What's On
CY O'Connor: Loved and Abandoned?
Guest speakers Mike Lefroy (great grandson of C Y O’Connor) and Professor Martyn Webb (author Death of a Hero: the Strange Suicide of Charles Yelverton O’Connor) explore different understandings of this iconic engineer.
Mike explores how different generations of the family have dealt with the tragic saga of his death while Professor Webb investigates his short final note, used as evidence in the coroner’s inquiry that he was a deranged man.
Connecting and Building Sustainable Communities – 2012 CY O'Connor Lecture
From footbridges to freeways engineering provides a pivotal framework that creates and links communities in sustainable ways according to Dr Ken Michael AC, former Governor of Western Australia.
Dr Michael delivered the National Trust’s 2012 CY O’Connor Lecture Connecting and Building Sustainable Communities on Wednesday 14 March at Government House Ballroom. This lecture is now available online.
Online Magazines
Trust News Australia and Trust News WA are now available online in an exciting new interactive format. National Trust members can choose to receive their magazines in hard copy or in a convenient digital format for the first time. If you would like to receive your National Trust publications online, email trust@ntwa.com.au. All National Trust members will have access to electronic versions of National Trust publications one month before they become freely available to the public.
Gabbie Kylie 2012 Field Schools
This highly unique field programme offers travellers, students or interested groups the opportunity to experience the incredible cultural heritage, seascapes, outback, and wildlife of Western Australia’s south coast. The programme provides practical field training, cultural activities, and workshops, centred on:
Michal Lewi's images of buldings and places
Photographs by Michal Lewi of buildings and places in Western Australia (where he lives); Italy (which he loves); Prague (where he was born), the Czech Republic and Slovakia; Victoria (which he often visits); and elsewhere in Australia and the world.
Visit Michal Lewi's web-site of photographs of heritage places spanning more than half a century. Go to http://www.mlewiphotos.com/







