# National Trust

> The National Trusts are Australia’s leading conservation organisations\. Our mission, which started with the conservation of historic Sydney architecture, has grown to include natural, Indigenous and cultural heritage in every state and territory\.

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## Pages
- [Donate to the National Trust](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/donate-nsw/)
- [2026 National Trust ACT Heritage Awards \- Finalists](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/2026-national-trust-act-heritage-awards-2/)
- [Seasons Greetings: Christmas at Como House](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/christmasatcomo/)
- [Donate to the 2026 Artwork Appeal](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/donate-appeal-nsw/)
- [Geelong \& Region Branch](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/branches-vic/geelong-region-branch/)

## Posts
- [Remembering Wendy May James OAM: A Life of History, Knowledge and Kindness](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/remembering-wendy-may-james-oam-a-life-of-history-knowledge-and-kindness/)
- [Moonta Mines Walking Trails](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/moonta-mines-walking-trails/)

## Places
- [Saumarez Homestead](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/places/saumarez-homestead/): The two storey, 30 room Edwardian mansion is the jewel of Saumarez\. 
- [Harper's Mansion](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/places/harpers-mansion/): A 19th century mansion in Berrima only recently restored to its former glory\.
- [York Courthouse Complex \*temporarily closed\*](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/places/york-courthouse-complex/): The York Courthouse Complex tells the intriguing story of country policing from the days of the first convicts to the late twentieth century\. 
- [Retford Park](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/places/retford-park/): A Southern Highlands must\-see with beautiful gardens surrounding a Victorian Italianate homestead\.
- [Beaumont House](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/places/beaumont-house/): The house is a distinctive Mediterranean character, open brickwork parapet in soft terracotta colours\.

## Exhibitions
- [My Day of Days: Exhibition Guide](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/exhibitions/my-day-of-days-exhibition-guide/)
- [Saumarez Homestead Virtual Exhibitions](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/exhibitions/virtual-exhibitions/)
- [75th Anniversary Exhibition](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/exhibitions/75th-anniversary/)
- [Nocturne Saumarez Exhibition](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/exhibitions/nocturne-saumarez-exhibition/)
- [Saumarez Homestead Plans by J W Pender](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/exhibitions/saumarez-homestead-plans-by-j-w-pender/)

## News
- [Emergency Measures on Environmental Planning and Assessment Act: What You Need To Know](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/news/nsw-gov-planning-covid-response/): The COVID\-19 Legislation Amendment \(Emergency Measures\) Act 2020 commenced on 25 March 2020\. The Act introduced a broad range of public health and emergency response powers to enable the NSW Government to respond to public health emergencies during COVID\-19\. These powers have already resulted in changes to the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act and the Act’s Regulations\.
- [The National Trust \(NSW\) announces new Director, Conservation, as Graham Quint retires after 40 years](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/news/the-national-trust-nsw-announces-new-director-conservation-as-graham-quint-retires-after-40-years/): David Burdon has been announced as the new Director, Conservation, at the National Trust \(NSW\) following Graham Quint’s retirement after 40 years of service at the heritage conservation charity\. Graham Quint commenced at the National Trust in 1980 and fulfilled numerous roles before leading advocacy\. 
- [National Trust \(NSW\) launches Powerhouse Museum Survey](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/news/national-trust-nsw-launches-powerhouse-museum-survey/): The Powerhouse Museum at Ultimo, Sydney, is not on the State Heritage Register\. Understanding its heritage significance and value to the community may get it there – so the National Trust \(NSW\) is asking people to share their views\.
- [The National Trust \(NSW\) Celebrates its 75th Anniversary Today](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/news/the-national-trust-nsw-celebrates-its-75th-anniversary-today/): The National Trust of Australia \(NSW\) is celebrating its 75th Anniversary today\. Australia’s oldest conservation charity committed to the preservation, education and interpretation, and protection of our built, natural and cultural heritage\. The National Trust was officially founded in New South Wales on 6 April 1945\. 
- [A Powerhouse on Heritage](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/news/a-powerhouse-on-heritage/): Cheryl Bates joined the National Trust in 1983 and became an Executive Committee member of the Parramatta Regional Branch in 2010\. Today, she is an influential voice on heritage to local Government, on regional State Heritage Listings and in harnessing the community movement with affiliated organisations and groups\.

## Collections
- [Heritage Futures Creative Response Competition Gallery](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/collections/heritage-futures-creative-response-competition-gallery/): Join in the celebration by discovering entries to our Heritage Futures creative response competition\.
- [In Love with Our Local](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/collections/in-love-with-our-local/): Ripponlea Estate is 500m from our residence and we like to pretend that is our backyard\!
- [The National Trust oral history project](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/collections/the-national-trust-oral-history-project/): Explore the new project that is recording the significant voices of heritage conservation in NSW\.  
- [Seeing the Future \(Example Entry\)](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/collections/seeing-the-future/): A poem developed in response to the Poetry Workshop \- Writing to our Futures at Rippon Lea by es foong\.
- [Bunurong Cultural Ecology \(Example Entry\)](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/collections/bunurong-cultural-ecology-example-entry/)

## Initiatives
- [Branch Project: Ballarat Railway Station](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/initiatives/branch-project-ballarat-railway-station/)
- [Branch Project: The Cast Iron of Ballarat](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/initiatives/branch-project-cast-iron-ballarat/)
- [Branch Project: Hepburn Graves](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/initiatives/branch-project-hepburn-graves/)
- [Conservation Appeals](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/initiatives/appeals-sa/)
- [Restoration Appeals](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/initiatives/external-appeals/)

## Publications
- [National Trust NSW Magazine \- June \- September 2026](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/publications/national-trust-nsw-magazine-june-september-2026/): In this issue we celebrate the winners of the 2026 National Trust \(NSW\) Heritage Awards, explore the remarkable history of Lindesay and discover the enduring beauty of National Trust gardens\.
- [National Trust NSW Magazine – February \- May 2026](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/publications/national-trust-nsw-magazine-february-may-2026/): We unveil a major revitalisation project at Saumarez Homestead, explore the history of the state's oldest wine region and unravel a mystery of missing textiles at Retford Park\.
- [Paddy Fitzgerald](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/publications/paddy-fitzgerald/)
- [Pintubi – First Nation's people, first contact](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/publications/pintubi-first-nations-people-first-contact/)
- [National Trust \(NSW\) Impact Report 2024/2025](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/publications/national-trust-nsw-impact-report-2024-2025/): The remarkable generosity of members, donors, trusts, foundations and bequestors helped us care for and protect the heritage of NSW, now and into the future\.

## Services
- [National Trust of Australia \(NSW\) Butler Bequest Grants](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/services/national-trust-of-australia-nsw-butler-bequest-grants/): The National Trust of Australia \(NSW\) administers the Paul William Butler Bequest, which has been set up to promote vintage and veteran cars\. 
- [Meet the team](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/services/bushland-management/meet-the-team/): With over 60 qualified employees with a diverse skill set, the National Trust’s Bushland Management Services \(BMS\) can offer a bespoke approach for each individual project\.
- [National Trust Register](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/services/trust-register-nsw/): The National Trust \(NSW\) maintains one of the most comprehensive heritage registers in New South Wales\. We list landscapes, buildings, townscapes, cemeteries and many other culturally significant places that are worthy of conservation\.
- [Restoration Appeals](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/services/tax-deductible-appeals/)
- [National Trust Heritage Register](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/services/heritage-register-vic/): The National Trust Heritage Register covers all types of cultural and natural heritage in Victoria\.

## Education Programs
- [Education Program \- Booking Request](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/educationprograms/education-bookings-for-victoria/)
- [Term 4 days out at the National Trust](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/educationprograms/term-4-days-out-at-the-national-trust/)
- [Franklin House](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/educationprograms/franklin-house/): A school excursion at Franklin House on the outskirts of Launceston is something special for all school age children\!
- [School Tours at Hobart Penitentiary Chapel](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/educationprograms/penitentiary-chapel-historic-site/)
- [Justice Served?](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/educationprograms/justice-served/): Explore the crime, investigation, and wrongful conviction that led to Australia's first and only posthumous pardon of a judicially executed person\. 

## Blogs
- [The National Trust's best picnic spots](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/blog/the-national-trusts-best-picnic-spots/)
- [Heritage in an age of activism](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/blog/heritage-in-an-age-of-activism/)
- [Heritage in a bottle](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/blog/heritage-in-a-bottle/)
- [Protecting Victoria's Living Heritage Through the Significant Tree Register](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/blog/protecting-victorias-living-heritage-through-the-significant-tree-register/)
- [A garden for all seasons](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/blog/a-garden-for-all-seasons/)

## Events
- [Vivid Sydney Harbour Cruise](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/event/vivid-sydney-harbour-cruise-2027/)
- [Leura Shakespeare Festival \(postponed\)](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/event/leura-shakespeare-festival-postponed/)
- [National Trust \(NSW\) Annual General Meeting 2026](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/event/nsw-agm-2026/)
- [Ghosts\! What Ghosts? Night Tour at Old Melbourne Gaol](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/event/ghost-what-ghosts-tour-at-old-melbourne-gaol/): Brace yourself for decades worth of bone\-strumming tales of unexplained sights, sounds and encounters after dark at the Old Melbourne Gaol\. Not for the faint of heart\.
- [Polly Woodside Pirate Day](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/event/polly-woodside-pirate-day/): Come along and experience the Pirate Life aboard Polly Woodside

## Popups
- [NTV Email Subscribe\.](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/?post_type=popup&p=117530)
- [SA What's On](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/?post_type=popup&p=139096)
- [NTAV Property Closure Ribbon \(Chiltern\)](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/?post_type=popup&p=131488)
- [Sign Up to our What's On](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/?post_type=popup&p=121374)
- [NTAV Property Closure Ribbon \(Geelong/Barwon\)](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/?post_type=popup&p=131481)

## Popup Themes
- [Default Theme \(Vic\)](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/?post_type=popup_theme&p=131605)
- [NTAV Property Closure Ribbon](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/?post_type=popup_theme&p=131478)
- [Default Theme](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/?post_type=popup_theme&p=108716)
- [Floating Bar \- Soft Blue](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/?post_type=popup_theme&p=108722)
- [Content Only \- For use with page builders or block editor](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/?post_type=popup_theme&p=108723)

## Categories
- [Uncategorized](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/category/uncategorized)
- [Heritage Updates](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/category/hertiage-updates)
- [Your Stories](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/category/your-stories)
- [Conservation Projects](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/category/conservation-projects)

## Venues
- [Old Melbourne Gaol](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/events/venues/old-melbourne-gaol)

## Place Types
- [Galleries \& Museums](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore/?content=places&place_type=galleries-museums)
- [Venue For Hire](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore/?content=places&place_type=venue-for-hire)
- [Mid 19th Century](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore/?content=places&place_type=mid-19th-century)
- [Gardens](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore/?content=places&place_type=gardens)
- [Late 19th Century](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore/?content=places&place_type=late-19th-century)

## Exhibition Types
- [Military](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore/?content=exhibitions&exhibition_type=military)

## Education Program Types
- [History](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore/?content=educationprograms&education_type=history)
- [Education VIC](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore/?content=educationprograms&education_type=education-vic)
- [HSIE](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore/?content=educationprograms&education_type=hsie)
- [Creative Arts](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore/?content=educationprograms&education_type=creative-arts)
- [Visual Arts](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore/?content=educationprograms&education_type=visual-arts)

## Collection Types
- [Artefacts](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore/?content=collections&collection_type=artefacts)
- [Photographs](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore/?content=collections&collection_type=photographs)
- [Fashion](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore/?content=collections&collection_type=fashion)
- [Paintings](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore/?content=collections&collection_type=paintings)
- [Furniture](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore/?content=collections&collection_type=furniture)

## News Types
- [Events](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore/?content=news&news_type=events)
- [Advocacy](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore/?content=news&news_type=advocacy)
- [Places](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore/?content=news&news_type=places)
- [announcement](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore/?content=news&news_type=announcement)
- [The National Trust \(NSW\)](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore/?content=news&news_type=the-national-trust-nsw)

## Initiative Types
- [Advocacy](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore/?content=initiatives&initiative_type=advocacy)
- [Projects](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore/?content=initiatives&initiative_type=projects)
- [Campaigns](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore/?content=initiatives&initiative_type=campaigns)
- [Policies](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore/?content=initiatives&initiative_type=policies)
- [Listings](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore/?content=initiatives&initiative_type=listings)

## Publication Types
- [Magazines](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore/?content=publications&publication_type=magazines)
- [Publication](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore/?content=publications&publication_type=publication)
- [Magazine](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore/?content=publications&publication_type=magazine)
- [Technical Bulletin](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore/?content=publications&publication_type=technical-bulletin)
- [Submissions](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore/?content=publications&publication_type=submissions)

## Service Types
- [Advocacy](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore/?content=services&service_type=advocacy)
- [register](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore/?content=services&service_type=register)

## Target Ages
- [Year 5](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/target_age/year-5)
- [Year 6](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/target_age/year-6)
- [Year 3](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/target_age/year-3)
- [Year 4](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/target_age/year-4)
- [Year 2](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/target_age/year-2)

## States
- [NSW](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/state/nsw)
- [VIC](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/state/vic)
- [SA](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/state/sa)
- [WA](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/state/wa)
- [ACT](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/state/act)

## Event Types
- [Members](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore?content=event&event_type=members)
- [walking tour](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore?content=event&event_type=walking-tour)
- [history](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore?content=event&event_type=history)
- [High Tea](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore?content=event&event_type=high-tea)
- [Event](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/explore?content=event&event_type=event)

## Blog Types
- [Stories](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/blog_type/stories)
- [Advocacy](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/blog_type/advocacy)
- [See \& Do](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/blog_type/seeanddo)
- [Conservation](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/blog_type/conservation)
- [Collections](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/blog_type/collections)

## Optional
- [Sitemap index](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/sitemap_index.xml)