Australia
ICOMOS E-Mail News No. 405
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An information service provided by the Australia ICOMOS
Secretariat
Friday 25 September 2009
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1) Australia ICOMOS 2010 Conference - call for papers
2) Guiding the Burra Charter Guidelines
3) Australia ICOMOS - Canberra Talk Series
4) Cultural and Environmental Heritage at ANU
5) Collections Council of Australia seeks new benchmarks for collections policy
6) Links to recent DEWHA media releases
7) Period gardens: landscapes for houses with history
8) Launch of recent
issue of Esempi di Architettura
9) News from ICOMOS
International Secretariat
Situations Vacant
10) Project Archaeologist & Technical Archaeologist, Heritage Insight,
Melbourne
11) Senior Heritage Consultant, ERM Australia Pty Ltd (Melbourne office)
12) Senior Archaeologist
(Aboriginal Heritage), Austral Archaeology Pty Ltd
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1) Australia ICOMOS 2010
Conference - call for papers
CALL FOR PAPERS -
OUTBACK & BEYOND - THE FUTURE OF HISTORIC TOWNS,
INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE AND PASTORALISM
22 - 25 April, 2010, Broken Hill, Australia
Australia ICOMOS, TICCIH (The International
Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage) and the City of
Broken Hill are convening the annual Australia ICOMOS conference to be held in
Broken Hill on 22 - 25 April 2010. The conference will be held at the
Broken Hill Entertainment Centre in Blende Street, Broken Hill.
Papers are now sought, with
applicants to submit abstracts related to the three Conference Themes:
§ Theme 1 - Management of Historic Towns
general
management issues in addition to local, national and world heritage listing of
historic towns and associated protective mechanisms
§ Theme 2 - Industrial Heritage
the management challenges of industrial infrastructure
§ Theme 3 - Remote Pastoralism
the changing cultural landscapes and the technology of
pastoralism
Call for Papers - closing
date Friday 30 October 2009
Abstracts for papers are
requested in two categories:
·
Abstract for 20
minute paper on themes outlined above
·
Abstract/proforma
sheet for the Snap Shot presentations, for a 6 minute presentation
Only contributions which are
related to the conference three themes will be considered.
Applicants are to complete
the attached proforma
outlining abstract submission requirements.
Successful applicants will
be notified by Friday 4 December 2009.
Format of conference
The event will consist of
three days of morning presentations with three afternoons of specially designed
tours to cover each of the themes. In addition, a special welcome event
will be held in the recently restored Sullys Emporium, now the Broken Hill
Regional Art Gallery. The conference will provide participants with a
unique Australia outback experience, rare access to special heritage places and
true country hospitality. The conference will also showcase Broken
Hill's success in inventing a new future and discuss the city's application for
National Heritage Listing.
Who should attend?
The conference will appeal to
local government planners, architects, historians, landscape architects,
archaeologists and others with a general interest in managing Australia's
unique heritage.
Registration and Lodgings
Please note that participants
are required to pay for attendance to the conference. There are no free
registrations provided for paper presenters - in this way, the conference fees
can be kept to a minimum to make the conference affordable for as many people
as possible.
Estimated conference fees are
proposed as follows (please note they are still to be confirmed). All
prices are GST inclusive:
§
Early Bird ICOMOS
Members
$ 475 (payable by 26 February 2010)
§
Standard ICOMOS
Members
$ 575
§
Early Bird
Non-ICOMOS-Members
$ 575
(payable by 26 February 2010)
§
Non-Members
of
ICOMOS
$ 675
§
Student
$ 330
The above figures exclude
accommodation, and the conference dinner (which will be reasonably
priced). Tickets for the afternoon tours and social events can be
separately purchased by accompanying persons.
Draft Program
Day
1 - Thursday 22 April - welcome
drinks at Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery (formerly Sullys Emporium, an
adapted heritage building, and winner of many heritage awards), in the main
street of Broken Hill, Argent St.
Day
2 - Friday 23 April - Theme 1
Management of Historic Towns - plenary session, morning papers, guided bus tour
of Broken Hill focusing on Theme 1. Conference dinner in the evening.
Day
3 - Saturday 24 April - Theme 2
Industrial Heritage Sites - plenary session, morning papers, guided bus tour of
Broken Hill, Silverton and nearby area focusing on Theme 2. Evening meal
at the Silverton Hotel.
Day
4 - Sunday 25 April, Anzac Day -
(opportunity to attend the dawn service in Broken Hill), Theme 3 Remote
Pastoralism- plenary session, morning papers, guided bus tour of Broken Hill
focusing on Theme 3. Final sunset drinks at the Sculptures in the Living
Desert..
Pre and Post Conference
Tours
These are being developed and
details will be released in late November.
Conference Organising
Committee
Conference Convenor - Ray
Tonkin
Helen Lardner
Timothy Hubbard
Sue Jackson Stepowski
Elizabeth Vines
Helen Wilson
(and input from many other
advisors)
For further information about
the conference visit http://www.aicomos.com/2010-conference/
For further information
about ICOMOS visit www.icomos.org/australia and for information about call for papers email bradley@ccem.com.au at Countrywide
Conference & Event Management. Any general queries about the conference
to be sent to stepowsk@tpg.com.au.
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2) Guiding the Burra Charter
Guidelines
Australia ICOMOS is currently
undertaking a review of the Burra Charter Guidelines as part of the Burra
Charter Development Program. As part of this review the working group wants to
know if you use the existing Guidelines and if there is a need for guidelines
on new topics - for example, interpretation or community engagement? What would
you find useful in your work?
Please complete our short
survey by right now clicking this link http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=kAD6_2b33Q45tSTSrhgaoH4Q_3d_3d
It will take less than 5
minutes. The survey deadline is Friday 16 October. Everyone's contributions are
welcome.
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3) Australia ICOMOS - Canberra
Talk Series
Considering a Career in Cultural Heritage?
Launch of ICOMOS mentoring program
A panel of current students,
early career professionals and potential employers will explore the
expectations, pathways and pitfalls associated with careers in the heritage and
museum sectors. A number of short talks will be followed by an open forum for
discussion.
This talk will interest
undergraduate and graduate students in heritage and museum studies courses and
early career professionals who are seeking to work in these sectors.
Following the heritage careers
chat, Australia ICOMOS will introduce a mentoring scheme proposed for trial in
the ACT before its introduction nationally. If you are interested in mentoring
or being mentored please come!
Members, students and early
career professional all welcome!
Refreshments will be
available.
This is part of a series of
talks organised in Canberra by Australia ICOMOS. This event is sponsored by
the Donald Horne Institute for Cultural Heritage at the University of Canberra
and the Institute for Professional Practice in Heritage and the Arts at the
Australian National University.
Time & Date: 5.00-6.30 pm, Tuesday 6 October 2009 - the talk will
actually start at 5.30.
Venue: Menzies Room, National Archives of Australia, East
Block, Queen Victoria Terrace, Parkes (enter from Kings Avenue side).
RSVP: To Duncan Marshall at marsd@ozemail.com.au
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4) Cultural and Environmental
Heritage at ANU
Graduate Program in Liberal
Arts
Cultural and Environmental
Heritage
Interested in studying
Cultural and Environmental Heritage? The Australian National University offers
an exciting suite of graduate awards in Cultural and Environmental Heritage:
Graduate Certificate, Diploma, Masters and Masters (Honours).
This program provides a
focused, national and international outlook on contemporary cultural and
environmental heritage practice. The graduate program has been designed to meet
the needs of graduates working in all areas of heritage and those interested in
pursuing a career in cultural and/or environmental heritage-related fields. Our
program reflects contemporary demands for professional skills that enable a
much more comprehensive approach to heritage concepts and the development of
practical skills. Extensive and individualised internship programs, strong
industry connections and expertise in practice-led research combine to provide
students with a strong sense of intellectual context as well as professional
training geared to future employment. Courses are taught flexibly and we offer
a range of learning approaches and intensive (short) courses.
Individual courses offered in
2010/2011 include:
§ Cultural and Environmental Heritage: key concepts and
practices
§ World Heritage: conserving cultural heritage values
(short course)
§ Material Culture Studies
§ Rock Art Field School (short course)
§ Cultural Landscapes
§ Best Practice in Managing Heritage Places (short
course)
§ Museums and Collections: key concepts and practices
§ World Rock Art
§ Connections to Country: understanding Indigenous
heritage in Australia
§ Masterclass in Cultural Heritage and Collections
§ Museums, Art and Society in the Asia Pacific
§ Indigenous Collections and Exhibitions
§ Internships, research projects and more!
Want to know more about what
could lie ahead? Also attend the mentoring/careers night we are co-hosting with
the Institute for Professional Practice in Heritage and the Arts,
Australia ICOMOS, and University of Canberra - 5.00-6.30 pm, Tuesday 6 October
2009, National Archives of Australia. For more details on this event contact kylie.message@anu.edu.au (+61 2 6125 5429).
For further information on
Cultural and Environmental Heritage at the ANU visit: http://rsh.anu.edu.au/graduate/liberal_arts/culture_envirheritage.php
or contact the Program
Coordinator at sally.may@anu.edu.au (+61 2 6125 5889).
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5) Collections Council of
Australia seeks new benchmarks for collections policy
Dear colleagues working in the
Australian arts and cultural media,
The Collections Council of
Australia today announced its plans to develop and promote a new model for
sustainable scientific and cultural collections in Australia.
The Council's Chair, Noel
Turnbull, said that such a model is an urgent national priority for nation-wide
benchmarks, policy development and funding of the collections sector.
Here is the URL for a News
item about the proposed new Model on our website:
http://www.collectionscouncil.com.au/Default.aspx?tabid=544&articleType=ArticleView&articleId=133
From the News item, you can
access our media release and a related position paper about the Model. (I also
attach the text herewith in PDF format.)
Yours faithfully,
Margaret Birtley
CEO
Collections Council of
Australia Ltd
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6) Links
to recent DEWHA media releases
Convict cells discovered on
Cockatoo Island
http://www.environment.gov.au/minister/garrett/2009/mr20090924.html
Australia becomes a party
to UNESCO Convention on cultural diversity Lisbon, Portugal
http://www.environment.gov.au/minister/garrett/2009/mr20090923a.html
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7) Period gardens: landscapes
for houses with history
Leading landscape designer
Myles Baldwin details his experiences of restoring some of Sydney's finest
period gardens; including Bronte House, Rona and Boomerang.
For further information, visit
http://www.hht.net.au/whats_on/event/tours/period_gardens_landscapes_for_houses_with_history
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8) Launch of recent issue of
Esempi di Architettura
The issue of Esempi di
Architettura no 7 (Rehabilitation planning in the historical towns of the
occupied Palestinian territory - ISBN 978-88-6336-070-7) will be launched in
Rome on October 1.
For more details, visit:
http://www.esempidiarchitettura.it/index.php
http://www.esempidiarchitettura.it/ebcms2.lm.php?mod=news&modAzione=scheda&o_nome=news&o_id=441_ITA
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9) News from ICOMOS
International Secretariat
The ICOMOS International
Secretariat E-news is now available online as a PDF.
International
Secretariat E-news no 50
Contents
§
In
Memoriam : Leon Pressouyre, Coordonateur ICOMOS pour la Convention du
Patrimoine mondial / ICOMOS coordinator for the World Heritage Convention
§
In
Memoriam : Lenin Ortiz, Founder of ICOMOS Ecuador
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Heritage
Alert: Stockholm City Library, Stockholm (Sweden)
§
ICOMOS
Argentina: New Website
§
ICOMOS
Chile: Elections
§
ICOMOS
France : Colloque International : "Valeurs universelles, valeurs locales, pour
qui et pour quoi un site est-il grand ?"
§
ICOMOS
Malta: ICOMOS membership card now gives free access to all sites managed by
Heritage Malta
§
ICOMOS
Mexico : Elections
§
ICOMOS
International Committee on Legal and Financial Issues (ICLAFI): New E-Journal
§
ICOMOS
International Scientific Committee on Historic Towns and Villages (CIVVIH):
Alvaro Gomez Ferrer honoured
§
Support
Needed! Severe Threat to Belgian Modernist Masterpiece
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Publication:
Moscow Heritage at Crisis Point (2nd edition)
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ICCROM:
ATHĀR Programme - Documentation of Heritage Sites in the Arab Region
§
Publication:
ICCROM: AFRICA 2009 Programme: Protection juridique du patrimoine culturel
immobilier / Cultural Heritage and the Law
§
International
Centre for Underwater Archaeology in Zadar (Croatia): New Website
§
University
of Nova Gorica: Graduate Study Programme : Economics and Techniques for the
Conservation of the Architectural and Environmental Heritage
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Caribbean
Heritage Course in Curacao
§
American
Academy in Rome: Rome Prize 2010
§
Call
for Nominations: Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize 2010
§
Competition
for Image Models of 20th-century Architectural Heritage
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Conference:
Architecture and the State, 1940s to 1970s
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Conference:
World Heritage and Tourism: Managing for the global and the local
§
Confernce:
Heritage Canada Foundation (HCF): The Heritage Imperative: Old Buildings in an
Age of Environmental Crisis
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Heritage
Preservation China - International Trade Fair of Heritage Conservation,
Restoration and Museum Technology
§
Indian
National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH): Electronic Newsletter
§
International
National Trusts Organization (INTO): E-bulletin July 2009
§
Urban
History: Newsletter August / September 2009
§
Culture
Action Europe Newsletter #7 - September 2009
§
Getty
Conservation Institute: GCI Bulletin August 2009
§
International
Federation of Landscape Architects: IFLA News Brief #21
§
Observatory
of Cultural Policies in Africa (OCPA) News
Link
http://www.international.icomos.org/publications/e-news/2009/E-news_50_20090918.pdf
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10) Project
Archaeologist & Technical Archaeologist, Heritage Insight, Melbourne
Heritage Insight Pty Ltd is a
small archaeological consulting firm based in Richmond, Melbourne whose
operations extend mainly through Melbourne and Regional Victoria. We are
seeking two people to join our friendly team of heritage professionals in
Melbourne, with some opportunities to also work at locations interstate.
The Project Archaeologist will
have at least two years' full-time experience working as an archaeologist at a
project management level in a heritage consulting environment. The person will
demonstrate an ability to independently conduct and supervise all aspects of a
heritage consulting project. They will also be skilled in liaison and
consultation with clients, Indigenous communities and government heritage
agencies. A demonstrated record of timely project delivery is also essential.
The Technical Archaeologist
will preferably have had some exposure to a consulting environment and
experience in assisting with fieldwork for consulting projects. The position
involves conducting and assisting with research for consulting projects,
assisting with fieldwork and assisting with the production of consulting
reports.
For both positions, a current
drivers licence and ability to work at locations away from home is essential.
A position description can be
obtained by ringing or emailing the Office Manager, Ms. Shirley Torres, on (03)
9429 4930 or shirleytorres@heritageinsight.com.
Enquiries regarding either
position can be addressed to David Rhodes or Matthew Barker on (03) 9429 4930
or davidrhodes@heritageinsight.com / matthewbarker@heritageinsight.com.
Applications may be lodged by
post or email and should be addressed to:
David Rhodes
Managing Director
Heritage Insight Pty Ltd
PO Box 4168
East Richmond. Vic. 3121
davidrhodes@heritageinsight.com
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11) Senior Heritage Consultant,
ERM Australia Pty Ltd (Melbourne office)
Senior Heritage Consultant
ERM Australia Pty Ltd
§ Leading Environmental and Social Consultancy
§ Excellent Career Opportunities
§ Diverse range of projects
ERM is the world's leading
provider of environmental, health and safety, risk and social consulting
services. We have 145 offices in 41 countries, employing over 3,500
professionals, providing the best global platform in the industry. For more
than 30 years, we have been delivering innovative solutions to leading business
and government clients to help them manage environmental risks and challenges
within their organisations. In doing so, we have become one of the world's
largest and most successful environmental consulting firms offering a range of
compliance assurance, impact assessment planning, site investigation and
remediation, and corporate advisory services.
Our people are outstanding,
and our workplace is energised. We actively strive to be the preferred place
for environmental and other professionals to grow and build meaningful and
rewarding careers.
We currently have an exciting
opportunity for a Senior Heritage Consultant. Based within our Melbourne
office, you will play a key part in the growth of our already expanding
Victorian heritage business which comprises of projects throughout Australia
and overseas. Your time will be spent working on a variety of heritage projects
in addition to actively pursuing business growth and development opportunities.
You will have gained
considerable experience in consulting practice dealing with complex assessments
and possess an excellent knowledge of relevant legislation. Your role will see
you providing expert heritage advice to clients in addition to providing
assistance in team leadership, mentoring and business development. Your ability
to demonstrate high level project management skills along with a strong track
record in developing solid client relationships will be extremely highly
regarded.
In return for your 'hands on'
technical skills and your desire to play a key part in growing the business,
you will be rewarded with an opportunity to build upon your skills and
diversify your experience all within an environment that strongly encourages
both personal and professional development.
If you are interested in growing
your career in a challenging, innovative and supportive working environment and
believe you have the drive and ability to match ours, please apply through www.seek.com.au.
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12) Senior Archaeologist
(Aboriginal Heritage), Austral Archaeology Pty Ltd
Senior Archaeologist
(Aboriginal Heritage)
Austral Archaeology Pty Ltd
Sydney
One year full-time contract
position
Austral Archaeology Pty. Ltd.
is a reputable cultural heritage firm. We have the capability to conduct
Aboriginal and historical projects across Australia, with offices in Adelaide
and Sydney and close links with an affiliated company, Austral Tasmania Pty
Ltd, based in Hobart. The company is one of the longest established cultural
heritage consultancies in Australia and provides advice and services in
relation to both historic and Aboriginal cultural heritage. The company
maintains an independently certified quality management system compliant with
AS/NZS ISO9001: 2008.
We require a suitably
qualified archaeologist to fulfil the role of Senior Archaeologist (Aboriginal
Heritage) in our Stanmore office in Sydney. This is a one-year full time
contract position. Applicants must have an Honours degree in Archaeology and 4
years relevant consulting experience. High level verbal and written
communication skills are essential as are well developed report and proposal
writing skills. Applicants must have the ability to prepare Section 87 and
Section 90 applications to meet DECCW requirements, demonstrate an
understanding of relevant state and federal legislation, have a high level of
ability to undertake consultation with clients and Aboriginal stakeholder
groups, have a valid driving licence, and be prepared to comply with the
company's Quality Assurance and Occupational Health and Safety systems.
Employees must be prepared to travel and undertake project work out of business
hours and in remote locations if required.
Applicants must include a
current Curriculum Vitae and address the criteria listed in the Job
Specification for this position. Copies of the specification are available from
info@australarchaeology.com.au.
Applicants should include the name, address and contact number of two current
referees. Applications close on 14 October 2009 and should be forwarded
to Justin McCarthy at justin@australarchaeology.com.au.
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Australia ICOMOS Secretariat
Georgia Meros, Secretariat Officer
Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific
Deakin University
221 Burwood Highway
Burwood Victoria 3125
Telephone: (03) 9251 7131
Facsimile: (03) 9251 7158
Email: austicomos@deakin.edu.au
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