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Brisbane Square The Threat The construction of a new 36 storey office tower is large scale development that will visually impact the setting of the adjacent state significant Treasury Casino building. Despite the development site and the Treasury Casino not having a common boundary, there is no question thatmore
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CEO Welcome. “I am enthused by the progress National Trust of Australia (Queensland) is making each and every day and I hope in this news, our members will give us some feedback so we can ensure that your membership is relevant. We may survey all members once more beforemore
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ABORIGINAL HERITAGE New for 2020, we’re pleased to announce we are introducing a new award for projects that seek to promote understanding, appreciation, conservation and/or awareness of Aboriginal heritage. More details coming very soon! Adaptive Re-Use For projects that complement and utilise existing heritage fabric, re-purposing and new developmentsmore
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In the days before adequate protection for heritage places was introduced, The National Trust of Australia (Queensland) was once known as the community group who stopped development – their arsenal was picket lines, protests and rallies. Fast forward two decades and Queensland now has statutory heritage registers, a state widemore
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He remained in England when in 1828 his parents with the rest of their family migrated to New South Wales. He was admitted as a student in the Middle Temple, London in March 1829 and called to the Bar on 23 May 1834. In the meantime, as a journalist andmore
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Both quilts are hand pieced and sewn in the English paper template technique. In this technique, fabric pieces are cut to shape slightly larger than a pre-cut paper template, folded over the template, and basted in position. Then the prepared shapes are stitched together at the edges to form amore
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CEO Welcome “We welcomed Richard Ferguson this month in his role as Project Manager, Collections and Interpretation to tour the National Trust of Australia (Queensland) properties across the entire state and refine his plan focussing on the Collections within our owned properties, the recording of the same, their valuation formore
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“The National Trust of Australia (Queensland): Protect, conserve and celebrate Queensland’s environmental, built and cultural heritage” Find out how you can can activate your voice below or download a copy of the NTAQ State Election Priorities document. Following the announcement of the Queensland election for the 25th November 2017,more
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This year’s Australian Heritage Festival visitors were given an insight into our early aviation history when the National Heritage Listed Qantas Hangar ran guided tours for its 95 anniversary. On this day in 1922 Qantas established its first regular passenger air service between Charleville and Cloncurry. The Hangar was themore
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Join our Mailing List Privacy information: Your name and email address are recorded to help us to personalise and send the email. We will never provide the list to other organisations; however, we may promote special offers from other organisations in our eNews. Please see our full Privacy statement formore
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Curriculum aligned programs are available at some of our historic places and the Education Team enthusiastically welcomes school groups. Please complete the Education Enquiry Form below. Your booking enquirymore
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Aboard the Endeavour he charted the east coast of Australia after he was hired in 1766 by the Royal Society to travel to the Pacific Ocean. His mission was to observe and record the transit of Venus across the Sun. After that Cook was ordered to search the south Pacific formore
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Explore Cook’s Queensland museum James Cook was born on October 27, 1728 in Yorkshire. He charted the east coast of Australia after he was hired in 1766 by the Royal Society to travel to the Pacific Ocean. Read more … Moving with the times – events showcase the history ofmore
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Last year’s Australian Heritage Festival featured events that celebrated and remembered the difficulties early settlers faced getting people to all corners of a remote, huge, sparsely populated continent. Railways were established in Australian from the early 1800s and one of the first stations was the Toowoomba railway station on themore
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CEO Welcome “I am pleased to report the audited accounts for the 17/18 Financial Year have been approved by the Board and will be presented at the Annual General Meeting on Friday 16th November to be held in Ipswich. And what a successful year it was – thanks to ourmore
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The Queen’s Wharf precinct has been identified by the Queensland government as a “Priority Development Area” [PDA] – this means it has been identified for accelerated development, with a focus on economic growth. The proposed Queen’s Wharf PDA was declared on November 28, 2014, and went to public notification inmore
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The National Trust of Australia (Queensland) hasn’t activated its “Love Me, Save Me” campaign since the nefarious demolitions of Cloudlands and the Bellevue Hotel in late 1970s and early 1980s. In the face of unrelenting pressure on heritage places, the ongoing threat to landmarks and rising community sentiment for placesmore
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The committee’s role is to assist the National Trust board achieve its objective of being a strong voice for Queensland heritage; and a respected and innovative advocate for Queensland’s natural, built and cultural heritage. The committee’s priorities are to: Advocate for improved legislation, regulation, management, resourcing, protection, celebration and interpretationmore
