1. Australia ICOMOS AGM – REVISED start time, other activities and extended RSVP deadline

2. Streetwise Asia Christmas Cards – make a real difference this year with your Christmas giving

3. Historic Environment needs a new Book Review Editor

4. Vicomites Festive Season event

5. Australia ICOMOS – Canberra Talk Series & Summertime Downtime Drinks

6. International Scientific Committee on Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICICH) – election of the Bureau

7. 16th Engineering Heritage Australia Conference, November 2011

8. Roberta Sykes Scholarships – call for expressions of interest

9. New title – Funding the architectural heritage: A guide to policies and examples

10. Forum UNESCO – University and Heritage (FUUH) Program

11. Australian Archaeological Association 2010 conference

12. ACT Heritage Council seeks Expressions of Interest for Membership

13. SITUATIONS VACANT Various heritage positions, Aboriginal Affairs Victoria

14. SITUATION VACANT Experienced Conservation/Heritage Professional, Palassis Architects (WA)

15. SITUATION VACANT Research Officer, National Trust of Australia (ACT)

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1. Australia ICOMOS AGM – REVISED start time, other activities and extended RSVP deadline

Please see timetable below for the schedule of events in relation to the 2010 Annual General Meeting, which will be taking place on Saturday 27 November:

Please RSVP (attendance only) to Tracy Ireland by COB Friday 26 November for the Canning Stock Route exhibition, the AGM and the Cocktail Reception.

Apologies for the AGM should be emailed to the Australia ICOMOS Secretariat by COB Friday 26 November.

The EC extends an invitation for members to join them for dinner at 8pm at the Blu Ginger Indian Restaurant at 5 Genge St, Canberra. A banquet menu will be available for $40 per head, with drinks extra. Please RSVP to the dinner to Tracy Ireland by COB Friday 26 November.

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2. Streetwise Asia Christmas Cards – make a real difference this year with your Christmas giving

Dear fellow ICOMITES,

I am bringing this to your attention in case you, like me, would like some of your Christmas spending directed to something that will have a lasting positive benefit for others.

STREETWISE ASIA – CHRISTMAS CARDS

Your Christmas card shopping this year can make a real difference by supporting the Streetwise Asia school upgrade in Tocdog, Bohol in the Philippines.

Streetwise Asia is committed to improving the educational facilities of poor children in Asia. School communities are transformed when facilities are improved.

By purchasing a gift card (with a hand crafted sketch of the Bohol School), you will be contributing to this Streetwise Asia 2011 project. This year Streetwise Asia is assisting a very poor school with over 500 students who currently occupy a derelict timber school building, which is unsafe. In 2010 together with AusAID we completed a life changing project at the Kuguita School on Camiguin Island Philippines.

We will send you hand crafted Christmas cards corresponding to each gift. Your total purchase price will be a donation to the Streetwise Asia Fund, and is therefore Tax Deductible. A minimum order of $50 is requested, due to the handling time of making the cards and sending them.

Cards and gift prices range as follows:

$5.00 – donate a timber floor board

$10.00 – repair a broken down school desk

$15.00 – donate a new floor stump – essential as many stumps are termite infested and in need of replacement.

$25.00 – contribute to the new capiz windows

$35.00 – donate a sheet of roofing iron. Re-roofing is essential as the roof is leaking and in sections in near collapse condition

Note that for businesses (and for an order of $150 or more), you can arrange personalised cards with your name included in the card, indicating your support for the Streetwise Asia Tocdog School project in the Philippines.

The Streetwise Asia Christmas card information and order form (which includes a card example) can be filled out to order your cards. Each card contains a specific note about the project related to your gift. Cards will be posted within 72 hours of receipt of order.

Any queries, email Liz Vines, the Streetwise Asia Fund Coordinator.

Liz Vines
Streetwise Asia Fund Coordinator

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3. Historic Environment needs a new Book Review Editor

Historic Environment‘s current Book Review editor, Caitlin Allen, is hanging up her editorial hat and so we need another ICOMOS member to take up the role. The reviews editor sources reviews for the journal and also participates as a member of the editorial committee for the journal. The journal is published three times a year. Please email Caitlin if you are interested in taking on the role or would like further information.

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4. Vicomites Festive Season event

Victorian ICOMOS members and other ICOMOS members who will be in Melbourne are cordially invited to:

A tour of the Napier Waller House, led by Tony Armstrong, Heritage Victoria, with drinks in the garden. This is a rare opportunity to see this very special house, which is set in a wonderful garden on the banks of the Darebin Creek.

Napier Waller was a prolific artist and designer who worked in many media including oil, watercolour, mosaic and stained glass. The Napier Waller House , which he designed for himself and his first wife Christian (also an artist), was constructed in 1922 and was later extended to include 2 studios. It remains remarkably intact, and includes furniture he designed, as well as artworks.

Location: Napier Waller House, 9 Crown Road, Ivanhoe
Date and Time: Friday 17 December, 5.00 – 7.30pm
Cost: $20 members (includes tour charge and drinks)

There will be limited places available so please RSVP by Friday 12 December if you are intending to come, to Megan McDougall.

PLEASE NOTE: No high heeled shoes please.

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5. Australia ICOMOS – Canberra Talk Series & Summertime Downtime Drinks

Big City Training

The Escuela Taller Intramuros, a bilateral partnership established in 2009, is the first training centre of its kind in Asia. It provides vocational training for under-resourced communities in Manila while developing the human capital needed to restore and preserve the Philippines’ wealth of architectural heritage in accordance with international best-practice.

David Mason is an architectural conservator and associate teacher at the School. He has been working with the faculty to develop conservation within the curriculum and, with students, restoring and conserving parts of Manila’s Hispanic walled city according to the Escuela Taller philosophy of ‘learning by doing’.

Members and the public are welcome: Refreshments will be available appropriate to the topic of the talk and to the upcoming Silly Season! This is part of a series of talks organised by Australia ICOMOS-Canberra.

Time & Date: 5.00-6.30 pm, Thursday 9 December 2010 – the talk will start at 5.30pm
Venue: Menzies Room, National Archives of Australia, East Block, Queen Victoria Terrace, Parkes (enter from Kings Avenue side)
RSVP: To Marilyn Truscott

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6. International Scientific Committee on Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICICH) – election of the Bureau

ICICH announces its elections results as presented to ICOMOS International on 2 November

An election for the Bureau for ICICH was held during October 2010, and the following members of ICICH were successful (in alphabetic order):

Ms Marilyn Truscott (Australia) – President
Mr Angel Cabeza (Chile) – Vice-President
Mr Andrew Hall (South Africa) – Vice-President
Mr Munish Pandit (India) – Vice-President
Mr Dean Whiting (New Zealand) – Vice President

Since then, ICICH has co-opted a Secretary-General: Hee Sook Lee-Niinioja, of ICOMOS Norway. Originally Korean, Dr Lee-Niinioja is an intangible cultural heritage specialist.

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7. 16th Engineering Heritage Australia Conference, November 2011

16th Engineering Heritage Australia Conference
Wrest Point Conference Centre
13-16 November 2011, Hobart, Tasmania

Hosted by Engineers Australia, this conference is the next in the series of biennial Australia and New Zealand engineering heritage conferences, the last being in Dunedin in New Zealand in November 2009, when a preview of the Hobart conference was presented.

For further information, see the 16th Engineering Heritage Australia conference – Second Announcement flier.

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8. Roberta Sykes Scholarships – call for expressions of interest

Applications are now open for the following overseas scholarships for Indigenous postgraduate students:

• Roberta Sykes Harvard Club of Australia Scholarship for postgraduate study at Harvard University (see Roberta Sykes Harvard Club of Australia scholarship for further information)
• Roberta Sykes Scholarships for postgraduate study at any overseas university
• Roberta Sykes Scholarships for up to one year of overseas study, available to Indigenous Australians undertaking postgraduate studies in Australia
• Roberta Sykes Scholarships available to Indigenous Australians to undertake short executive courses at overseas universities

Please send your expressions of interest by email.

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9. New title – Funding the architectural heritage: A guide to policies and examples

What systems can be used for the mobilisation of financial resources for the conservation, restoration, rehabilitation and integrated management of the architectural heritage through area-based regeneration initiatives? This guide aims to provide authoritative information on different funding mechanisms, financial resources and management systems utilised in Europe and in North America as a means to assist the development of good and efficient practice. Consideration is given to examples relating to three principal forms of financial measures: subsidies (grant aid), loans and tax incentives, as well as specific measures to promote sponsorship through donations by individuals and corporate organisations. Other revenue-raising methods are investigated, including easement donations and endowment funds, lotteries, concession agreements, monument annuities, the transfer of development rights and enabling development, and through the support of international organisations such as the World Monument Fund, the World Bank, the Council of Europe Development Bank and the European Union. Further consideration is given to the role of non-profit and other organisations operating for the benefit of the architectural heritage such as revolving fund organisations, charitable trusts, heritage foundations and limited liability companies.

Author(s): Robert Pickard
ISBN: 978-92-871-6498-8
Format: 16 x 24
No. of pages: 198
Price: 25 euro/ $50 + 10% postage

Click here to place an order directly.

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10. Forum UNESCO – University and Heritage (FUUH) Program

The World Heritage Centre of the Culture Sector of UNESCO wishes to introduce Forum UNESCO University and Heritage (FUUH) programme.

Since its inception in 1995, 12 International Seminars were held as well as safeguarding projects, summer universities, regional or national workshops and numerous publications have been brought out. These activities have involved more than 4,300 specialists worldwide.

Currently the network counts over 2,100 members in 121 countries, among whom academics or researchers, heritage practitioners and students (graduate level) in heritage related disciplines.

For individual affiliation, please complete the online form.

The Forum UNESCO – University and Heritage Network offers its members the possibility of publishing contents (articles, papers, thesis summaries and publications, workshops announcements, projects and activities, etc.) in the electronic newsletter of FUUH (ISSN 1887-1658) and website universityandheritage.net. FUUH members receive this monthly newsletter automatically by e-mail in English, French or Spanish.

In addition, FUUH network will shortly offer NEW SERVICES, such as an online membership database facilitating searching for and contacting with other specialists or receiving information customized to particular areas of interest.

Forum UNESCO – University and Heritage membership is free of charge, as a service offered to members to facilitate exchange and dialogue. It is an excellent way to find partners for projects and provide visibility to academic activities worldwide. The sole commitment of all individual members of the network is to cooperate and join forces in order to safeguard the heritage of humanity, respecting UNESCO’s ideals.

For further information, visit the Forum UNESCO University and Heritage website.

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11. Australian Archaeological Association 2010 conference

From 9-13 December 2010, the Australian National University is hosting the Australian Archaeological Association conference at Batemans Bay.

The theme of the 2010 conference is ‘Challenges for archaeology in understanding cultural and natural landscapes: local, national and global perspectives’.

With 17 individual sessions and over 120 papers, this conference will be a great opportunity to hear about new work taking place in Australia and overseas as well as to mix with a diverse range of heritage professionals. Sessions include:

• Rethinking Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region
• Linear Landscapes
• Shifting Archaeology at the Shoreface: 21st Century challenges for investigating, interpreting and managing coastal archaeological sites
• Seascapes and Islands
• Materiality and narrative: constructing stories of people and place from objects
• Practice and Outcomes – recent developments in CHM and archaeology of the Hunter Valley, NSW
• Australian Cultural and Natural Landscapes: an Indigenous affair
• Current Research in Papua New Guinea
• Visual landscapes: the role of rock art in mediating social relations through time and space
• Wastelands: subversive spaces and landscapes of contemporary life

For further information please visit the conference website.

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12. ACT Heritage Council seeks Expressions of Interest for Membership

Expressions of interest are invited from persons in the ACT interested in being considered for appointment to the ACT Heritage Council (Council).

The Council is an independent body established under the Heritage Act 2004. Council’s role includes identification and assessment of nominations to the ACT Heritage Register and providing advice on appropriate conservation of cultural, natural and Aboriginal heritage places and objects in the ACT.

To be eligible for appointment applicants must demonstrate relevant expertise in disciplines relating to Aboriginal culture, Aboriginal history, archaeology, architecture, engineering, history, landscape architecture, nature conservation, object conservation, town planning and urban design. Otherwise they must represent the public from the following groups: the community; the Aboriginal community; or the property ownership, management and development sector.

Applications close on Friday 10 December 2010. Please return the application form (available here) to:

Secretary
ACT Heritage Council
GPO Box 158
Canberra ACT 2601

or send it via email.

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13. SITUATIONS VACANT Various heritage positions, Aboriginal Affairs Victoria

Aboriginal Affairs Victoria has recently advertised a range of heritage positions, as listed below.

• Heritage Project Officer – Hume Region VPSG3
• Heritage Project Officer – Heritage Assessments VPSG4
• Heritage Project Officer – Barwon-Grampians Region VPSG4
• Heritage Project Officer – Metropolitan Region VPSG3
• Manager Heritage Assessments (Metro) VPSG5
• Manager, Metropolitan Heritage Programs VPSG5
• Senior Heritage Officer – Major Projects VPSG5
• Senior Policy Officer VPSG5

Click here to search for and find information on these roles.

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14. SITUATION VACANT Experienced Conservation/Heritage Professional, Palassis Architects (WA)

Palassis Architects is a medium sized architectural practice, based in Perth WA, specialising in conservation planning, conservation works and sustainable adaptive re-use of heritage places. An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Conservation Architect, or suitably qualified heritage professional, to join our multidisciplinary team.

The successful applicant will ideally have previous experience in preparing and writing conservation management plans, heritage assessments and archival records, and will possess a sound working knowledge of the ICOMOS Burra Charter. High level report writing skills are a requirement of this position.

Applicants with appropriate conservation expertise will be considered.

For further information please contact Kevin Palassis.

Closing date for applications: Friday 3 December 2010 at 4:00pm (WST).

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15. SITUATION VACANT Research Officer, National Trust of Australia (ACT)

The National Trust (ACT) is a not-for-profit organisation of people interested in heritage conservation and celebration in the ACT region and Australia wide. Applications are invited for a part-time position as Research Officer to assist the Executive Director. The successful applicant will provide research and support to develop, promote and implement the Trust’s policies on natural and cultural heritage conservation, education and celebration; they will prepare grant applications, provide technical and administrative support for the Trust’s Committees and engage with and value the Trust’s membership. For further information consult the position description.

Applications close Friday 10 December 2010. Interviews will be held in the New Year.

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Australia ICOMOS Secretariat
Georgia Meros, Secretariat Officer
Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific
Deakin University
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Burwood VIC 3125
Telephone: (03) 9251 7131
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Email: austicomos@deakin.edu.au
http://www.icomos.org/australia

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