National Trust of Australia (Northern Territory), Darwin

Identity area

Identifier

daa/212

Authorized form of name

National Trust of Australia (Northern Territory), Darwin

Parallel form(s) of name

Other form(s) of name

  • National Trust (Northern Territory)

Type

  • Community

Contact area

 

Research Officer

Type

Address

Street address

Audit House, 2 Burnett Place, Larrakeyah
Postal address: GPO Box 3520 Darwin, NT 0801

Locality

Darwin

Region

Northern Territory

Country name

Postal code

0820

Telephone

08 8981 2848

Fax

Note

Description area

History

National Trust of Australia (Northern Territory) is a community-based organisation with a charter to promote the preservation and awareness of the heritage of the Northern Territory. It is not a government organisation but is incorporated under a 1976 Act of Parliament. The National Trust (NT) is a member of the Australian Council of National Trusts (ACNT), a federation of Trusts in all states and territories.

The main objective of the National Trust is to promote the preservation of our heritage in whatever form that takes – buildings, places of historic, social, scientific or aesthetic significance or more intangible cultural heritage. The Trust also acts as an advocate for conservation and to lobby governments in matters of cultural heritage, legislation and conservation.

The Trust in the Northern Territory maintains a property portfolio of nineteen historic buildings, several of which are open to the public.

The Trust has branches in Darwin, Katherine, Borroloola, and Alice Springs as well as a presence in Timber Creek, Tennant Creek and Pine Creek, and through these, monitors heritage issues throughout the Territory. The Hartley Street School Museum, restored in 1980, is now the centre for heritage in Alice Springs.

Geographical and cultural context

Mandates/Sources of authority

Details of the Council in the Northern Territory and annual reports are available at https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/about-us-nt/

Administrative structure

Officer in charge: Research Officer

Records management and collecting policies

The data of the National Trust is site specific and is mostly contained in reports on survey and documentation of heritage sites. Register files are comprehensive.

Buildings

Holdings

The National Trust has built and maintains an archive and research library relating to historic places. The Register of Significant Places is the most comprehensive collection of historic material relating to buildings and places available to researchers in the Northern Territory. Records include:

  • Site reports
  • Register files.

Finding aids, guides and publications

Access area

Opening times

Open Monday to Friday, 8.30am-4.30pm.
Closed public holidays and Christmas-New Year period.

Access conditions and requirements

Advance notice of visit required.

Accessibility

Services area

Research services

Referral to paid researchers is available. Introductory brochure available.

Reproduction services

Copying services available.

Public areas

Control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

Rules and/or conventions used

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

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Maintenance notes

Access points

Access Points

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (Thematic area)
  • Arts and Culture (Thematic area)
  • Built Environment (Thematic area)
  • Environment (Thematic area)
  • Local Studies (Thematic area)
  • Transportation (Thematic area)
  • Clipboard

Primary contact

Audit House, 2 Burnett Place, Larrakeyah Postal address: GPO Box 3520 Darwin, NT 0801
Darwin, Northern Territory 0820