Cultural Landscapes

National Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes and Cultural Routes Intangible Cultural Heritage (NSC-CLCR) – Understanding Cultural Landscapes

Understanding Cultural Landscapes

The Australia ICOMOS National Scientific Committee (NSC) on Cultural Landscapes and Cultural Routes was formed in 2010.

The NSC produced a flyer on Understanding Cultural Landscapes – click on the links below.

 

ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes (ISCCL)

The purpose of the ISCCL is to promote world-wide cooperation in the identification, increased awareness, study, education and training for protection, preservation, restoration, monitoring, and management of cultural landscapes. The ISCCL collaborates and works with the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA), with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and with the UNESCO (in regard to World Heritage).

 

International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)

 

Guidelines for Cemetery Conservation, National Trust of Australia NSW, 2nd Edition, 2009 [PDF size: 3MB]

This Cemeteries Guidelines Paper aims to provide best practice practical advice combined with clear policy recommendations on conservation in cemeteries. The paper deals with burials related to European settlement, including general cemeteries, churchyards, private or family cemeteries and lone graves.

For more information about the cemetery conservation, visit the National Trust of Australia website.

(From personal reference resources of AICOMOS member Stuart Read)

 

Heritage Curtilages, Heritage Office, Dept of Urban Affairs & Planning, 1996

NSW Heritage Council document that provides guidance for identifying, conserving and managing the curtilage and setting of heritage items. Note that:

a) This is the only-such guidance available in Australia (there’s little enough in Australia on landscapes/elements)

b) It remains useful guidance on the four types of curtilage (lot; expanded; reduced; composite)

View a copy of this publication online: Heritage curtilages | NSW Environment and Heritage

(From personal reference resources of AICOMOS member Stuart Read)

 

Landscapes of Cultural Heritage Significance: Assessment Guidelines, Heritage Council of Victoria, 2015

The purpose of the Landscapes of Cultural Heritage Significance: Assessment Guidelines is to improve the understanding, identification and assessment of the cultural values of landscapes in Victoria. Also available at the above link are the Short Form Landscape Assessment Guidelines.

(From personal reference resources of AICOMOS member Stuart Read)

 

“Cultural landscapes training manual: a guide for historical societies”, Robyn Ballinger, 2012

This publication was developed for the Federation of Australian Historical Societies Inc by Robyn Ballinger.

(From personal reference resources of AICOMOS member Stuart Read)

 

Cultural Landscapes: A practical guide for park management, State of NSW and Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW, October 2010

The publication was prepared for protected area managers to guide them in the implementation of a ‘cultural landscape approach’. The approach draws on the Australia ICOMOS Burra Charter approach and NSW heritage system. The method described in the publication can be applied to any cultural landscape study.

 (From personal reference resources of AICOMOS member Stephen Brown)

 

International Cultural Landscape Bibliography

This 5th edition of the bibliography represents many years of work by the ICOMOS-IFLA International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes (ISCCL). It is a working bibliography and is updated regularly. If using this document, it should be referenced as below.

Berger, Eva and Martz, Jochen (2015). Cultural Landscapes: A Working Bibliography. 5th edition. ICOMOS-IFLA International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes (ISCCL).