Guide for Nominating an Item to the Palerang Heritage List
The following sets out basic information
you need for nominating a heritage item to
Palerang Council. The NSW Heritage
Manual 2 – Assessing heritage significance
(refer web-link back page) provides
detailed instruction and examples.
Name of Place:
Previous/Other Names:
Owner's name/s:
Lot and Section no
Type of Item:
Building, structure, group, feature, complex,
area, landscape as related to a theme such as
a 19th century pastoral property, an early 20th
century mining site.
Curtilage/Boundary of proposed
heritage area:
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Provide Lot and Section Number and Street
address.
For a landscape, provide a map such as a
Google map with the heritage area plotted
Why do you think the place might have
heritage significance?
Does it demonstrate values such as:
o Social – social or spiritual meaning
o Aesthetic—aesthetic characteristics
o Scientific—natural or cultural scientific
features
o History—natural or cultural historic
characteristics
Criteria for determining potential significance
are listed on page 12 of the NSW Heritage
Manual
Historical Information:
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Describe the scale, fabric, form, style,
particular features of buildings, structures.
Describe the landscape setting of the item
covering garden, streetscape, townscape,
rural, and land-use patterns.
Describe the existing landscape features,
topography, landform, vegetation, views,
vistas,
particular natural features.
Special associations:
Address:
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Description:
Note the history of the item; when it was
built, who built it and how it has been used.
Note associations with a particular event,
theme of history or activity of importance in
the region.
Note important people or groups of people
associated with the item.
For natural landscapes note the history of
changes and land use.
How the place is used.
o Strong attachments the community may
have to the item.
o Special associations to an Indigenous
community
Condition:
Describe the condition of the item, particularly
any damage to its heritage features and the
date of the damage.
Nominator's Name and Contact Details:
Name, phone number, e-mail
Attachments
Include a plan of the item and labeled
photographs from various angles.
References
Document all the reference information you
have used such as books, newspapers, or word
of mouth information.
Useful references for Palerang region are on
the back page of this sheet.
Members of the Palerang Heritage
Advisory Committee are happy to
provide advice, contact:
Strategic Planning Coordinator
Phone:02 6238 8111
Email: records@palerang.nsw.gov.au
Send your nomination report to:
General Manager
Palerang Council
PO Box 348
Bungendore NSW 2621
ABN 70605876877
All Mail to: PO Box 348 Bungendore NSW 2621
Email: records@palerang.nsw.gov.au
Braidwood Office:
Bungendore Office:
144 Wallace Street Braidwood
10 Majara Street Bungendore
Tel: 1300 735 025
Tel: 1300 735 025
Fax: 02 6238 1290
Useful Reference Material
Australia ICOMOS 2013 The Burra Charter: The Australia ICOMOS Charter for Places of
Cultural Significance. The Burra Charter 2013 (Adopted 31.10.2013)
Bungendore and District Historical Society, 1983 a Return to the Past, A Walk Around Historic
Bungendore Village. Bungendore and District Historical Society.
Lucas, C and Altenburg, K. 1997 Tallaganda Shire Rural Heritage Study. Prepared for
Tallaganda Shire Council in conjunction with NSW Department of Urban Affairs and Planning
& Sydney Water Corporation
Palerang Council website – documents relating to heritage
http://www.palerang.nsw.gov.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=1622&Ite
mid=2808
Plowman, S. 2008 Thematic History of Lake George, Molonglo Valley & Burra. Report for
Palerang Council. Volumes 1.
Plowman, S Heritage Inventory Lake George, Molonglo Valley & Burra. Report for Palerang
Council. Volume 2
http://www.palerang.nsw.gov.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=495658:heri
tage-study-heritage-inventory&catid=1622&Itemid=2808
NSW Heritage Office 2001 Assessing heritage significance. NSW Heritage Manual 2.
http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/heritagebranch/heritage/listings/assessingherit
agesignificance.pdf
The National Library of Australia: Trove
Scobie, D. 1982, Bungendore Conservation Planning Study. Report Prepared for the Heritage
Council of NSW, Yarrowlumla Shire Council.
Mainwaring, R. 2011, Riches beneath the flat: a history of the Lake George Mine at Captains
Flat. Surrey Hills, Vic. Light Railway Research Society of Australia Inc. Stanton, S. 1983, Boom to bust and back again: Captains Flat, 1883-1983. Captain's Flat,
NSW
Moore, B., 1981, Burra, County of Murray : a history of Burra in the county of Murray in the
Queanbeyan district. Pearce, ACT
Worth, C. & Murray, M. 2000, The essence of Burra : a history of the Burra Valley. Burra,
N.S.W. Burra Community Association Inc.
Ellis, Netta, 1989, Braidwood, dear Braidwood. Braidwood, NSW. N.N and N.M. Ellis.
McGowan,B. 1994. Lost mines: historic mining sites in the Monaro-Southern tablelands
districts of New South Wales, Canberra, ACT Barry McGowan.