The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and Mornington Peninsula Shire, are proud to present the Mornington Peninsula Heritage Awards 2018 to recognise those in our community who have demonstrated excellence in retention, restoration, enhancement, interpretation, reuse of our heritage places and new work responsive to heritage places.
Our heritage includes public and private places, buildings, gardens and objects. Heritage places are an integral part of the Mornington Peninsula community and the Mornington Peninsula Heritage Awards highlight our commitment to celebrate and promote our heritage.
The aims of the awards are to recognize excellence in heritage conservation and to encourage community awareness of our heritage.
The awards are open to domestic and commercial projects, from both government and non-government sectors.
Category: Restoration of a Heritage Place.
Awarded to Victoria Grounds. Research into the original design, built in 1937, to source authentic replacement materials for remedial, structural and conservation works to restore the building to habitable standard from a derelict state.
Category: Restoration of a Heritage Place & Heritage Trade Skills.
The Briars Laundry & Apple Store
Awarded to: Rebecca Levy – Briars Manager and Michael Wortley – Antique Brick Expertise.
Extensive structural and conservation works for the restoration of the laundry and apple store.
Category: Restoration of a Heritage Place & Heritage Trade Skills.
Awarded to Steve Hofer – Architect, responsible for restoration procedure; Geoff Morgan – MPS Project Manager; John James Jovan – Building Services.
Completion of stage iv of the conservation management plan.
Category: Restoration of a Heritage Place & Heritage Trade Skills.
Awarded to John Hedley – Apex Roofing and David Watts – Owner.
Replacement of existing low pitch slate roof using Canadian slate to ensure a match close to original.
Category: Restoration of a Heritage Place & Heritage Trades Skills.
Awarded to: Sonya Bunting & Ian Hamilton – Owners; Dave Thomas – Plastering.
Extensive restoration using best practice and meticulous attention to detail in the conservation of the 1890s house.
Category: Creative Re-use of a Heritage Place.
Awarded to the Lions Club of McCrae, Colin Blythe – President.
Installation of a computerised lighting system enabling the decommissioned 1854 lighthouse to a new community use.
Category: Conservation of a Heritage Place
Awarded to: Cameron Brown – Save Tootgarook Swamp.
Excellence in ongoing preservation and conservation works throughout the wetlands in capel sound.
Category: Conservation of a Heritage Place.
Awarded to: Rotary Club of Mount Eliza – Malcolm Hull & Hanne Falkiner.
Revegetation program to install advance size trees and tube stock shrubs to enhance depleted areas of the reserve in Mount Eliza.
Category: Excellence in Interpretive Signage.
Awarded to Ranelagh Residents Association – Signage and seating throughout estate.
Provision of seating and signage portraying historical information relevant to the development of the Ranelagh estate.
Category: Individual Award.
Awarded to Paul Pingiaro of Mornington Boat Hire.
Contribution to the continuation of a traditional historic service to the Mornington district.
