6. Benefits of heritage conservation

Heritage conservation benefits AMSA and the Australian community in several ways.

• It contributes to valuing and preserving Australia’s maritime history which is so closely linked to the nation’s development.
• It provides another avenue for AMSA to actively engage with the Australian community to better promote
• its overall objectives of maritime safety and protection of the marine environment.
• It improves public access to maritime heritage structures, artefacts and information, in particular to historic lighthouses.
• It demonstrates that heritage objectives can effectively co-exist with an organisations business objectives.