Up-coming heritage-related events, conferences, workshops and seminars around the State. Max Dupain's Sydney Sydney was photographer Max Dupain's favourite subject and he captured its many moods over a 60-year career. For the first time, his legacy of several hundred thousand negatives has been examined and its treasures revealed. Venue: Galleries, Mitchell Wing, State Library of NSW Date: To March 2000 Enquiries: (02) 9273 1414 Sydney Metropolis Sydney Festival Sydney Metropolis traces the shifting geology and oblique geometry of this city body though the dramas and dreams of artists, architects, planners and others: Arthur Stratton, Harold Cazneaux, Robert Emerson Curtis, Grace Cossington Smith, Olive Cotton, John Olsen, Kevin Connor, Anne Zahalka, Jon Cattapan, Robert Boynes. Venue: Museum of Sydney Date: To 2nd April 2000 Enquiries: (02) 9251 5988 City Visions Sydney Festival There have always been visions for the perfect city. Most are never realized. Many are fantastical, others revolutionary. A few are inspired. Sometimes these plans are implemented with mixed results, affecting the way our cities physically develop, in other instances their purpose is to inspire critical debate. This major exhibition explores visionary plans for Sydney's future, incorporating drawings, models, film and computer technology. Venue: City Exhibition Space, Customs House Date: To June 2000 Enquiries: (02) 9242 8555 Cadi Eora Birrung: Under the Sydney Stars Aboriginal people were Australia's first astronomers. This exhibition shows many constellations in the southern skies and explains how they were created from an Aboriginal perspective. It highlights how the stars were used for navigation by land and sea, for land and water management practices and ceremonial use. Venue:Sydney Observatory Date:10:00am to 5:00pm daily. Open nightly, bookings essential. Enquiries: (02) 9217 0485 Workshop on the Chinese in Australian and New Zealand History University of New South Wales A three day workshop on Chinese in Australian and New Zealand. The workshop is being organised by the Department of Chinese, School of Modern Language Studies, UNSW, in conjunction with the School of History, the NSW Heritage Office, the Migration Heritage Centre of NSW and Powerhouse Museum. At the workshop a number of Australian projects will be reviewed by panels of international specialists. Venue: Sir Robert Webster Building, UNSW, Sydney Date: 11th-13th February 2000 Enquiries: Henry Chan, Department of Chinese and Indonesian Studies, UNSW e-mail: hdm.chan@unsw.edu.au or Rosanna Cheung, phone: (02) 9385 2416 Second Australasian Conference on Engineering Heritage The Institution of Engineers, Australia This conference is part of the cycle of Engineering Heritage Conferences that includes the biennial Australian Engineering Heritage Conference. Venue: Conference Centre, University of Auckland, 22 Sydmonds Street Date: 13-16 February 2000 Enquiries: Barry Williams, University of Auckland, 64 9 373 7599 ext 8903 Web site: www.cce.auckland.ac.nz/engher Reclaiming The Past - Vietnamese Australians Reclaiming the Past, the popular series showcasing Sydney's history, community and identity, returns to the Museum of Sydney in 2000. This season of monthly presentations from February to June includes music, film and pictures from Sydney's Chinese, Vietnamese, Khmer and Polish-Australian communities. The new season begins with a presentation exploring the Sydney Vietnamese community's music and culture. Venue: Museum of Sydney Date: Saturday 19th February 2:00pm-4:00pm Enquiries: (02) 9251 5988 "Grant Us This Day..." RAHS workshop on grant funding How do you fill in a grant application form? What other material do you send? How do you put together a project budget? How do you convince the assessors that your project needs funding more than others? How do you find out about the various grant programs? A workshop for all those who plan to apply for grant funding in the coming year. Bookings essential, phone RAHS for details and cost. Venue: History House, 133 Maquarie Street, Sydney Date: Friday 11th February, 10:00am-3:00pm Enquiries: Royal Australian Historical Society on (02) 9247 8001