Resources

Dja Dja Wurrung Country. Dennis O’Hoy outside the Chinese Association building, Bendigo. Timothy Webster Photography.

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

2026 Ain’t What It Used to Be: Changing How We Do World Heritage online forum– with expert panel and the bid team, Australian Heritage Festival event (National Trust of Australia YouTube channel).

2024 A New Gold Rush: Our World Heritage Bid – Eureka Centre, Ballarat Heritage Festival event with Barry Gamble and expert panel (Eureka Centre YouTube channel).

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.


Q&A Indigo Shire Community Feedback – Beechworth Community Information Session (13 November 2024), Beechworth Town Hall, Beechworth,Vic.

Research publications

Historic Environment (Australia ICOMOS) ‘Tentative listing of the Victorian Goldfields: A long complex journey produces regional engagement, deep partnerships, and innovation’, vol 35 number 3 2023 (2025) paper prepared by Trevor Budge AM, Caleb Dunolly-Lee, Susan Fayad and Sophia Jackson

Historic Environment (Australia ICOMOS)

Research articles (permission granted)

Industry links

UNESCO World Heritage List

Website resources

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