Council recognises that heritage is one of the components that enable communities to retain their physical links with the past.
The community-based approach provides an affordable means for communities to make a valuable contribution to a local heritage study, with appropriate guidance from a heritage consultant.
Members of the community work with the consultant for the duration of the project; undertaking research, nominating items and considering recommendations for the future management and promotion of their local heritage items.
Typically, a Community Heritage Study includes the following:
- a Thematic History of the relevant area
- recording of places and items
- recommendations regarding inclusion of these places or items in a local heritage schedule
- recommendations regarding tourism and promotion of the area
There are two Community Heritage Studies applying to the Tamworth Region and these may be accessed via the following links: