Heritage
Learn more about our heritage overlays, precincts, studies and more.
Yarra enjoys a rich and proud heritage.
Heritage is the story of our community and environment, reflecting different periods of time and celebrating events that helped shape Yarra.
Heritage includes tangible features, like historical buildings and precincts, landscapes, streetscapes, archaeological sites, objects, collections and records.
It also includes intangible features, like cultural practices, stories, traditions, folklore and other knowledge inherited over generations.
There are several ways our heritage is recognised including:
- Aboriginal heritage
- Natural heritage
- Built and residential heritage
- Cultural heritage
- Industrial heritage
Protecting our heritage is an integral part of planning and development for Yarra.
Is my place heritage listed?
Find out whether a property is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register, the Victorian Heritage Inventory or is affected by a Heritage Overlay in a local planning scheme.
Enter your address, or click on the map to select your property. If your property has multiple addresses, please click the map to identify your property. If you would like to search via H number, please use Vicplan or the Victorian Heritage Database.
Find out about heritage listing.
Heritage overlay
Solar panels and heritage overlays
Energy Efficiency for Heritage Buildings
Heritage precincts and histories
Heritage studies