vic A day to celebrate art at Gulf Station and an opportunity for visitors to see the unique buildings and ground through the eyes of various local and regional artists.more
vic Dromkeen Homestead & Gallery will be hosting an exciting exhibition of the work of 30 established & emerging artists from the Macedon Ranges, on the theme 'The Wonder of Nature' There will be painting, sculpture, weavingmore
nsw 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
wa The Central Greenough Artist in Residence Program, presented by the City of Greater Geraldton and National Trust, provides successful applicants the opportunity to work and live in the Central Greenough historical settlement for a period of one day to four weeks. Artists of all disciplines (including dance, inter-arts, media arts,more
act National Trust Desk Diary 2014 We still have copies of this practical desk diary full of beautiful botanical illustrations contributed by artists from Jenny Phillip’s Botanical Art School. ONLY $5.00! Call 02 6230 0533, come into our office in Civic (Level 1, North Building, Civic Square). more
qld Animals with Attitude, a community art initiative of Currumbin Wildlife Hospital Foundation, was created to inspire and excite the City of Gold Coast with a new population of 30 giant Koalas taking up residence across the City. Between March and May 2015, the colourful and creative, artist-decorated giant Koala sculpturesmore
vic Alice Creswick Alice Creswick lived in The Hawthorns, the oldest house in the eponymous Melbourne suburb, and whose garden once swept down to the scrub along the Yarra River. A vibrant, active, and well-travelled woman, Alice was immortalised by writer Martin Boyd in his 1937 book The Picnic. Just like ‘Aunt Albania’more
vic In June 2015, a beautiful sewing box once owned by Georgiana McCrae of McCrae Homestead, was generously donated to the National Trust by Georgiana’s great, great, great granddaughter. Born in London in 1804, Georgiana was the illegitimate daughter of George Gordon, 5th Duke of Huntley and Jane Graham. From amore
national In this edition of Trust News, National Trust places and programs awarded substantial funding to benefit communities on both sides of the country.more
vic Labassa is an exuberantly ornamented boom-style mansion in the Melbourne suburb of Caulfield. Built for the wealthy and privileged in the nineteenth century, its twentieth century history tells a different story. After Labassa was sold in the late 1900s, the mansion was converted into a tenement house and for themore
nsw History of Anderson’s Mill in Smeaton to be celebrated Coolart Wetland and Homestead in Somers among key properties that are part of the Australian Heritage Festival Australia’s Metabolist connection and a haunted asylum: the 2017 Victorian Australian Heritage Festival Journey back to Chiltern’s rich past Onward Soldiers’ artists more
nsw Surrounded by rugged gorges and mountains, Hill End Historic Site (Hill End) is located in the central west region of NSW in the Northern Tablelands. Despite its industrial history as a gold mining village, today Hill End is characterised by its charm and beauty. Its significance is recognised through statutorymore
nsw Lifetime Achievement Award: Judy Birmingham Judy Birmingham is a distinguished English historical archaeologist, who has been based in Sydney, Australia, for most of her career. In 1961 she joined the staff of the University of Sydney as a lecturer, specialising in Iron Age Cyprus and Anatolia. She was one ofmore
nsw Costume & Textile Collection The unique costume and textile collection housed at Grossmann House is one of Australia’s hidden treasures. With the opening of the property as a museum in 1964, a dedicated group of women from Maitland and the Hunter Region began collecting to furnish the house and preservemore
sa 24 Nov 2024This tour explores sites around the city where heritage places have been carefully adapted to new purposes with an often funky twist. Discover some remarkable transformations of heritage buildings including a former bank, a rogue department store and a building that survived not one but two fires! Whether it’s themoreBook now
