A National Review of Inventories of Historic Gardens, Trees and Landscapes

Description

Contents

• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• ACRONYMS
• SUMMARY OF FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS
  • Specific Findings
  • General Findings
• SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS
  • General Recommendations
  • Priorities for further work
• DATABASES
  • Inventory of relevant lists/sources
• INTRODUCTION
  • Purpose
  • Background
  • Scope
  • Limitations to the report
  • Approach and methodology
• EXISTING INVENTORIES
• NATIONAL LISTINGS
  • Overview
  • Australian Heritage Database
  • Australian Heritage Places Inventory
  • Non-statutory national lists
  • Usefulness of Existing National Lists
• STATE AND TERRITORY LISTINGS
  • Queensland
  • Victoria
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales
  • South Australia
  • Tasmania
  • Western Australia
• APPENDIX A: THE BRIEF
• APPENDIX B: DEFINITIONS
• APPENDIX C: THEMES
• APPENDIX D: GARDEN TYPES
• APPENDIX E: GARDEN STYLES
• APPENDIX F: HERITAGE CRITERIA
• APPENDIX G: HERITAGE THRESHOLDS
• APPENDIX H: USEFULNESS OF MOST RELEVANT LISTS
• APPENDIX I: STATE MATRIX
• ENDNOTES

In 2011/12 the Society commissioned heritage architect and planner Dr Timothy Hubbard and horticultural consultant and heritage consultant Annabel Neylon (Context) to look at the position with respect to the representation of historic gardens on state and local government heritage lists around the country. This is the final report.