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Australian Heritage Festival BY JILLY CLARK, NATIONAL AUSTRALIAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL COORDINATOR
It is with great sadness that the National Trust (NSW) announces that the Australian Heritage Festival has been cancelled for 2020. We have taken this decision in the face of the COVID-19 health emergency and to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the community. We do this with a heavy heart but with the generous support of the Heritage Council of NSW. The theme of this year’s festival was ‘Our Heritage for the Future’. Starting on World Heritage Day, this program is always a wonderful opportunity for communities to bring heritage to life through a variety of events. Last year’s festival was a showcase of more than 750 events and attracted 350,000 people to celebrate and appreciate heritage across Australia. We were so looking forward to this in 2020 and appreciate the tireless dedication and effort from communities, organisations and individuals who create and register events with the festival year-on-year. It is important to recognise the diversity of the heritage events that were planned from 18 April to 19 May 2020. The National Trust (NSW) would like to thank the communities, groups and individuals across the state who created and promoted a wonderful array of events for this year’s Australian Heritage Festival. We have listed these events here in acknowledgment and recognition of your efforts.
Undercover: Hidden Treasures In The Armidale Folk Museum Armidale Folk Museum
Connee Colleen: Queanbeyan Character The Queanbeyan Hive
World War Two: Landing At Lae, New Guinea, 1943 The Municipality Of Lane Cove: 125 Years In The Making Introducing Australian Family History Lane Cove Library
Streambank Workshop 4 Small Bird Habitat The Social Canvas Rose Cottage Picnic Day The Thomas and Jane Rose Family Society Inc.
Walking With The Porters National Trust (NSW) – Miss Porter’s House
Museum Open Day Walcha & District Historical Society Inc.
athurst Heritage Week B Bathurst District Historical Society
Orange Cemetery Walk Orange City Council and Orange & District Historical Society
Blue Mountains History Conference 2020 Blue Mountains Association Of Cultural Heritage Organisations Inc.
Oil, Steam & Kerosene: Family Fun Days Campbelltown Steam and Machinery Museum
Walking On Country - National Youth Week Youth Archaeology Warami Mittigar – Aboriginal Cultural Walk World Heritage Wonders First Contact – The Imbalance Of Power First Contact – Trade, Friendship & Conflict Parramatta Heritage and Visitor Information Centre (City of Parramatta)
Researching Your Family History, Beginners Workshop Cape Banks Family History Society Inc.
Shire Creativity Port Hacking Potters Group
National Trust Heritage Festival Carisbrook Weekend Tea & Tour Carisbrook Historic House
Looking Forward, Looking Back Port Macquarie Museum
Gone – But Not Forgotten? Camden Council Library Services
Walk The Heritage Trails Of Catherine Hill Bay Catherine Hill Bay Progress Association Heritage Day Douglas Vale Historic Homestead and Vineyard Pre-1931 Autumn Tour Dubbo Antique Automobile Club A Silk Road To Sydney: Chinese Embroidery In Australia Embroiderers’ Guild NSW
Heritage Walk In Old Bolwarra Friends of Grossmann House Gore Hill Heritage Festival Walking Tour Gore Hill Memorial Cemetery Steam. It's A Revolution! Goulburn Historic Waterworks Marsden Weir
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Kurnell Village Fair 2020 Kurnell Project Management Inc.
Andrew Brown & Cooerwull From 1824 – Open Day Celebrations National Trust (NSW) – Lithgow Branch
Gore Hill Memorial Cemetery Friends of Gore Hill Cemetery
Munro Memorial Drinking Fountain in Machattie Park, Bathurst, which is the site of the old Bathurst Gaol
The Queen’s Album The Oaks Historical Society Incorporated
Now & Forever: When Disaster Strikes Private Collections Barry O'keefe Library
High Tea At Bella Vista Farm & Bella Vista Farm: Sharing Stories Of Its Past And People Friends of Bella Vista Farm
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Port Kembla Port & Surrounds Heritage Tour Inside Industry
Hunter Baillie Presbyterian Church Heritage Day Hunter Baillie Memorial Presbyterian Church
National Trust (NSW)
The Griffins' Castlecrag Heritage Walk Walter Burley Griffin Society Historical Significant Homes In Willoughby Willoughby City Library Hero Or Zero: Sir Joseph Banks 250th Anniversary Tour Wollongong Botanic Garden – Wollongong City Council ‘World War I Memorials Of Australia' Film Screening Wollongong City Libraries Heritage Futures – The Historic Houses Property Network Local History Session: Searching Trove Local History Walk: Bellevue Hill’s Heritage Woollahra Municipal Council
A River Runs Beside It Raymond Terrace & District Historical Society Inc. Willandra House Open Day Ryde District Historical Society Inc. Look Up! National Trust (NSW) – S.H. Ervin Gallery Remnants National Trust (NSW) – Woodford Academy Performing Arts Heritage Walk Seaborn, Broughton & Walford Foundation
Above Harman, from Sydney Heritage Fleet, is a Royal Australian Navy motor launch built in 1943
History In Action! Sydney Heritage Fleet Sweetness & Light: An Evening Of Sugar And Rum Punch Nightlight Tour – Colonial Food Sydney Living Museums Driving The Past Into The Future The Australian Motorlife Museum
MORE INFORMATION The Australian Heritage Festival is on from 18 April to 19 May every year. We will announce next year’s theme and open for event registrations by October 2020. Follow us on social media and visit the website australianheritagefestival.org.au @HeritageFestAus
Bathurst Heritage Weekend The Australiana Society Yasmar Market Day The Haberfield Association Incorporated
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The Australian Heritage Festival in New South Wales is proudly supported by the NSW Government and the Heritage Council of NSW April – June 2020
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