Found 34 volunteering opportunities in Australia

Located in a beautifully restored two storey house alongside Maley's Mill, the Greenough Museum offers an insight into a bygone era. The homestead was built between 1862 and 1880 for John Maley (King of the Greenough Flats), miller, storekeeper, hotel proprietor, entrepreneur and father of 14 children. The museum examines the social life of the Front Greenough Flats from Aboriginal time until today. View the historic trees and wander the community vege garden. Open daily 8.30am to 3.00pm

It’s all here, tourism, history, holiday programs and events! Opportunities exist for volunteers in multiple roles: heritage guides, customer service, visitor information assistants, and village “stollers” in heritage costume. If you enjoy a social chat, promoting our city, maybe a bit of local history or helping out in a school holiday program – contact us to find out more.

Do you enjoy talking to people and working in a team? Are you looking to develop new skills in Customer Service, Museum Interpretation and Guiding? The National Trust of Australia (NSW) is currently recruiting volunteers to work as Guides at Saumarez Homestead, Armidale.

Do you love working in events and with people? Do you love organising events? Are you keen to learn new skills or develop your existing skills in the event industry? The National Trust (NSW) is currently recruiting volunteers to support Miss Traill’s House, Bathurst.

Do you enjoy hands-on work in interesting places? Are you looking to share your skills, or develop new skills, in gardening or maintenance? The National Trust (NSW) is currently recruiting garden and maintenance volunteers to work as valuable members of the Trust’s team at our prestigious Everglades property at Leura!

Queensland Maritime Museum is a not for profit organization. The museum attracts more than 40,000 visitors per year including families, school groups, tour groups, inner-state and international visitors. We are looking for the help of enthusiastic gardeners/grounds people to assist with maintaining our grounds and gardens.

Pearn's Steam World has one of the best collection of agricultural steam engines, tractors and other farming artifacts in Australia. These need maintenance, preservation, restoration, or rebuilding depending on their condition. We welcome anyone with the skills and/or aptitude to join the team who care for the collection. The collection ranges from large steam engines to small items such as hand-cranked seeders and butter churns.

This unique unpaid role of a Maintenance Volunteer crew member will support the team at the Historic Ketch Falie, by assisting with a wide range of important maintenance and restoration tasks.

Australian Jazz Museum are a proud group of dedicated volunteers. Home to the largest Australian jazz collection. Proactively Collecting, Archiving & Disseminating Australian Jazz. We need data entry volunteers with scanning experience.

Douglasvale Historic Homestead and Vineyard is seeking volunteers to assist in its Cellar Door & wine tastings. Come and join in. If you have an RSA and enjoy talking to people - then we can give you training.

Help foster a pleasant visitor experience for our guests from all around the world. In this Museum Assistant role, you will be integral in representing the Emerald Museum.

Habitat for Humanity Australia is currently the largest and most active organisation in the Southern Highlands area mobilising volunteers to provide extensive, free, practical bushfire recovery and resilience assistance to disadvantaged members of the communities. No skills are required! Thanks to the support of our volunteers, partners and donors we have been able to support more Australian families recover from the bushfires and now help them prepare for future bushfires.

Habitat for Humanity Australia is currently the largest and most active organisation in the Blue Mountains and Southern Highlands areas mobilising volunteers to provide extensive, free, practical bushfire recovery & resilience assistance to disadvantaged members of the communities. No skills are required! Thanks to the support of our volunteers, partners and donors we have been able to support more Australian families recover from the Bushfires and now help them prepare for future bushfires.

Are you an imaginative, enthusiastic and effective communicator? The IMA is seeking Tour Guides to join the volunteer team and play a key role in connecting and inspiring our school and adult visitors.

We need volunteers to assist our Collection Manager with the on-going preservation of the Cairns’ important Chinese heritage which includes unique artefacts from the nationally significant Cairns Lit Sung Goong Temple Collection.

If you enjoy engaging with primary school children and have a knack for storytelling, we would love to have you as part of our Museum Schools Team. You will be working with a small team in a supervised, supported environment. You don’t need to be a teacher – a delight in talking with kids is the main skill we are seeking. Our Schools Team lead school activities in the Museum, as well as running off-site programs through our History on the Move trailer. Volunteers must be vaccinated.

The Receptionist is the first point of contact for visitors, so this role requires a well presented individual, with good communication and interpersonal skills. Tasks include ticket and retail sales, visitor greeting, orientation and assistance, telephone inquiries and direction. The Museum is open Monday to Saturday, and two receptionists are usually rostered to work together. Volunteers must be vaccinated.

Volunteers will help with ensuring that the BVHS Collection is managed and conserved in accordance with National Standards for Australian Museums and Galleries. The aim is to maintain the physical & electronic collection registers of Photographs and Objects within the museum and the machinery shed. We are gifted many items which need to be recorded so that they can be readily accessible when enquiries are made and when displays/exhibitions are being planned.

Port Elliot Railway Station are looking for Customer Service Volunteers to help out at their award winning historic railway station. The Customer Service role has two components - Ticket Sales and Souvenir Sales. Previous sales and customer service, cash register and EFTPOS terminal experience would be well regarded, but not essential. On the job training will be provided.

A core value of CHAMPION is to support the basic needs of individuals and families experiencing disadvantage in our community.