wa 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
wa 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
wa 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
wa 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
wa 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
wa 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
sa 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
wa 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
act 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
act 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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wa 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
wa 10 Mar 2023Infrastructure, innovation and a sustainable future for WA 2023 is a special anniversary year for the pipeline, marking 120 years of service. In recognition of this remarkable feat of engineering, the 2023 lecture will be delivered on Friday 10 March by Nicole Lockwood, Chairperson of Infrastructure WA. CY O’Connor shapedmoreBook now
nsw The River: Burramatta to Cockatoo is an exciting new exhibition at Old Government House exploring stories relating to the Parramatta River, from the significance of the area to the Dharug people to its role in feeding a starving colony and a campaign aiming to make its waters swimmable again.more
sa 19 Jan 2025 - 7 Dec 2025Go underground and journey through winding hallways and hidden chambers to discover the stories within and beneath one of Adelaide’s most oldest buildings. Meet some of the colourful characters who shaped South Australia in the building where history was made. From riots to floods to historic reforms the Treasury satmoreBook now
act 26 Feb 2023On this relatively short, but very varied, walk, we will learn about Walter and Marion Griffin’s vision for Canberra, early settlement in the area, railways which came (and went), dairy farms that existed until the 1960s, a community which built its own hall, and the wetlands created when the LakemoreBook now
nsw It’s been 50 years since the National Trust (NSW) began caring for the Norman Lindsay Gallery at Faulconbridge. Helen Glad, art historian and grand-daughter to Norman Lindsay, reflects on its acquisition and the crucial role members have played in funding essential work to conserve his legacy.more
