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4.3 National Heritage Values

The KAVHA site was included on the National Heritage List on 1 August 2007 (Place ID 105962). The
national values of the KAVHA site predominantly relate to its significance as a convict settlement spanning
the period 1788 to 1855. Other values are also recognised in the listing. The KAVHA site was deemed to
satisfy National Heritage criteria (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (g) and (h), which are cited below.

(a) the place has outstanding heritage value to the nation because of the place's importance in the course, or
pattern, of Australia's natural or cultural history

(b) the place has outstanding heritage value to the nation because of the place's possession of uncommon,
rare or endangered aspects of Australia's natural or cultural history

(c) the place has outstanding heritage value to the nation because of the place's potential to yield information
that will contribute to an understanding of Australia's natural or cultural history

(d) the place has outstanding heritage value to the nation because of the place's importance in demonstrating
the principal characteristics of:

i. a class of Australia's natural or cultural places; or
ii. a class of Australia's natural or cultural environments;

(e) the place has outstanding heritage value to the nation because of the place's importance in exhibiting
particular aesthetic characteristics valued by a community or cultural group

(g) the place has outstanding heritage value to the nation because of the place's strong or special association
with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons

(h) the place has outstanding heritage value to the nation because of the place's special association with the
life or works of a person, or group of persons, of importance in Australia's natural or cultural history

The official National Heritage values of the KAVHA site are presented below.

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4.3.1 Criterion A—Events, Processes

KAVHA is outstanding as a convict settlement spanning the era of convict transportation to eastern Australia. It is a
cultural landscape comprising a large group of buildings from the convict era, some modified during the Pitcairn
period (the Third Settlement), substantial ruins and standing structures, archaeological remains, landform and
landscape elements.

KAVHA is of outstanding national significance in demonstrating the role of the penal systems and changes in penal
philosophy in the Australian colonies from 1788-1855.

KAVHA is important for its role in the evolution of the colonies of both Van Diemen's Land and New South Wales.
The buildings, archaeological remains and landforms of the First Settlement illustrate British convict settlement at the