If you’re all about uncovering the jewel in the junk heap and preserving our often-neglected local heritage places, these awards are for you!
The awards are a joint program of the National Trust Mornington Peninsula branch and Mornington Peninsula Shire and this year we’re inviting nominations in the following five categories:
- Restoration of a heritage place: have you brought back a building, landscape, wetlands, cemetery, monument, or heritage garden to its former glory?
- Creative reuse of a heritage place: have you changed a disused heritage place and given it a different purpose?
- Sustainability and/or greening of a heritage place: does your restoration demonstrate environmental sustainability?
- Specialist heritage trade skills: are you a tradesperson who’s used specialist skills or traditional methods on a heritage place?
- Excellence in interpretive signage: have you organised high quality signage to contribute to the heritage of our Peninsula?
Judging
The judging panel will be a Heritage Officer from the Mornington Peninsula Shire, a member of the National Trust conservation team and a Mornington Peninsula branch representative. The judging process will take place after all nominations have been received. An inspection of shortlisted properties will take place in the week beginning Monday 27 March 2023.
Conditions
1. The nominated place must be located within the Mornington Peninsula Shire. Anyone may nominate a place, however the owner’s approval must be sought and given on the nomination form.
2. Short-listed properties must be available for inspection by the judging panel in the week beginning Monday 27 March 2023. Owners of short-listed properties will be contacted by phone or email to arrange a suitable inspection time.
3. Each nominated building or work in each category must have an individual nomination form. A project may be entered in more than one category, but a separate form must be completed for each nomination in each category.
4. Each nomination remains the property of the Mornington Peninsula Shire and National Trust of Australia (Vic). The National Trust of Australia (Vic) and Mornington Peninsula Shire reserve the right to exhibit the nominations and include winners’ details on websites and via social media. The judges reserve the right to not present an award in any particular category.
5. The Mornington Peninsula Shire and National Trust of Australia (Vic) will take no responsibility for the content of the submitted nomination form. It is the responsibility of the nominator to make sure all care has been taken to identify and acknowledge the contribution and work of all relevant parties.
Assessment criteria
Generally, the assessment criteria should allow the judging panel to determine whether the nominated works successfully demonstrate the principles contained in the Burra Charter and/or local heritage guidelines or policy.
1. Creative Reuse of a Heritage Place.
Moorooduc Church
Current owners - Tony & Lizzie Vaughan
Restoration by Stephen Foster.
2. Restoration of a Heritage Place & Heritage Trade Skills.
Matthew Flinders Memorial, Schnapper Point
Heritage Trade Skills: Simon Lyne - Stonemason.
3. Restoration of a Heritage Place & Heritage Trade Skills.
The Grange, Portsea.
Heritage Trade Skills: Dean Wilson-Butler
Ron Blackford - Stonemason.
4. Restoration of a Heritage Place & Heritage Trade Skills.
Seafield, 3789 Point Nepean Road, Portsea.
Owner - Johnathan Long
Heritage Trade Skills: Ron Blackford - Stonemason.
5. Restoration of a Heritage Place & Heritage Trade Skills.
Sunnyfields, 871 Melbourne Road, Sorrento.
Owners - Jacqui & Graham Allen
Heritage Trade Skills: Ron Blackford - Stonemason.
6. Restoration of a Heritage Place & Heritage Trade Skills.
26 Back Beach Road, Portsea.
Marc Debney - Architect.
7. Restoration of a Heritage Place & Heritage Trade Skills.
187 Ocean Beach Road, Sorrento.
Owners: Raymond Family.
8. Restoration of a Heritage Place & Heritage Trade Skills.
Mulberry, 797 Esplanade Mornington.
Owner - Ian Armstrong OAM
Heritage Trade Skills: Steven Edwards - Carpenter.
9. Restoration of a Heritage Place & Heritage Trade Skills.
Balei Gadja, 37 Barkly Street, Mornington.
Owner - Anton Alers
Heritage Trade Skills: Bruce Boyd - Plumber
Brett Bancroft - Stonemason
Ben Wood - Carpenter
10. Restoration of a Heritage Place & Heritage Trade Skills
The Briars, 905 Nepean Highway, Mt Martha.
Owner - Shire / National Trust
Heritage Trade Skills: Nick Wootton
Adam Moore - Site Foreman
Aaron House - Shire Project Manager
Johnathon Ricciardello - Briars Team Leader.
11. Restoration of a Heritage Place & Heritage Trade Skills
Woyna House, 9-11 Terry Street, Capel Sound.
Owners - Adam Lyn & Anh Phan
Restorers - Miranda & Mark Brurchert
12. Excellence in Interpretive Signage.
Rye Group Alliance &
Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation
13. Individual Award
Steve Hofer - Architect
Excellence in Architectural service to heritage restoration on the Mornington Peninsula throughout the decade 2011 - 2021
