OLD PARLIAMENT HOUSE AND CURTILAGE HERITAGE MANAGEMENT PLAN 2008–2013

5. Policies
Part B – Management
58 Old Parliament House and Curtilage Heritage Management Plan 2008–2013
Research
1.14
Research
1.15
Managing
research impacts
1.14.1 Old Parliament House management must
conduct ongoing research into the heritage values of
the place.
1.14.2 Old Parliament House management must
prepare a public schedule of priority research areas
to encourage research activity into areas that will
assist in the management of heritage values.
1.14.3 Old Parliament House management must
maintain and expand the oral history program.
1.13.4 Old Parliament House management must
maintain and expand the room by room/area and
movable collection research and documentation.
1.14.5 Old Parliament House management may
facilitate research through partnerships with tertiary
institutions.
1.14.6 Old Parliament House management must
store research data in a sustainable and permanent
form and make it publicly available, subject to the
requirements of security and privacy, where this is
culturally appropriate.
1.14.7 Old Parliament House management must
maintain a Reference Collection of highly significant
items of movable heritage and examples of common
movable items in good condition, for research and
conservation purposes (Collection Management
Policy 7).
1.15.1 ‘Disturbance of significant fabric for study,
or to obtain evidence, should be minimised. Study
of the place by any disturbance of the fabric,
including archaeological excavation, should only be
undertaken to provide data essential for decisions
on conservation of the place, or to obtain important
evidence about to be lost or made inaccessible’
(Burra Charter, Article 28).
1.15.2 Research in Old Parliament House must be
considered an Action requiring the assessment of an
Action Proposal Form, unless specifically permitted
in the Building Fabric Investigation Permitted Actions
Schedule.
Specific tasks
Undertake ongoing research program
in order to document and prepare
Statements of Value for all spaces in
Old Parliament House.
Review and where necessary update the
Education Policy to ensure integration
with the research aims of Old Parliament
House.
Identify and publish priority research
areas.
Develop and implement a list of heritage
studies required in priority order.
Prepare priorities for the oral history
program.
Investigate the provision of funding
assistance for research by external
parties (eg university students) where the
research is beneficial to the management
of the heritage values at Old Parliament
House.
Identify relevant archival material in the
possession of government departments,
agencies or other institutions which is
relevant to Old Parliament House. Assess
risks to the archival material and where
under threat seek their return to
Old Parliament House.
Maintain and extend as needed the
Reference Collection of movable heritage.
Develop and implement Research
Permitted Actions Schedule.