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The '''Burra Charter''' is a document published by the Australian [[International Council on Monuments and Sites|ICOMOS]] which defines the basic principles and procedures to be followed in the conservation of Australian heritage places.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Logan|first=William|title=Introduction: Voices from the periphery: the Burra Charter in context|url=https://australia.icomos.org/wp-content/uploads/Introduction-Voices-from-the-Periphery-The-Burra-Charter-in-Context-vol-18-no-1.pdf|journal=Historic Environment|volume=18|issue=1|pages=2–8}}</ref> The Charter was first endorsed in 1979 as an Australian adaptation of the [[Venice Charter]], but with the introduction of a new analytical conservation model of heritage assessment<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lesh|first=James|date=11 July 2019|title=Forty years of the Burra Charter and Australia's heritage vision|url=https://www.foreground.com.au/culture/forty-years-of-the-burra-charter-and-australias-heritage-vision/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625033323/https://www.foreground.com.au/culture/forty-years-of-the-burra-charter-and-australias-heritage-vision/|archive-date=25 June 2021|access-date=29 July 2021|website=Foreground}}</ref> that recognised forms of cultural heritage beyond tangible and physical forms.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gilmour|first=Tony|title=Sustaining Heritage: Giving the Past a Future|publisher=Sydney University Press|year=2007|location=Sydney|pages=155}}</ref> The Charter was the first national heritage document to replace the Venice Charter as the basis of national heritage practice.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hanna|first=Bronwyn|date=2015|title=Foundations of an oral history project: The writing of the 'Burra Charter'|url=http://australia.icomos.org/wp-content/uploads/Foundations-of-an-oral-history-project-The-writing-of-the-Burra-Charter-vol-27-no-2.pdf|journal=Historic Environment|volume=27|issue=2|pages=84–95}}</ref> The Charter has been revised on four occasions since 1979, and has been internationally influential in providing standard guidelines for heritage conservation practice.<ref>[http://heritageperth.com.au/your-heritage/the-burra-charter Heritage Perth > The Burra Charter] Retrieved 16 August 2011.</ref>
In 1979, the ''Australia ICOMOS Charter for the Conservation of Places of Cultural Significance'' was adopted at a meeting of Australia ICOMOS ([[International Council on Monuments and Sites]]) at the historic mining town of [[Burra, South Australia]].<ref>[http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/our-places/Heritage/Conserving_our_heritage/Burra_Charter SA Department of Environment, Water & Natural Resources > The Burra Charter] Retrieved 9 January 2014.</ref> It was given the short title of ''The Burra Charter''.▼
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''The Burra Charter'' accepted the philosophy and concepts of the ICOMOS ''[[Venice Charter]]'', but wrote them in a form which would be practical and useful in Australia. The Charter was revised in 1999 and has since been adopted by the [[Australian Heritage Council]] (December 2004), the [[Heritage Council of New South Wales]] (December 2004), the [[Queensland Heritage Council]] (January 2005) and the [[Heritage Council of Victoria]] (July 2010).<ref name="Burra2013">[http://australia.icomos.org/wp-content/uploads/The-Burra-Charter-2013-Adopted-31.10.2013.pdf Australia ICOMOS > The Burra Charter] Full text of the 2013 revised version of the Burra Charter. Retrieved 9 January 2014.</ref> It is also recommended by the [[Heritage Council of Western Australia]]<ref>[http://www.heritage.wa.gov.au/how-heritage-works/What-is-the-Burra-Charter.html Heritage Council of Western Australia > What is the Burra Charter?] Retrieved 16 August 2011.</ref> and the [[Tasmanian Heritage Council]].<ref>[http://www.heritage.tas.gov.au/publications.html%20Heritage%20Tasmania%20>%20Publications Heritage Tasmania > Publications] Retrieved 16 August 2011.</ref>▼
| name = Burra Charter
| image = The_Burra_Charter_edition_7.jpg
| caption = The Illustrated Burra Charter 2004
| author = Meredith Walker
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| country = Australia
| language = English
| genre = [[Non Fiction]]
| published = 2013
| media_type = Print (paperback)
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| isbn = 0-9578528-2-7
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| publisher = Australia/ICOMOS [[Peter Marquis-Kyle]]
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== History and development ==
▲In 1979, the ''Australia ICOMOS Charter for the Conservation of Places of Cultural Significance'' was adopted at a meeting of [https://australia.icomos.org/ Australia ICOMOS] ([[International Council on Monuments and Sites]]) at the historic mining town of [[Burra, South Australia]].<ref>[http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/our-places/Heritage/Conserving_our_heritage/Burra_Charter SA Department of Environment, Water & Natural Resources > The Burra Charter] Retrieved 9 January 2014.</ref> It was given the short title of ''The Burra Charter''.
The Charter accepted the philosophy and concepts of the ICOMOS ''[[Venice Charter]]'', but wrote them in a form which would be practical and useful in Australia. The Charter is periodically revised and updated, and the 2004 publication ''The Illustrated Burra Charter''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Illustrated Burra Charter|url=https://australia.icomos.org/publications/burra-charter-practice-notes/illustrated-burra-charter/|access-date=2019-08-15|website=australia.icomos.org|date=13 March 2014 }}</ref> elaborates and explains the principles of the 1999 version in an easy to understand form. In 2013 the Charter was again revised and updated.
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== Contents ==
*'''[[Historic preservation|Preservation]]''' - Maintaining a place in its existing state and preventing further deterioration.▼
The Burra Charter begins with a series of definitions, such as :
*'''[[Building restoration|Restoration]]''' - Returning a place to a known earlier state by removing accretions or by reassembling existing elements ''without'' the introduction of new material.▼
*'''[[Reconstruction (architecture)|Reconstruction]]''' - Returning a place to a known earlier state and is distinguished from ''restoration'' by the introduction of new material.▼
* '''''Cultural significance''' means aesthetic, historic, scientific, social or spiritual value for past, present or future generations.''
* '''''Conservation''' means all the processes of looking after a place so as to retain its cultural significance.''
The types of actions that might be taken in the Conservation of a heritage place are defined as :
▲*'''''[[Historic preservation|Preservation]]'''
▲*'''''[[Building restoration|Restoration]]'''
▲*'''''[[Reconstruction (architecture)|Reconstruction]]'''
==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:International cultural heritage documents]]
[[Category:Architectural history]]
[[Category:Urban planning]]
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[[Category:Historic preservation in Australia]]
[[Category:Conservation and restoration of cultural heritage]]
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