Projects

Supported by the City of Ballarat on behalf of the local government partnership. This project identifies, investigates and maps the major clusters of already protected goldrush era heritage sites (c1850-1900) from the thousands that exist across the Central Victorian Goldfields region. This information will be used to inform the shortlisting of sites for World Heritage and for creating cross-regional ‘World Heritage Journeys’. These journeys will take visitors to the region’s many significant goldrush places and tourism experiences, including and beyond the World Heritage listing. The project includes stakeholder and community engagement, including seeking public input via ‘Share Your Story‘.

Timing
January 2022 – (open)

Project Control Group

Susan Fayad (Project Manager)
Coordinator, Heritage and Cultural Landscapes, City of Ballarat

John Dyke (Project Officer)
Heritage strategic projects officer, City of Ballarat

Elizabeth Mangnall (Project Officer)
Support officer, City of Ballarat

Trevor Budge
Manager, Strategic Projects, City of Greater Bendigo

This project is proudly supported by the City of Ballarat on behalf of the local government partnership

Co-funded by the City of Ballarat, City of Greater Bendigo and the Victorian Goldfields Tourism Executive on behalf of the local government partnership, this project has delivered detailed projections required as part of a World Heritage nomination relating to the ‘projected levels of tourism’ and ‘visitor facilities and infrastructure … to meet the needs of visitors’ (UNESCO). Further, the report details the economic, social and cultural benefits to be derived from a World Heritage listing in the Central Victorian Goldfields – information that is required to help secure investment to deliver both the bid and the infrastructure needed to support a World Heritage listing over the long-term. Importantly, the report highlights the capacity of World Heritage listing + targeted infrastructure investment to disperse tourism benefits more evenly across the region, not just in the major tourist areas of Ballarat and Bendigo, which would otherwise not be the case.

The report was launched by The Hon John Brumby AO, The Hon Dr. Denis Napthine AO, Mayor Cr Daniel Moloney (City of Ballarat), Mayor Cr Andrea Metcalf (City of Greater Bendigo) and Mayor Cr Tim Drylie (Hepburn Shire Council), along with partner Councils and the Victorian Goldfields Tourism Executive on 6 October 2022.

Timing
September – October 2022

Consultant
TRC Tourism and MCa (Michael Connell and Associates)

Project Control Group

Chris Meddows-Taylor (Project Manager)
Chair, Victorian Goldfields Tourism Executive

Susan Fayad
Coordinator, Heritage and Cultural Landscapes, City of Ballarat

Trevor Budge
Strategic Projects Officer, City of Greater Bendigo

This project is proudly co-funded by the City of Ballarat, City of Greater Bendigo and the Victorian Goldfields Tourism Executive on behalf of the 13 local government partners.

Funded by the local government partnership, with contributions from the Victorian Goldfields Tourism Executive, this project brought together the compelling brand and investment story for delivering the Central Victorian Goldfields World Heritage bid vision.

Timing
June – September 2021

Consultant
Bold Communications and Dogwhistle Creative

Project Control Group

Susan Fayad (Project Manager)
Coordinator, Heritage and Cultural Landscapes, City of Ballarat

Trevor Budge
Manager, Strategic Projects, City of Greater Bendigo

Chris Meddows-Taylor
Chair –Victorian Goldfields Tourism Executive

This project is proudly co-funded by the local government partnership and the Victorian Goldfields Tourism Executive

Funded by the local government partners, this project developed a broad-brush analysis of the audio-visual media collection and production needs for the Central Victorian Goldfields World Heritage Bid in the short, medium and long term. This report is intended as a starting point for planning media production and distribution from the bid development through to World Heritage listing.

Timing
December 2020 – February 2021

Consultant
Wind & Sky Productions

Project Control Group

Susan Fayad (Project Manager)
Coordinator, Heritage and Cultural Landscapes, City of Ballarat

Trevor Budge
Manager, Strategic Projects, City of Greater Bendigo

Co-funded by the City of Ballarat and the City of Greater Bendigo. This project compares places from around the world and within Australia with the Central Victorian Goldfields, providing evidence for why the Central Victorian Goldfields are the ‘best of the best’.

Timing
November 2020 – December 2020

Consultant
Barry Gamble, World Heritage Consultant, UK

Project Control Group

Susan Fayad (Project Manager)
Coordinator, Heritage and Cultural Landscapes, City of Ballarat

Trevor Budge
Manager, Strategic Projects, City of Greater Bendigo

This project is proudly co-funded by the City of Ballarat and City of Greater Bendigo

Co-funded by Regional Development Victoria, Victorian Goldfields Tourism Executive, the City of Ballarat and the City of Greater Bendigo. This project delivers tools for local government, industry and community to help build the capacity of the region to deliver world-class visitor offerings and experiences and identify product, infrastructure and investment gaps. This includes the Happiness Index Survey, which has had over 1000 community responses between March and August 2021 to shape tourism investment that can best benefit local people across the region.

Timing
November 2020 – July 2021

Consultant
TRC Tourism, WolfPeak and Planet Happiness

Project Control Group

Susan Fayad (Project Manager)
Coordinator, Heritage and Cultural Landscapes, City of Ballarat

Trevor Budge
Manager, Strategic Projects, City of Greater Bendigo

Chris Meddows-Taylor
Chair –Victorian Goldfields Tourism Executive

Barbara Whitfield
Investment and Trade Officer, Regional Development Victoria

This project is proudly co-funded by Regional Development Victoria

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