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29 Jul 2019 Government House, Sydney, is a ‘working State House’, rather than a historic house museum ‘frozen in time’. The need to re-establish it as a showcase for the best contemporary Australian art, craft and design brought about To Furnish the Future project with a design team and competition to design amoreBook now
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15 Jul 2019 This talk focusses on the period of 1952 to 1972: from Boyd’s first Canberra commission with a house for Manning and Dymphna Clarke; to the year following his untimely death and the completion of Churchill House. Over that twenty years the city grew from a population of around 24,000 tomoreBook now
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24 Aug 2019 Convened by Heritage Partners: Australia ICOMOS, Canberra Archaeological Society, Canberra & District Historical Society and National Trust of Australia (ACT) What’s your story? We invite you to tell us about a special Canberra place, a space important to you as part of this year’s Heritage Symposium. Your 5-minutemore
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20 Jun 2019 …… at the Endangered Heritage conservation lab. The National Trust (ACT) and Victoria and Andrew Pearce from Endangered Heritage invite you to take a walk into the lab where you can see heritage conservation in action. Here’s where special, often precious items can be assessed and treated so that theirmoreBook now
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22 Sep 2019 This walk in the shadow of Black Mountain takes us through Aranda Bushland Nature Reserve and several layers of ACT history. The Reserve protects a grassland remnant, a now much diminished ecosystem in the ACT and beyond. We will visit a stand of snow gums far from their usual highmoreBook now
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25 Aug 2019 This walk is for those who like to uncover mysteries. If you know where to look in inner Canberra, traces can be found of what came before and after Walter Burley Griffin’s modern city. There was once a small road-side building in Reid that was the district’s data link to the wider world. Roads and a railwaymoreBook now
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28 Jul 2019 After car pooling at our meeting point we’ll drive to ACT Heritage listed Elm Grove, a fine example of a pastoral property that demonstrates the way of life of immigrant graziers who settled in the Canberra area from 1840. In recent years the paddocks, where sheep grazed for 150 years,moreBook now
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23 Jun 2019 Three distinct eras will be on show as we walk along the historic Well Station Track to Gungaderra Homestead then across Flemington Road with its light rail, up to Gubur Dhaura—an Aboriginal cultural site. In the lead up to NAIDOC week, Ngunawal elder Wally Bell will share knowledge at thismoreBook now
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23 Aug 2019 - 30 Aug 2019 THIS TOUR IS CURRENTLY FULLY BOOKED. Norfolk Island, a tiny Australian island in the South Pacific Ocean, is defined by pine trees and jagged cliffs. Sandy beaches include Emily Bay, with reef-protected waters. Norfolk Island National Park offers views over palm forests from Mt. Pitt. In Kingston, the Norfolk Islandmore
