nt 2020 Darwin Heritage Festival Coordinator Great opportunity to deliver the 2020 Darwin Heritage Festival Festival is between 18 April and 19 May 2020 Festival theme is ‘Our Heritage for the Future’ Unleash your creativity, exercise your people and organisational skills, become a part-time festival coordinator. The National Trust (NT)more
nt About 40 Members and Volunteers attended our Christmas party held 6 December at Burnett House. Christmas parties are generally happy occasions but there was also sadness as this was the first Christmas party in recent memory that was not attended by our Territory President, Trevor Horman, but we trust hemore
nt GULF Branch of National Trust NT update for December! 2019 has been a busy year with tourist, locals and local students visiting through-out the year in the Gulf Region! Extending the year with over 13 Outback Tourist Buses coming through caretaker Glen has been kept busy meeting, greeting and settingmore
nt Arafura Music Collective brings Darwin audiences another stunning chamber music performance on Sunday 22 September at the Darwin Entertainment Centre at 8pm. Book now for Love and Dreaming to avoid disappointment! Book Now Love & Dreaming features the Juliet Letters as performed by Elvis Costello and the Brodsky Quartet, with vocalists,more
nt Rediscovering the Overland Telegraph Line by Earl and Wendy James In 1984, the National Trust NT commissioned three Darwin surveyors to report on the remains of parts of the NT section of the Overland Telegraph Line between Adelaide and Darwin that opened in September 1872. In Darwin, the line joinedmore
nt Northern Territory Council elections 2019 In July, members of the National Trust will be electing five representatives from across the Territory to the Council of the National Trust. At the same time, four representatives from branches will be confirmed in their position as Branch Councillors. You will also need tomore
nt The Festival launch was held on Saturday 6 April. The Town Crier started off proceedings and the festival was officially launched by The Hon. Lauren Moss, Minister for Tourism, Sport & Culture at the Old Timers Museum. The Rotary Club of Stuart put on a delicious BBQ Breakfast. Later that daymore
nt The Heritage Festival is over for another year! Usually held in April, dates were changed this year to 5 May through to 19 May, so as not to run over Easter, Anzac Day and the Arafura Games. The launch took place in Raintree Park with a beautifully restored 1927 Chevymore
nt SPEECH BY HER HONOUR THE HONOURABLE VICKI O’HALLORAN AM ADMINISTRATOR OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY ON THE OCCASION OF THE Barbara James Memorial Lecture Burnett House, Darwin Wednesday 15 May 2019 Introduction Hello and good evening everyone. I acknowledge the Larrakia People – the traditional owners of the beautiful lands andmore
nt Les Hansen House, 11 Stuart Terrace, Alice Springs The National Trust (NT) is looking for reliable tenants to maintain the property and gardens in return for a substantially reduced rent. If you would like any further information or to view the property, please contact David on 0439 803 685. Designedmore
qld National Trust of Australia (Queensland) Advocacy Manager, Jane Alexander, recently spoke to 4BC regarding a proposed apartment tower in Brisbane that will cantilever a late 1800s heritage-listed building. Learn more about this by listening to her interview below: The Courier Mail also covered this issue, read their recent articlemore
nt The National Trusts of Australia comprises eight community-based, non-government, not-for-profit organisations. We are a member-based, not-for-profit charity that represents the interests of more than 80,000 members across Australia. The National Trusts of Australia Federal Election Priorities for Heritage outlines the heritage issues we are advocating for in the 2019 Federalmore
nt Repairs and Maintenance Jones Store Newcastle Waters April 2019. Work undertaken Period 2nd April to 7th April. Estimated Volunteer time 120 hours. While Cyclone Trevor delivered little rain to the Barkly region, it caused strong winds in some areas. The Ablution block at Jones Store was in poor condition withmore
nsw – By Graham Quint, Director, Conservation ABC News recently reported on a NASA led study into the melting of the Western Antarctica Thwaites Glacier, which is twice the size of Tasmania. Scientists have estimated that up to 14 billion tonnes of ice have melted in the past three years leavingmore
nt The National Trust believes that the former Anzac Hill High School must be retained because of its incredible historical importance in Central Australia. The old school was entered on the National Trust’s Register of Significant Places on 8 June 1999. The Statement of Significance in the Register reads: This place marks amore
nt Brenda Shields joined the Council of the National Trust of Australia (NT) on Saturday. The Council is the governing body of the National Trust in the Northern Territory and Mrs Shields will represent the McDouall Stuart Branch, based in Alice Springs. Mrs Shields was born in Alice Springs. Her peoplemore
qld On the 11th anniversary of Australia’s National Apology to the Stolen Generations, the National Trust of Australia (Queensland) nominated Reconciliation Rocks, Cooktown, to Australia’s National Heritage List for its outstanding value to the nation. Our Advocacy Manager Jane Alexander discusses the nomination with ABC Far North – listen here andmore
