Australia ICOMOS E-Mail News No. 348
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An information service provided by the Australia ICOMOS Secretariat
Friday 1 August 2008
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1)  Applications for membership of Australia ICOMOS - next application cut-off date fast approaching!!
2)  News from the quarterly bulletin of the US National Park Service
3)  Call for Australia ICOMOS members to contribute to International Scientific Committees
4)  Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts: Media Release - Funding Boost Helps Protect HMVS Cerberus
5)  Numantia: Message from US/ICOMOS
 
Situations Vacant...
6)  Heritage Architects, Woodhead, Adelaide & Melbourne CBD

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1) Applications for membership of Australia ICOMOS - next application cut-off date fast approaching!!
 
New Members - join soon, there are Conferences coming up!
 
Australia ICOMOS welcomes applications for new members.
 
Also, if you have been an Associate for a number of years you might like to consider applying to be a Full Member as this provides you with many more benefits.
 
There are some very interesting conferences and ICOMOS events coming up including the ICOMOS General Assembly in Quebec in October 2008, the Australia ICOMOS Annual Conference in Sydney in July 2009 and the ICOMOS/TICCIH Conference in Broken Hill in April 2010. ICOMOS Members are eligible for concession rates for these conferences and a range of other ICOMOS events in each state.
 
It is worthwhile letting friends and colleagues who may wish to join ICOMOS that they should do so soon, so they can take advantage of these opportunities.
 
The cut-off date for applications is 3 weeks before each Executive Committee meeting where new member nominations are considered. Following are the dates for the EC meetings and the resulting cut-off date for applications.
 
Member application cut-off date                        EC Meeting dates  
Thursday 7th August 2008                                  30th-31st August 2008
Thursday 30th October 2008                                   22nd-23rd November 2008
Thursday 15th January 2008                                   February 2008 (date to be set)
 
Initial membership enquiries can be directed to the Australia ICOMOS Secretariat, email austicomos@deakin.edu.au .

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2) News from the quarterly bulletin of the US National Park Service
 
National Parks Host Diplomatic Corps Study Tour
 
Golden Gate National Recreation Area served as the opening stop on a U.S. study tour for ambassadors representing the diplomatic corps of 41 nations in late June.  The ambassadors, stationed in Washington, DC, participated in a State Department-sponsored outreach program entitled "Experience America" to learn more about the United States. Interior Secretary Kempthorne, National Park Service Director Bomar and Golden Gate Superintendent O'Neill greeted the ambassadors as they visited Alcatraz Island, the Presidio and Fort Baker. For more information, visit http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/pix/b/106345.htm.  Also, the most recent edition of State Department's eJournalUSA was focused entirely on the U.S. National Park System.  For more information, visit http://www.america.gov/publications/ejournalusa/0708.html.
 
World Heritage Visitor Management Workshop
 
Representatives from five U.S. national parks (Zion, Hawaii Volcanoes, Chaco Culture, Yosemite, Yellowstone) and four foreign protected areas - Cambodia's Angkor, China's Jiuzhaigou, Ecuador's Galapagos and Mexico's Sian Ka'an - participated in a workshop focused on visitor management issues at World Heritage Sites. Held at Yellowstone National Park in mid-May, the workshop was co-sponsored by the NPS Office of International Affairs and the University of Montana, and also included academicians specializing in protected area management, representatives of various non-governmental organizations, personnel from the World Heritage Center and staff from the NPS Denver Service Centre.  Of the nine parks, eight are designated as World Heritage Sites.
 
The workshop focused on building capacity among participants to understand the issues and opportunities in five areas of visitor and tourism management: managing visitor experiences; managing visitor congestion; managing facilities for visitors; interpretation and education; and managing relationships with stakeholders. Participants presented case studies on each of the topics followed by discussion and debate on management strategies and problem framing.
 
On the final day of the workshop, participants directly engaged the question of the technical proficiencies needed to manage visitors and tourism in World Heritage Sites. The workshop emphasized technical proficiencies rather than other capacity building needs, such as sustainable financing, governance, organizational structure, and leadership as it was focused on management of visitors and tourism.  Participants identified key technical proficiencies for site managers in monitoring, revenue generation mechanisms, business and financial planning, as well visitor and tourism management with reference to each site's internationally recognized heritage values.
 
For more information, contact Jon Putnam, at jonathan_putnam@nps.gov.
 
NPS Assistance to World Bank's Silk Road Project
 
Building on an initial assessment mission undertaken in February 2006, current and retired NPS specialists in historic interpretation techniques accompanied a World Bank "supervision" mission to sites within the Gansu province Cultural and Natural Heritage Protection and Development Project in late May.  NPS representatives joined the supervision mission to facilitate discussion of best practices in interpretation and in sustainable tourism among project managers and stakeholders and to provide site-specific recommendations with regard to planning and implementation of visitor facilities and programs. Gansu province is home to many historic Silk Road Route sites. NPS and Bank specialists conducted site reviews and facilitated capacity-building workshops with Chinese officials at Jiayuguan, Suoyan town, Mati Temple Scenic Area, Lutusi Ancient Government Centre Scenic Area, Yellow River Stone Forest National Park, and Qingcheng Ancient Town Scenic Area.
 
For more information, contact Christine Arato at Christine_arato@nps.gov or Rudy D'Alessandro, at rudy_dalessandro@nps.gov .
 
Middle Eastern Endangered Species Internships
 
Funded by a special program of the U.S. State Department's Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) and working with staff of the Interior Department's International Technical Assistance Program (ITAP), the NPS Office of International Affairs arranged for short-term internships in endangered species management for three Middle Eastern specialists at several national park units in June.
 
The three Middle Eastern species conservation specialists, two from Jordan, one from Bahrain, were placed at Mojave National Preserve, Death Valley National Park and Biscayne National Park, studying species and habitat restoration efforts for desert tortoise, Devil's Hole pupfish, and nesting sea turtles, respectively, as well as learning about park interpretation of natural and cultural resources.  This initial class of internships for endangered species professionals from the Middle East will be followed in autumn 2008 by two more internships for representatives from Oman and Morocco.
 
For more information, see http://www.nps.gov/oia/new/new.htm or contact David Krewson, at david_krewson@nps.gov.
 
Japanese Plant Ecologist Completes Training at Everglades
 
In June, Japanese plant ecologist Naomi Kibe completed a year-long training internship as a volunteer working on the staff of Everglades National Park. Ms. Kibe, who works at an urban national park in Japan, put her plant identification skills to work, helping Everglades' Fire Management division with vegetation surveys, insect trapping, identifying plant species, and entering data. Ms. Kibe also volunteered with the Everglades' interpretation division, revising the park's Japanese brochure, staffing the visitor centre, assisting rangers with the park's camping program, and giving environmental education programs to visitors of all ages.
 
For more information, see http://www.nps.gov/oia/topics/ivip/IVIP_Stories.html or contact Linda Bennett, at linda_bennett@nps.gov.
 
NPS Assistance to Heritage Conservation in Russia
 
At the request of the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, a National Park Service expert travelled to Russia in late May and early June to talk about "the indispensable role of civil society in finding sustainable solutions for preserving cultural heritage."
 
The NPS speaker shared the "U.S. experience of constructive involvement of the private sector in developing and preserving cultural heritage sites."  In addition, the NPS expert participated in a program to discuss the role of heritage tourism in the economic revitalization of communities and highlight the U.S. contribution to help save an historic 18th century merchant's wooden house in Uglich through the Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation. Site visits were made to Ryazan, Rozhdestveno, and Uglich.  A digital video conference was arranged with the U.S. Consulates in Vladivostok and Yekaterinburg and a meeting was held with Duma officials in the Kremlin as well as with the Russian Minister of Culture.  Presentations and discussions on these subjects were also given in Ryazan, at Moscow University and in St. Petersburg's KunstKamera.
 
For more information, contact Stephanie Toothman, at stephanie_toothman@nps.gov .
 
Sister Parks Staff Exchange at Grand Canyon
 
Grand Canyon National Park's sister park, China's Yuntaishan National Park, sent two staff to the park in April and May to learn more about U.S. national park interpretation.  They participated in the 2008 South Rim seasonal interpretive training session, after which they shadowed employees in each operational division (law enforcement, resources, etc.), gaining an overview of how a park operates and learning the importance of each division to achieving the park's goals and fulfilling the NPS mission.
 
Joining the two interpreter/educators for the first week of the training was Wei Dongying, doctoral candidate in Interpretation at both Beijing Normal University and The University of Missouri, who was instrumental in establishing the sister park relationship between the two parks.  This employee exchange is the first in the sister park action plan drawn up by the two parks.
 
For more information, contact Jacob Fillion, at jacob_fillion@nps.gov.
 
Lady Liberty Celebrates Asian-Pacific Heritage Month
 
Statue of Liberty National Monument celebrated Asian-Pacific Heritage Month in late May with a combination of education and performance activities.  Both sites of the Park including Liberty Island and Ellis Island hosted wayside displays that tied into the cultural celebration, as well as performances by the Wind-Sough Chinese Classical Chamber Group, traditional Chinese, Thai and Malaysian dance, and two taiko drum groups, Taiko Aiko Kai and Manhattan Taiko.
 
This is the second year this celebration has been held, with performances helping to educate the public and reach out to the local communities.  The Statue of Liberty National Monument celebrates all National Heritage Months throughout the year.
 
For more information, contact Phyllis Green, at phyllis_green@nps.gov.
 
Announcement for 2009 George Wright Society Biennial
 
Every two years, the George Wright Society (GWS) organizes Rethinking Protected Areas in a Changing World, a premier interdisciplinary professional meeting on parks, protected areas, and cultural sites. The GWS encourages dialogue and information exchange among all the people needed for protected area conservation, in all fields of cultural and natural resources. Typically, 800-900 people attend.
 
The GWS conferences feature thought-provoking keynotes, wide-ranging paper and panel presentations, focused side meetings, field trips, and special events.  The 2009 George Wright Society Biennial Conference on Parks, Protected Areas, and Cultural Sites will be held March 2-6, 2009, in Portland, Oregon.  Themes for the 2009 Conference include:
   
A call for proposals has been issued; visit the conference website at http://www.georgewright.org/gws2009.html for more information.  The deadline for submission of abstracts is 3 October 2008.  Proposals that correspond to the conference themes are encouraged, but proposals on any aspect of research in the management of, and education about, parks, protected areas, and cultural sites, are also welcome.
 
For more information, contact the GWS office at conferences@georgewright.org or call 1-906-487-9722.

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4) Call for Australia ICOMOS members to contribute to International Scientific Committees
 
The 15th General Assembly of ICOMOS, held in Xi'an China in 2005, adopted the Eger-Xi'an Principles, one objective of which is to open up the membership of International Scientific Committees (ISCs). The latest version of the Principles, incorporating amendments agreed to by the Scientific Council, has just been released for discussion at the 16th ICOMOS General Assembly in Quebec later this year (refer to item attached to this newsletter).
 
Within the global structures of ICOMOS, the ISCs are expected to be at the heart of scientific inquiry and exchange in their domains. They therefore complement the roles of ICOMOS National Committees. To perform their role adequately, the ISCs need to contain expert members that span the breadth of their subject, and to be geographically and culturally diverse.
 
Australia ICOMOS is already well represented on several ISCs. However, there are currently a number of ISCs with no Australian members, and other ISCs that are seeking new members. Until the changes made by the Eger-Xi'an Principles, the ability of Australia ICOMOS members to participate in the ISCs was relatively limited. Australia ICOMOS has therefore welcomed the reforms and is now keen to encourage all its Full International Members to join an ISC in which they have a particular interest. At present there is no funding to assist members to travel to ISC meetings, although the Executive Committee is looking into the possibility of providing some modest assistance for this purpose.
 
Although the Eger-Xi'an Principles allow prospective ISC members to nominate themselves or to be invited to join directly by an ISC, the Australia ICOMOS Executive Committee has reaffirmed its preference to continue the process of nominating candidates for membership of ISCs. The Executive Committee feels that this process assists both the ISC and the candidate by providing an independent opinion on the standing and credit of nominees in the field of the ISC within their own country.
 
Australia ICOMOS is therefore calling for expressions of interest from Full International Members to be considered for nomination to an ISC. Expressions of interest should be sent to the Secretariat, and include a resume with particular reference to your credentials in the specific field of the ISC for which you seek nomination, and a statement on why you wish to be involved, and whether you seek to be nominated as an Expert or Associate member. Please note that the endorsement of your nomination by Australia ICOMOS is no guarantee of your acceptance by the relevant ISC, and that the timing of the consideration of your membership will vary from committee to committee, according to their own rules.
 
Please send your expression of interest to the Secretariat no later than Monday 11 August 2008 (email to austicomos@deakin.edu.au), so that it can be reviewed in time for the Executive Committee to consider the nomination at its meeting in Darwin on 30-31 August. We are anxious to forward nominations to ISC Chairs in time for the ISC meetings to be held on Monday 29 September in Quebec, prior to the opening of the ICOMOS General Assembly.
 
The ISCs which currently have no Australian members are:
   
The remaining ISCs, all of which should be opening their membership to additional Australian members that meet the criteria established by each Committee, are:
   
Further information is available from the ISC web sites (through the ICOMOS International web site www.icomos.org) or the Australia ICOMOS ISC Coordinator, Sue Jackson-Stepowski (stepowsk@tpg.com.au).

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4) Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts: Media Release - Funding Boost Helps Protect HMVS Cerberus
 
Heritage Minister Peter Garrett today said the National Trust of Victoria would use $500,000 in Federal funding as a first step towards stabilising the HMVS Cerberus shipwreck.
 
The Minister announced the funding during a visit to the wreck, which sits as a breakwater a few hundred metres off the beach at Melbourne's Half Moon Bay, Black Rock.
 
"Purpose-built in 1868 for the Victorian Colonial Navy, the HMVS Cerberus is a unique part of our naval heritage. It was included in the National Heritage List in December 2005," Mr Garrett said.
 
"Named after the three-headed mythological guard dog, the Cerberus was Victoria's and then Australia's most powerful warship. Her heavy iron structure was the prototype for 19th century steam-powered battleships.
 
"After protecting Victoria from potential attacks for over 50 years, in 1924 she was declared surplus by the Navy and sold to a salvage company. The hulk was purchased for 150 pounds by the Sandringham Council, and scuttled at Half Moon Bay.
 
"In 1993 the hulk suffered a major collapse and since then has been sinking at a rate of about 16 millimetres per year.
 
"The $500,000 we've provided is seed funding for a stabilisation project, which will see the Cerberus carefully raised and then placed on an underwater platform.
 
"Work began in 2004, with a Heritage Victoria grant to remove four 18-tonne guns. The next phase involves building an overhead jacking frame and the underwater supporting platform.
 
"This is a complex job. Minus the guns, the section of the vessel to be lifted is a massive 1900 tonnes. The extraordinary amount of iron and the state of the partially collapsed hull means a delicate operation will be required.
 
"I hope our funding will help advance this ambitious project, and I wish the National Trust of Victoria the best of luck in taking it forward. My thanks to Heritage Victoria for their work to this point.
 
"I'd also like to acknowledge the Friends of the Cerberus and others who've been raising awareness of the wreck for many years. Their passion for protecting our heritage means future generation will be able to share in it too."
 
Funding was provided by the National Heritage Investment Initiative. Other 2007-08 projects include exterior restoration at the Royal Society of Victoria Hall; stonework at Fort Denison, NSW; stonework at Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW; and conservation work at Fremantle Museum & Arts Centre, WA.
 
More information about the Cerberus is available at http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/places/national/hmvs-cerberus/index.html and http://www.cerberus.com.au/.

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5) Numantia: Message from US/ICOMOS
 
US/ICOMOS has advised Australia ICOMOS that there is a growing international concern about the visual, contextual and physical threats posed to the archaeological site of Numantia, near the city of Soria, Spain. In the 1880s Numantia was the first site ever to be declared cultural heritage by the Kingdom of Spanish.
 
The Spanish National Committee of ICOMOS was the first to evaluate the disastrous impact of the proposed industrial development adjacent to the site and to effectively raise the alarm. Since then, numerous other organizations in Spain and throughout Europe have joined in opposing the project, whose alleged economic and social need have also been disproved, as there is ample other land set aside in the vicinity to meet such developments for years to come.
 
US/ICOMOS members and friends are encouraged to support the work of the ICOMOS Spanish Committee by joining the Save Numantia Campaign and by expressing their opposition to the El Cabezo project directly to the authorities in Soria and Castilla-Leon.
 
For further information, visit the website:
http://www.salvemosnumancia.org/portada.htm

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6) Heritage Architects, Woodhead, Adelaide & Melbourne CBD
 
Architects or Experienced Graduates
Melbourne and Adelaide locations
Permanent full time
 
Woodhead has a reputation for excellence, diversity and creativity in its heritage conservation services spanning more than thirty years.
 
We work throughout Australia in close co-operation with all levels of Government, community groups, institutional bodies and the private sector in the management, conservation, preservation and adaptation of historic buildings and sites.
 
Reporting to the National Heritage Manager and practicing with a well-established heritage team in collaboration with our wider team of architects and designers, the successful candidates will be responsible for leading existing national and state-based commissions involving:
   
Candidates with experience in both conservation works and the adaptive re-use of heritage places will find this position attractive and professionally rewarding. A working knowledge of the Burra Charter and conservation principles as will as strong report writing skills are highly desirable.
 
Our successful candidates will be self-starting team players who can demonstrate:
   
These are permanent full time roles. A salary package will be agreed commensurate with skills and experience. An immediate start is available for the right person.
 
If you appreciate the positive contribution which can be made to the built environment through the sensitive management and re-use of heritage places, please register your interest in strict confidence to Sally-Ann Fieldhouse via email to careers@woodhead.com.au.
 
(These positions are also advertised on Seek: www.seek.com.au)

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Georgia Meros, Secretariat Officer
Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific
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