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The Auburn National Trust is very excited to receive a $20k State Heritage Grant for further works to the roof of the Auburn Courthouse. This is to follow up on works completed in October 2023 where we had the original Welsh slate roof restored using money from a Community Assetsmore
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An honorary life member is a person who, on the Council’s recommendation, has been appointed as an honorary life member in recognition of long and distinguished service to the National Trust. Announced at the 2024 Annual General Meeting, the two people who will receive this honour are Lyndell Davidge OAMmore
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It is surprising to hear that anyone would have concerns about the heritage-listing of sewerage systems, thinking them “bizarre” and it does indicate that some people have no real understanding of the nature and importance of this vital heritage infrastructure. Industrial Heritage can be just as interesting and historically importantmore
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The National Trust (NSW) has developed two key position papers on Bushfire Hazard Reduction Burning and Deforestation. The organisation’s positions have responded to the urgent need for the protection of New South Wales’ built, cultural and natural heritage, all of which has been under threat as a result of prolonged drought and catastrophic bushfires in 2019 and early 2020.more
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This church group is of historic, aesthetic and social significance as a fine, intact rural church, graveyard and landscaped grounds indicative of the early rural settlement of Lane Cove in the eighteen seventies. It is the oldest remaining (the third built) Methodist church on Sydney’s North Shore, and the firstmore
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Only last week, the Parramatta Branch of the National Trust (NSW) had heard reports that such an announcement may be imminent and the organisation publicly communicated its concerns via its eNews and on social media. “We are so disappointed that this is the result and this decision has been mademore
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Our Story The story of the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) is intertwined with the story of the place we now know as Victoria. Since 1956, we have worked with Victorian communities to protect their heritage, helping to shape our cities, towns, and landscapes for the benefit of present andmore
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NOCTURNE SAUMAREZ Nocturne Saumarez will run from 2nd December 2016 to 26th March 2017. The exhibition can be viewed in the Function Room at Saumarez Homestead. Terry Cooke, publisher and photographer of “New England High Country – Contrast and Colour”, has been invited to launch the Nocturne Saumarez photography exhibition.more
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Believed to have been donated to the National Trust in the 1970s, the pieces of yellow silk damask were discovered in a storage bag at Old Government House. The fragments were oddly shaped, with some sewn into a belt and child-sized bodice. The luxuriousness of the fabric suggested it wasmore
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The Pioneer Women’s Trail honours the early Hahndorf settlers who supplied Adelaide with fresh produce at a time when most foodstuffs had to be imported into South Australia. The National Trust of South Australia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land who walked for millennia these tracks on whichmore
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In 1956 the architectural historian Morton Herman saw what was coming and rushed to produce his book “The Architecture of Victorian Sydney”. Before he had even got the manuscript to the publishers 19 more buildings shown in his publication had been demolished. Today, walking the streets of Parramatta ormore
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This month we focus on William Cuffay. Tony Moore, Associate Professor at Monash University, interprets Cuffay’s legacy at Unshackled – the True Convict Story at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery:more
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Protection of our Parks and Gardens In 1976, the Trust recognised the important heritage of our parks and gardens and listed the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain, Sydney and Centennial Park on the National Trust Register. Approximately 100 parks have been now entered on the Trust Register, the mostmore
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9 Sep 2025 - 16 Sep 2025Meet local historian and Manly enthusiast, Terry Gatward, outside the Manly Town Hall, conveniently located opposite the ferry terminal, for an introduction to the earliest colonial days of Manly. Manly’s Eastern Hill was once a suburb of choice for Sydney’s gentry and businessmen. It still shows signs of some ofmoreBook now
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Sitting in the middle of Torrens Square, on land set aside by the colonial the site was where the first service in the Colony was held on 1st January 1837, officiated by the Rev’d Charles Beaumont Howard, the first Colonial Chaplain. Visitors to St Peter’s are amazed by the beautifulmore
