NSW Heritage Week is being celebrated throughout the state from April 5 till April 20.

The Ryde District Historical Society opened the celebrations with an Open Day at Willandra on Saturday 5 April and two walking tours. The first walking tour was of Ryde Village, incorporating St Anne’s Church (built in 1826-27), St Anne’s Cemetery, Original Court House (built in 1863), Wesleyan Chapel (built in 1870), Oddfellows Hall (built in 1868), and the Former Wesleyan Chapel (built in 1848). The second walking tour was down Victoria Road to Addington (a three roomed cottage built in 1837 and soon extended with a wing with two bedrooms and a verandah), The Retreat(a smaller cottage built next to Addington in 1843), Wallumetta (A two story Victorian style dwelling built in the 1880s), Ryde Court House (built in the 1920s) and Ryde Watch House (built in 1837-38).
The large number of people on the walking tours were split into small groups of about 6, each group having its own tour guide.
Click here to see photos of the Open Day.

Details of the celebrations throughout the state are on the Australian Heritage web site.
Click here for details. (This leads to a document in pdf format which can be read with Acrobat Reader. If you do not have Acrobat Reader on your computer, click here to download it for free from the Adobe web site).

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