The Aboriginal Heritage Office is a joint initiative by Lane Cove, North Sydney, Manly, Warringah, Willoughby, Ku-ring-gai and Pittwater councils, in a progressive move to protect Aboriginal Heritage in these areas.
Part of the work of the Aboriginal Heritage office is to monitor these Aboriginal Sites on a day to day basis and long term management reports are developed to ensure their preservation and protection. - Read more
In cultural heritage matters the Australian Museum is guided by principles of self-determination by Indigenous Australians. With this in mind the Museum established the Aboriginal Heritage Unit in January 1996.
The main role of the Aboriginal Heritage Unit is to act as the intermediary between the Australian Museum and the indigenous communities of Australia on issues of indigenous cultural heritage management. - Read more
The National Maritime Museum began in 1984 the NSW and Australian Governments announced that a national maritime museum would be built as part of the redevelopment of Darling Harbour, Sydney, a cradle of Australian maritime commerce close to the site of our first European settlement at Sydney Cove.The mission is to bring maritime heritage to life and preserve it for future generations, through exhibitions, programs and eventsand the development of the National Maritime Collection. - Read more
The Blue Mountains World Heritage Institute is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that brings together research, local communities, and government agencies to support the conservation of the natural and cultural resources of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area and the surrounding Sydney basin region. - Read more
The site of Sydney's Living Maritime Museum. They provide exciting adventure cruises on board historic vessels on Sydney Harbour. You can re-live history! Cruise Sydney Harbour on a historic steamer, or sail the square rigged tall ship James Craig on the open ocean. - Read more
Sydney History & Archives- http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/AboutSydney/HistoryAndArchives/Default.asp
The City of Sydney invites you to step back in time and explore Sydney’s fascinating history through images, text, memories and voices. Check out the Archives, learn about the city's indigenous history, visit online historical exhibitions and much more. - Read more
The University of Sydney has one of the largest and finest university collections of antiquities, art, ethnography and natural history in Australia.
Come and enjoy our very special museums and collections in the historic settings of the University of Sydney. The Macleay Museum, Nicholson Museum and University Art Gallery are open to the public and entry is free. - Read more
Draped in a quilt of green meadows and lush forests, the rolling hills stretch to the horizon where they join with the clear blue sky to create a contrast of colours as interesting as the history of this lush region.
Just a stone's throw from downtown Sydney lies the historic port area of Darling Harbour. Now spruced up with shops, restaurants and museums, a visit here is a great day out offering marvelous insights into Sydney's maritime past.
Just a stone's throw from downtown Sydney lies the historic port area of Darling Harbour. Now spruced up with shops, restaurants and museums, a visit here is a great day out offering marvelous insights into Sydney's maritime past.
Conservation group Bush Heritage Australia has created history after forming a landmark alliance with the Federal and South Australian governments to purchase and protect a 216,700 ha former sheep-grazing property near Coober Pedy.
Bush Heritage Australia’s Cravens Peak Reserve, in Queensland, is singled out as one of the nation’s top ten nature reserves, in a report released today.
The WWF report Building Nature’s Safety Net 2008: Progress on Directions for the National Reserve System is being launched at Parliament House at 11am on 12th March by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, the Hon Peter Garrett AM MP.
