Dig into Beechworth
Unearth some of Beechworth's fascinating tales during the National Trusts' Australian Heritage Festival 2026. Step into this Victorian-era gold rush town's art story, treescape, historic photographs and the hoof-prints of horsepower. A Beechworth History and Heritage Society festival program. (Image credit: Beechworth panorama section, Charles Bayliss 1876. State Library of New South Wales / Mitchell Library Holtermann Collection)
Pen, brush and plate
Saturday 16 May 2026
Come on a guided walk and discover the artists who sketched, painted and photographed Beechworth's landscapes, streetscapes and people.
Town Hall Gardens fountain
Treestoreys
Sunday 19 April 2026
Join a guided walk through Beechworth with stories of botany and science and learn how our exceptional tree-lined streets and colonial-era parks developed.
Anglican Christ Church Beechworth
Negative. Positive.
Saturday 18 April 2026
Explore the extraordinary collection of historic Beechworth photographs in The Hotel Nicholas with hoteliers Ross and Lorraine Lucas. See Beechworth's pubs, Chinese miners' community, gold-sluicing works, the famed and infamous, and commercial life.
Hotel Nicholas
Autumn afternoon. An Australian Heritage Festival 2025 event
Saturday 24 May 2025
Songs of a century’s turn. Voice and keyboard. Soprano Colleen Arnott and pianist and organist Sandra Williams perform works by Pitt-Rivers and Bishop for Melba, and others by Grainger, Gershwin and Vine.
Anglican Christ Church
Treestoreys. An Australian Heritage Festival 2025 event.
Between Saturday 26 April 2025 and Saturday 10 May 2025
Join a guided walk through Beechworth's historic treescape with stories of botany and science and learn how our exceptional tree-lined streets and colonial-era parks developed.
Anglican Christ Church
Positive. Negative. Australian Heritage Festival 2025 event.
Saturday 12 April 2025
Explore with hoteliers Ross and Lorraine Lucas the extraordinary collection of historic Beechworth photographs in The Hotel Nicholas.
The Hotel Nicholas
