The council’s Heritage Grant Program is run annually and is well supported by the community.
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This year a total of 17 applications were received and a total of $22,900 was given out to 10 of those applicants.
The successful applicants were:
- $5000 to St Saviour’s Cathedral (170 Bourke Street) for the stabilisation of stone finials.
- $5000 to 191 Auburn Street to restore sandstone and on front and south of building
- $2,500 to 209 Braidwood Road for the restoration of a well
- $2,500 to 31 Montague Street for the painting of an exterior wall
- $2,500 to 126-132 Auburn Street for repairs to a facade, windows and to reinstate roof tiles on awning and to repaint
- $2500 to 10 Australia Street for a new galvanised iron roof, flashings and guttering
- $2,500 to 80, 82 & 84 Grafton Street to paint exterior of three attached dwellings
- $2,500 to 65 Clinton Street to rebuild a front brick fence
- $2,500 to 8 Lorne Street for tuckwork and brickpoint work
- $2,500 to 167 Cowper Street to underpin and a verandah.
A report to the October 17 Goulburn Mulwaree Council meeting advised all grants had been assessed in accordance with the grant assessment criteria.
“The council determines the grant recipients once the applications have been assessed against the relevant criteria by council’s Heritage Advisor,” the report said.
The council's Heritage Grant Program provides support to property owners to undertake work to conserve local heritage items.
The Heritage Grant Program is partly funded by the NSW Department of Planning, Environment Heritage Branch at a rate of $1 from NSW DPE and $2 from Council.
Two grants of $5000 each (total $10,000) and eight grants of $2500 each (total $ 20,000) are available for a total of $30,000.
“The grants are offered on a dollar for dollar basis, that is the council matches each dollar spent by the applicant up to the maximum grant amount offered,” the report said.
“In many cases the applicant contributes funds to the project greater than the grant amount. The funding offer from NSW Department of Planning & Environment for the Local Heritage Fund is up to $8,500 to be matched at a rate of $2 from Council for each $1 from NSW DPE.”
Among the assessment criteria used to determine the grants are: the amount of financial contribution by applicant, that the project complements broader conservation objectives, encourages the conservation of other heritage items, restores local heritage building or an item highly valued by the community, is highly visible and accessible to the public (eg. local museum, church).
There is also a preference to applicants who have not previously received grant funding and the work must not have been carried out prior to the grant being offered.
David Cole
Journalist at the Goulburn Post
Journalist at the Goulburn Post
