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Up-coming heritage-related events, conferences, workshops and seminars around the State.
State Mine Heritage Park & Railway
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This coal and rail museum is having an official opening on the last weekend in April. The opening will coincide with Ironfest, a local festival of metal art that showcases some of the region's best artists in metal and other media. In addition, there will be a range of musical and heritage activities at the State Mine Heritage Park and Railway and other venues in Lithgow.
Venue:
State Mine Heritage Park & Railway, off Atkinson Street, Lithgow
Date:
27th & 28th April 2002
Enquiries:
(02) 6353 1859, www.statemine.org.au
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Historic Interiors and Gardens Course
Early Colonial NSW, 1788-1850
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A one-week intensive study course on how Australians designed and furnished their houses, related to their environment and developed their gardens during the formative years 1788-1850. Lectures delivered at Elizabeth Bay House with study tours to Vaucluse House, Government House, private houses, gardens and collections. Speakers include: Dr James Broadbent, Richard Neville, Clive Lucas, Alan Croker, Dr Mary Mackay and Michael Lehany. This is a Royal Australian Institute of Architects registered activity. Bookings essential.
Venue:
Elizabeth Bay House
Date:
29 April - 3 May
Enquiries:
Historic Houses Trust (02) 9518 6866
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Great Debates at the Museum of Sydney
Is the Harbour That Important? Centre Stage or Drop in the Ocean
Chaired by Gerard Reinmuth of Reinmuth Blythe Balmforth Architects
Sydney Harbour characterises the city's unique and captivating beauty - a space rich in recreational, cultural and heritage significance. However, the reality of living in Sydney today is that many residents live some distance from the harbour and have little or no interaction with this major waterway. This debate questions the role of the harbour for Sydneysiders. Do we need it? Do we use it?
Speakers include: Geoff Bailey (CEO, Sydney Federation Harbour Trust), John MacDonald (writer & curator) and Prof. James Weirick (landscape architect). Bookings essential.
Venue:
Museum of Sydney
Date:
15 May, 6pm - 8pm
Enquiries:
(02) 9518 6866
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Assessing and Using Greek Records
A seminar presented by the RAHS, National Archives of Australia and State Records NSW.
The information available on various ethnic groups is a very under-used part of the holdings of our government repositories. In this seminar Fabian LoSchiavo (State Records) and Fiona Burn (National Archives) will speak on their archives' Greek holdings and Perry McIntyre (family historian) will bring a reseacher's perspective to the seminar. Bookings essential.
Venue:
History House, Macquarie Street
Date:
23 May
Enquiries:
(02) 9247 8001
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Meet the Architects
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A series of talks by leading 20th century architects at Rose Seidler House
Ross Thorne - Sunday 5 May, 6pm - 8pm
Commencing practice in 1958, Ross' innovative and distinctive house designs were quickly selected for publication and exhibition. Combining a lectureship with continuing consultancy, Ross is particularly known and respected for his authoritive research into the history of theatres and cinema buildings in Australia. Bookings essential.
Keith Cottier - Sunday 26 May, 6pm - 8pm
Keith Cottier has been a director of Allen Jack + Cottier since 1965, during which time the practice has received more design awards from the RAIA than any other architectural firm in NSW. A member of the Sydney Cove Authority and the City West Development Corporation, Keith also served as a commissioner of the Australian Heritage Commission and as a member of the Heritage Council of NSW. Keith is the recipient of the 2001 Gold Medal of the RAIA. Bookings essential.
Venue:
Rose Seidler House, 6pm - 8pm
Enquiries:
Historic Houses Trust (02) 9518 6866
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Preserving Australia's Documentary Heritage
Now is the time to save Australia's documentary heritage. All over the country, significant remanants of the nation's history - irreplaceable records of events, places and earlier lifestyles - are deteriorating despite the efforts of local communities to preserve them. Community Heritage Grants provide financial support (up to $8,000) for preservation projects undertaken by community organisations such as local historical societies, public libraries, indigenous and ethnic groups which hold documentary heritage collections of significance.
CLOSING DATE: Friday 28 June 2002
Venue:
National Library (02) 6262 1147,
Email:
chg@nla.gov.au
Website:
www.nla.gov.au/chg/
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Islands of Vanishment
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The Port Arthur Historic Site in conjunction with the University of Tasmania, the Tasman Institute of Conservation and Convict Studies and Australia ICOMOS will host this major international conference with the theme of exploring, conserving and interpreting heritage places which commemorate painful or ambivalent themes in the history of our societies. Speakers include Professor David Lowenthal, Thomas Keneally, Dr James Semple Kerr, Professor Henry Reynolds, Dr Barry Jones, Dr Margaret Scott and Dr Grace Karskens.
Venue:
Port Arthur
Date:
8-10 June 2002
Enquiries:
Convention Wise (03) 6234 1424
Website:
www.arts.utas.edu.au/islands
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Additions to Architectural History
XIXth annual conference of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand.
What are the issues and themes that we add to architecture in talking about it? Are these the points at which the discipline engages with a world from which it is autonomous, or the places where we need supplementation and assistance? Are these the partnerships with other kinds of thought and practice, or the unstable borders of a voracious interdisciplinarity?
Venue:
Brisbane Powerhouse
Date:
4-7 October 2002
Enquiries:
www.sahanz.net
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