Community Heritage Grants Recipients 2018
The Community Heritage Grants (CHG) program provides grants of up to $15,000 to community organisations such as libraries, archives, museums, genealogical and historical societies, multicultural and Indigenous groups. The grants are provided to assist with the preservation of locally owned, but nationally significant collections of materials that are publicly accessible including artefacts, letters, diaries, maps, photographs, and audio visual material.
In 2018, 60 grants were awarded, totalling $367,470.
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Rare opportunity to view nationally significant quilt
Hawkesbury Regional Gallery is excited to feature the historic and nationally significant Miss Grace’s quilt, created locally by Sophia Wilbow in the 1880s, as an addition to the upcoming The New Quilt survey exhibition of contemporary Australian quilt art. The quilt has been rarely exhibited due to its conservation requirements.
Sophia Wilbow (1829 – 1924) born in Pitt Town, was well known for her needlework skills in the Hawkesbury district and she reputedly made a quilt for each of her seven daughters who reached adulthood; three of the quilts are still in existence.