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in individual tangible and intangible elements or in the totality of
the place—need to be identified; management decision-making should be framed by the guiding principle
that all of these values should be retained.

The KAVHA site has other values, such as those related to amenity or economic activity, that may not
necessarily be integral aspects of heritage value. These values are also important considerations for
management decision-making. As a means of ensuring that management is well-informed and values-
based, the conservation and management of the KAVHA site should accord with the Burra Charter. The
Burra Charter provides a structured framework for understanding heritage significance, evaluating relevant
issues, and thereby developing balanced conservation policies. The Burra Charter also provides useful
principles, processes and guidelines for cultural heritage place management.

3 <http://whc.unesco.org/en/guidelines> II.F 96.

Kingston and Arthur's Vale Historic Area—Heritage Management Plan, April 2016
Authorised Version F2016L01891 registered 09/12/2016

One of the most outstanding attributes of the KAVHA site is its authenticity. The place presents an
extremely rare eighteenth and nineteenth-century cultural landscape, with one of the finest collections of
Georgian period buildings in a structured rural setting. The totality of the composition, including landscape
elements, archaeological resources, structures and associations that attach to what is known or believed
about the place, displays a high degree of integrity and authenticity. As a cultural resource, the place is
rare, precious and fragile—it is irreplaceable (either in whole or in part) if damaged or destroyed.
Conservation and management decisions, including consideration of opportunities for change or
intervention, should therefore be framed by an overall intention to conserve original design elements and
historic fabric. Physical conservation also involves maintenance, which may require the replacement of
defective fabric with new fabric of the same form and function. New uses or other changes may be
appropriate, but in such cases an important principle is that change should be reversible. Traditions and
cultural expressions may require support for their continuation or revival.

Monitoring of decisions and physical works is required to ensure that the KAVHA site is being conserved
and managed in a manner which retains identified values. It would therefore be appropriate to instigate a
regular evaluation of the state of heritage at the KAVHA site. Such an evaluation should inform the
Commonwealth's compulsory periodic reporting to the World Heritage Committee on the Australian
Convict Sites.

Despite the allocations of funding made in previous years through the Memorandum of Understanding
between the Commonwealth and the Government of Norfolk Island (and additional Australian Government
funded capital programs), the resources currently available for conservation of the KAVHA site, including
physical work and other conservation activities such as interpretation, are not commensurate with the
calibre of the place. Recognising the