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ACT Heritage Festival 2024: ‘Connections’

The Heritage Festival (13 to 18 April) is "an incredible opportunity to learn about the rich history of Canberra and the region".

ACT Heritage Grants open for 2024-25

The ACT Heritage Grants Program assists the community to conserve and promote the heritage of the ACT. $230,000 is available.

New signs mark Canberra’s heritage sites

The heritage-listed Canberra Garbage Incinerator and Northbourne Housing Precinct Representative Sample have new Canberra Tracks signs. 

Register for the 2024 Canberra Heritage Festival

Anyone based in the ACT and surrounding region can now register to host an event as part of the 2024 Canberra and Region Heritage Festival.

Community input sought on ACT heritage refresh

Heritage minister Rebecca Vassarotti wants to know the public's opinion on a suite of recommendations for reforms of the heritage system.

2023 ACT Heritage Grants: ‘A lot of diversity’

Projects funded include historic locomotives, the last person to live in the ACT’s oldest building, treasure hunts, and scarred trees.

Renovations – not legislation – pass through both houses of parliament

Just as legislation must pass through both houses of parliament, so too do renovations – and the House of Representatives at Old Parliament House is undergoing its first major upgrade in 100...

A story of deceit from Canberra’s early pioneers

Peter Green is a third generation descendant of Canberra’s early pioneers at Tidbinbilla and his dear old great grandmother, Mary Ann Green, who came out from England with a chest of her finest lace, never unpacked her finery.

New ACT Heritage Council appointed for at least one year

A new Heritage Council has been appointed for at least one year to protect and manage natural, historic, and First Nations heritage in the ACT.

Pioneering Rolfe family remembered at Queanbeyan Museum

The Rolfe brothers, Anthony and William, were among the first European settlers on Ngunnawal country and championed for the area to become the nation’s capital.

Inside Tea Gardens Homestead: an original Canberra home built in 1865

Nestled in a nondescript street in Ngunnawal lies a hidden, historical treasure of Canberra: the Tea Gardens Homestead.

Explore 8 Tracks through Canberra’s history these school holidays

This summer break, why not explore the spectacular sights, reserves, homesteads, and history of our region with Canberra Track’s Heritage Trails?

Minister dissolves ACT Heritage Council

Heritage minister Rebecca Vassarotti has dissolved the ACT Heritage Council, and announced a comprehensive reform of heritage in the ACT.

ACT minister loses confidence in Heritage Council

Strained relationships and inefficient systems threaten ACT heritage sites, according to a review of the ACT Heritage Council.

Heritage-listed Canberra Croquet Club is restored

The restored Canberra Croquet Club clubhouse officially opened today. One of the oldest facilities in the ACT, the club needed an upgrade.

$350,000 in heritage grants celebrate Canberra’s history

Twenty community projects have received ACT Heritage Grants from the ACT Government to conserve and promote the heritage of the region.

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