Heritage Advisory Committee
Heritage Advisory Committee
Since 2005, Council has convened the Maribyrnong Heritage Advisory Committee (the Committee) to help raise awareness of heritage matters and enable linkages between heritage groups and the broader community.
Objectives
The objectives of the Committee are:
- To support the protection and management of heritage places
- To support the protection and management of First Nations sites of cultural and spiritual significance
- To promote the recommendations of and support the implementation of the Maribyrnong Heritage Strategy 2024-2034
- To raise awareness of heritage in the municipality
- To promote heritage, cultural, and arts-themed events
- To strengthen linkages between interest groups, the community and Council.
Our Heritage Strategy
The Maribyrnong Heritage Strategy 2024-2034 provides a framework for the long term planning and protection of heritage within the municipality.
Action 6.4 of the Strategy is to continue to convene a committee to ‘assist with the protection and management of heritage places and strengthen linkages between Council, local historical groups and the community’.
Membership
Membership on the Committee consists of:
- A Maribyrnong City Council Councillor
- Director of Planning and Environment
- Three community representatives
- Seven professional members, with one representative from each of the following organisations:
- Footscray Historical Society
- Sunshine and District Historical Society
- National Trust
- Melbourne’s Living Museum of the West
- Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation
- Boon Wurrung Foundation Ltd
- Friends of Footscray Park.
Terms of Reference
The Heritage Advisory Committee is convened under the Terms of Reference adopted by Council on 18 March 2025. A copy of the Terms of Reference can be downloaded via the link below.
Meeting Frequency
The Committee meets on a quarterly basis.