National Trust of Western Australia

The National Trust of Western Australia, officially the National Trust of Australia (W.A.), is a statutory authority that delivers heritage services, including conservation and interpretation, on behalf of the Western Australian government and community.[1] It is responsible for managing heritage properties and collections, as well as natural heritage management and education.[2]

It was created in 1959, following the model of the National Trust in England. The trust became a statutory authority through the National Trust of Australia (W.A.) Act 1964,[3][4] and is part of the National Trust of Australia, along with similar organisation for the other states and territories of Australia.[5][6] As an organisation it was registering properties and localities before state heritage legislation was enabled in Western Australia, setting a framework and grounding for governmental preservation and conservation of heritage.[7][8]

Properties

The National Trust is custodian and owner of a range of historically significant properties:

• Avondale Farm
  • Avondale Farm Cottages
• Bridgedale
• Central Greenough
• Ellensbrook
• East Perth Cemeteries
• Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail
• Mangowine Homestead
• No 1 Pump Station - Mundaring Weir
• Old Blythewood
• Peninsula Farm - Maylands
• Samson House - Fremantle
• Strawberry Hill - Albany
• Warden Finnerty’s Residence - Coolgardie
• Wonnerup
• Woodbridge House - Woodbridge
• York Courthouse Complex - York

Registration

A significant number of historic properties throughout Western Australia were registered by the Trust in the 1970s prior to later registrations by local government and state agencies - an example is Toodyay Court House, which was classified by the Trust on 7 June 1977 and included on the Shire of Toodyay's Municipal Heritage Inventory on 27 August 1998. On 14 February 2003 it was placed on the permanent state heritage register.

References

1. "National Trust of Australia (WA)". Australian Prime Ministers. Museum of Australian Democracy. Archived from the original on 17 October 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
2. "About us" (PDF). National Trust WA. National Trust of Australia. Archived from the original on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
3. National Trust of Australia (W.A.) Act 1964 (WA)
4. State Records Office of WA. "AU WA A991 - NATIONAL TRUST OF AUSTRALIA (WA)". Government of Western Australia.
5. Mann, Trischa (ed.). "National Trust of Australia". Australian Law Dictionary. via Oxford Reference Online, Oxford University Press.
6. Moore, Bruce Moore, ed. (2004). "National Trust". The Australian Oxford Dictionary (2nd ed.). via Oxford Reference Online, Oxford University Press.
7. Witcomb, Andrea; Gregory, Kate; National Trust of Australia (W.A.); Witcomb, Andrea; Gregory, Kate (2010), From the Barracks to the Burrup : the National Trust in Western Australia, National Trust : UNSW Press, ISBN 978-1-921410-24-6
8. Twenty-five years of the National Trust in Western Australia. Australian Council of National Trusts. 1984. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

Further reading

• Clarke, Kerry (1983). Historic preservation in Western Australia. University of Western Australia: Dept. of Civil Engineering, Dept. of Politics, Law School. ISBN 978-0-86422-019-6.