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21 Jan 2025 - 9 Oct 2025Calling all ghostbusters in training! Children and families are invited to hear stories of spooky happenings experienced by volunteers, staff and guests on this special candlelit ghost tour of Old Government House. During this tour we tell age-appropriate stories and antidotes about eerie incidents and spooky sightings while walking throughmoreBook now
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The NSW Government is calling for your thoughts on a new draft heritage strategy. Share your views by 13 July 2025 and help raise a voice for heritage. more
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16 Mar 2025Discover Hobartville Estate – a substantially intact early colonial homestead group, featuring one of the finest pre-1830 houses in the country; extremely rare for its intact setting, landscape features and outbuildings of various ages, and seldom opened for public viewing. Take this rare opportunity to join a guided tour throughmoreBook now
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On 30 November 2024 the National Trust's Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held at the S.H. Ervin Gallery and the 2025 Board of Directors were elected by National Trust (NSW) members.more
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Media Statement – Millers Point The National Trust is seeking an immediate halt to Government Property NSW’s call “to register your interest in purchasing a Millers Point Property” which is being promoted on the Family and Community Services Website. “The announced proposal to sell 293 properties in Millers Point hasmore
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The National Trust (NSW) has been a leading and supporting voice with other organisations campaigning that the development application only accounts for a token of less than a third of the theatre’s original capacity of 1,923 seats-and no stage or back-of-house facilities whatsoever. “The National Trust welcomes the decision ofmore
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5 Apr 2025 - 31 Aug 2025Uncover the hidden history of Melbourne’s prison burial sites in Bones & Burial Boxes: Digging Up the Past at Prison Burial Sites, a compelling exhibition that reveals the untold stories behind some of the city’s most infamous institutions
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Established in 1945 by Annie Wyatt, the National Trust began with a mission to conserve Sydney’s bushland and historic architecture. Today we are Australia’s leading heritage conservation charity. We care for magnificent gardens, galleries and house museums across New South Wales, while also leading the field in bushland management. Ourmore
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In 1897, John Claud Cox, great grandson to James Cox who built the iconic Clarendon House, inherited the estate after the death of his father. The estate with its proud Georgian architecture and deep colonial roots had long stood as a testament to early European settlement in the region. Bymore
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The ‘Planning the Big Picture for Sydney’ forum will be held at NSW Parliament House on 13 November. It is designed to contribute to wider understandings in the community about the importance of heritage, sustainability and the public good. The Save Sydney Coalition (SSC) says Sydney’s rapid transformation is placingmore
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In the last week, Sydney Morning Herald reporter, Andrew Taylor, wrote a feature that essentially called into question the value of heritage and decisions to list specific places, landscapes or items as being of heritage significance. The National Trust (NSW) Director, Conservation, Graham Quint was interviewed for the feature andmore
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Woodford Academy, the oldest complex of colonial buildings in the Blue Mountains, has undergone important conservation and repairs, thanks to a NSW Government grant for State Heritage Registered properties.more
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16 Jul 2023Illustrated talk. The wreck of Star of Greece on 13 July 1888 was an important event in the history of Port Willunga and, more generally, in the colony of South Australia. It is now 135 years since the vessel sank off Chinaman’s Gully at Port Willunga just 200m from themore
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8 Oct 2023Before he was Australia’s 14th Prime Minister, John Curtin was under the tutelage of none other than Norman Lindsay. Inspired by his early life the National Trust of Western Australia and Writing WA invite emerging and established writers to attend our 2023 Curtin Family Home Lecture: Writing History. Author JosephinemoreBook now
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18 May 2024The National Trust and the Heritage Council of Victoria presents this opportunity for visitors of all ages to immerse themselves in Victoria’s rich history, while exploring the exciting discipline of archaeology.
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Australia’s Heritage at Risk The Chairman of the Australian Council of National Trusts, Dr Graeme Blackman OAM, speaking on behalf of all eight National Trust organisations and their 80 000 members, announced in Melbourne today the top places in Australia nominated as being most at risk under the 2012 ‘Ourmore
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Deborah FitzGerald The National Trust has slammed the WestConnex project as the worst in Australian history as it lays waste to the nation’s most important heritage suburb. The trust has called for the project to be stopped because of the way the demolition of heritage houses in Haberfield has proceeded.more
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STAGE 2 – FIRST CONTACTS Outcomes A student: HT2-3 describes people, events and actions related to world exploration and its effects HT2-4 describes and explains effects of British colonisation in Australia HT2-5 applies skills of historical inquiry and communication Key inquiry questions: Why did people travel from Europe (andmore
