Community Heritage Grants
The Community Heritage Grants (CHG) program aims to preserve and provide access to nationally significant, Australian cultural heritage material held by community groups across the country. Grants of up to $15 000 are available for preservation projects and training through community based workshops.
Community organisations such as historical societies, museums, public libraries, archives, Indigenous and migrant community groups which collect and provide public access to their cultural heritage collections are eligible to apply.
CHG funds a variety of community, Indigenous and multicultural groups. In 2007 the Golden Dragon Museum in Bendigo received a grant for a textiles conservation workshop. The museum is the custodian of Sun Loong, the world's longest imperial (five-clawed) dragon, which is paraded in the annual Bendigo Easter Festival. Image reproduced with permission of the Golden Dragon Museum.
CHG is funded by the Australian Government through the National Library of Australia; the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts ; the National Archives of Australia; the National Film and Sound Archive and the National Museum of Australia.

