Here are the NSW Heritage Grants awarded for 2018-19. This funding round also marked the 40th anniversary of the NSW Government Heritage Grants program.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Grants
4 projects totalling $190,337 were approved under the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage stream.
Applicant |
Project title |
Aboriginal Place name |
Brief project description |
Funding approved (ex GST) |
Warren Macquarie Local Aboriginal Land Council |
Beemunnel Reserve Heritage Trail Stage 2 |
Beemunnel Reserve Aboriginal Place |
The existing walking trail at the Beemunnel Reserve will be extended to identify where the families once lived with interpretive signage and a brochure produced based on oral histories. |
$60,577 |
Worimi Local Aboriginal Land Council |
Activating Soldiers Point Aboriginal Place- innovative interpretative signage and audio |
Soldiers Point Aboriginal Place |
This project will transform how people engage with Soldiers Point Aboriginal Place. It involves the installation of interpretative signage panels which link to web-based audio translations of the sign content. |
$63,910 |
Yass Valley Council |
Preserving our culture at Oak Hill and Yass Aboriginal Cemetery |
Oak Hill Aboriginal Place & Yass Aboriginal Cemetery |
Protection and preservation of Aboriginal Cultural History at Oak Hill Aboriginal Place and Yass Aboriginal Cemetery. |
$30,850 |
Port Stephens Council |
Activating Birubi Point Aboriginal Place- innovative interpretative signage and audio |
Birubi Point |
This project will transform how people engage with Birubi Point Aboriginal Place. It involves the installation of interpretative signage panels which link to web-based audio translations of the sign content. |
$35,000 |
Community Heritage Grants
8 projects totalling $299,070 were approved under the Community Heritage Grants
Applicant |
Project title |
Brief project description |
Funding approved (ex GST) |
Orange City Council |
History Here 2018 |
History Here 2018 links schools with senior citizens to collaboratively identify historical incidents to script, film & edit with content to be screened in local venues and archived at Orange Museum. |
$50,000 |
Coolamon Shire Council |
Our Shire, Our Stories: A celebration of Heritage in the Coolamon Shire |
Our shire, our stories is a celebration of the heritage, history and the people of the Coolamon Shire. |
$42,900 |
Tweed Shire Council |
Tweed Aboriginal Cultural Heritage oral history project |
Oral history program that builds on Tweed Shire Councils Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Management Plan by documenting stories that will develop awareness of Aboriginal cultural values in the wider Tweed community. |
$34,700 |
Lake Macquarie City Council |
Community Training in Heritage Skills |
Training of volunteers in collection significance assessment and conservation requirements for local collections associated with state and local heritage listed sites, including practical, experience in applying learning to local collections. |
$20,460 |
Mrs Lucy East |
The Malachi Revival |
A weekend of historically informed events that capture the former glory of the Malachi Gilmore Hall, Oberon and set its course for the next 80 years. |
$32,000 |
Hunters Hill Trust Incorporated |
Heritage of Hunters Hill: Digitised Online resource, Publication and Oral histories |
Trained volunteers will document, photograph and digitise 500+ heritage buildings/sites and record selected oral histories. These resources will be provided as free, searchable online resources along with an accompanying publication. |
$36,010 |
Glen Innes Severn Council |
Time Travel - bringing our heritage to life |
History House volunteers and school students will work with a developer to bring our heritage buildings to life through an interactive App built on local historic photos and documents. |
$50,000 |
Armidale and Region Aboriginal Cultural Centre and Keeping Place Inc |
A Celebration of Heritage |
This project will showcase Aboriginal heritage through traditional and contemporary music, story-telling, art, black and white photography, dance, food, crafts and songs in a safe and welcoming environment. |
$33,000 |
Local Government Heritage Planning Studies Program
Eight projects totalling $248,200 were approved under the Local Government Heritage Planning Studies Program
Applicant |
Project title |
Funding approved (ex GST) |
MidCoast Council |
Gloucester Heritage Study Review |
$10,000 |
Upper Hunter Shire Council |
Upper Hunter Shire Aboriginal Heritage Study |
$40,000 |
Mid-Western Regional Council |
Rylstone Main Street Study Review |
$5,000 |
Narrabri Shire Council |
Narrabri Shire Aboriginal Heritage and Historical Culture Investigation |
$40,000 |
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Eurobodalla Historic Cemeteries Conservation Management Study |
$33,200 |
Albury City Council |
Albury City-Wide Aboriginal Heritage Study Review |
$40,000 |
Liverpool Plains Shire Council |
Liverpool Plains Shire Council - Community Based Heritage Planning Study |
$40,000 |
Hilltops Council |
Hilltops Aboriginal Heritage Study |
$40,000 |