A step closer to World Heritage status

Progress made in bid to give Victoria's Goldfields World Heritage status

The Victorian Goldfields have been added to Australia’s World Heritage Tentative List, a formal step on the state’s bid to have the Goldfields given World Heritage status. A joint federal […]

The Chilean pisco is only a few steps away from becoming a world heritage in 2025. The possible milestone would be the next goal to be reached by the neighboring country, after the Winery Cultural Landscape of the local beverage was recently officially inscribed in the Unesco Tentative List. This body carries out an inventory of the goods considered cultural and natural heritage, located in the territory of a State party, which it considers fit …

Victorian Goldfields moves toward World Heritage Listing

Image: Elloria Voltan/stock.adobe.com  The Victorian Goldfields have now been included in Australia’s World Heritage Tentative List, marking a historic milestone after 35 years of advocacy to the Federal Government.   The journey to World Heritage Listing for the Victorian Goldfields is a collaborative effort. Fifteen councils across Victoria, Traditional Owners, the Victorian and Federal Governments, and local and international experts are work…

A step closer to World Heritage status

Victoria’s Goldfields have been added to Australia’s World Heritage Tentative List. This is the first formal step on the path to World Heritage status, celebrating the extraordinary history, culture and heritage of Victoria’s goldrush era. From hard-rock open-cut mines at Castlemaine to the Victorian-era buildings of Bendigo, the region is considered the most extensive and best surviving goldrush landscape in the world. Covering more than 20 per…

World Heritage bid for Victorian Goldfields I Australian Rural & Regional News

The Hon. Tanya Plibersek, Minister for the Environment and Water, The Hon. Jacinta Allan, Premier of Victoria and Member for Bendigo East, The Hon. Lisa Chesters, Federal Member for Bendigo, The Hon. Sonya Kilkenny, Minister for Planning, Joint Media Release, 31 January 2025 Victoria’s Goldfields – home to the most extensive and best surviving goldrush landscapes in the world – has today [31 January 2025] been added to Australia’s World Heritage…

Push to mine tourism bounty from World Heritage listing of Victoria’s Goldfields

The Shamrock Clock Tower which began life in 1854. Photo: Bendigo Tourism Australia is to push for World Heritage status for Victoria’s Goldfields. The Goldfields have been put on Australia’s World Heritage Tentative List submission, the first step towards formal recognition. The Goldfields cover more than 20 per cent of the state’s area and were home to hundreds of thousands of migrants who took part in gold rushes from 1851 onwards. T…