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Your feedback is important As members of the National Trust your feedback is important to us. Please watch the below briefing of the draft 2025-2029 Strategic Plan before completing the short feedback survey. Feedback closes 15 September, 2024. We look forward to sharing the final 2025-2029 Strategic Plan with you.more
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A visit to the charming village of Leura in the Blue Mountains, won’t be complete without seeing Everglades House & Gardens. Drawing from the great traditions of European landscape design and set against a backdrop of World Heritage-listed Australian wilderness, Everglades House & Gardens will charm with its grace andmore
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Built in 1839, Dundullimal Homestead is Australia’s oldest and most refined slab house, featuring architectural detail such as cedar joinery, French doors and cobblestone paved verandahs. Surrounded by centenarian trees, enjoy exploring this beautifully restored and unique connection to our rural past. Dundullimal Homestead is just the place for amore
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This unique house museum located on Awabakal Country, Newcastle, Miss Porter’s House offers a rare insight into the lives of the Porter family who lived in the house from 1910 to 1997, through good times and bad. Step inside the Edwardian terrace to find historic rooms filled with touching stories, plusmore
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Judy Birmingham is a pioneer of Australian historical and industrial archaeology. Alongside her groundbreaking work, she played a pivotal role in the foundation of multiple organisations, including the Australian International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), the National Trust (NSW)’s Industrial Archaeology Committee and the Australian (now Australasian) Society formore
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Our Patron Program continues to bring together philanthropic supporters to celebrate heritage and sustain conservation and advocacy work. Each year, your financial support provides essential untied funds to be used where they’re needed most. Recently, funds raised through the Patron Program have contributed to advocacy work as well as much-neededmore
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One of Victoria’s largest trees, a majestic River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) located near Guildford on the Midland Highway, has been awarded the prestigious title of 2023 Victorian Tree of the Year by the National Trust of Australia (Victoria). Known affectionately as The Big Tree, the tree is estimated tomore
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Congratulations to all winners of 2024 National Trust of Australia (ACT) Heritage Awards. Award winners were announced at an Awards presentation event on Tuesday, 10 September 2024 at Verity Lane Market and were presented by Minister for Heritage, Rebecca Vassarotti MLA. A report of the judges can be found heremore
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Standing on the lands of the Burramattagal people in Harris Park, Experiment Farm Cottage is the fascinating site of Australia’s first convict land grant to James Ruse in 1789. Today, the Indian-style bungalow, built in c1835 by Surgeon John Harris, gracefully sits amongst elegant cottage gardens and is furnished to reflectmore
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Located on the lands of the Burramattagal people, Old Government House offers a memorable day out for groups seeking a special day of history and exploration. Old Government House is the oldest surviving public building in Australia and was built by convicts. It became the decision-making centre of the colony andmore
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This competition is now closed. Thank you to those who entered. The Back to Black exhibition runs from 15 March to 10 November 2024 at Old Government House. Book your tickets here. more
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Meg Stewart is a renowned Australian author, whose parents, artists Douglas Stewart and Margaret Coen, had a long association with Norman Lindsay Gallery in Springwood. Meg’s published books include Autobiography of my Mother, the Dream Life of Harry Moon, Creative Friends and Far from a still life: Margaret Olley. Here,more
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Drawing inspiration from a historic item from the National Trust collection, design students are invited to create a garment or accessory of their own, for the chance to win a cash prize and the unique opportunity to be a part of the new major exhibition, Back to Black. Wearing blackmore
