Australia ICOMOS
E-Mail News No. 261
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An information service provided by the Australia ICOMOS Secretariat
15th December, 2006)
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Happy Holidays to All
Australia ICOMOS would like to take this opportunity to wish all our friends and colleagues a safe and enjoyable holiday season. Our thoughts go to the many people throughout Australia, particularly in Victoria and Tasmania, affected by the bushfires.
1) Reminder to VIComites today
2) A Greeting to Colleagues from Joan Domicelj
3) Australia ICOMOS Intern to US ICOMOS
4) Climate Change and Heritage Workshop
5) Extreme Heritage
6) Building Blocks: Advance Notice of the IAA Conference
7)An article in The Jakarta Post
8) New Graduate Program in Cultural Heritage Management at Flinders University in 2007
9) Position Vacant: Heritage Consultant
10) Position Vacant: Heritage Consultant Position (Readvertised)
11) Position Vacant: Heritage Advisory Service Positions in WA
12) Positions Vacant: DEH
13) Company Opportunity: Heritage Consultancy
14) Secretariat Closure over the December/January Holiday break
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1) Reminder to VIComites today
VICOMITES WILL BE CELEBRATING THE FESTIVE SEASON
The venue is Bathing Box No. 8, Dendy Street Beach, Brighton. (Melways Map 67 C12)
The date is Friday, 15th December 2006
The time is 6.30pm until sunset
BYO picnic and drinks
Everyone is welcome, especially children.
PLEASE: RSVP Timothy Hubbard
so that we can email/phone you with details about a change of venue due to inclement weather if needs be.
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2) A Greeting to Colleagues
Writing my short piecefor"60WomenContributing to the 60 Years of UNESCO" (published last month; website: has prompted this greeting. It gave me a sense of coming home to ICOMOS-related events after a considerable time, during which I have much appreciated the regular Email News and my life membership. Thank you for that generosity.
Now back in the midst of culture-nature issues, as chair of two newly formed advisory committees the one for the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area and the other for the proposed Blue Mountains Cultural Centre - I welcome visits and discussion with fellow ICOMITE thinkers.Warm wishes to everyone for a fruitful 2007.
Joan Domicelj
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3) Australia ICOMOS Intern to US ICOMOS
Members of Australia ICOMOS are now invited to apply for nomination by the AI Executive Committee to the US ICOMOS Summer Intern Program. US ICOMOS will only consider an Australian candidate for the internship who has been nominated by Australia ICOMOS.
Applications must be submitted through the Australia ICOMOS Secretariat. Members must be full members of AI, aged between 25 and 35 years and have appropriate credentials. Other conditions and criteria apply which can be obtained from the Secretariat or from Timothy Hubbard, the Executive Committee member responsible for the liaising with US ICOMOS about the Program. He can be contacted by phone on (03) 5568 2623 and by email at .
More information about the Program can be obtained from the US ICOMOS web site at
The Executive Committee must make its recommendation to US ICOMOS by early February 2007. Any Australia ICOMOS member who is interested in participating in the Program should lodge an expression of interest, addressed to Timothy Hubbard at the Secretariat as soon as possible. The closing date for applications is Friday, 19th January 2007.
All applicants will be notified by the Australia ICOMOS Secretariat on the outcome of their application. On completion of the US ICOMOS internship, the successful applicant must provide a report (written, electronic or formal presentation) to the Australia ICOMOS Secretariat discussing their experience and how the internship contributed to their professional development, and in particular how they consider the experience will assist them in contributing to the conservation of Australia’s cultural heritage.
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4)Climate Change and Heritage Workshop
A workshop on climate change and heritage is being developed to form part of the ICOMOS annual conference "Extreme Heritage" to be held in Cairns in 2007. The workshop will be held on Thursday 19th July, the day before the formal conference sessions start. It will be followed by an open public forum on the subject in the evening. The three key themes to be explored during the day are:
1 Evidence for climate change in the past and how it has impacted on heritage/societies etc
2. Climate change happening now and projected into the future and its impact on heritage
3. The current/proposed general responses to climate change and the impact of those responses on heritage (eg changes in land-use planning etc.)
Key issues raised on the day will be collated and used by ICOMOS to inform our advocacy efforts with all levels of government.
Further information will be available on the conference website early next year. The program for the workshop is being developed by Susan Macintyre-Tamwoy, Caitlin Allen and Marcus Barber. We are looking for a small number of expert speakers and panelists. If you are working in or have an interest in this area or know someone who may be able to contribute please contact Caitlin Allen by email at by 31st December, 2007. You do not need to contact us at this stage if you are planning to attend the workshop as a participant.
This is a separate call to the general call for papers. Papers on climate change are also welcome for the main conference program.
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5) Extreme Heritage:
Advance Notice of the 2007 Australia ICOMOS Conference.
The 2007 Conference will be held in Cairns, Tropical North Queensland in conjunction with James Cook University from the 19th -21st July 2007. Extreme Heritage: managing heritage in the face of climactic extremes, natural disasters and military conflicts in tropical, desert, polar and off-world landscapes; will provide the perfect forum to bring together researchers and practitioners grappling with some of the most topical issues in heritage today. Sessions already proposed include
Off world heritage: the heritage of space exploration
People, climate change and heritage
Heritage and Identity
Managing disaster and risk preparedness
War of attrition: environmental effects of extreme climates.
Managing heritage in the wake of war and conflict
Pacific Heritage
The Conference organising committee is calling for expressions of interest from people interested in co-coordinating sessions. If you have a great idea for a session that you would like to organise that is consistent with the conference theme please email the session title and a short 150 word abstract describing it to . Closing date for submission of session topics is 15th December 2006.
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6) Building Blocks
Advance Notice of the Interpretation Australia Association Conference
November 6-9, 2007 Darling Harbour, Sydney.
The 2007 IAA National Conference is being constructed to consider every layer of interpretation in Sydney.
A solid layer of natural values will underpin the gathering with Aboriginal heritage as a foundation stone.Other tiers of value will be assembled and considered with practical workshops at several industrial and built heritage sites and cultural landscapes.
The Conference Planning Team will assemble a compelling mixture of Australian and international speakers to provoke debate on contemporary issues in interpretation such as: conflicting perceptions; the challenge of Generation Y; interpretive public art; and moveable heritage.
The Building Blocks Conference will be preceded by the annual SEEN (Sydney Environmental Education Network) conference. We are planning to schedule several complementary training activities between the conferences. We are also constructing some irresistible post-conference tours.
Pencil the dates in your diary and expect to hear more in the new year.
Regards from the Conference Planning Team.
For further information or to suggest a speaker or activity contact
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7)An article in The Jakarta Post
Forwarded to us from fellow member, Rodney Jensen:
An article in The Jakarta Post today that might interest you.
Underground wall worthy of further investigation, experts say
Anissa S. Febrina, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
The discovery of an underground structure in a historic area of West Jakarta is only the beginning of the process of studying and understanding the site, experts say.
Last month, workers digging the western entrance of a pedestrian tunnel in the Old Town area uncovered the remnants of a stone wall, buried some three meters under the earth.
"The wall is likely to stretch farther along the north-south axis," Josia Irwan Rastandi, a structural advisor to the contractor building the tunnel, Wijaya Karya, said last week.
The ongoing construction project makes it unlikely the city administration will permit a thorough on-site investigation, but archaeologists may be able to examine the ruins from another vantage point.
The stone structure, which stretches along a straight north-south axis, is intercepted by a 160-centimeter-thick brick wall, running east-west.
Heritage activists previously called for the construction project to be halted, in the belief that the findings were part of the Batavia city wall, which was built in the early 1600s.
However, preliminary archaeological studies carried out by the city's cultural and museums agency have determined it is not part of the old fortress.
"We have dug to the east and to the west and found the brick wall does not extend beyond the section that has already been examined -- which it would if it were part of the fortress. But the stone wall is likely to stretch farther," Josia said.
The stone wall resembles a 17th century European structure in that metal strips are laid between the stones at intervals.
Further studies have only confirmed the wall was part of an underground quarters, without revealing its function.
There are no plans for further archaeological digs along the wall.
"With a limited budget, our current priority is to preserve the remains of the city wall on Jl. Tongkol. It would be difficult to break through the built-up segments of the urban area," agency head Aurora Tambunan said.
The archeological value of in depth research, she said, must be weighed against disruptions to city activities, like traffic.
However, the method of single context recording, where the ground layer is investigated in smaller sections, might serve as a solution as excavations need not take up the whole area.
"Further studies are also important because they might spur discoveries about people and events in history," a historian, who asked not to be named, said.
"We need not merely study the artifacts, but look at the construction technology and how past civilizations dealt with specific problems on that particular site."
A successful "urban layer" preservation project in Yuexiu district, Guang Zhou, China, for example, shows how the city administration was able to turn archaeological findings into a valuable feature of a pedestrian area.
The relics management committee of the area has preserved the remains of an ancient street dating back to the Tang dynasty in a transparent underground box along the pedestrian strip.
"Seeing the old streets and walls from 100 or 300 years ago really brings the old city to life for me," said 26-year-old Troy Richardson commenting on the preserved city layer.
"Jakarta is actually about 500 years old, but it is hard to see because most of the buildings are new. I think that seeing the old Jakarta would help visitors appreciate this city more," said the Australian who lives in Jakarta.
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8) New Graduate Program in Cultural Heritage Management at Flinders University in 2007
Flinders University is very pleased to announce the introduction of a Graduate Program in Cultural Heritage Management which will commence in Semester 1, 2007.
Flinders University is one of the few universities in Australia to bring a combination of archaeological and tourism expertise to the issues of cultural heritage management. The course is run jointly by the Department of Archaeology and the Department of Cultural Tourism, with assistance from experts in legal studies, professional studies and environmental management. A key facet of the course is the input from industry partners, such as the Australian Association of Consulting Archaeologists Inc., the South Australian Tourism Commission (SATC), the Department for Environment and Heritage (DEH), the History Trust of South Australia, and the South Australian State Branch of the National Trust. The program has been specifically designed to offer a creative and relevant pathway to cultural heritage management practice and to provide the best possible combination of theoretical, practical and applied knowledge.
The Graduate Program in Cultural Heritage Management has been designed to meet the needs of graduates with an interest in managing all forms of cultural heritage. It aims to increase your theoretical knowledge and research skills, as well as the practical skills required to develop an appropriate depth of understanding of issues in cultural heritage management across a number of specialisations. Students will undertake core topics in cultural heritage management, project management, and legal issues relevant to cultural heritage. You may also select elective topics based on your specific interests.
Upon graduating successfully from the Graduate Certificate in Cultural Heritage Management students will be better equipped to:
Enter the workforce as skilled and knowledgeable cultural heritage professionals;
Understand the nature of cultural heritage management and have practical skills relating to the management of cultural heritage in an archaeological context;
Undertake their work in an ethical and professional manner; and
Develop simple tenders, grants and bids and manage simple cultural heritage related projects.
Upon graduating successfully from the Graduate Diploma in Cultural Heritage Management students will be better equipped to:
Enter the workforce as skilled and knowledgeable cultural heritage professionals;
Understand the diverse nature of cultural heritage management and have a range of practical skills relating to the management of cultural heritage;
Understand issues of managing interactions between visitors and heritage sites, including site conservation, interpretation and visitor management;
Undertake their work in an ethical and professional manner;
Understand Federal and State Government legislation relating to cultural heritage and archaeology; and
Develop more complex tenders, grants and bids and manage more complex cultural heritage related projects.
Upon graduating successfully from the Master of Cultural Heritage Management students will be equipped to:
Enter the workforce as skilled and knowledgeable cultural heritage professionals;
Understand the diverse nature of cultural heritage management and have a range of practical skills relating to the management of cultural heritage;
Understand major issues of managing interactions between visitors and heritage sites, including site conservation, interpretation and visitor management;
Undertake their work in an ethical and professional manner;
Understand and interpret Federal and State Government legislation relating to archaeology and cultural heritage;
Develop larger-scale tenders, grants and bids and manage larger-scale cultural heritage related projects; and,
Undertake research or consultancy based projects in the field of archaeological cultural heritage management.
The normal minimum entry requirement for all three post-graduate Cultural Heritage Management courses is a three-year undergraduate degree from an approved tertiary institution majoring in archaeology or an equivalent qualification. However, applicants with other qualifications may be accepted under certain circumstances, at the discretion of the Course Coordinator.
Further information about the programs can be seen in the attached brochure, by accessing the Flinders University website at or by contacting the Course Coordinator Dr Lynley Wallis ()
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9) Position Vacant: Heritage Consultant
Context Pty Ltd consultants in heritage, community and environment are looking for a built heritage specialist to be part of our in-house team either part-time or full-time - for 12 months starting mid February 2007 while a staff member is on maternity leave.
Ideally you will have a degree in architecture or architectural history, and excellent research, writing, field survey skills. Candidates with 2-5 years experience undertaking heritage assessments, heritage advice services and / or conservation management plans will be highly regarded. However, we will also consider recent graduates with the right skills and an ability to adapt to working in a private consulting practice.
You will be exposed to a wide variety of projects with the opportunities to use your skills, including: local government heritage studies; heritage significance and impact assessments; technical advice to government and private clients; and conservation management plans.
We like to work in a collaborative manner, and offer services across a range of heritage fields including social, intangible, natural and Indigenous heritage. There will be opportunities for the right person to learn about other aspects of heritage practice, whilst contributing to multi-disciplinary teams.
Context is based in Brunswick (Melbourne). Some travel locally and potentially interstate will be involved, and occasional evening work. The position description will be up on our website shortly at Salary $35,500 $44,300 pro rata, plus superannuation, bonus and allowances.
Please provide a CV and response to each of the selection criteria (via email) by 19th December, 2006. Please call David Speller or Bryn Davies on 03 9380 6933 for more information.
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10) Position Vacant: Heritage Consultant Position (Readvertised)
Heritage Consultant/Project Manager
We are currently looking for someone to assist our growing business while one of the Directors takes maternity leave. Ideally, we need someone with a degree in architecture or architectural history, with experience in undertaking field work, heritage assessments and heritage advice.
The position would involve working on a variety of projects, mainly heritage studies, as well as undertaking some heritage advice, research and project management. The office is based in Port Fairy, three hours west of Melbourne and has various interests including architecture, heritage planning, horticulture and arboriculture. The work and working environment are flexible, and some limited work could be undertaken remotely. The position may be part or full time, as a six month contract with the possibility to extend to permanent work. We are looking to appoint someone as soon as possible, for a mid January start, if not sooner.
The salary is negotiable depending on the applicant’s skills and experience. Travel, accommodation and meals allowances will also be available.
Please contact Annabel Neylon or Timothy Hubbard on 55 682 623 or send an email and CV to to register your interest, or contact either of us by telephone to discuss the position further.