The following compilation of resources and useful links has been developed to help local community, industry, education and government learn about and support the Goldfields World Heritage Bid and the region’s diverse heritage, including its outstanding universal value and the local communities that sustain them.
As the process to list the Central Victorian Goldfields on the World Heritage List has been evolving for some thirty years, some of the resources in this collection are now dated and some priorities may have changed. For example, as World Heritage requirements have changed, the focus of the bid too has evolved – from listing the entire region, to listing one site, to listing a small series of sites that better tell the full story of the global gold rushes.
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Resources
Bid documents
Communiques
Scoping studies
Destination Plans
Expert interviews
2021 Central Victorian Goldfields World Heritage Bid: Panel Discussion – Australian Heritage Festival webinar with bid Co-Patrons and expert panel (National Trust’s YouTube channel).
2020 concepts for progressing the Central Victorian Goldfields World Heritage bid – interview with Barry Gamble, UK World Heritage expert.
2020 concepts for progressing the Central Victorian Goldfields World Heritage bid – interview with Dr Anita Smith, La Trobe University.
2020 benefits of the Central Victorian Goldfields World Heritage bid – interview with Barry Gamble, UK World Heritage expert.
Presentations
Castlemaine Society presentation (23 November 2023).pdf – Trevor Budge, World Heritage – Strategic Projects Officer, City of Greater Bendigo.
Research publications
The New Mining Boom (vol 7 no 1) George White
The Identification Of Mining Relics (vol 7 no 1) Peter Milner
Interpreting Victoria’s Gold Rushes (vol 7 no 1) Jane Lennon
Can Tourism Save The Goldfields (vol 7 no 1) David Dunstan
Maldon In Review (vol 7 no 1) Miles Lewis
The Conference – A Summary (vol 7 no 1) David Dunstan
Research articles (permission granted)
