ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the nature of the competing values which need to be negotiated if street art is to be recognized and managed as heritage in urban cultural landscapes. The article in The Age on Melbourne's graffiti and street art coincided with the promotion of the intangible cultural heritage symposium and the symposium was mentioned in the same article. In the same article, the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) (NTAV), commented that some of the work in particular laneways may be worth documenting, such as Hosier Lane, where the local authority, Melbourne City Council had commissioned art work. Following the National Trust model in the United Kingdom, a local incorporation of the Trust was established in the state of Victoria in 1956. The primary purpose of the Victorian Trust was to advocate for the protection of the state's historic places. However, the Skipping Girl neon sign was listed by the NTAV and was subsequently entered on the Victorian Heritage Register.
