Inside Heritage Week
(26 April-3 May) 1998

A preview of some of the events planned for this year's Heritage Week in Sydney. To find out what's happening during Heritage Week in your area, contact your local council or for a full calendar of events, contact the National Trust.

The Heritage Council Lecture Chris Johnson, Government Architect and Member of the Heritage Council of NSW, delivers a keynote address for Heritage Week called Conservation & Modernity - the Sydney Experience at the Metcalfe Auditorium, the State Library of NSW, at 5.30pm on Thursday 30 April. The discussant for the lecture will be David Marr. Admission free, but bookings are essential - contact Sandy Armstrong, (02) 9849 9584. The National Trust has organised an exciting program of events for Heritage Week, including tours, talks, exhibitions and open days. For a full calendar of events contact the National Trust on (02) 9258 0123. Heritage Week The National Trust (New South Wales) launches Heritage Week this year with an open day on Sydney's Observatory Hill. VENUE: 'Top of the Rocks', Observatory Hill, Sydney DATE: Sunday 26th April, 11:00 - 4:30 pm ADMISSION: Free Public Open Day A public open day will be held at the former Eveleigh Railway Workshops, now redeveloped as the Australian Technology Park on 3 May, from 10:00 am. Tours are available, but bookings are essential. Contact Mac North at the NSW Heritage Office (02) 9849 9568 for further information on Back to Eveleigh Day. 4th National Trust Heritage Lecture by Robert Hughes VENUE: Sydney Town Hall DATE: Tuesday, 28th April 1998 Bronte House Open Day A special invitation from the National Trust to inspect Bronte House, an 1830s Gothic villa overlooking Bronte Beach. VENUE: Bronte House, 470 Bronte Road, Bronte DATE: Tuesday 28 & Wednesday 29 April, 11:00 am - 3:00 pm ADMISSION: $5.00 Adult, $2.50 Concession Walter Burley Griffin Lodge Open Day This small stone house was built in the 1930s to a design by Walter Burley Griffin, designer of Canberra. It is the only example of Griffins domestic architecture which remains in public ownership. VENUE: Walter Burley Griffin Lodge, 5 Palmgrove Road, Avalon DATE: Saturday 2 May & Sunday 3 May, 11:00 am - 3:00pm ADMISSION: $2.00

GOVERNMENT GETS INVOLVED The heritage of State government agencies such as Sydney Water, the Roads & Transport Authority, the Education Department and the Department of Health are a feature of Heritage Week this year in Sydney, in keeping with the theme 'Our Community Heritage'. Sydney Water's event is a 10 km surface walk along the top of Bondi Sewer in two stages - from Hyde Park to Bellevue Hill on Sunday 26 April and from Bellevue Hill to Bondi on Sunday 3 May. Contact (02) 9334 0238 for more information. The Department of Health is touring an exhibition of historical items which grew from the Centenary of the Public Health Act in 1996. During Heritage Week the exhibition will be at Orange Base Hospital. We know we have arrived in Sydney when we see the Harbour Bridge. For such a special heritage item, conservation planning is crucial. The Roads & Traffic Authority will launch the Sydney Harbour Bridge Conservation Plan du ring Heritage Week. Copies of the plan are $20 and will be available from the RTA, ground floor, 260 Elizabeth Street, Sydney. In the Rocks the Sydney Cove Authority will be conducting guided tours of the Cumberland Street archaeological site in cooperation with the Historic Houses Trust. Characters dressed in period costume will also mingle with the crowds during the Faces of the Rocks festival on Sunday 26 April between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm. At the Rocks Visitors Centre changes to Sydney's oldest suburb over the last 97 years are the subject of a photographic exhibition during Heritage Week.