Countdown to 2019 Canberra and Region Heritage Festival

We’re shining a spotlight on our region’s unique natural, Aboriginal and built history with fun, interactive and inspiring events at this year’s Heritage Festival.

More than 200 events will be on offer over four weeks, including fashion markets, design and photography exhibitions, bush tucker talks, guided walks, vintage balls and rare access to some of Canberra’s most historic and interesting buildings.

This year’s theme SPACE captures more than just outer space. Walter Burley Griffin once said ‘architecture is a space art’ and I agree.

In July this year, the world will celebrate 50 years since man walked on the moon. Those famous pictures were beamed across the world from Canberra’s own Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station.

Heritage isn’t just about buildings and iconic places, it’s about people and the stories they tell.

Many Canberrans can recollect the exact moment where they were and what they were doing during the first moon landing.

Take in their stories and learn about Canberra’s important involvement in the Apollo 11 mission. See the spacesuits, rocket engines and an actual piece of the moon as well as the ‘real dish’ that allowed the world to join in on Neil Armstrong’s one small step.

The Festival is also a time to acknowledge and celebrate our Aboriginal heritage. Our Traditional Custodians are sharing their knowledge about Country, sites of significance, bush foods and more.

The Festival’s promotional artworks were commissioned by artist Trevor Dickinson, who was invited to apply the space theme to Canberra icons. You’ll see a bus stop on the moon, the Shine Dome on Mars and Testra Tower blasting off into space.

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