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{{Infobox document|document_name=The '''Burra Charter''' defines: the basicAustralia ICOMOS Charter for Places of Cultural Significance|writer=ICOMOS Australia|date_created=1979|purpose=Basic principles and procedures to be followed in the conservation of Australian heritage places.}}
 
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>
 
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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/|titleaccess-date=Illustrated Burra Charter2019-08-15|website=australia.icomos.org|access-date=2019-08-1513 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, and is available online [https://australia.icomos.org/wp-content/uploads/The-Burra-Charter-2013-Adopted-31.10.2013.pdf here].
 
The Burra Charter has 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/conservation-and-development/guide-to-conservation-maintenance/burra-charter Heritage Council of Western Australia > Burra Charter?] Retrieved 6 April 2017.</ref> and the [[Tasmanian Heritage Council]].<ref>[http://www.heritage.tas.gov.au/publications.html%20Heritage%20Tasmania%20>%3E%20Publications Heritage Tasmania > Publications] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407074030/http://heritage.tas.gov.au/ |date=2017-04-07 }} Retrieved 16 August 2011.</ref>
 
== Contents ==▼
The Burra Charter is especially useful when places with a high level of significance are proposed to be conserved or changed in some way, such as when restoring a house museum or changing the use of an historic public building. It is not so useful for everyday cases such as historic home renovation, and is rarely applied in that situation in Australia.
 
==Importance==
The Burra Charter is recognised as having pioneered the understanding of cultural heritage as going beyond the mere preservation of the built environment.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Sustaining Heritage: Giving the Past a Future|last = Gilmour|first = Tony|publisher = Sydney University Press|year = 2007|location = Sydney|pages = 155}}</ref>
 
::"''To Australians, the Burra Charter is probably the most significant document of the last thirty years on the basic principles and procedures for the conservation of heritage places. It provides a guiding philosophy for the care of our heritage and has been widely adopted as the standard guidelines for heritage conservation practice not only in this country, but also in other parts of the world.''" - Heritage Perth <ref>[http://heritageperth.com.au/your-heritage/the-burra-charter Heritage Perth > The Burra Charter] Retrieved 16 August 2011.</ref>
 
▲==Contents==
The Burra Charter begins with a series of definitions, such as :
 
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*'''''[[Historic preservation|Preservation]]''': Maintaining a place in its existing state and preventing further deterioration.''
*'''''[[Building restoration|Restoration]]''': Returning a place to a known earlier state 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 if there is sufficient evidence. and is distinguished from restoration by the introduction of new material.''
 
 
Article 3.1 contains the often quoted summary that :
 
* ''Conservation....requires a cautious approach of '''changing as much as necessary but as little as possible'''.''
 
 
Article 22 regarding '''New Work''' includes the often quoted but misunderstood recommendation that :
 
* ''<u>New work should be readily identifiable as such</u>, but must respect and have minimal impact on the cultural significance of the place.''
 
This is often interpreted to mean that new work should be starkly different and modern, but the Illustrated Burra Charter explains that :
 
* ''Designing a new addition in a modern manner desirable, but not an excuse to make the new work dominate, or draw attention away from the existing place.''
 
The final page is a section summarising the Burra Charter Process, as outlined in Article 6 :
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|'''Understand Significance'''
*Understand the Place
 
* Assess Cultural Significance
|-
|'''Develop Policy'''
*Identify all Factors and Issues
* Develop Policy
* Prepare a Management Plan
|-
|'''Manage in Accordance with Policy'''
*Implement the Management Plan
* Monitor the Results and Review the Plan
|}
 
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.teachingheritage.nsw.edu.au/downloads/docs/burra.doc Understanding The Burra Charter] Excerpts from an Australia ICOMOS brochure explaining the principles of heritage conservation. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
*[https://australia.icomos.org/wp-content/uploads/The-Burra-Charter-2013-Adopted-31.10.2013.pdf The Burra Charter], 2013 revision.
 
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