State of Stone
Celebrating the Minister’s Stonework Program

- Advertising and signage
- Alpine resorts
- Building systems circulars
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- Apartment Design Guide
- Better apartments
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- Boarding houses and co‑living housing
- Build-to-rent housing
- Caravan parks, manufactured home estates and moveable dwellings
- Group homes
- In-fill affordable housing
- Retention of existing affordable housing
- Secondary dwellings
- Seniors housing
- Social and affordable housing
- Supportive accommodation and temporary housing
- Housing Support Program
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- Bayside Council’s housing snapshot
- Frequently asked questions
- Blacktown Council’s housing snapshot
- Blue Mountains Council’s housing snapshot
- Burwood Council’s housing snapshot
- Camden Council’s housing snapshot
- Campbelltown Council’s housing snapshot
- Canada Bay Council’s housing snapshot
- Canterbury-Bankstown Council’s housing snapshot
- Central Coast Council’s housing snapshot
- Cessnock Council’s housing snapshot
- Cumberland Council’s housing snapshot
- Fairfield Council’s housing snapshot
- Georges River Council’s housing snapshot
- Hawkesbury Council’s housing snapshot
- Hornsby Council’s housing snapshot
- How we developed the targets
- Hunters Hill Council’s housing snapshot
- Inner West Council’s housing snapshot
- Kiama Council’s housing snapshot
- Ku-ring-gai Council’s housing snapshot
- Lake Macquarie Council’s housing snapshot
- Lane Cove Council’s housing snapshot
- Liverpool Council’s housing snapshot
- Maitland Council’s housing snapshot
- Mosman Council’s housing snapshot
- Newcastle Council’s housing snapshot
- North Sydney Council’s housing snapshot
- Northern Beaches Council’s housing snapshot
- Parramatta Council’s housing snapshot
- Penrith Council’s housing snapshot
- Port Stephens Council’s housing snapshot
- Randwick Council’s housing snapshot
- Ryde Council’s housing snapshot
- Shellharbour Council’s housing snapshot
- Shoalhaven Council’s housing snapshot
- Strathfield Council’s housing snapshot
- Sutherland Council’s housing snapshot
- Sydney Council’s housing snapshot
- The Hills Council’s housing snapshot
- Waverley Council’s housing snapshot
- Willoughby Council’s housing snapshot
- Wollondilly Council’s housing snapshot
- Wollongong Council’s housing snapshot
- Woollahra Council’s housing snapshot
- Inland Code
- Pre-sale Finance Guarantee
- Social housing
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- Ten simple tips for more inclusive playspaces
- A sensory explosion
- Bowraville Children’s Playspace
- Civic Park Playspace, Warragamba
- Cook Reserve Playspace
- Livvi’s Place, Wagga Wagga
- Livvi’s Place, Warragamba
- Lot Stafford Playspace
- Masterplanned communities
- Melaleuca Village Lake Playspace
- Muston Park Playspace
- St Peters Fences Playspace
- Town Beach Playspace
- Tumbalong Park Playspace
- Waitara Park Playspace
- Wild Play Garden
- Everyone Can Play grant
- Our principles
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- NSW regional outdoor survey
- Synthetic turf for sports fields
- The Greater Sydney Outdoors Study
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- Concurrence and referral reforms
- Employment land strategies
- Employment lands
- Employment zones reform
- Engagement and concierge
- Estimated development cost
- NSW Public Spaces Legacy Program
- Planning Reform Action Plan
- Planning pathways for cemeteries
- Priority Assessment Program
- State significant development warehouses and data centres
The NSW Government has custodianship of over 800 heritage assets built of sandstone. They include courthouses, hospitals, lighthouses, schools, colleges, government offices, landscape features, monuments, memorials and statues.
Specialist care for these assets is the purpose of the Minister's Stonework Program, an innovative, multi-award-winning industry leader administered and managed by Heritage Environment and Planning (HEP) NSW Public Works, on behalf of the Government Architect.
State of Stone – Celebrating the Minister’s Stonework Program (PDF, 36.7 MB), is a visual publication celebrating the many achievements and accolades of the program, the people who have driven and contributed to this important heritage initiative, and the outcomes it has delivered for NSW for over 30 years.
The book serves as a source of information and inspiration to those interested in the continued care and protection of sandstone-built heritage in NSW.
Purchase the book
A limited number of hard copies of the book are available for purchase for $120, plus postage.
If you are interested in purchasing the book, phone the NSW Public Works’ Plan Services on 1300 770 995 or email [email protected]
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Stone is foundational for the shape of our landscape, our unique biodiversity, our coastal and riverine lifestyles, our genus loci and connection to Country. Credit: Sebastian Mrugalski, 2023 -
Stone carver Luke McDermott working on the coat of arms (originally carved by Walter McGill in 1897) from the Forbes Street entrance to the National Art School. Credit: Sebastian Mrugalski, 2023 -
Iconic-style capital, Art Gallery NSW built in 1901. Credit: Michael Nicholson, 2012 -
NSW Public Works Principal Heritage Architect Kate Napier and Heritage Stoneworks' Senior Stonemason Craig Miller assess condition and repairs. Credit: Michael Nicholson, 2018 -
Salt-level testing of captured water during stone desalination at Fort Street High School. Credit: Sebastian Mrugalski, 2023 -
Stonemason Katie Hicks. Credit: Anson Smart for the 2008 Sydney Magazine article ‘Traders of the Lost Arts’ by Geraldine O’Brien -
Stonemasons preparing to fix replacement carving in place at Cessnock High School