State of the Environment

2006

Indicator: AATH-19 Listings in the Antarctic Heritage Register

Data

A listing of artefacts and items contained in the Antarctic Heritage Register can be found at:

Source: Department of the Environment and Heritage, 2006

What the data mean

The Australian Antarctic Division has developed an Antarctic Heritage Register which is a publicly accessible GIS-linked database. It includes sites and all items of movable and fixed cultural heritage. It is currently being populated and will provide a useful tool for management of historic sites in the Australian Antarctic Territory.

Further, it has been designed to record deterioration over time so that it can be monitored and priorities can be established for conservation and restoration work.

The database when completed will include:

Data Limitations

More on site surveys are required to assess what artefacts exist in Australia’s Antarctic Territory and in collections outside the territory.

Issues for which this is an indicator and why

Australian Antarctic Territory — Cultural heritage aspects - Responses for conserving heritage sites and collections 

This indicator tells us what artefacts within and outside of Australia’s Antarctic Territory have been catalogued.

Other indicators for this issue:

Key

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