1362.6 - Regional Statistics, Tasmania, 2006  
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There are many heritage lists (e.g. World Heritage, national heritage, state heritage, local government, National Trust and Indigenous community heritage lists), with varying criteria and laws and regulations to protect heritage places. The Register of the National Estate, originally compiled by the Australian Heritage Commission, is now an information source maintained by the recently formed Australian Heritage Council. The National Heritage List, Commonwealth Heritage List and the Register of the National Estate are nation-wide heritage lists that encompasses natural, indigenous and historic places.

New laws under the Australian Government's Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) came into effect on 1 January 2004 with the:

  • abolition of the Australian Heritage Act 1975 and the Commission on 31 December 2003;
  • creation of a new advisory body – the Australian Heritage Council;
  • creation of the National Heritage List and Commonwealth Heritage List; and
  • retention of the Register of the National Estate, as an information source for significant heritage places under the Australian Heritage Council Act 2003.

The new National Heritage List will be a list of places with outstanding heritage value to the whole of our nation. The heritage values of these places are so outstanding that they are included in the 'matters protected' under the EPBC Act. At 30 June 2005, there was one Tasmanian listing on the National Heritage List; the Port Arthur Historic Site in the local government area of Tasman in the Greater Hobart-Southern region.
COMMONWEALTH HERITAGE LIST, Tasmanian listings - as at 30 June 2005
Indigenous
Historic
Natural
Total
Local government area
no.
no.
no.
no.
Greater Hobart-Southern
Brighton
-
-
1
1
Hobart
-
2
-
2
Tasman
-
1
-
1
Northern
Break O’Day
-
1
-
1
Dorset
-
1
-
1
Flinders
-
1
-
1
Launceston
-
3
-
3
Mersey-Lyell
Devonport
-
1
-
1
King Island
-
1
-
1
Waratah/Wynyard
-
1
-
1
West Coast
-
2
-
2
Tasmania
-
14
1
15
- nil or rounded to zero
Source: Department of the Environment and Heritage (DEH), Australian Heritage Database (available on the DEH website www.deh.gov.au/heritage)


At 30 June 2005, the Hobart local government area had the highest number of places listed on the Register of the National Estate of any local government area in the state (269, of which 266 were historic listings). Northern Midlands followed with 230 listings, of which 218 were historic.

Circular Head had the highest number of Indigenous heritage listings in Tasmania with 11 places listed, followed by Central Highlands with 8 indigenous places listed. Flinders Island had the highest number of natural listings (26), followed by Circular Head (19), and Central Highlands (17).
REGISTER OF THE NATIONAL ESTATE, Tasmanian listings - as at 30 June 2005
Indigenous
Historic
Natural
Total
Local government area
no.
no.
no.
no.
Greater Hobart-Southern
Brighton
1
13
2
16
Central Highlands
8
35
17
60
Clarence
3
75
6
84
Derwent Valley
-
20
9
29
Glamorgan/Spring Bay
6
36
15
57
Glenorchy
-
16
3
19
Hobart
-
266
3
269
Huon Valley
1
5
13
19
Kingborough
4
8
13
25
Sorell
-
7
4
11
Southern Midlands
3
63
5
71
Tasman
-
4
8
12
Northern
Break O’Day
5
23
15
43
Dorset
5
4
13
22
Flinders
1
1
26
28
George Town
2
11
3
16
Launceston
-
175
4
179
Meander Valley
1
85
14
100
Northern Midlands
3
218
9
230
West Tamar
-
6
7
13
Mersey-Lyell
Burnie
-
3
1
4
Central Coast
-
10
6
16
Circular Head
11
15
19
45
Devonport
-
4
1
5
Kentish
-
3
5
8
King Island
-
3
6
9
Latrobe
-
6
2
8
Waratah/Wynyard
-
1
9
10
West Coast
-
-
16
16
Tasmania
54
1,116
254
1,424
- nil or rounded to zero
Source: Department of the Environment and Heritage (DEH), Australian Heritage Database (available on the DEH website www.deh.gov.au/heritage)

Further Information

Australian Heritage Council (AHC), Australian Heritage Database (available via the AHC website www.ahc.gov.au).




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