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News Releases
For media enquiries, contact Paul Searle on 02 9228 6295 or Lauren Harte on 02 9228 6274 at the Media and Communications Unit, Department of Planning.
NSW Government Provides $1.7 million for Heritage Projects
A Walter Burley Griffin designed incinerator, an historic paddle steamer and refreshment
rooms in a regional railway station are among the projects set to benefit from more than
$1.7 million in Iemma Government heritage funding.
Click here to read the media release.
26 June 2008
Harry and Penelope Seidler House
Split level terraces on North side.
Photo by Max Dupain Copyright Harry Seidler & Associates Pty Ltd |
The Killara home of late modernist architect Harry Seidler has been listed on the State Heritage Register.
Click here to view the Minister's media release.
Click here to view information in the online database.
20 June 2008
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Old Adaminaby and Lake Eucumbene, including relics and moveable objects
View of Old Adaminaby in 1956. Flooding of the Eucumbene valley began in 1957.
Photograph by the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority
The remains of Old Adaminaby town, recently revealed by low water levels in Lake Eucumbene,
have gained permanent protection with their listing on the State Heritage Register.
Click here to view the Minister's media release.
Click here to view information in the online database.
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Remains of Six Mile Bridge, May 2007.
Photograph by Suzannah Plowman
03 June 2008
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South West Rocks Pilot Station
Boatman's Cottage #1 looking southwest.
Photograph by David Nutley, NSW Heritage Office, 1996 |
One of the last remaining coastal pilot stations, South West Rocks Pilot Station complex, has been listed on the State Heritage Register.
Click here to view the Minister's media release.
Click here to view information in the online database.
23 May 2008
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Randwick Presbyterian Church
Eastern frontage of Randwick Presbyterian Church from Alison Park. |
The Randwick Presbyterian Church, one of only a small number of churches designed in the Victorian Academic Classical style by the influential English architect, Sir John Sulman (1849 - 1934), is listed on the State Heritage Register.
Click here to view information in the online database.
08 May 2008
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Heritage Act review report released
Planning Minister Frank Sartor has released the report of an independent expert review panel into the Heritage Act. The 105-page report contains 65 recommendations, including greater fairness and rigour in the heritage listing process and retaining key elements of the current system including local and State listings and a Heritage Council.
The report will now be considered by the NSW Government.
Click here to read the report of the Independent Expert Panel.
19 March 2008
Condobolin Church to be listed on State Register
Planning Minister Frank Sartor today announced the first State Heritage Register listing for the Lachlan Shire in the State's Central West - All Saints Anglican Church at Condobolin.
Click here to view information in the online database.
18 March 2008
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