Find out which organisations were successful in their 2016-17 NSW Heritage Grant applications.
Aboriginal Heritage Places
7 projects totalling $398,090 were approved under the Aboriginal Heritage Places Program stream. The following applicants have accepted the offer of funding.
Applicant |
Project title |
Brief project description |
Recommended funding level (ex GST) |
---|---|---|---|
Children of the Bomaderry Aboriginal Children's Home Inc |
"Out of the Ashes" |
“Out of the Ashes” is an initiative by the Children of the Bomaderry Aboriginal Children’s Home Inc. (CBACH). |
$70,000.00 |
Ngulingah Local Aboriginal Land Council |
Cubawee Aboriginal Place Heritage Management Plan |
Production of a Heritage Management Plan for Cubawee Aboriginal Place |
$70,000.00 |
Wonnarua Nation Aboriginal Corporation |
Conservation Management Plan, Baiame Cave, Milbrodale |
Prepare a Conservation Heritage Management Plan for the Baiame Cave site at Milbrodale, including an assessment of values. |
$70,000.00 |
Wonnarua Nation Aboriginal Corporation |
Heritage and Conservation considerations; signage and Media St. Clair Aboriginal Place |
Scope and develop a Heritage Management Plan for St. Clair Aboriginal Mission Aboriginal Place. |
$30,000.00 |
Menindee Local Aboriginal Land Council |
Old Menindee Mission Conservation and Interpretation |
Conservation and interpretation of Old Menindee Mission cultural values, enabling community to maintain association with their history and culture. |
$58,090.00 |
Newcastle City Council |
Dual Naming of Aboriginal Places - Interpretation Project |
Aboriginal Dual Naming of Landforms in Newcastle, New South Wales - interpretation and community engagement project |
$30,000.00 |
Wollongong City Council |
Hill 60 Reserve |
Consultation, design and construction of Aboriginal interpretive signage and public artwork in accordance with Hill 60 Landscape Master Plan. |
$70,000.00 |
Community, Youth and Seniors Heritage
6 projects totalling $222,201 were approved under the Community, Youth and Seniors Heritage grants sub-stream. The following applicants have accepted the offer of funding.
Applicant |
Project title |
Brief project description |
Recommended funding level (ex GST) |
---|---|---|---|
Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation |
Mapping Kinchela Boys Home: A Stolen Generations Community Heritage Project |
An intergenerational storytelling and mapping project about the heritage listed site, Kinchela Aboriginal Boys Training Home and its contemporary significance. |
$50,000.00 |
Friends of Myall Creek Memorial |
Myall Creek Education and Cultural Centre Awareness Film |
A short film to create awareness of the proposed Myall Creek Education and Cultural Centre at the Myall Creek Massacre Memorial. |
$49,794.00 |
Parklands Albury Wodonga Ltd |
Hume & Hovell Explorers Digital Storytelling |
A youth focused project. Youth will interview historians about the Hume & Hovell expedition and record site specific stories along the Hume & Hovell walking track. |
$ 25,600.00 |
Arts OutWest |
History Here |
Students will interview heritage-minded seniors to create film-scripts and a music score for public screening at the heritage listed Amusu Theatre and OYAF. |
$25,350.00 |
Ballina Shire Council |
Pixel the Past: Ballina Shire Community Heritage Digital Mentorship Project |
The Pixel the Past project will pair nine select young people with nine seniors (i.e. a heritage buddy) to research and record a heritage story relating to one of the nine heritage themes that frame understanding heritage in NSW/the Ballina LGA. Each project will focus on a heritage item or place relating to that theme, in effect using these elements to frame a community heritage story. |
$25,000.00 |
Tamworth Regional Gallery & Museums |
Identity and Place |
Identity & Place explores the unique identity within our region to tell significant stories in an innovative and engaging way. |
46,457.40 |
Local Heritage Places
81 projects totalling $534,000 were approved under the Local Heritage Places sub-stream. The following applicants have accepted the offer of funding.
Applicant |
Project name |
Funding approved |
---|---|---|
Bourke Shire Council |
Bourke Shire Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$7,500.00 |
Walgett Shire Council |
Walgett Shire Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$7,500.00 |
Wagga Wagga City Council |
Wagga Wagga City Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$6,000.00 |
Temora Shire Council |
Temora Shire Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$6,500.00 |
Central Darling Shire Council |
Central Darling Shire Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$7,500.00 |
Blacktown City Council |
Blacktown City Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$5,000.00 |
Pittwater Council |
Pittwater Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$5,000.00 |
Urana Shire Council |
Urana Shire Council Local Heritage Places Grants |
$7,500.00 |
Weddin Shire Council |
Weddin Shire Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$6,500.00 |
Upper Lachlan Shire Council |
Upper Lachlan Shire Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$5,000.00 |
Lockhart Shire Council |
Lockhart Shire Local Heritage Places Grant |
$5,000.00 |
Bathurst Regional Council |
Bathurst Regional Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$5,000.00 |
Lake Macquarie City Council |
Lake Macquarie City Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$6,000.00 |
Young Shire Council |
Young Shire Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$6,500.00 |
Mid-Western Regional Council |
Mid-Western Regional Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$8,500.00 |
Wyong Shire Council |
Wyong Shire Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$6,000.00 |
Manly Council |
Manly Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$5,000.00 |
Clarence Valley Council |
Clarence Valley Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$8,000.00 |
City of Canada Bay Council |
City of Canada Bay Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$6,000.00 |
Brewarrina Shire Council |
Brewarrina Shire Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$8,000.00 |
Shoalhaven City Council |
Shoalhaven City Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$8,500.00 |
Gilgandra Shire Council |
Gilgandra Shire Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$7,500.00 |
Tumut Shire Council |
Tumut Shire Coucil Local Heritage Places Grant |
$6,000.00 |
Inverell Shire Council |
Inverell Shire Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$8,500.00 |
Council of the City of Botany Bay |
Council of the City of Botany Bay Local Heritage Places Grant |
$6,000.00 |
Penrith City Council |
Penrith City Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$5,000.00 |
Blayney Shire Council |
Blayney Shire Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$6,500.00 |
Conargo Shire Council |
Conargo Shire Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$5,000.00 |
Deniliquin Council |
Deniliquin Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$6,000.00 |
Fairfield City Council |
Fairfield City Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$6,000.00 |
Glen Innes Severn Council |
Glen Innes Severn Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$7,500.00 |
Richmond Valley Council |
Richmond Valley Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$6,500.00 |
Port Macquarie-Hastings Council |
Port Macquarie-Hastings Local Heritage Places Grant |
$6,000.00 |
Broken Hill City Council |
Broken Hill City Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$8,000.00 |
Coffs Harbour City Council |
Coffs Harbour City Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$6,000.00 |
Nambucca Shire Council |
Nambucca Shire Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$7,500.00 |
Bellingen Shire Council |
Bellingen Shire Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$7,500.00 |
Warrumbungle Shire Council |
Warrumbungle Shire Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$7,500.00 |
Hawkesbury City Council |
Hawkesbury City Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$7,500.00 |
Uralla Shire Council |
Uralla Shire Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$6,000.00 |
Goulburn Mulwaree Council |
Goulburn Mulwaree Council Local Hertiage Places Grant |
$7,500.00 |
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Eurobodalla Shire Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$7,500.00 |
Muswellbrook Shire Council |
Muswellbrook Shire Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$6,500.00 |
Tenterfield Shire Council |
Tenterfield Shire Local Heritage Places Grant |
$7,500.00 |
Lachlan Shire Council |
Lachlan Shire Council Heritage Places Grant |
$6,500.00 |
Parkes Shire Council |
Parkes Shire Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$6,000.00 |
Coolamon Shire Council |
Coolamon Local Heritage Places Grant |
$6,000.00 |
Parramatta City Council |
Parramatta City Council Local Heritage Grant |
$6,500.00 |
Queanbeyan City Council |
Queanbeyan City Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$5,000.00 |
Bega Valley Shire Council |
Bega Valley Shire Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$7,500.00 |
Yass Valley Council |
Yass Valley Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$5,000.00 |
Cessnock City Council |
Cessnock City Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$7,500.00 |
Tamworth Regional Council |
Tamworth Regional Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$7,500.00 |
Greater Taree City Council |
Greater Taree City Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$7,500.00 |
Tweed Shire Council |
Tweed Shire Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$6,500.00 |
Upper Hunter Shire Council |
Upper Hunter Shire Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$6,500.00 |
Cooma-Monaro Shire Council |
Cooma-Monaro Shire Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$6,500.00 |
Berrigan Shire Council |
Berrigan Shire Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$6,500.00 |
Port Stephens Council |
Port Stephens Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$6,000.00 |
Singleton Council |
Singleton Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$6,000.00 |
Leeton Shire Council |
Leeton Shire Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$6,500.00 |
Cowra Shire Council |
Cowra Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$7,500.00 |
Forbes Shire Council |
Forbes Shire Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$7,500.00 |
Murray Shire Council |
Murray Shire Council Local Places Heritage Grant |
$6,000.00 |
Wollongong City Council |
Wollongong City Council Heritage Places Grant |
$7,500.00 |
Narrandera Shire Council |
Narrandera Shire Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$7,500.00 |
Wingecarribee Shire Council |
Wingecarribee Shire Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$6,500.00 |
Greater Hume Shire Council |
Greater Hume Shire Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$6,000.00 |
Harden Shire Council |
Harden Shire Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$6,500.00 |
Dubbo City Council |
Dubbo City Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$7,500.00 |
Maitland City Council |
Maitland City Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$6,000.00 |
Lismore City Council |
Lismore City Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$6,000.00 |
Cabonne Shire Council |
Cabonne Shire Council Local Government Heritage Places Grant |
$7,500.00 |
Byron Shire Council |
Byron Shire Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$6,500.00 |
Moree Plains Shire Council |
Moree Plains Shire Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$7,500.00 |
Orange City Council |
Orange City Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$6,500.00 |
Ku-ring-gai Council |
Ku-ring-gai Council Local Heritage Places Grant |
$6,500.00 |
Local Heritage Advisors
83 projects totalling $584,000 were approved under the Local Government Heritage Advisors sub-stream. The following applicants have accepted the offer of funding.
Applicant |
Project name |
Electorate |
Funding approved |
---|---|---|---|
Young Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Cootamundra |
$6,500.00 |
Leeton Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Murray |
$7,000.00 |
Walgett Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Barwon |
$8,000.00 |
Bourke Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Barwon |
$8,000.00 |
Wagga Wagga City Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Wagga Wagga |
$6,500.00 |
Temora Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Cootamundra |
$7,000.00 |
Lithgow City Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Bathurst |
$8,250.00 |
Central Darling Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Barwon |
$8,000.00 |
Urana Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Albury |
$8,000.00 |
Weddin Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Cootamundra |
$7,000.00 |
Upper Lachlan Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Barwon |
$6,000.00 |
Lockhart Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Wagga Wagga |
$6,000.00 |
Bathurst Regional Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Bathurst |
$6,500.00 |
Dubbo City Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Dubbo |
$7,000.00 |
City of Canada Bay Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Drummoyne |
$6,500.00 |
Hawkesbury City Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Hawkesbury |
$7,000.00 |
Tenterfield Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Lismore |
$8,000.00 |
Brewarrina Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Barwon |
$8,250.00 |
Gilgandra Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Barwon |
$8,000.00 |
Shoalhaven City Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
South Coast, Kaima |
$8,500.00 |
Inverell Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Northern Tablelands |
$8,250.00 |
Oberon Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Bathurst |
$6,500.00 |
Council of the City of Botany Bay |
Heritage Advisor service |
Heffron , Maroubra |
$6,500.00 |
Penrith City Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Penrith |
$6,000.00 |
Blayney Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Bathurst |
$6,500.00 |
Port Macquarie-Hastings Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Port Macquarie |
$6,500.00 |
Moree Plains Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Northern Tablelands |
$8,000.00 |
Warrumbungle Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Warrumbungle |
$8,000.00 |
Deniliquin Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Murray |
$6,500.00 |
Glen Innes Severn Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Northern Tablelands |
$8,250.00 |
Fairfield City Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Fairfield |
$6,500.00 |
Wingecarribee Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Coulburn, Wollondilly |
$7,000.00 |
Richmond Valley Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Clarence |
$8,000.00 |
Goulburn Mulwaree Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Goulburn |
$8,000.00 |
Broken Hill City Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Barwon |
$8,500.00 |
Coffs Harbour City Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Coffs Harbour |
$6,500.00 |
Yass Valley Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Goulburn |
$6,500.00 |
Bellingen Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Oxley |
$8,250.00 |
Great Lakes Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Myall Lakes, Upper Hunter, Port Stephens |
$6,500.00 |
Uralla Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Northern Tablelands |
$6,500.00 |
Muswellbrook Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Upper Hunter |
$6,500.00 |
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Bega |
$8,000.00 |
Lachlan Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Goulburn |
$7,000.00 |
Queanbeyan City Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Monaro |
$6,000.00 |
Shellharbour City Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Shellharbour |
$6,500.00 |
Parkes Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Orange |
$7,000.00 |
Ballina Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Ballina |
$6,500.00 |
Bega Valley Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Bega |
$8,000.00 |
Rockdale City Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Bathurst |
$6,000.00 |
Greater Taree City Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Myall Lakes, Port Stephens |
$8,250.00 |
Coolamon Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Cootamundra |
$6,500.00 |
Tamworth Regional |
Heritage Advisor service |
Tamworth |
$8,500.00 |
Bland Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Cootamundra |
$6,500.00 |
Dungog Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Upper Hunter |
$6,500.00 |
Tumut Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Wagga Wagga |
$6,500.00 |
Parramatta City Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Parramatta, Granville |
$7,000.00 |
Tweed Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Tweed, Lismore |
$7,000.00 |
Upper Hunter Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Upper Hunter |
$6,500.00 |
Cessnock City Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Cessnock |
$7,000.00 |
Wyong Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Wyong |
$6,500.00 |
Port Stephens Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Port Stephens, Newcastle |
$6,500.00 |
Berrigan Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Murray, Albury |
$8,000.00 |
Cooma-Monaro Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Monaro |
$6,500.00 |
Singleton Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Upper Hunter |
$6,500.00 |
Blacktown City Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Seven Hills, Blacktown, Prospect |
$6,000.00 |
Cowra Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Cootamundra |
$7,000.00 |
Forbes Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Orange |
$6,500.00 |
Murray Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Murray |
$6,500.00 |
Cabonne Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Orange |
$6,500.00 |
Wollongong City Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Wollongong |
$6,500.00 |
Blue Mountains City Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Blue Mountains, Penrith |
$6,500.00 |
Narrandera Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Cootamundra |
$8,000.00 |
Mid-Western Regional Regional Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Dubbo, Bathurst, Upper Hunter |
$8,500.00 |
Kiama Municipal Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Kiama |
$6,000.00 |
Palerang Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Monaro, Goulburn |
$6,500.00 |
Greater Hume Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Albury |
$6,000.00 |
Snowy River Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Monaro |
$6,500.00 |
Lismore City Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Lismore |
$7,000.00 |
Liverpool Plains Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Upper Hunter, Tamworth |
$8,000.00 |
Harden Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Cootamundra |
$6,500.00 |
Byron Shire Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Ballina |
$7,000.00 |
Orange City Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Orange |
$7,000.00 |
Lane Cove Council |
Heritage Advisor service |
Lane Cove |
$6,500.00 |
Local Government Heritage Planning Studies
11 projects totalling $164,000 were approved under the Local Government Heritage Planning Studies sub-stream. The following applicants have accepted the offer of funding.
Applicant |
Project title |
Brief description |
Amount recommended (Ex GST) |
---|---|---|---|
Central Darling Shire |
Wilcannia Community Heritage Study |
A research project involving the whole community. Early photos and historical information will be studied and the town will be consulted through a survey and meeting to prepare data sheets for the report. |
$12,500.00 |
Tamworth Regional Council |
Tamworth Main Street Heritage Study |
The aim of the study is to review the historical significance of the Tamworth City CBD. It will include defining the character of its commercial precinct, preparation of infill development guidelines and urban design guidelines and will recommended treatments to the facades of heritage items. |
$5,500.00 |
Greater Taree City Council |
Greater Taree City Council Heritage Study Review |
Heritage study review. The status of each potential item will be reviewed. A list of priority items will be developed to determine the order of the review. Site inspections and research will be undertaken to document the status of heritage items to determine whether it warrants listing. Local sources such as the historical societies will be consulted. |
$10,000.00 |
Upper Hunter Shire Council |
Upper Hunter Shire Council Community Based Heritage Study |
A professional historian will work with the community and local historical societies to prepare a thematic history of the Upper Hunter. The historian will be part of a team of heritage consultants. Public workshops will be held to involve the community actively and to obtain local knowledge of important heritage. |
$25,000.00 |
Goulburn Mulwaree Council |
Goulburn Mulwaree Comprehensive Heritage Study 2016 |
Identify and record items of heritage significance considered worthy of conservation within the context of an historical, architectural and environmental assessment of Goulburn Mulwaree LGA. |
$10,000.00 |
Byron Shire Council |
Byron Shire Council Aboriginal Heritage Planning Study 2016 - Stage One |
Stage One will focus on collating what is currently known about Aboriginal Heritage Sites in the Byron Shire and taking immediate action to protect Aboriginal Heritage through the instruments of Planning Legislation the Local Environment Plan and Development Control Plans. |
$25,000.00 |
Canterbury City Council |
Heritage DCP Controls 2016 |
Review current DCP controls as they relate to matters of heritage in Canterbury City Council. Identify inadequacies and gaps. Research latest practices in relation to heritage related development control. Prepare a set of comprehensive controls for inclusion in DCP. |
$10,000.00 |
Holroyd City Council |
Holroyd Heritage Study |
The Holroyd Heritage Study will be a comprehensive review and reassessment of Holroyd City Council's existing heritage listed items and an opportunity to identify items of significance that are suitable for listing within Council's Local Environmental Plan. |
$10,000.00 |
Blacktown City Council |
Aboriginal Heritage Study Stage Two - Predictive Mapping and Development Controls |
The project will engage specialist consultants to review previous reports within the Blacktown LGA, reconcile sites with the AHIMS register as well as any applicable and implemented AHIPs in the area. |
$25,000.00 |
Great Lakes Council |
Great Lakes Heritage Review Program |
Heritage scoping study for Gloucester LGA |
$10,000.00 |
Hunter Region Heritage Grants Program
8 projects totalling $189,950 were approved under the Hunter Region Heritage Grants Program. The following applicants have accepted the offer of funding.
Applicant |
Project title |
Brief project description |
Amount recommended (ex GST) |
---|---|---|---|
Maitland City Council |
Walka Water Works - Windows Refurbishment |
Refurbish timber windows to reflect original spatial interpretation. |
$33,950.00 |
Fivedale Pty Ltd |
Restoration of the Scone Civic Theatre |
To restore and refurbish the exterior facade, lighting, signage and weather tightness of the "Interwar Functionalist Style" Scone Civic Theatre. |
$40,000.00 |
The Rail Motor Society Incorporated |
Rail Motor Maintenance Facility |
To construct a 30x4 metre annexe on the existing rail motor shed and provide an additional maintenance and servicing facility for the collection of 13 State Heritage Listed Rail Motors. |
$24,500.00 |
Friends of St Johns Stroud Incorporated |
Stroud Parish Hall Vestibule |
Removal of decayed wooden entry porch of the Parish Hall (added c.1906) and replacement with a sympathetic structure. Provision of wheelchair access, better food preparation area and disabled public toilet access. |
$40,000.00 |