From the Maitland Mercury report:
Another affirmation of Maitland’s status as a heritage centre came at this year’s Keep Australia Beautiful Tidy Towns awards. The city dominated the Heritage Branch Cultural Heritage Award category, taking out the prize for the restored Maitland Gaol auditorium and museum space and runner-up for the book Hearths and Homes, by Cynthia Hunter.
Full article by Briony Snedden available at Maitland Mercury, 2/11/2009.