1. Australia ICOMOS QLD World Heritage Forum

2. ICOMOS Victoria Falls Fund

3. Australia ICOMOS – Sydney Talk Series

4. NSW Heritage Branch invites you to three heritage events, 23 & 24 August

5. Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific Seminar, Deakin University (VIC)

6. New one stop online portal for heritage listings

7. Celebrating our heritage seminar, Brisbane

8. State grants for heritage owners

9. Marion Mahony Griffin Lecture 2012, Canberra

10. University of Western Sydney PhD scholarships

11. Cultural Landscapes conference, New Jersey, October 2012 – poster competition open

12. Blackmailing the Governor? talk, Port Arthur, Tasmania

13. News from World Monuments Fund

14. World Heritage Capacity Building newsletter available

15. XVth International TICCIH Congress 2012, 4-11 November 2012, Taipei

16. SITUATION VACANT Archaeologist, Archaeology at Tardis (TARDIS), VIC

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1. 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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2. ICOMOS Victoria Falls Fund

I am very pleased to be able to share the following message from Bénédicte Selfslagh, who until the last GA was the Secretary-General for ICOMOS. Many of you would be aware that ICOMOS established the Victoria Falls Fund to assist our less financially resourced international colleagues to attend an ICOMOS General Assembly. This has been well supported by Australian members but I suspect that most would not be aware of the extent of the Australian contribution. I would like to take this opportunity to reiterate the appreciation for this contribution and to encourage the ongoing support of this extremely important initiative.

Jane Harrington
President, Australia ICOMOS

** Click on the link below to view Bénédicte’s presentation

• Victoria Falls Fund Overview

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3. Australia ICOMOS – Sydney Talk Series

Two papers on the challenges of conserving our Polar Heritage

Living and Working in Antarctica for the Mawson’s Huts Foundation: Stirling Smith

Since 1997 the Mawson’s Huts Foundation has mounted ten expeditions to conserve the Mawson’s Huts site at Cape Denison, Antarctica. The conservation approach at this site, driven by the Mawson’s Huts Management Plan, is quite different to that being used at other Heroic Era huts in the region including those in the Ross Sea. Stirling will talk about the most recent expedition to Cape Denison in 2010-11, the future plans for work at the site and the challenges of living and working in one of the most remote heritage places in the world.

Stirling Smith is a Sydney based archaeologist and heritage consultant. He has undertaken maritime and terrestrial archaeology projects throughout Australia and in Canada, England and the Solomon Islands and is a former curator at the Australian National Maritime Museum. Stirling is an Expert member of the International Polar Heritage Committee. He worked in Antarctica as the archaeologist for the Mawson’s Huts Foundation 2010-11 expedition and will be returning to Cape Denison in 2013.

Ross Island Huts Restoration Program and Update from the International Polar Heritage Committee: Julian Bickersteth

2012 is a big year in the centenary of Antarctic exploration stakes, with Mawson, Scott and Amundsen all on the continent. The impending centenaries of these expeditions have helped drive major programs of conservation over the last few years. In March the ICOMOS IPHC (International Polar Heritage Committee) met in Hobart to review where these programs are at within the context of broader conservation work being undertaken in Polar Regions. Julian will report on both the IPHC meeting and also the particular conservation work being undertaken in the Ross Sea region.

Julian Bickersteth is President of the International Polar Heritage Committee, Vice President of the International Institute for Conservation and managing director of ICS. He is the technical adviser to the Ross Island Huts Restoration Program.

Members of the public are welcome!

Time & Date: Thursday 23 August 2012, 5.30pm for 6pm start
Cost: Members $7, non-members $12, payable at the door. Wine and nibbles will be provided.
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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4. NSW Heritage Branch invites you to three heritage events, 23 & 24 August

The NSW Heritage Branch is holding its annual heritage workshop and seminars – you may like to book your seats and come along.

Event 1 – Heritage advisor training and refresher workshop 2012, Thursday 23 August

All heritage consultants who would like to work in local government heritage management as well as current heritage advisors and local government planners, managers and officers are invited to attend this one day training and refresher workshop. Hosted by the Heritage Branch, Office of Environment and Heritage.

This years workshop will focus on Engineering heritage.

Event 2 – Thursday @ 6 heritage talks 2012, Thursday 23 August

A focus on fabric

All heritage consultants, local government heritage advisors and local government heritage people are invited to the Thursday @ 6 heritage talks. Hosted by the Heritage Branch, Office of Environment and Heritage.

Thursday @ 6 heritage talks includes a range of guest speakers and presentations based around the theme A focus on fabric. A light supper will be provided on arrival.

Event 3 – Local Government Heritage Network Seminar 2012, Friday 24 August

All local government heritage advisors and local government heritage planners, managers and officers are invited to attend this one day seminar hosted by the Heritage Branch, Office of Environment and Heritage. **We will give seating priority to local government people, however if you don’t work for local government and would like to come along, please send in your booking form and we will confirm if there are seats available. **

This year’s seminar includes a range of topical presentations from guest speakers based around two themes – Engagement and Practical Best Practice.

For further information on these events, including links to booking forms etc, visit the NSW Heritage Branch website.

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5. Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific Seminar, Deakin University (VIC)

Deakin University’s next Cultural Heritage seminar will be held on Wednesday 29 August. Elizabeth Anya-Petrivna will be speaking on ‘Muse/Museal – A Fashion Exhibition and a Grotto’.

The seminar will outline Elizabeth’s post graduate research that is grappling with curating the metaphoric and haptic in exhibitions. Her PhD project is a series of ‘studies’ on the display of fashion and hand-crafted objects. The PhD began as a thesis on the history of artificial flower making in the 19th century, but has transformed into a project based investigation that asks how this history can be told in an exhibition format. This proposal is complicated by three display challenges – atmosphere, touch and movement, asking how the actual physical gesture of making can be interpreted. In this research ‘museal’ is defined as the material restriction of a static display. The PhD has become a unique opportunity for a mid-career curator to work outside the margins, away from museological conventions and institutional protocols to heuristically test possibilities.

Elizabeth Anya-Petrivna is a curator in the Cultural Collections Team of the National Trust of Australia (Victoria), whose responsibilities include the Trust’s outstanding costume collection. Elizabeth has curated a suite of exhibitions at Como House on mid-twentieth century Melbourne fashion and design. This trilogy of shows followed the process of fashion making from the workroom – to the salon – to the magazine. Elizabeth also teaches Fashion Studies with at RMIT. The module ‘The Cabinet of Fashion’ focuses on the historical ‘quotation’ in fashion through object, text and image. She is currently completing her PhD at RMIT University entitled ‘The Lost Workshop’, a project based exploration of the artisanal production of artificial flowers in the nineteenth century.

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 29 August, 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.

Previous seminar available online

For those of you who missed Renate Howe’s provocative seminar in July on ‘Melbourne @ 5 million – Can the city’s heritage planning meet the challenge?’, the event was recorded and you can now access the podcasts either directly from the CHCAP website, or via iTunes where you can also subscribe to future seminars.

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6. New one stop online portal for heritage listings

Information on State and local heritage-listed places is now available 24 hours a day, seven days a week thanks to a new one stop online portal called ‘inHerit’.

‘inHerit, our heritage places’ database is the first time local government heritage lists will be available centrally online with full descriptive information, images, spatial mapping and street view functions.

Combined with the State Register of Heritage Places, inHerit will bring together information on more than 23,000 State and local heritage places in WA.

inHerit was built by the State Heritage Office with assistance from the City of Fremantle and Lotterywest. It will be maintained and updated in collaboration with local governments.

inHerit allows local governments to manage their own listings data online and is free to use, replacing hard copy versions many authorities currently use.

It is also a great tool for the heritage and tourism industries, with sightseers being able to access information on heritage places, including descriptions, locations and street view images via the website, smartphones and tablets.

Visit the inHerit website.

The State Heritage Office has also launched a range of new publications on developing, adapting and buying heritage-listed properties. To access these resources, click here.

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7. Celebrating our heritage seminar, Brisbane

Celebrate 20 years of heritage legislation in Queensland with a seminar at Brisbane’s only convict-built structure still in use, on Saturday 25 August 2012.

Presented by the Queensland Heritage Council (QHC) and the Royal Historical Society of Queensland (RHSQ), Celebrating our heritage will trace the beginnings of the state’s heritage protection and highlight different aspects – shipwrecks, lighthouses, national parks, religious and workers’ heritage and more.

The seminar will also feature examples of successful adaptive re-use of heritage buildings. Speakers will include historians, heritage professionals and owners/custodians of heritage buildings and places.

Date: Saturday 25 August 2012
Time: 10am–3.30pm, with registration available from 9.30am
Venue: Commissariat Store, 115 William Street, Brisbane
Entry fee: $10
Tea and coffee: gold coin donation

Further information is available at the Queensland Heritage Council website.

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8. State grants for heritage owners

Private owners of State Registered places can now apply for funding for urgent conservation works through the 2012-13 Heritage Grants Program.

Funding for the grants program was increased by 25 per cent in this year’s State Budget, with an additional $1.046million allocated over four years.

This is the first increase to the program since its inception in 1996.

Applications close at 4:00pm Monday 1 October 2012.

For more information about the 2012-13 Heritage Grants Program, visit the WA State Heritage Office website or contact the State Heritage Office on (08) 6552 4000 or 1800 52 4000 Freecall (Regional callers).

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9. Marion Mahony Griffin Lecture 2012, Canberra

The Walter Burley Griffin Society Inc invites you to the fourth Marion Mahony Griffin Lecture, celebrating the Griffins’ contribution to Canberra as a modern planned capital city, presented by by Sheridan Burke.

For further information about the lecture, download the Marion Mahony Griffin Lecture 2012 flier.

Date & Time: Thursday 30 August 2012, 6.00pm

Venue: Visions Theatre, National Museum of Australia, Canberra

Tickets: $20.00 (WBGS or NMA Members), $25.00 (Non-members)

Seating limited. Bookings essential –  click here to book tickets

Enquiries can be made via email to the Walter Burley Griffin Society.

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10. University of Western Sydney PhD scholarships

The University of Western Sydney’s newly-formed Institute for Culture and Society (which incorporates the Centre for Cultural Research) invites applications for PhD Scholarships.

About the Project

The Institute for Culture & Society encourages theoretically-directed empirical research on the transformations in culture and society in the global era. The Institute is home to a number of internationally renowned scholars, contributing to the University of Western Sydney receiving the highest ranking for research quality—well above world standard—in Cultural Studies (as part of the Excellence in Research for Australia 2010).

Download the Institute for Culture and Society Scholarship flier for further information.

Applications close 22 October 2012.

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11. Cultural Landscapes conference, New Jersey, October 2012 – poster competition open

Cultural Landscapes: Preservation Challenges in the 21st Century
12 – 14 October 2012
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ

Marking the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention and the 20th anniversary of its Declaration on Cultural Landscapes, Rutgers University will convene an international conference—Cultural Landscapes: Preservation Challenges in the 21st Century. The conference has been designated an official UNESCO World Heritage Anniversary event.

Deadline: 15 August 2012

Posters addressing cultural landscapes and/or historic urban landscapes in the form of case studies of work recently completed, work in progress, or proposals for new projects are welcome, as are posters that take a broader historical or thematic approach to topics relevant to the conference theme.

A successful poster should be visually engaging enough to stand on its own by incorporating images (graphs, maps, or other illustrations) with concise textual support.

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12. Blackmailing the Governor? talk, Port Arthur, Tasmania

Blackmailing the Governor? The story of Australia’s first successful strike

Presented by Ralph Hawkins

It was a time of revolution and the unexpected eruption of a volcano and the end of a war brought an influx of convicts to New South Wales. What to do? Create a public works programme to employ these new arrivals. The provision of extra accommodation in Sydney led to an increase in task work. But an elite group of convicts refused to do it without extra rations. The strike lasted for three weeks at a very inconvenient time for Governor Macquarie. But the men got their way.

Date & time: Wednesday 22 August at 5.30pm

Venue: Junior Medical Officer’s Conference Room, Port Arthur Historic Site

For further information, download the Blackmailing the Governor talk flier.

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13. News from World Monuments Fund

To read the latest news from the World Monuments Fund, click here.

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14. World Heritage Capacity Building newsletter available

The World Heritage Capacity Building newsletter is a joint publication of IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) and ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property). The Third edition can be downloaded by clicking on the link below.

• World Heritage Capacity Building Newsletter # 3

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15. XVth International TICCIH Congress 2012, 4-11 November 2012, Taipei

The International Committee for the Conservation of Industrial Heritage (TICCIH) invites you to participate in its XVth International TICCIH Congress, to be held from 4-11 November 2012 in Taipei. This is the first TICCIH Congress to be held in Asia since 1978.

In addition to the presentation major papers and the assembly of TICCIH members’, there will be two workshops, an exhibition, a forum and post-congress tours. The two workshops are:

• “Nomination of Industrial Heritage for Inscription on the World Heritage List: Process and Practice”
• “Digitising Industrial Heritage”

A curriculum design competition on industrial heritage will be also be held before the congress.

Visit the congress website for more details.

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16. SITUATION VACANT Archaeologist, Archaeology at Tardis (TARDIS), VIC

Full Time Archaeologist Position

Owing to continued growth TARDIS is seeking written expressions of interest for a suitably qualified archaeologist to join our dynamic, vibrant and established team.

The position suits a candidate with entry level qualifications with limited private sector experience wanting to establish their career with a leader in the industry. Attractive salary package is being offered that is commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Archaeology at Tardis (TARDIS) is based in Victoria, with offices in Beaconsfield and Port Melbourne and services clients throughout south east Australia. We provide exceptionally high quality service and professional advice in the fields of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal historic archaeology and cultural resource management to a large range of private and public sector clients. We have been providing consulting services for over 2 decades and have an enviable reputation within the industry. TARDIS has an extremely low staff turnover as a result of a positive work environment and mentoring team environment.

Australian qualifications in both Aboriginal and historic archaeology (minimum B.A. Hons in Arch) (and experience) is preferred. Post graduate qualifications will be highly considered. You must be an Australian resident, have a manual driver’s license, and be an AACAI member, or be eligible for membership. The successful graduate will be motivated and competent with a variety tasks and be an easy going team member. You will have gained some varied archaeological/relevant experience as an undergraduate/post graduate and/or may also bring a skill set from a previous career. The successful candidate will have opportunities to become a senior project archaeologist and manager within the company if motivation and enterprises are demonstrated. TARDIS is an equal opportunity employer, and welcomes people seeking further professional and career development.

TARDIS specialises in:

• Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal heritage surveys and desktop research
• recording archaeological and ethnographic sites
• advice on cultural resource management policies, procedures and legislative compliance issues
• site salvage and excavation services
• cartographic and GIS services
• Native Title and historical research
• preparation of comprehensive cultural heritage management plans
• compliance audits
• advice on Australian heritage legislation

The successful candidate can be based in either the Port Melbourne or Beaconsfield office and will assist in the following (but not be restricted to):

Research and Survey Tasks

• archaeological survey expertise and advice
• coordinate and manage survey field trips
• use of field equipment – dGPS, field cameras total station etc
• site recording and significance assessments
• consultation with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal stakeholders
• archival and general research and Aboriginal Affairs Victoria (AAV) and Heritage Victoria (HV) site register competence
• archaeological research design
• technical editing of report, including formatting
• report writing, production and assistance
• negotiating and working with Aboriginal organisations and TARDIS clients
• keep updated on legislative issues – Aboriginal Heritage Act (2006) etc
• desirable associated training e.g. Occupational Health & Safety, 4WD certification & Level 2/Senior First Aid Certificate

Administrative Tasks

• written and verbal correspondence
• liaising with government departments, organisations and industry
• attending staff meetings
• recording hours daily on a timesheet
• answering phones
• filing and managing documents
• writing & editing heritage survey and assessment reports
• organising surveys and field trip logistics

To take advantage of this opportunity, applicants are required to submit an expression of interest specifically detailing relevant field survey management and reporting experience, with a copy of a current Curriculum Vitae and names and contact details of three referees.

Closing date: 24 August 2012

Applications should be emailed to Andrea Murphy or posted to:

Andrea Murphy
Director/Principal Consultant
Archaeology at Tardis
PO Box 776
Beaconsfield Vic 3807

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Georgia Meros, Secretariat Officer
Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific
Deakin University
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Email: austicomos@deakin.edu.au
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