Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021C01223:front:0:p35
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021C01223
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Character Range: 94057–97488

place is included on the Commonwealth Heritage List for demonstrating one or more of the following Commonwealth Heritage criteria:

Criterion (a)                The place has significant heritage value because of the place's importance in the course, or pattern of Australia's natural or cultural history.
(Processes)
Criterion (b)                The place has significant heritage value because of the place's possession of uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of Australia's natural or cultural history.
(Rarity)
Criterion (c)                The place has significant heritage value because of the place's potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Australia's natural or cultural history.
(Historical values)
Criterion (d)                The place has significant heritage value because of the place's importance in demonstrating the principle characteristics of:
(Characteristic values)
                                (i)      a class of Australia's natural or cultural places; or
                                (ii)      a class of Australia's natural or cultural environments.

Criterion (e)                The place has significant heritage value because of a place's importance in exhibiting particular aesthetic characteristics valued by a community or cultural group.
(Aesthetic characteristics)
Criterion (f)                The place has significant heritage value because of the place's importance in demonstrating a high degree of creative or technical achievement at particular period.
(Technical achievement)
Criterion (g)                The place has significant heritage value because of the place's special association with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons.
(Social value)
Criterion (h)                The place has significant heritage value 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.
(Significant people)
Criterion (i)                The place has significant heritage value because of the place's importance as part of indigenous tradition.
(Indigenous tradition)

5.1.1            Threshold for inclusion on the Commonwealth Heritage List
The threshold for inclusion on the Commonwealth Heritage List is importance or significance to the local community.  These places are significant within the context of a local area and may contribute to the individuality and streetscape, townscape, landscape or natural character of an area and are matters controlled by local government.

5.2                Methodology adopted for Assessing commonwealth Heritage Values
This study reviewed the official Commonwealth Heritage values contained in the Commonwealth Heritage List citation to confirm the values and monitor condition of the attributes described.  The process involved:

         a)       visual inspection of the building fabric to monitor and confirm the heritage values and attributes;
         b)       visual inspection to confirm changes to the building setting;
         c)       review of relevant literature to identify other potential heritage values; and
         d)       review of specialist reports[35] to determine the authenticity of building fabric and to confirm the sequence of development of the Reserve Bank of Australia head office building.

In addition to the process of monitoring