Newsroom

Couple admiring the Hanging Swamp at North Head Sanctuary in Manly.
Welcome to our newsroom – your source of news items, blogs, media releases and other updates about our organisation and the places we protect on Sydney Harbour.

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24 May 2023

First Nations artist commissioned for the Torpedo Factory Renewal Project (media release)

The Harbour Trust is pleased to announce that Dennis Golding has been commissioned to create three artworks at Sub Base Platypus in North Sydney on Cammeraygal Country. The new artworks will recognise and celebrate Country and culture as part of the Torpedo Factory Renewal project at the site.

 

19 May 2023

Joseph Carrozzi Announcement

Joseph Carrozzi AM, Chair of the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust (Harbour Trust), has announced that he will not seek to be reappointed once his current term ends on 30 June 2023.

18 May 2023

Harbour Trust celebrates National Volunteer Week

To mark National Volunteer Week 2023 (15 to 21 May), we wish to thank our incredible volunteers for generously contributing hours of their time to the Harbour Trust.

16 May 2023

WOTSO FlexSpace opens at North Head Sanctuary, Manly

The Harbour Trust is delighted to welcome WOTSO, Australia’s largest co-working space operator, to scenic North Head Sanctuary, Manly.

8 May 2023

Minister Plibersek announces $45.2 million in funding for the Harbour Trust

On Saturday 6 May, the Minister for the Environment and Water, the Hon. Tanya Plibersek MP, announced that $45.2 million of funding will be provided to the Harbour Trust to keep our extraordinary places on Sydney Harbour safe and accessible by all Australians and for future generations.

17 April 2023

Harbour Trust partners with Bush to Bowl to deliver new Bush Tucker Walking Tours

We are excited to announce our partnership with Bush to Bowl to host a series of bush tucker walking tours at North Head Sanctuary in Manly and Headland Park (Georges Heights and Middle Head / Gubbuh Gubbuh) in Mosman.

13 April 2023

Reviving extinct species: Eastern Pygmy Possum community translocated to North Head Sanctuary

We are proud to share that our partner, Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC), have successfully relocated a dozen Eastern Pygmy Possums to North Head Sanctuary, Manly to protect locally extinct species.

4 January 2023

Harbour Trust welcomes new Community Advisory Committee Members

The Harbour Trust would like to welcome the new Community Advisory Committee (CAC) members who commenced their appointments on 7 December 2022.

14 December 2022

Harbour Trust partnership sees launch of trial Middle Head / Gubbuh Gubbuh walk

The Harbour Trust has partnered with the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) to launch In Defence of Sydney, an interactive walk of Middle Head / Gubbuh Gubbuh.

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Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians and Owners of the lands, waters and sky of Sydney Harbour, including the extraordinary places we manage and protect. Today, the homelands of the Borogegal, Birrabirragal, Cammeraygal, Gadigal, Gayamagal, Wallumedegal and Wangal peoples host destinations under our stewardship. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present, and emerging.

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