Australia ICOMOS E Mail News No 1111

Set on the Traditional Country of the Wadawurrung Peoples, in the heart of the Victorian Goldfields—recently added to Australia’s World Heritage Tentative List—this year’s conference invites you to explore heritage through critical, future-focused perspectives.

Themes:

BATTLEFRONTS: Heritage under pressure—survival through conflict and exclusion; future challenges from climate change and global disruption.
UN-SETTLING: Rethinking heritage—imagining new models that prioritise community agency, local adaptation, and inclusive governance.

What to Expect:

Two full days of dynamic presentations and discussions
A spectacular conference dinner + Aura light show at Sovereign Hill
Field trips across Ballarat and the Victorian Goldfields
Provocative case studies, diverse voices, and innovative solutions

Sponsorships going fast!

- Only 1 Gold spot left
- Just 4 Silver remaining
- Unlimited Bronze available
- EOIs open for coffee cart, lanyards, and more creative options!

Key Deadlines:

ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS CLOSE: 15 September 2025
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES CLOSE: 1 November 2025
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION ENDS: 15 September 2025

Whether you’re a practitioner, researcher, educator, or community advocate, this is your chance to contribute to shaping heritage practice for a changing world.

📨 Submit your abstract or poster
🤝 Become a sponsor
📝 Register early and save

🔗 Explore the conference website for full details.

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AICOMOS Presidents Award – Nominations Now Open

The Australia ICOMOS President’s Award recognises the important contribution made by the active engagement of younger and/or emerging career heritage practitioners. The award is open to Australia ICOMOS members and non-members.

There are two categories for the President’s Award:

1. A student / young / emerging heritage practitioner

2. A trainee / apprentice or emerging tradesperson.

Winners of each category will be awarded a certificate, a 1 year Associate membership of Australia ICOMOS and $1000 cash prize!

Any nominees conferred a judges commendation will also be awarded a certificate and gift voucher (max value $100)

For further information & the eligibility criteria, follow this link

To nominate someone please download the form here or visit our website

Submissions due by 5pm 19th September 2025

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Australia ICOMOS 2025 Jim Kerr Address | 11 September 2025 | Melbourne | Tickets Selling Fast!

🎟️ Limited Tickets Available – Book NOW

Join us for the 2025 Australia ICOMOS Jim Kerr Address in Melbourne on Thursday 11 September.

This year’s address will be delivered by representatives of the Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation, and will reflect on the six years since the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

📍Singapore Theatre, Glyn Davis Building, University of Melbourne
🕖 6pm refreshments for 6:30 address commencement

Following the Address, there will be a Q&A session facilitated by Alix Hill (Storey & Ward Lawyers, and Co-convenor of the National Scientific Committee on Intangible Cultural Heritage). If you would like to contribute a question, please provide it in your booking, or by emailing austicomosvic@gmail.com

🎟️ Book now: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1445541

A limited number of free tickets to this event are available for Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander attendees.

The 2025 Australia ICOMOS Jim Kerr Address is being held in partnership with the University of Melbourne Australian Centre for Architectural History, Urban and Cultural Heritage (ACAHUCH), and is generously supported by the Heritage Council of Victoria, Storey & Ward Lawyers, Conservation Studio, Extent Heritage, GML Heritage, and Lovell Chen.

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ICOMOS INTERNATIONAL

NEW ICOMOS Aotearoa New Zealand & Historic Places Aotearoa Joint Conference | Napier NZ | 9-12 October 2025

Interpreting Our Heritage

ICOMOS Aotearoa New Zealand and Historic Places Aotearoa are holding a joint conference in Napier, New Zealand, on the theme of Interpreting Heritage.

New Zealand’s rich cultural heritage and history has been packaged, presented, and interpreted for over 100 years. Much has changed in this time – the audience, the purpose, the technology and method.

What has driven these changes? Have the changes been successful?

Our conference will address this theme through papers, discussions and fieldtrips.

Further information can be found here

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AGA2025 in Lumbini NEPAL 11- 19 October 2025

ICOMOS Nepal welcomes all ICOMOS members, international and national experts, friends and peace-lovers to Lumbini for the ICOMOS annual General Assembly 2025 and the Scientific Symposium on “Perceptions of Heritage and Resilience – Disaster Risk Reduction and Preparedness”. We are honoured to take on the important task of contributing to the ICOMOS Triennial Scientific Plan 2024-2027, with the first year focusing on preparing for possible disasters, through the prevention and mitigation of hazards, improving resilience, as well as by preparing for conflicts that threaten our heritage resources. We also have the honour of inviting all participants to the 60th anniversary celebrations of ICOMOS. This would also be an opportunity to visit the archaeological sites in and around Lumbini and the enchanting urban ensemble of Kathmandu Valley that have gone through a decade of recovery after the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake. Furthermore, we welcome the international participants to visit the beautiful sites of Nepal. We look forward to meeting all of you in Lumbini.

Please follow this link for further information

If you are planning on attending, please email the secretariat: austicomos@deakin.edu.au as we would like to compile a list of our members attending.

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ICOMOS MEMBERS

NEW | Submission | AICOMOS Submission on Victorian Heritage Assessment Criteria

Recently Australia ICOMOS made a submission to the Victoria Department of Transport and Planning regarding the draft local heritage criteria and threshold guidelines.

The submission document can be viewed here.

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Membership Payments for the 2025/2026 Membership Year Now Due

As Australia ICOMOS runs on the financial year, membership payments for the 25/26 financial year are now due.

There are three ways you can pay: via the membership database, direct deposit or credit card.

Direct Deposit Account name: Australia ICOMOS BSB: 033 120 Account Number: 349654 Reference: Members Name (please ensure you add this)

Please send a banking receipt to austicomos@deakin.edu.au

Pin Payments: Make a payment to Australia ICOMOS – Pin Payments Please note the name of the member.

If your circumstances have changed and you would like to move your membership to retired, unwaged or would like a payment plan please reach out to the secretariat austicomos@deakin.edu.au

Unsure of your current financial status? Please log in to the membership database and view the ‘Payments History’ link (See example)

This will show whether you are paid until 30/06/26 (up to date) or 30/06/25 (expired)

A reminder that current financial membership is a requirement for participation in ICOMOS groups and committees like ISCs/NSCs, working groups etc, as is the use of the post nominal M.ICOMOS. These are important membership benefits. The executive will be checking payments over the coming months to ensure that membership fees are paid.

Changed address recently? Please update the member database.

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS / GRANTS / NOMINATIONS / EOI

NEW Call for Abstracts | Latin American Meeting and 9th Forum for Students and Young Professionals | Submissions close 15 Sept 2025

‘Cultural crossroads, legacies and memories in dialogue: thinking, planning and reinterpreting shared heritage’

This event is organised by ICOMOS Argentina and the University of San Andrés and will be held in a hybrid format on 4, 5 and 6 November 2025 in the City of Buenos Aires. Presentations at the event could be delivered in Spanish or Portuguese.

Abstracts can be submitted until 15 September 2025 via the event website:
https://www.even3.com.ar/e/encuentro-latinoamericano-y-ix-foro-de-estudiantes-y-jovenes-profesionales-610522

The meeting proposes an agenda for regional, interdisciplinary and multi-stakeholder reflection, bringing together researchers, specialists, students, professionals, artists, cultural managers, communities and institutions to discuss the contemporary challenges of research, conservation, reinterpretation and safeguarding of heritage in culturally diverse contexts.

The event takes place within the framework of two significant commemorations: the 60th anniversary of the creation of ICOMOS and the 200th anniversary of the arrival of the first Scottish settlers in Argentina. It seeks to promote a space for reflection, participation and collective construction around the concept of shared heritage.

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NEW Getty 2026-2027 Conservation Guest Scholar cycle applications now open

The Conservation Guest Scholars Program provides opportunities for established scholars or professionals who have attained distinction in the cultural heritage conservation field.

Recipients are in residence at the Getty Conservation Institute for three months, in which they pursue their own projects free from work-related obligations, make use of research collections at the Getty Center and Getty Villa, and participate with other Getty scholars, fellows, and interns in the intellectual life of Getty.

Applications are welcome from researchers and practitioners of all nationalities working in conservation, historic preservation, heritage science and related fields. Applicants should have at least seven years of professional experience and should have an established record of publications and other contributions to the field. Individuals from groups underrepresented across the field of cultural heritage conservation are encouraged to apply. Proposals for postdoctoral research or research that contributes to a PhD or other academic degree will not be considered.

For eligibility, terms, and how to apply, visit https://gty.art/GCIScholars. The application deadline is October 1, 2025.

For questions regarding the program or the application process, please contact: GCIScholars@getty.edu

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Call for Applications for the Richard Mackay Scholarship

At its 2024 Annual General Meeting in Perth, Australia ICOMOS established a special higher degree research scholarship named in honour and recognition of the outstanding contribution to the success of the ICOMOS General Assembly 2023 made by Prof Richard Mackay, AM.

The Australia ICOMOS Richard Mackay Scholarship is an annual scholarship of $10,000 for research related expenses for an enrolled higher degree student with an approved research plan.

The student may be enrolled at any university in Australia and their research will contribute to understanding and conserving heritage, broadly conceived.

Please find the detailed Terms and Conditions here.

How do I apply?

Your application should include:

A CV that highlights your academic achievements.
A two-page summary of your University-approved research proposal and outline of the proposed research activities that the scholarship would be used to support.
A detailed budget for the proposed research activities for up to AUD$10,000 including, for example, flights, accommodation, library/archive access fees, documentation fees, fieldwork costs etc.
A one-page personal statement that demonstrates the following:

the contribution of your research to the field of heritage studies, how the planned activities are essential to your research, and an interest in the work of Australia ICOMOS.

Applications are due by 5pm 20 October, 2025. Please email your application as a single PDF attachment, Attention: Rebecca Davies, Secretariat Officer, Australia ICOMOS, with ‘Australia ICOMOS Richard Mackay Scholarship’ in the subject line. Email: austicomos@deakin.edu.au

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WORKSHOPS / COURSES / EVENTS / EXHIBITIONS

NEW Gawler Heritage Collection Committee & AICOMOS present Heritage: A Concept in Evolution | 1.30- 5pm ACST | 26 Sept 2025

Presented by the Gawler Heritage Collection Committee in partnership with the Australian International Council on Monuments and Sites, this half day symposium will explore the importance of heritage buildings in sustaining a sense of identity and community. Themed around leveraging value from historic buildings through adaptive reuse, this unique event will be of interest to planners. builders, architects, property owners, historians, cultural tourism operators and all those interested in our built cultural heritage.

The first session will be a conversation between Stephanie Johnston and Dr. Jane Lennon AM, on the development of the Burra Charter, the internationally recognised guidelines for heritage conservation practices. Our second session will feature Anthony Coupe architect and director of Mulloway Studio and industrial archaeologist Kate Clark who will focus on the economic, cultural and social forces that shape our understanding and management of heritage development and the perceived value of such developments. The third session will be a Q&A with the session speakers and representatives from Heritage SA.

Finally, there will be networking drinks and the opening of the exhibition ‘Past in the Present: Gawler’s built heritage ‘, curated by Daniel Downs.

This event is proudly sponsored by Business Gawler.

To book please follow this link

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NEW Aus Heritage Symposium Strategic Planning for Culture and Heritage in Times of Crisis and Uncertainty | Webinar | 3-5 pm 18 Sept 2025

Join AusHeritage for a FREE online symposium on Thursday 18 September 2025 at 3pm AEST as they explore some of the challenges and opportunities relating to strategic long-term planning for culture and heritage in times of crisis and deep uncertainty about the future. Australian and international experts and practitioners will explore various dimensions of uncertainty in Australia and the Indo-Pacific region – both how they are or may impact cultural and heritage places and collections and, in turn, how culture and heritage can help communities navigate these challenges.

AusHeritage speakers

Vinod Daniel OAM, Chair of AusHeritage
Alex Marsden, Deputy Chair of AusHeritage and Symposium moderator

Keynote speakers

Professor Nick Bisley, Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, Prof International Relations, La Trobe University
Mr Seb Chan, Director & CEO, Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI)
Dr Cathy Daly, Senior Lecturer in Conservation, University of Lincoln, UK

Panellists

Ms A. Vijaya, Principal Director, Architectural Division, Indian National Trust for Arts & Cultural Heritage (INTACH)
Ms Sarah Feijen, CEO Artlab, AusHeritage Director
Mr Peter Romey, Australia ICOMOS and former AusHeritage Director

You can download the Symposium program here.

Registration is essential.

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NEW Centre for Rare and Forgotten Trades Restoration Skills Workshops 21, 22, 23 November 2025

Introduction To Leadlight Restoration with Brian Sims

Friday – Sunday, 21 – 23 November 9:30am – 4:30pm

https://www.raretradescentre.com.au/events/introduction-to-leadlight-restoration/

You will bring your own small leadlight panel along for the workshop, and using this will learn how to safely clean and prepare the panel for restoration, dismantle the damaged areas, repair existing solder joins, select and cut replacement glass pieces and solder them into place. At the end of the session, you will have a restored leadlight panel ready for installation.

$770

Introduction To Building a Dry Stone Wall / Intermediate Dry Stone Walling: Cheekends with Emma Knowles

Saturday & Sunday, 22 & 23 November 9:00am – 5:00pm

https://www.raretradescentre.com.au/events/introduction-to-building-a-dry-stone-wall/

You will work as a team with other workshop participants to build a small section of a wall using traditional dry stone walling techniques, learning about tools, planning and design, types of stone, selecting the appropriate stones for your build, creating a wall foundation, and deconstructing and re-constructing sections of an existing dry stone wall. You will gain the knowledge and skills to commence a basic private project and pursue further learning.

$630

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Book launch: Old North Melbourne Fiona Gatt | Royal Historical Society of Victoria | 23 September 2025

Join the RHS to celebrate the publication of Old North Melbourne, the first comprehensive book on the nineteenth-century history of Hotham/North Melbourne, by Dr Fiona Gatt.

This is the story of the first fifty years of today’s much-loved suburb of North Melbourne. This book details the triumphs and struggles of the people of nineteenth-century North Melbourne, revealing fascinating individuals and the collective story of the emergence of this determined working-class community.

Fiona will be introduced by Professor Andrew May, who has described the book as ‘Australian urban history at its best’.

Book (free) tickets here. https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/book-launch-old-north-melbourne/

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PUBLICATIONS

NEW Reconciliation Australia announces new truth telling resources hub

Reconciliation Australia is proud to announce that the new community truth-telling resources hub is now live!

Truth-telling encompasses a range of activities, initiatives and processes that enable a fuller and more accurate account of Australia’s history, an account that recognises the strength and contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Developed through our Community Truth-telling Pathways program, these resources aim to promote practices that respect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and cultures and are informed by research, case studies, partnerships and other knowledge sharing opportunities undertaken with communities involved in local truth-telling processes.

These initial fact sheets and guides will support you to develop your foundational understanding of these processes by answering questions such as: What is truth-telling? What can it look like in practice? How can non-Indigenous people engage appropriately?

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Old North Melbourne | 2025 | Fiona Gatt | Australian Scholarly Publishing

Hailed by Professor Andrew May as ‘Australian urban history at its best’, while Associate Professor Seamus O’Hanlon has remarked that ‘Like Janet McCalman’s Struggletown this book is destined to become a classic in the genre of Australian urban social history.’

Click here to read more. https://scholarly.info/book/old-north-melbourne/

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SITUATIONS VACANT

NEW SITUATION VACANT | Team Leader Cultural Heritage | EMM Consulting | Sydney | FT or PT | Applications close 4 October 2025

At EMM, we’ve brought together an amazing team of archaeologists, dedicated to leading the way in heritage assessments, management plans and adaptive re-use, ensuring social acceptance and project outcomes that celebrate the past while promoting a sustainable future.
What’s really special about our team is how we work as one team, not as regional centres; so collaboration, mentorship, and sharing knowledge and expertise is part of our everyday. Our reputation and expertise in Planning & Environmental Consulting Services means that we work on some of Australia’s biggest projects and innovation is always part of the solution here.

Here’s what you’ll bring to have impact:
• Plenty of passion and drive and living and leading with shared values will be in your DNA
• 8 years plus relevant post graduate experience, preferably gained within an Heritage consultancy environment covering archaeological consulting experience in Aboriginal heritage management; including field investigations, impact assessment and statutory approvals (cultural heritage management plans, Aboriginal heritage impact permits)
• Previous leadership or coaching and mentoring experience
• Demonstrated experience in strategic thinking and business planning
• Ability to manage own time and priorities effectively
• Superior project management and project delivery skills.
• Have a current/valid unrestricted QLD driver’s license

Further information can be found here

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NEW SITUATION VACANT | Senior Archaeologist (Aboriginal Heritage) | EMM Consulting | Sydney | FT | Applications close 4 October 2025

EMM are looking for an experienced archaeologist to join our Cultural Heritage team to lead a range of truly diverse projects and helping shape and mentor our early career specialists. We are a collaborative team, from early career Archaeologists to highly experienced industry leaders with a diverse blend of backgrounds including academia, public sector, and consulting. We are always challenging ourselves to bring practical, innovative approaches that make a difference to truly diverse projects, from small-scale residential developments to some of the largest renewables and infrastructure development projects in Australia.

Here’s what you’ll bring to have impact:
• A relevant tertiary degree in anthropology, archaeology, history, or heritage studies
• A minimum of 5-10 years archaeological consulting experience in Aboriginal heritage management; including field investigations, impact assessment and statutory approvals (cultural heritage management plans, Aboriginal heritage impact permits)
• A passion for mentoring early career archaeologists and growing successful teams
• Exceptional reporting and quality assurance skills, underpinned by deep knowledge of state, territory, and Commonwealth legislation
• A current valid unrestricted drivers’ license and Construction Industry Safety Induction (White Card)

Further information can be found here.

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NEW SITUATION VACANT | Senior Director ACT Heritage | Canberra | FT | Applications close 4 October 2025

The Environment, Heritage & Parks Division is seeking a highly experienced, dynamic individual to undertake the role of Senior Director, ACT Heritage. ACT Heritage administers the provisions of the Heritage Act 2004 (the Act) and assists in the recognition, protection, conservation and celebration of the ACT’s unique heritage places and objects, including Aboriginal places and objects. ACT Heritage also coordinates the annual Canberra and Region Heritage Festival and administers the annual funding of the ACT Heritage Grants Program.

For further information and to apply please follow this link

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NEW SITUATION VACANT | Heritage Advisor | National Trust QLD | Brisbane | FT | Applications assessed on submission

As our Heritage Advisor, you will provide high-level strategic advice to the CEO, Board, and senior leaders on heritage matters, legislation, planning provisions, and appeals. You’ll work closely with site teams, heritage custodians, and external stakeholders to ensure best-practice heritage management across our diverse portfolio of sites. You’ll also play a central role in delivering interpretation strategies, supporting public programs and events, and shaping advocacy initiatives that align with NTAQ’s mission to conserve and advance Queensland’s cultural heritage.

To be successful in this role, you should have demonstrated high level knowledge and experience in heritage services (5+ years) or experience in administering a Local Council Heritage Register and superior understanding of heritage legislation and conservation.

For further information and to apply please follow this link

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NEW SITUATION VACANT | Graduate Heritage Consultant (built heritage) | GML Heritage | Melbourne | Applications assessed on submission

This entry-level position, based in our Melbourne office, is ideal for a recent graduate seeking to start a career in heritage consulting. You’ll gain hands-on experience across all aspects of consulting while working alongside industry-leading professionals in architectural, urban design, planning and landscape heritage.

Further information can be found here

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NEW SITUATION VACANT | Senior Heritage Consultant/Archaeologist (Aboriginal archaeology) | GML Heritage | Canberra | Applications assessed on submission

GML is seeking a full-time Senior Heritage Consultant/Archaeologist (Aboriginal Archaeology) to work in our Canberra office. You will join a collaborative team working on a wide variety of projects in both Aboriginal and historical archaeology and across the full spectrum of heritage consultancy. To support those considering a move to Canberra, we’re offering a $5,000 relocation package for candidates who relocate for this role.

Further information can be found here

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NEW SITUATION VACANT | Project Support Officer (Curatorial) | National Trust WA West Perth | Submissions close 26 Sept 2025

This fixed term part time role will provide support for key interpretation and collections projects and undertake documentation and digitisation of moveable heritage collections using Vernon CMS.

Duties and Key Responsibilities:
1. Provide support for key interpretation and collections projects.
2. Assist with collections management, inc; accessioning artefacts, object photography and updating records in Vernon CMS;
3. Undertake image management and action image and multimedia copyright and permissions for projects.
4. Draft social media and other communications relating to interpretation and collections projects;
5. Liaise with volunteers and other staff relating to interpretation and collections projects;
6. Prepare reports and other correspondence as required; and
7. Other duties as directed by the Chief Executive Officer.

Further information can be found here or contact Enzo.Sirna@ntwa.com.au

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NEW SITUATION VACANT |Strawberry Hill at Barmup caretaker | National Trust WA | closing Friday 3 October 2025

Strawberry Hill at Barmup in Kinjarling/ Albany on the south coast of Western Australia is a highly significant heritage site offering an insight into Aboriginal and colonial culture in a landscape that attracts many visitors each year. Currently underway are extensive conservation and interpretation works that will see the site re-open to the public as a refreshed and engaging cultural tourism offering.

This is an important role as an ambassador for the National Trust. Supported by Central Office staff, the caretaker works with an enthusiastic group of volunteers to keep the site open to the public, maintain the special grounds, welcome visitors, and engage the community. We are looking for a passionate advocate for heritage with the skills to ensure a positive, welcoming experience for our visitors, and support Central Office staff to manage front of house operations and maintenance.

For further information please contact Enzo.Sirna@ntwa.com.au

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SITUATION VACANT | City Architect | Inner West Council Leichhardt | Applications close 7 Sept 2025

City Architect – Shape the Future of the Inner West

Inner West Council is seeking a visionary and highly skilled City Architect to lead the transformation of our public and private spaces into places where people truly want to be. This newly created role offers a rare opportunity to influence the architectural and urban character of one of Sydney’s most vibrant and diverse communities. As City Architect, you will provide world-class advice and creative solutions across architecture, heritage, landscaping, sustainability and innovation.

What You’ll Do

Champion innovation and artistic expression in the built environment across the Inner West.
Collaborate with Council teams to deliver high-quality, people-centred spaces and buildings.
Provide expert guidance on architectural excellence, heritage conservation, and sustainable design.
Work closely with planning, property, and project teams to shape civic buildings, parks, streetscapes and more.

Please read the Position Description to familiarise yourself with all the requirements and conditions of the role.

For further information or to apply follow this link

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