The president of a reactivated North East Branch of the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) will be elected at a meeting next Saturday.
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Chief executive Simon Ambrose said the National Trust was reactivating its branch, which will encompass the local government areas of Indigo, Alpine and Wangaratta, to support heritage advocacy in North East Victoria.
"The advocacy support, heritage celebration and community engagement facilitated by a National Trust Branch is enormous and a major asset in any area," he said.
"Victoria's North East is home to some of the state's most important heritage places, and the National Trust has had a strong presence in the region since the 1960s.
"There is enormous enthusiasm in North Eastern Victoria for the protection and celebration of heritage, and we look forward to reactivating our local National Trust branch to support the work already being undertaken by local councils in the region, and be a strong and independent voice for the community."
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The branch has come and gone over the decades and from 1966 to the mid-1990s was also based from Beechworth.
There are more than 300 listings on the National Trust heritage database alone in those three municipalities.
The Annual General Meeting will be on Saturday, October 12 at 2pm at the Beechworth RSL on Ford Street.
A President and office bearers will be elected by National Trust members.
Chairman of the National Trust, Kristin Stegley OAM, will speak at the Annual General Meeting on the mission and values of the advocacy organisation and the benefits of the branch.
