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Illustrated guide to entering houses in the Queensland Heritage Register

Queensland houses constitute one of our community's most precious heritage resources. Our distinctive ‘houses on stilts’ are just one aspect of a fascinating array of house styles, materials and forms dating from the 1840s. These places contribute greatly to the story of Queensland's history and to our understanding of how our society and our culture have evolved over time and in different parts of the state.

The Illustrated Guide to Entering Houses in the Queensland Heritage Register explores a set of 11 principles adopted by the Queensland Heritage Council to assist in the identification of houses of cultural heritage significance and in determining which houses are worthy of conservation and entry in the Queensland Heritage Register.

Copiously illustrated, the guide can be used by heritage professionals and the wider community alike and as an educational and information resource.

Vision statement [744 KB]
Section 1: Introduction
  1. Purpose and objectives [103 KB]
2. Principles adopted [105 KB]
3. ‘House’ defined [1268 KB]
4. Houses in context [201 KB]
5. Use of standard terminology [543 KB]
Section 2: The Eleven Principles Elaborated [279 KB]
  1: Houses as an appropriate proportion of entries in the Register [580 KB]
2: Linking houses to historical themes, patterns, and evolution of housing [580 KB]
    2.1 Principal historical themes [123 KB]
2.2 Patterns of settlement [111 KB]
2.3 Evolution of Queensland’s houses
      2.3.1 Types, forms and materials [1364 KB]
2.3.2 Aesthetic considerations [469 KB]
2.3.3 Design and Style [993 KB]
2.3.4 Regional variations [542 KB]
2.3.5 Work of designers [605 KB]
2.3.6 Influence of ethnicity [162 KB]
    3: Entering similar houses in the Register [215 KB]
4: Rarity over time [215 KB]
5: Houses from early phases of settlement [331 KB]
6: Re-located houses [350 KB]
7: The house in its setting [277 KB]
8: Threshold indicators [105 KB]
      8.1 Intactness [351 KB]
8.2 Rarity [158 KB]
8.3 Earliness [294 KB]
8.4 Pattern of settlement/regional importance [420 KB]
8.5 Importance of the sum of the parts [437 KB]
8.6 Important example of the work of a prominent designer 436 KB]
8.7 Innovation [392 KB]
8.8 Peer recognition/awarded in building or design [191 KB]
8.9 Demonstrated widespread community support [364 KB]
8.10 Importance of association [344 KB]
8.11 Identification in study or survey [187 KB]
    9: Nature of historical association [156 KB]
10: Residential precinct or streetscape as ‘place’ [398 KB]
11: Residential precinct or streetscape as more than just houses [366 KB]
Section 3: Applying the Principles – three examples [366 KB]
Section 4: Preparing a Nomination to the Queensland Heritage Register [213 KB]  
Appendices:1. Queensland Heritage Act 1992:
     

s.4 definition of cultural heritage significance
s.23 Criteria for entering places in the Register
Appendices:2 . Further reading
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Last updated: 06 May 2005



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