A philanthropic donation will ensure Melbourne will become a global leader in saving and restoring cultural icons.

A philanthropic donation will ensure Melbourne will become a global leader in saving and restoring cultural icons.

It's seen as a way of bringing the past alive and reinforcing the Australian identity. Here's Nick McCallum. It's so painstaking, it's so finicky, it's so time consuming. After last year's devastating blaze at the one hundred and sixty year old Sea Yup Temple, University of Melbourne conservatives clean and restore its damaged religious artifacts, invaluable to Melbourne's Chinese community. If it wasn't done here.

It's seen as a way of bringing the past alive and reinforcing the Australian identity. Here's Nick McCallum. It's so painstaking, it's so finicky, it's so time consuming. After last year's devastating blaze at the one hundred and sixty year old Sea Yup Temple, University of Melbourne conservatives clean and restore its damaged religious artifacts, invaluable to Melbourne's Chinese community. If it wasn't done here.

If there's no money, which there often isn't in small communities, they would be lost.

If there's no money, which there often isn't in small communities, they would be lost.

Here they've restored and preserved international icons like Australia's copy of the thirteenth century Magna Carta to low called private and public treasures damaged in the twenty twenty two floods.

Here they've restored and preserved international icons like Australia's copy of the thirteenth century Magna Carta to low called private and public treasures damaged in the twenty twenty two floods.

There's photographs, there's wedding certificates, there's honor boards in the local historical society or ourself now.

There's photographs, there's wedding certificates, there's honor boards in the local historical society or ourself now.

A fifteen million dollar donation from the philanthropic Crips Foundation will expand research and double staff conservation flying squads will educate local cultural groups.

A fifteen million dollar donation from the philanthropic Crips Foundation will expand research and double staff conservation flying squads will educate local cultural groups.

They may know how valuable the objects are to them, but they may not understand how to protect them.

They may know how valuable the objects are to them, but they may not understand how to protect them.

And a sense of urgency. With twentieth century video and audio technology, they're degrading fast.

And a sense of urgency. With twentieth century video and audio technology, they're degrading fast.

We're at the brink of losing most of it.

We're at the brink of losing most of it.

Back at the Fire Damage Temple where these artifacts have so much historical and cultural significance, gratitude.

Back at the Fire Damage Temple where these artifacts have so much historical and cultural significance, gratitude.

Heart it really thanks them their critical records to not just community identity, but Australian identity.

Heart it really thanks them their critical records to not just community identity, but Australian identity.

Nick McCallum, seven News

Nick McCallum, seven News