Wikipedia:WikiProject Historic sites/Resources

This is intended to provide crib notes on accessing historic register databases, on forming citations, and otherwise helping editors. Started October 2018.

Australia
At National level, the Australian National Heritage List consists of about 100 listings, is completely itemized in Wikipedia.

There are some World Heritage List items in Australia.

Commonwealth Heritage List is Federal properties?

Search the Australian Heritage Database, can select to search the Commonwealth Heritage List, the National Heritage List, World Heritage List, Overseas ones, and Register of the National Estate(?)

Australian Capital Territory
Australian Capital Territory Heritage Register, 415 items on the list.
 * Try this link - ACT Heritage Register, regards Cowdy001 (talk) 20:14, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

New South Wales
New South Wales State Heritage Register, with "1,785 items are listed as significant items for the whole of New South Wales" per Wikipedia.

Searchable register: here, can click on "State Heritage Register" to limit results.

Queensland

 * The Queensland Heritage Register is searchable, with basic search here. Switch to "Advanced Search" tab to be able to select "State Register" listings only. A blank search yields 1754 listings as of 10 October 2018.

South Australia
South Australian Heritage Register. Per here, "There are over 2,290 confirmed State heritage places entered in the Register. Also 17 State heritage areas have been designated." as of 10 October 2018.

Searchable database is here.

User:Cowdy001, by your edit removing a question about Adelaide Fire Station, does that mean you confirm that "date 'confirmed' in South Australian database items is the date when a place was added to the register"? --Doncram (talk) 13:05, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi Doncram, Yes, that is correct for practical purposes (i.e. the relevant Act of Parliament does have provision for a 'provisional' status). Listings are usually announced in the South Australian Government Gazette (SAGG) as evident in the following for the listing of the Belair National Park as a State Heritage Area - please refer  and .  By the way, I could not find announcement in the SAGG  for the Adelaide Fire Station.    Regards Cowdy001 (talk) 19:55, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

Tasmania
Tasmanian Heritage Register. See Heritage Listed Places, Heritage listing explained

The "Tasmanian Heritage Register Permanent and Provisional Registrations as at 3 September 2018 in this list dated 4 September 2018 (accessed 10 October 2018) lists items from Place ID number 6 to number 11,997, most with status "Permanently registered".

The register includes "graded 2" and "graded 3" items, per passing mention in news article about staff resigning, and attempt to purge many listings. Grade categories do not appear in the list linked above.

Victoria
The Victoria Heritage Database is here. Its [http://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/search? search screen] reports that it covers 95,048 records as of 10 Oct 2018, covering local designations and duplicate designations, for all(?) registered historic sites in Victoria (Australia).
 * Victorian Heritage Register: In the search screen, select "Victorian Heritage Register" to limit searches to "state significant places/objects" only.
 * Short summaries are provided. Can longer registration documents be obtained?
 * Are all the state-level ones expected to be Wikipedia-notable?

Western Australia
The State Register of Heritage Places (created in 1990?) covers Western Australia places deemed state-level significant by the Heritage Council of Western Australia (created in 1990). Its Inherit database covers local designations as well, and can be searched from this Inherit search screen. Check the box marked "Limit my search to the State Register" for state-level listings.
 * Search results provide links to Heritage Council information about the sites and also to local information, e.g. Heritage Council info for Albany Fire Station & Fire Officer's House and City of Albany info for same. Can longer registration documents be obtained?
 * Are all the state-level ones expected to be Wikipedia-notable?

Northern Territory
For historic sites in Northern Territory,
 * Northern Territory Heritage Register


 * Search screen

United States
For U.S. historic sites, see wp:NRHPHELP