News
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What House is That?
A guide to the Australian Capital Territory's Housing Styles
Available from the NT office in Civic for $10.00
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Tours and Events
Previous Walks and Tours...
Day tour to Historic Goulburn - 10 June2012
Lunch stop at "Riversdale", one of several interesting historic places visited during the chilly but enjoyable day.
Duntroon Dairy Open Day - 29 Apr 2012
What a beautiful autumn day in the bush capital!
Magna Carta Tour - 21 Apr 2012
Enjoying the autumn colours whilst learning about the history and purpose of the monument.
Robertson's House - 22 Apr 2012
Getting the facts on the history of the house and stories of past residents.
Old Coach Road - 19 Feb 2012
Participants listening to a park ranger give a talk at the end of their walk, and enjoying refreshments in the Mulligans Flat woolshed.
Lake George & Collector - 9 Oct 2011
Weather a bit chilly but a fascinating insight of Lake George, followed by a most interesting tour of historic Collector.
Tuggeranong Homestead -26 June
At last a lovely day for this historic journey around Tuggeranong Homestead and grounds. An unexpected bonus was the firing up of one of the steam engines!
Cotter Dam Discovery Trail - 21 March
Another wet day couldn't keep our enthusiastic walkers away for this interesting trip to see the progress of the dam.
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A Wander Through Campbell - 6 March
Alan Foskett led an enjoyable walk around Campbell, including Legacy Park pictured above.
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Centenary Border Walk -
Old Tuggeranong Rd - 19 February
Wet weather didn't dampen the enthusiasm
for 23 members on our walk to the Border.
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The Shop at Old Parliment House has closed.
Some National Trust branded items are still available to purchase from the office in Civic
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Heritage News
Please note: we are currently in the process of changing to a new National website.
Heritage at Risk 2012 Announced
Our Heritage at Risk List for 2012 includes the following sites:
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Canberra's Residential Housing Precincts
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ACT Supreme Court
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Lake Burley Griffin West Basin
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Cork Oak Plantation
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Civic Pool
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Kingston Fitters Workshop
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The ANU Constables Cottage Buggy Shed
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Heritage Listed Open Spaces
For a full explanation of the threats to these heritage sites click here.
For the ACT Media Release click here
Invitation to Marion Mahony Griffin Lecture 2012
Celebrating the Griffins' contribution to Canberra as a modern planned capital city - by Sheridan Burke.
Click here for more details and booking information including a discounted rate for National Trust Members.
ACT Symposium 2012
Valuing Heritage: Advocating community attachment in planning
After the success of last year the Annual Australian Heritage Partnership Symposium was again held in Canberra on the 28th of July 2012. Click here for more information.
The exciting and jam-packed program is now available here and the summary of the day is available here, stay tuned for the presentations.
Themes for this year include:
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Social attachment to places - community values and memories
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Archaeology, it's not just buried in the ground - layers of time in landscapes and buildings
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21st Century Heritage Values: are they different?
National History Challenge 2012
This year's overall theme is:
People and Consequences
The National Trust sponsors the special category: Australia's Heritage and we encourage all school children to get involved. This year creativity is encouraged and submissions can be anything from an essay or report to a museum display, a performance, painting, short film or even scrapbook. To learn more visit the NHC website.
For more information on the 2011 winners see our Education Page.
ACT Heritage Listings
Another round of nominations and listings were announced on the 19 July 2012. The following site ha been place on the ACT Heritage Register:
6 sites were deemed not to meet the criteria to determine heritage significance for entry to the Register, these are:
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24 Canberra Ave, Forrest
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The Royal Swedish Embassy, Yarralumla
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The USA Chancery Residence & Precinct, Yarralumla
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King George V Memorial, Parkes
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The Air Disaster Memorial, Oaks Estate
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Arboreta: Piccadilly Circus, Blundell's and Reid's Pinch
To see the documents click here
To see our comments on previous registrations and other ACT heritage issues see the Heritage Issues tab.
Flynn Primary School
Anyone wishing to participate in the survey on Flynn School to ascertain the communities views about the school and assist in determining social significance can access the survey here.
National Heritage at Risk List
The National Heritage at Risk list for 2011 was announced on the 28th of October. The list is as follows:
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Shores of Lake Burley Griffin, ACT
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Snake Creek Armament Depot, NT
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Historic Pubs of Victoria
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Coorong and Lower Murray Lakes. SA
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Declining Bird Populations of Mount Lofty Ranges, SA
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Hunter Valley Conservation Landscapes, NSW
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Ravenswood Community Church, QLD
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Burnie Paper Mill, Tas
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Places on the Regsiter of the National Estate, throughout Australia
For the more details visit the website http://heritageatrisk.org.au and see below for the full ACT list.
National Trust ACT Heritage at Risk 2011
Our top Heritage at Risk Places were:
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Lake Burley Griffin and Foreshores
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The Register of the National Estate
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Majura Valley
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Reid Housing Precinct
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Places without Fire Protection
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Dickson/Lyneham Flats
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Yarralumla Brickworks
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