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IMPORTANT notice re: staffing of Australia ICOMOS Secretariat Office
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Mudgee Regional Tour – September to October 2012
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“A latter-day Horbury Hunt: Emil Lawrence Sodersten” talk
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Save the date! ICOMOS VIC World Heritage Forum, Tuesday 16 October
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Nominations to the Queensland Heritage Council
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“Digging up the Relatives” Talk, Sydney
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“The Destruction of Heritage in Iraq Since 2003” lecture, Melbourne Museum
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Announcement: Australian support to urban-built heritage in Burma
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New Prospects in Heritage + Conservation
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Donald Horne Institute for Cultural Heritage Symposium, Canberra
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Advanced Stonemasonry & Conservation workshops
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Europa Nostra Awards 2013 – call for entries
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‘Sustaining Places of Worship – New Thinking for South Australia’
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Link to Heritage Tasmania’s E-newsletter
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Cambridge Heritage Research bulletin available
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The Garden of Ideas Exhibition, New South Wales
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News from The Best in Heritage
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SITUATION VACANT Peleliu Battlefield National Historic Landmark Project – call for proposals
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SITUATION VACANT Environmental Officer, Department of Finance and Deregulation (Finance), Canberra
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1. IMPORTANT notice re: staffing of Australia ICOMOS Secretariat Office
The Australia ICOMOS Secretariat will be staffed at a reduced level between 7 September – 3 October inclusive.
Thank you to all Australia ICOMOS members who have renewed their membership thus far – it is much appreciated. Please note that membership renewals will not be processed during the above time period, but publication orders where credit card details are provided will be.
The E-news will still be published. Please ensure all submissions for the E-news are submitted by 2pm Thursdays – this deadline will be strictly adhered to.
Though the Secretariat will be staffed intermittently, responses to queries, etc may take longer than usual.
Australia ICOMOS appreciates your patience during this time.
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2. Mudgee Regional Tour – September to October 2012
Three day event – Labor Day Long Weekend – Saturday 29 September to Monday 1 October
Join the Twentieth century Heritage Society of NSW on another of our insightful annual expeditions to a regional town. Talks, walks, dinners and drives in the company of those who appreciate the architectural and design heritage of the Twentieth Century. We look forward to your company on this interesting tour.
Enjoy the wonders of this mid-western town, including guided heritage walks, lunches and a special “Heritage Dinner” with two guest speakers, architect Dr Roy Lumby on cinemas in country NSW and historian John Broadley on Mudgee’s 20th century heritage.
Also enjoy access to private properties not normally open to the public.
Accomodation (2 nights) is paid separately by you – but so you won’t miss out (it’s a busy weekend in Mudgee) we’ve blocked book rooms at Parklands Resort just for our group. But be quick, accommodation is being snapped up and the rooms are going fast. The Parklands block booking is held only until 31 August!
Tour cost includes the heritage dinner with two guest speakers, three lunches, heritage walk of Mudgee town centre and driving tours of Mudgee, Kandos, Rylstone and Gulgong.
Full details and costs are available by clicking here.
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3. “A latter-day Horbury Hunt: Emil Lawrence Sodersten” talk
Emil Sodersten’s work has been encapsulated as a “fusion of traditional and modern vision, a resolution of decoration and technology, expression and function”.
His work has been described as “an architecture of exuberance and imagination and above all a popular architecture that related directly to the values of its users”.
A talk by Dr Roy Lumby B Arch., M Arch. M.ICOMOS.
Date & Time: Friday 31 August 2012, 7:00pm to 10:35pm
Venue: The Australian Institute of Architects Auditorium
For further information and to register, click here.
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4. Save the date! ICOMOS VIC World Heritage Forum, Tuesday 16 October
The ICOMOS theme for 2012 is World Heritage, in celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention. To mark the anniversary, Australia ICOMOS is holding a Victorian World Heritage Forum on Tuesday 16 October.
More details will be provided in next week’s E-news.
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5. Nominations to the Queensland Heritage Council
The Department of Environment and Heritage Protection is undertaking an orderly review of the membership of the Queensland Heritage Council (QHC). Australia ICOMOS has been asked to put forward names for consideration for appointment to the QHC.
Members who are interested should submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) via email to the Secretariat by COB Friday 31 August – please note that this deadline will be strictly adhered to.
Please unsure that your EOI includes:
- a CV
- a statement about your suitability for nomination based on the role and selection criteria for membership of the QHC
- a completed personal particulars form
Click on the links below to download information that will assist in the preparation of EOIs.
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6. “Digging up the Relatives” Talk, Sydney
Please join the University of Newcastle and the University of New South Wales from 5-7pm on Friday 7 September at History House (133 Macquarie Street) to hear:
Digging up the Relatives: David Walker talks to Ruth Balint about family, history, memory and much more
In 2004, David Walker became legally blind forcing him to rethink the kinds of writing that were still available to him. His recent book, Not Dark Yet: a personal history (Giramondo, 2011) explores the interconnections between family, local and national histories. The book draws upon the unassuming and largely undocumented lives of an ‘ordinary’ middle class family to explore some of the big pre-occupations of our history: bush and city, belonging, discipline, gender, race, war and the home. As witty as the book often is, the darker undercurrents of loss, prejudice, violence and dementia haunt the text.
David Walker is Alfred Deakin Professor of Australian Studies at Deakin University and a pioneer in the field of Australian Studies.
Postgrads, professional historians and members of the public are particularly welcome. Wine and snacks will be served, and we will adjourn for early dinner nearby after the presentation. Please pass this invitation on to anyone who might be interested. For more information, please email Lisa Ford or email Nancy Cushing.
For further information, download the Digging Up the Relatives flyer.
Save the Dates – Future Talks
- 12 October: Dr Ruth Balint (UNSW) “Identities Lost and Found: The Creation of the Displaced Person in the Cold War”
- 2 November: Dr Ian Evans (independent scholar) “Ritual Objects”
This event is co-sponsored by the University of Newcastle and the University of New South Wales.
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7. “The Destruction of Heritage in Iraq Since 2003” lecture, Melbourne Museum
Since the invasion of Iraq by coalition forces in 2003, Iraq has endured an extraordinary period of destruction of cultural heritage. This has included the attack on the Iraq National Museum in the very earliest days of the war. Since then, Iraq’s Mesopotamian heritage has also been systematically smuggled out of the country while coalition forces have converted key sites such as the ancient city of Babylon into modern military bases.
This lecture will examine the recent fate of Iraq’s Mesopotamian heritage and discusses the urgent need for appropriate management and protection.
Speaker Biography
Dr Benjamin Isakhan is Australian Research Council Discovery (DECRA) Research Fellow at the Centre for Citizenship and Globalization, Deakin University. He has published widely on the politics and history of Iraq and his current research includes the ARC-funded project ‘Measuring the Destruction of Heritage and Spikes of Violence in Iraq’.
Date & Time: Thursday 6 September 2012, 6pm
Venue: Melbourne Museum
For further information, download the Isakhan Mesopotamia Lecture flier.
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8. Announcement: Australian support to urban-built heritage in Burma
On 6 June 2012, following a walking tour of downtown Rangoon, Australia’s Foreign Minister, Senator the Hon. Bob Carr, announced that Australia will help to preserve Rangoon’s valuable and unique urban built heritage. Consultations with key stakeholders in Burma and Australia are complete and our portfolio of support is in the final stages of design.
Australia will second a specialist with expertise in conservation of heritage buildings to provide technical assistance to the Yangon Heritage Trust for at least 12 months. The Yangon Heritage Trust has played a pivotal role in guiding the requirements of this position in order to ensure that they receive appropriate support in addressing key priorities.
This position will be offered through Australian Volunteers International (AVI) and details of the position are now available via the AVI website. Applications will close on 6 September 2012 and Australia is seeking a high quality candidate. Given the extensive interest we have received to date, we expect the application process to be extremely competitive.
Should you have any enquiries regarding this opportunity please email Sue Baker from AVI or call her on or +61 (03) 9279 1743.
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9. New Prospects in Heritage + Conservation
During 2012 and 2013 the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne is hosting an exciting program of events that seeks to reinvigorate and diversify practice and research in heritage and conservation-related fields.
These events, in the form of public symposia, invited round-table meetings, short courses, exhibitions and talks, aims to foster rich discussion between the design disciplines, planners, heritage experts and scholars. A broad range of themes will be hosted by expert academics in the Faculty of ABP including landscape heritage, digital documentation and interpretation, heritage and environmental sustainability, and the conservation of modernism.
For further information, visit the Heritage page of the University of Melbourne website.
Click on the link below to download the flier for the one of the events in this program.
- From Classroom to Campus: The Heritage of Modern Education, 26 – 28 November 2012
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10. Donald Horne Institute for Cultural Heritage Symposium, Canberra
3D encounters: 3d imaging and digital technologies in the museum space
Presented by Mona Hess, University College London
Date: Tuesday 11 September 2012
Time: 5.00pm (for a 5.15 start) Drinks from 6.30 to 7.30
Venue: Donald Horne Institute for Cultural Heritage, Room 5, Level C, Building 7, University of Canberra
RSVP: via email to The Donald Horne Institute
Mona will speak about her work at UCL’s Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
For further information, click on the links below.
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11. Advanced Stonemasonry & Conservation workshops
Courses in Traditional Stonemasonry and Conservation, aimed at developing the knowledge of the craft amongst people who are working in the construction industry, are being held at various times and locations during the 2012-2013 year.
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) is supporting this training as part of its Heritage Trades Program.
- If you have attended a previous stonemasonry course and wish to attend an advanced stonemasonry course, then register now.
- If you wish to attend a conservation workshop which will include blacksmithing, timber conservation and other artisan trades to be listed, then register now.
- If you wish to attend a basic stonemasonry course, register now. A fee of $395 will apply
For further information, click on the links below.
- Advanced Stonemasonry & Conservation workshops flier
- Advanced Stonemasonry & Conservation workshops form
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12. Europa Nostra Awards 2013 – call for entries
Each year, Europa Nostra and the European Union reward the best of cultural heritage achievements. Through our European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards, we celebrate excellence and dedication by architects, craftsmen, volunteers, schools, local communities, heritage owners and media. Through the power of their example we stimulate creativity and innovation.
The awards celebrate exemplary restorations and initiatives of the many facets of Europe’s cultural heritage in 4 categories. Every year, up to six monetary awards of 10,000 euro each are awarded to the top laureates in the various categories.
Criteria for the assessment of entries include excellence in the work executed and preliminary research conducted, as well as respect for artistic, cultural and social value, setting, authenticity and integrity. Special attention will also be paid to sustainability, interpretation and presentation, educational work, funding and management, and social responsibility. Entries can be on a scale ranging from small to large, local to international, and should display a standard of work considered outstanding in a European context.
Outstanding achievements in the field of heritage conservation and enhancement will be awarded in the following categories:
- Conservation
- Research
- Dedicated Service by Individuals or Organisations
- Education, Training and Awareness-Raising
Entry Forms and more information is now available on the Europa Nostra website.
Closing date for submission of entries: 1 October 2012 (date of sending)
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13. ‘Sustaining Places of Worship – New Thinking for South Australia’
This half-day multi-faith event, coordinated by the State Heritage Unit SA, in conjunction with Australia ICOMOS and the Anglican Church, stands to be a very interesting morning of discussion and debate focused on the challenges faced in South Australia by all faiths in conserving and developing their buildings, and what could be done to better assist them in providing their Places of Worship with robust and sustainable futures.
Venue: St. John’s Anglican Church, 379 Halifax Street, Adelaide
Date & time: Friday 14 September, 9am to 12.30pm
Booking
Please confirm attendance by email to Ian Hamilton at the State Heritage Unit before 7 September, giving your name and contact details. Charge for attendance will be $20 per delegate and refreshments will be provided.
More information on the event is available on the Sustaining places of worship flier.
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14. Link to Heritage Tasmania’s E-newsletter
To download the August 2012 issue of Heritage Tasmania’s E-newsletter, click here.
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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. The Garden of Ideas Exhibition, New South Wales
The Garden of Ideas national touring exhibition sponsored by the Australian Garden History Society is on show at the Red Box Gallery, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. This exhibition explores the ideas behind garden design imported into Australia in the 18th and 19th centuries, and local evolution and additions to these.
It features original archival plans, photographs, objects and rare books, such as books of James Jones, superintendent of the Botanic Gardens Sydney who visited Paris in the 1870s for its great exhibition, noting French park design and management of the era, which was innovative.
Entry is down the ramp off Mrs Macquarie’s Road, near the Woolloomooloo Gates to the gardens (and the land bridge and the Art Gallery of NSW). Five minutes’ stroll from Martin Place or Macquarie Street.
Please visit the Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust website for more information.
Three upcoming events in parallel with the exhibition include:
September 6: Talk by Colleen Morris – ‘Maiden & Moore’s public landscape work’
Joseph Henry Maiden and his predecessor, Charles Moore were directors of the Sydney Botanic Gardens but had much wider impact, state-wide, on parks, public gardens and sites. Learn about this influence and legacy.
October 4: Talk by Stuart Read – ‘Changes in the Sydney Botanic Gardens over the last 15 years – and heritage values’
Managing a modern botanic garden that is also well-loved as jogging track, major events space, green relief from city streets,bat-home &more – is at the best of times a challenge. How is this being achieved in a way that retains this place’s layered heritage values?
Bookings essential – for the above two talks: phone: (02) 9231 8182 or email the Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust.
October 7: Self drive afternoon visit to Camden Park house, garden & nursery
A special ‘private’ visit to this famous place, only otherwise open to the public once a year. This place is rightly listed on the NSW State Heritage Register and while widely known as the ‘home of the Australian wool industry’ might be better appreciated for its role as early home of the country’s wine industry, early booster to its nursery industry and supplier of plants to generations of NSW and other gardeners, parks managers and more.
Includes tour and light refreshments.
$30 general / $20 AGHS members. Bookings essential for this event – phone: (02) 9997 5995 or email Jeanne.
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17. News from The Best in Heritage
Click here for the Conference Program.
To view New Projects Session from 2011, go to YouTube.
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18. SITUATION VACANT Peleliu Battlefield National Historic Landmark Project – call for proposals
The Palau Historic Preservation Office is calling for proposals for the Peleliu Battlefield National Historic Landmark Project.
Timeframe
The work of this Scope of Work shall be performed from approximately 1 October 2012 through 30 September 2013.
Location
Field investigation specified in this contract will be located at Peleliu Battlefield National Historic Landmark, located 30 miles south of Koror, Republic of Palau, in the Pacific. Access to the site will be provided by the governor of Peleliu through the Historic Preservation Office of Palau.
Background Summary
Peleliu Battlefield includes all of Peleliu Island which is in the southern Palau Islands. Peleliu is 30 miles south of Koror of the Republic of Palau, and 500 miles east of the Philippine Islands. It is six miles in length and two miles in width. Today, its people live primarily in two villages which were reconstructed after WW II, Klouklubed (the capital) and Imelchol, both near the north end of the island.
Project Tasks
This project will provide physical descriptions and condition assessments for seven building sites, some of which contain more than one structure (see attachment #1 for Building Descriptions). As part of this condition assessment the project will also provide preservation recommendations that will:
- identify any safety concerns in need of immediate attention to insure visitor safety
- make recommendations for treatment that will arrest conditions that contribute to the continued deterioration of these structures
- make recommendations for treatments to these structures in their current ruin state that will provide for their long-term preservation and in meeting future interpretive desires
- make recommendations for treatment for the feasible reuse of one or more of these structures for visitor or community use (i.e. visitor center, classroom, exhibit space, administrative space)
Proposals due: 30 November 2012
For further information about this project, including how to submit a proposal, click here.
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19. SITUATION VACANT Environmental Officer, Department of Finance and Deregulation (Finance), Canberra
APS Level 5 – Environmental Officer
Asset Management and Parliamentary Services (AMPS)
Salary: $67,792 – $76,067
Reference Number: Job Ref: 063-12
Applications Close: Thursday 13 September 2012
TO APPLY: visit the Finance Jobs website
Contact Officer: Trish Jones, (02) 6215 2851
The Environmental Officer is primarily responsible for facilitating project environment approvals and operational compliance activities across portfolio properties and other ad-hoc properties. You will be required to provide advice on environmental issues, including remediation and contamination, statutory obligations and manage providers delivering these services.
About Department of Finance and Deregulation
The Department of Finance and Deregulation (Finance) is a central agency responsible for advising on and implementing many key Government priorities. We play a pivotal role in driving initiatives which, when in place, will help transform how the Australian Government conducts its business.
Joining the Department of Finance and Deregulation is a great way to make your mark, build professional skills and contribute to key Government priorities.
Finance offers a diverse range of exciting and rewarding opportunities across a number of classifications including:
- accountants
- administration
- communications and marketing
- contract management
- economists
- financial analysts
- information and communications technology (ICT)
- legal
- procurement
- project management
- property and construction
- public policy
- social sciences
Finance offers challenging and rewarding work, generous starting salaries, innovative development opportunities and much more.
The Department of Finance and Deregulation requires that candidates be Australian citizens and prepared to undertake and pass a security clearance. Starting salaries will be within the range specified for the APS Level and will depend on experience. Total potential remuneration packages include salary and superannuation.
To find out more about the current opportunities in Finance, visit the Department of Finance and Deregulation (Finance) website.
To apply go to the visit the Finance Jobs website and complete the online application, which contains the duty statement and selection criteria.
One APS Career…..Thousands of Opportunities
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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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