The Register of the National Estate was a heritage register that listed natural and cultural heritage places in Australia that was closed in 2007. Phasing out began in 2003, when the Australian National Heritage List and the Commonwealth Heritage List were created[1] and by 2007 the Register had been replaced by these and various state and territory heritage registers.
The expression "national estate" was first used by the British architect Clough Williams-Ellis, and reached Australia in the 1970s.[4] It was incorporated into the Australian Heritage Commission Act 1975[4] and was used to describe a collection of buildings and sites that were worthy of preservation for a variety of reasons. It covered natural environments as well as European history and Aboriginal culture.
Process of listing
Anyone could suggest that a certain site should be listed on the Register of the National Estate. A nomination form was provided and was then submitted to an expert group for evaluation. If a place was accepted for listing, the nomination was declared in the Commonwealth Gazette and newspapers. The Heritage Council eventually made a decision after the public has had time to comment and raise possible objections. The listing, if it took place, was based on an assessment of the values of the nominated place, whether "aesthetic, historic, scientific, or social significance, or other special value".[4]
A listing on the Register required that a Commonwealth Minister or authority should not take any course of action that would adversely affect the listed subjects unless there was no alternative; in the latter case, the Minister was obliged to take steps to minimise any effect on the listed subject.[4] The listing did not impose any legal obligations on private owners, companies, State governments or local governments. The Australian Heritage Council had to be consulted if any government wanted to take a course of action that might have an adverse effect on a listed subject. The Council itself could not make decisions on a proposed course of action; such decisions were made by the Federal Minister or the relevant authority contemplating the course of action.[4]
Criteria
Evaluation of nominated places was based on the following criteria:[5]
Criterion A
Its importance in the course, or pattern, of Australia's natural or cultural history
A.1 Importance in the evolution of Australian flora, fauna, landscapes or climate.
A.2 Importance in maintaining existing processes or natural systems at the regional or national scale.
A.3 Importance in exhibiting unusual richness or diversity of flora, fauna, landscapes or cultural features.
A.4 Importance for association with events, developments or cultural phases which have had a significant role in the human occupation and evolution of the nation, State, region or community.
Criterion B
Its possession of uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of Australia's natural or cultural history
B.1 Importance for rare, endangered or uncommon flora, fauna, communities, ecosystems, natural landscapes or phenomena, or as a wilderness.
B.2 Importance in demonstrating a distinctive way of life, custom, process, land-use, function or design no longer practised, in danger of being lost, or of exceptional interest
Criterion C
Its potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Australia's natural or cultural history
C.1 Importance for information contributing to a wider understanding of Australian natural history, by virtue of its use as a research site, teaching site, type locality, reference or benchmark site.
C.2 Importance for information contributing to a wider understanding of the history of human occupation of Australia.
Criterion D
Its 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
D.1 Importance in demonstrating the principal characteristics of the range of landscapes, environments or ecosystems, the attributes of which identify them as being characteristic of their class.
D.2 Importance in demonstrating the principal characteristics of the range of human activities in the Australian environment (including way of life, philosophy, custom, process, land use, function, design or technique).
Criterion E
Its importance in exhibiting particular aesthetic characteristics valued by a community or cultural group
E.1 Importance for a community for aesthetic characteristics held in high esteem or otherwise valued by the community.
Criterion F
Its importance in demonstrating a high degree of creative or technical achievement at a particular period
F.1 Importance for its technical, creative, design or artistic excellence, innovation or achievement.
Criterion G
Its strong or special associations with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons
G.1 Importance as a place highly valued by a community for reasons of religious, spiritual, symbolic, cultural, educational, or social associations.
Criterion H
Its special association with the life or works of a person, or group of persons, of importance in Australia's natural or cultural history
H.1 Importance for close associations with individuals whose activities have been significant within the history of the nation, State or region.
End of the register
The Register of the National Estate was frozen in February 2007. In 2003 the Australian Heritage Commission Act 1975, which had established the RNE, was repealed. In its place the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) and the Australian Heritage Council Act 2003 provided for a new system of heritage protection for nationally significant places. In 2006 the EPBC Act and the Australian Heritage Council Act 2003 were amended to freeze the RNE, and to allow five years to phase out statutory references to the RNE. As a result of these changes:[1]
On 19 February 2007, the database was frozen; no more additions or removals of places were allowed.
On 19 February 2012, all references to the RNE were removed from the legislation.
In February 2012, the Register was replaced by the Australian National Heritage List for places of outstanding heritage value for Australia and the Commonwealth Heritage List for heritage places that are owned or controlled by the Commonwealth of Australia,[1][6] together with a collection of state and territory heritage registers that most were in existence for many years.[7] The RNE is maintained on a non-statutory basis as a publicly available archive and educational resource.[1]
^"Criteria for the Register of the National Estate". Department of Energy and Environment. Commonwealth of Australia. 2018. from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
^"Heritage places and lists". Australian Government. Dept. of Energy and the Environment. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
^"Register of the National Estate - archive". Australian Government. Dept of Environment and Energy. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
Attribution
This article incorporates text from Criteria for the Register of the National Estate published by the Commonwealth of Australia 2018 under CC-BY-4.0 licence, accessed on 3 September 2018.
External links
Media related to Register of the National Estate at Wikimedia Commons
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The Register of the National Estate was a heritage register that listed natural and cultural heritage places in Australia that was closed in 2007 Phasing out began in 2003 when the Australian National Heritage List and the Commonwealth Heritage List were created 1 and by 2007 the Register had been replaced by these and various state and territory heritage registers Register of the National EstateTypeNatural and cultural heritage registerCountryAustraliaStatusClosedYears1976 February 2007 2007 02 Phased out from 2003 Register continued until 2012 but no new places added after 2007 Replaced byAustralian National Heritage ListCommonwealth Heritage ListCompiled byCommonwealth of Australia via the Australian Heritage Commission 1976 2003 Australian Heritage Council 2003 2007 vtePlaces listed on the Register remain in a non statutory archive and are still able to be viewed via the National Heritage Database 2 Contents 1 History 2 Process of listing 3 Criteria 3 1 Criterion A 3 2 Criterion B 3 3 Criterion C 3 4 Criterion D 3 5 Criterion E 3 6 Criterion F 3 7 Criterion G 3 8 Criterion H 4 End of the register 5 See also 6 References 6 1 Attribution 7 External linksHistory EditThe register was initially compiled between 1976 and 2003 by the Australian Heritage Commission 3 after which the register was maintained by the Australian Heritage Council 13 000 places were listed The expression national estate was first used by the British architect Clough Williams Ellis and reached Australia in the 1970s 4 It was incorporated into the Australian Heritage Commission Act 1975 4 and was used to describe a collection of buildings and sites that were worthy of preservation for a variety of reasons It covered natural environments as well as European history and Aboriginal culture Process of listing EditAnyone could suggest that a certain site should be listed on the Register of the National Estate A nomination form was provided and was then submitted to an expert group for evaluation If a place was accepted for listing the nomination was declared in the Commonwealth Gazette and newspapers The Heritage Council eventually made a decision after the public has had time to comment and raise possible objections The listing if it took place was based on an assessment of the values of the nominated place whether aesthetic historic scientific or social significance or other special value 4 A listing on the Register required that a Commonwealth Minister or authority should not take any course of action that would adversely affect the listed subjects unless there was no alternative in the latter case the Minister was obliged to take steps to minimise any effect on the listed subject 4 The listing did not impose any legal obligations on private owners companies State governments or local governments The Australian Heritage Council had to be consulted if any government wanted to take a course of action that might have an adverse effect on a listed subject The Council itself could not make decisions on a proposed course of action such decisions were made by the Federal Minister or the relevant authority contemplating the course of action 4 Criteria EditEvaluation of nominated places was based on the following criteria 5 Criterion A Edit Its importance in the course or pattern of Australia s natural or cultural history A 1 Importance in the evolution of Australian flora fauna landscapes or climate A 2 Importance in maintaining existing processes or natural systems at the regional or national scale A 3 Importance in exhibiting unusual richness or diversity of flora fauna landscapes or cultural features A 4 Importance for association with events developments or cultural phases which have had a significant role in the human occupation and evolution of the nation State region or community Criterion B Edit Its possession of uncommon rare or endangered aspects of Australia s natural or cultural history B 1 Importance for rare endangered or uncommon flora fauna communities ecosystems natural landscapes or phenomena or as a wilderness B 2 Importance in demonstrating a distinctive way of life custom process land use function or design no longer practised in danger of being lost or of exceptional interestCriterion C Edit Its potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Australia s natural or cultural history C 1 Importance for information contributing to a wider understanding of Australian natural history by virtue of its use as a research site teaching site type locality reference or benchmark site C 2 Importance for information contributing to a wider understanding of the history of human occupation of Australia Criterion D Edit Its 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 D 1 Importance in demonstrating the principal characteristics of the range of landscapes environments or ecosystems the attributes of which identify them as being characteristic of their class D 2 Importance in demonstrating the principal characteristics of the range of human activities in the Australian environment including way of life philosophy custom process land use function design or technique Criterion E Edit Its importance in exhibiting particular aesthetic characteristics valued by a community or cultural group E 1 Importance for a community for aesthetic characteristics held in high esteem or otherwise valued by the community Criterion F Edit Its importance in demonstrating a high degree of creative or technical achievement at a particular period F 1 Importance for its technical creative design or artistic excellence innovation or achievement Criterion G Edit Its strong or special associations with a particular community or cultural group for social cultural or spiritual reasons G 1 Importance as a place highly valued by a community for reasons of religious spiritual symbolic cultural educational or social associations Criterion H Edit Its special association with the life or works of a person or group of persons of importance in Australia s natural or cultural history H 1 Importance for close associations with individuals whose activities have been significant within the history of the nation State or region End of the register EditThe Register of the National Estate was frozen in February 2007 In 2003 the Australian Heritage Commission Act 1975 which had established the RNE was repealed In its place the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 EPBC Act and the Australian Heritage Council Act 2003 provided for a new system of heritage protection for nationally significant places In 2006 the EPBC Act and the Australian Heritage Council Act 2003 were amended to freeze the RNE and to allow five years to phase out statutory references to the RNE As a result of these changes 1 On 1 January 2004 the Australian Heritage Council took over responsibility for the RNE from the former Australian Heritage Commission On 19 February 2007 the database was frozen no more additions or removals of places were allowed On 19 February 2012 all references to the RNE were removed from the legislation In February 2012 the Register was replaced by the Australian National Heritage List for places of outstanding heritage value for Australia and the Commonwealth Heritage List for heritage places that are owned or controlled by the Commonwealth of Australia 1 6 together with a collection of state and territory heritage registers that most were in existence for many years 7 The RNE is maintained on a non statutory basis as a publicly available archive and educational resource 1 See also EditList of heritage registers Annie Forsyth WyattReferences Edit a b c d Register of the National Estate Australian Government Retrieved 5 July 2015 National Heritage Database Australian Government Dept of Environment and Energy Retrieved 15 November 2019 The Heritage of Australia Macmillan Company 1981 pp 9 13 a b c d e Heritage of Australia pp 9 13 Criteria for the Register of the National Estate Department of Energy and Environment Commonwealth of Australia 2018 Archived from the original on 3 September 2018 Retrieved 3 September 2018 Heritage places and lists Australian Government Dept of Energy and the Environment Retrieved 30 January 2020 Register of the National Estate archive Australian Government Dept of Environment and Energy Retrieved 15 November 2019 Attribution Edit This article incorporates text from Criteria for the Register of the National Estate published by the Commonwealth of Australia 2018 under CC BY 4 0 licence accessed on 3 September 2018 External links Edit Media related to Register of the National Estate at Wikimedia Commons Search the Register Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Register of the National Estate amp oldid 1132030905, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
