Almost 40 people attended a community information session in Walhalla on Friday afternoon to learn about the World Heritage bid process.

Baw Baw Shire has welcomed the State Government's support for Walhalla's inclusion in Australia's World Heritage tentative list, which is the first formal step for World Heritage status for the state's goldrush landscapes.
Walhalla's alpine mining landscape is one of six areas to be included in the tentative list submission alongside Bendigo Historic Urban Landscape, Castlemaine Goldfields and Historic Townships, Creswick and the Deep Lead Landscape, Great Nuggets Historic Landscape (Tarnagulla, Moliagul, and Dunolly) and Lalgambuk (Mt Franklin).
The project has been a partnership between local councils, state and federal governments, First Nations groups and other organisations, who will now continue to develop the nomination and begin the World Heritage process.
An online information session will be held tomorrow, February 19 from 6pm to 8pm. Registrations close at 5pm today. To register, visit https://bawbawshire.co/WorldHeritageBidOnline