Central City built form review
Development in the central city in the last 10 years has been unprecedented with dozens of large towers under construction, and dozens more in the …
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World Heritage listing momentum for Victorian goldfields
We were delighted that 70 people attended the recent symposium on a possible world heritage listing for the Victorian Goldfields. The symposium was…
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Urgent calls for a new heritage study of the London Hotel to determine local significance
The campaign to stop the demolition of the London Hotel continues this week, with the City of Port Phillip voting unanimously at the council meetin…
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A new Municipal Strategic Statement for Northern Grampians
The National Trust has submitted its concerns to the Northern Grampians Shire in response to its reviewed Municipal Strategic Statement (MSS). Whi…
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“Strata” saved from the skip after last-minute plea
A week can be a long time in heritage advocacy. Battles can be won and lost, and important cultural heritage destroyed forever. So today we’re happ…
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London Hotel to be replaced by an 8-storey development
As highly publicized in the media in the past few days, the London Hotel in Port Melbourne is currently under threat. Developers have lodged plans …
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The Trust supports the City of Greater Geelong’s proposed Heritage Overlay for Vietnam Memorial and Avenue of Honour
The City of Greater Geelong have prepared Planning Scheme Amendment C341 to apply a Heritage Overlay to the Vietnam Veterans Avenue of Honour and M…
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Trust objects to the demolition of Caulfield Red Cross Rest Home
The National Trust has now lodged a formal objection to the demolition of a 100-year old Red Cross Rest Home built for injured returned soldiers. O…
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9 Melbourne CBD Modernist buildings receive interim heritage protection
In 2011 the City of Melbourne proposed to expand local heritage protection to an additional 99 buildings in Melbourne’s CBD under Planning Scheme A…
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New 8-Storey Development proposed for Pentridge
With Heritage Victoria still assessing a controversial proposal by the Shayher Group for a 19-storey tower at Pentridge, Future Estate, the new own…
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