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.
Applications are now open for the 2023 Community Heritage Grants (CHG) program. The CHG program offers cash grants of up to $20,000 to community organisations. The grants support organisations to preserve and manage collections that have Australian cultural and historical significance.
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.
The Governor hosted a reception to mark the 125th anniversary of the Queensland Braille Writing Association – now known as Braille House – and to celebrate the organisation’s long connection with Government House.