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From pillar to post: Restoring Canberra’s heritage street signs

The Reid Residents’ Association has received nearly $16,000 from the ACT Heritage Grants Program to conserve pillar street signposts in Canberra’s Inner North.

If the walls could talk at Havelock House

While there’s more to the National Capital than Parliament House, the history of Australian politics runs deep through Canberra’s veins. One political pillar of the city is a heritage-listed building that tends to fly under the radar: Havelock House.

Lake Burley Griffin is heritage-listed, Canberra won’t be

The Federal Government has heritage listed Lake Burley Griffin and adjacent lands, but rejected a proposal for Canberra itself.

NGA Indigenous Art Triennial ‘another stitch in a timeless heritage’

An exhibition nearly five years in the making, the NGA's 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony, opened 26 March.

Curious about Canberra? Come to the Heritage Festival

The Canberra and Region Heritage Festival will return in April for its 39th year. This year's theme: "Curiosity."

Telling the history of Canberra’s Girl Guides

Canberra’s Girl Guides celebrate their 95th birthday this year; they are telling their history - and the city's.

Painting the truck red: Fire Brigade Museum restores historic engine

For 30 years, the Thornycroft fire engine operated at Canberra Airport; now, it will return to its former glory.

Mercure is accommodation partner for Heritage Festival

The heritage-listed Mercure Canberra will be the Canberra and Region Heritage Festival's first-ever accommodation partner.

Canberra park honours first naturalised Australian

In 1949, Jan Jandura Pucek, a Slovak immigrant to Canberra, became the first naturalised Australian. Jandura Park in O’Connor is named after him, but few know his story. That will change next...

Barton Highway duplication could destroy Aboriginal cultural heritage trees

The Barton Highway duplication could ruin culturally significant sites, endangered trees, and habitat for sugar gliders, advocates say.

On the market: Former Breadalbane pub steeped in history

This circa 1878 country manor in the Southern Tablelands is up for grabs, steeped in history and surrounded by countryside. The Historic Royal Breadalbane has been lovingly restored to its former glory by...

New funding to help local heritage projects

Applications are now open for the 2021–22 ACT Heritage Grants Program; $387,000 is available to conserve and promote the Territory’s history.

Anzac Hall closes in preparation for demolition

The Federal Parliament last week approved the almost $500 million project to knock down and replace the War Memorial's 20-year-old Anzac Hall.

ACT Heritage Library exhibition: The Art of the Story Circle

The ACT Heritage Library is hosting its first exhibition since the arrival of the pandemic, showcasing more than 100 Canberrans' stories.

Where heritage meets modern

On one of Goulburn’s most sought-after streets, this three-bedroom home, dubbed ‘Hawthorn’, stands bursting with character and charm.

Braidwood Heritage Centre to boost bushfire recovery

More than just a “pie stop” on the way to the coast, the NSW town of Braidwood will soon showcase its heritage best in a new tourist attraction, thanks to funding from the Bushfire Local Economic Recovery Fund.

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