OLD PARLIAMENT HOUSE AND CURTILAGE HERITAGE MANAGEMENT PLAN 2008–2013

Old Parliament House and Curtilage Heritage Management Plan 2008–2013
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Making this plan
Background
This plan has been developed in accordance with the National Heritage List and Commonwealth Heritage List
Regulations (10.01C and E, and 10.03B and 10.03D) under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation
Act 1999 (EPBC Act). The process for developing the plan involved an internal Old Parliament House project team
and working group, Expert Advisory Panel workshops, expert advice from heritage consultants, consultation with key
stakeholders and informal public consultation. The policies in this Heritage Management Plan draw on and replace
those developed in the Conservation Management Plan 2000 1 for Old Parliament House and Curtilage and subsequent
updates to those policies prepared in 2003 2 and 2005 3 .
Expert advisory panel
An Expert Advisory Panel was established to provide independent, objective, expert advice on the heritage values of the
place and key elements of the plan, such as the heritage value mapping, zone development and policies. The Expert
Advisory Panel brought together experts in the fields of historic and natural heritage management, building project
management, history, architecture, curatorship and statutory frameworks. In 2006 the Expert Advisory Panel met on
eight occasions on a monthly basis and comprised:
- Dr Jane Lennon AM – Chair, Old Parliament House Governing Council member,
Australian Heritage Council member
- Mr Alistair Henchman – Director, Southern Parks and Wildlife Division,
NSW Department of Environment & Conservation
- Ms Ann Toy – Senior Curator, NSW Historic House Trust
- Ms Kate Cowie – General Manager, Content and Programs, Old Parliament House
- Dr Michael Pearson – Director, Heritage Management Consultants Pty Ltd
- Mr Steven Fox – Manager, Museum Enhancement Program, National Museum of Australia
- Mr Gregor Manson – General Manager, Heritage and Property, Old Parliament House
- Mr Michael Perryman – Manager, Building Services and Projects, Old Parliament House
- Mr Michael Richards – Manager, Research and Collection Development, Old Parliament House
- Mr Duncan Marshall – Heritage Consultant
- Mr Peter Moffitt – Senior Architect, The Fathom Group
- Mr Colin Trinder – Director, Defence Environment and Impact Management
1 Pearson, Michael., Betteridge, Margaret., Marshall, Duncan., O’Keefe, Brendan., and Young, Linda. 2000, Old Parliament House Conservation Management Plan unpublished report for the Department of Communications, Information
Technology and the Arts. (See Appendix K)
2 Pearson, Michael and Marshall, Duncan.,2003 Updated Policies and Strategies for the Old Parliament House Conservation Management Plan 2000, unpublished report prepared for the Department of Communications, Information Technology
and the Arts. (See Appendix K)
3 Godden Mackay Logan Pty Ltd, 2005, Draft Heritage Management Plan for Old Parliament House, unpublished report for the Department of Communications Information Technology and the Arts. (See Appendix K)