Built in 1855, the Jenkin’s Cottage Kitchen in Lane Cove National Park will now be preserved for future generations, thanks to a $100,000 NSW Government heritage grant given to Friends of Lane Cove National Park. The building is near Lane Cove River at the end of Lady Game Drive on the edge of the Davidson electorate.
The Member for Davidson, Mr Jonathan O’Dea announced the historic win today, one of almost 40 grants awarded under the latest round of the Government’s Heritage Near Me Activation Grants Program.
“This funding invests in protecting and preserving our local heritage and gives more people the opportunity to appreciate their local history,” Mr O’Dea said.
The grant will go towards the restoration and repurposing of Jenkin’s Cottage Kitchen as a cultural and natural heritage information hub, featuring stories of the former homestead and farm in the context of the broader park’s cultural and natural values.
Heritage Minister Gabrielle Upton said the funding was designed for local government, businesses and community organisations to reactivate and preserve local heritage spaces and precincts.
“This funding will help communities build on the knowledge they have of their heritage. Nobody knows their heritage better than the locals who live and breathe it,” Ms Upton said.
The Heritage Activation Grants, which are part of the Heritage Near Me program, are specifically for items listed on council Local Environmental Plans.
For more information on the Heritage Near Me program, including the Heritage Activation Grant program, visit http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/heritage/support-for-local-heritage
