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Thomas Meadowcroft was awarded the residency by the Bundanon Trust and moved into Golden Vale Homestead earlier this month. Prelude is a national initiative developed by the Bundanon Trust to provide time and space for Australian composers to create their work by offering long-term residencies in historic houses around Australia.more
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This painting was one of 36 artworks included in the National Trust’s 2021 artwork appeal, which aimed to restore the condition of historic artworks in the collection. When restorers removed the varnish on Still Life they spotted two hidden signatures hidden on a knife’s blade in the painting. After expertmore
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‘Puncturing the Mask of Civility’, curated by Dr Llewellyn Negrin and featuring the work of eleven Tasmanian women artists will open at Runnymede in December. more
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As a not-for-profit, grant funding is vital to our ongoing conservation works and efforts. As our commitments with previous grants come to an end, it is exciting to know that future projects are in the works. The successful projects are across both built and natural heritage, ranging from general maintenancemore
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9 May 2024Sung in Rippon Leas's earliest days, enjoy the songs Marian Sargood herself collected and sang in the elegant sitting room of her own home.
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Meet author Katrina Kell and discover the story and reimagined history surrounding the identity of the model of Jules Lefebvre’s painting, Chloe.more
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Join the Pentridge Prison tour to hear a history that will challenge and confront you. The stories within this journey are deep, unique, and expose the intricacies of prison punishment.
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The National Trust (ACT) has prepared a number of brochures for self-guided heritage walks and tours of different areas in Canberra. Six new ones are now available: Campbell-Russell Dairy Flat (Based on Dairy Road) East Lake Hall Kingston Oaks Estate Barton (coming soon) Please come back soon and see if furthermore
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It’s a year of two significant milestones with the National Trust (NSW) celebrating its 75th Anniversary and Goulburn celebrating 200 years since Governor Macquarie’s first visit to Goulburn. To celebrate both, the National Trust is opening Riversdale for a special event on Saturday 24 October to showcase the exhibition Themore
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Call for expressions of interest The National Trust of Western Australia seeks expressions of interest from a multi-disciplinary team of experienced consultants to design and prepare a staged, costed, actionable interpretation project and manage the implementation of an agreed final scope of work for National Trust owned bushland in themore
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On 31 July 2023 the Sir Henry Park Memorial School of Arts museum and cinema/theatre closed. The closure decision was made by the Tenterfield Shire Council as a result of the difficult economic environment and the Council’s financial position. The Sir Henry Park Memorial School of Arts library and cafémore
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On 31 July 2023 the Sir Henry Park Memorial School of Arts museum and cinema/theatre closed. The closure decision was made by the Tenterfield Shire Council as a result of the difficult economic environment and the Council’s financial position. The Sir Henry Park Memorial School of Arts library and cafémore
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A Voice to Parliament would provide representation and recognition for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Constitution. The Voice was proposed in the Uluru Statement from the Heart (2017), to enable Indigenous communities to help inform policy and legal decisions that impact their lives. The Australian Electoral Commissionmore
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Traditionally dated to 1515, the double portrait of Mary and her second husband, Charles Brandon, had been assumed to date to the year of their marriage. However, new research proposes that the fashions they wear shows the portrait is of a later date, a theory supported by a previously littlemore
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Over the past two school terms, students from five primary schools have been using new technologies to bring the stories of the past to life. The Moonta Mines: The Magic and Mystery of Life on the Mines project has been partly funded through the Moonta Mines Heritage Project Grant andmore
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The Australian Garden History Society and National Trust Tasmania conducted an oral history interview with Clarendon’s neighbour, Neville McKinnell.more
