Click on the links below to go directly to each document. More detail about the Burra Charter and the Practice Notes follows.
The Burra Charter: the Australia ICOMOS Charter for Places of Cultural Significance, 2013 and the associated series of Practice Notes provide a best practice standard for managing cultural heritage places in Australia.
First adopted in 1979, the Burra Charter is periodically updated to reflect developing understanding of the theory and practice of cultural heritage management. The current version of the Burra Charter was adopted in 2013.
Click here for previous versions of the Burra Charter and translations of the 1999 Burra Charter.
The Burra Charter flow chart is a graphical representation of The Burra Charter Process, which outlines the steps in planning for and managing a place of cultural significance. The download below forms part of the The Burra Charter, 2013. It may be reproduced in other publications, but must be done so in its entirety so that the headings and the citation in the footer remain intact.
The first three Practice Notes replace the former Guidelines to the Burra Charter. For details of the review that lead to the development of the Practice Notes, click here.
Suggestions of topics for future Practice Notes are welcome.
The Code on the Ethics of Co-existence in Conserving Significant Places was adopted by Australia ICOMOS in 1998.
The Illustrated Burra Charter (2004) provides an article-by-article explanation of the Burra Charter with examples and illustrations. For details, click here.