59 community-led organisations have received a 2023 Community Heritage Grant. Recipients include Australian Red Cross Heritage Archives, Woolmers Foundation, Broken Hill Historical Society, Australian Sugar Industry Museum, The Ration Shed Museum, Buda Historic Home & Garden, the Callaway Centre and many others.
Named the Braille House, as its creators say they 'felt their way through the project’, the treehouse gave Helena and Robbie Duggan a place to escape to during a difficult time
57 organisations receive Community Heritage Grants Recipients include Tranby Aboriginal Co-operative Limited, Trafalgar Holden Museum, Queensland Braille Writing Association, Gay And Lesbian Archive of Western Australia, Flinders Palaeontology, Mawson's Huts Foundation, Australian Academy of Science and the Ngurratjuta/Pmara Ntjarra Aboriginal Corporation and many others. These community-led and people-focused organisations from around Australia will receive small grants to support them in their work of preserving significant local collections.
On Tuesday, in the morning, at Government House, Her Excellency the Honourable Dr Jeannette Young AC PSM hosted a morning tea for The Lady Musgrave Trust and the Governor addressed guests.
In the afternoon, at Braille House, Annerley, Her Excellency attended an afternoon tea with the Braille House Community, and the Governor addressed guests.
Following, at Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane, Her Excellency attended the AeroMed Flight Nurses 2022 Conference and the Governor addressed guests.