Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00408:front:0:p428
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00408
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 1359266–1362269

– four of these indicators relate to criterion (e).  The use of this methodology is discussed further below.

Defining the aesthetic characteristics of the place may involve considering:
      * artistic works – art, music, poetry or literature (including Aboriginal art) inspired by the features of a place can provide evidence that the place may have aesthetic value;
      * expert evidence of community-held values;  and
      * technical studies such as landscape and visual assessments.

The methodologies for defining aesthetic characteristics are not described in the current National Heritage guidelines (AHC 2009).  Instead the consultants have adopted the approaches used for previous National Heritage values assessments.

The types of evidence that can be useful in establishing that a community or cultural group values the aesthetic characteristics of a place may include:
      * methods designed to find out directly what communities or cultural groups value, for example, surveys, focus group workshops, interviews, place surveys (eg. visitor surveys), perception studies;
      * historical research to investigate the continuity of connections and values;
      * contemporary images and expressions used or created by a particular community or cultural group (including snapshots, logos, naming, etc);
      * artistic appreciations of the place – what evidence is there that the place has been the subject of artistic endeavours, based on the idea that such artistic endeavours may both reflect and influence the way a place is appreciated and responded to;
      * tourism images and descriptions used to promote a place, based on the concept that such imagery seeks to capture the essence of the place, for example, web sites, post cards, posters, publications, logos, etc;  and
      * other evidence such as wide recognition of and knowledge about a place, naming, stories and songs, writing, and actions by groups of people to save a place based on declared aesthetic attributes.

Based on the Guidelines and the Inspirational Landscapes methodology (see below), the approach used for Anzac Parade involved:
      * identifying the communities or cultural groups that may value the aesthetic characteristics of Anzac Parade;
      * through research, focus groups and interviews seeking to discern the aesthetic characteristics that are valued, by whom and how strongly;  and
      * finally, considering whether the aesthetic values held are sufficient to demonstrate national importance.

The expectation is that multiple sources of data, not just one single source, are required to demonstrate this value.  The extent of the data required is not defined in the guidelines.  This plan considers a number of types of data which can be used to provide evidence of aesthetic appreciation.  The aim is to look at both the evidence and the strength of the evidence, based on existing data, combined with new material gathered through focus groups and interviews.

Further general