The Albanese Labor Government today opened a new round of grants to support projects that will protect and restore some of Australia's most precious heritage sites.
Australian Heritage Grants are available to fund projects across significant Indigenous, natural and historic National Heritage listed sites, like the Ningaloo Coast, the Australian Alps, and Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park.
A total of up to $5.3m will be available to applicants such as Traditional Owners, conservation groups, and place managers through the latest round of the grants program.
Grant funding has helped to protect some of Australia's most iconic heritage places through recent projects including:
- $400,000 to restore and preserve ancient finger markings and unique archaeological deposits dating back more than 22,000 years at Koonalda Cave in South Australia
- $400,000 to support feral deer eradication efforts in the Walls of Jerusalem National Park, Tasmania
- $68,000 to protect and conserve heritage fabric at the Bonegilla Migrant Camp in Victoria, and
- more than $380,000 for assessing and monitoring wildlife populations on remote sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island.
Applications for the 2023-24 grant round are open until 12 October 2023. Grants range from $25,000 to $400,000.
