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he first time most people come to understand Australian history is through their own. As children, we learn our family’s stories. We gain insight and a sense of belonging by knowing where we come from. I think the heritage of our nation brings us together just as our family histories do: it gives Australians a deeper understanding of ourselves and our place in the world.

It can inspire, thrill, dismay, sadden, make us think and even make us laugh.

My challenge to you is to find what connections you can make between your family history and places in our National Heritage List. Maybe a relative was held in quarantine at Sydney’s North Head; was sent to Tasmania’s Cascade Female Factory; worked at South Australia’s Burra and Moonta copper mines; passed through Bonegilla Migrant Camp in Victoria; or is commemorated on the Roll of Honour at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. Or perhaps your heritage on this continent goes back even further, to ancestral lands and practices on Western Australia’s Dampier Archipelago, the Wet Tropics of Queensland or the Northern Territory’s Kakadu. Share a photo on Facebook or Instagram — using the hashtag #OzHeritage — that shows your family’s place in the making of Australia.

Heritage is about people as much as about places and, as Chair of the Australian Heritage Council, I have the privilege of working with a group of people who are deeply committed to keeping our heritage alive. Members of the Council are appointed for their substantial expertise in Indigenous, natural and historic heritage, with the current membership comprising Ms Rachel Perkins, Dr Lyndon Ormond-Parker, Dr Steve Morton, Dr Jennie Whinam, Dr Jane Harrington and Associate Professor Don Garden OAM. The Council is the principal adviser to the Minister for the Environment on heritage matters, assessing nominations for the National Heritage List and Commonwealth Heritage List. In recent years, the Council has been instrumental in new listings, including Melbourne’s Domain Parkland and Memorial Precinct, the Snowy Mountains Scheme, and the Burke, Wills, King and Yandruwandha National Heritage Place.

The Council has driven the rollout of the Australian Heritage Strategy, prioritised identification and recognition of Indigenous cultural values and shared our nation’s story with all Australians. It has been a productive and powerful force for heritage conservation in this country and in September it will hold its 100th meeting. I look forward to continuing to work productively with heritage organisations including the National Trust, to identify, protect and conserve our most important heritage sites.

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The Hon. David Kemp AC Chair of the Australian Heritage Council

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The garden that surrounds Beaumont House in South Australia has been planted to survive the harsh dry summer that’s a feature of Adelaide’s Mediterranean climate. Wander through some spectacular National Trust gardens on page 60.

Contributors

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Jennifer Stackhouse

Lauren Sams

This former editor of ABC Gardening Australia magazine says it was her lifelong passion for plants and gardens as well as our built heritage that led her to move to a small rural property in northwest Tasmania. She loves the rural Tasmanian life and enjoys the profusion of ornamental and edible plants in her rambling garden, which includes a small orchard that’s home to her bees. The move also brought her in contact with the legacy of Dame Enid Lyons’s garden at Home Hill in Devonport, which she has championed with the Australian Garden History Society. Read this story on page 68 and her roundup of gardens at Trust properties on page 60.

Lauren Sams is the author of two books, She’s Having Her Baby and Crazy Busy Guilty. She is the features director at ELLE Australia and has written for The Sydney Morning Herald, marie claire, Good Food, Cosmopolitan, homelife.com.au and more. She majored in history at the University of Sydney and has a passion for the past. When this Sydney resident is not writing, she is reading — often to her two young children. Sams was excited to write a story for this issue about the 100th anniversary of the publication of one of her family’s favourite books, The Magic Pudding, in the feature on page 14.

Patron His Excellency General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd) Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia Editor Victoria Carey Creative director Jill Henderson Subeditors Melody Lord, Jennifer Stackhouse Writers Hilary Burden, Paul Guerin, Dr Darren Peacock, Christine Reid, Lauren Sams, Jennifer Stackhouse, Jane Watters Photographers Brigid Arnott, Anthony Basheer, Anne Brake, Marnie Hawson, Kara Rosenlund, Gary Peters, Claire Takacs, Michael Wee Calendar and news editor Melody Lord

I CAN’T IGNORE THOSE three alongside this column. My father loved telling me about them when I was a child — I think everyone must have read a ‘slice’ of the adventures of Bunyip Bluegum, Bill Barnacle, Sam Sawnoff and Albert the pudding. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of Norman Lindsay’s The Magic Pudding, so it’s definitely a good time to make the journey to the author’s sandstone house at Faulconbridge in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales.

There are many great events happening in National Trust properties over the next couple of months so it is a good time to plan a roadtrip. Be inspired —I know I was — by gardening writer Jennifer Stackhouse’s roundup of gardens on page 60, where you can visit and soak in history tinged with the scent and sounds of spring and summer.

In this issue we talk to Luther Cora, who belongs to the Yugambeh language group on the Gold Coast. This inspiring Indigenous man, who does a show with his family at the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, shares his thoughts on how we can move forward: “Education is the key. Making people aware of Indigenous culture and Australia’s history, and making sure it is taught correctly and inclusively.” Turn to page 76 for the full interview.

Queen Victoria Market has become the 114th place to join National Heritage List.

I have spent many early mornings there, shopping for produce, and it really does give a rich insight into Melbourne’s cultural life. What I didn’t know at the time was that it is built partly on the site of the city’s first cemetery! Learn more about this fascinating place on page 80.

Enjoy the issue, Victoria Carey Editor

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Originally built in the 1830s as a coaching inn, Riversdale house is surrounded by well-established gardens featuring ancient trees and heritage roses.

The former home of the Twynam family is now providing exciting opportunities for a new generation of volunteers. See the story on page 20.

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TRUST THE NAT IONAL T RUS TS OF AUS TR ALIA magazine

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VISIT THE RESTORED COLONIAL GARDEN at Goulburn’s Riversdale Homestead

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QUEEN VICTORIA MARKET joins the National Heritage List

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COVER STORY Visit Goulburn’s Riversdale for the Rare Plants and Growers Garden Fair on November 4th.

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Writer HILARY BURDEN Photographer KARA ROSENLUND

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THE GREAT OUTDOORS National Trust places to see.

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A FASHIONABLE ADDRESS Como is a focal point for the costume collections of the National Trust of Australia (Victoria).

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WHERE HISTORY HAPPENED A remarkable place, Broken Hill has contributed much to modern Australia.

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ARTISTIC SPIRIT Evelyn Chapman was one of the first female artists to depict the battlefields of World War I.

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TREES OF KNOWLEDGE The National Trust Register of Significant Trees has a champion in Dr Greg Moore OAM.

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MEETING THE STORYTELLER Luther Cora is an Indigenous performer at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, educating visitors about Australia’s vibrant living culture.

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A NEW LIFE Stay in luxury in the former shearers’ quarters at Tamworth’s Goonoo Goonoo Station ­— a winner in the 2018 Heritage Awards held by the National Trust of Australia (NSW).

Gardens 60 ESCAPE OUTSIDE With warmer weather upon us, it’s time to enjoy a walk in a National Trust garden near you.

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PLANTS THAT TELL A STORY Dame Enid Lyons charmed listeners with cosy tales of her home and garden in her radio show.

QUEEN VICTORIA MARKET Discover the newest addition to the National Heritage List.

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THE MAGIC PUDDING TURNS 100 Norman Lindsay’s tale of a pudding and his protectors is still delighting kids.

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PRISONERS OF WAR The history of ‘enemy aliens’ reveals moments of human resilience and tragedy.

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PRESERVING THE PAST The hunt is on to award Australia’s best at the Australian Festival of Marmalade.

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INTO THE FUTURE Looking ahead for Riversdale, near Goulburn in New South Wales.

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GOLDEN YEARS The National Trust of Western Australia has spent 50 years caring for Woodbridge.

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MEMBERSHIP How to become a National Trust member.

Discover more about the benefits of membership by going to nationaltrust.org.au/membership.

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NEWS & EVENTS Your guide to keeping in touch with what the National Trust is doing around the country.

102 LAST WORD: GOLDEN PIPELINE Bringing water to Kalgoorlie and the wheat belt was a feat of engineering.

SPECIAL NOTE: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that pages in this issue may contain images of, and written references to, people who have died.

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PEOPLE Evelyn Chapman in 1919, unknown photographer. Collection: Australian War Memorial. OPPOSITE PAGE: Ruined church in Villers-Bretonneux

by Evelyn Chapman c.1920; oil on thick grey card. Private Collection.

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EVELYN CHAPMAN, one of the first female artists to visit and DEPICT the battlefields of the Western Front of World War I, has been memorialised with an ART PRIZE at the S.H. Ervin Gallery in Sydney. writer JANE WATTERS ISSUE 6 2018 / T R U S T

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orn in Sydney in October 1888, Evelyn Chapman was the only child of Francis and Grace Chapman. In 1906 she began to study with Antonio Dattilo Rubbo, the charismatic teacher of the Sydney Moderns, and spent four years learning to explore colour and light, using simplified forms and flattened pictorial space in her work. Chapman excelled and in 1909 won first prize in the Royal Art Society’s student drawing competition. In 1911 she painted a portrait of Dattilo Rubbo that was later purchased by the Art Gallery of NSW. Her work during this period was mainly focused on portraiture and figure studies and she was acclaimed by her contemporaries.

Chapman went to Europe in 1911, where she studied at the celebrated Académie Julian in Paris under Lucien Simon. In 1914 she returned briefly to Sydney. During World War I she lived in Britain and continued her studies, this time under Lucy Kemp-Welch at the Bushey School of Painting in Hertfordshire.

In 1919, following the cessation of hostilities, Chapman was in France near Villers-Bretonneux with her father, who was attached to the New Zealand War Graves Commission.

While he was reclaiming and reburying the bodies of New Zealand soldiers, Chapman painted a series of works depicting battlefield ruins. Her portrayal of the devastation, which has since been restored, resonates with echoes of the destructive forces of war.

Women were not included in the official Australian war artist program — it was reserved for servicemen — so she became the first female artist to depict the devastated fields and towns of the Western Front.

In 1920 she visited Bruges and sketched scenic views.

That year three of her works were hung in the Salon des Beaux Arts, Paris, and a further three were included the following year.

At the end of 1920 Chapman briefly revisited Australia. She returned to London and in 1925 married the composer and organist Dr George Thalben-Ball, who insisted that she give up her painting. She retired, but espoused art education and practice, particularly in her daughter. She revisited Australia in 1960 and died in 1961 following her return to London.

Pamela Thalben-Ball (1927–2012) was the only child of Evelyn Chapman and George Thalben-Ball.

She studied art at the Heatherley School of Fine Art in London between 1946 and 1950. An ‘artist of independent means’, she travelled through Spain and made yearly visits to Italy before visiting Australia for the first time in 1960.

The following year, after her mother died, she settled in Australia, and lived on Sydney’s northern beaches from 1977.

Thalben-Ball was a traditional painter in oils and pastels, preferring portraits, equestrian studies and landscapes. Her paintings have been exhibited in the Archibald Prize, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, the Portia Geach Memorial Award (also administered by the S.H. Ervin Gallery) and she exhibited works with all of the leading art societies in London, including the Royal Academy.

Following Thalben-Ball’s death in 2012, her will revealed the legacy that memorialises her mother with this new award. Her trustee, Perpetual, approached the National Trust to administer the award on their behalf. The inaugural winner is to be announced in October 2018, 130 years after the birth of Evelyn Chapman.

Jane Watters is the Director of the S.H. Ervin Gallery.

THE EVELYN CHAPMAN ART AWARD The S.H. Ervin Gallery in Sydney, on behalf of the Perpetual Trustee, is launching an exciting new opportunity for Australian painters under the age of 45. The Evelyn Chapman Trust, established by Chapman’s daughter, the late Pamela Thalben-Ball, will award a scholarship of $50,000, which is intended to cover costs for up to two years of studying at a recognised and well-established art school or organisation approved by the Trustee, overseas or within Australia.

The aim of the biennial scholarship is to “engender the encouragement, development and rewarding of artistic skill,

through furthering the training and knowledge and skills of Australian painters”.

The recipient will be able to further their art education by using the scholarship overseas or in Australia, at a recognised and well-established art school or work at an organisation on a program or project that enhances the artist’s artistic skills. The award is open to painters, male or female, under the age of 45 who may submit up to three works — portrait, landscape or still-life, or a combination of the three — painted in oil or tempera. For futher information, visit shervingallery.com.au/ whats-on/evelyn-chapman-art-award-2018/

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THIS PAGE: Evelyn Chapman c.1920, unknown photographer. Collection: Evelyn Chapman archive, Art Gallery of New South Wales.

OPPOSITE PAGE: An early photograph of Chapman at her easel.

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THE MAGIC PUDDING TURNS 100 NORMAN LINDSAY’S tale of a pudding and his protectors is STILL DELIGHTING KIDS a century after it was first published — and it’s regular bedside reading at author LAUREN SAMS’s house.

BOOKS OPPOSITE: “He took the Puddin’s hand, Sam took the other, and they all set off along the road.” THIS PAGE: The book has never been out of print since 1918.

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hen Norman Lindsay first wrote The Magic Pudding — arguably the work he’s best known for now — he described it as a “little bundle of piffle”. Of course, nobody remembers that note of humility when they’re reading this Australian classic to their children. I’ve read it to mine so many times I’ve lost count and, to their rapt imaginations, it’s no “bundle of piffle”. It’s funny, sly and, like the best kids’ books, firmly rooted in the silly and slapstick.

The book was written both to settle a bet with a friend, literary and art critic Bertram Stevens, and to distract himself from the devastation of World War I. Stevens claimed that children wanted to read fairy stories, while Lindsay countered that kids were more interested in food and their stomachs. Even so, Lindsay famously underestimated the book that this year celebrates its 100th birthday. A true Australian children’s classic, the book’s influence on subsequent children’s literature is both clear and broad.

The story, in case it’s been a while since you sat down with Bunyip Bluegum, Sam Sawnoff and Bill Barnacle, is essentially

a buddy road trip: Bunyip is a koala who longs to escape his home, where he lives with his miserable uncle. He runs away and, true to the impetuous nature of youth, almost immediately regrets his decision because he’s starved. He comes upon Sam, a penguin, and Bill, a sailor, who — as luck would have it — are busy tucking into a steak-and-kidney pudding which happens to be both delicious and magic; every time it is eaten, it can magically regenerate. The pudding, named Albert (as all puddings should be named, really) is a cantankerous creature, happy only when he is being devoured.

The trio — Bill, Sam and Bunyip — become fast friends and Bill and Sam soon invite Bunyip to join the Noble Society of Puddin’-Owners.

They set off on the road together, eventually heading to the town of Tooraloo. But news of the magic pudding travels fast, and soon the three are fighting off thieves and kookaburras and even the law itself, after Albert pinches the bottom of the mayor of Tooraloo.

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THIS PAGE: “The picture ... saves the trouble of explaining how they built it, and what a splendid house it is.”

OPPOSITE: “Am I right in supposing that this is a steak-and-kidney pudding?”

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For fans like my children, ACCOLADES AND PRAISE are nice, but hardly important: the true strength of the BOOK’S CHARACTER is simply that it has stood the test of time.

Lindsay’s influence on children’s literature can be seen and felt most often in the works of authors like Roald Dahl and J.K. Rowling: the plots are both classic and subversive, the language age-appropriate but fantastical, the illustrations both lifelike and hyperreal. And as in all the best children’s stories, there is humour for the adults and kids alike: a crucial component for parents who do the reading.

The Magic Pudding has never been out of print in Australia, and has been published in nine different languages, some of which include Japanese, Korean, German, Spanish and Portuguese. Over the years, the story has been serialised in school magazines and adapted for radio and marionette theatre productions. An animated film released in 2000 was voiced by John Cleese, Geoffrey Rush and Sam Neill —who, coincidentally, also portrayed Lindsay himself in the film Sirens (which featured Lindsay’s Faulconbridge home, now a gallery) — and an opera, and even received a mention in the Australian parliament, when former

Prime Minister Paul Keating called John Howard “a puddin’ thief ”.

For fans like my children, accolades and praise are nice, but hardly important: the true strength of the book’s character is simply that it has stood the test of time: The Magic Pudding is as funny, ridiculous and just plain good today as it was back in 1918.

PUDDIN’ DAY

Celebrate the 100th birthday of The Magic Pudding. There will be prizes for the best Magic Pudding costumes, bush ballads, crafts, bush walks, a sausage sizzle and a Pudding Hunt. And watch out for those sneaky Puddin’ Thieves! Sunday. October 14th, 10am– 4pm. Tickets, $15 National Trust members, $20 non-members, $60 family/group of 4. Admission includes entry to the special exhibition in the gallery: ‘A Puddin’ Rich and Rare’. Ph (02) 4751 1067; visit normanlindsay.com.au. Norman Lindsay Gallery, 14 Norman Lindsay Crescent, Faulconbridge, New South Wales.

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PRESERVING THE PAST For centuries JUICY CITRUS CROPS have been preserved as marmalade and right now the hunt is on to award AUSTRALIA’S BEST at the Australian Festival of Marmalade.

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he Australian Marmalade Awards do more than celebrate that well-loved preserve we spread on our morning toast. They tell of a long association between one of South Australia’s premier heritage properties and an historic estate in Cumbria in the UK. Now in its third year, the Australian awards and festival are held by the National Trust of South Australia, in partnership with The World’s Original Marmalade Awards in England. Since 2005 the international awards and festival, celebrating all things marmalade, have been held at Dalemain estate in Cumbria, England, attracting huge crowds and raising significant funds for charity.

South Australia has a special connection with Dalemain: members of the Bowman family, whose ancestors lived and worked around Dalemain for centuries, migrated to Australia in the 1830s and eventually took up successful pastoral runs in South Australia.

At the height of their prosperity, Edmund Bowman Junior built a magnificent ode to Dalemain called Martindale Hall, a Georgian mansion set amid the Australian countryside, later made famous in the iconic Australian film Picnic at Hanging Rock.

The National Trust of South Australia is promoting a new vision for Martindale Hall that will transform it into a major heritage tourism destination. Through connections such as the Marmalade Awards, the Trust aims to rebuild some of the cultural and symbolic connections between Britain and Australia.

Australia’s marmalade makers have responded enthusiastically to the Australian awards, which offer a chance for national and international glory. Winners in both the home-made and artisan producer competitions receive free entry for the international awards in England next March. Beerenberg Farm, Australia’s iconic jam and preserves maker based in Hahndorf in the Adelaide Hills, will produce a one-off commercial run of the winning home-made marmalade from the Australian competition, so everyone has a chance to enjoy this year’s champion creation.

“The idea of a festival based around marmalade seems a little crazy at first, but it has created an incredible following and is simply a lot of fun,” says Dr Darren Peacock, CEO of the National Trust of South Australia. “As South Australia produces some of the finest citrus in the world, we wanted to showcase that to a global audience and to honour the cultural heritage of marmalade-making, which spans more than 2000 years.”

The Festival of Marmalade takes place at Beaumont House in Adelaide on Sunday, October 7th, when the awards will be presented. Enjoy tastings, food stalls, cooking demos and talks on citrus growing and the finer points of marmalade making.

Beaumont House is at 631 Glynburn Road, Beaumont, South Australia. For more information visit nationaltrust.org.au/ marmalade/; email marmalade@nationaltrustsa.org.au.

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PLACE Originally built in the 1830s as a coaching inn, Riversdale house is surrounded by well-established gardens featuring ancient trees and heritage roses.

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INTO THE FUTURE RIVERSDALE, near Goulburn in New South Wales, represents not just insights into the things of the past, but EXCITING opportunities for volunteers of the future. photographer KARA ROSENLUND writer HILARY BURDEN

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iversdale has a rich history, standing near land designated by Governor Macquarie in 1820 as the township of Goulburn Plains. Built in the 1830s as a coaching inn, Riversdale became home to district surveyor Edward Twynam in 1875. Twynam, who was appointed Surveyor-General in 1887, was living in the house when he died in 1923 at the age of 91 and his family where to occupy Riversdale for nearly 100 years until it was purchased by the National Trust in 1967.

One of the many attractions of Riversdale is its Australian colonial Arts and Crafts heritage, with furniture and tapestries made by the Twynams in an era when it was fashionable for wealthy women to make beautiful things. You will find on display carved furniture, drawings and needlework pieces by Edward’s wife Emily — her work was so fine that she won a prize for her embroidery at the Chicago International Exhibition of 1893.

Today you can visit the house, sit on the verandah and imagine what life must have been like for this highly creative woman and

her children — and it’s a rare insight only made possible by the work of dedicated volunteers over the years.

David Thomas, who manages the property’s volunteer committee for the National Trust, would like Riversdale to grow its role as a community asset. “What I’d really like to see is Goulburn having community-led and community-run places that engage with heritage and lifestyle and bring people together,” he says. “It’s a challenge right across the National Trust to bring in people who may have never been to a property in the past and who aren’t engaged in the heritage of the area and balance those people with the ability to retain the heritage.”

Thomas is keen to build on the passion of former part-time managers Dawn Giles and Ros Loftus, who retired earlier this year but remain active volunteers. “Ros and Dawn know and love the property and are irreplaceable,” he says.

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One of the MANY ATTRACTIONS of Riversdale is its Australian colonial ARTS AND CRAFTS heritage, with furniture and tapestries made by the Twynams.

THIS PAGE: The house has undergone major restoration work. OPPOSITE PAGE: Riversdale’s annual Rare Plant Fair is held on the first weekend of November when the garden is at the height of spring glory.

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Ros Loftus has seen the 1.8 hectare garden transform from “a complete wasteland after experiencing 10 years of drought and nobody gardening” to an exemplar of its brief: “a garden of a large Australian property, an Arts and Crafts garden, circa 1895–1920”. Magnificent trees first planted in the 1830s grow along with heritage fruit trees, including a medlar from the 1840s, and a thorny Osage orange hedge used in colonial times as a fence. Visitors walk on gravel paths, admire exotics, and taste jellies and chutneys made from produce sourced from the restored heritage vegetable garden. Half of the original heritage roses have survived.

A partnership with TAFE horticultural students has helped restore the garden. The students will be among the 20 stallholders at Riverdale’s Rare Plants and Growers Garden Fair, which is held annually in November. They’ll be there along with beekeepers, local heritage rose growers and hand weavers and spinners.

Michael Bligh, one of Australia’s leading landscape architects, who is based in Goulburn, will be a guest speaker on the day.

A National Trust membership, given as a wedding present, led Thomas to visit last year’s fair at Riversdale, and he says he was “blown away” by the property, welcoming spring >

“It’s a CHALLENGE to bring in people who aren’t engaged in THE HERITAGE of the area.”

THIS PAGE:The motto on this chair, hand-carved by Emily Twynam, claims “I don’t follow inferiors”. OPPOSITE PAGE: On the verandah at Riversdale — the chair is typical of the Arts and Crafts style.

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Today you can visit the house, sit on the VERANDAH and imagine what life MUST HAVE been like for this highly creative woman...

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THIS PAGE: The entry, crowned with a transom window. OPPOSITE PAGE: The garden features trees planted in the 1830s; today it’s tended by dedicated volunteers and TAFE students.

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THIS PAGE, CLOCKWISE: The sun pours in through the entry door with its glazed transom; Emily Twynam won international prizes for her exquisite embroideries; a detail of Emily’s carved frame, which depicts Australian native flora and holds a photograph of her daugher Phoebe. OPPOSITE PAGE: Volunteers keep the gardens growing in the original style.

around every corner. Then, responding to a call-out for volunteers from the Trust, Thomas (who had studied land and heritage management) was quick to throw his hat in the ring.

“I wanted to give back to the community,” he says. “That’s another of the attractions of a smaller town. I don’t see a reason to wait until I’m retired to start volunteering in the community.

The benefits are proven: it’s important for mental and physical wellbeing, to feel a great connection with community and have a sense of purpose, as well as having a positive impact on others.”

Thomas knows through his own experience that the Rare Plants Fair and nursery inspire people who are interested in or have their own garden and want to learn something new from the expertise of the volunteer committee. “Everyone who meets Ros [Loftus] learns something about gardening they didn’t know before,” he says. For Dawn Giles and Loftus, new blood is welcome. “It’s great to have someone with some oomph,” says Loftus. “Some of us are not only retired, but we’re tired!”

The property has just undergone major work and will reopen for the Rare Plants and Growers Garden Fair on Sunday, November 4th. Riversdale is at 2 Twynam Drive, Goulburn, NSW. The gardens are open Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 10am–2pm or by appointment for group bookings. (02) 4821 4741.

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Visitors walk ON GRAVEL PATHS, admire exotics, and taste jellies and chutneys MADE FROM PRODUCE sourced from the restored HERITAGE vegetable garden.

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GOLDEN YEARS As a GRAND HOUSE acquired by the National Trust of Western Australia in the 1960s, WOODBRIDGE’S interesting past still intrigues visitors 50 YEARS later. photographer MICHAEL WEE writer SARAH MURPHY

THIS PAGE: Cast-iron lacework panels salvaged from the demolition of Perth’s Federal Hotel were installed in the late 1960s.

OPPOSITE PAGE: A fine example of a Victorian-era stately home, Woodbridge has been in the hands of the National Trust for 50 years.

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Stirling was quick to recognise the desirability of the area and in 1829 took up the 4000 acre (1620 hectare) land grant that he named Woodbridge after the family home of his wife Ellen in Surrey, England. In 1880 he leased the property to newlyweds Charles Harper and Fanny de Burgh, who built an impressive home in 1885. Woodbridge was the centre of a mixed farming >

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THIS PAGE, CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE: The front façade of Woodbridge; a view into the kitchen; well-read denizens of the house included a Rhodes scholar. OPPOSITE PAGE: Luggage that once belonged to the Harper family are among items that have been returned to the house.

The PUBLIC FACE of the Trust in Perth’s metropolitan area, the story of this MAGNIFICENT building... began in 1827.

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THE EDUCATIONAL LEGACY OF WOODBRIDGE In 1895 Charles Harper established a school at Woodbridge for his sons and daughters and the children of neighbours.

The older ones were taught by Frank Bennett in the billiard room and younger ones on the verandah by Bennett’s sister-in-law, Miss Marion Walker.

More permanent accommodation was provided five years later with the erection of a small single-storey school

building some distance from the house. By 1905 there were 81 students. In 1910 the Church of England purchased the school building, along with 22 hectares of land, and took over the teaching operations.

This building, which is still in use, is now part of the present-day Guildford Grammar School. The School’s first Rhodes Scholar was Charles and Fanny’s son Prescott Henry Harper.

The presentation of Woodbridge... will become FOCUSED more intently on STORIES that contribute to an understanding of our identity...

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operation, a school for the Harper children and other locals but, above all, a family home.

After Charles died and Fanny left the property in 1921, Woodbridge was further associated with the development of early private-school education and the evolution of State secondary education in the metropolitan area.

From 1942, for the duration of World War II, it housed the residents of the Old Women’s Home, Fremantle.

The Health Department finally vacated the house in 1964 and, before long, more land was being sought to provide playing fields for the adjacent public school. Woodbridge was faced with a real threat of demolition.

A committee of National Trust members, alert to the significance of the place, garnered community support for its preservation. A land swap, made possible by Harper family descendent Judy Hamersley, averted the demolition and Woodbridge was vested in the National Trust in 1968. Following extensive restoration, it was opened to the public in 1970 at what was the start of a six-year period in which five historic houses were opened. All the work was undertaken by volunteers and honorary architects and their approach defined the ‘house museum’ experience of the time.

It is now 50 years since Woodbridge came into the care of the National Trust. It is therefore timely that a Lotterywest grant has been received to contribute towards detailed research, study and investigation to position it for its next 50 years. At the heart of this activity will be consideration of the place in the context of contemporary heritage practice and its ability to connect to a community that is much changed from that of the 1970s.

The presentation of Woodbridge as a Western Australian gentleman’s residence of the late Victorian period will become focused more intently on stories that contribute to an understanding of our identity (in all its diversity) and our place in the world. Woodbridge has a role to play in helping audiences engage with heritage and, in doing so, find meaningful connections and relevance in a contemporary world.

Sarah Murphy is Manager Interpretation and Collections at the National Trust of Western Australia.

Woodbridge, Ford Street, Woodbridge. Open Thursday to Sunday, 1pm–4pm (except Good Friday, Easter Monday and the month of July). (08) 9321 6088.

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A fashionable address Como has always been at the FOREFRONT OF THE LATEST FASHION. Now the National Trust (Victoria) has plans to make it a focal point for their extensive HISTORICAL COSTUME collections. photographer ANTHONY BASHEER writer CHRISTINE REID

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THIS PAGE, CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE: Times gone by are reflected in the decor at Como, providing a backdrop to exhibit historical clothing; a hat stand in the entrance hall where visitors once hung their headwear; Elizabeth Anya-Petrivna with some of the Trust’s fashion collection. OPPOSITE PAGE: Como represents the height of decorating trends of its era.

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television producer looking for a set suitable for a period drama would find Como, the National Trust’s elegant mansion in South Yarra, a perfect location. Think of Downton Abbey, Upstairs, Downstairs and all the great period dramas that have graced TV screens over the decades and it’s easy to picture actors walking sedately across the carriage drive, love trysts in the garden, maids running up the back stairs and elderly ladies in black quietly playing Patience in the morning room. Como has all the necessary props for such a production.

Lovely as the idea of such a series might be, it would be looking back at the past and not to the future. The National Trust’s Victorian CEO, Simon Ambrose, is all about the future at Como and where and how the Trust can remain at the forefront in preserving Australia’s heritage.

“Our plan for the future centres on Como becoming a centre for fashion: in fact, we have officially named it Como Fashion House.

And we have the foundation for it in the Trust’s extensive and valuable collection of costumes. We have more than 6000 items in storage and at our properties, donated by members and philanthropists over the years,” says Ambrose.

Far from being simply an array of couture dresses, the collection is wide-ranging and includes such treasures as a pair of child’s shoes, made on the Victorian goldfields in the 1850s.

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“The interior was redecorated with clean lines of the ART PERIOD with many of the emblematic FEATURES of the time.”

“Our plan for the future centres on Como becoming a CENTRE FOR FASHION: we have named it Como Fashion House.”

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“All these plans and ideas are, of course, subject to fundraising and support from the government,” Ambrose says. “We estimate that we need $3 million to reconfigure Como’s internal areas and install interior heating and air conditioning to world exhibition standard… plus we need appropriate storage and conservation areas for the collection. But once the display areas and storage are built and the makeover complete, we can bring collections from New York, Milan and London to Australia — to the fashion capital of Australia, Melbourne!

“We think that all visitors would have a great experience and the engagement of the Trust with the contemporary fashion world would be beneficial to everyone,” he says.

It would seem a perfect fit, the idea of Como as a fashion house. After all, the house was at the heart of Melbourne fashionable society for almost a century, especially when the Armytage family were in residence, before it was gifted to the National Trust in the 1950s. It was in July 1956 that the two living Armytage sisters, Constance and Leila, allowed the house to be open to the public for the first time. “The late Rodney Davidson, then Chair of the Trust, remembered seeing a queue of people stretching from the house to Toorak Road, all waiting to look around the house and gardens,” says Ambrose.

Como’s importance is as a rare surviving example of an early colonial Melbourne estate.

The earliest part of the house was built in 1847, a mere 12 years after permanent European settlement in the Port Phillip district. James Sinclair, in his book Beauties of Victoria in 1856, described the surroundings of Como this way: “Sloping lawns, made gay, green and pleasing by dale, river and lake are all here, adding grandeur to a substantial mansion and suitable appendages, with a pair of iron gates and their accompaniment fit at all times to keep up Victoria’s dignity. Many are the rare exotic trees newly planted, and many more tall growing, making this without doubt one of the prettiest seats on the Yarra.”

Sinclair was describing the property during John Brown’s ownership, which ended when the Armytage family, who owned several large holdings in Victoria’s Western District, bought Como in 1864. The house, during 95 years of Armytage family life, became a centre of activity for Melbourne’s social elite; they added the magnificent ballroom and enhanced the garden, which was used for large picnics and other outdoor events. >

The walls of the billiard room, located in a wing added by Charles and Caroline Armytage after they bought the house in 1864, are lined with portraits of past residents.

Como’s IMPORTANCE is as a rare surviving example of an EARLY COLONIAL Melbourne estate.

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OPPOSITE PAGE: Ornate furniture and a painted firescreen showcase 19th century elegance.

The house, during 95 YEARS of Armytage family life, became a CENTRE OF ACTIVITY for Melbourne’s social elite.

The early garden was also changed to suit current fashion in the mid-1850s. John Brown employed the much-in-demand garden designer William Sangster. It was Sangster who transformed the garden into a more grandly inspired landscape, capitalising on the natural features of site, including the views across the Yarra Valley reminiscent of the Picturesque tradition in English gardens. It is Sangster’s work we see today in the axial vista to the north from his fountain terrace and his croquet lawn, a few steps from the verandah and the ballroom windows. Sangster’s legacy is all around in the mature trees, particularly conifers, that were extremely fashionable in the mid-to-late 19th century. Some of the finest are the Moreton Bay figs, the araucarias and the kauri of the subtropics.

Today the stables no longer house horses; rather, they have been converted into an upmarket café and the ballroom is used for weddings instead of formal dances. But the style and panache of Como’s golden era are not forgotten.

Transformed into an exhibition house of fashion, Como will be reinvigorated for 21st century visitors and it’s likely that, once again, long queues will form to see the inside of this magnificent house.

Como is on the corner of Williams Road and Lechlade Avenue, South Yarra, Victoria. House tours are available: (03) 9656 9889 or email bookings@nattrust.com.au. Further details of opening hours, activities and events can be found on the website at nationaltrust.org.au/places/como-house-and-garden/.

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Australia’s prosperity once RODE ON THE SHEEP’S BACK. With 200,000 of them shorn in one year, Goonoo Goonoo Station was a SIGNIFICANT PART of our history. Now, after an award-winning restoration, you can stay there. photographer BRIGID ARNOTT writer HILARY BURDEN

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THIS PAGE: The Glasshouse restaurant offers modern Australian cuisine. OPPOSITE PAGE: Accommodation is spread across a number of vernacular buildings in the village. PREVIOUS PAGE: The restaurant sits between the old woolstore and the former shearing shed (also shown opposite), which was built in the 1950s after the original shed blew down in a storm.

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Accommodation (sleeping up to 64) is in a restored, privately owned 19th century village in a variety of vernacular buildings.

There’s an inn, shearers’ quarters (with ensuites), a homestead, granny flat and cook’s house. A brand new, modern Australian restaurant is fit for setting and purpose (not to mention palates), and you’ll also find a swimming pool, museum and shop. Checkin is quirky, on a wooden block in the former 1870s butcher shop.

From 1833 until 1985 the property — part of the original land grant of 316,000 acres (130,000 hectares) — was headquarters for the Australian Agricultural Company. Merino wool production was established here in 1841 and, at its peak in the 1890s, Goonoo Goonoo held the Australian record for the most number of sheep shorn in a single season: more than 200,000. The property retains significant buildings including a chapel, schoolhouse, storeroom and woolstore, all meticulously restored.

When farmer and coal entrepreneur Tony Haggarty bought the village in 2010 it had been in a serious state of decline for nearly 30 years. Tanner Kibble Denton Architects was already engaged by the previous owner to deliver a conservation management strategy for the property, and it was this work that confirmed the property’s importance for the history of the wool industry in Australia and the development of the Peel River valley.

“It was important to look at ways to bring people back onto the property and let them experience first-hand a key piece of our country’s history and to do it in such a way as to ensure its long-term conservation with a viable ongoing use,” says Sean Williams, heritage specialist at TKD Architects.

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says Simon Haggarty. “Twenty-six buildings restored using a heritage architect ... the numbers get big pretty quickly.”

The 5060 hectare family-owned property has a stand-alone cattle operation, while the Haggartys lease the parcel of land that contains all the heritage buildings and operate the businesses. They moved to the property nearly four years ago, “when builders were asking questions we couldn’t answer and we had to move to continue building”.

Already, the investment is paying off. In May, Goonoo Goonoo Station was jointly (with O’Connell Street Public School, Sydney) awarded the Adaptive Re-use Award at the 24th annual National Trust Heritage Awards held by the National Trust of Australia (NSW). Sean Williams says it has been a unique project, where everything lined up at the right time. “We were lucky to be working with a client who came to understand values of place, and appreciate the heritage values of the place, and the need to retain, conserve and interpret its significant history. They were willing to commit the funds to achieving an excellent conservation outcome and to make this place work well into the future.”

The local paper recently headlined Goonoo Goonoo as “a magic marker in the story of Tamworth”, not just because it led to the establishment of the town itself, but because so many people feel connected to the station through family roots.

Sean Williams says that while they were working there, people kept coming to the front gate to see what was going on — many personal stories of connection have been shared on the property’s Facebook page. And when you look at the property’s picturesque location on the alluvial plains of the Peel Valley, protected by low-lying hills with a river system consisting of five creeks, you can understand why the bonds are so strong.

In the language of the Kamilaroi people of the Liverpool Plains, Goonoo Goonoo — typically pronounced ‘gunna gunn–oo’ — is the Aboriginal phrase for waterline, creek, or ponds. Despite such a background, today the area is suffering from drought, and the Haggartys have been buying in water for months.

Luckily Adam Eurell of Nature’s Vision Landscapes has created drought-tolerant gardens, planting more than 3000 plants since he started in 2013. Originally a homestead garden project, it quickly evolved into recreating the agrarian setting for the village as the hub of a contemporary working cattle station.

While there may be other places of similar age and interest with a story, Simon Haggarty says they’ve taken a unique approach to heritage restoration with Goonoo Goonoo.

“We’re not catering for the bus-tour crowd. People aren’t coming for an hour’s tour and leaving with a cup of tea. We wanted to make this a top-class destination and facility while keeping all the interesting heritage and history at the same time.

Our restoration has been done at a standard significantly higher than what you’d find at other similar properties, and the stay isn’t diminished in any way because the buildings are over 150 years old. In fact, for many people it’s one of the nicest places they’ll ever go.”

Project architect at TKD Architects, Emma Lee, says the decision to build the Glasshouse Restaurant, sitting between the original woolstore and shearing shed, helped minimise any detrimental impacts that adapting an original building would have had. “We were able to house the commercial kitchen in a new structure and essentially leave the nature of the original building intact, making it understandable as to how it was originally used and conceived. It was a very positive outcome.” >

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Anyone attempting a similar restoration could learn from the award-winning architectural approach: new uses for the buildings were selected to achieve the best ‘fit’, both with their former historic functions and to avoid or minimise adverse physical changes.

Original or early spaces and fabric have been retained when possible. Where replacement materials were unavoidable, they were frequently sourced from salvaged materials on site. New services are discreetly located under floors, within roof spaces, or in new external elements detailed to appear as standard farm structures.

In the woolstore, graffiti on the walls has been kept and the barn doors, battered by the elements for decades, have been preserved behind glass. Historical items found on the property, like that old butcher’s block, have been turned into centrepieces; the original stencils used to brand wool bales are still on the wall. While a sense of age is apparent, new services such as fans and air conditioning are low-key. In their design process, industry standards and best practice went hand-in-hand with the heritage overview.

“We’ve improved the standard significantly and we didn’t want to do anything twice,” says Haggarty, “so hopefully the property lasts for another 150 years. We saw this as an opportunity commercially — not just to open it to history and be a place people want to come and look at — but for it to be ongoing and self sustainable.”

Emma Lee says restoring the property as a public space was an important aspect. “Goonoo Goonoo used to be a village where all the local people lived, and now there’s an opportunity for people to be able to come back and visit, which for years had not been the case. It was nice to be able to revive that and give it back some significance.”

For more information about Goonoo Goonoo Station, 0429 384 297; goonoogoonoostation.com. Nature’s Vision Landscapes (02) 4368 4400; naturesvision.com.au.

TKD Architects (02) 9281 4399; tkda.com.au.

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Currumbin to Cooktown Set off on a driving trail from Currumbin to Cooktown and explore Queensland’s National Trust properties. Travel through beautiful towns visiting hidden gems along the way.

James Cook Museum

Signature Series Aye r s Hou s e M u s e u m

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Experience world class music in Adelaide’s finest Victorian era home.

An intimate concert series certain to delight all the senses.

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Rosalind Martin, soprano, Joshua Van Konkelenburg, organ, and Celia Craig,oboe

Bound for South Australia Julian Ferraretto,violin, with his band Date: Thursday 25 October

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Celia Craig, oboe, Dr Helen Ayres, Linda Garrett and Simon Cobcroft, strings

Time: 6.00 for 6.30 pm Date: Sunday 25 November Free admission Date: Thursday 27 September Time: 3.30 for 4.00 pm Time: 6.00 for 6.30 pm for members to all National Trust WHERE TICKETS properties along State Dining Room, Ayers House Museum Single Performance: $40 pp | Entire Series: $110 pp the trail 288 North Terrace, Adelaide Brennan & Geraghty’s Store (refreshments included)

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Escape outside It’s time to get out of the house and ENJOY A WALK IN a National Trust garden. writer JENNIFER STACKHOUSE

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lowers, perfume and the hum of bees announce the arrival of warmer weather in National Trust gardens around Australia. If the sunshine is calling to you, head to one of the country’s many Trust gardens to soak in history tinged with the scent and sounds of a spring or summer garden.

What’s in bloom around the country varies depending on the month and the local climate. This year, too, extreme dry conditions across much of eastern Australia have turned parts of the landscape brown. Some areas, however, have had good winter rain. In Tasmania it has been a wet winter, so spring erupted with swathes of daffodils and other bulbs before the blossom trees flowered. The show continues well into December with rhododendrons, roses, clematis and perennials.

As the 180-year-old oak tree comes back into leaf, it is a lovely time to stroll in the garden of Franklin House at Youngtown near Launceston. In Hobart, tour the historic garden of Runnymede at New Town to enjoy the bright spring greens of trees coming into leaf and masses of flowers. Spring highlights include columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris), rhododendron, viburnum and pride of Madeira (Echium candicans).

Up north in Darwin the traditional months of spring embrace the end of the dry season and the lead up to the wet season. This part of the year is known as ‘the build-up’ as humidity increases and everyone waits for the first storm of the monsoon season.

Plants seem to be holding their breath waiting for the rain to bring blooms on the flamboyant poinciana and other trees, but the tropical stalwarts of frangipani and bougainvillea bloom regardless of the build-up, filling gardens with vibrant colour.

Enjoy the season with tea in the garden at Burnett House.

In Western Australia spring is best known as a time to see the state’s unique wildflowers, which carpet the harsh sandy soils from midwinter to spring as the show migrates from the north to the south of the state. Vast stretches of bushland and roadsides are smothered with paper daisies and other ephemeral flowers.

Gardens too are in bloom, with early spring blooms giving way to a profusion of roses during October and November. Roses simply revel in hot, dry conditions.

One of the National Trust of Western Australia’s oldest gardens is Old Blythewood, at Pinjarra. The 1840s cottage is set in half a hectare of historic gardens. Shaded by gnarled pepper trees, this cottage-style garden has roses in bloom until late spring. This October, the garden is the setting for an evening of jazz.

Don’t miss spring at Strawberry Hill, in the south of the state at Albany, when this garden is awash with colour and fragrance from roses and bright red poppies along with other cottage flowers, including species geranium. Established in 1827, this property is Western Australia’s oldest farm. Its extensive gardens were once filled with vegetables grown to feed soldiers and the state’s first settlers.

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GARDENS THIS PAGE: Runnymede’s formal garden layout invites curiosity. OPPOSITE PAGE: Franklin House boasts lush Tasmanian temperate climate tree and blooms. PREVIOUS PAGES: The olive grove at Beaumont House.

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climate. But even the drought- and heatproof plantings put on a carefree show of spring flowers. Tall spires of white acanthus blooms are filled with bees, as are the roses and lavenders that line the gravel paths. Splendid with clusters of purple flowers is Wigandia caracasana, a tall shrub that is in peak flower in November. After good winter rains, this spring the lawns at Beaumont House are lush and green and the historic olive grove is in bloom, promising a bumper crop to harvest next autumn. The garden, which is maintained by volunteers, is open on the first Sunday of each month.

In Victoria the gardens at Rippon Lea in Melbourne are an oasis in a suburban setting and a delightful place to visit in spring. Tall trees, lush undergrowth and winding paths edged with clivias are hallmarks of this old and elegant garden, which also features a lake, fernery, conservatory and grotto that all combine to provide a lush, shade-filled escape on hot days. In October,

enjoy the spectacle of the huge crabapple tree near the tennis court in flower, while the orchard is also in bloom. As part of the property’s 150th anniversary, the gardener’s cottage has been restored and is now open.

This spring also offers a chance to visit another of Melbourne’s historic gardens, La Trobe Cottage in the Domain. Extensive research into the garden as it was in the 1840s and 1850s — through letters, paintings and plant lists — has revealed what was once grown on this site, including exotic trees and shrubs, native plants and drought-tolerant cactus and succulents. This spring and summer enjoy the scent of mock orange and lavender, two of the cottage plants grown at the cottage more than 150 years ago and now replanted.

In New South Wales, spring is at its best in the cool climate gardens of the Blue Mountains, Southern Highlands and New England. Experience all the beauty of a cool-climate spring at >

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Everglades in Leura, when the garden is awash with flowers as well as colour from the new foliage on the deciduous trees.

One of the seasonal delights of this garden is the colour of the delicate new leaves of the garden’s magnificent copper beech, which reshoots in October. While the garden’s feature cherry blossoms peak in early September, the pink dogwoods are in bloom in October, as are massed bluebells. Putting on a show from late September and through October are azaleas and rhododendrons. Also at their fragrant best in October are the lilacs on the Lilac Terrace and wisteria on the Wisteria Wall.

In the Southern Highlands, enjoy the beauty of spring at Retford Park at Bowral. Acquired by the National Trust of New South Wales in 2016, Retford Park was a gift from the late James Fairfax.

A keen art collector, James Fairfax owned this historic property for more than 50 years and developed its beautiful garden. Further west, ramble in the cottage gardens around 1840s Riversdale Homestead at Goulburn before enjoying a Devonshire tea.

In Armidale, in the New England region of northern New South Wales, the garden at Saumarez Homestead explodes with colour and fragrance in spring. Thousands of bulbs and the return of leaves to the historic trees — including ginkgo and pin oak — mark the start of spring. By late October the heritage rose garden is in full bloom, as is Mary White’s garden (don’t miss the tree peonies).

Wherever you are in Australia this season, be sure to visit at least one of the National Trust’s gardens while they are in full bloom.

PHOTOGRAPHERS ANTHONY BASHEER, KARA ROSENLUND, CLAIRE TAKACS

Ramble in the COTTAGE GARDENS around Riversdale before enjoying DEVONSHIRE TEA.

THIS PAGE: Apple blossoms at Franklin House, Tasmania; roses in bloom at Strawberry Hill, Western Australia.

OPPOSITE PAGE, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Bluebells at Franklin House; mature trees underplanted with clivias line the driveway at Rippon Lea, Victoria; the cottage gardens at Riversdale Homestead in New South Wales are worth the drive.

Garden guide NEW SOUTH WALES Everglades, 37 Everglades Avenue, Leura. (02) 4784 1938. The garden is open daily.

Retford Park, 1325 Old South Road, Bowral. (02) 4861 1933. Wander in the magnificent grounds on the first weekend of the month until December 2nd, 2018 from 10am–4pm.

Riversdale Homestead, 2 Twynam Drive, Goulburn. (02) 4821 4741. Open on the third Sunday of each month until December 16th, 10am–2pm.

Saumarez Homestead, 230 Saumarez Road, Armidale. (02) 6772 3616.

The grounds are open daily from 10am–5pm.

NORTHERN TERRITORY Burnett House, 4 Burnett Place, Larrakeyah (Myilly Point Heritage Precinct). (08) 8981 0165. Tea in the garden is held on the third Sunday of each month until December 16th.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA Beaumont House, 631 Glynburn Road, Beaumont. (08) 8202 9200.

TASMANIA Franklin House, 413 Hobart Road, Youngtown. (03) 6344 7824. Open Monday–Saturday 9am–5pm, Sunday 12noon–4pm (October to March).

Runnymede, 61 Bay Road, New Town.

(03) 6278 1269. Garden tours available.

VICTORIA La Trobe Cottage, Corner Birdwood Avenue and Dallas Brooks Drive, The Domain, Melbourne. (03) 9656 9889.

Garden Day at La Trobe Cottage is on October 7th, or visit on Sundays from 2pm–4pm from October to April.

Rippon Lea, 192 Hotham Street, Elsternwick. (03) 9523 6095. Explore this important 19th century landscape on a guided tour between September 28th and December 15th.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA Old Blythewood, 6161 South Western Highway, Pinjarra. (08) 9321 6088.

Strawberry Hill, 174 Middleton Road, Albany. (08) 9841 3735. Open daily 10am–4pm (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday) and 1pm–4pm (Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday).

For spring and summer activities at these and other National Trust properties around Australia turn to the News & Events listings on page 89.

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PLANTS THAT TELL A STORY Among the MANY LEGACIES left to the nation by Dame Enid Lyons are memories of her cosy radio chats that CHARMED LISTENERS. Here she talks about her garden at Home Hill. writer JENNIFER STACKHOUSE

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ame Enid Lyons AD, GBE (1897-1981) is best remembered as the wife of Prime Minister Joseph Lyons and as Australia’s first woman elected to the House of Representatives and to serve on the Federal Cabinet. After Joe Lyons’s death in 1939, Dame Enid represented the north-west Tasmanian Division of Darwin (now the Federal seat of Braddon) from 1943–51.

For some, however, Dame Enid was also a friendly voice on the radio. From December 1939 until June 1940, Dame Enid made a popular weekly Sunday night broadcast on the Macquarie Network sharing her life with listeners. The scripts for these chats, along with listeners’ letters, are held in Dame Enid’s archives in the National Library of Australia, Canberra.

She made the broadcasts from her home, Home Hill in Devonport, where she lived after moving there as a bride in 1916 until her death in 1981, when the property passed to Devonport City Council. The house is open as a museum with guided tours and its contents and memorabilia managed by the National Trust.

In a bid to recover Dame Enid’s garden vision, a Landscape Management Plan (LMP) funded by the Australian Garden

History Society has been produced for the garden. When Hobart landscape architects Sue Small and Prue Slatyer were researching the history of the garden as part of the LMP, they were given a script for one of Dame Enid’s most popular radio broadcasts.

The script for ‘Hollyhocks’ was passed on to Prue Slatyer by Dame Enid’s granddaughter Mary Pridmore late last year. It paints a vibrant word picture of the garden at Home Hill during the 1930s and 1940s. Dame Enid’s words will help guide future restoration, maintenance and management of the garden at Home Hill.

Home Hill is at 77 Middle Road, Devonport, Tasmania.

(03) 6424 8055. The garden is open daily. The house is open for guided tours at 2pm from Wednesday to Sunday.

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A radio broadcast by Dame Enid Lyons (Macquarie Network, 1940) For weeks now in my garden, hollyhocks have been on the march.

Like an army with banners, they have taken possession of the borders, standing tall and erect against the house wall and flanking the high screen that shuts the garden off from the orchard.

They have even moved out onto the paths, and stand in brave battalions flaunting their colours in the sun. When my assistant first came to the garden he told me he hadn’t liked hollyhocks but, in deference to my weakness, he allowed them to stay. Now he has grown to love them and has encouraged them so that, this year, they have been the glory of the garden ever since the Canterbury bells finished flowering and the Sweet William began to fade.

Once we had a giant of a fellow that was 13 feet [4 metres] high, with a stalk an inch and a half [4cm] in thickness, a perfect guardian of a hollyhock, standing on duty among the rhododendrons in the shadow of the pines. You see, in this garden all kinds of plants are breaking the rules. Nothing should grow near the pines, of course, and yet our rhododendron bed in spring is a thing to marvel at.

One of the nice things about a garden is that it is always an extraordinary garden — yours is and so is mine. There is a Queensland nut tree flowering in mine, and thirty or forty feet [9–12 metres] from the rhododendrons there is a fine bougainvillea.

In Queensland we were told that it would be impossible to grow any other than the common Magenta variety so far south.

Outside the French doors of our living room, there is a little separate garden that is really an outdoor room. It has a lovely green carpet of grass and soon will have walls of green cypress. This year the flowers in the borders have been nearly all blue, except for a few big splashes of rich crimson and pink sweet William and some tall spikes of Russell lupins in apricot, rose and pink. The rhapsody in blue opened with the lupins — masses and masses of them on a high bank. Larkspurs early took up the theme, with anchusa and Canterbury bells, cornflowers, campanula and love-in-the-mist, with drifts of mauve-blue catmint as a kind of obligate. Then the delphiniums came in a burst of glory and they showed all the shades of blue to purple.

It has been the most satisfying garden picture I have known and I think of it often, even when the gladioli are rotting in the beds, asserting with all their brilliant colour and perfect form, their claim to be regarded as the aristocrats of the garden.

I used to try very hard to make my garden like other people’s, with neat lawns and formal beds. I was working on a ridge with numerous outcrops of rock, and my efforts to hide the rocks either by blasting them out or by building up the soil round them were prodigious – and I think a little pathetic. But now, I follow as far as possible the lines that nature herself laid down, and the results are much more satisfying. Where the living rock thrusts upward through the grass I have planted irises and here and there lantana.

And over one rock, where one day I should like to make me a little pool, there is a Japanese maple trained in a windswept hillside in Japan to fill just such a position.

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Trees of knowledge The National Trust Register of Significant Trees is a resource that places Australia at the forefront of GLOBAL CONSERVATION and heritage practices, and Dr Greg Moore OAM has long been its champion. photographer JESSICA HOOD writer HILARY BURDEN

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ou’d be amazed how many people remember trees where, as a child, they had picnics with their grandparents,” says Dr Greg Moore. “In a changing world, where everything comes and goes, trees are a marker of stability.” Since he was a kid growing up in Melbourne’s west and north-west, spending weekends and holidays in Kilmore, Dr Moore remembers the palms and conifers of Yarraville Gardens; climbing the large golden wattle (Acacia dealbata) in his Pascoe Vale backyard; the old pines and cypresses around the farmhouses of Kilmore. He knows that many of these trees still exist, even visiting them from time to time.

Dr Moore has always loved trees. You could say he’s the original tree hugger, but his method, far from sitting in a treetop in a threatened rainforest, has been negotiation rather than protest.

Dr Moore has been a member of the National Trust of Australia (Victoria)’s Expert Committee for the Register of Significant Trees committee since 1988 and Chair since 1996. About 1400 registrations, he says, of some 24,000 trees. In 2016 his service was recognised with a ceremonial tree planting at Rippon Lea on July 29, National Tree Day. In 2017 he was awarded an Order of Australia medal for services to the environment (particularly in the field of arboriculture) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

As an expert witness for the National Trust at public hearings, Dr Moore has been influential in securing statutory protection for hundreds of significant trees in Victoria.

A ‘Tree of Significance’ is one that stands out because of its size or its heritage connections. It might be unusual or rare, or be an integral part of a significant landscape. It could be a specimen at the very limits of its range, in the city or country. For example, The Bigger Tree, a 400-year-old swamp gum that stands 87 metres tall in the Styx Valley, Tasmania, is one of the tallest in the world; the curtain fig at Yungaburra in northern Queensland is at least 500 years old; and in Guildford, Victoria, you’ll meet one of the oldest river red gums in Australia.

The register, which was launched in 1981 (and online in 2014), has collated some 2500 specimens and puts Australia in a unique position globally. “The register is a great thing,” says Dr Moore.

“In the US they have a list of ‘champion trees’, which essentially means the biggest. We can have a number of specimens of the same species in different parts of the country.”

Avenues of Honour also identify Australia as a unique country in its appreciation of trees. “From the research we’ve done, there’s nowhere else on the planet where you’d have over 550 Avenues of Honour,” says Dr Moore. “There are 350 in Victoria alone.” Planted by local communities in remembrance of fallen soldiers in two World Wars, Avenues of Honour will stand Australia in good stead for

climate change. “Canopy cover is going to be one of the great assets that a city, region or town can have,” he says. “In Australia, it is going to make the difference between towns being sustainable or not.”

Having lived in the same city for decades, what has such a long association with trees taught him? “When you’re working with trees you have a timeframe which is much longer than most people,” says Dr Moore. “I’ve been working with trees since the mid 1970s, since I was doing doctoral work at Melbourne University. The lifespan of a tree could be from 300 years up to 2000 years, and yet the way we see time is relatively short, brief and frantic. Trees work with slow responses and steady reactions over a long period of time. They teach us to think about the future, but they also preserve a link with our Indigenous past and previous generations.”

One of Dr Moore’s favourite trees is a golden elm on the corner of Punt Road and Alexandra Avenue in Melbourne. A tree, he says, that has thousands of protectors. “As soon as VicRoads goes to do something, they start getting emails!” He celebrates the fact that people see themselves as the custodians of this tree with its gnarly and generous outstretched branches.

Anyone can nominate a tree for the Register through the National Trust website. “We normally get involved when a tree that people know about is threatened. We try and put trees on the register before development or farming threatens. We don’t always win. The register doesn’t provide legal protection, but it does provide moral persuasion and makes people think.”

To find out more or to nominate a tree for the register, visit trusttrees.org.au.

“Canopy cover is going to be one of the GREAT ASSETS that a city, region or town can have.”

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Photographed with his wife Sandy at Rippon Lea, where a Norfolk Island pine (Araucaria heterophylla) was planted in his honour, Dr Moore offered his “thanks to capable, interested and willing people prepared to give up their time and expertise”.

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THIS PAGE: The BHP mine in 1892, where grit, poppet heads and chimneys dominate the landscape. (Photograph

by Fred Hardie); photographer Wolfgang Sievers captures both the danger and the eerie majesty of miners at work in the North Broken Hill Mine in 1980.

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WHERE HISTORY HAPPENED Broken Hill, Australia’s first heritage-listed city, has been a significant INDUSTRIAL CENTRE in outback New South Wales. PETER SPEARITT reveals how the people of this remarkable place have contributed much to MODERN AUSTRALIA.

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roken Hill sits in a desert-like landscape, its rich industrial history reflected in a number of structures, from remnants of vast mines to the banks and hotels of a once very wealthy city. It is best viewed from the recently built Miners Memorial, atop an artificial hill made of mine tailings. From here, you see the grand layout of the town, with its wide streets and scores of heritage-listed buildings.

Broken Hill is also home to one of the oldest mosques in Australia and the Palace Hotel, known to cinemagoers around the world from the film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

Broken Hill is a name familiar to most Australians, even if they have never visited the town. It shares, along with Qantas, one of the best-known company names in Australia, Broken Hill Proprietary Limited: BHP for short. The Wiljakali people who occupied the area when Charles Sturt arrived in 1845 (and first referred to it as ‘broken hill’) faced less immediate settler aggression than tribal groups who lived on the rivers, including the Darling.

In 1883, when the boundary rider Charles Rasp formed a small syndicate to mine a great ironstone outcrop in the far west of New South Wales, they thought they would find tin. Instead, they ended up having leases over some of the world’s richest silver, lead and zinc deposits. Unlike gold, these metals were not simply there for the taking. BHP, formed in 1885, faced technical and logistical challenges in mining and processing ore bodies.

Broken Hill grew very quickly. A population of 17,000 in 1889 had more than doubled to 35,000 in 1914, putting Broken Hill on the map as the then third-largest city in New South Wales. In today’s terms, it could be described as Australia’s most multicultural city of the time. The diverse population was not immune to events on the other side of the globe. On January 1st, 1915 — by which time Britain and other European imperialist powers had declared war on the Ottoman Empire — two former cameleers opened fire on a picnic train, killing four people before they themselves were shot by police. Both men hailed not from Turkey, as popular > ISSUE 6 2018 / T R U S T

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rumour had it, but from a region in what today is Pakistan, which was then under British rule.

Trade unions quickly formed around the mine and extraction processing industries. The Trades Hall, built between 1891 and 1905, became the first building in Australia owned by unions, who also purchased the local newspaper The Barrier Times in 1908. This strong union tradition permeated all aspects of life in Broken Hill. The city’s unionists won a 35-hour week in 1920, the first to do so in Australia. On my first visit, in 1988, an early morning walk led me to the Social Democratic Club, the name of which reflects the town’s long history of active trade unionism. On my entering the club just after 6am, one of the staff apologised that they were not allowed to serve beer until 7am.

At 22 hours to Sydney by train and only 10 to Adelaide, most residents took their holidays in the South Australian capital. The architecture of Broken Hill, especially in the stone public buildings and many hotels, is often reminiscent of Adelaide. Today, visitors to Broken Hill find a city of large public buildings, substantial clubs and hotels, and thousands of often very modest houses, many simply with tin roofs and tin walls. The streets peter out into the mulga desert

after a few blocks. The city is full of surprises, including a mosque, founded by Afghan cameleers in the early 1890s, and a synagogue built in 1910. The cameleers flourished in the later decades of the 19th century, transporting wool as well as construction materials for the Overland Telegraph Line from Darwin to Port Augusta.

The Jewish population mainly came from Eastern Europe. While the synagogue closed in 1962, the mosque is still used as a place of worship. Both are overseen by the Broken Hill Historical Society and can be visited by the public.

BHP ceased operations in Broken Hill in the late 1930s, by which time other mining companies had formed, leaving behind an open-cut mine that writer George Farwell described in 1948 as, “forlorn as a dead planet. It has the air of a crater on the moon…. Massive boulders and abandoned machinery sprawl down its flanks as though flung down the sheer sides of a mountain gorge. Upon the crest old iron lies everywhere.”

Such a large and isolated city produced an array of talented individuals. After June Gough, a soprano from Broken Hill, won The Sun Aria singing competition, one of her teachers suggested she replace her surname with ‘Bronhill’, and under that name she

Such a LARGE AND ISOLATED city produced an array of TALENTED INDIVIDUALS, such as soprano June Bronhill and artist Pro Hart.

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STORYTELLER LUTHER CORA is an Indigenous cultural performer at the National Trust Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, where he and his family seek to EDUCATE AND INFORM visitors about Australia’s vibrant living culture. writer PAUL GUERIN

Luther Cora, with Gabriel Willie on didjeridu, performs a cultural dance at the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary.

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THIS PAGE: Cora performs with his family, sharing the stories of the local Yugambeh language region. He is a respected member of the community along with his wife Ivanka and children Khadesia, Hezekiah, Tayvonne, Tedashii and Jahquon. OPPOSITE PAGE: Artwork by Luther Cora.

he has designed many football code jerseys and boots for the Indigenous rounds and his photographic and digital art is often on display. He has also won NAIDOC art awards.

As Cora arrives, I am warmed by his big welcoming smile, his impressive dreadlocks and the wisdom of his deep set eyes.

It is no wonder that Cora is regarded as the face of Indigenous culture for the greater Gold Coast region.

When you were growing up, who were the main influencers who taught you your culture and gave you the passion to share and teach others?

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am sitting on the deck of the Sanctuary Café at the front entrance to the park waiting to meet with Luther Cora.

Cora is having his photograph taken with guests, after presenting the daily Aboriginal Culture and Dance Show that his family has been performing for more than 20 years now at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary.

Cora is a proud Indigenous man from the Yugambeh Language Group on the Gold Coast. Most recently Cora and his family were featured in the 2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony.

He also directed the performance piece ‘Gathering’ as part of the Commonwealth Games Festival 2018. An accomplished artist,

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I grew up around the river and saltwater, fishing, swimming, crabbing and hunting. I had a lot of great influencers and teachers within my family: my uncles, parents and grandparents were always telling stories from the local Gold Coast and Tweed Heads area. When I was a youngster, my family moved north and it was there that I started to learn dance, culture and song. I had teachers from far north Queensland and the Kuuku Yalanji people and in particular the Bradys — Uncle William, Uncle Mathew — the Doolans from Townsville and the Walker brothers from Nunukle of North Stradbroke Island. Learning dance and song was the start of my journey, and it was the one thing that changed my life around and gave me discipline. When you are learning dance you are learning the culture, and a big part of the culture

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is respect, and so we learned to respect all our elders, the older people who had the knowledge. To this day I am still learning.

What were the main issues that you experienced while working in rural Aboriginal communities?

I lived in Emerald in central Queensland for about nine years, working with youth in schools and the community and I found the reason behind most issues was the loss of identity. I think this is true for people around the world: if you don’t have an identity you are more or less lost. We have a lot of social and mental issues today, and I believe these stem from not knowing who you are, where you are from, who your family or mob is and feeling like you don’t belong. People are lost in themselves and turn to other things, such as drug and alcohol abuse.

What do you feel is the main impact of colonisation on your ancestors and culture?

There was a time in history when we were not allowed to practise song and dance, and there was a loss of language and culture.

Language holds the keys to culture, and if you lose the language you start to lose your identity. Identity and culture are all locked up in language. Colonisers all around the world, not just in Australia, try to take language away from the indigenous people, along with other cultural practices, and it impacts people’s identity and belonging.

I know it has had a great impact on the Gold Coast, and there is no older person left today that speaks fluent Yugambeh dialect anymore. We are relearning our language now using books from early settlers from this area as, luckily, they recorded a lot of the language. It’s ironic that we have to learn from those who prevented us from practising our culture in the first place.

people and giving them the opportunity to learn the culture. I’ve always loved to dance since I was a young kid, and it’s wonderful to see my children following in my footsteps. They love it too.

What does reconciliation mean to you and what does it look like?

We are all Australians — black, white, no matter what colour you are — and we need to come together. There is a lot of hurt and frustration between groups and I feel that a lot of the issues stem from the true history not being taught in schools. The Indigenous culture of Australia is the oldest continuing living culture in the world, and science has now proved that it is at least 65 million years old. People travel overseas to find exotic cultures, to visit the pyramids of Egypt that are 2000 years old, when we have the most beautiful, rich culture right here in our backyard.

The Aboriginal culture, the histories, the stories: they belong to this land and if you are Australian they belong to you too. Through education and respect all Australians can embrace the culture and with this comes reconciliation.

How do we bridge the gap between cultures?

Education is the KEY: making people aware of INDIGENOUS CULTURE and Australia’s history.

What is your greatest personal achievement to date?

My greatest achievement is my family. I’ve been married to my wife for 14 years and we have five beautiful children. My children practise and learn song and dance, they are very respectful and well behaved, and I think this all comes through culture. The one thing I always teach them is respect: respecting your parents, other people, laws and authority, everything around us and the land. I instil into my children who they are and how they belong by taking them out on country fishing and hunting, showing them different parts of the area that are special to local indigenous

Education is the key.

Making people aware of Indigenous culture and Australia’s history, and making sure it is taught correctly and inclusively.

Other countries teach their history, including all of the good and all of the bad and that is how we will move forward in this country as we learn from the past and don’t make the same mistakes again.

As a father of five children, what are the most important lessons that you want to instil in your children?

I want my children to be proud of who they are: strong Indigenous people with a connection to this land and a rich, beautiful culture; to be respectful people in the community; and that they can achieve anything that anyone else can achieve.

I want them to know that the colour of their skin, their heritage and culture is not going to stop them from achieving anything; it is, in fact, an advantage. Aim high, be the best that you can be, know who you are and respect yourself and others.

Luther Cora and his family perform the Aboriginal Culture and Dance Show daily at 3.30pm at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary.

Paul Guerin is the National Trust (Queensland)’s General Manager, Education, Creative and Community Engagement.

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PHOTOGRAPHY DAVID KEITH JONES, DGL IMAGES, TRACEY WHITEFOOT/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO

The Queen Victoria Market is a hub of activity for Melburnians and tourists alike. OPPOSITE PAGE: The entrance showcases the original 19th century architecture.

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In 2011, work began to preserve two Goldfields ABORIGINAL LANGUAGES, Ngalia and Tjupan. The National Trust of Western Australia established the GOLDFIELDS ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE CENTRE in a

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For almost 150 years, the QUEEN VICTORIA MARKET has been Melbourne’s pantry. Here we explore the newest addition to the NATIONAL HERITAGE LIST, recognised for its importance to the story of Victoria and of Australia.

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or almost 150 years, the Queen Victoria Market has sustained Melbourne’s appetite for fresh food; for thousands of years longer it sustained local Indigenous people as a place of plenty. Before it was the home of the Market, the site originally served as the first public cemetery for Melbourne, an early colonial multidenominational and Aboriginal cemetery.

In July this year, the Queen Victoria Market was added to the National Heritage List in recognition of the importance of this place to the story of Australia. The listing celebrates the vibrant living culture and character of the Market, including the colours, scents, tastes, sights and sounds within the Victorian-era structures and fittings that make the building such a grand old part of the Australian story. The seven-hectare block that is Queen Victoria Market is located on the northern fringe of Melbourne’s CBD and is spread over two city blocks.

Since 1878 the Market has played an important role in the wholesale, and later retail, trade of meat, fruit and vegetables.

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It is the only 19th century market to continue to display all the building types and layout of a market of this time. Features expressing the official values include, but are not limited to, the collection of open sheds in the upper and lower markets, enclosed market halls, stores and perimeter shops.

Prior to its time as a commercial market, the area in which Queen Victoria Market sits was a type of ‘market’ for local Aboriginal people.

It is thought that the lightly timbered grassland, close to the abundant resources of the Yarra River and a swamp — where the markets are now located — may have been an Aboriginal campsite, or a place to cultivate yam daisies. Aboriginal people camped for periods within defined clan boundaries where food was plentiful, and moved on when the land needed to rejuvenate. So perhaps the Market has been Melbourne’s pantry for much longer than was first thought.

Significant features of the market sheds include their open design to allow accessibility and air circulation, the absence of permanent stall structures, layout in a regular row pattern flanked

The market has provided a livelihood OVER GENERATIONS for many families, including MIGRANT FAMILIES.

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THIS PAGE: The Market has long been Melbourne’s favourite place to shop for fresh food. OPPOSITE PAGE: Dinner at the Summer Night Markets is a great way to experience city life.

by laneways, and construction of post-and-beam system, with exposed triangulated trusses supporting a gabled roof or other original construction design. It continues to operate as a city produce and general market, provides a location for a high degree of social interaction, and still retains many of its original attributes, liveliness and character.

The Market has provided a livelihood over generations for many families, including migrant families, and has always been represented by a broad range of nationalities, with Chinese, Vietnamese, Jewish, Italian and Greek included among the particular ethno-cultural communities for which the markets may hold special connections. It has served as a familiar place for migrants from its establishment through to the present day, offering a way to find familiar faces and food, speak in their own language and thereby adjust to a new society and economy.

Before the arrival of supermarkets, produce markets were commonplace across our cities, supporting Australia’s urbanisation by supplying meat, fruit and vegetables to urban dwellers and providing work and income for recently arrived migrants. Over its long history, the Market has been transformed by revolutions in food distribution and retailing, from electricity and running water to refrigeration and trucking.

OLD MELBOURNE CEMETERY An estimated 6500 burial sites remain under the Market’s sheds, stores and car park. The city’s first official cemetery, dating back to 1837, is believed to be the largest early colonial cemetery in Australia. It was the resting place for almost all Melburnians — settlers and Indigenous alike, across all religious denominations — who died before 1854. The cemetery was divided into sections: Jewish, Wesleyan, Society of Friends, Presbyterian, Catholic and Aboriginal people.

The likely number of burials that remain at the site make it the largest single example of an early 19th century colonial cemetery in Australia and, in particular, one that contains a population not founded as a convict settlement.

The Queen Victoria Market was completed and operating in 1878 on the site of the Meat Market (1869) and land previously used as a market reserve for live cattle and sheep. In 1917, the Markets were expanded onto the nearby cemetery land, following various stages of exhumation and clearing. The 1920s saw the development of the internal shopping area, including the fish and meat areas, as well as the delicatessens. Further building works continued in the late 1920s when growers’ sheds were erected, along with several additional sheds. In 1936 expansion continued over the site of the Old Melbourne Cemetery, which by this time had been completely built over.

The transition from wholesale to retail market involved a range of changes from the 1970s to the 1990s. This included large-scale refurbishment, as well as demolition of some market sheds and buildings and construction of the existing carpark.

The Queen Victoria Market is the 114th place to be honoured as one of Australia’s nationally significant heritage sites. Every new listing helps us protect and conserve our heritage and to better understand ourselves as a nation.

Queen Victoria Market is bounded by Peel, Franklin, Victoria and Elizabeth streets, and is just a short walk from Melbourne’s CBD. For opening times, visit qvm.com.au/visitor-information.

Although the site has been disturbed and a number of burials exhumed over time, numerous investigations have demonstrated that the level of disturbance is less than at comparable sites and that there is a relative prevalence of complementary documentary evidence, making it the pre-eminent example of such a site in Australia.

Studies of historical cemeteries in Australia have yielded a range of important information on health and disease, age and sex patterns, internment processes and changing cultural responses to death. The archaeological research potential of the Old Melbourne Cemetery is significant: it offers rare potential for study into matters such as the diet, lifestyle, wealth, pathology and burial customs of the full cross-section of early Melbourne society.

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Prisoners of war: KEEPING AUSTRALIA SAFE? The history of ‘enemy aliens’ and their internment on our shores during the great wars of THE 20TH CENTURY reveals moments of human resilience as well as great tragedy. writer PETER MONTEATH

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hen Australians think of prisoners of war (POWs) and internment, the first images that come to mind are probably those of Australian soldiers during World War II who had been held in Japanese POW camps such as Changi or who had experienced the horrors of work on the Thai–Burma railway. In reality, the history of internment is a much more complex one.

As war gripped the globe in both 1914 and 1939, Australia itself could not remain untouched and had to consider how to deal with ‘the enemy at home’. The way that Australia treated such people says much about the country at crucial times in the history of a young nation; the experience of internment within one of

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Australia’s 11 camps during World War I, or 13 camps during World War II, left a bitter taste in the mouths of many and changed their lives forever.

Following British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith’s declaration of war on Germany on August 4th, 1914, Australian GovernorGeneral Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson issued a series of proclamations ordering ‘enemy aliens’ — people resident in Australia but of enemy nationality — to register with civilian police. By the following month, and as a sign of the growing seriousness with which the issue of security was being addressed, all enemy subjects whose conduct was considered ‘suspicious or unsatisfactory’ were to be detained. As such, Australia opted to establish a series of internment camps; the camps would meet

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OPPOSITE PAGE: A watercolour of Hay internment camp in 1941, by Viennese ‘Dunera Boy’ Theodor Engel. THIS PAGE, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Using found materials, Germans in the Berrima camp built structures along the banks of the Berrima River (D. Speer, c. 1917); entrepreneurial Germans on Torrens Island set up the Kaiser Café, serving cake and cocoa (Carl Schiesser, 1915); a poster from the State Recruiting Committee of South Australia.

security needs, but they would also provide prisoners accommodation and food, albeit at the cost of their liberty.

Similarly, the advent of World War II in September of 1939 saw police forces around Australia moving to nip in the bud any anxieties concerning security at home. While there were numerous echoes of an earlier war, there were also some differences that profoundly shaped the way Australia approached the issue of domestic security. In World War I, both civilian internees and prisoners of war — members of enemy armed forces captured during or after battles — were labelled ‘prisoners of war’. In this war, however, international law demanded that a clear distinction be drawn between the two groups who would now be subjected to different regimes of detention and held in separate places.

Irrespective of this, by the time the war was over, some 12,000 people from many different backgrounds and from many parts of the world — including Germany, Italy and Japan — had experienced life inside an Australian internment camp.

The world of the internment camps largely replicated the social divisions that existed in the wider world, but perhaps with greater rigidity. During both the wars, certain internment compounds

within camps were devoted to particular national groups, with German prisoners, for example, being held separately from their Austro–Hungarian counterparts. However, in hindsight, Australian authorities appear to have been extraordinarily naïve in their disregard of the political convictions of detainees when they allocated accommodation. The coexistence of groups of people with sometimes radically different views led to tension and, in at least one tragic case, to death. There were also authorities who ruled over the prisoners, setting the tone of the everyday lives lived behind the barbed wire. While most guards behaved decently and according to regulations towards their charges, power rested entirely with the guards and their officers; should they choose to abuse their authority, there was little prisoners could do to prevent it. This was the experience of ‘the Dunera Boys’ — the men sent to intern in Australia aboard the troopship HMT Dunera. While the majority — altogether 2036 — were anti-Nazi and most of them were Jews, there were also 200 Italian and 251 German prisoners of war, along with a smaller number of Nazi sympathisers. The 57-day voyage took on nightmarish qualities in overcrowded, deplorable conditions marked by ill-treatment, inadequate rations and disease. Strained relations between Nazis and anti-Nazis, as well as between guards and passengers, led to beatings and abuse. All this was happening in an environment in which the passengers and crew had to live with the constant threat of attacks by German U-boats.

For most prisoners, however, the greatest daily challenge they faced came from the enforced idleness of camp life. Out of this came one of the remarkable features of the history of the camps >

As for the SURVIVORS, the massive mental costs of internment, especially for refugees, were evident.

TELLING STORIES Tales of families torn apart, and rebuilt despite the hardships, HAJIME TOYOSHIMA make compelling reading.

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A Mitsubishi Zero pilot, Hajime Toyoshima An intelligence report noted: took part in the raid on Darwin on 19 February The POW did not wish to be sent back to 1942. Only two Japanese aircraft were lost that Japan. He thought his friends would not want A Mitsubishi Zero pilot, Hajime to have anything to do with him because he day, Toyoshima’s being one of them. Forced to been taken Toyoshima took part in thehadraid on prisoner, and he … would not land on Melville Island, Toyoshima was unhurt, be able to get back into the army. apart from facial injuries,on and February abandoned his 19th, 1942.

Darwin Forced After interrogation in Darwin and then in aircraft. A Japanese search for him in the jungle Toyoshima was Melbourne, Toyoshima was sent to Hay, was fruitless.to land on Melville Island, he and a few other Japanese prisoners After a few days, Toyoshima came from upon a facialwhere unhurt, apart injuries, and were held with Japanese civilian internees. In group of Indigenous women. The next day, December 1942, he and the other Japanese histheaircraft. local Tikalaruabandoned men found him near women, airmen in Hay were transferred to Cowra. and Matthias Ngapiatilawai became the first

— the extent to which prisoners were able to channel their energies into creative activities. Photos taken in camps show that men formed bands, practised gymnastics, set up camp theatres, attended religious services and even ran small businesses. It is important to note that for all the efforts to create something approximating a normal life, the truth was that all the camps were highly unusual, challenging and isolating social environments.

After a few days, Toyoshima came He died in the Cowra breakout from gunshot Australian to apprehend a Japanese prisoner With the Geneva Convention insisting upon the immediate uponsoil. a group of Indigenous women.wounds. Though no knife was and self-inflicted of war on Australian found near him, it is likely that, after having Like other Japanese, Toyoshima release of detainees following the end of hostilities, the Australian The next day,regarded local Tikalaru men found sustained his chest wounds, he borrowed a his capture as a source of great shame. The carving knife from a comrade and sawed into Government went to some lengths to ensure that, regardless of himcode near thethat women, Matthias Japanese warrior insisted he fight and his own throat to end his life. to the death.Ngapiatilawai Hoping that news of his capture the nationality, all POWs departed Australia as soon as transport became first Australian would not reach his homeland, he gave his This officialof photograph was available. After World War I, there had been large-scale toMinami apprehend a other Japanese prisoner war taken in April 1942 name as Tadao and provided of the POWJ (Prisoner of War Japanese) misleading information about his identity.

Hajime Toyoshima shows the facial injuries repatriation of ‘enemy aliens’. While naturalised British subjects on Australian soil. he suffered when he crash-landed his aircraft on Melville as Island. and ‘natural born’ Australians of enemy origin were generally Toyoshima regarded his capture spared, other detainees were loaded onto vessels and returned to a source of great shame.

Hoping that W W I I : E S C A P E AT T E M PT S their European homelands, regardless of their wishes. Similarly, news of his capture would not reach in the immediate aftermath of World War II, large sections of the his homeland, he provided misleading Australian population once more expressed a strong desire for information about his identity. An ‘enemy aliens’ to be sent back at the earliest intelligence report noted: The POW did opportunity to their countries of origin. not wish to be sent back to Japan. He The unluckiest of all internees and POWs, thought his friends would not want to however, were those who spent their final years, have anything to do with him because he months or days in Australian camps and were had been taken prisoner, and he … would never to see their homelands or experience not be able to get back into the army. liberation. While a Cowra breakout cost After interrogation in Darwin and then 234 Japanese men their lives, many internees in Melbourne, Toyoshima was sent to and POWs died of illness, old age and tragically, Hay, where he and a few other Japanese in some cases, suicide. prisoners were held with Japanese As for the survivors, the massive mental costs civilian internees. In December 1942, he of internment, especially for refugees, were and other Japanese airmen in Hay were evident. The absurdity of the detention of these transferred to Cowra. He died in the men, of condemning otherwise productive lives breakout from gunshot and self-inflicted to unknown months and years of isolation and wounds. Though no knife was found EXTRACT FROM Captured Lives: desolation, echoes through the history of near him, it is likely that, after having Australia’s Wartime Internment Australia’s home front in the two world wars. sustained his chest wounds, he borrowed Camps by Peter Monteath. NLA Publishing, $39.99. TOP: German More than that, it speaks to the 21st century a carving knife from a comrade and officers at Dhurringile mansion in and to the ever-present danger of allowing sawed into his own throat to end his life.

Victoria were survivors of HSK unfounded fears to stain the lives of prisoners Kormoran, sunk in November 1941 and their captors alike. after its fatal attack on HMAS Sydney.

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days later police came to get us. Dad and other Japanese were going to be sent somewhere in the south. Mum was very upset and my little brothers were crying … Mum didn’t want to be separated from Dad. She chose to go [with him].

Records show that Shizuo, a laundryman, was arrested in Broome in early January 1942, Margaret and their six children two days later. The family was interned at Harvey in Western Australia and then Tatura in Victoria.

Margaret Shiosaki (née Beasley) was an Records show that Shizuo, a laundryman, was THE SHIOSAKI Margaret gave birth to another child — Indigenous Australian woman, born in Halls arrested in FAMILY Broome in early January 1942, Creek in Western Australia in 1903. Her Margaret and their six children two days later.

Margaret Shiosaki (née Beasley) Ronald John — in Waranga Hospital near husband, Shizuo Shiosaki, was also born in The family was interned at Harvey inwas Western Australia, but to Japanese parents. One of Australia and then Tatura in Victoria. Margaret GERMAN anMargaret Indigenous woman, Tatura in September 1943. The baby’s their daughters, also but known as Australian gave birth to another child—Ronaldborn John—in Peggy, was born in 1928 and was listed in Waranga Hospital near Tatura in September Among the internees who arrived in Australia MONKS Another of the German Buddhists f BUDDHIST Halls Creek Australia in as nationality was as Japanese 64recorded official records as in ‘Japanese Half Caste (abo)’. in Western 1943. The baby’s nationality was recorded Peggy later recalled: Japanese and the reason for his internment was from Ceylon—today’s Sri Lanka—was a small was Ludwig Ankenbrand, born in N Among the internees who arrived 1903. husband, Shizuo and the reason for his internment was given as ‘enemy alien’, Shiosaki, though both his parents Dad was taken first.

He was in Her the Broome group of German Buddhists. One of them, in 1888. As a young man, he too ha were Australian born. gaol. Some days later police came to get us. in Australia from Ceylon (now waswere also born given as ‘enemy alien’, Anton though both his Dad and other Japanese going to be sent in Australia, but to Walter Florus Gueth—later Nyanatiloka drawn to the East before the First W somewhere in the south. Mum was very upset and my little brothers were crying … Mum Sri Lanka) was a small group of Japanese parents. One of their parents were Australian born.

Bhikku—encountered Buddhism as a young In Australia, he and his wife were se didn’t want to be separated from Dad. She chose to go [withdaughters, him].

One of them, also named Margaret man in his native Germany. ItGerman drew him Buddhists. to the the newly constructed camp at Mo Walter Florus GuethThere, Ankenbrand serve but known as Peggy,Forms was born in 1928 East, to his ordinationAnton in Burma, though Canberra.

ABOVE: Forms of Application forleading Registration of Application for Registration both Shizuo Shiosaki and Margaret for both Shizuo Shiosaki and Margaret Shiosaki. he was to spend most of his life in his monastic as schoolmaster — later Nyanatiloka Bhikku — in the camp schoo and was listed in offifor cial records as Shiosaki. Although an Indigenous Australian woman, Margaret took on the nationality Although an Indigenous Australian home in woman, Ceylon. war, the Ankenbrands returned to G of her husband, .who was born in Australia encountered Buddhism as a ‘Japanese Half Caste (abo)’ to Japanese parents, and was therefore Margaret took on the nationality of her husband, regarded as Japanese.

In the First World War, because he was a young man in his native Germany.

Peggy later recalled: Dad was taken who was born in Australia to Japanese parents, German national living in a British colony, and was therefore regarded as Japanese.

C A PT E D L I V Broome ES It drew himhe to the East, leading to first. He was inU R the gaol. Some and a small group of German disciples were his ordination in Burma. eventually sent to Australia to be interned.

In World War I, because he Throughout that period, Nyanatiloka continued was German national living in to wear his yellow robes. After his arelease, a British colony, he and a small he made his way back to Ceylon, arriving there in 1926. During the Second World War, group of German disciples were The ruin of Edmund Resch’s Red Lion Brewery in Wilcannia, New South Wales.

Nyanatiloka was interned once more, this time eventually sent to Australia to be (Wes Stacey, c. 1970) BELOW: Edmund Resch in the Holdsworthy camp soon after in northern India. his internment in 1917. He died only six years later. (National Archives of Australia) interned. Throughout that period, Ludwig Ankenbrand was one o in in beer. Born Nyanatiloka continued togroup wearofhis Germans whose Budd made his name 63 sch 18 Re in nd a ali mu Ed Austr had taken them to Asia before yellow robes.

After his release, he d emigrated to ha of e sch tim Re , the 47 18 89. By which in turn brought them—m turalised in 18 na nt ide me co res a be d en made his way back to Ceylon, an had be 90 their will—to Australia during th of the war, he ntury the outbreak over half a ce arriving there in 1926. During e homeland for g tiv nin op ad run re his of ns we stralian born so l World War II,PTNyanatiloka and his two Au en so, Resch fel CA U R E D L I V E S was ’s brewery. Ev sch Re nic ico the sinesses with bu g interned once more, this time tin ge tar licy of victim to a po 1917 and at the in November d, an s in northern India. ks Hi lin y. an rth Germ at Holdswo was interned of age of 70, he the circulation Another of the German s preceded by wa y ert lib of y, particularly loss alt loy his t ou Buddhists from Ceylon was rs ab ou sch rum Re s to iou y malic antipath ’s s. Such was the Ludwig Ankenbrand, born in in union circle drinking Resch up e giv to rtook that some unde Nuremberg in 1888.

As a young of the war. ion rat du the beer for man, he too had been drawn to n Lio d Re ’s Resch n of Edmund the East before World War I. In Above: The rui nnia, New South Wales. lca Brewery in Wi only six aged 70 and , sch Australia, he and his wife were Re nd y ldsworth Left: Edmu died, in the Ho years before he his internment in 1917. sent to the newly constructed d er an Tooth camp soon aft s taken over by s’ is still ’s company wa ‘Resch were running the Resch Australian-born sons camp at Molonglo in Canberra. nd bra the h ug s.

Co. in 1929, tho ited Brewerie rlton and Un Resch’s brewery. Even so, Resch There, Ankenbrand served for duced by Ca proiconic Edmund made his name in beer. Born in fell victimResch to a policy of targeting a time as schoolmaster in the 90 1847, Resch had emigrated to Australia in 1863 L I V E S businesses with German links and, camp’s school. After the war, C A PT U R E D and become naturalised in 1889. By the time of EDMUND RESCH in November 1917 and at the age of 70, the Ankenbrands returned the outbreak of the war, he had been a resident Edmund Resch made his name in beer. heofwas interned at Holdsworthy.

His his adoptive homeland for over half a century to Germany.

Born in 1847, Resch had emigrated to loss was preceded bywere the running andof hisliberty two Australian born sons Australia in 1863 and had become circulation of malicious rumours ABOVE: Ludwig Ankenbrand was one the iconic Resch’s brewery.

Even so, about Resch fell of a small group of Germans whose naturalised in 1889. By the time of his loyalty, in union circles.with victim to a particularly policy of targeting businesses German in November 1917 and at the Buddhist beliefs had taken them to Asia the outbreak of the war, he had been Such waslinks the and, antipathy to Resch that before the war, which in turn brought age of 70, he was interned at Holdsworthy.

His a resident of his adoptive homeland some undertook to give up drinking them — much against their will — to loss of liberty wasthe preceded by the circulation for over half a century and his two Resch’s beer for duration of the war. of Australia during the war.

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malicious rumours about his loyalty, particularly in union circles. Such was the antipathy to Resch that some undertook to give up drinking Resch’s beer for the duration of the war.

Above: The ruin of Edmund Resch’s Red Lion Brewery in Wilcannia, New South Wales.

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News & Events Discover the exciting activities happening at the National Trust.

Explore the interior of Como House and you can also enjoy the Paris to Provence pop-up markets in the grounds.

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Christmas celebrations at Labassa include a guided tour and a choral performance.

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SUPER 70S EXHIBITION JULY 27TH– NOVEMBER 4TH Super 70s is an exhibition that celebrates one of the most eclectic fashion decades, when fashion broke the rules. Seventies fashion was so unconventional, diverse and contradictory. It was a time when day wear could be evening wear and gender fluidity and feminist politics challenged the prevailing trends and social ideologies.

Explore this exhibition at Rippon Lea Estate and take a look back through time at what Melburnians wore during this iconic decade.

Ph (03) 9656 9889; email bookings@nattrust.com.au; visit superseventies.com.au.

Rippon Lea Estate, 192 Hotham Street, Elsternwick. 10am–4pm.

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OLD MELBOURNE GAOL NIGHT TOURS SELECTED DATES Visit the Old Melbourne Gaol at night and learn about the characters who spent time here by participating in a Ghost or Hangman’s tour; or why not spend a night in the Watch House?

Ph (03) 9656 9889; email bookings@nattrust.com.au; visit oldmelbournegaol.com.au.

Old Melbourne Gaol, 377 Russell Street, Melbourne.

PIRATE SUNDAYS AT POLLY WOODSIDE NOVEMBER 4TH, DECEMBER 2ND Secure your place on board Polly Woodside for a day full of adventure, including scrubbing the decks, ringing the bell and join in pirate games and art and craft before exploring the tall ship and history gallery.

Ph (03) 9656 9889; email bookings@nattrust.com.au; visit pollywoodside.com.au.

Polly Woodside, 21 South Wharf Promenade, South Wharf.

10am–4pm.

Rippon Lea plays host to an exhibition of fashion from the Super 70s.

TWILIGHT CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL

PARIS TO PROVENCE NOVEMBER 30TH– DECEMBER 2ND Visit Como Estate and see it transformed into a whimsical French pop-up village with plenty of entertainment, food and beverages to fill your weekend!

Email info@paristoprovence. com.au; visit paristoprovence. com.au. Como Estate, corner Williams Road and Lechlade Avenue, South Yarra.

Como Estate, corner Williams Road and Lechlade Avenue, South Yarra.

CHRISTMAS FLORISTRY WORKSHOP DECEMBER 1ST Looking for something special for your Christmas table this year? Try your hand at creating a Christmas tablescape, posy or wreath in an interactive floristry workshop held at Como Estate.

Ph (03) 9656 9889; email bookings@nattrust.com.au.

CHRISTMAS AT LABASSA DECEMBER 9TH Join in the Christmas spirit at Labassa. Experience a special performance by the Bayside Singers, before you receive a guided tour of the mansion and take the opportunity to purchase your seasonal treats.

Ph (03) 9656 9889; email bookings@nattrust.com.au.

DECEMBER 7TH Celebrate the start of the festive season by bringing the whole family along to Rippon Lea Estate for an evening of carols and Christmas cheer with plenty of gift stalls and food trucks and of course a visit from Santa!

Ph (03) 9656 9889; email bookings@nattrust.com.au.

Rippon Lea Estate, 192 Hotham Street, Elsternwick.

Labassa, 2 Manor Grove, Caulfield North.

Visit nationaltrust.org.au/vic for information about these events and more.

Distribution of this magazine may vary; we apologise if some events are already completed or booked out in advance. We recommend contacting the organisers to confirm details and ensure availability.

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The gardens at Franklin House are the perfect setting for a spring fair. BELOW: Runnymede House and Gardens.

HIGH TEAS AT RUNNYMEDE

SUNDAYS IN NOVEMBER Join us on a Sunday afternoon for Victorian-style high tea in the beautiful surrounds of Runnymede House and Gardens. Ph (03) 6278 1269; email runnymede@ nationaltrusttas.org.au.

Tickets, $25 NT members, $30 adults, $20 children.

Runnymede, 61 Bay Road, New Town. Please arrive at 2:15pm for a 2:30pm seating.

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SPRING GARDEN PARTY FRANKLIN HOUSE

NOVEMBER 18TH Devonshire tea, sausage sizzle, stalls, games, learn to play croquet, colonial strollers.

Ph (03) 6344 7824; email franklin@nationaltrusttas. org.au. Tickets, free. Franklin House, 413 Hobart Road, Youngtown. 11am–3pm.

and more. Major fly fishing equipment manufacturers will display their wares; international-level casting experts will give instruction; or get advice from the Inland Fishing Service. There will also

be a fly fishing art exhibition by renowned artist Trevor Hawkins and works by the outstanding fishing photographer Steven Ooi. Take part in the full program of events, including hands-on

demonstrations and opportunities for children to be involved as well.

Ph (03) 6344 6233. Ticket prices yet to be announced at time of printing. Australian Fly Fishing Museum, Clarendon, 234 Clarendon Road, Evandale.

10am–4pm.

CAROLS AND CAKE FRANKLIN HOUSE DECEMBER 9TH Ph (03) 6344 7824; email franklin@nationaltrusttas.org.au.

Tickets, $10 (bookings essential).

Franklin House, 413 Hobart Road, Youngtown. 2pm.

PHOTOGRAPHERS MARNIE HAWSON, CLAIRE TAKACS

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AUSTRALIAN FLY FISHING INTERNATIONAL SPECTACULAR NOVEMBER 10TH–11TH Clarendon is a grand property built in the 1830s on the South Esk River and in its grounds is the home of the Australian Fly Fishing Museum.

During this international festival, the building and grounds will host a variety of activities: casting, fly tying,

GARDEN FETE HOME HILL

NOVEMBER 18TH The annual fete in the grounds of this iconic Devonport building has something for everyone. Peruse the quality market stalls of local makers and artists, enjoy fresh produce from our food vendors as well as live music activities and other entertainment.

Ph (03) 6424 8055; email home.hill@nationaltrusttas.org.au. Tickets, $2.

77 Middle Road, Devonport. 11am–3pm.

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OCTOBER 14TH A day of family fun to celebrate the 100th birthday of Norman Lindsay’s children’s classic, The Magic Pudding.

The story of Albert, the cut-and-come-again pudding with attitude, has delighted children — and adults — since 1918. Prizes for the best costumes, bush ballads, crafts, sausage sizzle, bush walks and a Pudding Hunt. But watch out for sneaky Pudding Thieves!

Ph (02) 4751 1067; email nlg@ nationaltrust.org.au; visit nationaltrust.org.au/places/ Norman-Lindsay-gallery.

Tickets, $15 NT members, $20 adults, $60 family/group of 4.

Norman Lindsay Gallery, 14 Norman Lindsay Crescent, Faulconbridge. 10am–4pm.

of Australian female portrait painters and has played a role in developing the profile of the nation’s women artists.

Ph (02) 9258 0173; email shervingallery@nationaltrust. com.au; visit shervingallery. com.au. Tickets, $4 NT members, $10 adults, $8 seniors and concessions, under 12s free.

Special rates apply for major exhibitions. S.H. Ervin Gallery, Watson Road, Observatory Hill, The Rocks, Sydney. Tuesday– Sunday 11am–5pm. Closed Mondays, public holidays and for exhibition changeover.

BATHURST SPRING SPECTACULAR OCTOBER 27TH–28TH Miss Traill’s House and Garden is a star of the Bathurst Spring Spectacular, organised by the Bathurst Gardeners’ Club, showcasing the region’s special gardens.

Don’t miss the Country Garden Market in Miss Traill’s paddock. Enjoy morning and afternoon tea, a barbecue lunch and wonderful music.

Ph (02) 6332 4232; mth@ nationaltrust.com.au; visit bathurstgardenclub.org.au/ Bathurst-spring-spectacular.

Free entry to Miss Traill’s

TOURS AND TREKS National Trust (NSW) way holiday tours.

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PORTIA GEACH MEMORIAL AWARD OCTOBER 12TH– DECEMBER 2ND The annual award exhibition for portraiture by contemporary Australian women artists, first given in 1965 in memory of the artist Portia Geach. Entries represent the diversity in contemporary portraiture from artists across the nation.

It is recognised as one of the most important celebrations of the talents and creativity

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Explore histories and cultures of faraway lands in comfort and style. For enquiries, itineraries and bookings, ring David Smith, Travel on Capri, 1800 679 066.

SOUTHERN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL – NEW TOUR! MAY 17TH–29TH, 2019 Spain and Portugal offer some of the richest cultural heritage to be found in Europe. This small group tour will immerse you in these two passionate countries, where East meets West. From capital cities to medieval cobblestone villages and small

Frederick McCubbin – Sunset Glow, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.

THE ART OF GIVING

FROM NOVEMBER 10TH Celebrating the legacy of the late James Fairfax AC and his gifts to Australian art, his former home, the 19th century mansion at Retford Park, hosts an exhibition of life-size prints of works by renowned Australian artists. Special events include talks, day tours, sunset tours and dinners in the main house.

Bookings: nationaltrust.org.au/event/retford-park-the-art-ofgiving/. Retford Park, 1325 Old South Road, Bowral. 10am–4pm.

Garden Market. $5 special entry price to Miss Traill’s House Museum. 321 Russell Street, Bathurst. 10am–4pm; museum open 12noon–3pm.

CAVALCADE OF HISTORY AND FASHION: 1920s CLOAKS AND COATS NOVEMBER 10TH See a parade of elegant and glamorous cloaks and coats from the 1920s. Hear about the fabrics and designs used to

fishing towns, we take in an intoxicating mix of people and places, enjoying the sunshine as we leave stress behind. You will experience Cordoba, Granada, Seville, Cadiz, Porto, Lisbon and much in between, exploring Arabic palaces, Roman temples and Catholic cathedrals. Such a mix of treasures awaiting discovery!

Bookings/enquiries: David Smith, Travel on Capri, 1800 679 066. Tour Leader: Jill Bunning, 0439 321 164.

STATELY HOMES OF OXFORD AND THE COTSWOLDS – NEW TOUR! JUNE 2019 On this unique tour we visit beautiful stately homes in

achieve ‘the look’. Learn of bohemianism, the evils of dancing clubs and the lives of ‘modern gals’, when fashion was art and art was fashion.

A delicious two-course lunch will be served in the Art Deco tearooms. Bookings essential.

Ph 0467 388 247 or 0410 312 827; email friendsofeverglades@ gmail.com. Tickets, $45 NT members, $50 adults.

BYO wine. Everglades House and Gardens, 37 Everglades Avenue, Leura. 12.30pm.

quintessentially English regions of Britain and meet those lucky enough to live in them. We will also visit other impressive properties in the Cotswolds, an area of England known for its idyllic, honey-coloured stone towns and villages set against the picturesque rural background of gently rolling hills. These idyllic scenes are complemented by visits to some magnificent stately homes around Oxford, the City of Dreaming Spires, where we will spend seven nights. The tour will culminate with three days in the magical city of Bath.

Expressions of interest: David Smith, Travel on Capri, 1800 679 066. Tour Leader: Lorraine Collins, 0439 947 479.

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PUDDIN’DAY: THE MAGIC PUDDING TURNS 100!

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AYERS HOUSE MUSEUM SIGNATURE SERIES SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER Experience world class music in this fine Victorian-era home. An intimate concert series presented by the National Trust in partnership with Celia Craig. Thursday, September 27th: ‘The Divine

Image’. Thursday, October 25th: ‘Bound for South Australia’. Sunday, November 25th: ‘Mozart the Master’.

For more information ph (08) 8223 1234; email ayershouse@ nationaltrustsa.org.au; or visit ayershousemuseum.org.au.

Tickets, $40 per concert, $110 for the series (refreshments included). Ayers House Museum, 288 North Terrace, Adelaide.

Thursdays, 6pm for 6:30pm; Sunday, 3:30pm for 4pm.

AUSTRALIAN FESTIVAL OF MARMALADE

OCTOBER 7TH The Festival will celebrate all things citrus and the winners of this year’s Australian Marmalade Competition. Come and enjoy spring in the beautiful grounds of Beaumont House, which will be transformed into a citrus paradise, offering citrus plants for sale, information on Riverland citrus, advice on how to grow citrus and practical citrus cooking demonstrations. See the fantastic display of the many marmalades entered into this year’s competition and attend the presentation of the Awards by our major patron, Jane Hasell-McCosh of Dalemain, in Cumbria in the UK. Ph (08) 8202 9200; email marmalade@nationaltrustsa.org.au.

Tickets, $7 NT members, $10 adults, $8 concession, under 15s free. Beaumont House, 631 Glynburn Road, Beaumont. 11am–4pm.

Celebrate the Festival of Marmalade at Beaumont House and gardens.

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Christmas

FAIR

15 – 17 November 2018 10am – 4pm 1a Carthona Avenue, Darling Point $5 Entry

OVER 80 STALLS WITH A WIDE RANGE OF SPECIAL GIFTS! Gourmet food stalls and all your Christmas needs. Lunch and refreshments available.

Enter via Lindsay Avenue, Darling Point.

A complimentary shuttle will be providing transportation from Stand M at Edgecliff Railway Station Bus Interchange.

CONTACT: lindesay@nationaltrust.com.au

CHRISTMAS PARTY

HERITAGE WALK 17: BENDORA ARBORETUM

Stroll among the tall trees of subalpine forest at Bendora.

Cliftonwood stables; home to the vintage buggy (above).

HERITAGE WALK 16 WIZARDS OF OZ: A DICKSON–DOWNER HERITAGE TRAIL OCTOBER 28TH From rabbit-infested soldier settlements on rural blocks, the city’s original aerodrome, CSIRO’s Experiment Station to modern urban expansion, this walk explores Dickson and Downer’s rich and varied history. Expert heritage architects and urban planners use Dickson and Downer’s buildings, plans, historic photos and maps to weave together the influences that shaped the area’s present.

Starting at Dickson Library, we travel east through the shops and past Dickson Pool to a 1926 air-crash site (today’s ANCA Studios and Gallery).

We then head north to CSIRO’s Monterey pine windbreaks, and end — with

tea and scones — at the 1940s farm buildings that became Downer’s local shops.

Distance: approximately 2km (3km if returning to the start).

Exercise level: Moderate outdoor walk, over bumpy terrain and parklands and paved surfaces.

Bookings nationaltrust.org.au/ act/heritagewalks-act/. Tickets, $10. Meet at Dickson Library. .

NATIONAL TRUST ACT HERITAGE AWARDS 2018 PRESENTATION NIGHT DATE TBA Please visit our website for details when they are available: nationaltrust.org.au/act

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NATIONAL TRUST OF AUSTRALIA (ACT) ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OCTOBER 18TH Guest speaker and author Dr Sherene Suchy will speak on ‘Three Ps for Estates: Planning, Provenance and Protecting Heirlooms’. She will be sharing heart-warming stories about The Keepsakes Project, the importance of having an up-to-date will, how to document provenance, and what to include in a letter of direction for heirlooms with heritage value. Copies of Dr Suchy’s book Keepsakes: Memoir on the ‘Museum of You’ & Estate Planning (published in 2016) will be available on the night.

Ph (02) 6230 0533; email info@nationaltrustact.org.au.

Tickets, free. Venue to be confirmed at time of publication: for further details closer to the date visit nationaltrust.org.au/ explore/?content=event&state= act. 6pm for 6.30pm. nationaltrust.org.au/act

NOVEMBER 25TH This month we’re heading for the hills and getting away from the city on an all-day trip!

Bendora Arboretum is close to the Mount Franklin Road, 5km beyond Bulls Head Picnic Area.

It was initially established in 1940 at the direction of Charles Lane-Poole, Inspector-General of the then Forestry and Timber Bureau, to help determine which species of coniferous trees should be grown commercially in upland areas in the ACT and southeastern Australia. Following the 2003 fires, it is the only surviving arboretum of several established in this area. Guided

by Dr John Turnbull, former CSIRO forestry research scientist, you will visit Bendora Hut and learn about its use by road builders, timber harvesters and forestry students, and walk through the magnificent stands of trees that form the arboretum. We will also visit the Bulls Head area (toilets!) and learn about the history of the settlement there, as well as viewing one of the original markers for the ACT–NSW boundary. The walk through subalpine native forest with some short hills, should provide a feast of wildflowers and cool conditions.

Bookings nationaltrust.org.au/ act/heritagewalks-act/.

Tickets, $10. Further details to be advised.

DECEMBER 2ND Come and join us for some Christmas cheer at the historic rural property, Cliftonwood, near Yass.

Further information and bookings: nationaltrust.org.au/explore/?content= event&state=act

EVENTS

JAZZ PICNIC IN THE GARDENS

Picnic in the grounds of Old Blythewood at Pinjarra.

OCTOBER 28TH Bring a picnic and join us to listen to live music in the springtime gardens of Old Blythewood. There will be guided tours of the house and the opportunity to explore an acre of historic gardens, all while listening to the smooth sounds of jazz.

Bookings and more information: nationaltrust. org.au/whats-on-wa. Tickets, free. Old Blythewood, 6161 South Western Highway, Pinjarra. 12:30pm–3:30pm.

HERITAGE PERTH WEEKEND

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CONVICTS OF PERTH OCTOBER 21ST CURTIN FAMILY HOME LECTURE NOVEMBER 7TH Colin Barnett will present the 2018 Curtin Family Home lecture. He will compare and contrast his experience as a political leader with that of John Curtin, both living and working in the seaside suburb of Cottesloe. The political and social landscape changed dramatically over the 50 or so years that separated them.

Cottesloe’s aspirations grew and fast-paced media has forever changed the connection politicians can have with their constituents.

This will be an opportunity to glimpse the more personal aspects of a politician’s life and see the way their communities support and sustain them.

Bookings and information: nationaltrust.org.au/whatson-wa. Tickets, $15 NT members and concessions, $20 adults. The Grove Library, 1 Leake Street, Peppermint Grove. 6pm–7:30pm.

CHRISTMAS CAROLS AT THE FARM DECEMBER 15TH Join us in the beautiful setting of Peninsula Farm on the banks of the Swan River.

There will be singing, with a wonderful mix of traditional

songs of joy and happiness.

Bring friends, family and food.

Bookings and more information: nationaltrust.org.au/whats-onwa. Tickets, $5 per person.

Peninsula Farm, 22 Johnson Road, Maylands. Grounds open at 4:30pm.

Lest we forget at Woodbridge.

Between 1850 and 1868 an estimated 10,000 convicts arrived in Western Australia.

Hear how they helped shape the state of today and then follow a self-guided tour of their graves in Perth’s earliest burial ground.

Bookings and information: nationaltrust.org.au/ whats-on-wa. Tickets, free.

East Perth Cemeteries, Bronte Street, East Perth.

10am–4pm.

OLD OBSERVATORY TOURS OCTOBER 21ST

REMEMBRANCE DAY EVENT

NOVEMBER 11TH To remember those who have fallen for our country, we will be showing screenings of the new National Trust documentary Woodbridge at War followed by tours of Woodbridge. There will be a display of poppies, handmade by our talented volunteers, throughout the garden.

Bookings and information: nationaltrust.org.au/whats-on-wa.

Woodbridge, 8254 Ford Street, Woodbridge. 12noon–3pm.

The Old Observatory in West Perth is opening its doors for guided tours as part of the Heritage Perth Weekend. The precinct will come alive with music, games and tours. Join a guided tour of the grounds and buildings of Perth’s original observatory, once the residence of the Chief Astronomer.

Bookings and information: nationaltrust.org.au/ whats-on-wa. Tickets, free. The Old Observatory, 4 Havelock Street, West Perth. 12noon–3pm.

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BRISBANE OPEN HOUSE

OCTOBER 13TH–14TH A free public festival that celebrates Brisbane’s architecture and offers behind-the-scenes access to buildings across the city. This year our very own Wolston Farmhouse is participating with free entry. Be sure to visit all of the open properties.

Visit brisbaneopenhouse. com.au.

Entry to Wolston Farmhouse is free during the Brisbane Open House weekend.

(must be ticketed). Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary. 6pm–9pm.

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ROTARY TASTES OF THE TABLELANDS OCTOBER 14TH Don’t miss this showcase of what the Tablelands has to offer, with a wide variety of wonderful fresh products from growers and producers. There will be all manner of food, tastings, entertainment, arts, competitions, demonstrations,

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kids activities and more.

Find us on Facebook @tastesofthetablelands.com.au 8.30am–4pm.

THE TRUST TALKS OCTOBER 18TH The question will be ‘Beauty or the Beast? Communicating the value of 20th century heritage.’

We are delighted to announce Sheridan Bourke as our keynote speaker at this event.

Visit nationaltrust.org.au/qld.

Venue and tickets to be advised.

5pm–9pm.

FESTEVIL AT THE FANGTUARY OCTOBER 26TH Back again for another spooktacular year! Be sure not to miss this Halloween treat.

Go trick-or-treating through the Sanctuary at night and run into our spooky wildlife along the way. There will be live entertainment, plus food and drinks available, so make sure you mark it in your calendar.

CurrumbinSanctuary.com.au.

Tickets, $12.50 NT members, $15 non-members, under 4s free

FREE FLIGHT BIRD SHOW DECEMBER 26TH We are soaring with excitement to announce plans for a new Free Flight Bird Show. This exciting new show will take flight in the summer of 2018. Be the first to see it!

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Tickets, online. Adults at kids’ prices or free with National Trust membership.

To stay up-to-date on all of our events follow us on Facebook @currumbin.wildlife.sanctuary @nationaltrustqueensland DONATE TODAY Go to nationaltrust.org. au/donate/

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MEET THE TAMARINS OF LOST VALLEY OPEN DAILY Experience our NEW Tamarin Encounter in Lost Valley! Meet the troop of inquisitive and adorable cotton-top tamarins and get up close and personal with them when you enter their exhibit with the Keeper.

Witness the antics of Mitu, Toro, Arami and Pablo while you help feed them, learn interesting facts and watch these amazing monkeys play.

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Tamarin Encounter, $39 per person (does not include admission to the Sanctuary).

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Iconic Gold Coast Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary is an iconic Gold Coast nature-based tourist destination established in 1947 and is the crown jewel of the National Trust of Australia (Queensland) properties.

Made famous by our rainbow lorikeets, guests can still enjoy the free daily experience at 8am and 4pm with a gold coin donation for feeding.

It’s so much for everyone and National Trust members receive FREE entry into the Sanctuary.

Open 7 days, 8am-5pm 28 Tomewin St Currumbin QLD 4223 CurrumbinSanctuary.com.au

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PHOTOGRAPHS ANTHONY BASHEER, MARNIE HAWSON, MARK ROPER, MICHAEL WEE

Encourage a FRIEND or FAMILY member to sign up or DONATE today and help us protect our special PLACES. To discover more about the benefits of membership, go to nationaltrust.org.au/membership.

LAST WORD

CLOCKWISE FROM CENTRE TOP: Edna May Mine; No 8 Pump Station; new signage; an aqueduct at Karalee Rocks.

GOLDEN PIPELINE

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he Federal Government’s Protecting National Historic Sites funding program has provided a new avenue of funding for the ongoing care of and access to the Golden Pipeline now over 15 years on from its inception. Once described as ‘madness’, the installation of the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme (GWSS) is one of Australia’s most ambitious engineering projects ever. Completed in 1903, it linked Perth to Kalgoorlie in Western Australia and allowed this arid outback town to become one of the richest mining areas in the world. Running 560 kilometres inland, the pipeline also opened up the region to farming.

Conceived and built by Charles Yelverton (CY) O’Connor, the GWSS was added to the National Heritage List in 2011 but the National Trust of Western Australia’s interest in the pipeline dates back long before it was given National Heritage List status.

More than $12 million was raised at that time for an audacious program of conservation, interpretation and community engagement. The result was an award-winning project that included a heritage driving trail with more than 20 sites, a guidebook, website, education programs and a stand-alone interpretation centre in the former No 1 Pump Station in the Perth Hills.

The project was launched on January 24th, 2003, 100 years after former state Premier Sir John Forrest and Lady Forrest opened the original scheme. Over the past five years, the National Trust has made further successful grant applications to the Federal Government for projects such as the development of a website, updating conservation plans and undertaking works guided by those plans.

The GWSS is one of 69 places included on the National Heritage List for their historic values. The work was not without its challenges. During an archaeological survey of No 8 Pump

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Station near Coolgardie, asbestos in ash dump sites prompted an investigation into all of the steam pump station sites, triggering an extensive remediation program by the scheme’s owner, the Water Corporation. The Trust has worked with them to ensure access to the interpreted sites, while protecting the public from any potential harm.

Over the years the National Trust has been conscious of risks associated with taking travellers, some unfamiliar with this often-inhospitable environment, onto isolated dirt roads; loss of signage through damage and vandalism exacerbated the problem.

The decision was made to create a spine along the Great Eastern Highway, which connects Perth to Kalgoorlie. Sites that explore engineering, water and local history topics are now accessed from the highway, resulting in a more flexible and inviting journey.

That journey should begin with the new Golden Pipeline website, which uses mapping and journey planning tools to help potential visitors. Towns, Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail sites and local places of interest are all included, as is information on the key elements of the scheme: engineering, water and people. There is even a simple animation to explain how the scheme and pump stations operate.

So whether you are an armchair enthusiast or planning an extended holiday, there’s absorbing reading to be found on the website.

This work has been vital to the Trust’s mission to conserve and interpret the history of an internationally important engineering scheme, as well as to bring benefits to the communities it passes through. The National Trust looks forward to attracting more visitors to this amazing project, which took water into the desert and allowed for the development of the Eastern Goldfields around Kalgoorlie, the world’s richest square kilometre of ground, and, later, the abundant agricultural land of the wheat belt.

To learn more about one of Western Australia’s fascinating stories or to plan a trip, visit goldenpipeline.com.au.

PHOTOGRAPHY NATIONAL TRUST OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, ANNE BRAKE, GARY PETERS

Bringing water to Kalgoorlie and the Western Australian wheat belt was a FEAT OF ENGINEERING not to be underestimated.

OPEN DAILY | 27 JULY - 4 NOV

A FASHION EXHIBITION Rippon Lea Estate, Elsternwick. superseventies.com.au

Signature Series Aye r s Hou s e M u s e u m

Experience world class music in Adelaide’s finest Victorian era home.

An intimate concert series certain to delight all the senses.

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The Divine Image

Rosalind Martin, soprano, Joshua Van Konkelenburg, organ, and Celia Craig,oboe

Bound for South Australia Julian Ferraretto,violin, with his band Date: Thursday 25 October Time: 6.00 for 6.30 pm

Date: Thursday 27 September Time: 6.00 for 6.30 pm

Mozart the Master

Celia Craig, oboe, Dr Helen Ayres, Linda Garrett and Simon Cobcroft, strings Date: Sunday 25 November Time: 3.30 for 4.00 pm

WHERE

TICKETS

State Dining Room, Ayers House Museum 288 North Terrace, Adelaide

Single Performance: $40 pp | Entire Series: $110 pp (refreshments included)

For more information about the Signature Series at Ayers House Museum and to book your tickets please visit: www.ayershousemuseum.org.au or phone (08) 8223 1234 or email ayershouse@nationaltrustsa.org.au

S E P T E M B E R - NOV E M B E R 2018 Proudly presented by the National Trust of South Australia in partnership with Celia Craig

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