6-607: Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail (also known as the Golden Pipeline Drive Trail ) was a project conducted by the National Trust of Western Australia along the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme pipeline at the time the pipeline was being celebrated for its 100 years of operation. The project included the creation of guide books, web sites and other materials about the trail. The project was initiated in
12-528: Is a statutory authority that delivers heritage services, including conservation and interpretation, on behalf of the Western Australian government and community. It is responsible for managing heritage properties and collections, as well as natural heritage management and education. It was created in 1959, following the model of the National Trust in England. The trust became a statutory authority through
18-552: Is custodian and owner of a range of historically significant properties: A significant number of historic properties throughout Western Australia were registered by the Trust in the 1970s prior to later registrations by local government and state agencies - an example is Toodyay Court House , which was classified by the Trust on 7 June 1977 and included on the Shire of Toodyay's Municipal Heritage Inventory on 27 August 1998. On 14 February 2003 it
24-496: The National Trust of Australia (W.A.) Act 1964 , and is part of the National Trust of Australia , along with similar organisation for the other states and territories of Australia. As an organisation it was registering properties and localities before state heritage legislation was enabled in Western Australia, setting a framework and grounding for governmental preservation and conservation of heritage. The National Trust
30-462: The late 1990s; further material was developed between 2001 and 2003, and included the Kep Track as part of the project. Some communities along the trail have suffered due to change in agricultural decline, however most communities sustain museums or interpretative signage that give information about the pipeline's history. As the heritage trail and working pipeline are continuing, considerable effort
36-482: Was expended to maintain and sustain the pipeline trail and its related sites (former pumping stations for example) over time. The heritage trail achieved status on the Australian national heritage list in 2011. The Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail is segmented into seven sections: National Trust of Western Australia The National Trust of Western Australia , officially the National Trust of Australia (W.A.) ,
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