ACT Heritage Committee, 1986-1993

Component identifier:

Series 19

Content Summary:

In 1972 an Historic Sites and Buildings Committee was formed in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) to advise the Minister responsible for the ACT on matters relating to the natural and cultural heritage of the ACT and Jervis Bay regions. The Committee's name was changed to the ACT Heritage Committee in 1980. Following a review of the Committee in 1985-1986, a new constitution was endorsed and new Committee members appointed. At this time Mulvaney was appointed to the Committee as Chairman, a position he held until his resignation in 1988.

This series includes correspondence, minutes, reports, policies, submissions, conference papers, newspaper cuttings and printed material. There is correspondence with the Department of the Capital Territory, the Australian Heritage Commission, the National Capital Development Commission (NCDC), ACT Parks and Conservation Service and other regional groups such as the Canberra and South-East Region Environment Centre and the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (ACT Chapter). Among the major correspondents are Barry Cameron, Barry Cohen, John Feint, D.C. Griffiths, John Langmore, Gordon Scholes, P.A. Selth, John Thwaite, Tom Uren and Peter Valee.

The files concern such issues as Mulvaney's appointment to the Committee; meetings of the Committee; urban consolidation in Canberra; listing of Canberra buildings and sites on the Register of the National Estate; administration of the National Estate Grants Program and the ACT Community Development Fund Heritage Grants; and management and conservation policies for buildings and sites such as Calthorpe's House, Lanyon, Westbourne Woods, the Murrumbidgee River corridor and Namadji National Park.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The original instalment of this collection (MS 9615) was donated by Professor Mulvaney under the Cultural Gifts Program in September 1999. Further instalments were received in 2013 and 2017.

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