World Heritage Day in Perth marked the beginning of a new era in the way people can access information about the many historic buildings in the city centre.

With the launch of the Heritage Perth Hi-Tech Heritage Trail on Saturday, 18 April, 2009 by State Heritage Minister, John Castrilli MLA and the Lord Mayor of Perth, Lisa Scaffidi, people can use twenty-first century technology to take themselves on a tour of some of the most significant heritage buildings in Perth.

This Australia-first initiative utilises modern wireless Internet technology to create a ‘state of the art’ heritage trail around the centre of Perth. Residents and tourists alike are now able to download, free-of-charge, the colourful stories of significant places directly to their Wi-Fi enabled mobile devices in the form of text, audio and still images.

The trail had been developed by Heritage Perth in conjunction with the City of Perth, Lotterywest, Heritage Council of WA and Perth-based communications company, iiNet. There are currently 10 heritage places that can be downloaded from the Heritage Perth website including Perth Town Hall, Perth Mint, McNess Royal Arcade, Gledden Building, Wesley Church, A.W. Dobbie Building, His Majesty’s Theatre, Barracks Arch, The Cloisters and Old Perth Boys School.

To find out more, click here to visit the Heritage Perth Hi-Tech Heritage Trail web site.

Launch day photographs:

Discovering the wonders of Perth

State Heirtage Minister, John Castrilli MLA, looking up the history of Perth Town Hall

Heritage Perth Chairman, Dario Amara, and Executive Director, Richard Offen, accessing the trail

The Lord Mayor and Heritage Minister listen to a Town Hall tale