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Australia ICOMOS 2013 conference – session program now online
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AusHeritage Sydney Talk – Tuesday 29 October 2013
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AI Traditional Trades Working Group meeting, Canberra, October 2013
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Expressions of Interest – membership of the proposed Australia ICOMOS Training & Learning (Education) Policy Working Group
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Whither Heritage? A conversation with Christina Cameron and Sharon Sullivan, Wed 30 Oct, Canberra
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Australia ICOMOS Secretariat Office mini-closure & publication of e-news
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Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific (CHCAP) Seminar, Deakin University (VIC)
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Australia ICOMOS final 2013 Executive Committee meeting
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IPHC conference, Denmark, 2014 – SECOND (& altered) call for papers
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Aboriginal Heritage Protection Bill 2013 tabled
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History Week Victoria, 20-27 October 2013
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HERITAGE 2014 – 4th International Conference on Heritage and Sustainable Development, Portugal, 2014 – call for papers & panel proposals
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“Asia in Motion: Heritage and Transformation” conference, Singapore, 2014
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Researching the history of your house workshop, Perth, Saturday 2 November
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Change Over Time Fall 2015 issue – call for papers
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Interpretation Australia’s National Masters workshop, 21 November, Sydney
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Cruise season sails into Port Arthur, media release, PAHSMA
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18th International Conference on Cultural Heritage and New Technologies (Vienna)
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Cambridge Heritage Research bulletin available
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Publication on architecture and engineering of the Royal Navy’s bases
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Everyone’s Environment grants program (QLD)
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‘Stucco’ specialist now residing in Melbourne
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Strategic review of the Department of the Environment, media release
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Invitation to launch of NSW Heritage Network Inc Community Guide for Saving Heritage
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Robin Boyd Foundation Zeitgeist I Lecture Series, next lecture 29 October, Melbourne
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SITUATION VACANT Chief Executive Officer, Open House Melbourne
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1. Australia ICOMOS 2013 conference – session program now online
imagined pasts… imagined futures…
Australia ICOMOS 2013 National Conference—Centenary of Canberra
Thursday 31 October – Sunday 3 November 2013
The 2013 Conference Committee is pleased to announce that the conference session program is now online. The Paper Abstracts can also be downloaded from this page.
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2. AusHeritage Sydney Talk – Tuesday 29 October 2013
‘The Street of Harmony’: Cultural Heritage and Religious Pluralism in George Town,
a New World Heritage City
presented by Khoo Salma, President of the Penang Heritage Trust, Penang, Malaysia
George Town, Penang, is listed together with Melaka as the Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca, a new UNESCO World Heritage Site. Established as a British East India Company trading post in 1786, George Town has a long history as a multicultural city. The site’s Outstanding Universal Values are concentrated in Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling (Pitt Street) which features mosques, Chinese temples, a Hindu temple and a church side by side. The speaker will describe the evolution of this street in the context of the historic port, touching on recent celebrations of, and challenges to, the notion of the ‘Street of Harmony’. She will illustrate how various communities reaffirm their sense of belonging yet share urban spaces, thus contributing to a common sense of place.
Khoo Salma Nasution is a fifth generation Penang peranakan and a writer, publisher and heritage advocate. She is currently president of Penang Heritage Trust and custodian of the Sun Yat Sen Museum, Penang. As co-founder of Little Penang Street Market through Lestari Heritage Network, she is involved in growing Penang’s creative economy. Salma has written or co-written more than a dozen books on Penang and Perak, on the subjects of social history, cultural heritage and sustainable development. Her publishing company Areca Books has four titles listed on the Malaysian National Book Council’s ’50 Best Malaysian Titles 2011′. She promotes heritage networking in Southeast Asia and is an Asian Public Intellectual (API) Fellow of the Nippon Foundation.
Click here for further information about Khoo Salma.
AusHeritage is a network of Australian cultural heritage management organisations, established by the Australian Government in 1996. The network aims to facilitate the engagement of practitioners and organisations for the Australian heritage industry in the overseas arena. Its members work internationally on a grant funded, commercial or cooperative basis. Many Australia ICOMOS members are also members of AusHeritage.
Members of the public are welcome!
Time & Date: Tuesday 29 October 2013, 6.00pm for 6.30pm start
Cost: Free. Wine and nibbles will be provided
Venue: Level 18 Meeting Room, NSW Government Architect’s Office, McKell Building, 2-24 Rawson Place
RSVP: via email to Peter Romey or via email to Mary Knaggs by COB Friday 25 October for catering.
Please note: RSVP is essential as places are limited.
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3. AI Traditional Trades Working Group meeting, Canberra, October 2013
Australia ICOMOS members, interested parties and conference delegates are welcome to attend a meeting of the AI TTWG in Canberra on Thursday 31 October 2013 from 3pm to 5pm.
The meeting will be at the Museum of Australia Democracy (Old Parliament House). The room provided for us is within a secured staff area so please meet at the main entrance of the Museum at 3pm.
We will be discussing the current AI TTWG Strategy and initiatives to promote the use of and training in Traditional Trades in Australia. There will also be a presentation from the SA Construction Industry Training Board and Keith McAllister of HSR/ABC on Traditional Trade Training programs and projects in South Australia.
Please RSVP your attendance to the Coordinator of the AI TTWG Mary Knaggs via email.
Further information about the Australia ICOMOS Traditional Trades Working Group (AI TTWG) can be found at the AI TTWG webpage.
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4. Expressions of Interest – membership of the proposed Australia ICOMOS Training & Learning (Education) Policy Working Group
Australia ICOMOS is updating its Education Policy and seeks Expressions of Interest from members who wish to join a Working Group to update this policy.
Earlier this year, the Aust ICOMOS Executive Committee agreed to create two Working Groups to update Education Policy. One Group was to focus on education/training of professionals and the other was to focus on trades related training issues.
This call for Expressions of Interest invites submissions from members who wish to join the Teaching and Learning (Education)Working Group. The Working Group will initially develop its Terms of Reference, but is primarily tasked with reviewing current Australia ICOMOS Education Policy for the tertiary and professional sector.
Should you be interested in joining this maximum-three-year Working Group, please submit a CV and a short statement of interest to Executive Committee member, Michael Queale by email, by 30 October 2013.
A list of successful applicants will be advised by mid-November.
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5. Whither Heritage? A conversation with Christina Cameron and Sharon Sullivan, Wed 30 Oct, Canberra
Whither Heritage? A conversation with Christina Cameron and Sharon Sullivan
5.30-7.00pm, Wednesday 30 October 2013
Building 6 Level C Room 35, University of Canberra
On the eve of the Imagined pasts…, Imagined Futures Australia ICOMOS Conference, join us for a conversation about where heritage is heading, hosted by the University of Canberra’s Donald Horne Institute and Centre for Creative and Cultural Research. This is a great opportunity to join an informal discussion with two of the world’s most respected figures in heritage conservation, Canada’s Christina Cameron and Australia’s Sharon Sullivan. The interview will be led by Deakin University’s Research Professor of Cultural Heritage, Tim Winter, and University of Canberra’s Tracy Ireland, and there will be plenty of opportunities for questions from the floor. Starting with a discussion about World Heritage and issues arising from the last World Heritage Committee meeting in Cambodia, the conversation will go on to consider what the future holds for local and national heritage in Canada, Australia and the region.
Refreshments will be served.
RSVP: to Heather Mueller by email or tel (02) 6201 2635 by Tuesday 29 October
Click here for directions, parking etc
Download the Whither Heritage? talk flier.
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6. Australia ICOMOS Secretariat Office mini-closure & publication of e-news
The Australia ICOMOS Secretariat will be unattended from midday Thursday 7 November to Tuesday 12 November inclusive – office will re-open Wednesday 13 November.
Consequently, the Australia ICOMOS E-news will be published on Thursday 7 November instead of Friday 8 November – the deadline for newsletter items for this issue will be COB Wednesday 6 November.
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7. Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific (CHCAP) Seminar, Deakin University (VIC)
CHCAP’s next seminar will take place on Thursday 31 October. Elizabeth Anya-Petrivna will be speaking on Muse/Museal: The Lost Workshop and The Artificial Flower – a collection of writings and an exhibition.
The Lost Workshop is a contrivance – emerging out of the fragmented and meagre traces found in the historic record about artificial flower making. No substantial archival material exists detailing the work of Melbourne artificial florists, yet they thrived here. Despite these voids this project reveals the workings of a nineteenth century flower making studio as a place that can be ‘imagined’ both as a written and exhibited project. Can The Lost Workshop be found through instructions manuals or fit for purpose tools; perhaps in template illustrations or first person chronicles? Can it be evidenced in photographs and shop labels; maybe newspaper reports such as lost and found notices or classified advertisements?
The writing project attempts to find the flower makers of nineteenth century Melbourne by using the material objects at hand, many of which are found in museums, collections, archives and libraries. The workshops materialise as bijoux spaces, often in arcades trading alongside shops selling harmoniums, Turkish baths, theatres and other entertainments. The narrative follows the careers of five makers – each using different materials, methods, and scales of enterprise.
The exhibition in particular, will attempt to ‘revitalise’ a collection of flower making tools. These objects retain a practical memory of usage but the knowledge associated with them is missing or compromised. Inert, they are objects cut loose from the gestures and forms they were made for. But is this stasis an illusion? The exhibition looks back at these workplaces and the things that were made as ‘vibrant’. The tools and workshop are reanimated in the context of an imagined place, where speculations can be dreamed, asking the audience to imagine working in The Lost Workshop. This is a place in which no one has worked recently and if anyone happens to visit – by using the artificial flower in their design practice – they only use a few tools and some materials from many; they take some knowledge from much. We try to imagine what this place looked like before it was lost; what does it still contain and what can happen here?
This project looks at the agency of objects in curation – their affect on the curator and the transmission of this ‘affect’ to the audience. Taking Jane Bennett’s understanding of Object Oriented Ontology and her text ‘Vibrant Matter’ this study attempts to look at ‘thingness’ in both historic writing and exhibition – asking are historic objects ever passive and invert, especially when on exhibition, and if active how do we get the audience to notice their vitality?
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. 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.
When: Thursday 31 October 2013, 5.15pm for a 5.30pm start
Where: Royal Historical Society of Victoria, entry via William Street
Cost: Free of charge. All welcome
RSVP: by email to Steven Cooke for catering purposes
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8. Australia ICOMOS final 2013 Executive Committee meeting
The Executive Committee is meeting in Canberra at Old Parliament House on Thursday 31 October 2013, followed by the Annual General Meeting at 5pm in Private Dining Room 1, and then the opening ceremony for the Australia ICOMOS Centenary Conference in Kings Hall, all at Old Parliament House.
The Executive Committee look forward to joining ICOMOS members next week at the AGM and also at the exciting Australia ICOMOS Centenary Conference and all the wonderful events planned around the conference.
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9. IPHC conference, Denmark, 2014 – SECOND (& altered) call for papers
ICOMOS International Polar Heritage Committee Meeting & Open Conference
“The Future of Polar Heritage:
Environmental challenges in the face of climate change: detection and response”
Copenhagen, Denmark
25-28 May 2014
The ICOMOS International Polar Heritage Committee (IPHC) is holding its next meeting and open conference in Copenhagen, Denmark on May 25th – 28th 2014.
The IPHC 2014 conference will be held at and hosted by the National Museum of Denmark in association with the Greenland National Museum.
The focus of the conference will be to bring together interested parties to discuss the future of polar heritage. The conference theme is about addressing environmental challenges in the face of climate change – how do we detect and respond to those changes.
The conference is open to heritage specialists, scientists, researchers, educators and students as well as participants from government, local community and industry. The formal AGM of the IPHC will be open to IPHC members only.
Abstract deadline: 20 November 2013.
For more information download the IPHC Conference 2014 Second & Final Call for Papers.
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10. Aboriginal Heritage Protection Bill 2013 tabled
The Minister for Environment, Parks and Heritage (TAS), Brian Wightman MP, last night tabled the Aboriginal Heritage Protection Bill 2013.
The Bill aims to provide more effective protection and management of Aboriginal heritage throughout Tasmania. You can follow the progress on the by clicking here.
Further information on the Bill will shortly be available at this link.
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11. History Week Victoria, 20-27 October 2013
Victoria’s wide and wonderful past looks set to come alive thanks to the hundreds of events in store for this year’s History Week.
To be held from the 20 – 27 October 2013, Victorians can:
- reflect on memorable, important, forgotten or outrageous women in Victoria’s history at the Professional Historians Association and Museum Victoria’s “Flashback!”
- take your tastebuds on a walk through the chocolate history of Fitzroy and Collingwood, exploring secret chocolate laneways, the Great White Chocolate City, and leaning about the chocolate king of Victoria
- don your best hat and celebrate the history of the Melbourne Cup’s Fashions on the Field
- stroll down Smith Street and relive the shopping strip’s history
- wander the tree lined streets of Malvern East and explore the Spanish Mission style houses
- spend a day in the countryside at the Stratford Heritage Farm Day, admiring the working horses and experiencing hand milking, cheese making and sheep shearing
- pay homage to one of Melbourne’s most famous icons and explore the history and style of our favourite mode of transport
- experience the lavish interiors, enjoy afternoon tea and a glass of sparkling wine in one of Victoria’s most significant nineteenth century mansions
- admire emergency service vehicles and equipment of yesteryear at the Historical Emergency Services Expo
- take a rare tour of our heritage listed Supreme Court building, hearing stories from the archives and discovering judicial robes and wigs
- explore domestic life during the war years with the ‘On the Home Front’ exhibition
- learn about the defence manufacturing work carried out on the former Albion Explosives Factory site
- lose yourself in history with a leisurely browse through the entries for the Victorian Community History Awards
- and much more
“Victoria has such a diverse and intriguing history, so we are delighted to once again be able to pull together a whole host of reasons for Victorians to get out there and enjoy it,” said Kate Prinsley from the Royal Historical Society of Victoria.
“From fascinating walking tours and engaging discussions, to country outings and history making events – there is something in store for everyone to enjoy.”
History Week is generously supported by the Vera Moore Foundation and is being coordinated by the Royal Historical Society of Victoria.
For details on all History Week events, visit the History Week website.
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12. HERITAGE 2014 – 4th International Conference on Heritage and Sustainable Development, Portugal, 2014 – call for papers & panel proposals
HERITAGE 2014
4th International Conference on Heritage and Sustainable Development
Guimarães, Portugal
22-25 July 2014
Organised by: Green Lines Institute for Sustainable Development
HERITAGE 2014 – 4th International Conference on Heritage and Sustainable Development follows the path of the previous editions: it aims at establishing a state of the art event regarding the relationships between forms and kinds of heritage and the framework of sustainable development concepts.
Once again the four dimensions of sustainable development (environment, economics, society and culture) are the pillars of this event, defining a singular approach on how to deal with the specific subject of heritage sustainability. Furthermore, beyond the traditional aspects of heritage preservation and safeguarding, the relevance and significance of the sustainable development concept is to be discussed and scrutinised by some of the most eminent worldwide experts.
Nowadays, heritage preservation and safeguarding is facing new and complex problems. Degradation of Heritage sites is not any more just a result of materials ageing or environmental actions. Factors such as global and local pollution, climate change, poverty, religion, tourism, commodification, ideologies and war (among others) are now in the cutting edge for the emerging of new approaches, concerns and visions about heritage.
Thus, Heritage 2014 – 4th International Conference on Heritage and Sustainable Development proposes a global view on how heritage is being contextualized in relation with the four dimensions of sustainable development. What is being done in terms of research, future directions, methodologies, working tools and other significant aspects of both theoretical and field approaches will be the aims of this International Conference. Furthermore, heritage governance, and education are brought into discussion as the key factors for enlightenment of future global strategies for heritage preservation and safeguarding.
A special chapter on Heritage and Cultural Tourism was included in this edition, as cultural tourism became a major theme and a major area of research. Applied field research as well as theoretical approaches are welcome in this special chapter that is meant to be a wide and meaningful forum of debate on this topic.
HERITAGE 2014 is a peer reviewed conference.
- Official language of the conference for publication purposes is ENGLISH. Therefore, abstracts and papers must be submitted in English
- Official languages of the conference for oral presentations are ENGLISH, SPANISH and PORTUGUESE
- Parallel sessions will be organised according to the working language
Visit the conference website for full details about the conference scope, topics and submission procedures.
Abstract submission deadline: 30 November 2013
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13. “Asia in Motion: Heritage and Transformation” conference, Singapore, 2014
“Asia in Motion: Heritage and Transformation”
The Asia Research Institute (ARI) and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) of the National University of Singapore, together with the Association for Asian Studies (AAS), is pleased to present the inaugural AAS-in-ASIA Conference on “Asia in Motion: Heritage and Transformation,” to be held on 17-19 July 2014 in Singapore. It is hoped that this broad theme will attract panel and roundtable proposals from humanists and social scientists, as well as people from the worlds of law, policy, civil society, journalism, and other professional fields. Visit the conference website for more general information on the event.
Hilary du Cros, Rita Padawangi and Mike Douglas of the Asia Research Institute are seeking papers for two panels with a focus on Asia for themes of:
- Urban Heritage Activism
- Urban Heritage and Disasters
There are also many other panels proposed on the website if these are not of particular interest. A limited number of travel grants are available (one per panel). Please indicate if you would like to apply for one, when submitting a topic for a paper. Also, publication options for the best papers will be sought by the panel organizers.
Email Hilary Du Cros for further information.
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14. Researching the history of your house workshop, Perth, Saturday 2 November
Researching the history of your house workshop
Saturday 2 November, 10am – 12 noon
City of Vincent Library and Local History Centre
When was your house built? Has the house been altered over the years? A workshop presented by Kris Bizzaca (Historian) with the City of Vincent Local History & Heritage staff will guide you through how to search the history of your house. Original archive building plans of your house will be accessed for free at the workshop if the plans are available.
There are limited spaces, so get your registration in quickly by RSVPing using the details below.
Email: email Local History or email Heritage
Phone: (08) 9273 6534 or (08) 9273 6069
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15. Change Over Time Fall 2015 issue – call for papers
Change Over Time is a semiannual journal publishing original articles on the history, theory, and praxis of conservation and the built environment. Each issue is dedicated to a particular theme as a method to promote critical discourse on contemporary conservation issues from multiple perspectives both within the field and across disciplines. Themes are examined at all scales, from the global and regional to the microscopic and material.
LANDSCAPE AND CLIMATE CHANGE – Fall 2015 issue
Deadline: 1 September 2014
This issue will explore many facets of the impacts of climate change on significant cultural landscapes. We look for a range of topics that include case studies, theoretical and philosophical examinations of this topic, the position of cultural landscapes in the larger historic preservation discourse on climate change, and applicable lessons from other disciplines. The goal is to provide a basis from which our responses to known and unknown impacts of climate on cultural landscapes can be advanced.
Questions and submissions should be emailed to Meredith Keller. For further information about the journal visit the journal website.
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16. Interpretation Australia’s National Masters workshop, 21 November, Sydney
Interpretation Australia’s National Masters workshop
21 November 2013, 9am-3pm
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
Further information is available by clicking here. Read about the amazing line-up of provocative speakers – and register for both the National Masters Workshop and all the networking opportunities clustered around it… including a great field trip on Friday 22 November (limited places).
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17. Cruise season sails into Port Arthur, media release, PAHSMA
Australia ICOMOS is committed to the dissemination of relevant cultural heritage information. In line with this commitment we are circulating the following media release from the Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority, dated 21 October 2013.
The 2013-14 Southern Tasmanian cruise season will begin this Wednesday morning, October 23 when Sea Princess moors just offshore from the Port Arthur Historic Site. She will be carrying 1,900 passengers and 900 crew on a cruise around Tasmania from Sydney.
After voyaging past the sea cliffs of the Tasman Peninsula coastline, passengers will be tendered ashore to experience the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Site and learn about Australia’s convict heritage. While at Port Arthur, they will be offered unique locally made crafts and produce, including jewellery hand-crafted by local artist Sally Ferrar using ashes collected from the January 2013 bushfires.
Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority (PAHSMA) Director of Tourism Anne McVilly says that some passengers will undertake tours in the local region.
“We have fantastic and unique experiences all around Port Arthur, including award winning eco cruises, the Tasmanian Devil Conservation Park, a chocolate factory and whiskey distillery as well as the World Heritage-listed Coal Mines Historic Site.”
“A select few will explore areas of the Port Arthur Site not normally open to visitors on special behind-the-scenes tours with our archaeologists. “
The ship will depart for Hobart in the late afternoon, giving passengers the opportunity to undertake further tours and activities in southern Tasmania the next day, and providing an increased economic boost to the region.
“PAHSMA has been working strategically for many years to attract more cruise ship visits to its deep water harbour,” said Ms McVilly.
“We are really starting to see that effort bear fruit this season, with nine visits scheduled between now and next April. We anticipate even more visits in future seasons following the upgrading of our jetty facility in the first quarter of 2014.”
An economic impact study commissioned by Cruise Downunder reveals that each passenger visiting a Tasmanian port spends on average around $113.00 per day, which added up to a total expenditure of $8.9 million in 2012-13.
“With more port visits expected this year, this figure will grow, and doesn’t include expenditure by the crew or on provisioning the ships.”
“Every vessel that visits Port Arthur is adding a day to its Tasmanian itinerary, so the economic benefits are cumulative and spread around the region.”
Tasmania is set for record cruise season with 64 port visits in total. Burnie is expecting 12, Hobart 36, Devonport one, and Coles Bay and Wine Glass Bay three each, in addition to the nine expected at Port Arthur.
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18. 18th International Conference on Cultural Heritage and New Technologies (Vienna)
18th International Conference on Cultural Heritage and New Technologies
Urban Archaeology and “Correct” documentation – Documenting the Data
11 -13 November 2013
Vienna, Austria
In three weeks the 18th International Conference on Cultural Heritage and New Technologies will be opened in the City Hall of Vienna, Austria.
It is still possibile to register online. If you register by 6 November, you will be part of the printed list of participants.
- The new conference homepage is now online
- The final schedule is online
- The event is Green
- There is a free attendance public afternoon
- Information about accommodation can be found here
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19. Cambridge Heritage Research bulletin available
To read the latest Cambridge Heritage Research bulletin, click on the following link.
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20. Publication on architecture and engineering of the Royal Navy’s bases
Support for the Fleet – Architecture and Engineering of the Royal Navy’s Bases 1700-1914
by Jonathan Coad
(ISBN 978-1-84802-055-9)
This major new book traces for the first time the architectural and engineering works in the Royal Navy’s shore bases at home and overseas and the political imperatives and technologies that helped shape them up to the First World War.
Based on detailed archival research, it concentrates on the remarkable legacy of surviving structures. The varied requirements of the sailing navy and its steam-driven successor are reflected in successive dockyard remodellings and expansions. The book reveals the close links that developed with a rapidly industrialising Britain at the end of the eighteenth century, showing contributions of figures such as Samuel Bentham, Thomas Telford, Henry Maudslay, the Rennies, the Jessops and James Watt.
Click here or view the Support for the Fleet leaflet for more information.
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21. Everyone’s Environment grants program (QLD)
The Queensland Government through the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (DEHP) has launched a grants program to conserve and promote Queensland’s heritage listed places and historic shipwrecks.
A total of $600,000 has been made available for heritage conservation and interpretation projects. Funding for projects ranges from $2,000 to $40,000. This grants program provides two streams of funding – smaller scale projects of $2,000 to $10,000 and larger scale projects of $10,000 to $40,000 for heritage projects that seek to engage the community in conserving, understanding and appreciating Queensland’s cultural heritage. Further information about the program can be found on the DEHP website.
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22. ‘Stucco’ specialist now residing in Melbourne
Mr Salvatore Russo, recently moved from Italy to Melbourne, Australia, is a 30 year veteran in ‘Stucco’. More specifically, its physical application amongst Italy’s vast landscape of Grande Architecture.
Highly acclaimed for his knowledge and work in the restoration and conservation of Historic buildings and monuments, his references even contain the names of some of the world’s most famous places, such as The Vatican.
Mr Russo is committed to sharing his specialist knowledge and decades of experience so Australia is not left behind the rest of the world in methods of Restoration and Preservation of our Historic Architecture. Please feel free to contact Mr Russo for a quote. All work welcome.
He is also is open to any invitation to teach restoration methods that are leading edge and used in the world today, and share with Australia the most effective processes and optimal materials used in the application of this technique simply known as Stucco.
To contact Mr Salvatore Russo, please send emails to this address.
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23. Strategic review of the Department of the Environment, media release
Australia ICOMOS is committed to the dissemination of relevant cultural heritage information. In line with this commitment we are circulating the following media release from the Department of the Environment, dated 23 October 2013.
Strategic review of the Department of the Environment
The Department of the Environment will conduct an internal strategic review of its operations over coming months to examine its core objectives, roles and responsibilities, and to inform its future priorities and organisational arrangements.
The review is being undertaken in the context of the Government’s priorities, machinery of government changes following the election and the broader fiscal environmental within which the Department is operating.
Its aim is to strengthen the Department so it is better able to deliver the Government’s policies and achieve public good benefits for the Australian environment, economy and society.
The review will be undertaken internally and guided by a reference panel of external experts with deep experience in government who will be appointed by the Secretary in coming weeks.
In the light of existing budget pressures, the Department will also initiate a voluntary redundancy programme aimed at reducing staffing levels by around 150 to ensure it operates within its allocated budget.
The staff of the Department have been advised, as has the Community and Public Sector Union. The Department will work with staff and their representatives to ensure they are engaged through these processes.
Gordon de Brouwer
Secretary
Click here to read the Terms of Reference.
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24. Invitation to launch of NSW Heritage Network Inc Community Guide for Saving Heritage
You are cordially Invited to the Launch of the NSW Heritage Network Inc Community Guide for Saving Heritage
Date & Time: 11.30am, 10 November 2013
Venue: Linnwood House, 25 Byron Road, Guildford, NSW
RSVP by email by 7 November 2013
Refreshments available at reasonable cost, visit the Heritage Listed House built 1891 by George and Susan McCredie. Nearest Railway Station Guildford.
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25. Robin Boyd Foundation Zeitgeist I Lecture Series, next lecture 29 October, Melbourne
ZEITGEIST I is an initiative of The University of Melbourne Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation in partnership with the Robin Boyd Foundation.
The Robin Boyd foundation is pleased to announce the speaker for the next Zeitgeist l lecture is to be Paul Couch.
Paul is an architect and a registered building practitioner who has a rare personal engagement with building construction. The longest serving employee of Robin Boyd and Frederick Romberg Paul’s keen interest in the practice of building developed while working on many of their most well known buildings. Since establishing his own practice Paul has received numerous architecture awards from the Australian Institute of Architects, the Master Builders Association and The Age Public Architecture Award.
Date & time: Tuesday 29 October, 7.00pm – 9.30pm
Venue: ‘Walsh Street,’ 290 Walsh Street, South Yarra
Cost: Robin Boyd Foundation members $20.00, public $25.00, students $15.00
Guests are invited for drinks on arrival at 7.00pm for a 7.30pm start.
For further information and to book tickets, visit the Robin Boyd Foundation website.
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26. SITUATION VACANT Chief Executive Officer, Open House Melbourne
Open House Melbourne CEO opportunity
After six successful years, Open House Melbourne is going through an exciting period of growth. This includes the opportunity to engage a CEO to ensure the organisation continues to be successful and sustainable in the future.
The right candidate will be an effective leader and team builder with strong commercial acumen; goal and performance oriented; collaborative in spirit while being entrepreneurial and innovative; and able to effectively engage a wide range of stakeholders and organisations throughout Melbourne. The right candidate is also expected to have a passion for Melbourne and good design.
You can find out more about the role by clicking here.
Application deadline is Friday 25 October 2013.
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Disclaimer: Opinions expressed in the Australia ICOMOS Email News are not necessarily those of Australia ICOMOS Inc. or its Executive Committee. The text of Australia ICOMOS Email news is drawn from various sources including organizations other than Australia ICOMOS Inc. The Australia ICOMOS Email news serves solely as an information source and aims to present a wide range of opinions which may be of interest to readers. Articles submitted for inclusion may be edited.
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Australia ICOMOS Secretariat
Georgia Meros, Secretariat Officer
Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific
Deakin University
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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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