2016 Ballarat Heritage Award winners announced!
2016 Ballarat Heritage Award winners announced!
Hosted by the City of Ballarat and the National Trust of Australia (Vic), this year marks the 7th anniversary of the Ballarat Heritage Awards. Since this time the awards have grown and highlight many people’s outstanding contributions to Ballarat’s heritage. The 2016 awards are absolutely no exception! They showcase the many community members, businesses and organisations who demonstrate excellence in conserving Ballarat’s extensive heritage and keeping Ballarat’s story alive. In fact the 2016 awards have been the hardest to separate so far.
Congratulations to all finalists and award winners.
THE WINNERS ARE:
CATEGORY: ADAPTIVE REUSE OF A HERITAGE PLACE
Winner: Golden Point Church - 506 Grant Street, Ballarat – D&S Hutchinson
Highly commended: CAFS Basement Transformation - 115 Lydiard Street North, Ballarat – Child and Family Services (CAFS)
CATEGORY: NEW WORK/DEVELOPMENT WITHIN A HERITAGE AREA
Winner: The Ballarat Avenue of Honour Overpass, Remembrance Drive, Burrumbeet – VicRoads
Highly commended: St Peter & Pauls Church, Fisken Street, Buninyong
Commended: ‘Salina’ 8 Wendouree Parade, Lake Wendouree – C & S Stone
Commended: ‘The Cottage Ballarat’ 3 Latrobe Street, Ballarat – S Rowan & K McIver Rowan
CATEGORY: CONSERVATION OF A HERITAGE PLACE, HISTORIC COLLECTION OR TRADITION
Winner (Intangible): Arthur Kenny Avenue of Honour Recreation, Fortune Street, Ballarat East – Child and Family Services (CAFS)
Winner (Tangible): Golden Point Church, 506 Grant Street, Ballarat – D&S Hutchinson
SPECIAL HERITAGE SKILLS - TRADES
Joint winners: Anthony Steinman and Justin Fraser for Golden Point Church, 506 Grant Street, Ballarat
Commended: Nick McCann for 23 Victoria Avenue, Lake Wendouree
SPECIAL HERITAGE SKILLS - RESEARCH
Winner: Brett Weinberg – Ballarat Benevolent Asylum
HERITAGE INNOVATION
Winner: Ballarat’s First Gold Commissioners Camp Project and Booklet – Kellehers Australia
Special commendation: The #Lovely War Project - Present Tense/Federation University Australia
AWARD: The Greg Binns Award for Outstanding Community Contribution to Heritage
Winner: Ballarat & District Genealogical Society Inc