FIFTEEN community led projects and three community partnership projects will receive a share of $344,000 through the ACT Heritage Grants program.

The program aims to preserve and celebrate the unique stories of the ACT’s history and heritage.

The 2023-24 individual recipients and projects for the ACT Heritage Grants Program are:

• Tidbinbilla Pioneers Association: Rock Valley Conservation Management Plan – $11,130
• Rosanna Burston: Well Station Oral History – $2950
• Hall School Museum & Heritage Centre: Conservation Management Project – $9800
• Hall School Museum & Heritage Centre: Education Display Spaces – $4200
• Canberra Raiders Pty Ltd: Oral Histories – $15,330
• Ginninderra Catchment Group: Canberra Tracks Indigenous trees signage – $11,230
• Ozmega Committee: Ozmega Heritage Postcards – $5710
• Deakin Residents’ Association: Discovering and Valuing Deakin’s Heritage – $14,780
• Heraldry & Genealogy Society of Canberra: 60 years in Canberra – $5600
• National Foundation for Australian Women: ACT Women web-based digital bios – $12,000
• Brendan O’Keefe: History of Well Station – $7000
• Dickson Residents’ Association: Dickson’s Once Upon a Time Centenary – $5020
• Capital Region Heritage Rail Ltd: Rock Valley Homestead conservation works – $24,130
• Catherine Edlington: Oral History of Betty Edlington – $1000
• Reid Residents’ Association: Conservation Management Plan for Reid Sportsground – $29,620

The 2023-24 Community Heritage Partnership Projects are:

• Heritage Advisory Service – $50,000
• Canberra and Region Heritage Festival – $80,000
• Cultural Trees Heritage Assessments – $54,500

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