Past President

Jane Harrington has worked in cultural heritage for more than 15 years, building on a prior decade of experience in professional roles in the corporate sector, natural conservation and publishing. Her heritage experience crosses the government, academic and consulting sectors, and has extended across each of Victoria, Queensland, NSW and Tasmania. Her PhD research and subsequent experience has included particular interests in community and intangible heritage, social value, cultural landscapes, world heritage, and the close connection with the natural world, and has involved projects in Australia, Thailand, Cambodia and England. Jane has also worked with ICOMOS in Paris, producing two volumes of the Heritage at Risk series. She is currently the Director of Conservation and Infrastructure with the Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority in Tasmania.

Jane has been on the AI Executive since 2006, is the World Heritage Reference Group Co-ordinator, was the Vice President for 2010 and is the current President.