Cultural heritage

The City of Gold Coast is committed to protecting and conserving historic and Indigenous cultural heritage, and ensuring the City’s land use activities don't cause harm.

Download Independent review in relation to Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act compliance(PDF, 3MB)

We identify places of local heritage significance in the Gold Coast Local Heritage Register. Anyone can propose a place for entry to the Register. For further information about the Register and nomination process, please refer to the Gold Coast Local Heritage Register page.

Development on local heritage places

Development on Gold Coast local heritage places is regulated under the City Planning Scheme. For information about development on a local heritage place, please refer to the Development on local heritage places page

Local heritage advice

We provide free conservation advice to the Gold Coast community about caring for places of local heritage significance.

For a free consultation, please contact culturalheritage@goldcoast.qld.gov.au

Guidelines for property owners

These easy-to-use guidelines are for property owners of both heritage listed and non-heritage listed places.

• Guideline 1: Owning a listed heritage place(PDF, 2MB)
• Guideline 2: Conserving and maintaining heritage places I(PDF, 1MB)
• Guideline 3: Conserving and maintaining heritage places II(PDF, 1MB)
• Guideline 4: Researching the history of your place(PDF, 1MB)
• Guideline 5: The Gold Coast Local Heritage Register(PDF, 1MB)
• Guideline 7: Heritage places and sustainability(PDF, 845KB)
• Guideline 8: Heritage organisations(PDF, 746KB)
• Guideline 9: Recognising Gold Coast housing styles, 1860s-1960(PDF, 5MB)
• Guideline 10: The fibro beach house(PDF, 2MB)
• Guideline 11: Painting your heritage place(PDF, 2MB)
• Guideline 12: Terminology(PDF, 896KB)