- Burra Charter
The Burra Charter defines the basic principles and procedures to be followed in the conservation of Australian heritage places.
In 1979, the "
Australia ICOMOS charter for the conservation of places of cultural significance" was adopted at a meeting at the historic mining town ofBurra, South Australia . It was given the short title of "The Burra Charter"."The Burra Charter" accepted the philosophy and concepts of the "
Venice Charter ", but wrote them in a form which would be practical and useful in Australia. The Charter was revised in 1999 [http://www.icomos.org/australia/burra.html] .Definitions
The Burra Charter identifies three levels of repair for heritage structures. These are:
*Preservation - Maintaining a structure in its existing state and preventing further deterioration.
*Restoration - Returning a structure to a known earlier state by the repair of existing fabric "without" the introduction of new materials.
*Reconstruction - Returning a structure to a known earlier state by the introduction of new material into any remaining fabric.External links
* [http://www.icomos.org/australia/burra.html Burra Charter] - full text
* [http://www.teachingheritage.nsw.edu.au/1views/w1v_burra.html What is heritage?]
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