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Australia ICOMOS Executive Committee dinner invitation
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Watermarks, Water’s Heritage conference, October 2011 – call for papers
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‘Investigation and Analysis of Timber Structures’ workshop: Gulf Station, Yarra Glen, VIC & Parramatta, NSW
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Longford Academy Course in Advanced Conservation Techniques, Tasmania, May 2011
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Asian Academy for Heritage Management (AAHM) Asia-Pacific regional conference, Manila, Philippines, November 2011
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Call for Information on Historic Recreational Tracks/Track Complexes and their Conservation Management
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2011 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation – call for entries
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Dry Stone Walls Association (NSW) Meeting – call for volunteers & members
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XIth International Conference on the Study and the Conservation of Earthen Architectural Heritage – abstracts due 28 February 2011
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e-Connecting People, Places and Cultures Newsletter, January 2011
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APT Victoria 2011 – call for abstracts
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Blue Shield and UNESCO statements on Egypt
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SITUATION VACANT Heritage Officer (contract, 6-12 months), NSW Government Architect’s Office (Heritage Group)
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1. Australia ICOMOS Executive Committee dinner invitation
The Executive Committee of Australia ICOMOS is meeting in Sydney on 26-27 February, and would like to invite interested NSW members and their partners to join us for dinner at 7pm on Saturday 26 February 2011. A booking has been made at Marigold at 683-689 George Street, Sydney. Both set banquet menus or al la carte are available. Details of the menu can be found here.
To confirm a place please RSVP to Anita Krivickas by email by Wednesday 23 February 2011.
A drink prior to dinner is proposed, from 6pm at the Haymarket Hotel, and the Executive Committee would especially like to welcome and meet our young professional members.
New Executive Committee members
The Australia ICOMOS Executive Committee (EC) is pleased to announce the co-option of Robert Bevan and Ruth Woods, and looks forward to working with these individuals in the coming year.
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2. Watermarks, Water’s Heritage conference, October 2011 – call for papers
Watermarks, Water’s Heritage
Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre
Southbank, Melbourne
27-30 October 2011
Call for Papers
The Watermarks conference committee is pleased to announce that the ‘Call for Papers’ will be posted on the conference website in the next few days. There are six themes:
- Theme 1 – Water Beginnings – Indigenous use of water and waterways
- Theme 2 – Early Days – exploration and early settlement
- Theme 3 – Working Water – pastoralism, agriculture, aquaculture, irrigation, industry, and power
- Theme 4 – Moving Water – water supply and sewerage, water collection, transport and communication
- Theme 5 – Too Much or Not Enough – floods, storms and cyclones, droughts, fire protection and environmental conservation
- Theme 6 – Celebrating Water – tourism, recreation, designed features and landscapes, and heritage recognition
The deadlines are:
- Submission of abstracts for papers and snapshots – Friday 15 April
- Notification of successful submissions – Friday 29 April
- Submission of final papers and snapshots – Friday 12 August (please note this was advised earlier as Friday 7 October)
- Submission of PowerPoint presentations (for conference CD) – Friday 21 October
Please visit the conference website directly or through the Australia ICOMOS home page for full details, which will be posted in due course.
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3. ‘Investigation and Analysis of Timber Structures’ workshop: Gulf Station, Yarra Glen, VIC & Parramatta, NSW
Investigation and Analysis of Timber Structures
Workshop with Ron Anthony, wood scientist
Thursday 10 March 2011
Gulf Station, Yarra Glen, Victoria
Visiting wood scientist and conservation expert Ronald W Anthony will present a masterclass at Gulf Station on Thursday 10 March on inspection and non-destructive evaluation of wood. Mr Anthony has written technical publications and applied innovative inspection technologies in his work in USA and overseas. The masterclass is sponsored by the Peggy and Leslie Cranbourne Foundation, University of Melbourne, APT Australasia Chapter, National Trust and supported by Heritage Victoria.
For further information on, click here. Alternatively, download the Registration form for the Yarra Glen workshop.
Further information about the Parramatta workshop will be available in due course
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4. Longford Academy Course in Advanced Conservation Techniques, Tasmania, May 2011
Second ‘Longford Academy’ (LA2) Course in Advanced Conservation Techniques
16–20 May 2011
Woolmers Estate, Tasmania
The APT Australasia Chapter’s second Longford Academy Course in Advanced Conservation Techniques (LA2) at Woolmers Estate, Tasmania is planned to be conducted over 5 days in May 2011. This year’s 5-day program will be designed to incorporate more hands-on activities, including the investigation and analysis of issues to inform the World Heritage sites’ managers to assist them with decision-making.
Applications for LA2 will close on 30 April 2011.
For further information and to download the first notice with details, click here.
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5. Asian Academy for Heritage Management (AAHM) Asia-Pacific regional conference, Manila, Philippines, November 2011
A significant part of the world’s underwater cultural heritage, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region, is currently endangered and on the verge of permanent destruction due to effects arising from a rapidly changing world. Treasure hunting and underwater looting, as well as uncontrolled dive tourism, are amongst the most immediate dangers threatening some of the most significant underwater cultural heritage sites in the world.
In an attempt to raise the profile of Underwater Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific region the Asian Academy for Heritage Management (AAHM) in association with UNESCO and a number of supporting organisations is organising the Inaugural Asian Academy for Heritage Management (AAHM) Asia-Pacific regional conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage to be held in Manila, Philippines in November 2011.
The Conference Organsiing Committee invites you to register interest in the Inaugural Asian-Academy for Heritage Management (AAHM) Asia-Pacific Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage in Manila from 8 to 12 November 2011 at the Register page.
The First Call for Papers is also now open.
There is also call for expressions of interest in being a Theme or Session organiser on the website. Please keep an eye on the conference website for further updates and announcements.
The Conference Organsiing Committee would like to acknowledge our sponsors – the Australian National Commission for UNESCO, the UNESCO Bangkok office and the Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology (AIMA) as well as our thirty-two supporting organisations for their assistance in gettng the website up and running, in particular those who have provided photos.
They are continuing to seek more supporting organisations (non-funding) and sponsors (providing funding), so if your organisation is willing to be a supporter or a sponsor, please contact them through the website.
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6. Call for Information on Historic Recreational Tracks/Track Complexes and their Conservation Management
Heritage Consultant Anne McConnell is currently carrying out a project for the Wellington Park Management Trust which is to assess the historic recreational network of tracks (and associated huts) that developed from the mid-1800s to the early 1920s on Mount Wellington, Hobart, Tasmania. The tracks are mainly extant and have continued use as recreational tracks to the present day. Other than excavated platforms and stone chimney bases, little remains of the historic huts which were ornate Arts & Crafts Tradition style rustic weekend huts made of local materials.
The historic track network includes some of Tasmania’s and Australia’s earliest purpose built recreational tracks, and the tracks and huts as a network demonstrate the 19th century – early 20th century recreational use of Mount Wellington and appears to be unique in the Australian context. The network, in its largely natural context in Wellington Park, is considered to constitute an historical landscape, with the network potentially of state and some national level cultural significance.
This historic heritage track and hut network has been identified as having high priority for conservation and for promotion. The current project is intended to guide this by documenting the tracks and huts, assessing the heritage significance of individual sites and the network as a whole, and by providing conservation management policy and advice for the network.
Anne McConnell is interested in hearing about other important historic recreational tracks or track (& hut) complexes, and heritage assessments of these (other than the Blue Mountains, NSW, for which she already has information), to assist her comparative analysis for the project.
Email Anne or call her on (03) 62391494.
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7. 2011 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation – call for entries
Entries are now being accepted for the 2011 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation. The awards programme, in its twelfth year, recognizes the achievement of individuals and organizations within the private sector, and public-private initiatives, in successfully restoring structures of heritage value in the Asia-Pacific region.
In addition to the established awards, the “Jury Commendation for Innovation” will also be judged. The Jury Commendation for Innovation recognizes newly-built structures which demonstrate outstanding standards for contemporary architectural design which are well integrated into historic contexts.
The deadline for receipt of materials is 31 March 2011.
For more information about the program, and to download entry forms, visit the Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation website.
Any queries can be directed to this email address.
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8. Dry Stone Walls Association (NSW) Meeting – call for volunteers & members
A message from Jim Vandore
Hello Friends with an interest in dry stone walls in New South Wales,
I have been asked again this year to help lead the establishment of the Dry Stone Walls Association of Australia (DSWAA – visit the association’s website) in NSW. I regret that I made very little difference last year but trust that this year, with your assistance, we can achieve a different outcome.
To get the ball rolling, I am calling a meeting of those interested, on Saturday 19 February at the Cheltenham Recreation Club, 60 The Crescent, Cheltenham (adjacent to the railway station) commencing at 10am. If you are unable to come, I’d be grateful if you can let me have your ideas by email. Also I’d be grateful if you can forward this information to anyone you know who may be interested.
I am proposing four activities for the year:
- two visits to existing (historic/heritage) dry stone wall sites
- two workshops/demonstrations
The meeting is being called to seek your input into the future of the DSWAA in NSW and to ask for your help and leadership in making things happen for the Association in NSW.
It has been suggested to me by the DSWAA President, Jim Holdsworth (who is based in Victoria) that we should seek to hold an activity (ie. one of our visits) during Heritage Week, which commences 14 April. I’d be grateful for suggestions.
We could, for example, arrange to visit the sites of significant dry stone walls within the Sydney metro area as activity one. It would also be possible to have a field trip to Kiama to see some of the historic walls in that region as activity two. But these are just my off-the-cuff ideas and I would appreciate your input.
On the practical demonstrations side, I have already committed to a dry stone walling demonstration at the Tocal Field Days at Patterson, north of Newcastle on 29/30 April and 1 May. I have already had offers of assistance for this and more assistance is needed please.
For the other practical workshop, I would like to propose a working bee of some kind in the Goulburn/Canberra area later in the year, as there has been considerable interest from that region. Anyone who can take a leadership role for this activity would be very welcome.
NSW is a mighty big piece of country and maybe our cousins in the northern part of the state might have ideas of their own for DSWAA activities?
Finally, I would like to encourage all of you to join this very fine organisation by clicking here and clicking on the Membership Joining Form. Members are sent a newsletter called The Flagstone each quarter, which is full of news and excellent pictures of dry stone walls both in Australia and overseas.
Please let me know if you are attending the Cheltenham meeting.
Jim Vandore
email Jim or call him on 0403 807 200
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9. XIth International Conference on the Study and the Conservation of Earthen Architectural Heritage – abstracts due 28 February 2011
Call for Submission of Abstracts
The international community interested in earthen architecture is invited to submit abstracts for the XIth International Conference on the Study and the Conservation of Earthen Architectural Heritage, Terra 2012, which will take place in Lima, Peru in April 2012.
Recently, the world has witnessed an increasing number of natural disasters, many of these affecting earthen architectural heritage. Terra 2012 will emphasize preparedness and response to natural disasters and climate change in relation to earthen architecture.
The abstract must be written in Spanish or English (official conference languages) and should indicate the conference theme under which the proposed paper will be included. The format model is available on the conference website. The abstracts must be submitted before Monday 28 February 2011, via email to this address.
For further information about the call for abstracts, click here.
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10. e-Connecting People, Places and Cultures Newsletter, January 2011
The e-Connecting People, Places and Cultures Newsletter, January 2011 can be downloaded from here. It Includes information about Cultural Heritage events, projects and public consultations, and articles and publications.
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11. APT Victoria 2011 – call for abstracts
Heritage on the Edge: Sustaining Buildings, Landscapes and Communities
11-16 October 2011
The Fairmont Empress
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
The Association for Preservation Technology International is accepting abstracts online for the APT Victoria 2011 Conference. The deadline is Monday 21 February 2011.
You are invited to share your projects that feature cutting-edge technology describing history, research, education and case studies relevant to the following topics:
- Sustainability
- Cultural Landscapes and Communities
- Buildings, Structures, Vessels and Underwater Archaeology
- Materials
The Call for Abstracts and the online Abstract Submission Form are at available on the conference website.
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12. Blue Shield and UNESCO statements on Egypt
Click on the links below to read these statements:
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13. SITUATION VACANT Heritage Officer (contract, 6-12 months), NSW Government Architect’s Office (Heritage Group)
The Heritage Group within the NSW Government Architect’s Office is looking to fill a contract position for a Heritage Officer 6-12 months. The position would suit a person with a commitment to pursuing a career in heritage conservation with a particular emphasis on conservation management documents and/or applied conservation practices to buildings and sites. Good computer skills required and CAD skills desirable. Part-time (at least 3 days per week) will be considered. Expressions of interest are invited, you will then be requested to prepare a submission addressing a Position Description graded to your level of experience. Contact Senior Heritage Architect Mary Knaggs on (02) 9372 8394 or via email.
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