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Ned Kelly’s Last Stand – Guided Tours

vic 24 May 2025 - 31 Aug 2025
Step behind the walls of Old Melbourne Gaol, where Australia’s most notorious outlaw met his end — and the legend began.
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NSW Schools Reconciliation Challenge Exhibition

nsw 2 Aug 2025 - 31 Aug 2025
Each year the National Trust partners with Reconciliation NSW to tour the student finalists’ works throughout the state, allowing more schools to get involved and showcase their art and writing works. On show at historic Brough House, Reconciliation NSW’s Schools Reconciliation Challenge exhibition is comprised of a variety of impactful
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Western Victoria

act 8 Sep 2025 - 14 Sep 2025
We invite you to join the National Trust (ACT) and Potter Travel for a wonderful trip to explore Western Victoria.  This tour encompasses the wonderful Grampians National Park (hopefully recovering in springtime from the recent bushfires), some homesteads with fascinating stories and gardens, a visit to the Tae Rak Aquaculture
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School Holiday Events & Activities

vic 5 Jul 2025
These school holidays, ignite curiosity and creativity with unforgettable family adventures.
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Dogs Day Out at Norman Lindsay Gallery

nsw 23 Aug 2025
Canines can channel their inner artist with dog paw painting and sit in a photo booth dressed like an artist. There will be a stick and ball library and many other dog-related activities including displays from Springwood Dog Training club. There will also be a Dogs Day Out Talent competition
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Largs Village Heritage Walk

nsw 3 Aug 2025
Sited on one of the most interesting geological and indigenous areas in the Hunter, Largs was home to Wonnarua family groups thousands of years before Europeans, initially cedar getters, arrived. It straddles the boundaries of three of the most important settler Estates in the Hunter (Dunmore, Phoenix Park and Bolwarra).
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Christmas in July at Grossmann and Brough Houses

nsw 13 Jul 2025
Step back in time and see historic Grossmann House dressed for a Victorian Christmas suitable for a merchant’s family. Snap a picture in front of the Christmas Tree and join a guided tour, running on the hour. Hear the joyful sound of carols played on the 1860 harmonium. Take a
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Spring Markets in Miss Traill’s Garden

nsw 19 Oct 2025
Find that something special as you browse a wide variety of local market stalls dotted throughout the beautiful gardens that wrap around this Victorian-era bungalow. Pack a picnic and relax in Miss Traill’s beautiful garden. Enjoy morning and afternoon tea and a sausage sizzle for brunch or lunch. Visitors are
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International Dog Day

nsw 24 Aug 2025
In celebration James Fairfax’s adoration of his dogs, we invite you and your furry friends to join the festivities at historic Retford Park. Activities include free gardens tours for dogs and their humans, competitions, an agility course and demonstrations. Browse a range of stalls selling a variety of dog-related goodies
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Desmond Freeman – New York, New York: Impressions in Ink

nsw 11 Sep 2025 - 12 Oct 2025
Working in pen and ink, Desmond’s pictures include an incredible level of intricate detail. Of particular interest to him are shadows and reflections on glass; sometimes unexpected in tortured planes and weird fragments of what they are reflecting, sometimes half-revealing what is inside. Desmond studied art and design at the
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Spring Plein Air workshop with Corinne Loxton

nsw 13 Sep 2025
Step into a world of inspiration at the iconic Norman Lindsay Garden, where the beauty of nature and art seamlessly come together. In this immersive two-day Plein Air painting workshop, artist Corinne Loxton will lead you in capturing the breathtaking sculptures by Norman Lindsay, set against the backdrop of vibrant
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Regency Day Out – Talks, Picnic and Vintage Markets

nsw 21 Sep 2025
You are cordially invited to join us at an enchanting Regency Day Out this spring. Delight in captivating Regency fashion talks by Dress Historian, Dr Lorinda Cramer and Old Government House’s Assistant Curator, Anna Ridley. Step inside Old Government House for a special viewing of the delicate and rarely seen
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Manly’s Historic Eastern Hill Tour

nsw 9 Sep 2025 - 16 Sep 2025
Meet local historian and Manly enthusiast, Terry Gatward, outside the Manly Town Hall, conveniently located opposite the ferry terminal, for an introduction to the earliest colonial days of Manly. Manly’s Eastern Hill was once a suburb of choice for Sydney’s gentry and businessmen. It still shows signs of some of
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Pressing Desires – The amorous etchings of Norman Lindsay

nsw 20 Mar 2025 - 21 Jul 2025
This captivating exhibition delves into the full range of Norman Lindsay’s etching techniques, covering a pivotal period from 1915 to 1930, widely regarded as the golden age of Lindsay’s pen drawing and printmaking. The show highlights the complexity and precision of his artistic evolution, focusing on his exploration of desire
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House of Ghosts exhibition by Wendy Sharpe

nsw 27 Jul 2025 - 16 Nov 2025
The concept of ghosts and the afterlife appears in almost every culture. House of Ghosts explores the intersection of the real and the imagined – the seen and unseen, Imagined figures, spirits, ghosts, memories of people, or some kind of hallucination. Over 60,000 Australian soldiers were killed during the first
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2025 Portia Geach Memorial Award

nsw 19 Sep 2025 - 31 Oct 2025
First awarded in 1965, the Portia Geach Memorial Award was established by Florence Kate Geach in memory of her sister, artist Portia Geach. As per the direction of the will, the Award is annually presented to an Australian female artist for the best portrait painted from life of a man
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Southern Highlands Botanical Art and Illustration Prize exhibition

nsw 12 Jun 2025 - 6 Jul 2025
A collaboration between CanAssist, the Botanical Art Society of Australia and Retford Park, featuring an annual juried prize and exhibition of competition entries. Described as a liaison between the disciplines of art and science, botanical art aims to capture the essence of the plant; its form, texture and growth habits,
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Unfolding Story

nsw 14 Aug 2025 - 7 Sep 2025
Katherine C Rooney is a contemporary landscape and still life artist based in Sydney. Inspired by the Australian landscape, her artworks are colourful and textured, capturing the changing light and mood of the sky and land with lush layers of acrylic paint. Be it a fleeting colour of the sky,
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Life’s Little Pleasures

nsw 10 Jul 2025 - 10 Aug 2025
Martial is unequivocally, jauntily French – even after almost four decades of living in Australia. His work exhibits all the mores attributed to the French in a dynamic, engaging, wondrous swirl of life well lived. His canvases jump out at you – full of exuberance and literally joie de vivre.
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Olive Festival

sa 12 Oct 2025
Please note this festival has been rescheduled from the 12th of April to the 12th of October 2025   Join us for a celebration of all things olive at the vibrant Olive Festival held at the picturesque Beaumont House! Enjoy a delightful day filled with tastings, cooking demonstrations, artisan market
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Exhibition: Bones & Burial Boxes – Digging Up the Past at Prison Burial Sites

vic 5 Apr 2025 - 31 Aug 2025
Uncover 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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