The BankSA Heritage Icons List has been launched to record, recognise and protect items which have made a significant contribution to the State's cultural identity.

It is hoped that the list, which will be announced annually, will encourage the guardians of the icons to protect their integrity through the principals of the Burra Charter. Each is significant for contributing to the State's cultural identity, some in ways that reflect aspects of our social life and others for more important, arguably more serious, aspects of our economic, technological and political development as part of the nation and on the international stage.