nt Towards the end of last year, the Darwin City Council’s Karama Library asked the National Trust if a speaker was available to give a talk to the Karama Seniors Group. The suggested topic was on the history of Darwin’s Northern Suburbs. Trevor Menzies, Manager/Curator of Roadmasters House Museum, responded tomore
nt From a relatively quiet start to the Year with a drawn out slow hot not very wet wet season, fires across most of southern Australia and now the whole country and the world in Covid-19 lockdown. The unexpected has been happening, our Trust Properties closed across the Territory mid-March, Festivalsmore
nt POSITION VACANT: Director, National Trust (NT) Location: National Trust (NT), Darwin Term: 2 year contract, part-time (.8 FTE) Package: $99,000 pa (pro rata) plus 9.5% superannuation Responsible to: President of the National Trust (NT) Board Closing date: Monday 16 March 2020 An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and/ormore
nt The Trust year has started off with a successful Goyder’s Day observance on the 5 February under the direction of Trevor Menzies down at Roadmasters House, No 1 McMinn Street! The 12 February marked another farewell as we offered our best wishes to our Director Tim Dixon, with a morning teamore
nt From possibly as early as the 1500s to 1907 fishermen from Makassar would sail with the North-West monsoons to the northern coast of Australia in search of Trepang (Sea Slug) for the lucrative trade with China (generally around December). In some years up to a thousand fishing, praus would descendmore
nt About 30 persons attended the National Trust’s annual Goyder’s Day event at Roadmasters House on 5th February. Goyder’s Day commemorates the arrival of the Northern Territory Survey Expedition under South Australia’s Surveyor-General, George Woodroffe Goyder, to survey land for a settlement that has since evolved into the City of Darwinmore
nt Goyder’s Day South Australia’s Surveyor-General, George Woodroffe Goyder, arrived in Port Darwin on 5th February 1869 with a team of 135 men to survey land for a settlement. His ship Moonta dropped anchor in the harbour that afternoon and Goyder with a small party rowed ashore in a small boatmore
nt 2020 Darwin Heritage Festival Coordinator Great opportunity to deliver the 2020 Darwin Heritage Festival Festival is between 18 April and 19 May 2020 Festival theme is ‘Our Heritage for the Future’ Unleash your creativity, exercise your people and organisational skills, become a part-time festival coordinator. The National Trust (NT)more
nt About 40 Members and Volunteers attended our Christmas party held 6 December at Burnett House. Christmas parties are generally happy occasions but there was also sadness as this was the first Christmas party in recent memory that was not attended by our Territory President, Trevor Horman, but we trust hemore
nt GULF Branch of National Trust NT update for December! 2019 has been a busy year with tourist, locals and local students visiting through-out the year in the Gulf Region! Extending the year with over 13 Outback Tourist Buses coming through caretaker Glen has been kept busy meeting, greeting and settingmore
nt Arafura Music Collective brings Darwin audiences another stunning chamber music performance on Sunday 22 September at the Darwin Entertainment Centre at 8pm. Book now for Love and Dreaming to avoid disappointment! Book Now Love & Dreaming features the Juliet Letters as performed by Elvis Costello and the Brodsky Quartet, with vocalists,more
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nt Rediscovering the Overland Telegraph Line by Earl and Wendy James In 1984, the National Trust NT commissioned three Darwin surveyors to report on the remains of parts of the NT section of the Overland Telegraph Line between Adelaide and Darwin that opened in September 1872. In Darwin, the line joinedmore
nt Northern Territory Council elections 2019 In July, members of the National Trust will be electing five representatives from across the Territory to the Council of the National Trust. At the same time, four representatives from branches will be confirmed in their position as Branch Councillors. You will also need tomore
nt The Festival launch was held on Saturday 6 April. The Town Crier started off proceedings and the festival was officially launched by The Hon. Lauren Moss, Minister for Tourism, Sport & Culture at the Old Timers Museum. The Rotary Club of Stuart put on a delicious BBQ Breakfast. Later that daymore
nt The Heritage Festival is over for another year! Usually held in April, dates were changed this year to 5 May through to 19 May, so as not to run over Easter, Anzac Day and the Arafura Games. The launch took place in Raintree Park with a beautifully restored 1927 Chevymore
nt SPEECH BY HER HONOUR THE HONOURABLE VICKI O’HALLORAN AM ADMINISTRATOR OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY ON THE OCCASION OF THE Barbara James Memorial Lecture Burnett House, Darwin Wednesday 15 May 2019 Introduction Hello and good evening everyone. I acknowledge the Larrakia People – the traditional owners of the beautiful lands andmore
nt Les Hansen House, 11 Stuart Terrace, Alice Springs The National Trust (NT) is looking for reliable tenants to maintain the property and gardens in return for a substantially reduced rent. If you would like any further information or to view the property, please contact David on 0439 803 685. Designedmore
qld National Trust of Australia (Queensland) Advocacy Manager, Jane Alexander, recently spoke to 4BC regarding a proposed apartment tower in Brisbane that will cantilever a late 1800s heritage-listed building. Learn more about this by listening to her interview below: The Courier Mail also covered this issue, read their recent articlemore
nt The National Trusts of Australia comprises eight community-based, non-government, not-for-profit organisations. We are a member-based, not-for-profit charity that represents the interests of more than 80,000 members across Australia. The National Trusts of Australia Federal Election Priorities for Heritage outlines the heritage issues we are advocating for in the 2019 Federalmore
