Brisbane Heritage Register facts for kids

The Brisbane Heritage Register is a heritage register containing a list of culturally-significant places within the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Under Section 113 of the Queensland Heritage Act 1992, all local government authorities in Queensland must maintain a local heritage register.

Criteria

Listings on the Brisbane Heritage Register are made on the recommendation of the council's architects and historians in consultation with the Heritage Advisory Committee.

Places on the heritage register must satisfy one or more of these criteria:

• illustrates the evolution or pattern in local history
• has rare, uncommon or endangered aspects of cultural heritage
• aids the knowledge and understanding of local history
• illustrates the important characteristics of a particular class cultural places
• has aesthetic significance
• was very creative or technologically advanced for its period
• has special links to a particular community or cultural group
• has special links to a significant local historical person or organisation