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2022–23

Round 7 successful projects

An historic timber truss bridge in Gippsland, a former railway water tower in Murtoa and an ornamental fountain in the Geelong Botanic Gardens are among the eighteen significant heritage places and objects from across the state receiving heritage grants through the seventh competitive round of Victoria’s Living Heritage Program.

Round 7 of the Community Grants Stream (2022-23) will provide a total of $2.212 million for urgent conservation works or studies to eighteen significant heritage places and objects across Victoria.

Two people hold up a sign that reads 'Living Heritage Grants Program'. They stand infront of a wall that is painted as a beach scenery with boats, sand, water and sea life.
Fisherman’s Shed, Queenscliff (H2074)
Source: Heritage Victoria

LocationFunding

The Fisherman’s Shed

$38,000

Captain John Mills House$103,000
Eastern Park and Geelong Botanic Gardens$35,000

LocationFunding

Tatura World War II Internment and POW Camps Collection

$40,000

Former Benalla Migrant Camp$195,000

LocationFunding

St Marks Anglican Church (Fitzroy)

$155,000

All Saints Church, Hall and former Vicarage$200,000
Churchill Island$198,000
Manyung Recreation Camp$188,000

LocationFunding

Courthouse, former Police Quarters and Lock-up

$124,000

Former Railway Water Tower$183,000
Chicory Kiln$33,000

LocationFunding

Castlemaine Railway Precinct

$39,000

Bendigo Cemetery$133,000
Mechanics Institute and Library (also known as Kyneton Mechanics Institute and Library)$200,000

LocationFunding

Hinnomunjie Bridge

$200,000

Court house (Traralgon)$98,0000
Hiawatha A Frame Bridge$50,000

2021–22

Round 6 successful projects

A former gunpowder magazine, an early 20th century locomotive engine and an exceptional ceremonial Chinese dragon are among the nineteen significant heritage places and objects from across the state receiving heritage grants through the sixth competitive round of Victoria’s Living Heritage Grants Program.

Round 6 of the Community Grants Stream (2021-22) will provide a total of $2.36 million for urgent conservation works or studies to nineteen significant heritage places and objects across Victoria.

A hand can be seen holding a heritage listed specimen book that features a plant of some kind.
Botanical specimen, Ballarat Mechanics Institute Collection (H2096)
Source: Grimwade Conservation Services

LocationFunding

The Heights

$167,000

St George the Martyr Church and Parish Hall$39,000

LocationFunding

Benalla Water Supply Depot

$44,000

Beechworth Cemetery (Fountain)

$56,000

Alexandra Court House and Former Shire Offices

$49,000

LocationFunding

Puffing Billy Locomotives and Rolling Stock

$180,000

Jack’s Magazine

$163,000

St Peters Eastern Hill Precinct

$144,000

Melbourne Athenaeum

$200,000

Christ Church, South Yarra

$95,000

LocationFunding

Yurunga

$184,000

Horsham Town Hall

$200,000

Ballarat Mechanics Institute$170,000

LocationFunding

Loong, Chinese Dragon

$133,000

Seymour Cottage

$37,000

Castlemaine Market$198,000
Castlemaine Public Cemetery (Campbell’s Creek)$77,000

LocationFunding

Windsor House

$23,500

Lake Tyers Aboriginal Trust Church

$200,000


2020–21

Round 5  successful projects

A former railway engine shed, a dredger and an historic shipwreck are among the 15 significant heritage places from across the state receiving heritage grants through the fifth competitive round of Victoria’s Living Heritage Grants Program.

Round 5 of the Community Grants Stream (2019-20) provides a total of $1.946 million for urgent conservation works or studies to 14 significant heritage places across Victoria.

Two memorial statues can be seen in the image. An angel looks over a sick person as they lay in bed.
Springthorpe memorial, before conservation, Boroondara General Cemetery (J0522)
Source: Heritage Victoria

LocationFunding

Christ Church Complex - Warrnambool

$120,000

LocationFunding

Chiltern Athenaeum and Museum - Indigo Shire Council - Chiltern

$120,000

Former St Michael’s Catholic Church -  Wandong

$200,000

Whitburgh Cottage - Mitchell Shire Council - Kilmore

$200,000

LocationFunding

Abbotsford Convent

$196,000

Former Queen Victoria Hospital Tower - Melbourne

$100,000

La Mama Theatre - Carlton

$200,000

Springthorpe Memorial, Boroondara Cemetery - Kew

$200,000

LocationFunding

Former Ararat Gaol - Ararat

$190,000

Warracknabeal Town Hall - Yarriambiack Shire Council - Warracknabeal

$200,000

LocationFunding

Former Railway Engine Shed - Echuca

$190,000

Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historic Museum

$85,000

LocationFunding

Amazon Shipwreck - Inverloch

$20,000

No.21 Dredger - Morwell

$60,000

Major building projects

In 2020-21, $3 million will support the safeguarding and reactivation of two iconic Victorian heritage places through the Major Building Grants stream of the Living Heritage Grants Program. The projects selected for the Major Building Grants stream are places included in the Victorian Heritage Register that have highly complex conservation needs exceeding traditional grant funding amounts. These projects are part of the Victorian Government's $2.7 billion Building Works package. This funding includes support for tourism, solar, the environment, water and infrastructure, and includes projects in bushfire-affected areas to rebuild and upgrade important local assets.

The Living Heritage Grants Program is an initiative of the Victoria State Government and supports the repair and conservation of 'at risk' heritage places and objects identified as being of State significance and included in the Victorian Heritage Register under the provisions of the Heritage Act 2017.


2019–20

Round 4 successful projects

A collection of fragile objects from the Tatura POW and Internment Camp, a Gold Rush-era prefabricated iron hut and the historic homestead ‘Yurunga’ in Rainbow are among the 25 significant heritage places from across the State receiving heritage grants through the fourth competitive round of Victoria’s Living Heritage Grants Program.

Round 4 of the Community Grants Stream (2019-20) will provide a total of $3.060 million for urgent conservation and documentation of 27 significant heritage places across Victoria

Prefabricated Building (H1971), Keilor Park
Source: Heritage Victoria

LocationFunding

St Paul's Anglican Church - Geelong

$60,000

LocationFunding

Tatura World War II Interment and POW Camps Collection -  Tatura

$75,000

LocationFunding

Deaf Children Australia - St Kilda

$200,000

Heide I (Doll's House) - Heide Museum of Modern Art Bulleen

$60,000

Prefabricated Building, Brimbank (Keilor Police Hut) Brimbank City Council - Keilor Park

$200,000

Keith Haring Mural Contemporary Arts Precinct Ltd - Collingwood

$200,000

The Briars - Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Mount Martha

$155,000

All Saints Church, Hall and former Vicarage - St Kilda

$152,000

Montsalvat - Eltham

$65,000

Napier Waller House - Ivanhoe

$80,000

LocationFunding

Ballaraat Mechanics Institute - Ballarat

$175,000

Yurunga - Hindmarsh Shire Council Rainbow

$65,000

Hill Pipe Organ - St Peter's Lutheran Church - Stawell

$47,000

Central Park (Ticket Booths) - Northern Grampians Shire Council - Stawell

$80,000

Ballarat Synagogue - Ballarat

$107,000

Old Curiosity Shop - Ballarat

$54,000

Porter Prefabricated Iron Store - Golden Point

$27,000

LocationFunding

St Andrew’s Uniting Church  - Echuca

$200,000

White Hills Cemetery - White Hills

$200.000

Former Bendigo Gas Works - Bendigo

$200,000

Buda - Buda Historic Home and Garden Inc - Castlemaine

$120,000

Windmill Farm - Kyneton

$20,000

Former Nichols Point Primary School Shelter Shed - Nichols Point

$25,000

Coliban Water Supply System - Bendigo

$45,000

LocationFunding

Former Walhalla Post Office and Residence - Walhalla

$43,000

National Trust (Victoria) stream

Over two financial years, $1 million will support the safeguarding of nine Victorian heritage places through the National Trust (Victoria) stream of the Living Heritage Grants Program. The projects selected for this stream are places included in the Victorian Heritage Register that are managed by the National Trust (Victoria) and require urgent conservation works.

The Living Heritage Grants Program is an initiative of the Victoria State Government and supports the repair and conservation of 'at risk' heritage places and objects identified as being of State significance and included in the Victorian Heritage Register under the provisions of the Heritage Act 2017.


2018–19

Round 3 successful projects

A World War 1 searchlight emplacement, a memorial fountain and a rare timber court house are among the 23 significant heritage places from across the state receiving heritage grants through the third competitive round of Victoria’s Living Heritage Grants Program.

Round 3 of the Community Grants Stream (2018-19) will provide a total of $2.4 million for urgent conservation works or studies to 23 significant heritage places across Victoria.

Lighthouse stand tall on the hill overlooking the beach.
Lighthouse at Point Lonsdale Maritime and Defence Precinct Lighthouse Maritime and Defence Precinct, Point Lonsdale (H1517)
Source: Heritage Victoria

LocationFunding
Wollaston Bridge - Warrnambool City Council$195,000
Balmoral Court House - Balmoral & District Historical Society$50,000
Point Lonsdale Lighthouse - Searchlight Emplacement Borough of Queenscliffe$90,000
Crossroads Uniting Church - Werribee$195,000
Hamilton Botanic Gardens Thomson Memorial Fountain - Hamilton$160,000

LocationFunding
Former Methodist Church - Quercus Beechworth$55,000
Former St Michael’s Catholic Church - Wandong$25,000

LocationFunding
Blunts Boatyard and Slipway C - Williamstown$115,000
All Saints’ Anglican Church - Mitcham$80,000
Box Hill Cemetery Columbarium - Box Hill$200,000
Christ Church Complex - St Kilda$40,000
La Mama Theatre - Carlton$50,000
St Mark’s Anglican Church - Camberwell$75,000

LocationFunding
Former St Pauls Church of England (St Paul’s Community Hall) - Clunes$145,000
Murtoa Grain Store - Murtoa$70,000
Ebenezer Mission - Dimboola/Antwerp$200,000
Warracknabeal Town Hall - Yarriambiack Shire Council $130,000

LocationFunding
Tyntyndyer Homestead - Beverford$200,000
Theatre Royal - Castlemaine$75,000
Buda House & Garden - Castlemaine$50,000
Bendigo Trades Hall - Bendigo$42,000
Windmill Farm - Kyneton$20,000

Major building projects

Over two financial years, $8.950 million will support the safeguarding and reactivation of two iconic Victorian heritage places through the Major Building Grants stream of the Living Heritage Grants Program. The projects selected for the Major Building Grants stream are places included in the Victorian Heritage Register that have highly complex conservation needs exceeding traditional grant funding amounts.

The Living Heritage Grants Program is an initiative of the Victoria State Government and supports the repair and conservation of 'at risk' heritage places and objects identified as being of State significance and included in the Victorian Heritage Register under the provisions of the Heritage Act 2017.


2017–18

Round 2 successful projects

A clock tower, a former RAAF base, and a Melbourne city landmark are among the 22 significant heritage places from across the state receiving heritage grants through the second contested round of Victoria’s Living Heritage Grants Program.

Round 2 of the Contested Grants Stream (2017-18) will provide $2.5 million for urgent conservation works or studies to 22 significant heritage places across Victoria.

Avenue of Honour, Kingston (H2343)
Source: Heritage Victoria

LocationFunding
Former Deaf and Dumb Institution$150,000
Ballarat Trades Hall$200,000
St Francis Xavier Chapel and Catholic Cemetery - St Peter’s Parish Daylesford$180,000
Port Fairy Battery - Moyne Shire Council$200,000
Christ Church Brunswick$130,000
Castlemaine Botanical Gardens Tea Rooms - Mount Alexander Shire Council$37,000
Camperdown Clock Tower - Corrangamite Shire Council$200,000
Former Ballarat RAAF - Base City of Ballarat$200,000
Healesville Railway Water Tower - Yarra Valley Water Inc.$200,000
Century Building - Melbourne$37,000
St Peter’s Eastern Hill$85,000
Ballarat Town Hall$200,000
Former Benalla Migrant Camp - Benalla Rural City Council$20,000
Kingston Avenue of Honour$60,000
Abercrombie House$95,000
Smythesdale Court House - Golden Plains Shire Council$90,000
Sacred Heart Catholic Church$33,000
Kilmore Court House$130,000
Theatre Royal Castlemaine$20,000
Queen Elizabeth Oval Cottage -City of Greater Bendigo$200,000
Victorian Artists Society$25,000
Former Shearers Arms Hotel Geelong Art Society Inc.$20,000

Major building projects

In 2017-2018 $3.8 million will support the safeguarding and reactivation of 6 iconic Victorian heritage places through the Major Building Grants stream of the Living Heritage Grants Program. This funding is in addition to the $22.2 million announced in 2016-2017 to support major works to twelve of Victoria’s key heritage assets.

The projects selected for the Major Building Grants stream are places included in the Victorian Heritage Register, that have highly complex conservation needs exceeding traditional grant funding amounts.

LocationFunding

Former Moonee Ponds Court House, Moonee Ponds

$1.5 million

Paddle Steamer Gem, Swan Hill

$500,000

Werribee Park Mansion, Werribee South

$500,000

Bluestone building, Pipe Makers Park Complex, Maribyrnong

$400,000

Great Melbourne Telescope Building, Melbourne

$400,000

Former Reid’s Coffee Palace, Ballarat

$500,000

2016–17

Round 1 successful projects

A river punt, a water tower, a theatre and a gun battery are among the significant heritage places from across the state receiving heritage grants through the first contested round of Victoria’s Living Heritage Grants Program. Round 1 of the Contested Grants Stream (2016-17) will provide a total of $1.65 million for urgent conservation works or studies to 20 significant heritage places across Victoria.

Round 1 of the Contested Grants Stream (2016-17) provided a total of $1.65 million for urgent conservation works or studies to 20 significant heritage places across Victoria.

Globe Theatre , Winchelsea (H2226)
Source: Heritage Victoria

LocationFunding

Captain John Mills House, Port Fairy National Trust

$200,000

Tarndwarncoort, Warncoort Privately owned

$50,000

Psyche Bend Pumping Station, near Mildura Psyche Bend Historic Site Reserve Committee$50,000

Barmah Punt, near Echuca Moira Shire Council

$200,000

Fletcher Jones Factory and Gardens Privately owned

$70,000

Mortuary Chapel, Bendigo Cemetery, Bendigo Bendigo Cemeteries Trust$200,000
Globe Theatre, Winchelsea Surf Coast Shire Council$70,000

Traralgon Court House. Traralgon Latrobe City Council

$115,000

Maryborough Municipal Olympic Swimming Complex, Maryborough Central Goldfields Shire Council

$35,000

Portland Battery and Gun, Portland Glenelg Shire Council

$30,000

Bendigo Trades Hall, Bendigo Bendigo Trades Hall and Literary Institute

$25,000

Tyntyndyer Homestead, Beverford Tyntyndyer Homestead Inc.

$20,000

Curator’s Cottage, Portland Botanical Gardens, Portland Glenelg Shire Council

$70,000

Former Footscray Town Hall, Footscray Maribyrnong City Council

$200,000

Mount Martha House, Mount Martha Mornington Peninsula Shire Council

$50,000

Ercildoune, Footscray Footscray Historical Society

$45,000

Churchill Island, Philip Island Phillip Island Nature Parks

$75,000

Columbarium, Box Hill Cemetery, Box Hill Box Hill Cemetery Trust

$25,000

Ebenezer Mission, Antwerp Barengi Gadjin Land Council Aboriginal Corporation

$45,000

Castlemaine Market Building, Castlemaine Mount Alexander Shire Council

$75,000

Major building projects

In 2016-17 the Living Heritage Grants Program will provide funding for the conservation and activation of 11 iconic heritage places in Victoria. The Major Building Grants stream will provide over $22.2 million over 2 years to safeguard and reactivate some of Victoria’s key heritage resources.

The projects selected are places included in the Victorian Heritage Register, and have highly complex conservation needs exceeding traditional grant funding amounts.

LocationFunding

Trades Hall, Carlton

$10 million

Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford

$2.7 million

Her Majesty’s Theatre, Ballarat

$2 million

Returned Soldier’s Memorial Hall, Bendigo

$1.5 million

John Kelly’s Former House, Beveridge

$1 million

Sunnyside Wool Scour, Geelong

$1 million

Former Royal Australian Army Medical Corps Training Depot, Melbourne

$1 million

Former Reid’s Coffee Palace, Ballarat

$700,000

Polly Woodside, Melbourne

$500,000

Day’s Flour Mill Complex, Murchison

$500,000

Camperdown Grandstand, Camperdown

$330,00

Page last updated: 21/07/23