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Resisting the Shake: Resources for Owners of Older Masonry Buildings

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

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Damaging earthquakes are less frequent in Australia when compared to other weather-related events, but when they do occur close to a community they can cause major damage and injury. This risk to property and life exists for building owners, particularly if the building is of vulnerable construction. The good news is that your building can be retrofitted to improve its earthquake resilience within a sensible budget without compromising its heritage value. This document seeks to show you how. It explains the nature of earthquake risk and provides resources for building owners on how the risk can be reduced for the most vulnerable building construction type: unreinforced masonry.

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Title Resisting the Shake: Resources for Owners of Older Masonry Buildings
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/d0f0dfb3-1eb8-44cd-845e-99fbe8be2fda
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 08/04/2019
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Resisting the Shake: Resources for Owners of Older Masonry Buildings". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/resisting-the-shake-resources-for-owners-of-older-masonry-buildings