Source: Northern Territory Police and Fire Services
The Woodlands & Wetlands Trust will use their grant to develop a self-guided interpretive trail at Mulligans Flat.
In brief:
- The 2024 ACT Heritage Grants program is funding 13 local projects.
- These grants help individuals and groups with projects that celebrate the region’s history.
- The Woodlands & Wetlands Trust is one of the recipients.
The recipients of the 2024 ACT Heritage Grants program have been announced.
This year’s program will fund 13 individual or community group projects to the value of $206,500.
Funding was prioritised for projects that:
- aim to conserve and promote the region’s diverse heritage
- enhance local and visitor experiences.
ACT Heritage Grants program aims to help Canberrans honour many years of culture, stories and history.
Previous recipients have showcased the region’s rich history and First Nations heritage. This year’s Canberra and Region Heritage Festival program featured 22 projects funded through these grants.
This year’s selected projects include restoration of heritage places and objects, oral histories, publications and tours.
The Woodlands & Wetlands Trust
The Woodlands & Wetlands Trust will receive a $20,200 grant.
They will use this to create a self-guided interpretive trail at Mulligans Flat.
“This will showcase the geological heritage of Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary and tell stories about how geology has shaped the landscape and people’s connections to country,” CEO Dr Jason Cummings said.
The trail will give visitors to Mulligans Flat a new opportunity to engage with its natural and cultural landscape.
It will be particularly useful for school groups and will form part of the Canberra Tracks network.
“We will incorporate Ngunnawal perspectives and stories and take people on a journey through geological time. Interpretive signage will be installed to showcase local geological features and share stories about how geology shapes landscape features – water, plants, animals and people,” Jason said.
2024–25 individual recipients and projects
- Cuppacumbalong: Roof Conservation Works – $63,500
- Tidbinbilla Pioneers Association: Oral Histories in the modern era – $22,200
- Tidbinbilla Pioneers Association: Rock Valley Homestead Conservation Works – $17,000
- Canberra Baptist Church: Conservation Management Plan – $15,525
- Trevor Lipscombe: Griffith Weston Forest Trail Guidebook – $2,500
- Canberra & District Historical Society: Digitisation of Limestone Plains photographs – $780
- Hall Heritage Centre: Lyall Gillespie and the story of Ginninderra – $3,225
- Yarralumla Residents Association: Discovering and Valuing Yarralumla Heritage – $9,850
- Nick Swain: A History of the Mugga Lane area – $5,040
- Woodlands & Wetlands Trust: Canberra Tracks geo heritage trail at Mulligans Flat – $20,200
- University of Canberra: A City by Design – $32,500
- Theatre Organ Society of Australia: Compton Organ maintenance, Albert Hall – $4,680
- Free Serbian Orthodox Church St George: Murals Restoration Works – $9,500.
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