1. Early career professionals drinks, Melbourne, 24 February

2. VICOMOS function: drinks and dinner in Fitzroy, 2 March

3. NSW Networking Event, Friday 19 February, Sydney

4. Sir William Goodman Bridge site visit – South Australia, 18 February

5. The People’s Ground, Melbourne 2016 – call for papers

6. Port Arthur Talk, Thursday 18 February 2016

7. McCoy PhD Scholarship: Designed Public Spaces in Melbourne

8. Structural Engineering Stone Masonry Heritage Conservation professional development day, Perth, 19 February

9. The Destruction of Memory film screening, Sydney, 25 February

10. 2016 Bathurst Macquarie Heritage Medal – nominations open

11. Call for Applications: Fryer Library Fellowship, University of Queensland

12. NSC on Cultural Landscapes and Cultural Routes 2016 meeting & associated Emerging Professionals event: 18-20 March, Lithgow, NSW

13. New books in exchange for a short review

14. Deakin University Cultural Heritage Seminar, Melbourne

15. Professional Historian’s 2016 Conference: “Working History”, 19-20 August, Melbourne

16. Draft Adelaide Park Lands Management Strategy – public consultation closes 26 February

17. Protecting National Historic Sites program 2015-16 funding round – applications open

18. Survey on Cultural Heritage Management and the Law in Australia

19. Cambridge Heritage Research bulletin available

20. Latest Federation of Australian Historical Societies e-Bulletin available online

21. International Conference on Modern Age Fortifications of the Mediterranean Coast, 10-12 November 2016, Florence – call for papers

22. Call for Expressions of Interest to organize XIII Terra Conference 2019 or 2021

23. City of Stirling Heritage Awards: Call For Nominations

24. Warrnambool Botanic Gardens Master Plan – have your say

25. News from CyArk

26. Registrations open for Longford Academy on 9-13 May 2016

27. Museums Australia VIC upcoming events in Melbourne

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

29. ICOMOS-ICAHM Conference, 2-5 May 2016, Salalah, Oman – call for abstracts

30. SITUATION VACANT Experienced Plasterer or Apprentice/Trainee, McMillan Heritage Plastering

31. SITUATION VACANT Heritage – Senior Consultant / Heritage Architect, URBIS

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1. Early career professionals drinks, Melbourne, 24 February

Young and early-career cultural heritage professionals are invited to attend Early ICOMOS drinks on Wednesday 24 February. The event will provide an opportunity to network with other early-career professionals and discuss future events. There are no hard and fast rules about the cut-off point for a young or early-career professionals, so if you’re not sure, please join us! Non-members who are interested in getting involved in ICOMOS are also welcome.

Date & time: 6pm, Wednesday 24 February

Where: Melbourne Public, 11 Dukes Wharf, South Wharf

RSVP: by 19 February to Felicity Watson by email

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2. VICOMOS function: drinks and dinner in Fitzroy, 2 March

A VICOMOS function is long overdue! Please join us for drinks and dinner in Fitzroy.

Where: The Gertrude Hotel, 148 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy

When: Wednesday 2 March

Time: 6.00pm onwards

RSVP: by email to Sue Hodges (ICOMOS Victorian representative) or by phone (03) 9681 8088 by Friday 26 Feb for dinner

All welcome (Emerging ICOMOS, Emerged ICOMOS and all those in between)!

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3. NSW Networking Event, Friday 19 February, Sydney

Members and potential members are invited to an informal networking event on the evening of Friday 19 February 2016 from 5.15pm until 6.45pm at MezBah Central (Railway Square under the Adina Hotel – Old Parcel Post Office and overlooking Henry Deane Plaza).

Buy your own refreshments and bring them to the Mezzanine Level. Afterwards some may like to wander up to the new Spice Alley at Central Square. Some members of the Australia ICOMOS Executive Committee who are meeting in Sydney over the weekend will be present.

Enquiries: contact Mary Knaggs on 0427 502 042.

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4. Sir William Goodman Bridge site visit – South Australia, 18 February

On Thursday 18 February 2016 we are visiting the Sir William Goodman Bridge in Hindmarsh. This member’s-only event is jointly organised between Engineering Heritage SA and Australia ICOMOS.

The Sir William Goodman Bridge is the first reinforced concrete bridge to be built in the metropolitan area in South Australia. It was designed by Sir John Monash for the newly-formed Municipal Tramways Trust and carried one of the first electric tram services from Holland Street across the Torrens to Hindmarsh.

The ‘Holland Street Tramway Bridge [Concrete Girder]’ (Sir William Goodman Bridge) was entered in the South Australian Heritage Register under the Heritage Places Act 1993 in 1986. It is listed as a place of state significance under the Charles Sturt Council Development Plan under the Development Act 1993. It is on the Classified List of the National Trust of South Australia (now closed to entries). The Holland Street Bridge is also recorded as a significant structure by Engineers Australia, with a plaque recently erected at the bridge.

Bookings for this event are free and can be made on the Engineering Heritage SA website.

If you have any troubles booking via the website, please confirm your attendance by emailing SA ICOMOS Rep Deborah Lindsay.

We will meet beside the bridge on Holland Street, Hindmarsh at 4:30pm to hear about the bridge’s history and transformation in to a pedestrian and cycle-way from Engineering Heritage SA. We are then heading across the road for a drink and social catch up. Hope you can make it.

This is one of several events that are planned for SA members this year. Please keep a look out for further events.

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5. The People’s Ground, Melbourne 2016 – call for papers

The National Trusts of Australia and Australia ICOMOS joint conference will be held on 5-8 October 2016 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).

At the 2015 ICOMOS Fabric Conference in Adelaide, delegates were challenged to re-evaluate the role of the heritage expert. In 2016 we want to build on these ideas, and the relationships between people, place and practice, theoretically and experientially.

The Melbourne Cricket Ground – popularly “The People’s Ground” – is the inspiration for this conference. This acknowledges that heritage is for and about people and community. Whilst place is central to conceptions of heritage, is it not intangible values – stories, memories, connections, emotions – that reveal and sustain our heritage?

One of our keynote speakers, Frank Vagnone, CEO of the Historic House Trust of New York, recently co-authored the ground-breaking Anarchists Guide to Historic House Museums. His thesis is the need to put the visitor’s experience at the centre. In his keynote, Frank will develop the larger application of his “disruptive” ideas to historic sites, cultural venues and practice.

The People’s Ground asks if a new hierarchy is emerging of how place and practice relate to people?

We are seeking papers by a diverse range of “heritage players” – heritage and GLAM practitioners, historians, social scientists, academics, archaeologists, architects, planners, ecologists, and community advocates – that interrogate and critique the intersections between people, place and practice, reflecting on the past 60 years of heritage practice in Australia, and looking towards the future. Intangible cultural heritage, landscape assessment and management (including the Historic Urban Landscape approach), Aboriginal heritage and the house museum sector are all particularly relevant to the conference theme, and are played out at the MCG, the conference venue.

To propose a paper, please submit a 300 word summary by 24 February 2016 at the conference website.

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6. Port Arthur Talk, Thursday 18 February 2016

‘A convict in the family?’ A travelling exhibition from Sydney Living Museums
presented by Mine Konakci

Was your ancestor transported for a pittance? The Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority is proud to present Sydney artist and documentary photographer Mine Konakci.  Her exhibition ‘A convict in the family?’ reveals through rich, large-scale photographs the connections between convict settlers, their direct descendants and the petty crimes that changed the course of their families’ histories. Drawn from a diverse cross-section of the community, sitters have been photographed alongside a representation of the item, or items, stolen by their ancestors.  Thirty-one of 40 images are presented here at Port Arthur. Mine will talk about her background, and the history behind this project including how she found her subjects.

Mine Konakci is an Australian with Turkish heritage. She holds a Masters in Documentary Photography, from the Sydney College of Arts, The University of Sydney and a Bachelor of Graphic Design from the Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, Istanbul, Turkey. Her fascination with Australia’s convict past started when she was commissioned by a heritage publication in 2008 to photograph Anna, a high-school student with convict ancestry. When she embarked on her Master’s degree in documentary photography, documenting direct descendants of convict settlers became the obvious choice for her major project. Mine lives and works in Sydney and ‘A convict in the family?’ is her first solo exhibition.

ALL WELCOME!

When: Thursday 18 February 2016 at 5.30pm

Where: Asylum, Port Arthur Historic Site (note change of venue)

PLEASE RSVP by calling 6251 2324 if you are attending.

Download the ‘A convict in the family?’ flyer.

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7. McCoy PhD Scholarship: Designed Public Spaces in Melbourne

The Melbourne School of Design (University of Melbourne), in collaboration with the Museum of Victoria offer an exciting PhD opportunity to examine the changing nature of the designed public space in Melbourne from 1850. The successful candidate, under the supervision of Professor Julie Willis (Melbourne School of Design) and Dr Richard Gillespie (Melbourne Museum; and Principal Fellow in SHAPS, Faculty of Arts) will examine aspects of social history, planning history, landscape history and architectural history to underpin an interdisciplinary interrogation of the relationships between public spaces, the structures within them and the urban fabric that surrounds them.

The scholarship (commencing at A$26,288 per annum for 3 years, with one possible 6 month extension) will commence before 30 June in 2016, and is open for applications from Australian citizens and permanent residents who have graduated with an Honours or Masters degree in a discipline relevant to the project aims. The scholarship is subject to the terms and conditions of the Melbourne Research Scholarship. Applicants must also meet the Melbourne School of Design and University of Melbourne’s additional PhD entry criteria.

Expressions of interest close on Monday 22 February. For enquiries and further information please visit the Melbourne School of Design website or email Ceira Barr from the Melbourne School of Design.

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8. Structural Engineering Stone Masonry Heritage Conservation professional development day, Perth, 19 February

Colgan Industries and National Trust (WA)  are pleased to present a professional development day on the topic of Structural Engineering Stone Masonry Heritage Conservation.

Time & Date: Friday 19 February, 1.00pm-5.00pm
Venue: Gallop House, 22 Birdwood Parade, Dalkeith
Cost: Free

Speakers

• Kelly Rippingale (NT Conservation Architect)
• Peter Baxendale (Heritage Engineer)
• John Hesltine (Technical Director of Helifix UK)

Attendance strictly via registration – RSVP to Sinead to register

Limited places remaining – download the Colgan Industries – NT (WA) Prof Day flyer.

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9. The Destruction of Memory film screening, Sydney, 25 February

GML Heritage is proud to announce a private screening of The Destruction of Memory at the historic Palace Chauvel cinema on 25 February.

Produced by Vast Productions USA and based on Robert Bevan’s acclaimed book of the same name, the feature length documentary explores the way that war has destroyed cultural heritage over the last century—from Armenia to Eastern Europe, Afghanistan to Bosnia and Egypt. This deliberate destruction has had catastrophic results, and it is ongoing—in Syria and Iraq, the ‘cradle of civilization’, millennia of culture is currently being decimated.

Yet the situation is not helpless. People who never thought of themselves as heroes have fought back, and it’s these people and their resistance that is at the heart of the documentary’s compelling story.

Interviewees in the film include Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director-General; Corine Wegener from the Smithsonian; and many of those unsung but active in digital documentation and innovative planning around rebuilding in Syria and Iraq.

The screening will be followed by a short panel discussion featuring Director Tim Slade, Editor Lindi Harrison and Ross Burns – author and expert on the archaeology and history of Syria. GML Heritage’s Chief Executive, Sharon Veale, will chair the panel discussion.

Tickets are free but need to be reserved via EventBrite in advance.

More information about the film

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10. 2016 Bathurst Macquarie Heritage Medal – nominations open

Nominations for the 2016 Bathurst Macquarie Heritage Medal, are now open.

This national award recognises an individual’s significant contribution the Australia’s built, social, cultural or environmental heritage.

The closing date for nominations is 5pm AEST, 26 February 2016, with the Medal winner announced at a dinner ceremony in Bathurst on Saturday 7 May 2016.

More information (including the nomination form) can be found on the Bathurst Macquarie Heritage Medal website.

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11. Call for Applications: Fryer Library Fellowship, University of Queensland

Deadline for applications: Monday 29 February

The annual Fryer Library Fellowship (formerly the Fryer Library Award) aims to:

• Support research into Australian historical and literary studies utilising the collections of the University of Queensland’s Fryer Library.
• Promote The University of Queensland’s Fryer Library as a centre of scholarly activity.
• Integrate a digital component (e.g. online exhibition) that will expand access and encourage engagement with the Fryer collections used in the research project.

Applications are invited in the following areas:

• Australian literature
• Australian theatre
• Indigenous studies
• History of architecture
• Art and design
• Australian history and political culture
• Women’s studies

Successful applicants receive $20,000 as well as full UQ Library access and copying services.

It is anticipated that the successful applicant will be based at the St Lucia campus of The University of Queensland for a negotiated period, with a maximum of six months. The appointment is to be taken up during the fellowship year.

How to apply

Applications for the Fryer Library Award are due by the end of February for the year of the award.

Download the Fryer Library Award Application Form for more information and instructions on how to apply.

Email the Manager, Fryer Library with any questions or click here.

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12. NSC on Cultural Landscapes and Cultural Routes 2016 meeting & associated Emerging Professionals event: 18-20 March, Lithgow, NSW

The focus of this NSC meeting is the challenge of heritage that is more than simply a single place for example the layers of industrial landscapes in Lithgow and the routes from Sydney over the mountains. Such heritage poses challenges for an identification and management system that works on a place level.

Commencing Friday evening there will be a (self-funded) get together meal. On Saturday Ray Christison and Iain Stuart will be conducting a guided drive/walk commending at 9 am to be followed by a meeting, lunch, presentations and discussion/workshop about the issues, hosted at the State Mine Site in Lithgow.

On Sunday there will be self-drive tour industrial and historic route options.

For more information, download the NSC-CLCR meeting, Lithgow flyer.

Calling all emerging heritage professionals – let’s meet at Lithgow, 18 March 2016!

Lithgow, NSW, might not immediately come to mind as a meeting point for a group of emerging heritage professionals to gather, yet it is the venue to kick things off for 2016 as part of the National Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes and Cultural Routes. The National Scientific Committee in addition to the International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes, are looking to future-proof their membership, while engaging fresh perspectives on the study and conservation of cultural landscapes. Both groups are made up of ICOMOS members (Australia & International), who undertake research, develop conservation theory, guidelines, practice notes, charters, and promote the exchange of ideas on cultural landscapes.

Ideally, the emerging heritage professionals event is focussed on ICOMOS members with less than ten years heritage experience, students studying heritage topics, and ICOMOS young professionals. The Lithgow dinner and drinks is also an opportunity for anyone new to Australia ICOMOS and the National Scientific Committee to meet up and get to know some of the group’s more established members while sharing in debates about the nature (and culture) of cultural landscapes!

There will be further emerging heritage professionals events in 2016, so keep an eye out for more details as they come to hand!

Emerging Heritage Professions Drinks and Dinner
When: 6.30pm, Friday 18 March 2016
Where: Lithgow & District Workmen’s Club, 3-7 Tank Street, Lithgow, NSW

Who to contact
If you are keen to come along please RSVP to Paulette Wallace by email and remember to register with Juliet Ramsay by 29 February 2016 to attend the full weekend’s activities for the National Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes and Cultural Routes.

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13. New books in exchange for a short review

The following new publications from are available for review.

• Ruth A Morgan, 2015, Running Out? Water in Western Australia, UWA Publishing

• Eric Eklund & Julie Fenley, 2015, Earth & Industry Stories from Gippsland, MONASH University Publishing

The Historic Environment (HE) committee is particularly seeking reviews from young practitioners and students for a forthcoming 2016 issue on emerging professionals.

Please email Sandy Blair, the HE Reviews Editor, to express interest in preparing these reviews (600-700 words).

Sandy is about to hand on the Review Editor role – she thanks all who have provided timely and engaging reviews during her time on the Historic Environment committee.

If you have a review underway, please hurry so Sandy can pass it on to the new editor.

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14. Deakin University Cultural Heritage Seminar, Melbourne

Deakin University’s Cultural Heritage Seminar Series is pleased to invite you all to the first seminar of their 2016 series, a presentation by Prof Dr Sybille Frank (TU Berlin – Deakin Visiting Scholar) on “Negotiating the German Colonial Past in Berlin’s African Quarter”.

Abstract

My presentation will introduce the ongoing dispute over street names in Berlin’s Afrikanisches Viertel (African Quarter). In 1899, Berlin named two of its newly-built streets “Togo Street” and “Cameroon Street”. Togo and Cameroon had been proclaimed the first German colonies in 1884. By 1958, 22 Berlin streets had been named after African regions that had been colonized by the German Empire, or after German colonial protagonists. In 2004, several NGOs called for a renaming of some of these streets, igniting a fierce dispute over the heritage status of the German colonial past. Drawing on guided interviews and document analyses, my presentation will delineate how ‘insider’ and ‘outsider’ positions have been allocated in the debate over street names on three levels: while ‘agency’ can be traced back to the competing actors’ different positioning in the political field, the levels of ‘temporality’ and ‘spatiality’ belong to the realm of fundamental ideas about the world and one’s place in it. Carving out the authoritative power of ‘traditional’ notions of permanence, and of place and space, this presentation seeks to bring temporality and spatiality right into the focus of those studying heritage-making practices.

Biography

Prof. Dr.Sybille Frank is Junior Professor for Urban and Regional Sociology at the Department of Sociology, Technische Universität Berlin. Her work focuses on heritage and mobilities studies, on comparative city research, on football, and on the sociology of space and place. Sybille’s dissertation on Berlin’s Checkpoint Charlie as an international heritage site won the interdisciplinary prize “Humanities International” in 2012. It will be published in English under the title “Wall Memorials and Heritage” in 2016 (Routledge). Sybille was a Visiting Scholar with the Priority Research Area “Critical Heritage Studies” at Göteborgs Universitet in 2014. She recently has been awarded the positions of “City of Vienna Visiting Professor for Urban Culture and Public Space 2016” at Technische Universität Wien and “La Sapienza Visiting Professor for Research Activities 2016” at Università di Roma La Sapienza. Sybille currently is a Visiting Scholar at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation.

Date: Wednesday 24 February 2016

Time: 4:00-5:30pm

Venue: Meeting Room 3, Deakin University Melbourne City Centre, 3/550 Bourke Street, Melbourne

RSVP: to Antonio Gonzalez by email

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15. Professional Historian’s 2016 Conference: “Working History”, 19-20 August, Melbourne

The Professional Historians Association of Victoria (PHAV) will be hosting the 2016 Professional Historian’s Conference “Working History”, scheduled for the 19-20 August in Melbourne. A call for papers will be distributed in February.

Please direct any specific queries you might have to the Conference Convenor, Sonia Jennings on the contact details provided in the PHAV ‘WORKING HISTORY’ conference flyer.

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16. Draft Adelaide Park Lands Management Strategy – public consultation closes 26 February

The Adelaide Park Lands Authority is pleased to release the draft Adelaide Park Lands Management Strategy which sets the new vision for the future of the Park Lands. This vision responds to the ideas generated by the public through the Shape the Park Lands campaign held earlier this year, and extensive engagement with the State Government and Inner Rim Councils.

The draft Strategy aims to increase the quality and diversity of places and spaces across the Park Lands and to improve walking and cycling connections between the City and suburbs and between parks. This will help further increase the value people place on the Park Lands and their use of them. The Strategy responds to the City and inner metropolitan growth agenda and proposes enhancements which will support a growth in utilisation of the Park Lands by 15% by 2020 – from current 10 million visits per year to around 11.5 million.

Public consultation on the Strategy will open on 1 February 2016.

Have your say on the draft Adelaide Park Lands Management Strategy

Comments on the Strategy must be received by 5pm, Friday 26 February 2016.

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17. Protecting National Historic Sites program 2015-16 funding round – applications open

The Protecting National Historic Sites programme is providing funding of up to $11.5 million (GST exclusive) over three years from 2014-15 to conserve, maintain and protect the places on Australia’s National Heritage List recognised for their historic heritage values.

Of the 104 places on Australia’s National Heritage List, 62 are recognised for defining our nation’s historic heritage. A list of the target places is identified in the Department’s Protecting National Historic Sites 2015-16 webpage.

Up to $1.28 million (GST exclusive) is available for 2015-16 to support site owners and managers to carry out important conservation work, and activities which will enhance visitor understanding and access to these places, thereby contributing to their long-term sustainability.

In the 2015-16 funding round grants of between $25,000 and $80,000 (GST exclusive) will be made available to site owners and managers to undertake activities that protect and maintain the historic values of the 62 targeted National Heritage listed places.

Eligible parties are invited to apply for funding, with applications closing on 25 February 2016.

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18. Survey on Cultural Heritage Management and the Law in Australia

Australia ICOMOS has received the following request to advertise an Australian heritage survey exploring heritage protection and legislation. We encourage members with an interest in this area to respond. The survey will close on 20 February.

• At the Australian Archaeological Association (AAA) conference in Fremantle last December, we ran a workshop on the subject of ‘Cultural Heritage Management and the Law in Australia’.

  The workshop was well attended and raised many interesting points on the topic. We are hoping to follow this up with a publication sometime in the coming year. As part of the publication, we are hoping to elaborate more on the results of an online survey, which we created just before the workshop. The survey concerns the views of people who have or are currently working in cultural heritage management. It is still available online and we are hoping to find more participants to fill it out in order to bulk up the stats.

  Click here to complete the survey.

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19. Cambridge Heritage Research bulletin available

To read the latest Cambridge Heritage Research bulletin, click on the following links.

• Cambridge Heritage Research bulletin_8 February 2016

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20. Latest Federation of Australian Historical Societies e-Bulletin available online

To read the latest Federation of Australian Historical Societies e-Bulletin, click on the link below.

• FAHS e-BULLETIN No. 147

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21. International Conference on Modern Age Fortifications of the Mediterranean Coast, 10-12 November 2016, Florence – call for papers

FORTMED 2016 is the International Conference on Modern Age Fortifications of the Mediterranean Coast. This is its 2nd edition, following the first opening in Valencia in October 2015.

The conference will take place from 10-12 November 2016 at the Dipartimento di Architettura (DiDA) of the Florence University (UNIFI).

The conference’s main objective is the exchange of knowledge and sharing for the better understanding, assessment, management and exploitation of culture and heritage that developed on the Mediterranean coast in the modern age, taking into account the wide distribution of these results.

The Conference has an interdisciplinary aim where architects, engineers, archaeologists, historians, geographers, cartographers, heritage managers, tourism experts, experts in restoration,
conservation and promotion of heritage are invited to participate.

For more information, visit the conference website.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 5 March 2016

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22. Call for Expressions of Interest to organize XIII Terra Conference 2019 or 2021

The ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Earthen Architectural Heritage (ISCEAH) is calling for Expressions of Interest from organizations and countries, who are interested in earthen architectural heritage, to promote, host, run and administer the next international conference known as “Terra Conference” and will be Terra XIII.

The last Terra Conference (XI, 2012) took place in Lima, Peru. The Terra XII Conference 2016 will take place on 11-14 July 2016 in Lyon, France.

The XIII Terra conference will be scheduled for 2019 or 2021, so as not to coincide with the 19th ICOMOS General Assembly in the fall of 2020.

The Terra conference will occur under the aegis of ICOMOS and its specialist international scientific committee, ISCEAH.

Download the XIII Terra conference EOI.

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23. City of Stirling Heritage Awards: Call For Nominations

Committed to the management and promotion of our local cultural identity and heritage, the City of Stirling established the Heritage Awards Program.

The Program is a biennial event that recognises the efforts made by individuals and groups in the conservation of the City’s built environment and streetscape, and the promotion and enhancement of the City’s heritage. The awards also aim to raise awareness of local heritage.

The Heritage Awards are open to all City of Stirling residents, property owners, businesses, community groups or individuals involved in heritage related work within the City of Stirling. The awards are also open to architects, designers, builders and government agencies undertaking heritage related design, building, conservation or construction in the City of Stirling.

The nomination period is now open and nominations must be received by 4.30pm, Friday 1 April 2016.

If you have any queries regarding the 2016 Heritage Awards Program, please do not hesitate to contact the City of Stirling on (08) 9205 8820 or click here to email Amanda Whelan in City Planning.

Click here to go to the City of Stirling’s Heritage Awards page.

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24. Warrnambool Botanic Gardens Master Plan – have your say

Warrnambool Botanic Gardens is a 8 hectare park in the centre of Warrnambool. Designed by renowned landscape designer William Guilfoyle in the 19th Century, this heritage-listed space retains many of the original design elements .

In 2016 a master plan will be developed to guide decisions about the future improvement and management of this iconic Warrnambool garden.

For more information and to have your say, click here.

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25. News from CyArk

CYARK NEWSLETTER, VOLUME 7, ISSUE 1

• Project Anqa Progresses with Training in Beirut

Syrian heritage under fire will be getting some extra help this year. Earlier this month, CyArk lead a training in collaboration with UNESCO, ICOMOS and the Directorate General of Museums and Artifacts of Syria (DGAM) to train five architects and engineers in 3D scanning and photogrammetry. See photos of the workshop in this post by the DGAM and learn more about the fieldwork at the Sursock Museum from UNESCO.

• How To Engage Your Students With No-cost Technology

Love CyArk but aren’t sure how to share it with your students? Teacher, Heather Calabro of Mid-Pacific Institute, talks about how to leverage free software, 3D content and lessons from around the web in your classroom. Learn more about her innovative approach here and download CyArk’s Lesson Plans to try it yourself!

• CyArk and Trimble Host Teacher Workshop with Colorado-based Impact On Education

CyArk and Trimble kicked off 2016 with a bang! In mid-January, we hosted a Teacher Workshop at Trimble’s Boulder offices to empower teachers with new tools and experience to teach STEM subjects through the CyArk-Trimble Atlantic Slave Trade Program. Participants were hand-picked for being change-makers in their schools and ranged from Elementary through High School. The group produced more than six lessons which will be made available in the coming months. In the meantime, learn more about the Atlantic Slave Trade Program and Impact on Education.

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26. Registrations open for Longford Academy on 9-13 May 2016

The seventh annual Longford Academy will be held at Brickendon and Woolmers Estates (World Heritage-inscribed) on 9-13 May 2016.

The Longford Academy is a collaborative learning program led by experienced APT specialist practitioner educators. Participants are engaged in site activities aimed at developing and sharing specialist heritage conservation knowledge and skills whilst contributing to safeguarding the outstanding universal values of the two sites. These activities may include information sessions, discussions, inspections, investigations, recording, conservation works and group learning activities.

The program is suitable for all levels of committed heritage conservation participants – owners, managers, professionals, trades people, workers and administrators willing to contribute and share in a conducive environment under all conditions.

For further information view details on the APT Australasia website and/or email the APT Australasia Convenor.

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27. Museums Australia VIC upcoming events in Melbourne

Workshop: Collections and Connections: Arts Partnerships in Museums

Museums, galleries, libraries and other curious venues offer a world of possibilities for artists and children to explore. In this hands-on workshop, we unpack how to create meaningful partnerships between artists, children and professionals working in the museum sector. The session, in collaboration with ArtPlay, will be guided by Jane Smith, Director of the Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka, and Penelope Bartlau, Artistic Director and CEO of Barking Spider Visual Theatre, who has been awarded three MAGNA Awards (Museum and Art Galleries Awards) for public programmes for and with families.

Date: Tuesday 23 February

Time: 5pm – 8pm

Venue: ArtPlay, Birrarung Marr (Behind Federation Square)

Cost: Free, bookings essential

> Book now via ArtPlay

Exhibition Viewing: Andy Warhol & Ai Weiwei

Hear a tailored introductory lecture and then enjoy this major international exhibition featuring two of the most significant artists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Ticket price includes entry to the live Friday night entertainment, headlined by Pet Conspiracy, one of the most popular Electro bands in China.

Date: Friday 26 February

Time: 5.30pm lecture, 6pm exhibition entry, open until 10pm

Venue: National Gallery of Victoria

Cost: Members / Guests: $38

> Book now to secure your place

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

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

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29. ICOMOS-ICAHM Conference, 2-5 May 2016, Salalah, Oman – call for abstracts

ICOMOS-ICAHM conference
Archaeological Park as World Heritage Site – A Management Strategy for the Future
2-5 May 2016
Salalah, Oman

The essential value of any archaeological site is dependent upon the degree to which its archaeological materials are kept intact and in context. Because of this, access to archaeological sites is restricted to government authorities and approved researchers in many countries. In a World Heritage setting, however, an archaeological site becomes public space, one that simultaneously promotes and threatens its scientific and historic value. The focus of this conference will be the sustainable management of archaeological World Heritage Sites through negotiating these tensions in planning, inventory and evaluation, facility construction and operation, building management capacity, and inclusion of local stakeholders.

Visit the conference website for other conference themes and information about registration, submitting abstracts, and details for accommodations and travel.

The submission deadline for abstracts is 29 February 2016.

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30. SITUATION VACANT Experienced Plasterer or Apprentice/Trainee, McMillan Heritage Plastering

McMillan Heritage Plastering is a Brisbane-based company specialising in traditional ornamental and lime plastering. We are looking to grow our team in 2016, and are looking for people with a genuine interest in developing their skills in a traditional trade. Fantastic opportunities await the right candidate.

Please email McMillan Heritage Plastering if you or someone you know is interested in joining McMillan Heritage Plastering as either an experienced plasterer or as an apprentice/trainee.

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31. SITUATION VACANT Heritage – Senior Consultant / Heritage Architect, URBIS

Heritage – Senior Consultant / Heritage Architect

• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team of industry experts & leaders
• Work across a diverse range of projects and clients
• Be truly influential in strategically advising clients and stakeholders

Urbis is a multi-disciplinary consulting firm offering services in heritage, planning, design, property, social policy, economics and research. With over 300 staff nationally, our people provide the research, analysis and advice upon which major social, commercial and environmental decisions are made.

Led by a heritage industry expert Urbis provides excellence in cultural heritage conservation with strategic advice at the highest level. Our experienced team is regarded for our critical expertise in every aspect of cultural heritage conservation, including heritage studies, conservation management plans, heritage impact statements, interpretation, archival recording, architectural conservation supervision and expert witness representation.

Currently, an opportunity has arisen in our Sydney office for a suitably qualified and experienced heritage architect / Senior Consultant with a professional work history of 5+ years in Heritage advisory consulting. 

As a key member of the team, you will be involved in conducting research across a diverse and challenging range of projects, providing reports and strategic advice to our clients.

The responsibilities of our Heritage Senior Consultant/heritage architect include:

• Application of your thorough understanding of Heritage principles and an ability to provide a range of advice to clients on a range of projects including heritage studies, conservation management plans, heritage impact statements, interpretation, archival recording and architectural conservation supervision.
• Working across a wide range of applications with proven ability to develop proposals, tenders & submissions for potential projects
• High level research, interpretation, report writing and communication skills
• Undertaking of projects, management of client and other stakeholder relationships and work to specification and deadlines

For more information about this role, see the Heritage Consultant – Architect, URBIS position description.

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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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