
Policy 1—Significance the basis for management, planning and work;
Policy 2—Adoption of Burra Charter; and
Policy 6—Use of expert advice and skills.
Works Program
Refer to Strategy 3.1 and Table 8 in the preceding section. The previous section also includes policies and strategies which refer to Appendix E – Priority Works. Section 5.5 also notes a number of potential substantial works, and policy guidance is provided regarding these, in particular Strategy 11.3.
Criteria for Prioritising Work
See Strategy 7.3.
Resolving conflicting Objectives
See Strategy 7.4.
Annual Review
Refer to Strategy 7.5.
Resources for Implementation
The Library’s budget for building maintenance work in 2015-16 was $665,000. In addition, capital works projects may be undertaken from time to time which involve some conservation of heritage values and fabric.
The Library also has dedicated facilities management staff and, as needed, engages specialist consultants or tradespeople to guide and undertake works.
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Appendix A: Commonwealth Heritage List Place Record
National Library of Australia and Surrounds, Parkes Pl, Parkes, ACT, Australia
List
Commonwealth Heritage List
Class
Historic
Legal Status
Listed place (22/06/2004)
Place ID
105470
Place File No
8/01/000/0073
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-left:5.4pt; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td style="width:428.65pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Summary Statement of Significance</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:428.65pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>The National Library is part of the significant cultural landscape of the Parliamentary Triangle. It occupies a prominent and strategic location on the western side of the Triangle, making it one of Canberra's landmark features. Its harmonious proportions are accentuated by its reflection in the surface of the lake. Along with several later buildings that front the southern shore of Lake Burley Griffin, the National Library contributes to the planned aesthetic qualities of the Parliamentary Triangle (Criteria F.1 and E.1, Australian Historic Theme 8.10.4: Designing and Building Fine Buildings).</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>The library has a richness of cultural features and is important for housing Australia's valuable book collections, manuscripts, printed materials, films, tape recordings, paintings and other treasures. Fine craftsmanship is evident in the internal and exterior details. Built into the building are major artworks by Tom Bass and Leonard French (Criteria A3 and F1, Australian Historic Theme 8.10.3: Creating literature).</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>The National Library, constructed during the period 1961-1968, the first of the permanent purpose built buildings in the Parliamentary Triangle, fulfils a Federation goal that commenced in 1901, to house a major national institution (Criterion A4, Australian Historic Theme 4.3: Developing Institutions, 7.4: Federating Australia)</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>The National Library of Australia is a good example of the Late Twentieth Century Stripped Classical style and one of the few relatively intact Canberra examples. Key features of this style displayed by the building include the symmetrical facade treatment, horizontal skyline, regular bays of vertical proportion, colonnade, use of columns without bases or capitals and the use of a broad horizontal member at the roof line echoing classical entablature (Criterion D.2).</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>The National Library is highly valued by the community for its cultural use as a library, for its national collections and for its exhibitions (Criterion G1).</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>The building is regarded as one of the finest works of the Australian architect Walter Bunning (Criterion H1)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:428.65pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold"></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Official Values</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:428.65pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif"></span></p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td style="width:426.95pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Criterion A</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold">Processes</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:426.95pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>The library has a richness of cultural features and is important for housing Australia's valuable book collections, manuscripts, printed materials, films, tape recordings, paintings and other treasures.</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>The National Library, constructed during the period 1961-1968, the first of the permanent purpose built buildings in the Parliamentary Triangle, fulfils a Federation goal that commenced in 1901, to house a major national institution.</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>Attributes</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>The whole building for being the repository of many of Australia's valuable books, its rich collection of cultural features, plus its setting and location within the Parliamentary Triangle.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:426.95pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold"></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Criterion D</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold">Characteristic</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold">values</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:426.95pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>The National Library of Australia is a good example of the Late Twentieth Century Stripped Classical style and one of the few relatively intact Canberra examples. Key features of this style displayed by the building include the symmetrical facade treatment, horizontal skyline, regular bays of vertical proportion, colonnade, use of columns without bases or capitals and the use of a broad horizontal member at the roof line echoing classical entablature.</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>Attributes</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>Its Late Twentieth Century Stripped Classical style evidenced in the features outlined above.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:426.95pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold"></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Criterion E</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold">Aesthetic</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold">characteristics</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:426.95pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>The National Library is part of the significant cultural landscape of the Parliamentary Triangle. It occupies a prominent and strategic location on the western side of the Triangle, making it one of Canberra's landmark features. Its harmonious proportions are accentuated by its reflection in the surface of the lake. Along with several later buildings that front the southern shore of Lake Burley Griffin, the National Library contributes to the planned aesthetic qualities of the Parliamentary Triangle.</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>Attributes</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>Its prominence, location and proportions in the context of the other southern foreshore buildings and in its planned setting within the Parliamentary Triangle adjacent the lake, and as a Canberra landmark.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:426.95pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold"></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Criterion F</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold">Technical</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold">achievement</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:426.95pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>The National Library is part of the significant cultural landscape of the Parliamentary Triangle. It occupies a prominent and strategic location on the western side of the Triangle, making it one of Canberra's landmark features. Its harmonious proportions are accentuated by its reflection in the surface of the lake. Along with several later buildings that front the southern shore of Lake Burley Griffin, the National Library contributes to the planned aesthetic qualities of the Parliamentary Triangle.</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>Fine craftsmanship is evident in the internal and exterior details. Built into the building are major artworks by Tom Bass and Leonard French.</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>Attributes</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>Its fine craftsmanship plus its prominence, location and proportions in the context of the other southern foreshore buildings and in its planned setting within the Parliamentary Triangle adjacent the lake, and as a Canberra landmark.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:426.95pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold"></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Criterion G</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold">Social</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold">value</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:426.95pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>The National Library is highly valued by the community for its cultural use as a library, for its national collections and for its exhibitions</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>Attributes</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>Its use as a public library with the particular attributes being the publicly accessible parts of the building.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:426.95pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold"></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Criterion H</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold">Significant</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold">people</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:426.95pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>The building is regarded as one of the finest works of the Australian architect Walter Bunning.</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>Attributes</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>The building's architectural design.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight:bold"></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Description</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:428.65pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">History</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>The National Library began after the creation of the Commonwealth in 1901 as part of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library. In 1960 it was created as a statutory body separate from the Parliamentary Library. The National Library of Australia building was designed by Walter Bunning of Bunning and Madden, in association with T E O'Mahoney in 1964-68. The building was opened in 1968 by Sir John Gorton. It cost $8 million to build and a further $600,000 to furnish and equip. It was the first of the permanent national buildings within the Parliamentary Triangle and set a high design standard.</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>The stained glass windows in the lobby are the work of the Melbourne born artist Leonard French. They were commissioned by the National Capital Development Commission (NCDC) and installed in 1967. The inspiration for the work was the planets, to fit in with the overall theme of the foyer which represents the classical elements of water, earth and sky. The Library is the largest in Australia and is an important National cultural institution.</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Physical description</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>The National Library is a prominent feature of the Parliamentary Triangle. This large rectangular building sits on a podium on the western side of the Triangle near the edge of Lake Burley Griffin. It features in views of the Triangle from the Commonwealth Avenue approach and generally in views from the northern shore of the Lake. The approach to the entry of the Library is marked by a paved area with a pond and fountain, all of which is flanked by poplars. The building is marble clad, colonnaded, rectangular in plan and has similarities to the design of the Parthenon in Greece. The podium is clad in rock faced grey trachyte in contrast to the light marble of the building above. The podium contains two basements and the building above has five storeys. The building has a low pitched metal roof. There are forty tonnes of copper in the Library's rook , and the building's exterior is clad with marble, granite, bronze, slate and copper, while its interior has fine Australian timber finishes.</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>The building is in the Late Twentieth Century Stripped Classical style. Key features of this style displayed by the building include the symmetrical facade treatment, horizontal skyline, regular bays of vertical proportion, colonnade, use of columns without bases or capitals, and the use of a broad horizontal member at the roofline echoing classical entablature.</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>The National Library building provides a range of facilities including storage areas and reading rooms for a wide range of materials which comprise the Library's collection, a visitor centre, catalogue areas, exhibition spaces, a theatrette, offices, a shop and eating facilities.</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>The building features a large horizontal copper sculpture by Tom Bass over the public entrance to the Library. The beaten copper bas-relief entrance sculpture represents in cuneiform the words 'ark', 'sun' and 'tree'. In the grounds of the Library is the Henry Moore sculpture Two Piece Reclining Figure Number 9. The stained glass windows are decorative features within the entrance lobby of the Library. There are sixteen windows in total, six pairs of windows and four single windows made from Saint Gobain dalle de verre glass. These 50mm thick glass pieces are each cut to maximise light refraction. Every panel comprises four sections with the dominant images of crosses, stars and mandalas. The panels range through the colours of the spectrum, with blue representing the plant Venus and red the planet Mars. Each window has four 330cm high sections and is 125cm wide. The lobby also features three Aubusson tapestries designed by the French artist, Mathieu Mategot, with woven images of Australian flora and fauna and man made landmarks.</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Discussion of significance:</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>Style</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>The National Library is an example of the Late Twentieth Century Stripped Classical style. Other notable Canberra examples of this style include the following buildings: Canberra Centre (Monaro Mall) (1963) Law Courts of the ACT (1961) Reserve Bank (1961) ACT Police Headquarters (1961) Blocks F and G, Russell Offices (1966) Hinkler Building (1962) The Law Courts building is a good example of this style displaying many of the same features as the National Library. However, the lightweight columns of the Law Courts building suggests a measure of playfulness in the application of the style. The Law Courts building is relatively intact but the Canberra Centre has been changed externally by a development to one side and internal modifications. In this context the National Library is a good Canberra example of the Late Twentieth Century Stripped Classical style and one of few relatively intact buildings in the style in the national capital. The National Library is part of the significant cultural landscape of the Parliamentary Triangle. It occupies a prominent and strategic location marking the western corner of the Triangle.</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>The building is of historic and cultural interest as the home of the National Library of Australia. It is a storehouse, a vault and repository for some of the nation's most valuable book collections, manuscripts, printed materials, tape recordings, paintings and other treasures. It is a public building and open to the public 361 days a year. It is valued by the community as a library, for its collections and for its exhibitions.</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>The two major artworks incorporated in the building, the stained glass windows by Leonard French and the entrance sculpture by Tom Bass, are also of some interest. In particular the windows are the smaller of two monumental installations by French, the larger being at the National Gallery of Victoria. French is regarded as one of the world's leading early post war glass designers (Zimmer 1984).</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>Aesthetic Quality</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>The building is recognised for its harmonious proportions and monumental colonnade. The lakeside location allows reflection of the building on the lake surface, enhancing its grace. Its prominent setting on the lake edge makes it a visual landmark of the city. Along with several later buildings which front the southern shore of Lake Burley Griffin, the National Library contributes to the planned aesthetic qualities of the Parliamentary Triangle.</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>The Parliamentary Triangle has been separately registered and a full description of its values is contained in the Register citation for that place</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:428.65pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>History Not Available</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:428.65pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Condition and Integrity</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:428.65pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>The Library is in generally good condition and the exterior is largely intact. The podium has been extended and modified although these changes are subdued. There have been a number of internal alterations to the building. These have improved access to Library services and enhanced the role as well as significance of the place to clients. They include construction of a restaurant and bookshop, upgraded exhibition gallery and refurbished reading rooms.</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>(March 2002)</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>The library is in sound condition.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:428.65pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold"></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Location</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:428.65pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>Parkes Place and King Edward Terrace, Parkes.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:428.65pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold"></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Bibliography</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:428.65pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>Cliff, Paul (ed), A different view: the National Library of Australia and its building art.</span><span> </span><span>National Library of Australia, 2004.</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>Cochrane, Peter (ed), Remarkable occurrences: the National Library of Australia’s first 100 years 1901-2001. National Library of Australia, 2001.</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>Garnett, Rodney and Hyndes, Danielle, The Heritage of the Australian Capital Territory, National Trust of Australia (ACT) et al, Canberra 1992.</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>Scarlett, Ken, Australian Architecture Since 1960, RAIA, 1990.</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>Zimmer, Jenny, Stained Glass in Australia, OUP, 1984.</span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:10pt"><span>Rickard, S (1999) "A Distinguished Building", in National Library of Australia News.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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Appendix B: Historic Plans
Figure 40. Sketch plan, National Library of Australia, Lower Ground Floor 2, 1968
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Figure 41. Sketch plan, National Library of Australia, Lower Ground Floor 1, 1968
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Figure 42. Sketch plan, National Library of Australia, Ground Floor, 1968
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Figure 43. Sketch plans, National Library of Australia, First and Second Floors, 1968
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Figure 44. Sketch plans, National Library of Australia, Third and Fourth Floors, 1968
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Figure 45. Sketch plans, National Library of Australia, Sections, 1968
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For the purposes of this plan, the following definition of cultural significance is used.
Cultural significance means aesthetic, historic, scientific, social or spiritual value for past, present or future generations.
Cultural significance is embodied in the place itself, its fabric, setting, use, associations, meanings, records, related places and related objects.
Places may have a range of values for different individuals or groups. (Australia ICOMOS 2013, Article 1.2)
The heritage value of a place includes the place’s natural and cultural environment having aesthetic, historic, scientific or social significance, or other significance, for current and future generations of Australians. (Subsection 3(2) of the Australian Heritage Council Act 2003; Section 528 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999)
D.2 Commonwealth Heritage criteria
The Commonwealth Heritage criteria for a place are any or all of the following:
(a) the place has significant heritage value because of the place’s importance in the course, or pattern, of Australia’s natural or cultural history;
(b) the place has significant heritage value because of the place’s possession of uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of Australia’s natural or cultural history;
(c) the place has significant heritage value because of the place’s potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Australia’s natural or cultural history;
(d) the place has significant heritage value because of the place’s importance in demonstrating the principal characteristics of:
(i) a class of Australia’s natural or cultural places; or
(ii) a class of Australia’s natural or cultural environments;
(e) the place has significant heritage value because of the place’s importance in exhibiting particular aesthetic characteristics valued by a community or cultural group;
(f) the place has significant heritage value because of the place’s importance in demonstrating a high degree of creative or technical achievement at a particular period;
(g) the place has significant heritage value because of the place’s strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons;
(h) the place has significant heritage value because of the place’s special association with the life or works of a person, or group of persons, of importance in Australia’s natural or cultural history;
(i) the place has significant heritage value because of the place’s importance as part of indigenous tradition.
The cultural aspect of a criterion means the indigenous cultural aspect, the non-indigenous cultural aspect, or both. (Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 1), Section 10.03A)
Appendix E: Priority Works
The following list of proposed priority works has arisen from inspections undertaken during the project. The list may change according to circumstances, including new discoveries made in the course of undertaking the works. Policies in Section 6.3 relate to the implementation of the works.
The Australia ICOMOS Charter for Places of Cultural Significance
Australia ICOMOS Incorporated International Council on Monuments and Sites
2013
ICOMOS
ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) is a non-governmental professional organisation formed in 1965, with headquarters in Paris. ICOMOS is primarily concerned with the philosophy, terminology, methodology and techniques of cultural heritage conservation. It is closely linked to UNESCO, particularly in its role under the World Heritage Convention 1972 as UNESCO’s principal adviser on cultural matters related to World Heritage. The 11,000 members of ICOMOS include architects, town planners, demographers, archaeologists, geographers, historians, conservators, anthropologists, scientists, engineers and heritage administrators. Members in the 103 countries belonging to ICOMOS are formed into National Committees and participate in a range of conservation projects, research work, intercultural exchanges and cooperative activities. ICOMOS also has 27 International Scientific Committees that focus on particular aspects of the conservation field. ICOMOS members meet triennially in a General Assembly.
Australia ICOMOS
The Australian National Committee of ICOMOS (Australia ICOMOS) was formed in 1976. It elects an Executive Committee of 15 members, which is responsible for carrying out national programs and participating in decisions of ICOMOS as an international organisation. It provides expert advice as required by ICOMOS, especially in its relationship with the World Heritage Committee. Australia ICOMOS acts as a national and international link between public authorities, institutions and individuals involved in the study and conservation of all places of cultural significance. Australia ICOMOS members participate in a range of conservation activities including site visits, training, conferences and meetings.
Revision of the Burra Charter
The Burra Charter was first adopted in 1979 at the historic South Australian mining town of Burra. Minor revisions were made in 1981 and 1988, with more substantial changes in 1999.
Following a review this version was adopted by Australia ICOMOS in October 2013.
The review process included replacement of the 1988 Guidelines to the Burra Charter with Practice Notes which are available at: australia.icomos.org
Australia ICOMOS documents are periodically reviewed and we welcome any comments.
Citing the Burra Charter
The full reference is The Burra Charter: The Australia ICOMOS Charter for Places of Cultural Significance, 2013. Initial textual references should be in the form of the Australia ICOMOS Burra Charter, 2013 and later references in the short form (Burra Charter).
The Burra Charter consists of the Preamble, Articles, Explanatory Notes and the flow chart.
This publication may be reproduced, but only in its entirety including the front cover and this page. Formatting must remain unaltered. Parts of the Burra Charter may be quoted with appropriate citing and acknowledgement.
(The Australia ICOMOS Charter for Places of Cultural Significance, 2013)
Preamble
Considering the International Charter for the Conservation and Restoration of Monuments and Sites (Venice 1964), and the Resolutions of the 5th General Assembly of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) (Moscow 1978), the Burra Charter was adopted by Australia ICOMOS (the Australian National Committee of ICOMOS) on 19 August 1979 at Burra, South Australia. Revisions were adopted on 23 February 1981, 23 April 1988, 26 November 1999 and 31 October 2013.
The Burra Charter provides guidance for the conservation and management of places of cultural significance (cultural heritage places), and is based on the knowledge and experience of Australia ICOMOS members.
Conservation is an integral part of the management of places of cultural significance and is an ongoing responsibility.
Who is the Charter for?
The Charter sets a standard of practice for those who provide advice, make decisions about, or undertake works to places of cultural significance, including owners, managers and custodians.
Using the Charter
The Charter should be read as a whole. Many articles are interdependent.
The Charter consists of:
Definitions Article 1
Conservation Principles Articles 2–13
Conservation Processes Articles 14–25
Conservation Practices Articles 26–34
The Burra Charter Process flow chart.
The key concepts are included in the Conservation Principles section and these are further developed in the Conservation Processes and Conservation Practice sections. The flow chart explains the Burra Charter Process (Article 6) and is an integral part of the Charter. Explanatory Notes also form part of the Charter.
The Charter is self-contained, but aspects of its use and application are further explained, in a series of Australia ICOMOS Practice Notes, in The Illustrated Burra Charter, and in other guiding documents available from the Australia ICOMOS web site: australia.icomos.org.
What places does the Charter apply to?
The Charter can be applied to all types of places of cultural significance including natural, Indigenous and historic places with cultural values.
The standards of other organisations may also be relevant. These include the Australian Natural Heritage Charter, Ask First: a guide to respecting Indigenous heritage places and values and Significance 2.0: a guide to assessing the significance of collections.
National and international charters and other doctrine may be relevant. See australia.icomos.org.
Why conserve?
Places of cultural significance enrich people’s lives, often providing a deep and inspirational sense of connection to community and landscape, to the past and to lived experiences. They are historical records, that are important expressions of Australian identity and experience. Places of cultural significance reflect the diversity of our communities, telling us about who we are and the past that has formed us and the Australian landscape. They are irreplaceable and precious.
These places of cultural significance must be conserved for present and future generations in accordance with the principle of inter-generational equity.
The Burra Charter advocates a cautious approach to change: do as much as necessary to care for the place and to make it useable, but otherwise change it as little as possible so that its cultural significance is retained.
Articles
Explanatory Notes
Article 1. Definitions
For the purposes of this Charter:
1.1 Place means a geographically defined area. It may include elements, objects, spaces and views. Place may have tangible and intangible dimensions.
Place has a broad scope and includes natural and cultural features. Place can be large or small: for example, a memorial, a tree, an individual building or group of buildings, the location of an historical event, an urban area or town, a cultural landscape, a garden, an industrial plant, a shipwreck, a site with in situ remains, a stone arrangement, a road or travel route, a community meeting place, a site with spiritual or religious connections.
1.2 Cultural significance means aesthetic, historic, scientific, social or spiritual value for past, present or future generations.Cultural significance is embodied in the place itself, its fabric, setting, use, associations, meanings, records, related places and related objects.Places may have a range of values for different individuals or groups.
The term cultural significance is synonymous with cultural heritage significance and cultural heritage value.Cultural significance may change over time and with use.Understanding of cultural significance may change as a result of new information.
1.3 Fabric means all the physical material of the place including elements, fixtures, contents and objects.
Fabric includes building interiors and sub-surface remains, as well as excavated material.Natural elements of a place may also constitute fabric. For example the rocks that signify a Dreaming place.Fabric may define spaces and views and these may be part of the significance of the place.
1.4 Conservation means all the processes of looking after a place so as to retain its cultural significance.
See also Article 14.
1.5 Maintenance means the continuous protective care of a place, and its setting.Maintenance is to be distinguished from repair which involves restoration or reconstruction.
Examples of protective care include:maintenance — regular inspection and cleaning of a place, e.g. mowing and pruning in a garden;repair involving restoration — returning dislodged or relocated fabric to its original location e.g. loose roof gutters on a building or displaced rocks in a stone bora ring;repair involving reconstruction — replacing decayed fabric with new fabricIt is recognised that all places and their elements change over time at varying rates.
1.6 Preservation means maintaining a place in its existing state and retarding deterioration.
1.7 Restoration means returning a place to a known earlier state by removing accretions or by reassembling existing elements without the introduction of new material.
1.8 Reconstruction means returning a place to a known earlier state and is distinguished from restoration by the introduction of new material.
New material may include recycled material salvaged from other places. This should not be to the detriment of any place of cultural significance.
1.9 Adaptation means changing a place to suit the existing use or a proposed use.
1.10 Use means the functions of a place, including the activities and traditional and customary practices that may occur at the place or are dependent on the place.
Use includes for example cultural practices commonly associated with Indigenous peoples such as ceremonies, hunting and fishing, and fulfillment of traditional obligations. Exercising a right of access may be a use.
1.11 Compatible use means a use which respects the cultural significance of a place. Such a use involves no, or minimal, impact on cultural significance.
1.12 Setting means the immediate and extended environment of a place that is part of or contributes to its cultural significance and distinctive character.
Setting may include: structures, spaces, land, water and sky; the visual setting including views to and from the place, and along a cultural route; and other sensory aspects of the setting such as smells and sounds. Setting may also include historical and contemporary relationships, such as use and activities, social and spiritual practices, and relationships with other places, both tangible and intangible.
1.13 Related place means a place that contributes to the cultural significance of another place.
1.14 Related object means an object that contributes to the cultural significance of a place but is not at the place.
Objects at a place are encompassed by the definition of place, and may or may not contribute to its cultural significance.
1.15 Associations mean the connections that exist between people and a place.
Associations may include social or spiritual values and cultural responsibilities for a place.
1.16 Meanings denote what a place signifies, indicates, evokes or expresses to people.
Meanings generally relate to intangible dimensions such as symbolic qualities and memories.
1.17 Interpretation means all the ways of presenting the cultural significance of a place.
Interpretation may be a combination of the treatment of the fabric (e.g. maintenance, restoration, reconstruction); the use of and activities at the place; and the use of introduced explanatory material.
Conservation Principles
Article 2. Conservation and management
2.1 Places of cultural significance should be conserved.
2.2 The aim of conservation is to retain the cultural significance of a place.
2.3 Conservation is an integral part of good management of places of cultural significance.
2.4 Places of cultural significance should be safeguarded and not put at risk or left in a vulnerable state.
Article 3. Cautious approach
3.1 Conservation is based on a respect for the existing fabric, use, associations and meanings. It requires a cautious approach of changing as much as necessary but as little as possible.
The traces of additions, alterations and earlier treatments to the fabric of a place are evidence of its history and uses which may be part of its significance. Conservation action should assist and not impede their understanding.
3.2 Changes to a place should not distort the physical or other evidence it provides, nor be based on conjecture.
Article 4. Knowledge, skills and techniques
4.1 Conservation should make use of all the knowledge, skills and disciplines which can contribute to the study and care of the place.
4.2 Traditional techniques and materials are preferred for the conservation of significant fabric. In some circumstances modern techniques and materials which offer substantial conservation benefits may be appropriate.
The use of modern materials and techniques must be supported by firm scientific evidence or by a body of experience.
Article 5. Values
5.1 Conservation of a place should identify and take into consideration all aspects of cultural and natural significance without unwarranted emphasis on any one value at the expense of others.
Conservation of places with natural significance is explained in the Australian Natural Heritage Charter. This Charter defines natural significance to mean the importance of ecosystems, biodiversity and geodiversity for their existence value or for present or future generations, in terms of their scientific, social, aesthetic and life-support value.In some cultures, natural and cultural values are indivisible.
5.2 Relative degrees of cultural significance may lead to different conservation actions at a place.
A cautious approach is needed, as understanding of cultural significance may change. This article should not be used to justify actions which do not retain cultural significance.
Article 6. Burra Charter Process
6.1 The cultural significance of a place and other issues affecting its future are best understood by a sequence of collecting and analysing information before making decisions. Understanding cultural significance comes first, then development of policy and finally management of the place in accordance with the policy. This is the Burra Charter Process.
The Burra Charter Process, or sequence of investigations, decisions and actions, is illustrated below and in more detail in the accompanying flow chart which forms part of the Charter.Understand SignificanceDevelop PolicyManage in Accordance with Policy
6.2 Policy for managing a place must be based on an understanding of its cultural significance.
6.3 Policy development should also include consideration of other factors affecting the future of a place such as the owner’s needs, resources, external constraints and its physical condition.
6.4 In developing an effective policy, different ways to retain cultural significance and address other factors may need to be explored.
Options considered may include a range of uses and changes (e.g. adaptation) to a place.
6.5 Changes in circumstances, or new information or perspectives, may require reiteration of part or all of the Burra Charter Process.
Article 7. Use
7.1 Where the use of a place is of cultural significance it should be retained.
7.2 A place should have a compatible use.
The policy should identify a use or combination of uses or constraints on uses that retain the cultural significance of the place. New use of a place should involve minimal change to significant fabric and use; should respect associations and meanings; and where appropriate should provide for continuation of activities and practices which contribute to the cultural significance of the place.
Article 8. Setting
Conservation requires the retention of an appropriate setting. This includes retention of the visual and sensory setting, as well as the retention of spiritual and other cultural relationships that contribute to the cultural significance of the place.
Setting is explained in Article 1.12.
New construction, demolition, intrusions or other changes which would adversely affect the setting or relationships are not appropriate.
Article 9. Location
9.1 The physical location of a place is part of its cultural significance. A building, work or other element of a place should remain in its historical location. Relocation is generally unacceptable unless this is the sole practical means of ensuring its survival.
9.2 Some buildings, works or other elements of places were designed to be readily removable or already have a history of relocation. Provided such buildings, works or other elements do not have significant links with their present location, removal may be appropriate.
9.3 If any building, work or other element is moved, it should be moved to an appropriate location and given an appropriate use. Such action should not be to the detriment of any place of cultural significance.
Article 10. Contents
Contents, fixtures and objects which contribute to the cultural significance of a place should be retained at that place. Their removal is unacceptable unless it is: the sole means of ensuring their security and preservation; on a temporary basis for treatment or exhibition; for cultural reasons; for health and safety; or to protect the place. Such contents, fixtures and objects should be returned where circumstances permit and it is culturally appropriate.
For example, the repatriation (returning) of an object or element to a place may be important to Indigenous cultures, and may be essential to the retention of its cultural significance.Article 28 covers the circumstances where significant fabric might be disturbed, for example, during archaeological excavation.Article 33 deals with significant fabric that has been removed from a place.
Article 11. Related places and objects
The contribution which related places and related objects make to the cultural significance of the place should be retained.
Article 12. Participation
Conservation, interpretation and management of a place should provide for the participation of people for whom the place has significant associations and meanings, or who have social, spiritual or other cultural responsibilities for the place.
Article 13. Co-existence of cultural values
Co-existence of cultural values should always be recognised, respected and encouraged. This is especially important in cases where they conflict.
For some places, conflicting cultural values may affect policy development and management decisions. In Article 13, the term cultural values refers to those beliefs which are important to a cultural group, including but not limited to political, religious, spiritual and moral beliefs. This is broader than values associated with cultural significance.
Conservation Processes
Article 14. Conservation processes
Conservation may, according to circumstance, include the processes of: retention or reintroduction of a use; retention of associations and meanings; maintenance, preservation, restoration, reconstruction, adaptation and interpretation; and will commonly include a combination of more than one of these. Conservation may also include retention of the contribution that related places and related objects make to the cultural significance of a place.
Conservation normally seeks to slow deterioration unless the significance of the place dictates otherwise. There may be circumstances where no action is required to achieve conservation.
Article 15. Change
15.1 Change may be necessary to retain cultural significance, but is undesirable where it reduces cultural significance. The amount of change to a place and its use should be guided by the cultural significance of the place and its appropriate interpretation.
When change is being considered, including for a temporary use, a range of options should be explored to seek the option which minimises any reduction to its cultural significance.It may be appropriate to change a place where this reflects a change in cultural meanings or practices at the place, but the significance of the place should always be respected.Reversible changes should be considered temporary. Non-reversible change should only be used as a last resort and should not prevent future conservation action.
15.2 Changes which reduce cultural significance should be reversible, and be reversed when circumstances permit.
15.3 Demolition of significant fabric of a place is generally not acceptable. However, in some cases minor demolition may be appropriate as part of conservation. Removed significant fabric should be reinstated when circumstances permit.
15.4 The contributions of all aspects of cultural significance of a place should be respected. If a place includes fabric, uses, associations or meanings of different periods, or different aspects of cultural significance, emphasising or interpreting one period or aspect at the expense of another can only be justified when what is left out, removed or diminished is of slight cultural significance and that which is emphasised or interpreted is of much greater cultural significance.
Article 16. Maintenance
Maintenance is fundamental to conservation. Maintenance should be undertaken where fabric is of cultural significance and its maintenance is necessary to retain that cultural significance.
Maintaining a place may be important to the fulfilment of traditional laws and customs in some Indigenous communities and other cultural groups.
Article 17. Preservation
Preservation is appropriate where the existing fabric or its condition constitutes evidence of cultural significance, or where insufficient evidence is available to allow other conservation processes to be carried out.
Preservation protects fabric without obscuring evidence of its construction and use. The process should always be applied:where the evidence of the fabric is of such significance that it should not be altered; orwhere insufficient investigation has been carried out to permit policy decisions to be taken in accord with Articles 26 to 28.New work (e.g. stabilisation) may be carried out in association with preservation when its purpose is the physical protection of the fabric and when it is consistent with Article 22.
Article 18. Restoration and reconstruction
Restoration and reconstruction should reveal culturally significant aspects of the place.
Article 19. Restoration
Restoration is appropriate only if there is sufficient evidence of an earlier state of the fabric.
Article 20. Reconstruction
20.1 Reconstruction is appropriate only where a place is incomplete through damage or alteration, and only where there is sufficient evidence to reproduce an earlier state of the fabric. In some cases, reconstruction may also be appropriate as part of a use or practice that retains the cultural significance of the place.
Places with social or spiritual value may warrant reconstruction, even though very little may remain (e.g. only building footings or tree stumps following fire, flood or storm). The requirement for sufficient evidence to reproduce an earlier state still applies.
20.2 Reconstruction should be identifiable on close inspection or through additional interpretation.
Article 21. Adaptation
21.1 Adaptation is acceptable only where the adaptation has minimal impact on the cultural significance of the place.
Adaptation may involve additions to the place, the introduction of new services, or a new use, or changes to safeguard the place. Adaptation of a place for a new use is often referred to as ‘adaptive re-use’ and should be consistent with Article 7.2.
21.2 Adaptation should involve minimal change to significant fabric, achieved only after considering alternatives.
Article 22. New work
22.1 New work such as additions or other changes to the place may be acceptable where it respects and does not distort or obscure the cultural significance of the place, or detract from its interpretation and appreciation.
New work should respect the significance of a place through consideration of its siting, bulk, form, scale, character, colour, texture and material. Imitation should generally be avoided.
22.2 New work should be readily identifiable as such, but must respect and have minimal impact on the cultural significance of the place.
New work should be consistent with Articles 3, 5, 8, 15, 21 and 22.1.
Article 23. Retaining or reintroducing use
Retaining, modifying or reintroducing a significant use may be appropriate and preferred forms of conservation.
These may require changes to significant fabric but they should be minimised. In some cases, continuing a significant use, activity or practice may involve substantial new work.
Article 24. Retaining associations and meanings
24.1 Significant associations between people and a place should be respected, retained and not obscured. Opportunities for the interpretation, commemoration and celebration of these associations should be investigated and implemented.
For many places associations will be linked to aspects of use, including activities and practices.Some associations and meanings may not be apparent and will require research.
24.2 Significant meanings, including spiritual values, of a place should be respected. Opportunities for the continuation or revival of these meanings should be investigated and implemented.
Article 25. Interpretation
The cultural significance of many places is not readily apparent, and should be explained by interpretation. Interpretation should enhance understanding and engagement, and be culturally appropriate.
In some circumstances any form of interpretation may be culturally inappropriate.
Conservation Practice
Article 26. Applying the Burra Charter Process
26.1 Work on a place should be preceded by studies to understand the place which should include analysis of physical, documentary, oral and other evidence, drawing on appropriate knowledge, skills and disciplines.
The results of studies should be kept up to date, regularly reviewed and revised as necessary.
26.2 Written statements of cultural significance and policy for the place should be prepared, justified and accompanied by supporting evidence. The statements of significance and policy should be incorporated into a management plan for the place.
Policy should address all relevant issues, e.g. use, interpretation, management and change.A management plan is a useful document for recording the Burra Charter Process, i.e. the steps in planning for and managing a place of cultural significance (Article 6.1 and flow chart). Such plans are often called conservation management plans and sometimes have other names.The management plan may deal with other matters related to the management of the place.
26.3 Groups and individuals with associations with the place as well as those involved in its management should be provided with opportunities to contribute to and participate in identifying and understanding the cultural significance of the place. Where appropriate they should also have opportunities to participate in its conservation and management.
26.4 Statements of cultural significance and policy for the place should be periodically reviewed, and actions and their consequences monitored to ensure continuing appropriateness and effectiveness.
Monitor actions taken in case there are also unintended consequences.
Article 27. Managing change
27.1 The impact of proposed changes, including incremental changes, on the cultural significance of a place should be assessed with reference to the statement of significance and the policy for managing the place. It may be necessary to modify proposed changes to better retain cultural significance.
27.2 Existing fabric, use, associations and meanings should be adequately recorded before and after any changes are made to the place.
Article 28. Disturbance of fabric
28.1 Disturbance of significant fabric for study, or to obtain evidence, should be minimised. Study of a place by any disturbance of the fabric, including archaeological excavation, should only be undertaken to provide data essential for decisions on the conservation of the place, or to obtain important evidence about to be lost or made inaccessible.
28.2 Investigation of a place which requires disturbance of the fabric, apart from that necessary to make decisions, may be appropriate provided that it is consistent with the policy for the place. Such investigation should be based on important research questions which have potential to substantially add to knowledge, which cannot be answered in other ways and which minimises disturbance of significant fabric.
Article 29. Responsibility
The organisations and individuals responsible for management and decisions should be named and specific responsibility taken for each decision.
Article 30. Direction, supervision and implementation
Competent direction and supervision should be maintained at all stages, and any changes should be implemented by people with appropriate knowledge and skills.
Article 31. Keeping a log
New evidence may come to light while implementing policy or a plan for a place. Other factors may arise and require new decisions. A log of new evidence and additional decisions should be kept.
New decisions should respect and have minimal impact on the cultural significance of the place.
Article 32. Records
32.1 The records associated with the conservation of a place should be placed in a permanent archive and made publicly available, subject to requirements of security and privacy, and where this is culturally appropriate.
32.2 Records about the history of a place should be protected and made publicly available, subject to requirements of security and privacy, and where this is culturally appropriate.
Article 33. Removed fabric
Significant fabric which has been removed from a place including contents, fixtures and objects, should be catalogued, and protected in accordance with its cultural significance.
Where possible and culturally appropriate, removed significant fabric including contents, fixtures and objects, should be kept at the place.
Article 34. Resources
Adequate resources should be provided for conservation.
The best conservation often involves the least work and can be inexpensive.
Words in italics are defined in Article 1.
The Burra Charter Process Steps in planning for and managing a place of cultural significance
The Burra Charter should be read as a whole. Key articles relevant to each step are shown in the boxes. Article 6 summarises the Burra Charter Process.
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Appendix G: Compliance with Commonwealth Heritage Management Principles and Requirements for Management Plans under the EPBC Regulations
The regulations under the EPBC Act provide a list of Commonwealth Heritage Management Principles as well as requirements for (conservation) management plans for Commonwealth Heritage places (Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 1), Schedules 7A and 7B). The following tables provide a summary of compliance with these requirements.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-left:5.4pt; border:0.75pt solid #808080; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3" style="width:428.65pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#cccccc"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Table </span><span style="font-weight:bold">12</span><span style="font-weight:bold">.</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span><span class="CharAmSchText" style="font-weight:bold">Commonwealth Heritage Management Principles</span></p><p style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold"></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:31.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-right:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#cccccc"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">No.</span></p></td><td style="width:240.5pt; border:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#cccccc"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Requirement (Schedule 7B)</span></p></td><td style="width:134.85pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-left:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#cccccc"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Compliance Comment</span></p><p style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold"></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:31.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-right:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>1.</span></p></td><td style="width:240.5pt; border:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>The objective in managing Commonwealth Heritage places is to identify, protect, conserve, present and transmit, to all generations, their Commonwealth Heritage values.</span></p></td><td style="width:134.85pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-left:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>Complies: </span><span></span><span>Sections 6.1 and 6.3</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:31.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-right:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>2.</span></p></td><td style="width:240.5pt; border:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>The management of Commonwealth Heritage places should use the best available knowledge, skills and standards for those places, and include ongoing technical and community input to decisions and actions that may have a significant impact on their Commonwealth Heritage values.</span></p></td><td style="width:134.85pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-left:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>Compl</span><span>ies:</span><span> </span><span>Policies</span><span> </span><span>6 and 10</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:31.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-right:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>3.</span></p></td><td style="width:240.5pt; border:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>The management of Commonwealth Heritage places should respect all heritage values of the place and seek to integrate, where appropriate, any Commonwealth, State, Territory and local government responsibilities for those places.</span></p></td><td style="width:134.85pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-left:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>Complies:</span><span> </span><span>Chapter 4, Policy 4</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:31.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-right:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>4.</span></p></td><td style="width:240.5pt; border:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>The management of Commonwealth Heritage places should ensure that their use and presentation is consistent with the conservation of their Commonwealth Heritage values.</span></p></td><td style="width:134.85pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-left:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>Complies: Policies </span><span>20, 21 and 23</span><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:31.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-right:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>5.</span></p></td><td style="width:240.5pt; border:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>The management of Commonwealth Heritage places should make timely and appropriate provision for community involvement, especially by people who:</span></p><p style="font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>(a)</span><span> </span><span>have a particular interest in, or associations with, the place; and</span></p><p style="font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>(b)</span><span> </span><span>may be affected by the management of the place;</span></p></td><td style="width:134.85pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-left:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>Complies: </span><span></span><span>Policy</span><span> </span><span>10</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:31.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-right:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>6.</span></p></td><td style="width:240.5pt; border:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>Indigenous people are the primary source of information on the value of their heritage and that the active participation of indigenous people in identification, assessment and management is integral to the effective protection of indigenous heritage values.</span></p></td><td style="width:134.85pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-left:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>Com</span><span>plies:</span><span> </span><span>Section 5.3 and Policy</span><span> </span><span>10</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:31.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-right:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>7.</span></p></td><td style="width:240.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-right:0.75pt solid #808080; border-left:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>The management of Commonwealth Heritage places should provide for regular monitoring, review and reporting on the conservation of Commonwealth Heritage values.</span></p></td><td style="width:134.85pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-left:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>Complies: </span><span></span><span>Strategy 7.5, Policies</span><span> </span><span>8 and 15</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-left:5.4pt; border:0.75pt solid #808080; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="width:428.65pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#cccccc"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Table </span><span style="font-weight:bold">13</span><span style="font-weight:bold">.</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold">Management Plan Requirements</span></p><p style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold"></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:31.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-right:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#cccccc"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">No.</span></p></td><td style="width:240.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#cccccc"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Requirement (Schedule 7A)</span></p><p style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold"></span></p></td><td style="width:134.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-left:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#cccccc"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Compliance Comments</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:31.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-right:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="P1" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0pt; text-indent:0pt"><span>(a)</span></p></td><td style="width:240.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>establish objectives for the identification, protection, conservation, presentation and transmission of the Commonwealth Heritage values of the place; and</span></p></td><td style="width:134.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-left:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>Complies: </span><span></span><span>Sections 6.1 and 6.3</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:31.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-right:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="P1" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0pt; text-indent:0pt"><span>(b)</span></p></td><td style="width:240.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>provide a management framework that includes reference to any statutory requirements and agency mechanisms for the protection of the Commonwealth Heritage values of the place; and</span></p></td><td style="width:134.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-left:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>Complies: </span><span></span><span>Policies </span><span>5 and 7</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:31.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-right:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="P1" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0pt; text-indent:0pt"><span>(c)</span></p></td><td style="width:240.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>provide a comprehensive description of the place, including information about its location, physical features, condition, historical context and current uses; and</span></p></td><td style="width:134.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-left:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>Complies:</span><span> </span><span>Chapter 2</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:31.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-right:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="P1" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0pt; text-indent:0pt"><span>(d)</span></p></td><td style="width:240.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>provide a description of the Commonwealth Heritage values and any other heritage values of the place; and</span></p></td><td style="width:134.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-left:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>Complies:</span><span> </span><span>Chapter 4</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:31.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-right:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="P1" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0pt; text-indent:0pt"><span>(e)</span></p></td><td style="width:240.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>describe the condition of the Commonwealth Heritage values of the place; and</span></p></td><td style="width:134.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-left:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>Complies:</span><span> </span><span>Chapter 2</span><span> and </span><span>Section 5.5</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:31.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-right:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="P1" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0pt; text-indent:0pt"><span>(f)</span></p></td><td style="width:240.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>describe the method used to assess the Commonwealth Heritage values of the place; and</span></p></td><td style="width:134.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-left:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>Complies:</span><span> </span><span>Section 1.2, Chapters 3</span><span> </span><span>and 4, </span><span>Appendix D</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:31.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-right:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="P1" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0pt; text-indent:0pt"><span>(g)</span></p></td><td style="width:240.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>describe the current management requirements and goals, including proposals for change and any potential pressures on the Commonwealth Heritage values of the place; and</span></p></td><td style="width:134.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-left:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>Complies: </span><span></span><span>Section 5.4</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:31.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-right:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>(h)</span></p></td><td style="width:240.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>have policies to manage the Commonwealth Heritage values of a place, and include in those policies, guidance in relation to the following:</span></p></td><td style="width:134.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-left:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>Complies:</span><span> </span><span>Chapter 6</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:31.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-right:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="P2" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0pt; text-indent:0pt; text-align:right"><span>(i)</span></p></td><td style="width:240.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>the management and conservation processes to be used;</span></p></td><td style="width:134.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-left:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>Complies:</span><span> </span><span>Section 6.3</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:31.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-right:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="P2" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0pt; text-indent:0pt; text-align:right"><span>(ii)</span></p></td><td style="width:240.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>the access and security arrangements, including access to the area for indigenous people to maintain cultural traditions;</span></p></td><td style="width:134.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-left:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>Complies: </span><span></span><span>Policies 11 and 13</span><span>.</span><span> </span><span>No Indigenous access issues have been identified.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:31.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-right:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="P2" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0pt; text-indent:0pt; text-align:right"><span>(iii)</span></p></td><td style="width:240.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>the stakeholder and community consultation and liaison arrangements;</span></p></td><td style="width:134.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-left:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="FootnoteText"><span>Complies:</span><span> </span><span>Policy 10</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:31.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-right:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="P2" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0pt; text-indent:0pt; text-align:right"><span>(iv)</span></p></td><td style="width:240.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>the policies and protocols to ensure that indigenous people participate in the management process;</span></p></td><td style="width:134.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-left:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>Complies:</span><span> </span><span>Policy 10</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:31.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-right:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="P2" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0pt; text-indent:0pt; text-align:right"><span>(v)</span></p></td><td style="width:240.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>the protocols for the management of sensitive information;</span></p></td><td style="width:134.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-left:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>Not applicable – given the scope of the plan relates the Library as a place.</span><span> </span><span>The scope of the plan does not extend to the management of sensitive information held in collections, which are the subject of separate policies and other guidance developed </span><span>or being developed </span><span>by the Library.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:31.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-right:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="P2" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0pt; text-indent:0pt; text-align:right"><span>(vi)</span></p></td><td style="width:240.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>the planning and management of works, development, adaptive reuse and property divestment proposals;</span></p></td><td style="width:134.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-left:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>Complies: </span><span>Section 6.3</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:31.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-right:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="P2" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0pt; text-indent:0pt; text-align:right"><span>(vii)</span></p></td><td style="width:240.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>how unforeseen discoveries or disturbance of heritage are to be managed;</span></p></td><td style="width:134.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-left:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>Complies: Policy </span><span>24</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:31.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-right:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="P2" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0pt; text-indent:0pt; text-align:right"><span>(viii)</span></p></td><td style="width:240.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>how, and under what circumstances, heritage advice is to be obtained;</span></p></td><td style="width:134.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-left:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>Complies:</span><span> </span><span>Policies</span><span> </span><span>6 and 7</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:31.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-right:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="P2" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0pt; text-indent:0pt; text-align:right"><span>(ix)</span></p></td><td style="width:240.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>how the condition of Commonwealth Heritage values is to be monitored and reported;</span></p></td><td style="width:134.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-left:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>Complies: Policy </span><span>15</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:31.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-right:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="P2" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0pt; text-indent:0pt; text-align:right"><span>(x)</span></p></td><td style="width:240.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>how records of intervention and maintenance of a heritage places register are kept;</span></p></td><td style="width:134.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-left:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>Complies: Policy </span><span>25</span><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:31.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-right:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="P2" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0pt; text-indent:0pt; text-align:right"><span>(xi)</span></p></td><td style="width:240.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>the research, training and resources needed to improve management;</span></p></td><td style="width:134.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-left:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="FootnoteText"><span>Complies: Policy </span><span>26</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:31.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-right:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="P2" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0pt; text-indent:0pt; text-align:right"><span>(xii)</span></p></td><td style="width:240.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>how heritage values are to be interpreted and promoted; and</span></p></td><td style="width:134.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-left:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>Complies: Policy </span><span>23</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:31.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-right:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="P1" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0pt; text-indent:0pt"><span>(i)</span></p></td><td style="width:240.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>include an implementation plan; and</span></p></td><td style="width:134.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-left:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>Complies:</span><span> </span><span>Strategy 3.1 and Section 6.5</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:31.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-right:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="P1" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0pt; text-indent:0pt"><span>(j)</span></p></td><td style="width:240.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>show how the implementation of policies will be monitored; and</span></p></td><td style="width:134.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-left:0.75pt solid #808080; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>Complies: </span><span>Strategy 7.5</span><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:31.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-right:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="P1" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:0pt; text-indent:0pt"><span>(k)</span></p></td><td style="width:240.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-right:0.75pt solid #808080; border-left:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>show how the management plan will be reviewed.</span></p></td><td style="width:134.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #808080; border-left:0.75pt solid #808080; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:10pt"><span>Complies: Policy 8</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
Appendix H: Current Building Plans – Confidential – Not for Public Release
Figure 46. Current LG2 Floor Plan showing loading dock
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Figure 47. Current LG2 Floor Plan
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Figure 48. Current LG1 Floor Plan
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Figure 49. Current Ground Floor Plan showing podium
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Figure 50. Current Ground Floor Plan
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Figure 51. Current Level 1 Floor Plan
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Figure 52. Current Level 2 Floor Plan
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Figure 53. Current Level 3 Floor Plan
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Figure 54. Current Level 4 Floor Plan
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Figure 55. Current Level 5 Floor Plan
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Macintosh HD:Users:duncanmarshall:Desktop:NLA-AP-L5-MBP-rev4-Floor Plan.jpg