Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts

Expert Examiner Reports For Export Permit Reference PMC 3111—international Titan D Agricultural Tractor, 1911

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This disclosure concerns a cultural heritage export permit assessment rather than transport infrastructure. It documents the Department of Communications and the Arts' evaluation of an export permit application (PMC 3111) for a 1911 International Harvester Titan Type D tractor. The significance assessment form concludes the tractor should be granted permanent export permission, finding that its export would not significantly diminish Australia's cultural heritage. The assessment notes this is one of the oldest tractors of its type in Australia, predating a comparable 1912 model previously denied export. However, it determines that as Australia holds two other IHC tractors from the same period in public collections exhibiting similar design features, loss of this example would not adversely affect the nation's cultural heritage. The examination was conducted from photographs only.

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