Heritage Victoria

This includes state significant heritage places, historical archaeological sites, and shipwrecks.

This was the first law in Australia to recognise and protect privately owned heritage buildings.

Several noteworthy buildings have been denied nominations to the Victorian Heritage Register and subsequently been demolished.

Though it claims that it would do so only under "exceptional circumstances"[14] it has also been criticised for approving demolition of buildings that it had listed including: However it has on numerous occasions demanded urgent repair orders and the reconstruction of illegally demolished buildings.

It has also won awards for some of its work, such as the mobile phone App for identifying and learning about heritage places.