2025 National Trust (NSW) Heritage Awards finalists revealed

The 2025 National Trust Heritage Awards Shortlist:

• Anaiwan Grinding Grooves: Investing in the past to guide the future at New England Solar, Uralla – entered by Anaiwan Registered Aboriginal Parties, ACEN Australia
• Blacktown Native Institution Conservation Management Plan, Blacktown – entered by GML Heritage
• Bullanginya Daborra Dunggalla – Bullanginya Dreaming, Barooga – entered by Barooga Sports Club
• Dhuluny: 200 years of Wiradyuri resistance, Bathurst – entered by Wiradyuri Traditional Owners Central West Aboriginal Corporation (WTOCWAC)
• Hill 60 Aboriginal Community Stories, Port Kembla – entered by Wollongong City Libraries

• Ensuring the future of Port Macquarie Museum, Port Macquarie – entered by Port Macquarie Historical Society Inc.
• State Heritage Listing of Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace, Cremorne – entered by Cremorne Conservation Group

• Back to Front House, Potts Point – entered by Ian Moore Architects
• Fig Tree House, Marrickville – entered by Potter & Wilson Architects
• Former Workmen’s Dwellings Lower Fort Street, Dawes Point – entered by Neeson Murcutt Neille
• Gleebooks, Glebe – entered by AN+A
• Pumphouse Maker Space & Artist Workshop, Albury – entered by AlburyCity
• Reimagining Sydney’s First Skyscraper, Sydney – entered by Urbis Pty Ltd
• Rosebery Engine Yards, Rosebery – entered by Goodman Group

• Frazer Mausoleum Restoration, Rookwood – entered by Metropolitan Memorial Parks
• Heathcote Hall – entered by Tasman Storey Architects and Pariter Pty Ltd
• Hornby Lighthouse Restoration, Sydney – entered by Port Authority of NSW
• Malachi Gilmore Hall, Oberon – entered by Lucy and Johnny East
• Old Bega Hospital, Bega – entered by Design 5 – Architects, Old Bega Hospital Reserve Land Manager, NSW Public Works, Leser Build
• Old Menangle School Site, Menangle – entered by Wollondilly Shire Council, Civille, G3 Architecture, Sue Rosen Associates, Growth Civil Landscapes
• Pissoir Restoration, Dawes Point – entered by Marine and Civil Maintenance
• S.H. Ervin Gallery Facade Conservation, Sydney – entered by Property and Development NSW
• Silchester – Juliet Balcony, Bellevue Hill – entered by Cracknell & Lonergan Architects Pty Ltd
• Tathra Wharf, Tathra – entered by Bega Valley Shire Council

• More Bonegilla Stories, Albury – entered by Simon Reich
• NSW Rail Museum Education Program, Thirlmere – entered by Transport Heritage NSW
• Pirie Chambers Heritage Trades Training Program and Conservation, Broken Hill – HSR (Aust) Group and Elizabeth Vines, OAM Architect and Heritage Advisor
• Schools Reconciliation Challenge, State-wide – entered by Reconciliation NSW
• Middle Head Gubbuh Gubbuh to Georges Head Walking Track, Mosman – entered by NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service

• Ongoing Conservation of the Marionette Theatre of Australia Puppets, Neutral Bay – entered by the Seaborn, Broughton & Walford Foundation
• Cockatoo Island Heritage Steam Cranes: from Restoration to Activation, Cockatoo Island – entered by Sydney Harbour Federation Trust
• Forty Bends Farm, South Bowenfels – entered by Sarah and Brendan Childs
• Mildura House, Georges Plains – entered by Linda Appleford and Terry Jones
• Minister’s Stonework Program, State-wide – entered by NSW Public Works
• Preservation of Cox Cottage, Mulgoa – entered by Friends of Fernhill and Mulgoa Valley Inc. nominating Dr James Broadbent AM

• Callan Park’s Veterans: A Century of Connections, Lilyfield – entered by Friends of Callan Park
• Flood Level 1955 – A Historical Exhibition, Maitland – entered by Maitland City Council
• Hardy Wilson’s Old Colonial Architecture 1924-2024, Sydney – entered by University of Sydney & Hector Abrahams Architects
• Omnia: All and Everything, Murwillumbah – entered by Tweed Regional Museum
• Royal Flying Doctor Outback Heritage Experience, Broken Hill – entered by Freeman Ryan Design
• Royal National Park Shack Open Day Weekend, Era Beach, Royal National Park – entered by Royal National Park Coastal Cabins Protection League
• Transport Heritage Expo 2024, Sydney – entered by Transport Heritage NSW

• Conservation of the Barangaroo Boat, Sydney – entered by Sydney Metro with Silentworld Foundation and York Archaeological Trust
• Parliament of NSW Rum Hospital Project, Sydney – entered by Department of Parliamentary Services
• The Garrison Church Historic Bell Restoration, Dawes Point – entered by Anglican Parish of Church Hill
• The Great Synagogue – Relocation of Bimah, Sydney – entered by The Great Synagogue

• Fernleigh Awabakal Shared Track, Lake Macquarie – entered by Lake Macquarie City Council
• Glowworm Tunnel Pathway Construction, Wollemi National Park – entered by NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
• Nepean River Trail, Camden – entered by Camden Council
• Nielsen Park Seawall, Vaucluse – entered by OCULUS with NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
• Middle Head Gubbuh Gubbuh to Georges Head Walking Track, Mosman – entered by NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service

• Australia’s Earliest Timber Houses – entered by Christopher and Deborah Hallam
• Fame and Blame – A Brief History of the office of the NSW Civil, Colonial, and Government Architects – entered by David Churches
• Historic Heritage Bushfire Vulnerability Assessment Framework – entered by GML Heritage
• Maitland In Focus – entered by Maitland City Council
• NSW Courts of Cultural Heritage Significance: Guidelines for Conservation, Repair & Replacement – entered by PTW Architects in partnership with The NSW Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ)
• Preserving and Promoting the Priceless Collections of the National Herbarium of New South Wales: Mass Digitisation and Free Public Access via an Online Herbarium Search Portal – entered by National Herbarium of New South Wales, Botanic Gardens of Sydney
• Ryde History Hub – entered by City of Ryde Libraries
• The Australian Ark: The Story of Australian Wine, 1788–2023 by Andrew Caillard MW – entered by David Longfield, Longueville Media & Angus Hughson, The Vintage Journal
• The Secrets Of Anzac Ridge: In Flanders Fields – entered by Patricia Skehan Publishing
• Treasures of Old Jewish Sydney: The story of a visual heritage – entered by Jana Vytrhlik

• Young Achiever – proudly sponsored by GML Heritage
• Heritage Skills
• Lifetime Achievement – proudly sponsored by Museums of History NSW
• Cathy Donnelly Memorial
• Judges’ Choice
• President’s Prize and
• People’s Choice

The National Trust (NSW) Heritage Awards are a signature event of the Australian Heritage Festival, coordinated annually by the National Trust. The NSW Government through Heritage NSW is principal sponsor of the Australian Heritage Festival and the National Trust Heritage Awards.