The NSW Government has given a large grant to capture the story of rural NSW.

Heritage New South Wales has granted ‘Mid-Coast Stories’ fifty-thousand dollars in a bid to capture quirky histories of small coastal towns north of New South Wales.

The developers of the initiative, Janine Roberts and Penny Teerman, said the funding will be used to create up to ten heritage trails over two years, preserving the region's little-known history.

With concern for preserving history, Ms Roberts said "We are losing that uniqueness of our regions and towns."