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state of the environment guidelines for assessing the condition of heritage places (see Pearson and Marshall 2006). Three levels of judgement are used to indicate the 'condition' of the value, or in other words, the state of the fabric reflecting the value:

           Good Structurally sound, weather tight, important features well maintained, no significant repair needed.

           Fair Structurally sound, retains major features, in need minor repairs.

           Poor Damaged, structurally unstable, erosion, disturbance, walls or floors missing or dilapidated.

Three levels of judgement are used to indicate the 'integrity' of the value, or in other words the intactness of the fabric reflecting the value:

           High Features largely intact, no significant removals, modifications or additions.

           Medium Some important elements lost, retains enough significant fabric to be understood and interpreted.

           Low Significant elements destroyed, removed, replaced, rearranged or altered.

The notion of integrity assists in determining the relative significance of a place compared with places of a similar type. Generally a high degree of integrity would be expected for most National Heritage places. For the cultural environment, integrity is the ability of the place to retain and convey key heritage values. The integrity of a place may be affected by internal and external factors.

No.   Value to be assessed                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Current condition of the fabric associated with the value/s                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Integrity of the fabric and the associated value/s
      (associated criteria under the National and Commonwealth Heritage Lists)

1.1   The AAE fabric including four timber buildings, two intact and two as standing ruins - the form, layout, setting and relationship between buildings and artefacts (NHL A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H; CHL A, B, C, E, F, G, H).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Fair –                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Medium to High –
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Although there are concerns over the Transit Hut and Absolute Magnetic Hut, even as ruins. Minor changes have occurred to the site since the original assessment.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          The historic site layout and setting remains intact provided the ruins continue to stand. Therefore while the fabric is managed as a ruin, the values associated with the features are in good condition.
2.1   The pyramid-form Main Hut – illustrating Mawson's ideas and pragmatic considerations (NHL F), as well as adapting Australian building form for Antarctic conditions (CHL F).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Workshop: Fair –                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Medium –
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     The original boards beneath the over-clad roof are poor. The over-cladding boards are in good condition.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Structural integrity has been secured at the cost, in the medium term, of visual integrity, but the new timbers are weathering with the removal of the resin coating from the new boards (2011). The values associated with criteria F remain in good condition as a result of these works.

2.2   Living section: various                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Medium to High–
      The original roof planes appeared to be structurally