- National Trust of Australia

What's on around Australia

The National Trusts around Australia plan a variety of events, exhibitions, concerts and special occasions for the benefit and enjoyment of their members, and for the general public.

States and Territories organise their own event and activity programs, so find out 'What's On' by visiting the National Trust State and Territory web sites.

Heritage Festivals Around the country

Each year, National Trust Festivals are held in many places throughout Australia. Heritage Festivals are generally held in Autumn- between April and June.

This year NSW, ACT, Tasmania, Queensland, and the Northern Territory are holding Heritage Festivals. Each state or territory festival has a significant theme. The 2008 themes were related to Place. The 2009 themes relate to water, space and creating an identity.

NSW

Our Place in Space: Under the Southern Cross

4 April - 19 April 2009

400 years ago, Galileo first observed the heavens using a telescope. 2009 is the International Year of Astronomy and the NSW Trust is celebrating astronomy and its contributions to society and culture at hundreds of fantastic events across metropolitan and regional NSW. Events include stargazing, discovery tours, art exhibitions, walks, talks, awards, photography displays and community fairs. National Trust properties explore ideas on space throughout the state, Heritage awards are presented and NSW students can enter the annual festival themed schools competition.
Signature events include the Norman Lindsay Festival of Children’s literature, a sketching workshop at the National Trust Centre, Observatory Hill on 17 April, the 175th birthday of Trust property “Lindesay” on 4 April and of course National Trust Day on Sunday 19th April. Various Trust properties throughout NSW will be free of charge this day to celebrate World Heritage Day (18th April).

ACT

Canberra and Region Heritage Festival 09: Adventures in time and space

4 – 19 April 2009

Joining with both the NSW Trust and the ACT government, the ACT Trust asks you to experience Deep Space at the Canberra Deep Space Centre at Tidbinbilla, or discover astronomy at Mt Stromlo Observatory. Enjoy the wide open spaces during a bushwalk at Namadgi National Park, or if you can’t make the walk or want to know more afterwards, imagine Namadgi in a follow up talk at the National Museum. Visit the Cotter Exhibition at the Canberra Glass works or take a heritage journey of Reid, or a twilight tour of Albert Hall.

Other festival events include a series of lectures offered through the Donald Horne Institute on Food and Space, Convict Spaces and Australian spaces in heritage films.

There are over 60 events looking at different spaces from indigenous spaces, spaces for frogs and platypus, to heritage train journeys and historic places and spaces.

All events: http://www.events.act.gov.au/?/heritagefestival

Tasmania

Water- Our island’s life forces

1- 31 May 2009

Tasmania’s state-wide festival is all about the heritage of water. Beginning with LaTrobe in Flood, at the LaTrobe Courthouse on the first of May, there are over 100 events in the festival. The festival looks at different aspects of water, including the story of women convicts transported by water to the Cascade Female Factory, and the launch of the book “The Water Getters”, Participate in daily waterfront treasure hunts. Find out how Hobart quenched its thirst, enjoy a Trout weekend, a cruise, heritage steam train rides, heritage golf festival or films about lighthouse keepers, fishing and shipwrecks or talks about longitude, and many theatrical events and exhibitions including special events on Mothers’ Day. Annual heritage awards will be presented during May and the festival concludes with a whiskey making show on the 31st.

http://www.nationaltrusttas.org.au/heritage_festival_program.htm

Queensland

“The Making of Queensland”

Sunday 10 May to Sunday 17 May 2008

The Queensland Heritage Festival is the State's largest celebration of Queensland's heritage and plays a key role in fostering an appreciation of our history and our cultural identity. This year will once again see a variety of community-hosted events held across metropolitan and regional Queensland.
The National Trust brings together community groups, schools, heritage organisations, the business community and local government to create a unique program of events
The program will be posted in mid-April.

Northern Territory

Ten Days at the Top
The National Trust of Australia (Northern Territory) invites you to be part of our ‘Ten Days at the Top’ Heritage Festival celebrations. The Trust has teamed up with a number of community group partners, including Northern Territory Library, Conservation Volunteers, Institute of Surveyors Australia, National Archives of Australia, East Point Military Museum and NT Archives, to offer you a wide range of events & activities over the ten-day festival.
Events include:
Patrons Dinner, Opening of the ‘People of Burnett House’ Exhibition; Harbour Tour; Teachers In-Service Day; Heritage Fair & Family Fun Day’ – ‘Neighbours – Sharing Stories’ (17th May - 2pm –7pm); Film Night @ Deckchair Cinema; Heritage Seminar; Quiz Night and Heritage Walks & Guided Bus Tours.

The program and brochure will be available soon.

http://www.nationaltrustnt.org.au/index.php?/eng/Left-Menu/Heritage-Festival-2009

Travel with the Trust

The National Trust of Australia (ACT) and the Women’s Committee of the National Trust of Australia (NSW) run tours for Trust members and friends.

Tours run from half-day local walks to international and interstate tours of some weeks with everything in-between.

Future events include geology and heritage cave tours, day tours to Binalong, walks exploring indigenous time-lines and European history, behind the scenes tours of national icons, weekend breaks in Goulburn, architectural tours of Berry and other regional NSW tours, and interstate visits exploring Australia’s heritage and international tours to various places in Italy during 2009 and 2010.

For details on tours run by the ACT National Trusts see http://www.act.nationaltrust.org.au/tours.html
Or Phone 02 6230 0533

For details on tours run by the NSW Trust’s Women’s Committee
phone the NSW Trust Head Office on (02) 9258 0123
Or visit http://www.nationaltrust.com.au/

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