Protect & Save
The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) is the state’s premier community-based heritage advocacy organisation. We are a non-statutory, non-government, not-for-profit, membership organisation formed in 1956. Our role is to provide leadership as an independent, respected and responsible advocate for the identification, protection, conservation, and celebration of Victoria’s cultural heritage – to demonstrate and communicate why heritage matters and the value it brings to life and communities.
Heritage Advice Hub
Looking for advice as a Heritage Property Owner for Custodian? Access helpful resources for your Heritage Property in our Hub.
Heritage Advice Hub
Looking for advice as a Heritage Property Owner for Custodian? Access helpful resources for your Heritage Property in our Hub.
What We Protect
The National Trust has an interest in ensuring that a wide range of natural, cultural, social and Indigenous heritage values are protected, respected and celebrated, contributing to strong, vibrant and prosperous communities. Heritage refers to the qualities of a society that are valued and passed on to future generations. Heritage can be tangible and intangible, built and environmental, an object and a practise. Heritage is not a frozen example in time, it is dynamic and adaptive. Heritage it is valued because it carries meaning and stories, which are shared across communities and social barriers.
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Heritage Protection
Protecting our shared heritage involves retaining and managing places that have importance to the community. In Victoria, there are a number of ways that places of Indigenous, cultural and natural heritage significance are recorded and protected. -
National Trust Heritage Register
The National Trust has the most comprehensive single heritage register in Victoria, covering all types of cultural and natural heritage, including significant trees. This is known as the National Trust Heritage Register. -
Advocacy Campaigns
Since 1956 the National Trust has been lobbying for the preservation of Victoria's heritage - and advocacy remains at the heart of all that we do. As the largest community-based heritage organisation in Victoria, we are the lead voice campaigning to protect our irreplaceable heritage.
