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Applications for Prelude composer residencies in 2022 are now open and will close on midnight Sunday 15 August 2021. The residency is part of a program run by the Peggy Glanville-Hicks Composers House Trust, offering year-long residencies to allow composers to focus on their craft while residing in one ofmore
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The National Trust is a not-for-profit, community organisation that relies on the generosity and support of 2,000 volunteers state-wide. We couldn’t do our vital work without volunteers and appreciate the contributions from each individual. Now in their 15th year, the NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards have grown to becomemore
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Your July Heritage Conversation The National Trust’s property portfolio has been built up over more than 60 years and, across the decades, places have often been acquired serendipitously rather than as a carefully considered collection. Yet, there are common threads that link many of these places, some obvious and othersmore
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The complex has been leased to a small team of passionate and professional art lovers, who plan to open the space as a gallery of Western Australian Art. “This is an exciting reuse of an important heritage place and will contribute to the activation to the main street of York,” saidmore
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As we consider the challenge from Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas to know what makes Perth, as part of the City’s efforts to rebrand our city and put Perth on the global stage, it is important to embrace the contribution heritage makes to a place’s identity. Thoughtful reflection will include ourmore
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Heritage at Times of Crisis: Saving, Sustaining, Sharing In a Land of Fires, Droughts and Flooding Rains, and now Climate Change, and a health pandemic, what role at such times has a community’s heritage in maintaining its sense of place, of belonging, and continuity? In this year’s Symposium, we willmore
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Now in its second year, the INSPIRE Writer in Residence initiative is a partnership between the National Trust of Western Australia and the State Government. Following an open call, 42 applications were received, double the number of submissions in 2020. The five successful writers for 2021 are: Nandi Chinna: residencymore
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The award recognises of the immense amount of work that has gone into transforming the visitor experience at this special heritage place. Strawberry Hill in Albany was established in 1827 as the first European farm in Western Australia on the site of a significant Menang Aboriginal camping area, known asmore
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Here at the National Trust, we work with heritage properties every day, and we want to help you. Join us for this free afternoon forum and hear from our Conservation Architect and Heritage Services Officer as they teach you about managing heritage places. We’ll also explain how the National Trustmore
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The National Trust works to raise knowledge, awareness, understanding and commitment to Western Australia’s natural and cultural heritage. Our places and collections tell the stories of our state’s shared history. The Trust’s Aboriginal Advisory Committee and Reconciliation Action Plan continues to guide our approach, and ongoing engagement with Aboriginal communitiesmore
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Anzac Cottage was built in one day, 12 February 1916, by the community of Mount Hawthorn as a home for returned soldier Private Porter and his family, and as a memorial for those who lost their lives in the tragic Gallipoli landing. The cottage was State Heritage listed in 2000more
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The National Trust has incredible volunteers that work tirelessly to open our heritage places to the public year-round. To mark National Volunteer Week, we want to say a special thank you! As a not-for-profit heritage organisation, the National Trust could not achieve as much as it does without its volunteers.more
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The National Trust (NSW) has held its 2021 National Trust Heritage Awards ceremony, presented by the ABC’s Simon Marnie and announced winners in 10 categories and three individual prizes that celebrate outstanding practice in the field of heritage.more
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National Trust Calls For Audit Of Canberra’s Mid Century Modern Homes 9 5 2021 https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7243083/call-to-audit-canberras-mid-century-modern-houses-before-its-too-late/?cs=14225 more
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Our heritage places have something for everyone – whether it’s just the two of you or the whole family. From picture-perfect views, to modern art, to spine-tingling tales of a time gone by, we have plenty to discover. more
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The National Trust of Australia (ACT) has written to the National Capital Authority opposing the proposed works approval to commence the Australian War Memorial redevelopment. Read the letter here: https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/30-Apr-2021-NCA-re-AWM.pdf more
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Nominations are now open for this year’s heritage awards. Deadline for entries – 21 June 5pm. To get details of the awards and to nominate a project click here.more
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“We received such fantastic entries this year and it was such a challenge to determine the shortlisted projects this year,” said Matthew Devine, Chair of the National Trust Heritage Awards jury. “There are a diverse range of projects and initiatives recognised this year, and they represent the full spectrum ofmore
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Located in East Perth Cemeteries, the headstone commemorates James Dyson and his two wives, Fanny Hoffington and Jane Edwards. It was commissioned by Andrew “Drewey” Dyson after the death of his mother Jane in 1899. Unfortunately, after 120 years exposed to the elements, the marble headstone had broken in halfmore
