tas The Australian Garden History Society and National Trust Tasmania conducted an oral history interview with Clarendon’s neighbour, Neville McKinnell.more
tas National Trust Collections continue to grow, reflecting our evolving awareness of the cultural significance of our properties to our members and audiences. A pair of hall chairs acquired recently for Franklin House illustrate a Georgian approach of creating a sense of arrival.more
tas National Trust Tasmania received Heritage Tasmania Built Heritage funding in 2023/24 enabling major work at the Hobart Penitentiary and Clarendon.more
tas Home Hill at Devonport provides a rich visitor experience of Tasmania’s 20th century social history and Australian political life. It is Tripadvisor’s No.1 tourism attraction for Tasmania’s north-west. National Trust Tasmania is working with Devonport City Council to significantly increase its capacity to tell its story, welcome visitors, provide education services and host a range of events.more
tas National Trust Collections continue to grow, reflecting our evolving awareness of the cultural significance of our properties to our members and audiences. National Trust Tasmania has received funding from the Australian Government’s National Cultural Heritage Account to acquire a portrait of Dorothea Pitcairn for the Runnymede collection.more
tas National Trust Tasmania wishes to activate Runnymede Cottage as the Tasmanian base for an Australia-wide composer in residence program. We are, however, faced with some building maintenance hurdles, needing funding.more
tas Launceston Synagogue has recently benefitted from the philanthropy of co-Trustee, Rabbi Joseph Gutnick and the Australian Government’s Advanced Security grant Program managed by the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ).more
tas The Hobart Penitentiary and Penghana have earned the prestigious Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice Best of the Best Award for a second year, improving their ranks from last year.more
tas In its recent revision of Tasmanian Heritage Register entries, Heritage Tasmania, acknowledged that the Hobart Penitentiary is of national significance. Encouraged by this, National Trust Tasmania will nominate the site for the Commonwealth Government’s National Heritage list.more
tas Unshackled - The Convict Memorial by Circa Morris-Nunn Chua Architects won the award for Small Project Architecture at the Tasmanian Institute of Architects Awards for 2024.more
tas Managing Director, Scott Carlin, would like to thank each and every volunteer who contributes their time so generously to the Trust (as Australia’s largest community-based heritage organization) and Tasmania’s tourism economy.more
tas The National Trust of Australia (Tasmania) has operated a Conservation Appeal for the Church of the Apostles, Launceston since 1995. The Church of the Apostles has reactivated its National Trust Conservation Appeal and is currently fundraising for work on its stained glass windows.more
