A new Australian Government heritage funding program is designed to protect, conserve and maintain places important to our history and heritage.
Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts, Peter Garrett, said the National Historic Sites program is a competitive grants program providing a totalling $14.9 million over the next three years for owners and managers of nationally significant historic sites so they can undertake vital work to preserve their properties for future generations.
More information at the National Historic Sites web page.