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 Welcome to our e-news!
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With 80,000 members, and 26,000 in NSW, the National Trust of
Australia (NSW) is the largest non-government community heritage
organisation in Australia. We
are continually looking for ways and means to enhance member benefits
– key to this is communication. Members receive our high quality
magazine, Reflections,
together with a quarterly Calendar of Events, and we are expanding and
improving our web site to make it more effective.
Our fortnightly enews
is a timely and cost effective way to keep you up-to-date with current
news and events. It will always be short, with links to the web so that
it is quick and easy to read. In conjunction with our website, it
allows us to be more efficient and to provide better member benefits.
So please let us know if your email details change and pass enews
on to others who you think might be interested in hearing about
heritage news and what the Trust is doing.
Tina Jackson
Executive Director
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Celebrate Australia Day
with the Trust
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Discover and appreciate the diversity of our heritage this
Australia Day with free entry to all Trust properties throughout NSW.
Many properties are celebrating our national day with bush picnics,
damper, sausage sizzles and devonshire teas – so make a visit
to a Trust property part of your family’s celebration!
As a special Australia Day offer we will be waiving our
joining fee and offering a 10% discount on membership subscriptions.
If you sign up a friend, both you and your friend go into the draw
for a luxury holiday (see below).
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Productivity Commission threatens heritage
protection
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The Productivity Commission has issued a draft report into
Historic Heritage recommending that listing of privately owned places
should only occur where there is a voluntary conservation agreement
made with the owner. This would particularly affect items and
places listed at the local level, with councils negotiating the proposed
agreements only with willing owners. Development pressure will
be almost impossible to combat with this regime in place.
A series of public hearings
will be held across Australia
beginning in Sydney on
31 January – 1
February 2006. The National Trust of
Australia (NSW) will present at 9am on
31 January. The full report can be downloaded from the Productivity
Commission’s website at www.pc.gov.au/inquiry/heritage
and comments can be made to our Discussion Board at www.nsw.nationaltrust.org.au.
The Trust’s response to the draft report will be available
shortly.
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2006 Heritage Festival – bringing
industrial heritage to life
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This year’s National Trust Heritage Festival, themed
“Industrial Heritage: Our Working Lives”, will be held
from 1 – 16 April 2006. The Festival will explore places,
people, organisations and structures that show the history and
significance of everything from production, agriculture and mining to
transport and services, technology, manufacturing and the military,
to the building industry and maritime activities.
A unique program of over 400 events will be held across NSW,
with the Festival playing host to everything from architectural
discovery tours, exhibitions and talks addressing our changing urban
landscape, an exploration of maritime sites such as old submariners'
tunnels, lighthouses and old convict built shipyards, to the earliest
remains of some iconic thriving industrial areas such as the Hunter,
Illawarra and Goulburn regions. There will also be a photography
competition, music concerts along with art exhibitions, talks and
community fairs.
Go to www.nsw.nationaltrust.org.au/events/festival
or call the National Trust on 02 9258 0123 for details.
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Avoca Beach Theatre Threat
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The beautiful heritage theatre on Avoca Beach
has come under threat following a vote by Gosford City Council to
approve an amending cause to their Local Environmental Plan allowing
the construction of a multi-story redevelopment of the theatre in a
Residential Zone. This was despite the council receiving a petition
from 4,200 people opposing the redevelopment and objections from both
the National Trust and the NSW Heritage Office to the scale and bulk
of the development.
The rezoning will now go to the Minister for Planning, Frank
Sartor, for his approval. However, the Minister has recently
announced that local councils would not be able to approve
developments of this scale within 100 metres of the coastline, and
with the huge public objection, the National Trust is hopeful that
approval will not be given.
For more information visit: www.nsw.nationaltrust.org.au/avoca
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"This Old House" on ABC Weekend
Radio
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If you would like to
discuss a place of importance to you or publicise a heritage event,
phone in to ABC Weekend Radio 702 this Saturday at 10.30 am on 1300
222 702 to chat with National Trust Conservation Director, Jacqui
Goddard.
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Margaret Olley and Donald Friend –
art and friendship
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Friendships between artists have long been a cause of
curiosity, and the latest exhibition at the S H Ervin Gallery
explores the fascinating relationship between two of our best known
artists – Margaret Olley (b.1923) and Donald Friend (1915
– 1989). Over 60 important paintings and drawings from
collections across the country celebrate their forty year friendship,
reflecting their shared spirit of adventure and desire to create art.
The exhibition runs from 21 January to 19 March at the
S.H.Ervin Gallery.
For more information visit: www.nsw.nationaltrust.org.au/gallery
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Draw Inspiration from Norman Lindsay
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You can now actually ‘live’ the heritage of the Norman Lindsay Gallery in
the Blue Mountains by
staying in a renovated cottage in the beautiful native bushland on the
property. The contemporary cottage is fully self-contained, allowing
Trust members to appreciate and enjoy the heritage of this property
in a unique way, and to gain inspiration from the home of one of our
great Australian icons.
The cottage can be booked through Century 21 in Springwood,
telephone 4751 1744. A 15% discount applies to Trust members.
For bookings: www.century21.com.au/springwood
For information:
www.nsw.nationaltrust.org.au/properties/nlg/
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Win a luxury holiday in Northern
Queensland
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All those who bring a new member to the Trust in 2006, and the
new members themselves, will go into the draw for a spectacular
holiday, thanks to Mary Rossi Travel. The luxury package for two,
valued at $9000, includes return air transfers from Sydney to
Cairns, two nights at Wrotham Park
– an exclusive resort in the outback of Northern
Queensland which is also a real,
working cattle station – and three nights at Silky Oaks Lodge
in the heart of the Daintree, renowned for its spa treatments and
fine cuisine.
For more information visit www.nsw.nationaltrust.org.au/queensland.asp
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