Heritage Awards

Mornington Peninsula Shire and National Trust of Australia (Victoria) are proud to announce the 2023 Mornington Peninsula Heritage Awards.

These awards recognise those in our community who have demonstrated excellence in preservation, restoration, enhancement, interpretation and reuse of our heritage places.

Our heritage includes public and private places, buildings, gardens and objects. Heritage places are an integral part of the Mornington Peninsula community and the Heritage Awards highlight our commitment to celebrate and promote our heritage.

The aim of the awards is to recognise excellence in heritage conservation and to encourage community awareness of our heritage. The awards are open to domestic and commercial projects, from both government and non-government sectors.

The awards presentation was held 8 June 2023.

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2023 winners

 

Award category

Place

Name / Organisation

1

Excellence in Interpretation

Mornington Old Post Office

Vicky Sapkin, Mornington & District Historical Society Inc

2

Excellence in Interpretation

Red Hill Station Reserve

David Maddocks, Red Hill Community Association

Nick Wootton, Croft Wootton Constructions

Steve Hofer, WKH Architects

3

Excellence in Interpretation

Red Hill Station Reserve

Jean Rotherham, Dromana & District Historical Society Inc

4

Restoration of a Heritage Place

St Andrews Church, Rye

Ron Blackford, Stonemason and Dillon Keegan, Assistant Stonemason

5

Restoration of a Heritage Place

Edna Dunk Memorial Clock Tower, Rosebud

Jean Rotherham, Dromana & District Historical Society Inc

6

Restoration of a Heritage Place

Edna Dunk Memorial Clock Tower, Rosebud

Simon Lyne, Ventia

Craig Hiscock, Electrician

7

Restoration of a Heritage Place

McCrae Lighthouse

Christopher Lyne, Mornington Peninsula Shire

8

Restoration of a Heritage Place

McCrae Lighthouse

David Wixted, Heritage Alliance

McElligott Partners

Project Delivery Team, Mornington Peninsula Shire

9

Restoration of a Heritage Place

Continental Hotel, Sorrento

Christopher Madden, Hamilton Marino Builders

Matt Bond & Sons, Peninsula Coastal Stone Masonry

10

Restoration of a Heritage Place

Continental Hotel, Sorrento

Bart O’Callaghan, Urban Pty Ltd

11

Sustainability & Greening of a Heritage Place

Koala Habitat, Somers

Dirk Jensen & Michelle Hardie, Mornington Peninsula Koala Conservation

12

Individual award for service to heritage restoration on the Mornington Peninsula

Judy Walsh, past president, National Trust Mornington Peninsula branch

 

2023 award categories

Award nominations are sought in each category for any place with demonstrable heritage significance or in a protected heritage area. For example, included in a Heritage Overlay, the Victorian Heritage Register, included in local heritage study, or classified by the National Trust.

Creative Reuse of a Heritage Place

The objective of this award is to encourage adaptive reuse of a heritage place. Adaptive reuse is a process that changes a disused or redundant place to a different purpose.

Restoration of a Heritage Place

The objective of this award is to recognise best practice restoration work that returns fabric back to a known earlier state or conserves integrity.

Specialist Heritage Trade Skills

The objective of this award is to recognise tradespersons who work using specialist skills, traditional methods and craftsmanship to a very high standard.

Excellence in Interpretive Signage

The objective of this award is to recognise Interpretive Signage of a high quality that acknowledges a person or place that has contributed to the Heritage of the Mornington Peninsula.

Sustainability and/or greening of a heritage place

The objective of this award is to increase awareness of the contribution to the environmental sustainability of heritage places.

Individual award

The objective of this award is to recognise an individual’s service to heritage restoration on the Mornington Peninsula

Judging and assessment criteria

Judging

The judging panel is a Heritage Officer from the Mornington Peninsula Shire, a member of the National Trust conservation team and Mornington Peninsula branch representatives.

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.

 

 

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