$181,000 in Heritage grants

Member for Albury, Justin Clancy today announced that the Albury Electorate will benefit from $181,000 in grants under the NSW Government Heritage Grants Program.

“These grants will help local communities across Albury to know, value and care for their heritage,” said Mr Clancy.

Mr Clancy was pleased to announce these successful grants:

• $70,000 to AlburyCity to fund implementation of the Mungabareena Aboriginal place management plan. Proposed works will include cultural heritage assessments of all project sites, developing and installing interpretive/education signage to inform the community about the values of the place, conducting a landscape design of the site, installing protective bollards, fencing and gates,  a review of the existing Vegetation Management Plan (VMP), undertaking weed control and thinning works and establishing revegetation works in priority areas.
• $20,000 to Snowy Mountains Forests for a Conservation Management Plan for Coppabella Blacksmith Shop, Stables and Burial Plot.
• $26,000 to AlburyCity for the Uiver collection. This project offers interpretation of the NSW State Heritage listed Uiver collection through an exhibition at Albury Library Museum celebrating Dutch connections in Albury, NSW and Australia as told through the Uiver collection.
• $40,000 to AlburyCity for an Albury City-wide heritage study, which will review all of Albury and Lavington’s existing Heritage Studies. The review will be community-based and will include an audit of current listings, a review of the heritage inventory/database to assist in the management of places and items of heritage significance.
• $11,000 to Greater Hume Council for a small grants program for local heritage.
• $14,000 to Federation Council for Heritage Advisor services to the local community.

“Our heritage is important to who we are and local communities play an important role in maintaining heritage at a local level,” Mr Clancy said.

The 2019-21 NSW grants saw $5.8 million awarded to 241 projects statewide across three categories: Aboriginal Cultural Heritage, Caring for State Heritage and Community Heritage.

NSW Minister for Heritage, Don Harwin said protecting local heritage was an important step towards celebrating NSW’s history as a whole and maintaining a physical record of the past.

“Across NSW the Government is providing support for local heritage and indigenous groups, to protecting important heritage items ensuring communities maintain connection with their history,” he said.

For more information about the projects and the NSW Government’s Heritage Grants, see https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/heritage/grants-and-funding