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Executive Summary
Hyde park Barracks play akey role and importance in displaying the historical change that
Australia has witnessed over the years. The period of colonialization tells immeasurable
stories underneath its walls. The place created and held an ever-changing need first for
containing convicts then for giving shelter to those in help to the time it became an
immigration-based paperwork centre for Europeans migrating to Australis. The current
museum which lacks global tourism exposure tells 5the story of the struggle of the nation to
become what i8t is today. The report looks into the description and tourism of the location
and the industry.
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Table of Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 3
The current Australian industry Trends towards cultural tourism ......................................... 4
Analysis of ownership, management structure, stakeholders and marketing strategy ............... 5
Ownership .......................................................................................................................... 5
Management structure ........................................................................................................ 6
Stakeholders ....................................................................................................................... 6
Marketing strategy ............................................................................................................. 6
Cultural heritage management approach including stakeholder involvement and applied
conservation and sustainability principles ............................................................................. 7
The definition and use of Burra Charter atool for sustainable development at the location. 8
Relationship Between Heritage and tourism management of the location ............................ 9
Tangible and intangible cultural heritage values of the Hyde Park Barrack. ....................... 10
Analysis of visitation numbers and types of cultural tourism that get attracted to the site. .10
Threats to the Heritage of the site ........................................................................................ 11
Importance of involvement of local residents as gatekeeper related to Tourism
Development. ....................................................................................................................... 11
Heritage asset audit .............................................................................................................. 12
Shortcomings and recommendations to fulfil those. ............................................................ 13
References ................................................................................................................................ 15
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Introduction
Hyde Park Barracks
Are UNESCO World Heritage listed site the Hyde Park barracks play an important role in
telling the story of the colonial Australia. This location has got the opportunity to witness the
development of Sydney from Convict beginnings and fee migration tool and legal decision
and creating heritage debates (Rasoolimanesh et al.,2017). From the time the barracks opened
in 1819 till 20 century it was provided accommodation for various convicts, female
immigrants and aged and destitute women while later converting into housing of court rooms
in government offices as alegal as well as administrative hub.
Commissioned by the Governor Lachlan Macquarie and build with Convict labour the height
for Barrack was one of the first Convict barracks in the colony. The following site has seen
various new differences with the changing time and with the changing use of this location
throughout the process of the colonization of Australia.
This site is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list as one of the eleven three eminent
Australian convicts ’sides as it is amongst the best surviving example that portrays the large-
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scale Convict transportation as well as the colonial expansion of the European powers by the
presence and Labour of convicts (Brumann & Berliner,2016) .The following report for the
intense to understand the natural ecological and cultural heritage management principle used
within the tourism sector of the nation while keeping Hyde Park Barrack in mind.
The current Australian industry Trends towards cultural tourism
For anation that has various historical significance and its name through the wide history that
the nation has experienced over the ear there are ample amount of cultural heritage spots in
the nation itself that helps to play the prominent role of providing 2.6 % of the total GDP of
Australia. The cultural tourism of the nation is divided into two parts particularly one that is
dedicated towards the different kinds of cultural and heritage-based locations that talks and
display the aboriginal community of the nation and talks about the prior history of the nation
before colonialization.
The Other aspect of the same comes after the colonialization in the nation and the effect that
it left on the country and how the country came to be one of the best economies in the world
from astature it had before and how immigration of people from Europe changed the face of
the nation (Richards,2018) .At present the court friend of the country is to display the
countries complete history all together in asequential scenario where the aboriginal history
comes first as itwas the route history of the continents followed by the colonial time and with
that comes the development phase of the nation.
The country's complete tourism agenda also additional eadds up the natural resources and the
natural created tourism spot in the nation which are ample in amount as well to this list to
create abetter sense of understanding of the nation. At present however the country's four
attraction are mainly its natural and naturally created areas and tourism spots that attracts
more attention of tourists globally. Furthermore, it is the aboriginal community of the nation
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and their heritage sites that also get a lot of viewership among people due to the whole
attention given by the community globally two places that gives example of the violation of
human rights and global history of people who come from aboriginal Roots. The colonial Era
Heritage tourism on the other hand is facing ahigher level of avoidance as present and is not
certainly the current trend.
Analysis of ownership, management structure, stakeholders and marketing strategy
Ownership
Hyde Park barracks have seen various owners over the years with the changing use of the
following space. As it was billed during the time of colonization the Barrack was intended to
improve the level of surveillance in control over the government assigned convicts that were
working on Macquarie ambitious public building program. Later on, its use turned into a
benevolent Asylum where men and women who were destitute and deserted or homeless in
nature who were not able to support themselves kept under the guidance and help of colonial
government. Furthermore, later on with the development of the nation and the increasing
amount of people migrating to Australia from European countries the certain location became
an immigration depot where people came in to find their residential proofs are also submit
their people as they started residing in Australia and Sydney (Starr,2015) .Further this
location also converted into court and legal officers while staying in the hands of the court
and legal officer department where most of the work associated with the following
department took place under the supervision of the British government. After all this time the
uses with different but the ownership of the place remained under the hands of the colonial
government. However, at present Hyde Park Barrack is more of amuseum which was first to
restore Road under the Sydney ’smuseum of applied Arts and Science and was further later
transferred to the historic house trust and was later reopened as a museum of itself. It is
heritage site of not only south Wales and Australia but is also a World Heritage list cited
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location due to the fact that how the certain place holds the ability to tell astory that narrates
how things were in Sydney.
Management structure
The management structure of the location has changed prominently over the time at present
due to the increased importance of the following location of being aUNESCO Heritage site
the following location is not just managed by the authorities of its own Museum but it is also
supervised by the government authorities and the cultural department of Australia.
Furthermore, at all times the organisation also gets funding for its maintenance and ensuring
that the quality of all kinds of repairing keep the old charm and the old look of the place in
UNESCO also invest ahigher amount of money on the site. Apart from that the that looks
into the Welfare and taking care of the locations includes people from the internal
government of Australia and the cultural department as well as from UNESCO itself.
Stakeholders
Stakeholders of Hyde Park barracks are regional government of Australia as well as the
Nations tourism department that relies completely on the value of engagement created by the
location as well as for UNESCO who has declared this side as a World Heritage site
(Lindsey,2020) .
Marketing strategy
The marketing strategy of the following location is completely focused on presenting be
certain locations design and its references that completely focuses on presenting the history
that is connected with the certain location in the tourism plan and whole process of marketing
strategy in Australia. The certain location is also part of the prominent location that one can
see in Australia in regards to the colonization and the history of Australia all together.
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Cultural heritage management approach including stakeholder involvement and
applied conservation and sustainability principles
A profile of the site significance Holds the deeper significance in terms of Heritage and
tourism management in the certain area where it is located in. Popularity of the following
location has decreased over the period of time but due to the factors such as the location
being aWorld Heritage site it holds the huge importance in the cultural context of Australia
(Foster,2020) .All the major shareholders of the Hyde Park Barrack make their way into
understanding how they can create abetter reach within the tourism market from where the
certain location is Losing its charm in the recent times due to new attractions coming in the
way. Apart from that there is aregular 2year-based management and construction work that
takes place in the locations that is mostly provided by all the stakeholders for the general
museums own find uses or at times by UNESCO itself.
The following location is built almost acentury ago which creates asense of understanding
that the quality of the building would not be efficient and sufficient to endure natural
calamities as well as too much of alteration done by humans or by new technologies. It is
always ensuring that the kind of Technology which was used in the first place to create the
Hyde Park barracks are used again during the time of maintenance and different kind of
preservation within the area.
There are various locations within the premises data not allowed to be looked upon or go to
for the other tourist in the location where is the huge amount of chance of interference with
the general cycle that is preserved over these places and can get altered or affected greatly
with the presence or with any kind of activities by the tourist (Conner,2018) .Some of the
walls which are brittle or vulnerable in nature are also not allowed to be touched by any of
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the tourists that visit the place which is all due to the general fact because of the vulnerability
of location.
The definition and use of Burra Charter a tool for sustainable development at the
location.
Burra Charter focuses on defining the basic principles as well as procedures that needs to be
followed in the process of conservation of Australian Heritage locations. It has created a
nationally accepted standards for heritage conservation practice in Australia was first adapted
in 1979 at Burra.
According to its process the first step of the whole conversion scenario is to understand the
significance of the location culturally and then make any further decision. The next step of
this process is development of apolicy that needs to be implemented based on the decisions
and details found in the first place (Hanna,2015) .Them in the very and management of the
place is done in accordance to the policy that is created. The following process has highly
helped the location of Hyde Park barracks to remain important and not lose its cultural charm
in the very first place. Cultural ethnicity of the location is focused on the history that is
involved with of Australia and its wide range of changing uses over time. As per the Burra
Charter process the locations core ideologies that have struck within the history of the
location and the changing faces is the most important aspect of the cultural reference of this
place which has been preserved at any cost and has helped the location keep its general value
intact.
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Relationship Between Heritage and tourism management of the location
The tourism management of the following location is not a very well planned and throw
detail that is added into the general ad campaigns that come for Australian tourism board. The
Hyde Park barracks holder great significance that determined and portray the indefinite and
ever-changing history of Australia after colonization and how it has affected the nation in
many ways. The location is aclear indication of how far the country has come over the period
of time. By the proven method the tourism management of the location completely ignored
The Heritage industry value in the complete tourism cycle of Australia as the nation is
extremely rich and healthy in terms of natural heritages and different kinds of locations that
are completely based on natural resources present in the country (Sinha, Sofique &
Gantait,2019) .These locations are one of the key places to visit within the following country
and are the official tourist spots that the nation wants to show the world. Most of the nation
when planning their tourism Idea and agenda focuses on one factor that has to be prioritised
over others when showing the complete planning of the nation and its tourism qualities to the
world. Australia over the period of time with the rising popularity of location that consists of
wildlife and natural locations have decided and discovered the ever-evolving popularity of
these locations like the Great Barrier Reef to be even more prominent than historically
significant location like Hyde Park barracks. The location however it is quite popular among
the local or the in-country tourist that comes from different parts of Australia rather than
International tourist which is something that has kept the location and it maintain and going
over the years. However, the lack of importance the location get from the tourism
management of the nation is one of the reasons why the management of the Hyde Park
Barrack is decreasing with the passing time.
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Tangible and intangible cultural heritage values of the Hyde Park Barrack.
The tangible cultural heritage value of the location is based on different kinds of artefacts and
different kinds of day-to-day things that are kept inside the museum which reminds people of
its rich history which can be movable to the other official museums that talked about the
colonization history of the nation. On the other hand, when it comes to intangible cultural
heritage the complete building within its well hold a value that cannot be shifted to some
other place as the whole place within itself and each and every wall and doors of the place as
experience the different experiences of the nation from the very moment this location was
built (Doulamis et al.,2017). This certain location has seen various ups and down within itself
over aperiod of time from the perfect time during which this place was kept for captivating
people to the times when lonely people recited here as well as to the time people that
aspirations to settle in this new nation came to the boards of the barracks.
Analysis of visitation numbers and types of cultural tourism that get attracted to the site.
The Barrack holds acertain type of attraction towards itself in the minds of the people who
are interested in understanding the deep history of colonialization in Australia and understand
how the Britishers settled in this continent and made its there's and also created asense of
success for themselves as well as for the place while also holding some negative impacts for
the aboriginal communities came here. The historical value and the general idea of portraying
the development of Australia and Sydney in particular the location is visited by almost 2
million visitors every year before the covid-19 pandemic. At present it is one of the most
visited old heritage sites in Australia.
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Threats to the Heritage of the site
The biggest threat to the Heritage of the site is the lack of marketing put up for the Heritage
sites of Australia. The complete agenda that goes behind making these marketing strategies
for tourism focuses on attracting tourist according to the current trends. The fact is that the
tourism industry of Australia at present focusing on its strength and the image that it has
created within the mind of the people (Oxley,2015) .The country is known as the nation that
is rich in natural resources and is anatural Haven which has led to the tourism industry of the
nation to completely focus on that path and ignore the Heritage sites of the nation.
Importance of involvement of local residents as gatekeeper related to Tourism
Development.
As the current scenario of tourism in the nation does not give proper amount of advantage
and priority to the following location it should be the community who goes forward and
realise the need and the importance of the barracks. At present one of the most important
number and percentage of visitors that come to the barracks on the regular basis are actually
the local people as well as the people who comes all across from Australia to experience the
history of their own Nation more than any natural resource which is part of the regular life
(Piddock,2015) .Other than that, there should be various other ways through which the
residents can help save the generally lowering rates of tourism of the locations by sales
marketing these places on social media.
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Heritage asset audit
Fig 2Total quantity of artefacts in the main building
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Shortcomings and recommendations to fulfil those.
Coming behind the tourism section and the complete process of producing and idea to
showcase the natural ecological and cultural heritage management of alocation as important
as Hyde Park barracks it can be seen that the government should try to add in the Heritage
sites of the nation that holds historical values over other side than the ones that are famous
among people only. The whole tourism plan and marketing strategy should not only focus on
the natural part that Australia portrays in front of the work but should also showcase the
different sides of the story that the nation has to offer and show the versatility of the locations
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present. The whole process of marketing within the Hyde Park barracks on Museum system
should become the most sophisticated and technologically reliable to do its own marketing on
social media platforms to attract new tourists from other parts of the world (Davies,2015) .
Organisation can also focus on presenting the barrel through different kind of occasions that
are important for the history and the colonialization process of Australia at special days and
put up and follow through aspecial program that can use adifferent kind of techniques like
free entries to all the people who wish to enter for aspecial program that will look into the
artefacts and the general things that are part of the internal ecology of the place. These kinds
of regular events Can attract the attention of local and international tourist likewise. Coming
up with a marketing strategy that focuses completely and primarily on showcasing the
different variety of ever-changing times within the Hyde Park barracks can help people
realise its importance. For the when it comes to its maintenance the museum should focus on
elevating its true beauty and nature of what it was about a century ago and how it has
elevated over the years with the new processes added to it.
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