Background

The National Trust of Australia (Vic) is a community-based organisation dedicated to the conservation of our significant built and natural heritage.

As a formally registered charity, all donations to the Trust are tax-deductible.

The Australian Tax Office allows the Trust to extend this tax-deductibiility to heritage-related appeals operated by other organisations, which are known as 'External Appeals'.

Generally, the heritage place should be owned or managed by a community based not-for-profit organisation, it should be officially heritage-listed and have a degree of public accessibility, and the heritage activity is usually the restoration of the place or object, but can be another activity directly related to the conservation of the place.

Major External Appeals were launched in the 1970’s for landmarks such as St Patrick’s, St. Paul’s, St John’s Toorak, Scots Church and many others. However, other places and objects have benefitted from Trust External Appeals, such as the 1858 Portland Lifeboat, Henderson House Arts Centre Footscray, the Elms Preservation Fund, and the Villa Alba House Museum Hawthorn.

Once an appeal has been approved donations are made directly to the Trust, and a receipt is issued which qualifies as a tax deduction.

Click here to download the External Appeals Eligibility and Information.

Click here to download the Application form.

A SELECTION OF PAST AND CURRENT EXTERNAL APPEALS

The Trust Launches an Alma Doepel Restoration Appeal

A Trust External Appeal has been established to raise funds to remove the historic Alma Doepel ship from water and to complete major hull works. The ship built in1903 is Australia’s last surviving coastal trading sailing vessel afloat. And she urgently needs restoration to return to active service in Port Phillip offering youth development programs and acting as a living museum. Donations to the Appeal are tax deductible. Please mail your donation to the National Trust of Australia (Victoria), Tasma Terrace, 4 Parliament Place, East Melbourne 3002. Telephone contributions can be made by calling the Trust on 9656 9800.Thank you for your valued support!

Non-church Appeals

Ross House Heritage Appeal

Information about Ross House.

Skipping Girl Vinegar Sign Restoration

Inforamation about the Skipping Girl Vineagar Sign

B-24 Liberator Bomber Project

Inforamtion about the Liberator Bomber

Church Appeals

St John's Anglican Church, Toorak File #: B228

Christ Church, Warnambool File #: B5925

Sacred Heart Church, West St Kilda File #: B5296

St George the Martyr, Queenscliff File #: B1880 & B6325

St Jude's Anglican Church, Carlton File #: B2296

Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Williamstown File #: B2884

St Andrew's Graveyard, Brighton File #: B1027

St James' the Less, Mount Eliza File #: B1081

East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation File #: B4180

St Mary Star of the Sea File #: B3460

St Mary's Williamstown File #: B3109

Holy Trinity, Kew File #:B1513

College Church (now Marthoma Church), Royal Parade, Parkville #: B4060