Holroyd Heritage Awards and Grants
The Holroyd Heritage Grants and Awards promote good management and culturally aware design.
Awards
The Heritage Awards congratulate and recognise those in the community who have made a contribution to preserving heritage in the Holroyd area.
There are four categories of awards:
- Best Maintained Heritage Property - awards private owners for maintaining their property.
- Restoration & Redevelopment - awards private property owners of heritage listed item (and those adjoining) for undertaking quality restorations and heritage improvements through development.
- HistoResearch: Researching our Local History - open to anyone aged 14 and over who has an interest in Holroyd's history. Participants are invited to research an aspect of Holroyd's 120 year history and present it in an innovative way to coincide with the theme of Innovation and Invention.
- Keeper of the Stone - Children between the ages of 5 and 13 are invited to enter the colouring-in competition. This year marks the 120th anniversary of Holroyd and activity consists of a montage of images that represents Holroyd throughout this time.
Winners of the first two categories will receive a prize to the value of $800 and the winner of Category 3 will receive a prize valued at up to $1,000. The Keeper of the Stone award winner is made custodian of the Holroyd Herritage Stone for one year and receives a $200 book voucher.
Entries in the Holroyd Herritage Awards must be accompanied by an official entry form, which can be downloaded using one of the following links:
The Heritage Awards Guidelines and brochures provide further details on each of the categories.
Should you have any enquiries about the Heritage Awards program, please contact Amberley Moore on 02 9840 9808.
Grants
Holroyd wishes to encourage owners of heritage items and properties located within a heritage consevation area to undertake positive work to their property. Up to $4,000 per project is available to property owners wanting to carry out small restoration or maintenance work that will contribute towards its heritage significance.
For details explaining how the grant works and what may or may not receive funding please read the Local Heritage Fund Guidelines before completing an application for financial assistance.
Should you have any enquires about the Heritage Awards or Grants program, please contact Amberley Moore on 02 9840 9808.
2011 Heritage Award Winners
The presentation of the 2011 Heritage Awards took place before the Council Meeting on Tuesday 20 December 2011
In April, Council called for entries in the four categories that form the Heritage Awards including Best Maintained Heritage Property, Restoration and Development, HistoResearch: researching our local history, and the Keeper of the Stone.
This year the focus of entries was on Special Heritage Work - for work which makes a substantial contribution towards preserving, enhancing, interpreting or highlighting Holroyd’s heritage, and on the Keeper of the Stone – for children showing a keen appreciation of heritage.
Best Maintained Heritage Property
This category awards private owners for maintaining their heritage listed property to a high standard and was presented to Vincent and Elcy Capizzi for their property at 10/11-17 Banks Street, Mays Hill.
HistoResearch: researching our local history
This category is a new addition for 2011 and received an encouraging number of entries. It is open to anyone aged 14 and over who has an interest in Holroyd’s history and was based on the theme of ‘Amazing Stories’ and participants were invited to research a hidden story of Holroyd’s past.
The winner was Holroyd Local History Research for their research project on the Wentworthville Memorial Fountain.
The prize of Runner-up was awarded to Pam Trimmer for her research project on the Westmead Progress Hall.
Keeper of the Stone
Winner and 'Keeper of the Stone': Yasmin Agha
Runner-up: Sapna Sendhil Kumar
2010 Heritage Award Winners
Special Heritage Work
Presented to Mr Allan Byrnes, for a history of the Pemulwuy area, 'John Herbert’s Farm'.
In presenting the Special Heritage Award to Mr Byrnes, Mayor Councillor John Perry said, "This award is in recognition of the amount of research undertaken and the readable style of this 120-page manuscript. The work is an evocative weaving of the stories of the first settlers of Prospect, with special focus on First Fleeter John Herbert. It brings to life in an easy prose style the lives of the many small, often unsung settlers, their problems and their personalities. A considerable amount of effort has been invested in this entry. In the words of the Guidelines, the work "makes a substantial contribution towards preserving, enhancing, interpreting or highlighting Holroyd’s heritage", and Council might wish to utilise this written work by including it in the existing local studies collection."
Keeper of the Stone
Winner and 'Keeper of the Stone': Georgina Singleton, for a story, “Memories of Macquarie’s Sydney by John McLeod”.
Runner-up: June Ho, for a factual article plus drawing, “The 200th Anniversary of Macquarie’s Governorship”.
Runner-up: Juanna Ho, for a painting, “We want to be a Free Settlement”.
Heritage Grant
One of the recipients of the 2010 Heritage Grants, Ms Nicole Senior, was congratulated by Mayor Perry for undertaking restoration work on her heritage property at 45 Boundary Street, Granville.
Heritage Committee
The two-year term for the Heritage Committee representatives will cease on the 30 November 2010. Members included:
- Julie Nixon
- Pat O’Brien
- Serge Rebikov
- Dorothy Warwick
- David Williams
The Heritage Committee was part of a number of successful achievements within Council during this time:
- oversight of the local heritage grants program that has provided over $16,000 to nine heritage projects and a further $10,000 committed;
- Ideas for the 2009 and 2010 Heritage Festivals;
- judging of the 2009 and 2010 Holroyd Heritage Awards; and
- oversight of various heritage issues in Holroyd, such as landscaping and signage for the Fullagar Road Heritage Area and the Former CWA Hall site in Toongabbie Road.
The Mayor, Clr John Perry said, "I would like to express our appreciation to the Committee members, in appreciation of their outstanding service and commitment to the Holroyd Heritage Committee during the 2008-2010 membership term. They are invited to reapply for the new 2-year term of the Heritage Committee."
Mayor Clr John Perry presenting Certificates of Appreciation to members of the 2008-2010 Holroyd Heritage Committee (l. to r.): Pat O’Brien, Serge Rebikov, Dorothy Warwick, Julie Nixon. (absent: David Williams).
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