Colonial Australia Remembered
Places of colonial cultural heritage in Australia include buildings, industrial sites, townscapes, cemeteries, landscapes, heritage gardens, national parks and urban bushlands.
Objects of colonial and European cultural heritage in Australia include documents and records, art, personal objects, uniforms and so on.
Intangible facets of colonial cultural heritage include language, traditions, personal histories and more.
Along with Indigenous heritage, colonial heritage contributes to the Australian sense of place, community and idenity. It provides Australians with a sense of our nation's history and informs our ideas of national identity.
Foundation Projects
Quarantine Station, North Head, Manly
From October 2006 to December 2010, the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife provided funds for conservation works on the Quarantine Station site at North Head, Manly, and the establishment of a Visitor's Centre and Museum for cultural heritage displays relating to the history of the Quarantine Station in Sydney Harbour National Park.
Conserving Kosciuszko's Cultural Heritage
A grant from the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife paid for conservation studies of four huts in the high country - Round Mountain Hut, Broken Dam Hut, Happy's Hut and Mawson's Hut.
Goat Island Restoration and Refurbishment
The Foundation funded works to restore and refurbish stone walls, floors, roof, footings and general presentation on Goat Island. Under the management of NPWS Area Manager Margaret Bailey, Foundation funds also enabled the assessment, cataloguing and conservation and storage of archaeological material.
Fort Denison Restoration and Revamp
Fort Denison is one of the Foundation’s major cultural heritage projects. Through sponsorship from EnergyAustralia the Foundation helped fund the restoration of the buildings, the installation of the museum and the restaurant facilities. The project preserved this icon of European history and made it accessible for the public.
Cadman's Cottage Archaeological Digs
The Foundation provided funds for the restoration of Cadman's Cottage for an archaeological dig to preserve all heritage values of this important historical site.
