Heritage news
Grants totalling $5.3 million are now available for projects that protect Australia’s rich tapestry of cultural, natural and historic heritage sites.
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More than $5.7 million in funding will help create jobs, boost visitor numbers and protect Indigenous cultural, natural, and historic heritage sites across the country.
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We are seeking expressions of interest for the delivery of specialist services under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984.
The Act is used to protect significant…
On this day in 1911, the single screw steamer SS Yongala was bound for Townsville. The ship left Mackay and steamed into a late-season cyclone. The Yongala succumbed to the storm in waters off Cape…
An outstanding historic precinct with a diversity of historic parks, gardens, streets, archaeological sites and buildings has been added to the National Heritage List.
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Nominations for the Commonwealth Heritage List and National Heritage List 2021-22 are now open and will close on 25 February 2021. This year’s National Heritage theme is Indigenous cultural heritage…
Grants are now available for projects that strengthen our national heritage. All places on the National Heritage List are eligible to apply until 7 January 2021.
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On 1 October 2020 the Australian Government announced funding of $33.5 million from the $1 billion COVID-19 Relief and Recovery Fund for heritage upgrades across 23 national and world heritage sites…
CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope added to the National Heritage List for outstanding technical achievement and demonstration of the importance of astronomy in Australia’s history.
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The discovery of two large ship propellers in Darwin Harbour has offered a new interpretation of the sinking of USS Peary in 1942. These new artefacts are automatically protected by the Commonwealth…