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Buildings placed on National Trust Register

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They are the Officers’ Mess at the Glenbrook RAAF Base, Katoomba’s Palais Royale Boutique Hotel and the Savoy Theatre Building. “This is an important milestone for local heritage conservation,” said Blue Mountains National Trust Branch Chairman, Rod Stowe. Mr Stowe explained that while a listing on the Trust Register did
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Koalas could be extinct in 30 years in NSW: National Trust responds with new conservation policy and calls for action and change

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Why now? Evidence presented to the NSW Legislative Council Inquiry on 16 August 2019 indicated that the (former) Office of Environment and Heritage identified more than 100,000 hectares of core koala habitat (koala hubs) across New South Wales. The evidence further indicated that, at the present time, only 16 per
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Conserving Cooma Cottage

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We’re launching an ambitious program of restoration works to future-proof one of the oldest surviving colonial cottages in the state, Cooma Cottage. You can help with this important conservation work. Discover the difference your donation can make to ensure the future of this piece of living history.
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Pioneer Women’s Trail Safety Information

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AT THE STARTS Bring ticket on paper or mobile phone as check-in will be electronic You may start walking as soon as you have checked in and received your lanyard Take your mobile phone with you in case of emergency Carry a map: download and print, or pick one up
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Built Heritage Activation

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National Trust Tasmania received Heritage Tasmania Built Heritage funding in 2023/24 enabling major work at the Hobart Penitentiary and Clarendon.
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Botanica Festival – Climate Change Panel

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A discussion on the impact of climate change in sustainably preserving our heritage.
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Artwork by Adam Magennis

Reconciliation

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Our journey now includes four Reconciliation Action Plans, the return of the National Trust owned Ebenezer Mission to the Barengi Gadjin Land Council Aboriginal Corporation, the creation of our Aboriginal Advisory Committee to the Board, and undertaking Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Surveys at our sites. The Board of the National Trust
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Como House Education Programs

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Como House is an important Melbourne icon and a wonderful introduction to the past lives of a Melbourne family in the 1890s.
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National Trust Board Changes

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Mr Carroll said that the following appointments had been made in consequence of the retirements: Mr Alan Kerr, the incumbent Appointed Director (being the Director appointed, under the National Trust Act, by unanimous decision of the Elected Directors), has resigned from that position and been appointed to fill the casual
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Pentridge Prison Education Programs

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Established in 1851 and closing in 1997, Pentridge Prison is a heritage listed former state prison that has undergone adaptive reuse over the last decade. Following the closure of the Old Melbourne Goal in the 1920s, Pentridge became the primary remand centre for metropolitan Melbourne. The long history of the site and the changing
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Auburn | Celebrating 50 Years

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Two years later, in November 1975, the Auburn Courthouse was officially “opened” by the Auburn National Trust after the Lands Titles office advised the building and land had been donated to the National Trust by the State Government. For the occasion, the Chair, Mr William Long, and Mr George Lambert
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Longford House

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Historic Longford House, the home of Andrew and Meredith Meeves will be the venue for this year’s National Trust Christmas cocktail party on Wednesday 27 November.
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Runnymede Under Threat

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The National Trust’s flagship property, Runnymede is under threat from an unsympathetic adjacent development.
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New Exhibition ‘Shantaram: From Punishment to Peace’ opens at Pentridge Prison Tours

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The National Trust, Victoria, Gregory David Roberts, and Pentridge Prison Tours is proud to present, "Shantaram: From Punishment to Peace."   
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We’re all about women at Old Government House

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Some of the names you know, some of them you don’t – all of them are remarkable for their courage, their stories and their strength. From 31 August 2019 to 16 August 2020, the National Trust (NSW) will be telling the stories of the Vice-Regal Women, servants and visitors who
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Auburn Courthouse Restoration

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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 Assets
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2024 Honorary Life Membership

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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 OAM
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National Trust Takes Positions to Protect our Forests

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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.
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Former Chatswood South Uniting Church

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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 first
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Strategic Plan 2023-2028

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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 and
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Zephaniah Williams, Chartist Convict

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A rare treasure from the Trust’s Latrobe Court House Museum has gone on exhibition at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.
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