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Australia ICOMOS New Membership Applications
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Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific Seminar, Deakin University (VIC)
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Australia ICOMOS QLD World Heritage Forum
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Vale Hiroshi Daifuku
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ACT and Region Annual Australian Heritage Partnership Symposium 2012 – registration, program and presentation details
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Barwon Heads Bridge – History or Heritage talk, by David Beauchamp
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An Invitation to ‘Modern’ Melbourne: Reconsidering the 1956 Olympic Games Poster
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Australia ICOMOS – Canberra Talk Series
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South Australian state heritage advisory service axed
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Australia ICOMOS – Sydney Talk Series
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Preservation of Outdoor Sculpture & Monuments workshop, Melbourne
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From the Ground Up conference, NSW, 23-24 August 2012
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John Monash Medal – nominations open
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New ICOMOS working group
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Cambridge Heritage Research bulletin available
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Mawson’s Huts Historic Site draft management plan 2012-17 – public comment invited
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3rd Historic Mortars Conference, 11-14 September 2013
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Melbourne Cricket Club Archives now open to public
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European Conference on Sustainable Renovation of Buildings, Germany
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News from The Best in Heritage
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ISC SBH Conference / Meeting, China, 20-27 October 2012
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News from Docomomo US
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AIMA/ASHA 2012 Conference, Fremantle, 30 September to 3 October 2012
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News from World Monuments Fund
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SITUATION VACANT Heritage Advisor, Shire of Pyrenees
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1. Australia ICOMOS New Membership Applications
There are many benefits in joining ICOMOS – not only the fantastic people you will meet but Membership of Australia ICOMOS brings discounts at ICOMOS functions, at many conferences in Australia and internationally and on ICOMOS publications. The E-mail News provides a weekly bulletin board of information and events in Australia and overseas, including state based events, conferences and site visits, as well as information on heritage publications, funding and grant opportunities, course details and job offers. Members also receive a number of issues annually of the Australia ICOMOS refereed journal Historic Environment. Applications for members to join the Australia ICOMOS Executive Committee (EC) are encouraged from all states and territories. For Young Professional and full Members, the International ICOMOS card gives free or reduced rate entry to many historic and cultural sites.
Australia ICOMOS welcomes new members and would like to encourage students and young cultural heritage graduates to apply for membership. There are various membership categories and applications can be to be made to the Secretariat:
- Those who are interested in ICOMOS but who do not meet the requirements for full membership, or else do not have heritage conservation as their core focus, could apply to become Associates of ICOMOS
- Those at the beginning of a career in architecture, archaeology, planning or history with 3 years experience and who are under 30 years of age may be eligible for Young Professional membership at reduced rates
For further information go to the Membership page of the Australia ICOMOS website, or download the Australia ICOMOS 2012 Membership Application Form.
Membership applications are only considered at meetings of the Executive Committee – in order for your application to be considered at the August 2012 Executive Committee meeting, please submit it to the Secretariat by COB Friday 3 August 2012.
If further information is required, email the Membership Secretary, Natica Schmeder.
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2. Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific Seminar, Deakin University (VIC)
Deakin University’s next Cultural Heritage seminar will be held on Wednesday 25 July. Associate Professor Renate Howe will present “Melbourne @ 5 million – Can the city’s heritage planning meet the challenge?”
The seminar will examine the implications for heritage planning of rapid population growth, increased density and property development pressures that are already impacting on Melbourne and Victoria’s regional cities. Will current heritage legislation and regulation, largely developed in the last quarter of the twentieth century, be adequate for the challenges to Melbourne’s future as a multicultural city in the Asian region ?
Renate Howe is an Honorary Associate Professor in the School of Arts and Education at Deakin University. She is a former member of the Heritage Council of Victoria and is currently a member of the HCV Local Government Advisory Committee. She is a sessional member of Planning Panels Victoria and a Fellow of the Victorian Planning and Environment Law Association.
All welcome. Free of charge.
Location
DeakinPrime
Deakin University Melbourne City Centre
Meeting Room 2
Level 3, 550 Bourke St
Melbourne VIC 3000
Australia
Date & Time
Wednesday 25 July, from 5.30pm
For further information, please email Steve Cooke or contact him on (03) 9244 6827. RSVPs are also appreciated – please email Steve Cooke.
The full list of this year’s seminars is available at the CHCAP webpage or download the CHCAP 2012 seminar series flyer.
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3. Australia ICOMOS QLD World Heritage Forum
World Heritage Forum, QLD
Date: Friday 24 August
Time: 4.15pm for Registration for start at 4.30pm
Venue: Room 211 of the Michie Building (Blg 9 L2), University of QLD
Cost: $ 20.00 (ICOMOS Members) $ 25.00 (Non Members)
RSVP: by Monday 14 August. To secure your place, please complete the AI QLD WH Forum payment form and email it to Jacqui Pearce
Refreshments to be provided at the Anthropology Museum (Blg 9 L1) from 6.15pm.
The ICOMOS theme for 2012 is World Heritage in celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention.
To mark the anniversary, you are invited to participate in Queensland’s World Heritage Forum, followed by refreshments in the recently opened UQ Anthropology Museum.
Input from each state into three key questions will be forwarded to the national symposium, to be held in Sydney this November.
For further information, download the Australia ICOMOS QLD World Heritage Forum Invitation.
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4. Vale Hiroshi Daifuku
ICOMOS is saddened to announce the passing on July 12 of Hiroshi Daifuku, a signatory of the Venice Charter on behalf of UNESCO, a most esteemed member of ICOMOS, a Fellow and former Board member of US/ICOMOS, and one of the key figures in the cultural heritage work of UNESCO from 1954 until his retirement in 1980. His last post at UNESCO was Chief of the Monuments And Sites Section.
During those decades, he was a major participant and often a driving force in many of the initiatives that shaped UNESCO into what it is today. He was also instrumental in the establishment of ICCROM and ICOMOS, as well as in the development of the UNESCO Conventions for the Prevention of Illicit Traffic of Cultural Property and for the Protection of the World’s Natural and Cultural Heritage. His papers are now archived at the Special Collections of the Hornbake Library at the University of Maryland in College Park.
An American of Japanese ancestry, Hiroshi was born in Hawaii, where he studied in the University of Hawaii. Later, he obtained his master’s and doctorate in archaeology and anthropology from Harvard University. After retiring from UNESCO, Hirsohi and his wife Allison made their home in Washington, DC. where he became an enthusiastic supporter of US/ICOMOS.
In 2010, Russel V. Keune, also a US/ICOMOS Fellow, had the vision to interview Hiroshi about his life and career for the National Park Service CRM Journal. I highly recommend this reading. The full text of that interview may be accessed by clicking here.
A memorial service will be held at the Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church (MMUMC), 3401 Nebraska Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20016, on Saturday July 28, 11 a.m. Contributions may be made to the MMUMC at the above address.
We join his wife Alison, his children and his grandchildren in mourning Hiroshi’s passing, knowing that he was one of the giants who built the world of heritage conservation that we inhabit.
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5. ACT and Region Annual Australian Heritage Partnership Symposium 2012 – registration, program and presentation details
The 2012 Symposium looks like being even more exciting than last year’s with a great line up of topics and plenty of time at the end to raise and discuss issues. Download the ACT Heritage Symposium 2012 Program and the ACT Heritage Partnership Symposium 2012 – Presentation Summaries.
To register for this event, download the 2012 ACT Heritage Symposium Registration form.
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6. Barwon Heads Bridge – History or Heritage talk, by David Beauchamp
David Beauchamp, Australia ICOMOS member, will present a talk about the Barwon Heads Bridge. Built in 1927, near the mouth of the Barwon River, the Bridge was the largest timber bridge built for the Country Roads Board. During its life it was altered, widened and strengthened to meet changing traffic requirements. In 1999 it was placed on the Victorian Heritage Register.
Date
Thursday 16 August 2012
Time
5.30 pm for refreshments, 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Venue
Engineers Australia
John Connell Auditorium
21 Bedford Street, North Melbourne
For further information, download the Barwon Heads Bridge – History or Heritage talk flier.
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7. An Invitation to ‘Modern’ Melbourne: Reconsidering the 1956 Olympic Games Poster
Dr John Hughson, Professor of Sport and Cultural Studies, University of Central Lancashire (Preston, England) will present his analysis of the 1956 Olympic Games Poster at the National Sports Museum.
Date: Thursday 26 July 2012
Time: 5.30pm – 8pm
Venue: National Sports Museum
Address: Gate 3, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Yarra Park, VIC
Places are limited. Bookings are essential – email the National Sports Museum with your RSVP
ABSTRACT
The poster designed by Richard Beck for the Games of the XVI Olympiad introduced a significant stylistic interruption to the imagery used to promote the Olympic occasion and its ideals. Posters for the previous summer Games, since 1912, had featured different renditions of the semi-naked male athletic body. In stark contrast, Beck’s poster dispensed with human figuration instead offering a sparse geometrical design said to depict an invitation card. While there is little evidence in the formal records to indicate the commission of a specified design, Beck’s image fitted well with the agenda pursued by the local organizers for Melbourne to be represented as a ‘modern’ destination; a location where the Olympic Games could be conducted at distance from old enmities. However, rather than being a mere piece of advertising, in compliance with a desired image, Beck’s poster reflected a prevailing optimism within Australian cultural life of the 1950s and, as such, warrants further consideration within the history of our visual culture, as it also does within the history of Olympic posters.
Click HERE for further information.
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8. Australia ICOMOS – Canberra Talk Series
High Court of Australia Architectural Design: An evolutionary process
Andrew Wilson
High Court of Australia, Canberra, Australia
This presentation and discussion of design thoughts, necessary to understand the design integrity of the High Court of Australia will reference: publications – the Feasibility Study, Conditions for the Design Competition, The Nation Review (1980); recent and current work; and team discussions since 1978.
Andrew Wilson is an architect and Director of HBO + EMTB, the current day form of the original High Court of Australia architect – Edwards Madigan Torzillo Briggs. He has led the design team for new works at modern heritage properties as diverse as the High Court of Australia and the Edmund Barton Buildings. A former ACT Chapter Councillor, Planning Committee Chair and Jury Chair of the AIA ACT Chapter Awards 2008, he is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Architects (AIA).
Members and the public are welcome. This is part of a series of talks organised by Australia ICOMOS.
Time & Date: 5.00-7.00pm, Thursday 26 July 2012 – 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)
Refreshments will be available appropriate to the talk’s topic! (A $5.00 donation is appreciated)
RSVP: To Marilyn Truscott
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9. South Australian state heritage advisory service axed
The Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR) has axed the State Heritage Advisory Service as of 1 July, to achieve a saving of $307,000 per annum. The State Heritage Advisers provided support for heritage owners through free on-site consultations, as well as assessing development applications. The service was provided to 42 Council areas across SA by nine professional heritage architects and planners. It has been running for over 25 years. It is a core component of State heritage management in South Australia. There are over 2,215 confirmed State heritage owners and many more property owners in 17 State heritage areas that include Port Adelaide, Burra, Goolwa, Gawler, Hahndorf and Colonel Light Gardens that are also directly affected by this decision.
DEWNR has a statutory responsibility to assess State heritage development referrals. Heritage Advisers were doing much of this assessment and reporting work. Last year there were 112 assessments for developments to the value of $108 million in the City of Adelaide alone.
All heritage enquiries and applications must now be referred directly to DEWNR, to be processed by the State Heritage Unit which has 2.8 in-house heritage architects who are already working at capacity. These in-house architects will not be able to assess the additional development applications, let alone undertake site consultations and provide at-call heritage advice. DEWNR have advised that while every effort will be made to assess applications within the statutory time limit, they anticipate that the full 8 weeks will be used. It is inevitable that a backlog will build up and there will be substantial delays to approvals, disadvantaging State heritage owners.
The South Australian Heritage Council continues to list new State heritage places. But there is now no longer an effective system to support building owners to care for the existing State heritage places, let alone new places.
Some, but not all, Councils have renewed the local heritage contract of the Heritage Advisor, and have agreed to make the services available to State heritage owners. Other Councils have not yet determined their response. All Heritage Advisers have worked closely with State Heritage place owners throughout the whole State for over 20 years, and all are dedicated and determined in caring for heritage places. In regional SA, Councils and community groups have also been strong supporters of Heritage Advisers. As a result of this decision to axe the State Heritage Advisory Service, where there is no local heritage service, the community will be left with no regular heritage advice and conservation service at all.
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10. Australia ICOMOS – Sydney Talk Series
Bikini Atoll: History & Heritage
Photo: Admiral William HP Blandy and his wife cut an ‘Operation Crossroads’ mushroom cloud cake, while Admiral Frank J. Lowry looks on (1946)
Between 1946 and 1958 a total of 67 nuclear bomb tests were carried out in the Marshall Islands, including in 1954 the world’s first deliverable hydrogen bomb which vaporised three of Bikini Atoll’s islands and produced radio-active fallout that resulted in the deaths of, and ill-health effects for, Marshallese, American and Japanese people and for the atoll itself. Today Bikini Atoll is almost uninhabited by people.
Steve’s presentation will provide a contextual overview of nuclear testing on Bikini Atoll; discussing the results of a preliminary survey of the material traces of nuclear testing; and issues concerning the 2010 world heritage listing of Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site. He argues that world heritage listing has (re)materialised and (re)imagined the cultural landscape of Bikini Atoll in a way that privileges the global story of bomb testing over the local narrative of lost homeland. In contrast however, the listing of Bikini Atoll can be seen as a subversive act coopted by both global and local actors in a way that is mutually beneficial.
Steve Brown is an archaeologist and Cultural Heritage Researcher with the New South Wales Government, and a PhD candidate at the University of Sydney. Steve’s research interests include the intangible values of landscape (particularly around attachment, belonging and place); the heritage of ephemeral and ‘ordinary’ physical traces of history across landscapes; applied approaches to managing heritage values of bio-cultural landscapes; and the heritage of landscapes with the imprint of Indigenous and colonial settler interaction. He is the current Australian Voting Member on the ICOMOS-IFLA International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes, and the author of ‘Cultural Landscapes: A Practical Guide for Park Management (2010)’.
Members of the public are welcome!
Time & Date: Thursday 26 July 2012, 5.30pm for 6pm start
Cost: Members $7, non-members $12, payable at the door. Wine and nibbles will be provided. (Please note the small increase in cost)
Venue: Godden Mackay Logan, 78 George Street, Redfern
RSVP: email Jane Vernon or call (02) 9319 4811. Please note: RSVP is essential as places are limited.
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11. Preservation of Outdoor Sculpture & Monuments workshop, Melbourne
This two-day workshop will be held on 8-9 November 2012 in Melbourne and is designed for public art coordinators, collection managers & arts administrators managing outdoor sculpture collections.
Presented by AICCM, funded by Gordon Darling Foundation, the workshop will be led by Katharine Untch, senior conservator ARG Conservation Services, San Francisco.
The workshop includes: broader preservation issues of commissioning new works of art, monitoring conditions, developing maintenance plan, health and safety and contracting for conservation services.
Places limited to 60. EOIs close 27 July 2012
For further details, download the Preservation of Outdoor Sculpture & Monuments information leaflet and/or the Course flier and registration form.
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12. From the Ground Up conference, NSW, 23-24 August 2012
Sydney Journal and the Dictionary of Sydney are pleased to be associated with the forthcoming conference on Sydney’s history:
From the Ground Up: People and places in Sydney’s past
Dixson Room, State Library of NSW
23-24 August 2012
Bringing together academics, postgraduate students and professional historians engaged with the history of Sydney and its suburbs, ‘From the Ground Up’ offers an opportunity to explore the complexity of the city’s past, and to consider how we might rethink the history of cities, and Sydney in particular.
The conference is co-sponsored by the Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations, Macquarie University, the State Library of New South Wales and the Dictionary of Sydney.
A selection of papers from the conference will be collated in a special edition of Sydney Journal, and published in the Dictionary of Sydney. For inquiries about the conference, please email Dr Matt Bailey.
The draft program and registration details are available at the conference website.
Sydney’s history is a dynamic and growing field. Come along and see what the new, emerging and established scholars in the field are doing.
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13. John Monash Medal – nominations open
Engineers Australia annually awards the John Monash Medal to recognise outstanding contributions made by individuals towards increasing the awareness and conservation of Australia’s engineering heritage.
The Medal is awarded by Engineering Heritage Australia (a Special Interest Group of Engineers Australia). Nominations are now open and will close 31 August 2012.
The nominee should have, over a considerable period of time, made an outstanding contribution to Engineering Heritage in Australia, through one or more of the following:
- the raising of awareness of engineering heritage within the profession
- the promotion of engineering heritage within the community
- the recording and documentation of engineering heritage
- the conservation of engineering heritage
- such other contribution to engineering heritage as EHA may considers worthy of recognition
This award is open to members and non-members of Engineers Australia. To see past awards and find more details on making a nomination, visit the Engineers Australia website.
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14. New ICOMOS working group
An ICOMOS International Working Group (WG), Energy Efficiency in Heritage Buildings, has been set up by Peter Cox (ICOMOS Ireland) as a preparatory step to setting up an International Scientific Committee (ISC). The draft resolution GA2011/33 Energy Conservation and Sustainable Development was put together by ICOMOS Ireland and ICOMOS Belgium and presented to the ICOMOS General Assembly (GA) in Paris December 2011. The resolution was adapted by acclamation.
Peter Phillips, Rachel Jackson and Helen Wilson have been listed as members of the International WG. These three Australia ICOMOS members met in Sydney on 23 April 2012 to discuss an Australian work program and the contribution that can be made toward the International WG. Initially this includes contributing to the International collection of resource materials on the subject.
Members interested in joining the group should contact members of the group: Helen Wilson (contact Helen), Peter Phillips (contact Peter) or Rachel Jackson (contact Rachel).
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15. Cambridge Heritage Research bulletin available
To read the latest Cambridge Heritage Research bulletin, click on the following link.
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16. Mawson’s Huts Historic Site draft management plan 2012-17 – public comment invited
Following the recent review of the Mawson’s Huts Historic Site management plan 2007-12, the Australian Antarctic Division has prepared a draft replacement management plan as required under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). While the structure of the plan has changed to make it easier to use in the field, the conservation principles listed in the previous plan remain essentially unchanged. Overall, the plan has been updated with recent information and continues its focus on monitoring and maintenance, and the conservation of artefacts.
Interested parties are invited to submit comments on the draft replacement management plan. The draft plan is now available on the Australian Antarctic Division website, with comments due by Friday 24 August 2012.
Copies of the draft plan are also available:
- at the library of the Australian Antarctic Division, 203 Channel Highway, Kingston TAS
- by contacting the Australian Antarctic Division by email or calling (03) 6232 3209
A public notice advertising this public review will be in The Weekend Australian this weekend, with the official public comment period running from 21 July to 24 August 2012.
Comments received will be taken into consideration and help ensure that the plan is a comprehensive and constructive document, to guide the future conservation and management of Mawson’s Huts Historic Site.
Please submit your comments in writing by 24 August 2012:
- to the Australian Antarctic Division by email
- via mail to:
Mawson’s Huts Historic Site Draft Management Plan
Antarctic Territories Environment and Policy Section
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
KINGSTON TAS 7050
Please make your comments as specific as possible. If you have any questions on the public comment process, please email Deborah Bourke or call her on (03) 6232 3138.
A review of the implementation plan from the 2007-12 management plan is available on request. This document outlines the actions identified in the previous plan and comments on their current status.
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17. 3rd Historic Mortars Conference, 11-14 September 2013
3rd Historic Mortars Conference
Glasgow, Scotland, at the Mitchell Library
11-14 September 2013
The University of the West of Scotland is pleased to announce the 3rd Historic Mortars Conference, HMC13, will be held in Glasgow, at the historic Mitchell Library.
The previous events in Lisbon (2008) and Prague (2010) were highly successful, attracting nearly 200 participants and almost 150 papers each with accompanying oral and poster presentations. The events provide a forum for exchange and dialogue between those with diverse interests in the understanding of historic mortars and masonry, building conservation and Archaeometry.
For further information, including details about submitting an abstract, view 3rd Historic Mortars Conference the flier.
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18. Melbourne Cricket Club Archives now open to public
The Melbourne Cricket Club is pleased to announce that documents relating to its rich history have been made available to researchers for the first time.
Many collection items have not been studied by historians and the treasures of the Melbourne Cricket Club’s archives offer absorbing and valuable insights into the history of the Club and the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), the Club’s contribution to the development of sport and its fascinating socio-cultural interaction with Melbourne from the 1840s.
Details on the archives and how to access the collections may be obtained by clicking here.
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19. European Conference on Sustainable Renovation of Buildings, Germany
A two day European Conference on Sustainable Renovation of Buildings will be held from the 13-14 of September 2012 in Karlsruhe, Germany. This event will bring government leaders and officials, businesses (including SMEs), architects, engineers, energy advisors, building industry specialists, real-estate and facility management professionals, members of trade and other professional bodies and stakeholders engaged or interested in the field of sustainable building renovation, green buildings and sustainable economy. The event will also be attended by senior members of academic and research institutions.
The delegates will discuss key emerging issues including: climate change, environmental degradation and greening of building stocks; the opportunities and challenges facing the building industry and how efforts to reduce CO2 emissions and energy use is reshaping the construction and building renovation sector; and programs, methods, best practices, innovative solutions, and latest technology and techniques for sustainable renovation of buildings.
Further to knowledge sharing and deliberating on some of the key issues for transforming building stocks into environmental friendly, economically viable and socially responsible properties; the upcoming conference will also help establish partnerships and alliances and in developing synergies. It provides an excellent opportunity to network with government officials, building renovation specialists, businesses, academia, sustainable development practitioners and other relevant stakeholders. An optional excursion/ get-together will take place on Saturday the 15 September 2012.
Click on the links below for further information:
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20. News from The Best in Heritage
New videos are available on The Best in Heritage YouTube channel, including presentations of Museum aan de Stroom (MAS) from Belgium, Museum of Contemporary art (MSU) from Croatia and a new promotional video on the 2012 conference. Subscribe to their channel to receive information on the freshest videos. Upcoming presentations include: Museum of Liverpool, Krapina Neanderthal Museum, Medieval & Reneissance galleries of Victoria & Albert Museum and Museum Centre Vapriikki.
The Best in Heritage now has its own Twitter profile. They invite you to follow them to stay up-to-date with latest developments on the event and to learn about their friends’ and partners’ activities. In their tweets, they will distribute information, links and media material on interesting news from the world of museums, conservation and heritage.
As Dubrovnik is quite a popular destination and, increasingly, a destination for the big congresses and events, be sure to make your travel and accommodation arrangements for The Best in Heritage 2012 soon. More information is available at The Best in Heritage website. If any assistance with Hotel or private accommodation is needed please contact their partner agency “Dubrovnik Sun“.
Eternity does not live here any more – a glossary of museum sins is professor’s Tomislav Šola latest title. After decades of critical remarks while teaching internationally, some of these notes were put together as a sort of tribute to the former audiences. In a world so divergent and unequal as ours these critical notes for some will be a reminder of the ancient errors and for the others just a warning for what awaits them while trying to improve. Available for order here.
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21. ISC SBH Conference / Meeting, China, 20-27 October 2012
The International Scientific Committee on Shared Built Heritage (ISC SBH) is the committee that represents ICOMOS in matters of Shared Built Heritage across the world. Since 2008, ISC SBH has adopted the policy of shedding light on the issues of Shared Built Heritage across the globe by conducting its annual meeting / symposium in every continent of the world.
After successful ISC SBH symposia / conferences in Europe in 2009 (Gdansk, Pland), in South America in 2010 (Paramaribo, Suriname) and in Africa in 2011 (Cape town, South Africa), ISC SBH will focus their attention on Asia and the Pacific, and are extremely happy to have their 2012 SBH annual meeting / symposium in China.
For further information, download the ICOMOS Shared Built Heritage 2012 conference information package.
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22. News from Docomomo US
Click here to read the latest news from Docomomo US.
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23. AIMA/ASHA 2012 Conference, Fremantle, 30 September to 3 October 2012
The 2012 joint Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology (AIMA) / Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology (ASHA) conference, with the theme “Surf and Turf”, will be held at the University of Notre Dame and the Western Australian Maritime Museum, Fremantle, Western Australian between 30 September to 3 October.
This conference aims to draw together the shared interests of researchers in historical and maritime archaeology by linking aspects of land and sea – “Surf and Turf”. Together, such sites form a holistic landscape that can be documented and interpreted to provide a better understanding of past events, activities and human behaviour.
Areas of interest to archaeologists such as exploration, colonisation, trade and communications have similar conjunctions with no distinctions between the low tide mark. Papers and posters will explore the netwrosk and connections between land and sea conceptually and archaeologically.
For further information, visit the conference website.
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24.News from World Monuments Fund
To read the latest news from the World Monuments Fund, click here.
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25. SITUATION VACANT Heritage Advisor, Shire of Pyrenees
Pyrenees Shire is seeking the services of an experienced Heritage Advisor to assist owners of heritage properties, advise Council on the maintenance of its heritage assets, and to keep the Council and town planning staff informed on heritage issues and practice, including providing referral advice to Council in relation to a range of heritage applications.
The appointment will be subject to Heritage Victoria’s Recommended Consultancy Brief and Statement of Qualifications for a Heritage Advisory Service, a copy of which can be found by clicking here.
At this stage it is envisaged that the time required for the service will be approximately one day per month.
Expressions of Interest should indicate the name and qualifications and relevant experience of the person intending to provide the service, the total cost to the Council for each day of attendance at the Shire and the cost per hour of time provided at the consultant’s office. The rate charged for travelling time outside the shire should also be provided.
Expressions of interest should be lodged no later than Friday 10 August 2012. All submissions should be sent to the Pyrenees Shire Human Resources manager, Mr Greg Lofts, and can be submitted by email . Written expressions can also be mailed to the Shire at 5 Lawrence Street, Beaufort VIC3373.
Further information in relation to the requirements of the position may be obtained from:
Chris Hall
Senior Town Planner
Pyrenees Shire Council
ph: (03) 5349 1125
email Chris
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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 VIC 3125
Telephone: (03) 9251 7131
Facsimile: (03) 9251 7158
Email: austicomos@deakin.edu.au
http://www.icomos.org/australia
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