Australia ICOMOS E-Mail News No. 628

  1. Anzac Day e-news
  2. Australia ICOMOS New Membership Applications
  3. Western Australian Heritage Festival, 18 April – 18 May
  4. International Day on Monuments and Sites event, Fremantle, 23 April
  5. Upcoming Australia ICOMOS Executive Committee Meeting – May 2014
  6. Draft Australian Heritage Strategy released for public consultation
  7. Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific (CHCAP) seminar, Melbourne
  8. Saving Brisbane City Hall seminar, Brisbane
  9. SAVE THE DATE – Intangible Cultural Heritage symposium, Melbourne, 18 October 2014
  10. April 18 & the Australia ICOMOS Heritage Toolkit
  11. City of Sydney heritage conservation workshops
  12. Upcoming IPPHA courses
  13. Australia ICOMOS / Docomomo Sydney Talk Series, 22 May
  14. Guided tour of Castlecrag: The Griffins’ journeys – America, Australia, India, 3 May 2014
  15. 2nd Indian Ocean Heritage conference, Reunion Island – call for abstracts: deadline extended
  16. Lath and Plaster Repair workshop, 7 May, Tasmania
  17. CIPA “Cultural Heritage 3D Surveying and Modeling” Summer School – Italy, July 2014
  18. Reducing Risks to Collections 2014 course, China, July-August 2014
  19. News from World Monuments Fund
  20. The Johnston Collection – What’s On
  21. “The Right to (World) Heritage” conference, Germany – call for papers
  22. Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) bulletin – available online
  23. News from Réseau Art Nouveau Network
  24. Link to Heritage Tasmania’s E-newsletter
  25. News from CyArk
  26. ICOMOS ISC Theory and Philosophy of Conservation meeting & conference, Latvia, May 2014
  27. Tasmanian Heritage event at Port Arthur Historic Site, 4 May
  28. SITUATION VACANT Call for quotations: Results-based investigation of the Ballarat Planning Scheme’s potential for Historic Urban Landscape program implementation
  29. SITUATIONS VACANT Heritage Projects Co-ordinator, Rappoport Heritage Consultants
  30. SITUATIONS VACANT Senior Project Specialist (Built/20th-century Heritage), Getty Conservation Institute
  31. SITUATION VACANT Tenders invited: NSW Roads and Maritime Services Heritage consultancy service panels

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1. Anzac Day e-news

The e-news will be published as usual on Friday 25 April. The deadline for newsletter items will be 2pm, Thursday 24 April.

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2. Australia ICOMOS New Membership Applications

There are many benefits in joining ICOMOS – not only the fantastic people you will meet but Membership of Australia ICOMOS brings discounts at ICOMOS functions, at many conferences in Australia and internationally and on ICOMOS publications. The E-mail News provides a weekly bulletin board of information and events in Australia and overseas, including state based events, conferences and site visits, as well as information on heritage publications, funding and grant opportunities, course details and job offers. Members also receive a number of issues annually of the Australia ICOMOS refereed journal Historic Environment. Applications for members to join the Australia ICOMOS Executive Committee (EC) are encouraged from all states and territories. For Young Professional and full Members, the International ICOMOS card gives free or reduced rate entry to many historic and cultural sites.

Australia ICOMOS welcomes new members and would like to encourage students and young cultural heritage graduates to apply for membership. There are various membership categories and applications can be made to the Secretariat:

  • Those who are interested in ICOMOS but who do not meet the requirements for full membership, or else do not have heritage conservation as their core focus, could apply to become Associates of ICOMOS
  • Those at the beginning of a career in architecture, archaeology, planning or history with 3 years experience and who are under 30 years of age may be eligible for Young Professional membership at reduced rates

For further information go to the Membership page of the Australia ICOMOS website, or download the Australia ICOMOS 2014_MEMBERSHIP Application Form.

Membership applications are only considered at meetings of the Executive Committee – in order for your application to be considered at the February 2014 Executive Committee meeting, please submit it to the Secretariat by COB Friday 25 April 2014.

If further information is required, email the Membership Secretary, John Wadsley.

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3. Western Australian Heritage Festival, 18 April – 18 May

Pack your suitcase, fill your rucksack and shove a jumbuck in your tuckerbag and go on a journey! Join the National Trust as it presents the Western Australian Heritage Festival (18 Apr – 18 May) launching this Saturday with the Margaret Feilman Retrospective Exhibition and celebrate our heritage with 169 fantastic events across WA. 

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4. International Day on Monuments and Sites event, Fremantle, 23 April

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF MONUMENTS AND SITES Heritage of Commemoration
“Memorial Mania: The heritage of war commemoration in the present age”

We are currently faced with an intense rise in commemorative events of all kinds in Australia. This is associated with an equally intense increase in the construction of new war and related memorials not seen since the end of the First World War. Remarkably, these are at a time when the participants of both world wars are disappearing and direct memory and experience of wars are declining. While the national myth of Anzac is a contested part of our heritage, it still drives war commemoration in Australia and it still has sway as a generator of citizenship. This talk examines the heritage of commemoration in Australia and asks the questions; why is war commemoration on the rise and why do we still build memorials for events so long ago?

Professor John Stephens will present this fascinating and topical lecture.

The lecture will be followed by refreshments.

Where: Fremantle Artillery Barracks Burt St, Fremantle (plenty of free parking)

When: 6.00pm, Wednesday 23 April 2014

Cost: $10 AICOMOS members, $15 non members

RSVP: to Anne Brake via email by Monday 21 April

Download the Memorial Mania talk flier.

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5. Upcoming Australia ICOMOS Executive Committee Meeting – May 2014

Dear Australia ICOMOS Members

The Executive Committee will be having its next committee meeting in Perth on the weekend of 17 and 18 May. Should you have any matters that you wish the Executive Committee to discuss please email them either to your respective ICOMOS State Representative or to Kerime Danis via email by Wednesday 30 April for inclusion on the agenda.

Please also note that the AICOMOS Traditional Trades Working Group will be holding a workshop in Perth with stakeholders and any interested AICOMOS members on Friday 16 May. The time and location of the meeting will be announced closer to the date. If you would like more information please contact Mary Knaggs by email.

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6. Draft Australian Heritage Strategy released for public consultation

The Minister for the Environment has released the draft Australian Heritage Strategy for public consultation. The closing date for submissions is 9 June 2014.

For further information, visit the Department of the Environment website.

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7. Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific (CHCAP) seminar, Melbourne

The next CHCAP seminar at Deakin University will be a presentation by Prof Kate Darian-Smith, University of Melbourne on “Childhood, Commemoration and Cultural Heritage”.

Abstract

This paper examines how the histories and cultural heritage of children in Australia have been publicly commemorated, and how this has altered over time. Examples range from the memorialization of the lives and deaths of white children in the colonial period to the politicized and contested public commemorations of Indigenous children removed from their families, and the recent memorials and exhibitions acknowledging children who were institutionalized or sent to Australia as child migrants. Issues raised through these case studies include the concepts of children’s rights, Indigenous rights and human rights more generally — and the connections between human rights discourse, cultural heritage and the past.

Biography

Kate Darian-Smith is Professor of Australian Studies and History, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, and Professor of Cultural Studies, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning. She has published widely on many aspects of Australian history, including on memory studies and the histories of childhood and children’s play, and is co-editor (with Carla Pascoe) of Children, Childhood and Cultural Heritage (Routledge, 2013).

Date: Wednesday 28 May 2014

Time: 5.30pm

Venue: Meeting Room 3, Deakin Prime, City Campus, 3/550 Bourke Street, Melbourne

DINNER: The seminar will be followed by dinner around 7pm at Bar Humbug. Please RSVP to Yamini Narayanan by email for dinner booking.

Email list: To be included in the CHCAP email newsletter distribution list, email Yamini Narayanan

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8. Saving Brisbane City Hall seminar, Brisbane

“The Art of Building Conservation: Saving Brisbane City Hall“
Thursday 15 May 2014
2.00 – 5.00pm

This seminar “The Art of Building Conservation: Saving Brisbane City Hall”, presented by the National Trust of Queensland, features Megan Jones of Tanner Kibble Denton Architects speaking about the process of conserving Brisbane City Hall, Queensland’s largest heritage project. Tour and afternoon tea included.

Cost: $25 National Trust and ICOMOS members, $35 non-members

RSVP: to NT (QLD) by email or phone (07) 3223 6666.

Download the The Art of Conservation invitation.

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9. SAVE THE DATE – Intangible Cultural Heritage symposium, Melbourne, 18 October 2014

The next frontier: the intangible cultural heritage of place

A one-day symposium and the launch of the
Australia ICOMOS National Scientific Committee on Intangible Cultural Heritage (NSC-ICH)

Date & Time: Saturday 18 October, 9.30am to 4.30pm, with drinks afterwards

  • [NB: The Australia ICOMOS AGM is on Friday 17 October in the afternoon at a venue TBA]

Location and venue: Melbourne in a venue TBA

Scope: the Symposium will include: an introduction to intangible cultural values at heritage places, case studies, and discussion; and finishing with the lunch of the A ICOMOS National Scientific Committee on Intangible Cultural Heritage (NSC-ICH)

Cost: around $50.00, including refreshments

For more information: email Ian Travers or call him on (03) 9380 6933; email Susan Mcintyre-Tamwoy or call Susan on 0425 215 012

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10. April 18 & the Australia ICOMOS Heritage Toolkit

Dear Australia ICOMOS members and Heritage Colleagues,

INTERNATIONAL DAY ON MONUMENTS AND SITES: THE HERITAGE OF COMMEMORATION

The 18 April is International Day on Monuments and Sites. International ICOMOS and its various committees try to mark this event each year using an annual theme. The theme for 2014 is the Heritage of Commemoration. You can read more about the day and the theme by clicking here.

Some Australia ICOMOS members in our various states and territories have already organised events around this theme. Because of the clash with the Easter break and with Anzac Day, AICOMOS members in other states and territories are planning events on the Heritage of Commemoration later in the year. I urge you all to attend.

THE AUSTRALIA ICOMOS HERITAGE TOOLKIT

I take this opportunity to also bring to your attention a new initiative of Australia ICOMOS – THE AUSTRALIA ICOMOS HERITAGE TOOLKIT – and to invite your input using the AICOMOS Tool Kit Nomination Form.

The Australia ICOMOS Heritage Toolkit consists of web-links to online heritage resources. The aim of the Toolkit is to provide members, practitioners, academicians, policy makers and students access to a centralized database of information about the conservation of heritage in Australia and beyond. The Toolkit is based on an initiative of Sheridan Burke for the International Scientific Committee on 20th Century Heritage.

Visit The AICOMOS Heritage Toolkit webpage.

2014 AUSTRALIA ICOMOS AGM

The Annual General Meeting of Australia ICOMOS will be held in Melbourne on the evening of Friday 17 October 2014. A full day seminar is planned on the Friday before the AGM. More information on the Seminar and the AGM will be provided later in the year, however I urge you all to put the date in your diaries.

Wishing you all the best for International Day on Monuments and Sites and for the Easter break.

Elizabeth Vines
President, Australia ICOMOS

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11. City of Sydney heritage conservation workshops

Are you thinking of restoring or renovating a heritage-listed building or a building in a heritage conservation area? Do you live in an old house and you’re not sure of what changes you can make?

Following their Heritage 101 workshop in May 2013, the City of Sydney is partnering with leading professional bodies to provide detailed workshops to help owners achieve a high standard of sustainable conservation.

Click here for more information.

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12. Upcoming IPPHA courses

Heritage training courses coming up at the Australian National University’s Institute for Professional Practice in Heritage and the Arts (IPPHA) are as follows (click on the links for further details about each course):

A 7 day advanced professional development short course on developing practical heritage management skills, which was awarded the ANU’s 2010 Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence in Education prize.

It is presented by leading industry trainers, Professor Sharon Sullivan AO and Dr Michael Pearson AO, at one of Australia’s most prominent World Heritage sites, Port Arthur in Tasmania.

A 5 day advanced professional development study tour critically reviewing educational approaches used in Canberra’s leading museums and national cultural institutions, convened by Dr Sharon Peoples.

A 5 day professional development short course convened by Professor Howard Morphy, leading international expert on Aboriginal art and the social and visual anthropology of Australian Aboriginal Communities. It provides an update of professional practice in working with communities, planning, development and use of Indigenous collections, benefiting from the experience of Australia’s national cultural institutions.

Are you considering nominating documentary heritage to a UNESCO Memory of the World Register? This 1 day skills development workshop will outline the processes for nominating to all three registers, providing helpful guidance on developing sound arguments for inscription. Convened by the Chair of the UNESCO Australian MOW Committee, Roslyn Russell.

For further information email Sandy Blair.

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13. Australia ICOMOS / Docomomo Sydney Talk Series, 22 May

Public Sydney: drawing the city, by Philip Thalis and Peter John Cantrill
Historic Houses Trust of NSW and Content, Faculty of the Built Environment, University of New South Wales, 2013

Public Sydney: drawing the city makes a major contribution to understanding our shared architectural heritage. It provides the fundamental knowledge required for the ongoing conservation and heritage management of key heritage sites from the late 18th century (the site of first Government House) to the present day. It encompasses Sydney’s history and present state but also anticipates its future, providing an invaluable resource not only for architects and planners, but also for 21st-century government agencies and corporations in their management of Sydney’s public places.

SPEAKERS

  • Philip Thalis and Peter John Cantrill

Members of the public are welcome!

Time & Date: Thursday 22 May 2014, 5.30 for 6.00pm start
Cost: Members $10, non-members $15 payable at the door. Wine and nibbles will be provided.
Venue: GML Heritage, 78 George Street, Redfern
RSVP: email Jane Vernon or call (02) 9319 4811. RSVP is essential as places are limited.

For further information, download the DOCOMOMO – AUSTRALIA ICOMOS TALK_22 May 2014 flyer.

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14. Guided tour of Castlecrag: The Griffins’ journeys – America, Australia, India, 3 May 2014

On Saturday 3 May 2014, as part of the National Trust Heritage Festival with its theme of ‘Journeys’, there will be a guided tour through some of the reserves and walkways created by the Griffins at Castlecrag, describing influences across three continents.

The internationally renowned suburb of Castlecrag was designed by Walter Burley Griffin in the 1920s as a residential community inspired by the ecological and aesthetic qualities of the landscape of Middle Harbour and its foreshores.

You will learn about some of the influences Walter and Marion Mahony Griffin brought to Australia from the United States; the environmental ideals and community life they fostered here and later took to India.

Please bring a hat, walking shoes and water (and let your friends know about this walk!)

Time: 10.30am to 1.00pm

Directions: specific address given on booking

Cost: Adults: $20; Children $10; Family: $50; Concession: $15; National Trust members : $15

Bookings required: email the Walter Burley Griffin Society to make a booking

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15. 2nd Indian Ocean Heritage conference, Reunion Island – call for abstracts: deadline extended

2nd INDIAN OCEAN HERITAGE CONFERENCE
29 September to 1 October 2014
Saint-Denis, Reunion Island

In order to offer more time to contributors, the scientific committee of the 2nd Indian Ocean Heritage conference pushed back the deadline for sending papers to 30 April 2014.

For more information, see the 2nd Indian Ocean Heritage – Call for papers.

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16. Lath and Plaster Repair workshop, 7 May, Tasmania

A one-day practical workshop on the APT-developed system of consolidating and reinstating lath and plaster ceilings and walls to be presented by Mr Barrie Cooper of Westox at Woolmers Cottage, Longford, Tasmania on Wednesday 7 May 2014.

See the Lath and Plaster Repair Workshop flier for more information.

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17. CIPA “Cultural Heritage 3D Surveying and Modeling” Summer School – Italy, July 2014

The International Committee for Documentation of Cultural Heritage (CIPA) summer school on “Cultural Heritage 3D Surveying and Modeling” gives the opportunity to scholars, PhD students, researchers and specialists in the surveying and heritage fields to deepen their knowledge and expertise with reality-based 3D modeling techniques.

The summer school consists of theoretical lectures (surveying, photogrammetry, active sensors, etc.) and practical work, in the field and in the lab. The participants will learn the basics in surveying and data acquisition (with digital cameras, laser scanning sensors and UAV platforms) as well as practice with data processing methods for 3D models and metric products generation.

The summer school is organized within the research project PAESTUM and by CIPA within its dissemination and technology transfer activities and with the financial support of the CIPA sustaining members.

VENUE

The location of the school is Paestum, 50 km south of Salerno (Italy). Paestum can be reached by car or train. The closest international airports are Rome or Naples. The event will take place in the Hotel Villa Rita and inside the archaeological area and museum of Paestum.

REGISTRATION FEE & PARTICIPATION

The registration fee for the participation is 600 Eur.

The fee includes: lecture material, entrance to the site and museum, full-board hotel, welcome party, social dinner.

For the participation, please email a CV to Fabio Remondino by 23 May 2014. The max number of participants is 24. The participant selection will be done according to the CV and order of arrival of the request.

For further information, see the CIPA Summer School_Paestum, July2014 flier.

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18. Reducing Risks to Collections 2014 course, China, July-August 2014

REDUCING RISKS TO COLLECTIONS 2014

DATES

21 July–8 Aug (3 weeks)

PLACE

Tianjin, China

APPLICATION DEADLINE

16 May 2014

ORGANIZERS

  • SACH, State Administration of Cultural Heritage, China
  • CACH, Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage
  • ICCROM International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property

THE COURSE

In this course, we will apply the risk management approach to preventive conservation of museum collections. This approach allows to consider all expected losses and damages to collections, not only those due to rare and catastrophic events, such as fire or flood, but also those resulting from continual deterioration processes, for example due to incorrect relative humidity or lighting.

The course will use the methodology jointly developed by ICCROM, CCI (Canadian Conservation Institute) and RCE (Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands) and is based on the successes and experience acquired in the 7 previous courses. It will review the risk concept in general, and its current interpretations and applications in the field of cultural heritage. It will examine the best available research for estimating all types of risks. Participants will practice each stage of this approach in teams, from the risk assessment of a real museum collection, to the development of options for risk mitigation.

The course will consider especially the Asian-Pacific museum contexts by sharing and discussing participants’ experience and case-studies.

METHODOLOGY

The course is an intensive programme combining both theory and practice, through lectures, case studies and practical exercises. High level interaction is encouraged in the course with participants playing an important part.

PARTICIPANTS

The course is designed for maximum 20 participants, 10 from Asia- Pacific region, 10 from China. They are conservators, collection managers, curators, registrars, and other professionals involved in conservation, preferably with at least three years of practical working in the field. Preference will be given to candidates who are teaching or are heads of conservation teams. Candidates must submit, with their formal application, a 500-word summary describing their specific museum context and collections, and the most important risks they perceive for their institution.

TEACHING TEAM

ICCROM and associated professionals.

WORKING LANGUAGE

English

TRAVEL, ACCOMMODATION AND LIVING EXPENSES

Local transportation, accommodation and meals will be covered by the course organizers. Participants will be responsible for their round trip travel costs to and from Tianjin. A limited number of scholarships will be provided to selected candidates who have been unable to secure funding for their round-trip travel to Tianjin.

This training program is sponsored by SACH.

APPLICATION

Please complete the ‘Course application form’ and email it to this email address by 16 May 2014.

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19. News from World Monuments Fund

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

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20. The Johnston Collection – What’s On

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

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21. “The Right to (World) Heritage” conference, Germany – call for papers

“The Right to (World) Heritage”
BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany
23-25 October 23 2014

Deadline for Abstracts: 30 April 2014

Papers are invited for the conference “The ‘Right to [World] Heritage”, which will provide a platform for students, alumni and experts from the heritage field to exchange knowledge and experience, as well as an opportunity to develop short and long-time cooperations.

The conference is organized by the International Association of World Heritage Professionals e.V. (IAWHP e.V.) together with the Faculty for Environmental Studies and Process Engineering of the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg. Financial support is provided by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

For further information, visit the conference website.

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22. Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) bulletin – available online

To view the latest issue of the GCI bulletin, click here.

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23. News from Réseau Art Nouveau Network

To read the latest news from the Réseau Art Nouveau Network, click here.

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24. Link to Heritage Tasmania’s E-newsletter

To download the latest issue of Heritage Tasmania’s E-newsletter, click here.

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25. News from CyArk

CYARK NEWSLETTER, VOLUME 5, ISSUE 3 

  • A new, no-cost way to support CyArk

Now your online shopping can benefit CyArk! Through AmazonSmile, Amazon gives 0.5% of your purchase to a charity of your choosing. All you have to do is select CyArk as the cause you want to support. AmazonSmile has the same products at the same prices as the Amazon.com marketplace, but by shopping through the AmazonSmile interface your purchases will help support digital preservation of our world’s precious heritage. Get started»

  • Preserving a vernacular cabin with a unique history

This week, two members of CyArk’s production team scanned a historic vernacular cabin that is a part of Henry W. Coe State Park. The data will be used by the California State Parks to assist with site management and conservation. The cabin’s fascinating history began with early settlers in the 1860s, and spans the Roaring Twenties, and pre and post World War II. The site also features interesting Japanese influences, since it was purchased by a local Japanese lettuce farmer in the late 1930s and became a place of recreation for Japanese American families. Read more»

  • Taking a 3D look at a site lost to time

Fort Brown was a star-shaped earthwork fort, constructed in 1846 by the U.S. Military just north of the Rio Grande. The fort was involved in the Mexican American War, the Civil War, and even provided troops for World War II, but today few remains of the original earthworks exist above ground. CyArk laser scanned the site in September 2013, and we are now combining the LiDAR scans with data from the National Park Service’s geophysical surveys with ground-penetrating radar to model the site in 3D. Read more»

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26. ICOMOS ISC Theory and Philosophy of Conservation meeting & conference, Latvia, May 2014

9th Annual Meeting & Scientific Conference
ICOMOS International Scientific Committee Theory and Philosophy of Conservation and Restoration
“Heritage Trends in the Mirror of Social Change. Conservation Reality – 50 Years after Venice Charter”
8-10 May 2014
Riga, Latvia

The conference is open and there in no registration fee. For further information and to register, see the ICOMOS ISC Theory Annual Meeting Programme.

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27. Tasmanian Heritage event at Port Arthur Historic Site, 4 May

As part of the 2014 Tasmanian Heritage festival that runs throughout May and is themed around the concept of ‘Journeys’, the Port Arthur Historic Site will be holding a day of activities to celebrate its botanic heritage. The Plants of Port Arthur, a Growing Journey will be held on 4 May, and will include artists from the Botanica group sharing their works in progress in The Asylum Hall from 11.00am to 4.00pm.

As many of our descendants took the voyage to Van Diemen’s Land, so did many of the plants at Port Arthur. Members of Botanica are respecting this journey, through portraying the plants, the stories and journeys in watercolour and pencil. A representative group from Botanica will be present at the Port Arthur Historic Site and working to capture the beauty of these significant plants.

Botanica comprises students of Lauren Black, a leading figure in botanical art in Australia, and an exhibition of their completed past work that will be on display in the Asylum Hall throughout May.

The Plants of Port Arthur, a Growing Journey will also launch the partnership between the Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority and the Free Settlers Historic Plant Nursery, from 11.00am to 3.00pm in the Trentham Orchard.

Grant Horne and his wife Rowena Howard from the Free Settlers Historical Plant Nursery aim to collect living tissue from historic trees and plants to help conserve the original genetic stock of the first plants brought to Australia as part of Australia’s history. Rare heritage garden plants from Port Arthur, some dating back to the 1830s, are being brought back from the brink of extinction, propagated and made available to Tasmanian gardeners to ensure their survival for future generations. Grant will be at Port Arthur on the 4th May to share his expertise as a professional grafter and nurseryman, and his extensive knowledge of caring for and propagating heritage plants. Orders for rare heritage fruit tree varieties can be made on this day for delivery in the Spring.

Also on this day from 12.00 to 1.30pm, there will be the opportunity to join a tour of the gardens and grounds of the Port Arthur Historic Site to learn about the significant trees and plants, and the stories behind them. Afternoon tea in the Asylum Coffee Shop using some produce from the gardens will also be available.

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28. SITUATION VACANT Call for quotations: Results-based investigation of the Ballarat Planning Scheme’s potential for Historic Urban Landscape program implementation

The City of Ballarat is seeking the services of a suitably qualified consultant to work in-house at the City of Ballarat to undertake a results-based investigation of the Ballarat Planning Scheme’s potential for implementation of the Historic Urban Landscape program currently underway. This project will investigate the current scheme as well as potential planning tools, mechanisms and best practise processes using a locally relevant approach and the philosophy of Results Based Management (RBM).

The project will be used:

  • to guide the methodology of future Historic Urban Landscape strategic projects for implementation, and
  • contribute to the development of Ballarat Council’s Today Tomorrow Together: The Ballarat Strategy and the Ballarat Planning Scheme Review.

Appropriate skills and capacity to deliver would ideally include:

  • In-depth knowledge of Victorian planning tools, the planning system and planning processes (including both Statutory and Strategic Planning and community consultation processes)
  • Proven project management experience

Desired:

  • Understanding of values based management (for example, the Burra Charter)
  • Knowledge of world heritage issues and the UNESCO Historic Urban Landscape approach

The submission process does not require development of a project methodology to be provided as this will be negotiated with the client. Quotations outlining availability, relevant experience and capability, fee schedule and referees needs to be submitted by Thursday 24 April 2014.

If you would like a copy of the project brief please email Susan Fayad, Coordinator Heritage, City Strategy at or phone (03) 5320 5677.

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29. SITUATIONS VACANT Heritage Projects Co-ordinator, Rappoport Heritage Consultants

HERITAGE PROJECTS CO-ORDINATOR – PERMANENT NSW POSITION
RAPPOPORT HERITAGE CONSULTANTS

Rappoport is a specialist firm of dedicated heritage practitioners operating throughout NSW. Located in metropolitan Sydney, the firm assists town planners, architects, owners, managers and developers of heritage properties through the heritage approval process at both State and Local government levels.

Due to increase of work Rappoport is seeking the right candidate with a background in heritage, town planning, architecture, urban design or related fields. The role involves the coordination of report writing, site meetings, CMPs, Statements of Heritage Impact and general office activity in order to meet deadlines, schedules, workflow and standards. The role will also involve coordination, management, scheduling, checking of reports client liaison and council meetings as well as internal staff meetings.

If you have the following expertise and skills then this job is for you:

  • Good management and workflow control
  • Knowledge of heritage charters, legislation and guidelines
  • Understand the heritage planning framework in NSW (LEPs, DCPs etc)
  • Historical and archival research
  • Writing and producing various type of heritage reports
  • Liaising & meeting with clients, external consultants and Councils
  • Report writing skills
  • Strong communication skills, including a good command of the English language;
  • Ability to manage own work and external consultants to meet deadlines
  • Self-motivated – have a proactive approach to the tasks set, organised and plan ahead to meet deadlines
  • Be part of a small team environment
  • Knowledge and use of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook

This role is permanent full-time position located at Mascot. The successful applicant will be required to have appropriate tertiary qualifications. An attractive salary package, commensurate with experience, will be offered.

Please email your resume to Rappoport; or for a confidential discussion/enquiries regarding this position, please contact Sue Rosenberg on 0412 486 777 by 30 April 2014.

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30. SITUATIONS VACANT Senior Project Specialist (Built/20th-century Heritage), Getty Conservation Institute

The Getty Conservation Institute (GCI), located at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California, works internationally to advance conservation practice in the visual arts—broadly interpreted to include objects, collections, architecture, and sites. The Institute serves the conservation community through scientific research, education and training, model field projects, and the dissemination of the results of both its own work and the work of others in the field.

The GCI Field Projects Department is seeking a Senior Project Specialist (Built/20th-century Heritage).

The Field Projects Department’s objectives are:

  • Advance conservation practice through the development and implementation of model projects which incorporate strong research, planning and educational objectives.
  • In all projects, develop strong collaborative relationships so as to build local expertise, ensure sustainability, evaluate work in progress and broadly disseminate information resulting from projects.
  • Disseminate our findings through professional publications and conferences; and contribute to the advancement of the field of conservation through the organization of seminars, symposia and workshops.

Further information is available in the Snr Project Specialist (Getty) position description.

Deadline for applications is 9 May 2014.

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31. SITUATION VACANT Tenders invited: NSW Roads and Maritime Services Heritage consultancy service panels

Roads and Maritime Services NSW is setting up consultant panels for a range of environmental disciplines, including four sub-panels dealing with commonly sought heritage services.

These are:

  • Heritage: Non-indigenous, Indigenous, Engineered heritage, Aboriginal cultural values assessment
  • Environmental Impact Assessment
  • Socio-economic
  • Biodiversity
  • Noise and vibration

The tender documents for these panels are now available to consultants via the e-tendering website. Look for ‘RMS Professional Services Contractor Panels-2014 and Registration Scheme’ or search for RFT ID: RMS.ROI.PSCCI-PANELS. Applications close on 30 April 2014 (see e-tendering for details).

If you require further information after accessing e-tendering, please contact Jeya Thangamani on phone: (02) 8837 0403 or email Jeya.

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