Before submitting to the Heritage Office please consult with your local council and key agencies about the existing statutory protection and seek the advice of the Heritage Office. Many different kinds of historical evidence and remains provide information to help us understand our past. It is not only grand mansions or well-known public buildings that are listed on the Register. Heritage items may be included in schedules to REPs. REPs are prepared under the NSW Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.
Some councils have special heritage LEPs.
LEPs are prepared under the NSW Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. Aboriginal sites are identified by the National Parks and Wildlife Service and are placed on the Aboriginal Sites Register. The Shipwrecks Database - lists all know shipwrecks in NSW and across Australia. Shipwrecks in the NSW component of the database may be subject to either the Commonwealth Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976 or the NSW Heritage Act 1977. The Australian Heritage Commission's Register of the National Estate lists heritage items across Australia as well as those owned or managed by the Commonwealth Government.