Sixteen local history projects will receive funding from the 2025 Cultural Grants
RAHS President Carol Liston AO announced today that 16 local history projects will receive funding from the 2025 Cultural Grants Program. This grant program is administered by the RAHS on behalf of the NSW Government.
‘The Royal Australian Historical Society thanks Create NSW for funding this grants program, which supports local and community history projects. These projects provide unique insights into the people and places of NSW and strengthen community connections through preserving and sharing our histories,’ explained Professor Liston AO.
‘History is preserved and passed on at the local level through communities interested in our history and by the individuals working in community groups. Without this grant funding, many shared histories and local history resources would be lost to us.’
The NSW Cultural Grants recipients cover a diverse range of projects, including research, publications, and conservation through digitisation projects.
Australian Society of World War I Aero Historians Inc
To digitise 41 audio cassettes of WWI airmen interviews from the Australian and British military air services. Awarded: $3,200.
Delegate Progress Association Inc
To publish a history of families, schools, community organisations and sporting groups within the Delegate and border district of NSW. Awarded: $4,400.
Sutherland Shire Historical Society
To publish a short history of Woolooware, a Sutherland suburb. It is anticipated that it will be the first in a series on Shire suburb histories. Awarded: $2,800.
The Girls & Boys Brigade
This project will fund a professional archivist to create a detailed catalogue of archival collections, devise a retention schedule, make preservation recommendations, and digitise worthwhile items. Awarded: $4,000.
Book Collectors Society of Australia
To digitise Biblionews and Australian Notes & Queries from 2004 to 2016, so that those issues become publicly accessible via Trove. Awarded: $1,000.
Moruya and District Historical Society
To publish a history of Moruya’s eastern settlements, which will complete a series on the areas surrounding the township of Moruya. Awarded: $1,600.
Port Macquarie Historical Society
Publication of the history and stories of Port Macquarie’s civic, commercial and cultural heart, Clarence Street, from 1821 to the present. Awarded: $5,000.
Bomaderry Community Inc
To publish a history of Bomaderry – honouring local stories, fostering regional pride, and preserving them for future generations. Awarded: $1,300.
Cooks River Valley Association
To publish Gumbramorra: A history of water in Marrickville, which examines the entangled relationship between an ephemeral swamp, climate, developers and newcomers, and answers the pressing question: why does Marrickville flood? Awarded: $3,500.
Illawarra Historical Society
This project aims to have a professional conservator assist with the general repair and stabilisation of Ebenezer Hamilton’s cashbook. Awarded: $5,000.
Central Coast Family History Society Inc
To publish Warialda District Births Deaths and Marriages records as a transcribed and indexed book. Awarded: $2,000.
Singleton Public Library
For a preservation needs assessment to determine planning for future conservation and preservation work for a collection of area maps and plans dating back to the early 1900s. Awarded: $5,000.
Maitland and Beyond Family History Inc
To publish a collection of stories of some of the 1,200 female convicts who stepped into Maitland. Awarded: $2,850.
Shoalhaven Libraries
This project preserves and provides access to historical newspapers produced in the Shoalhaven. A multistage project, this third stage extends the availability of two historic titles in Trove’s collection. Awarded: $5,000.
Waverley Library Local History
A targeted oral history project to preserve and share the lived experiences of long-serving members from community groups. Awarded: $4,500.
Australian Computer Museum
To digitise deteriorating 30–60-year-old 9 track data tapes carrying data related to NSW organisations. Awarded: $1,850.
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