- 28 heritage projects will share over $1.2 million in grant funding
- Annual grants support heritage conservation, promotion and project planning
- Projects reimagine the stories and places from Western Australia’s past
Heritage Minister David Templeman today congratulated the latest recipients of grant funding for the conservation, protection and promotion of State heritage.
Awarded through the Heritage Council of Western Australia, the annual grants program will help realise more than $4.4 million of investment across 16 heritage projects in the Perth metropolitan area and 12 projects in regional WA.
Mead Homestead in Leda has been awarded a $100,000 grant for extensive timber, masonry and plaster repairs to help reactivate this 1850s property for use by people living with diverse abilities.
Another $50,000 each has been granted for masonry repairs, external painting and other conservation works at the entry to the Chung Wah Association Hall in Northbridge and for much needed repairs to the former Tarantella Night Clubbuilding in Fremantle.
Once home to the Imperial German Consul and the 1980s Tarantella Night Club, the unusual limestone heritage building located on Mouat Street has been abed and breakfast since mid-2022.
Grants of $100,000 each will facilitate front verandah and roof replacement works at the McKenzie’s Buildings in Kalgoorlie and the Freemasons Hotel in Bridgetown.
In Albany, a $50,000 grant will assist with extensive conservation works at the St Joseph’s Catholic Church.
The Slab Hut, Boyanup Farm, and Blackwood Inn also received grant funding to commence heritage conservation planning.
A documentary series for the Esperance Historic Homesteads, interpretive signage at Dirk Hartog Island Station and a heritage trail through the Darkan townsite are some of the community projects that also received grant funding this year.
Grant funding is matched by the applicant. Details of the 2023-24 grants recipients are available online athttps://www.wa.gov.au/heritage-grants
As stated by Heritage Minister David Templeman:
“I am delighted to congratulate the 28 recipients of this year’s Heritage Grants Program.”
“These grants are an important funding source for the owners of places on the State Heritage Register to help subsidise the cost of conservation works, commence project planning and support interesting ways to celebrate and share the unique history of those places.
“From Northam to Fremantle, Maylands to Derby, each of these projects have the potential to restore aging properties, tell stories from the past and encourage new generations of Western Australians to explore our State’s heritage.
“The Cook Government is proud to support work to preserve our wonderful State’s heritage, to restore and maintain places that hold connections between our past, present and future.”
