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8 Aug 2023 - 10 Aug 2023Join the National Trust (ACT) tour with Potter Travel for a three-day tour to the Central Coast. On the way to our accommodation in Gosford we visit Harper’s Mansion at Berrima, have lunch in Mittagong and visit the Chocolate & Nougat Factory! On Wednesday we join the mail run onmore
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17 Apr 2023A copy of Max Bourke’s Oration is available here – Max Bourke Oration 20230417. A voice recording is not presently available. About the Inaugural ACT Heritage Oration The annual ACT Heritage Oration has been established by the National Trust (ACT) to celebrate World Heritage Day, which is observed around themoreBook now
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14 May 2023Join us to celebrate the close of the Australian Heritage Festival. Fremantle’s historic Samson House will be open to the public with morning tea, live music and a display of the winning entries in our Heritage in Focus photography competition. It’s also your chance to take a look at themoreBook now
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16 Apr 2023East Perth Cemeteries, on Whadjuk Noongar Country in an area known as Martellup, was the site of the first colonial burial ground in Perth. In 1829 a general cemetery was established, followed by six more of different denominations, plus one for felons, until the closure of the eight cemeteries inmoreBook now
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22 Apr 2023One of the most poignant tales is explored in Woodbridge at War, a 30-minute film about the impact of war on the Harper family. Join us at this special event, run in partnership with the onsite café, Riverside at Woodbridge. View cafe menu options. Tickets include the film screening and anmore
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14 Apr 2023Join us at this special event, run in partnership with the onsite café, Riverside at Woodbridge, especially for the 2023 Australian Heritage Festival. Woodbridge is one of Perth’s most valued heritage places. In addition to its architectural significance it has a rich collection of stories about the people who livedmore
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11 May 2023Both writers share a common theme in their works, with wartime Australia as a backdrop. The INSPIRE Writer in Residence initiative is a partnership between the National Trust of Western Australia and the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries. The initiative offers five emerging or established Western Australian writersmore
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13 Apr 2023Join us to hear about her visit to Ireland to study Irish Country Houses. Sarah will discuss how these houses can help us learn more about heritage places and collections in Western Australia. This event will also celebrate the launch of the Australian Heritage Festival and marks the first Nationalmore
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25 Apr 2023Historic ANZAC Cottage in Mount Hawthorn is so appropriate for ANZAC Day activities and the Sunset Service. The Cottage was built in one day as Western Australia’s first war memorial to those who fought at Gallipoli and as a home for a returned soldier, wounded at the Gallipoli landing. Onmore
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25 Apr 2023They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. (The Ode, from ‘For the Fallen’, a poem by English poet and writer Laurencemore
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10 Apr 2023 - 14 May 2023The Australian Heritage Festival is just 6 weeks away and now you can start searching for events taking place near you. National Trusts around the country connect the nation in a celebration of our heritage with the annual Australian Heritage Festival. This national program of events has become the country’smore
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10 Mar 2023Tom Wilson presents – “Adelaide’s Public Transport Story – with Special Reference to the Eastern Suburbs.” Tom Wilson is a retired State Government public transport planner, having worked in that field for almost 40 years, retiring in 2010. He was born in the late 1940s and, from the timemore
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1 Apr 2023Anthony is returning again to the Historic township of Greenough, located 24 km south of Geraldton (400 km North of Perth) for his annual ghost tour. Greenough was one of the first settlements in Western Australia and there are eleven buildings standing that we can explore. Boasting two churches, amoreBook now
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26 Mar 2023Discover some of the stories of this ancient track that was used for thousands of years before it became the main road for the rural community. We will begin with the modern landscape and move on to explore the remnants of 19th century road construction, and the notorious Flea BogmoreBook now
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18 Mar 2023Join us on our day tour to Adaminaby, a town that was drowned and then revived 11 kilometres away to make way for Australia’s largest reservoir, Lake Eucumbene.Find out how the Snowy Hydro Electric Scheme affected the lives of the people in the old Adaminaby township and surrounding properties andmoreBook now
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12 Feb 2023Friends of ANZAC Cottage are hosting a tour and talk from 4.15 pm and 5.15 pm on Sunday 12 February. On February 12, 1916, over 4,200 people attended an event that still resonates today. It was the building of heritage icon, ANZAC Cottage by volunteers from the Mount Hawthorn community.more
