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As I write, I am enjoying a regional tour of the Central West through
Forbes, Parkes, Orange, Dubbo, Mudgee and Bathurst, meeting as many
supporters of the Trust as possible and familiarising myself with the
issues. Communities like these are the lifeblood of the Trust, and it is
inspiring to meet Committees, Friends and staff and learn more about your
vital work and thoughts on the Trust and its future. In mid October I hope
to travel to the Blue Mountains, and look forward to meeting as many of you
as possible then.
I’d like to draw your attention to the Rally Against Inappropriate
Development at Hyde Park, 10am Sunday 19 October (see below). The Trust
will join with other community groups to speak out about the major threats
heritage throughout NSW now faces from inappropriate development. Please
come along and lend your voice to the growing chorus of concern which is
saying “enough is enough” on sites from Currawong, to Catherine Hill Bay,
to Eveleigh, to Ku-ring-gai. Our warm thanks also to the Catherine Hill Bay
community for their $5,000 donation to the Trust’s Catherine Hill Bay
Fighting Fund. We will continue to work with the community to oppose the
inappropriate development of this irreplaceable heritage site.
John Neish
Executive Director
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In Brief
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The winners of our “I love this place…” photography competition have
been announced! Read more here.
Come along and see the
best of the 700 entries next Monday 6 October (public holiday) at Customs
House, 31 Alfred St, Circular Quay, Sydney, 10am to 4pm, as
part of the Sydney Architecture Festival.
Photo - Patrick Kenny,
Catherine Hill Bay
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Conservation Issues
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Join
the RAID – Rally Against Inappropriate Development: Sunday 19 October
Join the National Trust and the Friends of Currawong to help save
Currawong. Unions NSW is selling this idyllic worker’s holiday retreat on
Pittwater to developer Eco Villages for $15 million. So far, only a deposit
has been paid. However rezoning and subdivision plans, if approved by the
Planning Minister, will see the public excluded from Currawong as it is
turned into an exclusive enclave for the wealthy. The proposed development
will be at least ten times the current footprint. Show you care – join the Rally Against
Inappropriate Development on Sunday 19 October, from 10am at Hyde Park
(near St James station). Hear Jack Mundey, the Friends of Currawong and
other NSW community groups who are fed up with the development threatening
our coastline and destroying bushland, heritage and communities.
Click
here for more information.
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Catherine
Hill Bay
The Catherine Hill Bay Progress Association recently made a generous
donation of $5,000 to the National Trust’s Fighting Fund, to help us
campaign against overdevelopment at Catherine Hill Bay and other heritage
significant places at risk. In a letter to its supporters, the CHB Progress
Association urged others to support the Trust and to donate. “While the
National Trust has very broad membership, it relies solely on donations and
is not funded by any government agency. It is currently fighting against
several major developments that threaten the cultural and physical heritage
of NSW.” The National Trust would like to thank the Catherine Hill Bay
Progress Association for their donation. The Trust will continue to fight
for the protection of Catherine Hill Bay and other areas at risk across
NSW.
Photo - The Trust’s
Conservation Director Graham Quint; heritage campaigner Jack Mundey,
National Trust Executive Director John Neish, and Sue Whyte, Catherine Hill
Bay Progress Association
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Spring
into the Complete Home Show
The National Trust and the Master Builders Association joined
forces at the Spring into The Complete Home Show held on Friday 12 to
Sunday 14 September at Moore Park to offer visitors and
members information on renovation of period homes. The Master Builders
association provided expert advice on specific trades such as
plastering, painting and joinery. Trust staff were on hand to answer
questions on property conservation and Classification by the Trust and our
wonderful volunteers assisted with promoting membership of the Trust.
It was a constructive weekend for all and we look forward to
participating in 2009.
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Conservation
Conference - Sense of Place
The Trust’s annual conservation conference was held on Monday 22 September
2008. This year's conference had community group representatives putting
their views about those special places that have
historical and cultural significance to their communities. Also the concept
of Sense of Place as understood by children and the recognition and
conservation in new developments were explored. Key Note speaker included
Silma Ihram, an Australian pioneer of Muslim education and a campaigner for
racial tolerance. Other speakers included Legislative Council member Henry
Tsang and was officially opened by Jack Mundey. The Conference
papers and a DVD will be available in due course. For further information
and to register for a copy of the papers and DVD call Mara Barnes on 02 9258 0163.
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Sustainability Spotlight
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Help
us complete urgent conservation work on Saumarez Homestead
The magnificent Saumarez Homestead in Armidale, now over 170 years old, needs
your help. This spectacular grazing property, first occupied by European
settlers in the 1830s, comprises over 10 hectares of sweeping agricultural
lands. It includes an Edwardian homestead, gardens, historic farm
buildings, and a large collection of contents. The estate is an
irreplaceable gem, deeply symbolic of our shared history and our heritage
of rural colonial life. But like any large, multifaceted site of this
heritage value and vintage, it requires expensive, ongoing care. As a charity with no on-going
government funding we appeal to you for support to carry
out much needed work on the vital elements that make up Saumarez. Making a
donation is easy – donate
online now or call 02
9258 0156. To donate by mail or fax, download
a Donation Form.
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Events, Exhibitions & Travel
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Tickets
still available! Cabaret & Trivia Dinner Dance – Saturday 4 October,
7.30pm – 11.30pm
Join the After Hours Committee for trivia, dinner and dancing at their rock
& roll night. Acclaimed live cover band ‘Fab Two’ will perform. Lucky
door and mystery prizes to be won. Buffet meal included, full bar available
(at own cost). Cost:
$45.
Bookings:
Tony Bastow 0404 292 208, Ron Bottrill 0418 112 018 or Pat Barling 0414 702
677.
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Veil
between Two Worlds National Trust concerts by Harpist, Claire Roche – October
Well-known Irish harpist/singer Claire Roche has strung together another
musical tour of Australia that will see her play at four National Trust
properties. Her Veil
between Two Worlds tour will include popular Irish ballads and
dance tunes, songs sung in Gaelic, poems by WB Yeats set to music and
Roche’s original songs for harp. Concerts will be held at: Old Government House
– 3 and 4 October; Everglades
Gardens – 10 October; Holy Trinity Church, Dubbo (for Dundullimal Homestead)
– 12 October; and Miss
Traill’s House – 13 October. For more
information and booking details please click here.
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Tulip
Time at Harper’s Mansion, Berrima: until 6 October, 10.30am – 4pm
Harper’s Mansion, maze, garden, plant nursery and National Trust
shop will be open during Tulip Time. Another 2,100 bulbs were recently been
planted making the garden even more spectacular. Organised by the Friends
of Harper’s Mansion. Cost:
NT members free, non-members $7. P: 02 4877 1508. Click here for more information.
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2008
Portia Geach Memorial Award exhibition at S.H. Ervin Gallery: 3 October – 9
November
Now in its 44th year the Portia Geach Memorial Award, at $18,000, is
Australia’s richest art prize solely for women. It was established in 1961
by Florence Kate Geach to commemorate her sister Portia’s (1873-1959)
achievements. The prize is awarded annually to the “best portraits painted
from life of some man or woman distinguished in Art, Letters or Science by
any female artist resident in Australia”. It has become a reminder of the
importance of women’s art practice in Australia, and pays homage to the artist
and activist Portia Stranston Geach. Public Program of Artists Talks–
Sundays at 3pm. Exhibition Introductory Floor Talk – Tuesdays at 12noon.
Image: Winner
of the 2007 Portia Geach Viewer’s Choice Award CLAIRE BUSUTTIL BRIDGE
Vashti (Vashti Bieber, artist)
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October
Children’s School Holiday Workshops at S.H. Ervin Gallery: 3 – 10 October
Enrol your little ones in a series of children’s workshops to coincide with
the Portia Geach Memorial Award at the National Trust S.H. Ervin Gallery.
Workshops include: Self portraits: drawing from the reflection; Expressive
portrait painting with acrylics; Telling a story through a portrait; and
Painting a Miniature. Cost:
$33 or $30 NT members, for each workshop. Bookings: Eleanor Venables 02 9258 0122 or evenables@nsw.nationaltrust.org.au.
Limited places available. For more information please click
here.
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A
Late Afternoon Stroll – Sunday 5 October
Join one of Everglade’s well informed tour guides and hear some
of the history of the magnificent gardens and their designer, Paul
Sorensen, and owner, Henri Van de Velde. Enjoy the Glades in their new
leaf, wander down the babbling brook to the Grotto Pool and visit the
lookout providing beautiful views across to Mt Solitary. Cost: $25 –
includes light refreshments. Bookings:
Everglades Gardens 02
4784 1938.
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Mediaeval
Morning with James Adams – Tuesday 7 October, 10.30am
James Adams is a well known authority on mediaeval life whose
wit brings to life the social mores of mediaeval times and the reality of
the battle field. His talk is embellished by a wonderful array of props
which include armour, weapons, clothing, utensils and punishment
implements. Talk will be held in the Annie Wyatt Room, National Trust
Centre, Observatory Hill, Sydney. Cost:
$25. Bookings: Carole
McFadden 02 9498
1612.
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Architectural Gems of Warrawee tour – Sunday 12 October,
10.30am
Join National Trust President, Dr Zeny Edwards, and President of
the Twentieth Century Heritage Society of Australia (NSW) Inc, Roy Lumby,
on a guided walking tour of Chilton Parade, Warrawee Avenue, Pibrac Avenue
and Hastings Road, Warrawee. This stretch of road is arguably one of
Australia’s most significant architectural repositories of domestic design
by some of the country’s most outstanding architects. Zeny Edwards and Roy
Lumby have a close association with the North Shore’s architectural history
in their capacities as historian and heritage architect respectively. They
will provide insights into the development of Warrawee as a suburb that
fought inappropriate development to protect its residential status. Cost: $35. Bookings:
zedwards@nsw.nationaltrust.org.au or post to: Zeny Edwards, Warrawee Tour,
National Trust of Australia (NSW), GPO Box 518, Sydney 2001. Number s
strictly limited. Meet at Warrawee Station at 10am.
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Coach
Tour of Historic Mount Lambie and Rydal – Saturday 18 October, 2pm – 11pm
Lithgow Branch will be conducting a coach tour visiting several
of the historic buildings and sites in the Mount Lambie and Rydal area, to
be followed by a traditional three course camp oven dinner served in the
wonderful Bark Ridge Barn. Following dinner, we will be entertained by
local poets. Cost:
$80 for tour, dinner and refreshments or $40 for dinner only. Bookings: Annette
Gilbey 0409 120 214
or Robyn Whitty 02
6355 1216. Cheques to PO Box 25, Lithgow 2790.
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Camden
Town and Country Day – Sunday 19 October
Join the Women’s Committee as they visit five historic homes in
the township of Camden, which was laid out by the Macarthur family, on part
of the land in the cowpastures granted to John Macarthur in 1805. Nowadays,
pressure of population is threatening historic landscapes and townscapes. Cost: members $35,
friends $50, youth (12-18yrs) $20. Bookings:
Tickets available by downloading and completing the Ticket
Application Sheet. Closing
date: 10 October.
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Wallsend Tour – Sunday 19 October, 9.30am – 3.30pm
Wallsend, once a mining town, is now a suburb of Newcastle. Join
the Friends of Miss Porter's House on a combined walking and bus tour of
this historic suburb. Visit a c1887 home, the first Orthodox parish in the
Hunter, St James Masonic Temple and St Lukes c1880. Includes morning tea. Cost: $35 (lunch
at own expense) or $50 including a 2 course Thai lunch. Bookings: Send
cheque and self-addressed envelope to Miss Porters House, 37 Thomas Street,
Wallsend 2287. P:
Ellice Schrader 02
4951 3799.
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Artisans
at the Inn – Sunday 19 October, 10am – 4pm
Enjoy a day at Woodford Academy, Great Western Highway,
Woodford. Demonstration of a variety of arts and crafts in the historic
building, which started life in the 1830s as the Woodman Inn. P: Marilyn 02 4758 7809.
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National Trust Fundraiser Preview Screening of ‘The Women’ –
Wednesday 22 October, 6.15pm for 6.45pm start
The National Trust and Hopscotch Films invites you to join us at
Palace Verona, 17 Oxford St, Paddington for a special fundraising preview
of The Women.
To celebrate, we are holding a night of fun with bubbly on arrival and
raffle prizes. Each guest will receive a deluxe miniature 15ml Eau de
Parfum of Calvin Klein’s Secret Obsession. With an all star cast including
Meg Ryan, Candice Bergen, Bette Midler, Annette Bening, Jada Pinkett Smith,
Debra Messing and Eva Mendes, The
Women is an entertaining celebration of female friendships.
Based on the George Cukor classic it follows the lives of a group of
wealthy Manhattan women who bond when a friend learns of her husband’s
marital infidelity. RSVP
is essential as seats are limited. Call Natalie on 02 9258 0181 by 15 October.
For more information on the film please visit www.thewomenthemovie.com.
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Vienna Cottage AGM – Monday 27 October, 6.30pm for 7pm start
The Vienna Cottage AGM and Dinner has been moved to the new date
of Monday 27 October. The AGM will be held at The Grand View Restaurant, 49
Gladesville Rd, Hunters Hill. Cost:
$49 per person, includes champagne on arrival. Bookings: Carolyn 02 9817 5799 or
Marie 02 9809 0015.
Cheques payable to ‘Vienna Cottage’, PO Box 20, Hunters Hill, 2110.
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Berry Coach Trip – Sunday 2 November, 8am – 6.30pm
Join the After Hours Committee for a trip to the historic town
of Berry. Start your Christmas shopping at the Berry Market or wander
through the old buildings and interesting boutiques in Berry Village. We
will visit the Berry & District Local Museum as well as Jasper Valley
Wines for a Mediterranean style lunch, and Coolangatta Estate Historic
Village and Winery – a historic convict-built estate. Cost: $75. Bookings: Tickets
available by downloading and completing the Ticket
Application Sheet. Closing
date: 27 October.
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National
Trust Portraits – ‘Drip in a Bucket Series’ Opening Night – Saturday 8
November, 6pm
National Trust members are invited to the exhibition opening
plus ‘working drawings’ auction. Nine local notable artists have painted
ten celebrity sitters from this region over a two year period culminating
in this exhibition fundraiser for the Grossman/Brough House National Trust
properties. Contribute to this unique occasion by investing in, not just a
work of art, but a piece of the continuing heritage of the hunter. RSVP by 1 November
to Alan Todd 02 4933
6452 or 02
4933 7758. Works can be viewed prior to opening on Thursday
6 November from 5pm – 8pm and Saturday 8 November from 4pm.
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Darling
Point Day – Tuesday 11 November
Jon the Women’s Committee for this members only house inspection
day. Known to Aboriginal inhabitants as ‘Yarra-nabbee’, and later as Mrs
Darling’s Point, this small promontory running down to the waters of Sydney
Harbour has been a favourite place for generations of Sydney-siders. Cost: members
only $28, youth (12-18yrs) $18.
Bookings: Tickets available by downloading and completing
the Ticket
Application Sheet. Closing
date: 4 November.
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National
Trust Heritage Lecture with Hugh Mackay – Thursday 13 November, 6.30pm
Hugh Mackay is a social researcher and novelist who has made a lifelong
study of the attitudes and behaviour of Australians. This fascinating talk
is a not to be missed opportunity to see Hugh Mackay live, talking about
“The sense of place and its role in the formation of our cultural and
personal identity”. Sydney Venue (TBC). Cost: members $28, non-members $38. Bookings essential:
Natalie 02 9258 0181.
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Special Member Promotions
& Announcements
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Spring
Special Membership Offer – get an extra 3 months free on National Trust
Membership
Join the National Trust of Australia (NSW) before 30 October
2008 and receive 15
months membership for the price of 12! Membership provides
you with free access to over 800 National Trust properties worldwide –
explore historic house museums, wander through enchanted gardens or
discover remarkable castles. National Trust membership opens up a world of
fascinating places to visit in your own backyard, as well as overseas. To
take advantage of this offer call 02
9258 0156 and mention this e-news offer or join online
today, quoting promotional code EN3MF.
*Offer applies for new
members, for first year only. Not to be used in conjunction with any other
offers.
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Purchase
your tickets in the National Trust $2 Raffle today!
The National Trust $2 Raffle gives you the chance to win a
Botanica South Australian Wine and Roses tour for two people valued at
$3,390. Purchase
your tickets by downloading an order
form or call 02
9258 0123. Other prizes include an overnight stay at Norman
Lindsay Cottage, a mixed case of Australian wines from the National Trust
Wine Service, 1 year subscription to Vogue Living and Vogue Entertaining +
Travel magazines, and Agatha Christie’s Poirot series 1 DVD box set. Click here for more
information.
Ticket purchaser must be
18 years or over.
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National Trust honours Nancy-Bird Walton
Trust President, Dr Zeny Edwards and Trust Centre staff had the pleasure
of hosting a morning tea honouring National Trust Living Treasure
Nancy-Bird Walton on Friday 12 September. Nancy-Bird is a pioneer aviator
and Australia’s first woman pilot. Taught to fly by Charles
Kingsford-Smith, she gained her license in 1933 and in her own Gipsy Moth
provided air ambulance service to remote rural communities. She delighted
staff with many stories, and talked with pride about establishing the
Australian Women Pilots’ Association and competing three times in the
trans-America flying race the ‘Powder Puff Derby, in which she was the
first non-American to win a trophy. Now in her 90s, she maintains close
ties with the world of aviation. Later this month she will christen the new
Qantas A380 Airbus which will carry her name.
National Trust staff and
friends with Nancy-Bird Walton and Trust NSW President Dr Zeny Edwards.
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S.H. Ervin Gallery – new Gallery Director appointed
We have pleasure in informing you that Louise Tegart will
commence as Gallery Director at the National Trust’s S.H. Ervin Gallery on
Monday 20 October. Louise brings to the Trust experience gained as Senior
Curator – University Art Gallery at the University of Sydney, where her
responsibilities included managing a strategic review of the University’s
collection of over 6,000 works, development of collection policies,
reinvigoration of the exhibition program, public art facilitation and
planning of a new international standard museum. Prior to this Louise was
Director, Latrobe Regional Gallery for 3 years. We welcome Louise to the
Trust.
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Congratulations
to 2008 Isabella Brierley History Prize winner
Congratulations to Silas Clifford-Smith, who is a devotee of
Lindsay history and who has carried work at the gardens of the Norman
Lindsay Gallery for winning the 2008 Isabella Brierley History Prize for
his biography of artist Percy Lindsay. This award is presented by the North
Shore Historical Society for a major unpublished work which deals in some
way with the history of the North Shore. Percy Lindsay lived in Sydney from
1918 until his death in 1952, firstly at Roseville and later at Milson's
Point and North Sydney.
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