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Home>Services>Planning>Heritage Service
As the first site of permanent European settlement in Victoria, the Glenelg Shire has a wealth of history within its boundaries.
Our heritage is a significant economic and social asset which gives the Glenelg Shire so much of its distinctive appeal. Glenelg Shires heritage is everywhere. It is represented in commercial buildings, hotels, churches and schools. It is also reflected in the historic landscape.
The Council's Planning Business Unit operates a Heritage Advisory Service which is free to all residents in the Glenelg Shire.
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| Hundreds of historic buildings, civic objects, public art and monuments are listed on the Glenelg Shire Council’s heritage database, and the Council’s cultural collection ranges from social history items, to works of art, to objects of maritime significance, and a photographic collection documenting the Port of Portland.
Iconic pieces in the collection include the Henty Plough, used by the Henty brothers in 1834, and two magnificent oil paintings by Thomas Clark of Muntham Station and Portland Bay.
Aspects of the cultural collection are housed and displayed at History House (the original Portland Town Hall); Casterton Town Hall; and in the award winning Maritime Discovery Centre on the Portland foreshore.
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Old Portland Town Hall
 | Old Heywood Library Building
 | Cape Nelson Lighthouse
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