The Victorian Heritage Database contains a diverse range of heritage information.

It is home to:

• Victorian Heritage Register – a statutory list of the state's most significant heritage places, objects and historic shipwrecks protected under the Heritage Act 2017.
• Victorian Heritage Inventory – a statutory list of all known historical archaeological sites in Victoria, under the Heritage Act 2017.

The Database also includes records from:

• the Heritage Overlay of 29 Local Government Authorities – the heritage overlay protects local heritage places and is part of the Planning Scheme under the Planning and Environment Act 1987. Note there are 79 local councils in Victoria – for information about places on the Heritage Overlay go to VicPlan or contact the relevant local council.
• the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and the Victorian War Heritage Inventory – these are both non-statutory lists, which mean they do not give any legal protection.

Please check the source of the data you are reading (listed to the right of the title). The colour coding system of entries also reveals if a place is on the Victorian Heritage Register (red entries) or the Victorian Heritage Inventory (dark grey entries). All other entries – National Trust, local government and items in the Victorian War Heritage Inventory – are light grey.