Conserving our heritage for the future...
WEBSITE UNDER REDEVELOPMENT - RE-LAUNCHING MID YEAR
FOR A PREVIEW OF WORK IN PROGRESS ON OUR NEW LOOK SITE CLICK HERE
The National Trust (NSW) is a charity, independent of government.
Since 1946, the Trust has worked with the community to safeguard our rich natural, built and cultural heritage.
Click here to see our wonderful sponsors, including Bonhams & Goodman, official valuers to the Trust, and the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority.
STOP PRESS: Wildlife Fair at Wirrimbirra Sanctuary postponed - Click here for more details
JOIN NOW for your chance to win a $18,000 trip to Italy
Join the National Trust or if you are an existing member and you refer a new member, you could WIN a wonderful holiday for two, visiting the ‘Walled Cities’ of Umbria, Italy, valued at $18,000. All gift memberships also go into the draw.This special offer is valid until the 5th Dec 2008, conditions apply.
Current & Coming Events
Latest News
Lines in the Landscape - Fiona Davies & Patricia Prociv
This ephemeral public art project highlights part of Parramatta's formal town plan at the time of Governer Hunter in 1799. The lines draw our attention to the life and times of establishing European settlement in Parramatta helping us understand that the use of the space was not always as it is now.
Callan Park
The Callan Park Land Use Plan is inconsistent with the Callan Park (Special Provisions) Act 2002. At the time of this Act's enactment the community was assured that "the whole site, including the buildings that are there now and the open space, the gardens, foreshore, will be entrenched in public ownership forever...Residential of any kind, public or private is ruled out."
Click here for the Trust’s submission on the Land Use Plan.
The Trust has vigorously campaigned on the current reforms to the NSW planning laws which will leave built and natural heritage vulnerable.
Read our submission to the Department of Planning on the draft bills here.
Observing Living History includes archival video footage documenting the effects of the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge on local residents and the green bans of the 1970s. The exhibition is sponsored by the City of Sydney, with assistance from the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority.
NATIONAL TRUST PRESIDENT SEEKS BRAINS TRUST TO ADDRESS HERITAGE-
A THEME OMITTED FROM THE 2020 SUMMIT
Click here to read the media release.
The first meeting of the Trust was held in Sydney on Monday 28 April.
Watch this space for the outcomes.
Read The Australian Financial Review article on the forum here
TRUST PRESIDENT SPEAKS OUT ON CRISIS IN HERITAGE CONSERVATION
Dr Zeny Edwards, president of the National Trust of Australia (NSW) has written a powerful open letter about the erosion of heritage protections and conservation legislation in NSW which now threatens the preservation of those special places the community holds dear.
Read more
Read the Trust's media release about the Heritage Act review released 19 March 2008.
Read more about the Trust's response to the State Government's Heritage Act Review
SPECIAL RELEASE
The NSW National Trust has commissioned a reproduction of the Sea Sprite vase from the Norman Lindsay Gallery Collection at Springwood.
Read more here
World Heritage Day Nominations
The Trust nominated three places as most at risk in NSW for World Heritage Day 18 April 2008.
Read more here
TRAP THAT TOAD SCOOPS THE POOL!
A quirky response to Australia’s cane toad scourge has won a prestigious EnergyAustralia National Trust Heritage Award.
The project, called Trap That Toad, was recognised today at the annual EnergyAustralia National Trust Heritage Awards presentation in Sydney. The awards were hosted by National Trust (NSW) president Dr Zeny Edwards and journalist David Marr.
National Trust Schools Competition 2008
This annual competition inspires students to celebrate their local heritage by reflecting the 2008 Festival theme of ‘Our Place’. Open across four subject areas – Human Society and its Environment, History, Geography and Art – the competition criteria encourages students to explore their suburbs and towns, and get to know the people and places that make up their area and Australia, and what makes them unique.
Win a fabulous Captain Cook Cruise worth up to $1,900
National Trust $2 RaffleThe National Trust has launched a new state-wide $2 Raffle to raise much needed funds for our work. At the same time you have the chance to win fantastic prizes which you will treasure. Order your raffle tickets now –click here
Save Catherine Hill Bay
The National Trust is campaigning to save Catherine Hill Bay from destruction by rampant overdevelopment.
Read more about this campaign
Click here to view photos of Protest Rally
Click here for major media coverage
“I love this place because…”: National Trust of Australia (NSW) Photography Competition 2008 supported by the NSW Architects Registration Board
We’re asking the community to pick up their cameras to reflect on the built environment and sense of place - “Our Place” - and be in the running to win $1,000 cash or $1,500 worth of photographic equipment from leading camera specialists Georges Electronics.
GET YOUR MESSAGE TO THE FUTURE CARDS & BE PART OF THE NATIONAL TRUST TIME CAPSULE
For enquiries please call the National Trust on 02) 9258 0123. We regret to advise that due to unprecedented demand message to the future cards are currently sold out. Read some of the thousands of funny, heartfelt and inspirational message people have sent in.
Please return your completed cards by Wednesday 14th May.
Waverley Cemetery Gates tops Partners in Preservation voting
The Waverley Cemetery Gates have topped the polls in the online voting competition to save some of Sydney’s most important heritage landmarks. The 130-year-old intricate wrought iron gates will receive the lion’s share of a hefty preservation grant to restore them to their former glory.
Click here to see media coverage of the National Trust/Amex Partners in Preservation project.
Click here to visit the Partners in Preservation website.
Click here to read the media release
Conservation Highlight
Trust launches new Sustainability Program
From its beginnings in 1945 as the Tree Lovers Civic League, the Trust understood that a healthy ecology is at the heart of all the forms of heritage we treasure. Today, we keep in trust 38 of Australia’s most significant heritage properties; campaign for endangered landscapes; run the state’s largest native bush regeneration service; and maintain a large fauna and flora sanctuary and public education centre near Sydney
Click here for more information on our sustainability program.
Click here for a presentation on our sustainability program
Click here for explanatory notes to the sustainability program presentation