Community Heritage and Icons Grants 2016-17: Successful projects
Project ID / Project Title / Recipient / Project Description / NHL Site / State / Total Funding Recommended (GST Exc) / Total Funding Approved(GST Inc)
CHIGR3-1 / Connecting community to Skullbone Plains & Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage / Tasmanian Land Conservancy Inc. / This project will enhance visitor understanding and engagement with Skullbone Plains, a private reserve within the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, by developing a visitor’s guide and installing signage, raising awareness of the significance of this landscape, as well as holding a community event. / Tasmanian Wilderness / TAS / $10,000.00 / $11,000.00
CHIGR3-2 / Greater Blue Mountains - Booklet / Western Sydney Publishing Group Pty Ltd / This project will develop a booklet presenting the key aspects, including history, natural, cultural and Indigenous heritage, of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, New South Wales. / Greater Blue Mountains / NSW / $9,500.00 / $10,450.00
CHIGR3-4 / Naval Historical Society of Australia: Website Upgrade: Heritage Sites History / The Naval Historical Society of Australia / This project will facilitate the upgrade of the Naval Historical Society of Australia website, and will also involve the addition of a section devoted to the naval history of certain National Heritage List sites, including Cockatoo Island, HMVS Cerberus and the HMAS Sydney II and HSK Kormoran sites. / Cockatoo Island / NSW / $9,460.00 / $9,460.00
CHIGR3-6 / Who or what sank HMS Sirius at Norfolk Island in 1790? / Wreck Check Incorporated / This project will assess the quantity of ballast in the HMS Sirius shipwreck using photogrammetric data, research, and historical evidence to judge the effect on stability of the vessel to shed further light on the reasons for the loss of the vessel. / HMS Sirius / WA / $11,000.00 / $11,000.00
CHIGR3-7 / Burke & Wills Dig Tree website incorporating the Indigenous record / Royal Historical Society of Queensland Inc / This project will develop a website about the Burke & Wills Dig Tree, Queensland. / The Burke, Wills, King and Yandruwandha National Heritage Place / QLD / $10,000.00 / $11,000.00
CHIGR3-9 / Wet Tropics Host Program – training to empower local Wet Tropics ambassadors / Savannah Guides Limited / This project will develop and pilot a workshop, including a manual and sustainable delivery plan, to enable the transfer of Indigenous knowledge and culture in relation to flora, fauna and landscape values of the Wet Tropics area of Queensland. / Wet Tropics of Queensland / QLD / $10,000.00 / $11,000.00
CHIGR3-10 / The Qantas Hangar - Enhancing community awareness about the Qantas Hangar / The Trustee for The QANTAS Foundation Memorial Trust / This project will create awareness and appreciation of the significance of the QANTAS Hanger, Longreach, Queensland, by developing educational activities, as well as installing interpretive signage at the site. / QANTAS hangar - Longreach / QLD / $9,600.00 / $10,560.00
CHIGR3-11 / Point Nepean Quarantine Station - heritage significance virtual tour / K.J Davis & J Smith / This project will develop a virtual tour of the Point Nepean Quarantine Station, Victoria, made up of a series of 360 degree panoramic images embedded with multimedia and heritage interpretation that will focus on the site’s significance and heritage values. / Point Nepean Defence Sites and Quarantine Station Area / VIC / $9,500.00 / $10,450.00
CHIGR3-12 / Five or more Adelaide Park Lands audio guides for walking tours / Adelaide Park Lands Preservation Association Inc / This project will develop a series of walking tour audio guides, and a map, for selected parts of the Adelaide Park Lands, South Australia, providing information about the historical and cultural significance of the Park Lands. / Adelaide Park Lands and City Layout / SA / $11,000.00 / $11,000.00
CHIGR3-13 / Tooloom and Koreelah National Parks - fold out brochure and map / Tenterfield Shire Council / This project will develop a brochure and map to raise awareness of the values of the Tooloom and Korelah National Parks, which are part of the Gondwana Rainforests, New South Wales. / Gondwana Rainforests of Australia - New England Group / NSW / $5,000.00 / $5,000.00
CHIGR3-14 / GWSS - mini documentary on the history of pipe for web content / The National Trust of Australia (WA) / This project will develop a short documentary detailing the history of the Golden Pipeline, as part of the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme, Western Australia. / The Goldfields Water Supply Scheme / WA / $10,000.00 / $11,000.00
CHIGR3-15 / Great Barrier Reef - Community Marine Debris SRP Workshops - Stage 2 / Tangaroa Blue Foundation Ltd / This project will deliver workshops to help stakeholders continue to deliver their Source Reduction Plans relating to marine debris in the Great Barrier Reef area, Queensland. / Great Barrier Reef / QLD / $7,200.00 / $7,920.00
CHIGR3-16 / Facilitating community awareness of the values of Gondwana Rainforests / Macquarie University / This project will provide a training program for volunteer guides to enable them to deliver awareness guided activities focussing on the flora and fauna of the Gondwana Rainforests, in northern New South Wales. / Gondwana Rainforests of Australia - Hastings-Macleay Group / NSW / $9,793.00 / $10,772.30
CHIGR3-17 / Great Barrier Reef & Wet Tropics interpretive signage at Cairns Aquarium / Cairns Aquarium & Reef Research Centre Pty Ltd / This project will deliver nine interpretive signs to be located throughout the Cairns Aquarium detailing the significance and importance of ecosystems in the Great Barrier Reef and Wet Tropics Regions of Queensland. / Great Barrier Reef / QLD / $9,000.00 / $9,900.00
CHIGR3-18 / Shrine of Remembrance: Wayfinding to improve public education and engagement / The Trustee for Shrine of Remembrance Foundation Trust / This project will install and update signage to improve visitors' understanding and awareness of the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne, Victoria, and the historical collections it houses. / St Kilda Road and Environs / VIC / $10,000.00 / $11,000.00
CHIGR3-19 / Wet Tropics: Introducing Kimberley, the 3D Virtual Reality Tree Kangaroo / Tree Kangaroo and Mammal Group Inc / This project will develop a 3D virtual reality wildlife tour educating the public about the Lumholtz’s Tree Kangaroo in the Wet Tropics of Queensland, including its habitat and the threats this species is facing. / Wet Tropics of Queensland / QLD / $10,000.00 / $11,000.00
CHIGR3-21 / Block 19, Bonegilla 70th anniversary – a unique and diverse community event / Wodonga City Council / This project will help deliver a 70th anniversary event for the Bonegilla Migrant Camp, Victoria, through the provision of an artistic director to design and deliver the event, and will offer an insight into post war migration and refugee experiences. / Bonegilla Migrant Camp - Block 19 / VIC / $9,940.00 / $9,940.00
CHIGR3-23 / Educational videos and resources featuring the Glasshouse Mountains Queensland / Celebrate Glasshouse Country / This project will raise awareness of the significance of the Glasshouse Mountains, Queensland, through the production of eight short documentaries, and booklet, showcasing the heritage and Indigenous values, as well as the geology and explorers, of the area. / Glass House Mountains National Landscape / QLD / $10,289.40 / $10,289.40
CHIGR3-24 / Port Arthur Historic Site - Impact of Heritage Tourism on the Community / Tasman Peninsula Historical Society / This project will share stories of tourism's impact on the community at the Port Arthur Historic Site, Tasmania, through surveys, interviews, advertorials in local newspapers, meetings with local volunteer and community groups, holding of community events, and culminating in an event at the Port Arthur Historic Site to disseminate what has been learned. / Port Arthur Historic Site / TAS / $10,967.00 / $10,967.00
CHIGR3-25 / Riversleigh Fossil Centre - Digestible Science / Mount Isa City Council Owned Enterprises Pty Ltd / This project will develop a soft cover booklet suitable for school students aged 7-12 years, “Digestible Science”, to raise awareness of, and engagement with, the Australian Fossil Mammal Site, Riversleigh, Queensland. / Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh) / QLD / $7,850.00 / $8,635.00
CHIGR3-28 / Mawson's Huts - upgrading of web content and provision of Huts virtual tour / Mawson's Huts Foundation Limited / This project will develop a virtual tour of Mawson’s Huts, Antarctica, and will consist of high resolution full spherical panoramic images from inside and outside the Hut, as well as an audio soundtrack. / Mawson's Huts and Mawson's Huts Historic Site / NSW / $10,000.00 / $11,000.00
CHIGR3-29 / The West Kimberley- Celebrating Our Fitzroy River Living Water Stories on Canvas / Madjulla Association / This project will produce an interconnected artwork celebrating the Fitzroy River, West Kimberley, Western Australia, by showcasing the deep custodianship between Indigenous people and the Rainbow Serpent as a living entity and ancestral being. A short film will also be produced capturing the artists at work and the transfer of their knowledge and stories to others. / The West Kimberley / WA / $10,000.00 / $11,000.00
CHIGR3-30 / Wet Tropics - recognising & promoting Bama Aboriginal Peoples place names / A Jamieson & B.W White / This project will support a participatory place naming exercise with Bama Aboriginal Peoples to improve the presentation, interpretation and community awareness of the Indigenous values of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, Queensland. Particular named places will be identified and promoted through a brochure, digital maps, photos, audio-visual stories and other documentation. / Wet Tropics of Queensland / QLD / $11,000.00 / $11,000.00
CHIGR3-31 / Blue Mountains - videos to promote family visitation and engagement / Bound Round Pty Ltd / This project will create two short videos and a virtual tour capturing the unique natural landscapes and diverse wildlife of the Greater Blue Mountains, New South Wales. / Greater Blue Mountains / NSW / $7,700.00 / $8,470.00
CHIGR3-33 / Apporiginee new self-guided tour App which celebrates the culture of Wet Tropics / S.H Fourmile & J Lynch / This project will develop a self-guided tour app of the Wet Tropics area of Queensland, showcasing Indigenous stories and cultural sites, as told and described by Indigenous elders. / Wet Tropics of Queensland / QLD / $10,000.00 / $11,000.00
CHIGR3-34 / Promoting Barrington Tops - increasing the visibility of a World Heritage area / Dungog Shire Council / This project will produce a short virtual tour video to raise awareness, understanding and appreciation of the heritage values of the Barrington Tops Area of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, New South Wales. / Gondwana Rainforests of Australia - Barrington Tops Area / NSW / $9,800.00 / $9,800.00
CHIGR3-35 / Women’s Royal Australian Air Force at Point Cook (1951-1977) Short Documentaries / Jessica Ferrari / This project will deliver a number of short documentaries that tell the stories of the Point Cook Air Base, Victoria, in particular about the Women’s Royal Australian Air Force (WRAAF) which operated between 1950 and 1977. / Point Cook Air Base / VIC / $10,912.00 / $10,912.00
CHIGR3-42 / Dorrigo National Park - increasing awareness by guiding visitors to the WHA / Joshua Walker / This project will raise awareness of the outstanding heritage values of Dorrigo National Park, as part of the Gondwana Rainforests, New South Wales, by developing a website and brochure. / Gondwana Rainforests of Australia - New England Group / NSW / $10,241.00 / $10,241.00