Garden and Landscape Reports
Walling Survey Report
Survey of extant gardens in Victoria designed by the influential and prolific landscape designer Edna Walling (1895-1973).
Walling survey report (PDF 780kb)
Landscape assessment guidelines
Landscape Assessment Guidelines sets out to improve the assessment of culturally significant landscapes in Victoria. This document clarifies definitions and terms, describes the range of landscape types which are assessable under the Heritage Act 1995, and sets out a step-by-step procedure for assessing landscapes. The guidelines are subject to review and any comments should be emailed to Heritage Victoria heritage.victoria@dpcd.vic.gov.au.
Landscape Assessment Guidelines (PDF 76kb)
Managing Culturally Significant Landscapes
Management approaches for landscape heritage, based on the 'Managing Culturally Significant Landscapes' seminar in 2002.
Managing Culturally Significant Landscapes (PDF 588kb)
Regional Botanic Gardens
Garden historian and author Paul Fox explores the layers that make up Victoria's nineteenth century garden heritage.
Regional Botanical Gardens Study (PDF 37 KB) or (Word 74 kb)
Big Spinning Things and Other Reflections
Ivar Nelson, Manager of the Historic Places Section of the then Department of Natural Resources and Environment wrote this article in relation to managing heritage places.
Big Spinning Things and Other Reflections (PDF 44kb)
Harnessing resources for everyday management
Resourcing requirements for the long term maintenance of culturally significant heritage landscapes. Written by Stephen Thorpe from Australian Landscape Management Pty Ltd.
Harnessing resources for everyday management (PDF 244kb)
Inside and Outside the Garden Gate at Meningoort
Colonisation of the landscape. Written by Timothy Hubbard.
Inside and Outside the Garden Gate at Meningoort (PDF 124kb)
Many Hands Make Light Work
Helen Page from the Australian Garden History Society (Victorian Branch) discusses the importance of collective voluntary efforts (working bees) to help aid and maintain heritage gardens.
Many Hands Make Light Work (PDF 104kb)
Land and biodiversity at a time of climate change: White Paper
Victorian Government is developing a White Paper on land and biodiversity.
The White Paper will prioritise the Victorian Government's policy and investment in natural resource management, land health and biodiversity for the next 20 to 50 years.
The Heritage Council of Victoria has responded to the call for submissions as the first step in the process to engage the community in this key debate. A substantial contribution to this Heritage Council submission is credited to John Dwyer, with material derived from his thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne under the supervision of Dr Gregory Moore and Dr Jan Schapper.
Land and biodiversity at a time of climate change: White Paper (PDF 74kb)