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former associations by past communities or cultural groups may meet the threshold.
To be of 'outstanding heritage value to the nation' it is generally expected that:
      * community recognition will usually be beyond the region or state (note that this is not a requirement, as there may instances where this is not the case);  and
      * there will be extensive demonstration of caring or identification by the Australian community (however places that are little known may be able to achieve the threshold).

Indicators of social significance

An indicator of significance defines the grounds on which a place may satisfy the criterion noted above.  To help interpret the criterion and indicator, the guidelines note that:
      * connection to a place may include a continued association by a number of people (but not all of those) who comprise a community or cultural group;
      * the place may be the setting for an event, or may embody through tradition, history or art the representation of an event;
      * there is a strong connection between a place and a uniquely Australian cultural activity and if this is the reason why the particular community or cultural group has a strong or special association;  and
      * there is a strong association with a nationally important story which continues as a symbolic national story, and if this is the reason why the particular community or cultural group has a strong or special association.

Three more specific indicators of social value have been used in the past, and these are still considered relevant:
      * Important to a community or cultural group as a landmark, marker or signature: this indicator is about the associations and meanings that a place may have because of its role as a landmark or signature place (icon) for a community or cultural group, one that marks a community's or cultural group's place in the world physically and metaphorically.
      * Important as a reference point in a community's or cultural group's identity or sense of itself: this indicator is about associations and meanings that help create a sense of community or cultural group identity, such as places that help define collective, spiritual or traditional connections between past and present, that reflect important and shared meanings, that are associated with events having a profound effect on a community or cultural group, that symbolically represent the past in the present, or that represent attitudes, beliefs or behaviours fundamental to community or cultural group identity.
      * Strong or special attachment developed from use and/or associations: this indicator is designed to recognise that a place which provides an essential public or shared function can, over time, gain strong and special attachments through longevity of use or association, especially where