Cultural heritage

The City of Gold Coast local government area contains cultural heritage of significance to the people of the Gold Coast and Queensland. We have a unique and diverse cultural heritage.

The City of Gold Coast identifies places of local cultural heritage significance in the Gold Coast Local Heritage Register and Heritage Overlay, and protects listed places in the City Planning Scheme for future generations.

Anyone can propose a place for entry to the Gold Coast Local Heritage Register.

For further information about the Gold Coast Local Heritage Register and nomination process, please refer to the Gold Coast Local Heritage Register page.

Local cultural heritage advice

The City of Gold Coast provides free advice to the Gold Coast community about caring for places of local cultural heritage significance.

For assistance 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) 

Development on local heritage places

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