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$4.8 MILLION TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY HERITAGE PROJECTS IN NSW - 2004
In 2004 the NSW Government committed $4.8 million over the following two years to protect and enhance the State's rich cultural heritage.
The funding includes:
- $2.2 million for conservation work to be carried out to 73 buildings, sites and towns of state heritage significance;
- $1 million in support of local council heritage management;
- $628,000 to support heritage partnership bodies such as the National Trust, the Royal Australian Institute of Architects and the Great North Road Project;
- $400,000 for Aboriginal heritage projects;
- $250,000 for 11 state-wide heritage studies, heritage promotional and other projects;
- $90,000 to the Royal Australian Historical Society to run a local history and archives program.
The Heritage Incentives Program provides practical support to communities all over the State wanting to conserve and document their local heritage. Over 70% of the funding goes to programs in rural and regional NSW. By documenting and preserving NSW's rich and diverse heritage, the Heritage Incentives Program boosts the self-esteem and sense of place of many rural communities, leading to tourism opportunities and incentives for rural employment.
The $2.2 million allocated for conservation work supports 72 conservation work projects across the State. It is estimated that these 72 projects will result in $11 million in conservation work being carried out, a significant multiplier on the funding provided by government. Funded projects included:
- $230,000 in grants to nine councils to encourage heritage conservation work and enhancement in the main streets of Bathurst, Bellingen, Carcoar, Collarenebri, Grenfell, Moruya, Tenterfield, Wagga Wagga and Wentworth. It is expected that this funding will generate between $1 million and $2 million in conservation work to these centres;
- $601,000 in refundable grants to 17 private heritage projects including $50,000 each for the c.1810 William Cox Barn at Clarendon, the 1839-42 Cooerwull House at Lithgow, the 1842 Bedervale Homestead at Braidwood and the 1850 Arnott's Bakehouse in Morpeth;
- $356,400 in grants to ten local government heritage site projects including $50,000 each for the 1820 Brush Farm House at Eastwood, the 1843 Howe House at Hawkesbury Museum in Windsor, the 1914 former Broadway Hotel Museum in Junee, the 1919 former BHP British Flats in Broken Hill and the 1929 Jadda Centre in Junee;
- $233,500 in grants to seven community building projects, including $50,000 each to the 1910s-1930s Pullen Centre in Grafton, the 1838 Dalwood House at Branxton and the Newcastle Regional Maritime Museum's Lee Wharf site at Honeysuckle;
- $262,500 in grants for nine church projects, including $50,000 each to the 1900 St David's Uniting Church site at Haberfield and the 1881 St Johns Church in Wallerawang;
- $180,000 in grants on five industrial heritage sites, including the 1886 Walka Water Works near Maitland and the 1897 Prince Alfred Bridge viaduct in Gundagai;
- $88,000 in two grants for movable heritage projects including $50,000 to the Sydney Tramway Museum to restore the sole remaining 1904 J type tramway to working order;
- $70,000 for three conservation work to three pipe organs including $25,250 for the 1890 French Puget organ at Kincoppal Convent at Rose Bay.
The funding for all these projects was recommended to the Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Planning by the Heritage Council of NSW under the Heritage Incentives Program.
You can download the full summary list of  funded projects.
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