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Heritage NSW newsletter

Heritage NSW

Heritage NSW is the newsletter of the Heritage Branch and Heritage Council of NSW. Use it to stay in touch with all the latest heritage projects, get simple explanations of conservation techniques and find out what's happening in heritage.

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Summer 2012 Vol. 19 No.2 (2012newslettervol19no2.pdf, 3MB)

Farewell message from the Heritage Council Chair; Uralla's heritage and Captain Thunderbolt's legacy; Great Gatsby film approvals; successful heritage adaptation and conservation outcomes - including The Dickson, Little Bay, Sydney, Closebourne House, Morpeth and The Gallery, Lidcombe; Heritage Council 2011 regional visit to Moree; recent NSW State Heritage Register listings; Heritage Grants funding make a difference; the 2011 Heritage Volunteer Awards winners; Heritage Newsletter online survey for readership; The Spatial Atlas of NSW; and Heritage news.

Index of Past Issues

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Autumn 2011 Vol. 19 No.1 (2011newslettervol19no1.pdf, 2.9MB)

Message from the Heritage Council Chair; newsletter celebrating launch of book on Governor Macquarie's town planning work; NSW State Heritage Register listings - including the Ben Hall sites, Olympic Cauldron, Saint Patrick's estate Manly;  Aboriginal heritage places and their values; successful heritage adaptation and conservation outcomes; Brush farm, Eastwood; the 2010 Heritage Volunteer Awards winners; Heritage Council regional visit to Eurobodalla; Project beneath Gallipoli, Turkey; Heritage news.

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Winter 2010 Vol. 18 No.1 (newslettervol18no1.pdf, 2.9MB)

Message from the Minister, message from the Chair; newsletter celebrating the NSW Governorship of Lachlan Macquarie 1810-2010; Macquarie - A pround clan Scotsman; recognising Macquarie's legacy; Elizabeth Macquarie - a partner in design; Governor Macquarie's Native Institution; whatever happened to Castlereagh?; DigiMacq interpretative project; State listed heritage items associated with Macquarie; Three Bees shipwreck fire - mahem; Macquarie's chairs reunited; Heritage news.

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Summer 2009 Vol. 17 No.2 (newslettervol17no2.pdf, 2.9MB)

Message from the Chair; Editorial; Macquarie Place Obelisk; Heritage Grants help build Maitland Gaol into tourism showpiece; Heavy seas reveal shipwreck secrets; Heritage Council visit to Port Macquarie; latest SHR listings; 1902 Mt Kembla mining disaster remembered; NSW Heritage Tourism online; Parramatta archaeology; Archaeology Education Centre part of The Rocks Youth Hostel; A personal account of the 1942 midget sub attack on Sydney; Sydney's Cenotaph memorial receives own honours; Heritage News briefs.

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Autumn 2009 Vol. 16 No.1 (newslettervol16no1.pdf, 2.3MB)

Message from the Minister; Message from the Chair; Griffin, Jolly, seidler saluting 20th century architects; Beating salt attack and rising damp!; Colonial records of nsw now on DVD; "Jewels in the Crown" - unique collection of Crown plans; Remains of Old Adaminaby win protection; Thematic Listings Program initiative launched; special feature - Highlighting Aboriginal, Convict, Macquarie and world wars 1 & 2 Heritage; Parramatta Park Trust celebrates 150 years; Tamworth City cleans up Tidy Towns awards; Community's 'Heritage Heroe' recognised with nsw Government Awards; Heritage news

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Winter 2008 Vol. 15 No.1 (newslettervol15no1.pdf, 2MB)

Message from the Chair; Heritage Act Review; Archaeology brings the crowds in; Queues to see graves; Australia's naval Gallipoli hero; Drama on the Darling; New on the State Heritage Register; Funding conserves Heritage of Bar Island; Heritage volunteers honoured; Heritage News.

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Spring 2007 Vol. 14 No.2 (newslettervol14no2.pdf, 1.9MB)

Message from the Minister; New on the Register: A celebration of human creativity: Are convict sites next for World Heritage?: The art of painting conservation - conserving WW II altar panels: A cultural and educational landmark: Bridges to the future: Walking in the footsteps of the Curlew Camp artists: The secrets of joinery: Heritage Branch News.

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Autumn 2007 Vol. 14 No.1 (newslettervol14no1.pdf, 2.2MB)

Message from the Minister; Message from the Chair; Heritage Branch News: Living Record of Colonial History; The Last Midget Sub; Zoo Captures its Heritage; Old Building - New Use; Honouring Our Heritage Volunteers; New on the Register.

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Spring 2006 Vol. 13 No.2 (newslettervol13no2.pdf, 2.2MB)

Message from the Minister; Message from the Chair; Heritage Branch News: New Photographic Guidelines; Community Heritage Study Celebrated; The Trocadero Turns Heads in Newtown; The Final Journey of the Iron Knight; Exploring Lebanese Heritage; Celebrating the Centenary of our State Arms; Gundagai's Famous Bridge, Uncovering Colonial Hospitals; New on the Register.

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Autumn 2006 Vol. 13 No.1 (newslettervol13no1.pdf, 1.2MB)

Message from the Minister; Message from the Chair; Heritage Branch News: Sydney Opera House Nominated, New Arrangements for Heritage Branch, Braidwood: First Town Listed, Home of Flying Boats Listed; $5.4 Million for Heritage Projects in NSW; Wiradjuri Sites Honoured; Saving Relics of Mittagong's Iron Age; The Changing Fortunes of Lidcombe Hospital; Meet NSW's Heritage Heroes.

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Summer 2005 Vol. 12 No.2 (newslettervol12no2.pdf, 3.3MB)

Message from the Chair, Message from the Minister, Heritage Branch News, Old Shoes - concealed ritual objects, Conserving a historic township - Braidwood, Black Cats - Rathmines RAAF base, Off the Radar - WWII secrets, Women in defence of their country, Wollongong's coal industry, New Shipwreck discoveries, Lime - that versatile material, New on the Register, Heritage Happenings.

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Autumn 2005 Vol. 12 No.1 (newslettervol12no1.pdf, )

Message from the Chair, Message from the Minister, Heritage Branch News, Award-winning Volunteers, Seeking AWOL Wartime Heritage, The War at Home, Making Waves in Pool Research, Walking with the Nari Nari, NSW's Top Takeaway Kitchen, Building on Our Convict Past, Crafty Men Make Beautiful Arms, Four Churches and a Synagogue, Repairing Old Floorboards, New on the Register, Heritage Happenings

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Autumn 2004 Vol. 11 No.1 (newslettervol11no1.pdf, )

Message from the Chair and the Minister, Volunteer Awards, Heritage Goes West, Millers Point, Cumberland Shipwreck, Aboriginal Heritage, Sydney Opera House, Facelift for Wentworth, Reading Place Names, Timber Stories of the Hastings and The coming of the 'Grid'.

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Spring 2003 Vol. 10 No.2 (newslettervol10no2.pdf, )

Message from the Chair and the Minister, Ocean Pools, Nissen Hut, WWI Survivors Live Again, Landscapes, Centurion Shipwreck, Sacred Spaces, Convict Past Filling The Gaps and Tips for conserving historic concrete.

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