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MANAGING OUR HERITAGE – POSITION PAPER.
NATIONAL TRUST OF AUSTRALIA (TASMANIA) RESPONSE
The National Trust has prepared a response to the position paper "Managing Our Heritage". Click to view 
(The original position paper is available on the Heritage Tasmania website here )
National Trust Plaques
Over the years the National Trust has been involved in a number of plaque programs of which the Green Plaque program is perhaps the best known and recognised in the community.
The Trust has decided to continue the Green Plaque program for those places which have been:-
- Classified by the National Trust
- Included on the Tasmanian Heritage Council’s Register as being of State significance
- Considered by the Board of the Trust as having heritage significance comparable to that of “Classified” or “State Significance”
The Trust has also decided to broaden the Blue Plaque program originally initiated by the Trust and the Launceston City Council to identify places of heritage significance which may not satisfy the Green Plaque criteria. The Trust sees the Blue Plaque program developing in a fashion similar to the Blue Plaques which are such feature of London and other English cities.
The Trust considers that the Blue Plaque program has the potential to be a most useful initiative for promoting heritage within the community
The criteria for the Blue Plaque program are:-
- It has a substantial association with a significant figure of national, state or local importance.
- It is the site of a significant event or achievement with national, state or local importance.
- It contributes in a significant way to the heritage values of its surrounding precinct.
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Our Heritage At Risk
Background Information.
'Our Heritage At Risk' (http://www.heritageatrisk.org.au/) is a national program intended to raise awareness of heritage issues in Australia. It is managed by the National Trusts of Australia in partnership with:-
The program is a national initiative developed from the previous Endangered Places Program. In addition to being hierarchical, it differs from the previous program in that moveable heritage, objects and collections, as well as places can be nominated as at risk. The program remains holistic and includes built, natural and indigenous cultural heritage places and objects.
Heritage places and objects can be nominated to the list through State and Territory National Trusts or through the Heritage Partner networks. The normal time from for nominations is from November to February. Nomination forms and criteria for nominations are available from the National Trusts and the Heritage Partners. Eligibility to nominate may differ between States.
Nominations must supply evidence of real risk and attest heritage significance according to defined criteria, and give as full details as possible. Images should accompany nominations wherever possible. Nominations will be accepted until early February.
Benefits of the new program include greater community awareness of heritage issues and engagement resulting in better heritage conservation and improved knowledge of government and non-government heritage organisations. The use of heritage partners will build and expand networks between heritage conservation organisations and thus a stronger heritage movement that can react to issues promptly as well as be pro-active. Through these partnerships, it is hoped to focus community and media interest on the kinds of threats facing heritage places, in order to achieve policy changes to address the issues raised by those threats and to marshal community action and government attention to address the identified threats, so that more heritage can be saved for future generations.
2008 Nominations
Report 2008 'Our Heritage At Risk' nominations
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