1. Ready for Review: our second batch of Practice Notes

2. ICOMOS International Executive Committee Candidate: Expressions of Interest sought

3. Decorative Finishes Workshop, 6 July, Old Farm, Strawberry Hill, Albany WA

4. Australia ICOMOS 2013 conference: imagined pasts… imagined futures… – registration open

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

6. Reusing industrial heritage symposium, Melbourne, 15 July – bookings open

7. ITEM REMOVED

8. “Cultural Landscape(s) of Lord Howe Island” talk, 10 July, Sydney

9. ACT and Region Annual Australian Heritage Partnership Symposium 2013 – program

10. Request for contributions to Vernacular Buildings. A New World Survey

11. Submit Today: Everyday Preservationist Photo Contest

12. News from Nawi

13. Heritage Council of WA eNews out now

14. Quarantine: History, Heritage, Place conference, Sydney – call for papers

15. The Johnston Collection – What’s On in July

16. ICOMOS Thailand 2013 International Conference – registration open

17. 9th International Masonry Conference, Portugal – abstract deadline extended

18. The Griffins’ Canberra 100 Years symposium, Canberra, 16 August 2013

19. SITUATION VACANT Manager, Local Government Services, WA State Heritage Office

20. SITUATION VACANT Assistant Director Heritage and Senior Heritage Officer, Department of Parliamentary Services, Parliament House, Canberra

21. SITUATION VACANT Executive Director, Heritage Victoria

22. SITUATION VACANT Strategic Heritage Officer, Woollahra Municipal Council, Sydney

23. SITUATION VACANT Tender opportunity for Professional architectural historian – Monterey Fibro Moderne, Rockdale City Council (NSW)

24. SITUATION VACANT Communication and Projects Assistant, ICOMOS International, Paris

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1. Ready for Review: our second batch of Practice Notes

Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the review of the Burra Charter and Guidelines.

Now the second batch of Practice Notes has been released for comment by our energetic working group! The deadline for comment is Sunday 28 July 2013.

• Practice Note – The Burra Charter and Indigenous cultural heritage management
• Practice Note – The Burra Charter & Archaeological Practice
• Practice Note – Article 22: New Work
• Practice Note – Interpretation

Join in a discussion forum

Want to engage in discussion with others? Follow this link to go to the discussion forum. There is an area for discussion of each document. The working group will moderate each forum. Need help to use the discussion forum? Download the Using the Discussion Forum guide.

Provide feedback through our on-line survey

Please provide any feedback on the second batch of documents as a whole, and on each individually through our on-line survey, and not by email or phone. The survey asks you specific questions as well as providing plenty of space for all your comments – positive or negative. By using it you will really help the volunteer committee analyse and respond to comments.

Didn’t get to comment on the first batch?

In response to demand, we have kept the on-line feedback survey on the first 4 documents open until 12 July 2013 – please use the on-line survey (not email or phone) to submit your comments.

You can still download the initial 4 documents from the Australia ICOMOS website from the Burra Guidelines review dedicated webpage.

• The Burra Charter (Draft 2013)
• Practice Note – Understanding and assessing cultural significance
• Practice Note – Developing policy
• Practice Note – Interpretation

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2. ICOMOS International Executive Committee Candidate: Expressions of Interest sought

For many years an Australian ICOMOS member has been elected to the International Executive Committee of ICOMOS. This position is currently held by Kristal Buckley, who will have completed a nine-year term as Vice President in November 2014.

In March 2014 nominations will open for state parties to nominate a person from their country for the ICOMOS International Executive Committee (IEC).

Australia ICOMOS is calling for nominations from members who would like to represent Australia on the ICOMOS IEC. One person is selected by the National Committee via a selection panel, which has been formed to assess nominations for an Australian representative.

Some background to the IEC is provided below and the selection criteria is available in the ICOMOS International Executive Committee Candidate – EOI information, June2013, which has been developed by the selection panel with input from the Australia ICOMOS Executive Committee. Please address all of the selection criteria in your submission.

By Friday 2 August, short listed candidates will be advised of an interview time and location in Sydney for Friday 23 August with the selection panel. The selection panel aims to appoint the successful candidate before the Oct/Nov Canberra Australia ICOMOS Conference.

Please submit your confidential responses addressing each of the selection criteria by email to Deborah Lindsay, the selection panel coordinator, by 5pm, Friday 19 July. Please email Deborah with any queries.

Background Information on the ICOMOS International Executive Committee

The International Executive Committee (IEC) is made up of the Bureau: President, five Vice-Presidents, Secretary-General, Treasurer-General and 12 Executive Committee members. The IEC meets formally twice each year: in Paris in March and in October in conjunction with the Advisory Committee (which moves each year). In addition to these meetings, some IEC members also participate in the World Heritage Panel (an extra trip to Paris in December) and the World Heritage Working Group (mostly pinned on to the other meetings, but with an optional additional trip in September).

IEC Bureau members attend all of these meetings, plus a mid-year Bureau meeting to track progress. These meetings are generally located and timed to fit in with the session of the World Heritage Committee (which changes each year). Bureau members are expected to carry a number of portfolios of responsibility and to be closely involved in governance, finances and other organisational issues.

All members of the IEC are elected at the General Assembly for a 3-year term. There is a maximum of 3 terms allowed in any one position.

The meetings of the IEC are conducted in English and French. Translation is provided for the World Heritage Panel and at the Advisory Committee, but mostly translation is not available. English is the more commonly used of the two working languages. There is considerable advocacy to introduce Spanish as a working language, and many meetings also include some Spanish interventions. Members of the IEC are not permitted to take part in World Heritage missions during their term of office.

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3. Decorative Finishes Workshop, 6 July, Old Farm, Strawberry Hill, Albany WA

The walls can talk – Old Farm, Strawberry Hill
Decorative Finishes Workshop

Presented by award-winning heritage Master Craftsman Bill van Didden, the National Trust of Australia (WA) invites you to an all day workshop at this nationally significant property.

Participants will learn the process of revealing and assessing the many layers of decorative finishes often present in historic buildings and have the opportunity to discuss conservation decisions, ongoing works, and the vision to make Old Farm one of the most significant heritage experiences in Western Australia.

All proceeds to Old Farm, Strawberry Hill conservation.

Date: Saturday 6 July 2013

Time: 10.00am – 4.00pm

Where: Old Farm, Strawberry Hill, Albany

Cost: $100 ($75 NTWA members)

RSVP: Essential, limited places; RSVP by Friday 28 June by email or to (08) 9321 6088

Download the The walls can talk flier.

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4. Australia ICOMOS 2013 conference: imagined pasts… imagined futures… – registration open

imagined pasts… imagined futures…
Australia ICOMOS 2013 National Conference—Centenary of Canberra
Thursday 31 October – Sunday 3 November 2013

‘Imagined pasts, imagined futures’ is an exciting multidisciplinary conference that coincides with the centenary of Canberra and the array of cultural activities, performances, exhibitions and events that are planned for Canberra in 2013.

Australia ICOMOS is partnering with the Museum of Australian Democracy in the unique setting of Old Parliament House to explore how heritage participates in the ‘imagined communities’ and ‘imagined geographies’ of nations and communities in a globalising world.

For further information visit the conference website.

To register, go to the Registration page.

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

Deakin’s next cultural heritage seminar will be held at the Royal Historical Society of Victoria on Thursday 25 July. Annette Tapp will speak on ‘A fair go in the arts’.

Since the year 2000 Government policy in the UK has enabled greater social inclusion in museums and galleries. Enforced legislation improved physical access and Arts Council funding prioritized community engagement in the arts. This has led to a significant shift in the way museums work and the way the public view their collections. This seminar reviews community art programs in Museums and Galleries across the UK and Northern Ireland; from the Ulster Museum in Belfast to the Tate Modern in London and Pallant House Gallery in Sussex and examines their response to the challenges of economic recession and public spending cuts. How can the development and the resilience of these now embedded initiatives be applied in the Australian context?

Annette Tapp graduated from Edinburgh University with MA Hons in Art History while working as an agency auxiliary nurse. She worked for CARE International in Sudan before moving to Australia and completing a Graduate Diploma in Cultural Heritage Management at the University of Canberra. After running her own cultural heritage management practice, Annette worked in some of Australia’s most important cultural institutions, including the National Gallery in Canberra and the Australian War Memorial in curatorial and education roles. She is passionate about issues of access and the potential we each have as individuals to engage creatively with the arts.

Location

Royal Historical Society of Victoria
239 A’Beckett Street
Melbourne (entry via William Street)

Date & Time

Thursday 25 July , 5.15pm for a 5.30pm start

For further information or to RSVP, please email Steven Cooke.

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6. Reusing industrial heritage symposium, Melbourne, 15 July – bookings open

Reusing industrial heritage

• What are the opportunities in our industrial heritage?
• How can reusing these fascinating places and spaces help to reinvigorate our cities, towns and landscapes?
• What roles might they play in twenty-first century Victoria?

The Heritage Council of Victoria and the Melbourne School of Design invite you to participate in an afternoon of discussion and debate around the adaptive reuse of our industrial heritage.

Download the Reusing industrial heritage symposium flier for further information.

The event is generously hosted by the University of Melbourne.

It is followed by a public talk by Angus Farquhar, Creative Director of NVA* in Glasgow talking about the Invisible College and St Peters project.

When: 15 July 2013

Symposium: 3– 6pm
ABP Agenda – Angus Farquhar: 6.30–8pm

Where: The Open Stage, level 1, 757 Swanston St, University of Melbourne

Booking: The event is free, but bookings are essential. Register here

* NVA is an acronym of nacionale vitae activa, a latin phrase describing ‘the right to influence public affairs’.

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8. “Cultural Landscape(s) of Lord Howe Island” talk, 10 July, Sydney

Cultural Landscape(s) of Lord Howe Island
presented by Chris & Margaret Betteridge

A speck in the Tasman ‘somewhere off the Australian coast’ Lord Howe Island is often described as the ‘the last paradise’. Listed as a group World Heritage Area in 1982 for its spectacular landforms, coral reef and high degree of endemism in its flora and fauna, this magic place also has a rich and varied human history. Only discovered by humans in 1788 when the First Fleet ship Supply happened on it en route to Norfolk Island, Lord Howe was not settled permanently until the 1840s. Early ‘gardens’ were primarily devoted to food production on an island where visits by ships could be many months apart. Many utilitarian gardens have disappeared although some islanders still have fabulous vegie patches and fruit trees. At times the island produced onions and other crops for the Sydney market and during World War II was used by mainland seed companies to supplement supplies. Once tourism became established in interwar years and particularly post 1945 there have been ornamental gardens around guest houses and private homes. In the flying boat days up to 1974 visitors were presented with leis of frangipani blooms and today greeted with hibiscus flowers in their rooms.

AGHS members Chris and Margaret Betteridge have been working with the Lord Howe Island Board and the islanders to produce a community-based heritage study detailing the island’s history, identifying relevant historical themes and recommending significant items for protection under the LHI Local Environmental Plan. Places recommended for listing include historic houses and public buildings, cemeteries and memorials, significant tree plantings and the walking track up Mt Gower, the towering peak at the island’s southern end. Chris and Margaret will talk about their work with particular emphasis on the history of gardens and current attempts to strike a balance between the cultural and natural landscapes.

Date & time: Wednesday 10 July, 6pm for 7pm-8.30pm

Venue: National Trust HQ, Observatory Hill,

Cost: $20 AGHS members, $30 guests

Bookings & enquiries: email Jeanne Villani

PLEASE NOTE

• Payment confirms booking but please email your booking before transferring the money in case the event is booked out

• Payments must be made prior to the event:

• An Individual Membership entitles only that member to the Members Rate
• Members with Household Membership are entitled to Members Rate for 2 adults & all children living within that household
• Corporate memberships entitle anyone working in that organisation to Members Rate
• Refunds for cancellations will not be made if less than 48 hours notice is given

Visit the AGHS website for more about the Society and future events.

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9. ACT and Region Annual Australian Heritage Partnership Symposium 2013 – program

ACT and Region Annual Australian Heritage Partnership Symposium 2013
A Centenary of Celebrating heritage – The Centenary of Canberra 2013

Date: Saturday 20 July 2013
Time: 8.30am to 5pm
Venue: Sir Roland Wilson Building Theatre, Bldg 120, ANU campus
Cost: $70 full, $50 members of the host organizations, $30 concession & full-time students

Download the ACT Heritage Symposium Program 2013.

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10. Request for contributions to Vernacular Buildings. A New World Survey

Australia ICOMOS member Julian Bickersteth has received the following request from Sandra Piesik in London, seeking contributors to a new book on Vernacular Buildings.

Please email Sandra directly for further information on this project. 

Dear Mr. Bickersteth,

I was requested to lead editorial efforts for a book by Thames & Hudson Vernacular Buildings. A New World Survey. The book is going to have a character of an encyclopaedia and is divided into climate zones. We will look at contemporary aspects of indigenous architecture and how technology and materials from the past are still relevant today.

I am looking for contributors for each region (and climate zones), in particular Australia and New Zealand.

Programme

• Photographs and 25% of the content – January 2014
• 50% of the text – June 2014
• Ready for print – February 2015

With sincere thanks and best wishes.

Sandra Piesik RIBA FRGS
Director, Architect
ph: + 44 753 033 7884

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11. Submit Today: Everyday Preservationist Photo Contest

Enter World Monuments Fund’s inaugural Everyday Preservationist Photo Contest

What does preservation look like to you?

Submit images of your favorite places that call to mind everyday preservation, in one of our five Everyday Preservationist categories. Whether you’re moved by the beauty of a historic site, or inspired by a community that embraces its cultural heritage, share the images you find most compelling.

Five winners will be selected, one in each Everyday Preservationist category, and each will receive a $100 prize!

Visit the competition website or follow World Monuments Fund on Facebook for complete contest details. Enter more than one image, but be sure to submit your photo(s) by 5.00 PM (EDT), Wednesday 31 July.

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12. News from Nawi

One year on from the inaugural Nawi – Indigenous watercraft conference and there’s plenty of nawi news from around the country. To read the latest, click here.

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13. Heritage Council of WA eNews out now

To read the latest edition of Heritage Matters click here.

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14. Quarantine: History, Heritage, Place conference, Sydney – call for papers

Quarantine: History, Heritage, Place
The Quarantine Station, Sydney, Australia
14 – 16 August 2014

Abstracts are invited from historians, geographers, heritage scholars and archaeologists for papers on:

• place-making and place-marking
• quarantine and dark tourism
• graffiti and incarceration
• shrine creation in places of isolation
• heritage, materiality and immateriality
• traces and spaces of disease
• landscapes of quarantine

Please send a 300 word abstract and a short CV for consideration to Peter Hobbins by email. 

Deadline: 16 September 2013

The practice of quarantine has always been grounded in contested locations. The history and heritage of quarantine stations and places of isolation the world over remain in these landscapes, as built environments and in artefacts. In this way, sites of segregation have been both enduring and ephemeral. These vestiges intersect in powerful ways with memory and history, but what is being invoked? Who – or what – were the actors bound up by quarantine regulations? How can the material, documentary, legislative and spatial heritage of quarantine help us untangle narratives of global movement that were interrupted by incarceration?

Encompassing people and pathogens, vectors and vessels, flora and fauna, this conference seeks new interpretations of the place of quarantine. Moving in scale from intimate marks made by internees to multi-site or cross-regional comparisons, we seek to bring together maritime histories of quarantine with analyses of the inland islands of terrestrial quarantine. Above all, we hope to prompt surprising and productive conversations between archaeologists, historians, cultural and human geographers, and heritage scholars.

This international conference builds from a large multidisciplinary investigation of more than 1,000 sandstone inscriptions that cover the stunning Quarantine Station in Sydney, Australia. This unique site will form our venue for the conference, inspiring themes that are both local and global: mark-making, isolation, identity, and place.

Keynote speakers

• Nadav Davidovitch, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
• Gareth Hoskins, Aberystwyth University
• Harold Mytum, University of Liverpool
• Nayan Shah, University of Southern California
• Alexandra Minna Stern, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

University of Sydney Organizing Committee: Alison Bashford, Annie Clarke, Ursula Frederick, Peter Hobbins.

Visit the Quarantine Project website.

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15. The Johnston Collection – What’s On in July

Click here to read the latest news from the Johnston Collection.

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16. ICOMOS Thailand 2013 International Conference – registration open

ICOMOS Thailand 2013 International Conference
Asian Forgotten Heritage: Perception, Preservation and Presentation
Chiang Mai, Thailand
15 – 16 October 2013

Registration deadline: 30 September 2013

For further information, including the program and to download the registration form, visit the conference website.

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17. 9th International Masonry Conference, Portugal – abstract deadline extended

9th International Masonry Conference
Guimarães, Portugal
7-9 July 2014

The 9th International Masonry Conference is a joint initiative from the University of Minho and the International Masonry Society. So far more than 400 abstracts have been received.

The extended deadline for the submission of abstracts is 15 July 2013. After registration at the conference website you can access the restricted area and proceed with submission.

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18. The Griffins’ Canberra 100 Years symposium, Canberra, 16 August 2013

Leading Griffin experts from USA, Germany and Australia will give presentations, at this half day symposium, about the influences and ideals that underpinned the Griffins’ internationally significant design for Canberra.

Date: Friday 16 August

Time: 12.45pm to 4.30pm

Venue: The Shine Dome, Australian Academy of Science, Gordon Street, Canberra

Bookings essential: click here to make a booking

Please see the Griffin Symposium 2013 Invitation for further information.

The program and the speakers’ biographies are available at the Walter Burley Griffin Society website.

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19. SITUATION VACANT Manager, Local Government Services, WA State Heritage Office

WA seeks a heritage professional with planning experience to oversee local government support team, including development and implementation of a state-wide education program for local governments and their communities.

For further information about this role, click here.

Applications close 12 July 2013.

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20. SITUATION VACANT Assistant Director Heritage and Senior Heritage Officer, Department of Parliamentary Services, Parliament House, Canberra

• PE Level 1 – Assistant Director Heritage – Ongoing
  Salary range: $97,379 – $111,183

• PS Level 6 – Senior Heritage Officer – Ongoing
  Salary range: $80,020 – $89,937

The Department of Parliamentary Services (DPS) is located in Parliament House in Canberra and provides essential services to support the work of the Parliament, maintain Parliament House as a symbol of Australian democracy, and ensure that the building, and the important activity that takes place within it, is accessible and engaging for all.

Parliament House is an iconic 20th century building and contains significant art and object collections; as well as important garden landscapes. These exciting positions are part of a newly established Heritage team with an integrated approach to heritage management of the building, its contents and surrounds.

Contact Officer: Ilse Wurst, (02) 6277 5095

When to apply: By close of business Friday 12 July 2013.

How to apply

Detail about how to set out your application and where to send it is included in the information pack. This document is available on the Department of Parliamentary Services website, by emailing PDS Recruitment or by phoning (02) 6277 5200. Hearing- or speech-impaired applicants may obtain the documents via the TTY number (02) 6277 7799.

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21. SITUATION VACANT Executive Director, Heritage Victoria

Executive Director – Heritage Victoria

• Unique leadership opportunity in the heritage field
• Key role in shaping policy and direction

The Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure’s goal is to integrate urban and transport planning with local infrastructure provision to deliver better outcomes for Victorians. This includes efficient and effective planning, building, heritage and local government systems.

The Executive Director is responsible for leading Heritage Victoria with a team of over 30 and administering the broad range of provisions under the Heritage Act 1995. The role provides high-level expert advice as well as leading development of policy and direction and delivery of programs in historic heritage management and regulation.

This significant role requires an experienced senior leader with outstanding communication and representation skills, the ability to build effective relationships with a range of stakeholders and sound judgment. The successful candidate will have proven capacity to lead the development of policy and strategy. Experience and understanding of heritage conservation and management at a high level and qualifications in a relevant discipline are essential.

For confidential enquiries please contact Cheryl Goldsmith at Slade Partners on (03) 9235 5140.

To apply, visit the Slade Partners website quoting Ref No 200073648.

Applications close COB Wednesday 10 July 2013.

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22. SITUATION VACANT Strategic Heritage Officer, Woollahra Municipal Council, Sydney

Woollahra has a rich and diverse history and natural setting that is represented in Victorian, Federation and inter-war buildings, precincts, settings and streetscapes. Council is seeking an enthusiastic and experienced person to join its heritage team in caring for this environmental heritage which has local, regional and, in many instances, a nationally recognised level of heritage significance.

This role includes the preparation of heritage conservation policy and information, provision of advice to Councillors and staff, and promotion of heritage conservation in the community. It also involves responding to customer enquiries and assisting in explaining policies to customers.

For further information, click here or download the Strategic Heritage Officer Info Pack June 2013.

Applications close Monday 8 July.

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23. SITUATION VACANT Tender opportunity for Professional architectural historian – Monterey Fibro Moderne, Rockdale City Council (NSW)

Rockdale City Council is seeking expressions of interest to undertake historical research into the “Fibro Moderne” houses in Monterey NSW.

The successful tenderer will be able to undertake all aspects of the brief, therefore it is expected the historian will have expertise in architectural history.

Project Synopsis

The purpose of this brief is to invite submissions from professional historians to prepare historic research and an edited text to form the basis for a visitors guide.

Fast disappearing, the modest fibro houses of the early 20th century bay side suburb of Monterey show ingenuity and an eye to the architectural fashions of the time. Identified in a 1990 heritage study as “Fibro Moderne”, these houses used the Modernist idiom as a source book for ideas.

The project aims to raise public appreciation for these unique houses and ensure that they are recorded for posterity.

Further information

A full brief is available by contacting Ms Suzanne Wren – Urban Planner by email or on (02) 9562 1750.

The project manager is Louise Thom, Heritage Advisor, who can be contacted on Tuesdays, by email or on (02) 9562 1746.

Closing Date for submissions is 29 July 2013.

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24. SITUATION VACANT Communication and Projects Assistant, ICOMOS International, Paris

5 month short term contract from mid-August 2013

 ICOMOS (the International Council on Monuments and Sites) is an association of over 12,000 cultural heritage professionals present in over 133 countries throughout the world, working for the conservation and protection of monuments and sites – the only global non-government organisation of its kind.  The ICOMOS International Secretariat and its specialized Documentation Centre are located in Paris (France).

The Communication and Projects Assistant is responsible for:

• Working with the Director on the preparation of reports / papers and dossiers in preparation of or resulting from statutory meetings of ICOMOS, and in general on projects and administrative tasks, especially in English
• In general – to act as “resource person” in the Secretariat in what concerns administrative support, and to provide support to the National and Scientific Committees in particular with regard to the website (based on JOOMLA)
• Prepare the “ICOMOS News”. Collection of content, editing, translation, layout, liaising with designers etc
• Updating and developing the content of the ICOMOS website, in conjunction with the Head of the Documentation Centre and the Projects team
• Other ad-hoc duties

For further information about this role, click here.

Applications close Monday 15 July.

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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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