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Conservation information

Conservation management plans provide information about heritage places and give essential guidelines for future use and development. Many of these plans are commissioned by property owners, while others are initiated by state or local government agencies.

View the full list of heritage conservation plans (78kb pdf) and heritage surveys (39kb pdf) held in DENR's collection.

Heritage survey documents - please note file size may take a while to download:

• The Twentieth Century Heritage Survey, Stage One (Post Second World War) 1946-1959 (3.64mb pdf)
• The Twentieth Century Heritage Survey, Stage Two 1928-1945 - Volume one (12.05mb pdf)
• The Twentieth Century Heritage Survey, Stage Two 1928-1945 - Volume two (10.2mb pdf)

DENR has a list of technical conservation notes and other booklets that you can download to assist in the conservation of heritage places:

• advertising and signs on heritage buildings in South Australia (1992) (4.04mb pdf)
• alterations and additions (1997) (828kb pdf)
• early bricks and brickwork in South Australia (1998) (1.2mb pdf)
• early roofing and roof materials in South Australia (1999)
  • Part 1 (886kb pdf)
  • Part 2 (1.48mb pdf)
  • Part 3 (1.54mb pdf)
  • Part 4 (577kb pdf)
• fences in South Australia (1995) (2.19mb pdf)
• historic South Australian graves and cemeteries (2004) (539kb pdf)
• maintenance and repair of older buildings in South Australia (2008) (1.1mb pdf)
• management plan guidelines for SA cemeteries (2005) (1.17mb pdf)
• model brief for the preparation of conservation plans (2008) (108kb pdf)
• painting of older buildings in South Australia (2000)
  • Part 1 (2.62mb pdf)
  • Part 2 (2.3mb pdf)
  • Part 3 (2.34mb pdf)
  • Part 4 (3.64mb pdf)
  • Part 5 (3.35mb pdf)
  • Part 6 (3.05mb pdf)
  • Part 7 (2.24mb pdf)
• rising damp and salt attack (2008) (3.24mb pdf)
• state heritage places owners' guide (2006) (1.29mb pdf)
• stone masonry in South Australia (1993) (1.71mb pdf).

DENR also holds copies of the following heritage survey:

• Twentieth century heritage survey: post second world war (1946-1959) overview history (2003-04) (1.47mb pdf).