Burra Charter: The Australia ICOMOS Charter for Places of Cultural Significance (1999)

Introduction

The Australia ICOMOS Burra Charter was first adopted in 1979, in the historic mining town of Burra Burra in South Australia. Since then – with amendments – the Charter has provided guidelines for cultural heritage management in Australia to ICOMOS members, heritage agencies at all levels of government, and planning bodies. ICOMOS, the International Council on Monuments and Sites, is the international non-government professional organization primarily concerned with the philosophy, terminology, methodology, and techniques of conservation for places of cultural significance. ICOMOS is also an advisor on the UNESCO World Heritage and Intangible Cultural Heritage Conventions and has 100 national committees and 27 specialist committees (see www.icomos.org). Australia ICOMOS is a national committee founded in 1976, now with some 500 members.

The Burra Charterreflects an Australian understanding of heritage place conservation practice, and amendments to the Charter over time...