TASMANIAS HERITAGE LEADERS IN DISCUSSION WITH ABC STATE DIRECTOR FIONA REYNOLDS.

If you have an interest in the Tourism or Heritage sectors this is an event not to be missed!

Mausoleums of Dust or Centres of Inspiration

A wide range of topics will be discussed including the role of heritage within the Tasmanian tourism industry.

Minister Brian Wightman will be introducing the discussion panel which will be moderated by ABC State Director Fiona Reynolds.

The panel discussion is sure to crackle with energy, elicit fresh ideas and bring the audience into the discussion.

The panel line up reads like a who’s who and includes…

Bill Bleathman (Director, TMAG)

Tony Mayell (CEO Tourism Tasmania)

Dr. Dianne Snowden (Chair,
Tasmanian Heritage Council)

Greg Leong (Director of the Burnie
Regional Art Gallery)

Chris Tassell (Managing Director,
National Trust Tasmania)

Richard Mulvaney (Director, QVMAG)

Dr. Deborah Malor (UTAS).

Date: Friday 18 May

Time: 6.00 p.m.

Venue: The Auditorium, Scotch Oakburn College,

85 Penquite Road, Launceston

Admission: Free of charge  Bookings essential on 6344 6233

Jill Cassidy will conduct an oral history workshop on Saturday May 26 at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Inveresk, for the Oral History Association of Australia (Tas) Inc. It will cover all aspects of oral history practice. Topics include the value of oral history, the use of digital recorders, preparation for an interview and interview technique, along with ethics and transcription. There will be a demonstration of the OHAA’s hireable digital recorder, and participants will do practice interviews and listen to interview excerpts.

Cost of the workshop (includes lunch) is $45 for non-members of the OHAA, and $20 for students. Prior registration is essential, and a registration form can be
obtained from Jill by ringing 6394 7677 or 0418 178 098, or emailing mandjcassidy@gmail.com

At Runnymede
New Town

Meeting chaired by President Chris Tassell which started at 11.10am.

1.         Present: Peter Mercer, Mellissa Smith, Jane Deeth, Anthony Curtis, Kate Morris, Kym Mathews, Georgia Luck, Elspeth Wishart, Linda Clark, Sue Atkinson, Rona Hollingsworth, Kirsten Brett, Gemma Webberley.

2.         Apologies;  Patty Boxhall, Mark Hosking, Myree Williams, Charlotte Walker, Richard Mulvaney, Steve Kyne, Kaye Dimmick, John Lennox, John
Wadsley, Elizabeth Adkins, Veronica Macno

3.         Minutes of Previous AGM was handed out and agreed by all.

4.         President’s Report – Chris Tassell stated that no report due to a stagnant last 12 months. The blog site has kept everyone informed of events etc. and confirmed a letter from the Director of QVMAG Richard Mulvaney has agreed to host the 2014 Museums Australia Conference.

5.         Financial Report – Linda Clark stated there was no financial report as only one transaction was recorded which was the bursary for Rona Hollingsworth to attend the 2011 conference in Perth. Linda stated that head office was offering to handle the finances if we as group wanted this to happen. All agreed. Linda will handle the transactions between head office and our group.

Nominations: (all positions vacant)

Two nominations were received by the secretary for committee members – Anthony Curtis and Jane Deeth.

At the close of the AGM the committee consisted of

President/Secretary: Sue Atkinson

Treasurer: Linda Clark

Committee Members: Anthony Curtis, Jane Deeth, Mellissa Smith and Richard Mulvaney.

Elspeth Wishart wanted it noted to say thank you to Chris Tassell for his many years as President.

Meeting closed at 11.20am

The meeting was then followed by Jane Deeth’s presentation on the Glover paintings and her book “Looking at Landscape” which was fabulous.

Jane Deeth's presentation

Thank you to Chris Tassel at National Trust for suppling a scrumptious lunch and Gemma and her team for organising this.

Note: At the next meeting the new committee will be looking at regular events throughout the year and membership drive.

 Arts Tasmania’s Roving Curators have created an exciting program of events, activities and exhibitions around the state to help celebrate Tasmania’s unique heritage during Australian Heritage Week. Australian Heritage Week will run from Saturday 14 April until Sunday 22 April 2012. Please click on this link to down load the program Roving Curators Celebrate Australian Heritage Week

18t  MAY 2012 – Theme: MUSEUMS IN A CHANGING WORLD

What is International Museum Day?

Traditionally, International Museum Day is organised around 18 May. It can
last for a day, a weekend or a whole week as long as the objective remains
focused on the motto: “Museums are an important means of cultural exchange,
enrichment of cultures and development of mutual understanding, cooperation and
peace among peoples”.

http://www.museumsaustralia.org.au/site/icom_imd.php

In the last three years Australia has witnessed unprecedented floods, cyclones and bushfires and destruction from the forces of nature is becoming more frequent and with greater consequences.

Our cultural heritage is precious to us as individuals, as local communities, as regions and as a nation.  Cultural heritage is very much about those things which have meaning for people and communities – those things which demonstrate their past, whether they be books and documents, buildings, cultural landscapes, archaeological sites or museum objects.  A community’s cultural heritage is a fundamental part of its way of life,
history, traditions, civilization and identity.  It contributes substantially to a community’s long-term economic sustainability, stability and welfare and provides the strength of will for people to live, recover and grow after trauma.  There are many tales of appreciation and joy when affected people have recovered even small, but precious, objects often holding sole memories and important associations.

While understanding that the highest priorities must be accorded to humanitarian activities following a disaster, of significant concern also is the fate of cultural heritage.  A delay in an appropriate emergency response inevitably leads to irreparable damage, diminished or complete loss of recovery capacity of cultural items, ongoing physical degradation and potential looting.  Where regional networks of cultural institutions exist they have been be very effective in providing timely and effective aid to assist local and remote communities to repatriate and rehabilitate cultural items affected in a disaster.

For its MayDay 2012 campaign, Blue Shield Australia is organising a series of free regional workshops around Australia, to promote local co-operative agreements around disaster preparedness, planning, response and recovery.   More details are on the attached flyer.  BSAflyer2012FINAL-A The aim of these workshops is to build networks, including emergency response personnel, where they do not exist presently and to examine existing network models so that they may be adapted for adoption in other regions.

Please let us know before the registration closing date if you would like to participate in the session.  Places are limited, so early registration is advised.  We hope to see you on the day.

Robyn Riddett Chair, Blue Shield Australia

Please send RSVP’s to me (Donna McDowell )and feel free to
contact me for further information or any queries about the workshops – contact details below. Warm Regards Donna

 Donna McDowell – Project Manager

The Library Agency

GPO Box 1551,
Melbourne VIC 3001

M: 0488 034 125, E: donna@thelibraryagency.org.au

T: 1300 313 443, F: 1300 323 448, W: www.thelibraryagency.org.au

Heritage Education and Skills Centre – Oatlands.  2012 Course Guide has been released.
The Centre for Heritage is an initiative of the Southern Midlands Council, who, through recognising its unique heritage attributes and the challenges in maintaining such public and private assets, has for over a decade, been consistently working towards a more integrated strategic approach to heritage management.  The Centre aims to practice and promote best heritage outcomes through on-ground works to heritage places as well as advocacy and education.

 The Centre for Heritage is actively engaging in:

• Conservation, restoration and re-use ofnheritage buildings and sites;
• Education and training; and
• Professional services and works contracting on a state and national scale.

 One enterprise of the Centre, the Heritage Education and Skills Centre (HESC) is a not-for-profit organisation which aims to address skills shortages and continued learning in the heritage sector, through education and training programs both independently and in collaboration with education and industry partners.  Courses range from half a day through to 3 days and are open to professionals, trades, managers of heritage properties, community groups and people simply interested in heritage.

 2012 Course Guide found online here.

Brad Williams

HERITAGE MANAGER

CENTRE FOR HERITAGE AT OATLANDS

Roche Hall – 73
High Street (PO Box 21)

OATLANDS TAS 7120

Mobile:  0418 303184

Email: bwilliams@southernmidlands.tas.gov.au

Web: www.southernmidlands.tas.gov.au

Does your museum have a wooden surfboard in the collection? The Maritime Museum of Tasmania is developing a Tasmanian surfing exhibition for the Australian Wooden Boat Festival in 2013. The Maritime Museum’s Tasmanian  surfing exhibition will have two components. The first will focus around a display of wooden surfboards at the Australian Wooden Boat Festival, from the early 1900′s to the present day.

The second part will feature photographs, stories and memorabilia from the Tasmanian surfing community as a temporary exhibition with the capacity to travel. Because we’d like this exhibition to have a state-wide focus, we are looking for surfing stories, photographs and wooden boards from all along Tasmania’s coast, including the Bass Strait islands. If you can lend us a board, or images, or can offer us a surfer contact, we will acknowledge you in the exhibition – and we might find out a bit more about your board, to help you with your own interpretation later. The travelling part of the exhibition will feature text and images on pull-up banners that can visit your museum and complement your own displays.  Call the Maritime Heritage Coordinator on 6234 1427 for more information.

The Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM)  is looking for volunteers to
act as guides and ship keepers when the full-scale replica of Captain Cook’s
ship Endeavour visits Hobart from 24 March – 3 April 2012.

Volunteers are needed to act as tour guides while the ship is open to the public, showing
visitors through the ship and sharing its history.

Volunteer overnight ship keepers are also needed to look after the ship while in port.  Volunteers spend the
night on board Endeavour taking turns keeping watch and sleeping in a hammock.

Training and information will beprovided to help interpret the ship and its features for visitors.  In
addition volunteers will receive a Certificate of Appreciation, a 20% discount
off museum merchandise, a free Endeavour bucket hat and water bottle, a
‘thank-you’ morning tea before the ship departs and free admission to the museum
in Sydney for 12 months.

Volunteers are required from 9.00am to 5.00pm while Endeavour is in port.  A
familiarization tour will be held onboard the ship before Endeavour is
open to the public.

Overnight ship keepers are required from 7.30pm to 7.30am for duty and are supervised by Endeavour
Crew members on watch, breakfast is also provided.

If you are interested in volunteering, please contact the Volunteers
Office at the Australian National Maritime Museum on 02-9298-3604 or via email ( volsoffice@anmm.gov.au ).

(Volunteers must be over 18 years of age and are required to complete a Federal Police
Check and a Working With Children Check, forms suppplied on application).

Task descriptions for Volunteer Guides & Volunteer Overnight Shipkepeers on
request.

Further information on the project is available at the following web link www.endeavourvoyages.com.au