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Explore Australia’s first UNESCO World Heritage Listed cultural site and find the management and strategy plans in place to protect and conserve the location.
The Royal Exhibition Building (REB) and Carlton Gardens was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on 1 July 2004. It was the first built heritage site in Australia to be declared World Heritage.
The Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens are included in the World Heritage List because they are the only remaining example of a Palace of Industry from a nineteenth-century world fair on its original site. The site is even more significant because it’s still being used for exhibitions.
The site is also included in the National Heritage List and the Victorian Heritage Register
For details of site tours, events and major project updates go to the Museums Victoria World Heritage web page.
The Budj Bim Cultural Landscape located in the traditional Country of the Gunditimara Aboriginal people in south-eastern Australia, was inscribed in the World Heritage List in 2019. It is the second site in Victoria to receive world heritage listing. Contact Aboriginal Victoria for further information on Budj Bim's world heritage listing.
The Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens are protected under the Heritage Act 2017 through:
Royal Exhibition and Carlton Gardens World Heritage Management Plan 2013
The World Heritage Environs Area Strategy Plan
Under the Heritage Act 2017 (the Act) a World Heritage Management Plan is created for World Heritage listed places. A Steering Committee appointed by the Minister for Planning prepares, implements and reviews the plan. The Steering Committee continues to meet regularly.
June 2011: draft Management Plan prepared.
June – August 2011: public exhibition of the plan with submissions sought from all interested parties.
September 2011: submitters had the opportunity to present their submissions to the Steering Committee at a public hearing. Steering Committee considered the submissions and reviewed the draft Management Plan, and forwarded it to the Minister. The Minister approved The World Heritage Management Plan for the Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens.
November 2016: minutes from November 2016 Steering Committee meeting (DOCX, 30.3 KB)
September 2017: minutes from September 2017 Steering Committee meeting (PDF, 88.1 KB)
Royal Exhibition and Carlton Gardens World Heritage Management Plan
Royal Exhibition and Carlton Gardens World Heritage Management Plan 2013 (PDF, 1.6 MB)
Attachment A: REB CG Conservation Management Plan - Part 1 - Main Report
Volume 1 1.0 (PDF, 600.9 KB)
Volume 1 2.0 part 1 (PDF, 1.9 MB)
Volume 1 2.0 part 2 (PDF, 1.8 MB)
Volume 1 2.0 part 3 (PDF, 1.8 MB)
Volume 1 2.0 part 4 (PDF, 1.6 MB)
Volume 1 3.0 (PDF, 1.1 MB)
Volume 1 4.0 part 1 (PDF, 1.2 MB)
Volume 1 4.0 part 2 (PDF, 1.1 MB)
Volume 1 4.0 part 3 (PDF, 1.7 MB)
Volume 1 5-8 (PDF, 352.1 KB)
Attachment A: REB & CG Conservation Management Plan - Part 2 - Appendices
Volume 2 App ABC (PDF, 520.8 KB)
Volume 2 App D part 1 (PDF, 1.5 MB)
Volume 2 App D part 2 (PDF, 1.5 MB)
Volume 2 App D part 3 (PDF, 1.5 MB)
Volume 2 App D part 4 (PDF, 1.5 MB)
Volume 2 App D part 5 (PDF, 1.9 MB)
Volume 2 App D part 6 (PDF, 1.4 MB)
Volume 2 App D part 7 (PDF, 1.3 MB)
Volume 2 App E part 1 (PDF, 1.0 MB)
Volume 2 App E part 2 (PDF, 1.4 MB)
Volume 2 App F part 1 (PDF, 1.5 MB)
Volume 2 App F part 2 (PDF, 1.8 MB)
Volume 2 App F part 3 (PDF, 1.7 MB)
Volume 2 App F part 4 (PDF, 1.3 MB)
Volume 2 App F part 5 (PDF, 1.3 MB)
Volume 2 App GH (PDF, 293.9 KB)
Attachment B: Carlton Gardens Master Plan
Carlton Gardens Master Plan part 1 (PDF, 1.2 MB)
Carlton Gardens Master Plan part 2 (PDF, 1.2 MB)
Carlton Gardens Master Plan part 3 (PDF, 1.3 MB)
Carlton Gardens Master Plan part 4 (PDF, 1.3 MB)
Attachment C: Royal Exhibition Building and Exhibition Reserve Master Plan
Royal Exhibition Building and Exhibition Reserve Master Plan (PDF, 4.1 MB)
Attachment D: World Heritage Environs Area Strategy Plan: REB & CG
World Heritage Environs Area Strategy Plan Part 1 (PDF, 1.9 MB)
World Heritage Environs Area Strategy Plan Part 2 (PDF, 1.6 MB)
World Heritage Environs Area Strategy Plan Part 3 (PDF, 1.6 MB)
World Heritage Environs Area Strategy Plan Part 4 (PDF, 1.7 MB)
Attachment E: Hearing Report
Report on the Public Submissions to the Draft World Heritage Management Plan (PDF, 973.6 KB)
World Heritage Environs Area Strategy Plan
Under the Heritage Act 1995, a World Heritage Environs Area Strategy Plan (Strategy Plan) is required for the area surrounding the Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens:
The World Heritage Environs Area acts as a buffer zone for the Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens and helps protect and transmit the World Heritage values of the site.
The Strategy Plan explains the strategies we’ll use to protect the World Heritage values.
Stage I - Planning scheme amendments
18 November 2009: planning scheme amendments to implement the recommendations of the Strategy Plan in the Melbourne and Yarra Planning Schemes were gazetted.
Amendment C154 to the Melbourne Planning Scheme:
introduces a new Local Heritage Policy into the planning scheme, which contains specific guidance for the development of land immediately surrounding the World Heritage Site;
includes the World Heritage Environs Area Precinct in the Heritage Overlay;
amends the Design and Development Overlays applying to properties on the north side of Queensberry Street and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons site on Spring Street; and
makes consequential changes to the Municipal Strategic Statement and other Local Policies within the planning scheme.
introduces a Design and Development Overlay over properties on the north side of Gertrude Street; and
View amendments at Planning Schemes Online
Stage II - Approved Strategy Plan
World Heritage Environs Area Strategy Plan (PDF, 2.0 MB)
Appendix 1 (PDF, 22.0 KB)
Appendix 2 (PDF, 4.7 MB)
Note: the Strategy Plan is a large document. If you have difficulty downloading it contact (03) 8644 8800 or heritage.victoria@delwp.vic.gov.au.
Strategy Plan summary:
Include the properties fronting the Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens in a new precinct-based Heritage Overlay in the Melbourne and Yarra Planning Schemes. Properties fronting the western part of Gertrude Street and the eastern part of Queensberry Street are also to be included in this precinct. Land in this precinct is considered to be the area of greatest sensitivity.
Introduce a new local Heritage Policy in the Melbourne and Yarra Planning Schemes to provide specific guidance for development of land within the area of greatest sensitivity.
Include properties on the northern side of Gertrude and Queensberry streets and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons building within a Design and Development Overlay to protect views to the Royal Exhibition Building dome.
Consequential changes to the Municipal Strategic Statements and the Local Planning Policies of the Melbourne and Yarra Planning Schemes.
Stage III - Plan gazetted
5 November 2009 - the Strategy Plan was gazetted in the Government Gazette and came into operation.
Stage IV - Minister approves plan
21 October 2009 - after an extensive public consultation and hearing process, the Minister for Planning approved a Strategy Plan for the World Heritage Environs Area.
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