Providing practical and pro-active support to operating heritage communities
OHA undertakes a wide range of activities in key areas
- Participating in the review of the PMCH Act
- Providing operating heritage input into the Net Zero Strategy
- Participating in the review of the NSW Heritage Act
- Supporting sector peak-bodies to advocate for improved sector-specific regulations
- Critical review of the process and decisions to export objects (PMCH Act and Regulations)
- Collaborating with Dept of the Arts to improve the capability of Expert Examiners
- Advocating for increased transparency and community involvement
- Contributing to the refresh of Significance 2.0 document (Australian guide to significance assessment of movable heritage) to include special considerations for operating heritage
- Regular meetings with Dept of the Arts
- Special considerations when assessing the significance of operating heritage objects
- Significance Assessment Tool
- Glossary of Terms
- CO2 Calculators
- Identifying Australian engineered heritage “Treasures”
- Directory of expert knowledge and experience
- To restore, operate and maintain the objects.
- Preparing an inventory of critical knowledge and skills and identifying highest priorities
- Exploring and promoting pathways to transmit knowledge and skills
- Collaborating with the University of Canberra in research to quantify fossil fuel and lubricant usage in the movable operating heritage sector
- Sharing the results and communicating with policy-makers, regulators and fuel suppliers to ensure that Australia’s “Net Zero Strategy” considers the needs of the operating heritage sector during the transition to renewable fuels
- Reviewing and disseminating information on global progress towards suitable renewable fuels for heritage machinery.
Collaborating with the University of Canberra to measure expenditure by the sector and the contribution to society through higher than national average levels of physical and mental health, community support and engagement, and self esteem
- Participating in conferences, forums and other meetings
- Submissions to official consultation requests
- Establishing relationships with other heritage organisations
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