Nominate a place or object to the Heritage Register

You can nominate a place or object to the Northern Territory (NT) Heritage Register - giving permanent protection.

Aboriginal archaeological places

Aboriginal archaeological places and objects are automatically protected.

Some of these places have also been listed individually as heritage places because of their individual value.

Before you nominate

When you make a nomination, you must include enough information for it to be assessed.

What you should include:

• maps
• plans
• photographs
• historical information
• an assessment against the heritage criteria, or as best as possible.

If you don’t provide enough information, the Heritage Council may ask you for more before they can assess your nomination.

How to nominate

Follow the steps below to make to nominate a place or object:

Step 1. Fill in the nomination form.

NT Heritage Council nomination form PDF (69.1 KB)
NT Heritage Council nomination form DOCX (85.7 KB).

Step 2. Submit your form and documents by email or post.

heritagecouncil@nt.gov.au

The Chairperson
NT Heritage Council
Department of Lands, Planning and Environment
PO Box 4198
Darwin NT 0801

How your nomination will be managed

The Heritage Council can refuse a nomination if it's not done in good faith.

If your nomination is accepted, the Heritage Council will start an assessment.

The assessment process includes:

• doing original research
• visiting the site and recording details
• consulting with relevant people
• checking the nomination against official heritage criteria.

This process can take 6 months or more.

During the assessment, the Heritage Council may:

• change the name of the place to reflect its correct historical name
• change the size of the area being assessed if new information is found

The Heritage Council may share its preliminary findings with the owners and other people who could be affected.

The Heritage Council will decide if the place or object is officially significant by using the heritage criteria listed in the Heritage Act 2011.