Deadline: 27-Oct-22
The Government of South Australia is pleased to announce the applications for Round 2 of the Government Owned Heritage Fund (GOH Fund) Grant Program.
The Government Owned Heritage Fund (GOH Fund = former Historic Buildings Conservation Program) supports the conservation of government-owned State Heritage-listed Places, through the provision of professional and financial assistance.
Objectives
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The objectives of the GOH Fund are to:
- Provide financial incentive to conserve and manage State Heritage Places.
- Provide heritage advice to assist Agencies to deliver projects to a high standard.
- Help Agencies develop conservation documentation and asset surveys for all State Heritage Places.
- Maximise conservation works that enhance the public realm or benefit the wider community.
Eligibility Criteria
- State-government agencies who own and/or manage government-owned State Heritage Places.
- Incorporated bodies who occupy or care for government-owned State Heritage Places under agreement with the State Government.
What is Eligible?
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Places entered in the South Australian Heritage Register that are under SA government ownership. Funding is available for:
- Physical conservation works, including repair work to culturally significant fabric, and reinforcing the heritage value of the building, structure or object.
- Preparing documentation to identify works necessary to conserve culturally significant fabric and to reinforce the heritage value of the place, or
- Costs associated with professional services (including management), approvals, licences and permits integral to the project or program.
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This may include, but not necessarily limited to:
- Reconstruction based on irrefutable evidence.
- Ensuring the structural integrity of a building or structure.
- Planning for the conservation of a place, e.g. Conservation Management Plans.
- Conservation works that facilitate adaptive reuse, supporting conservation of significant fabric.
Ineligible
- Works unrelated to fabric conservation, such as purchase of abutting land, buildings, objects or equipment; relocation of buildings, structures or fabric; new buildings, additions and renovations; or signage and interpretation.
- General maintenance or compliance activities such as gutter cleaning and painting; upgrading services to align with building codes; pest control maintenance checks and treatments. (Repairs as a result of pest damage may be eligible.)
- Works that have already been completed.
For more information, visit GOH.
For more information, visit https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/topics/heritage/heritage-grants/government-owned-heritage-fund