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issue 01 | september 2013 HERITAGEmatters Celebrating our Newly Registered Heritage Places Heritage Grants assisting private owners 2013 Western Australian Heritage Awards and the winners are ... 17 CHAIR’S message elcome to the new look Heritage Matters in this tight economic climate it is pleasing to see the The Heritage Council has also recently published several guides magazine, which is now published on a yearly Government is supporting heritage owners by remaining on the process for handling development proposals. These Wbasis to celebrate places newly entered in the committed to the increased grant pool. guides, available on our website, will help owners understand State Register of Heritage Places (State Register), our how development proposals are assessed and ensure that We have also been working with the WA Local Heritage Award winners and Heritage Grant recipients. the Heritage Council, State Heritage Office, and other bodies Government Association (WALGA) to deliver a new operating under delegation from the Heritage Council provide Looking back, we’ve had an exceptional year with plenty framework for local government heritage advisory consistent advice on proposed changes to State Registered to celebrate, including the 2013 Western Australian services. Launched on 1 July this year, it assists local places. Heritage Awards held in April. It was an inspirational governments in managing and decision-making on 49 night with many of the award winners speaking heritage issues. Looking ahead, the next four years is going to be an exciting passionately about why heritage is so important to them period for the Heritage Council and State Heritage Office as 14 WALGA now has a panel of consultants to make it easy and their communities. After reading their stories, you we welcome our new Minister for Heritage, the Honourable for local governments to engage a heritage professional will appreciate just why these committed individuals and Albert Jacob MLA. With his background in architecture and to help them with their heritage strategies and planning. projects are our heritage champions. environmental design, we look forward to working with him to The Heritage Council is supporting this initiative by achieve our goals in the care, ongoing use and celebration of Congratulations to one of our WA Heritage Award offering eligible local governments a subsidy of up to our cultural heritage. recipients, the Sailmaker’s Shed in Broome, which this 75% for the cost of establishing this service. month received an award of Honourable Mention at One of the commitments that we will work very closely with The Heritage Council recognises this is a better way to 39 UNESCO’s Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage the Minister on is our shared goal of having a modernised assist local governments in building capacity within their Conservation. Heritage Act passed in Parliament. With extensive own organisations, while allowing us to focus more on consultation having already been completed, the aim of a We also celebrate our newly State Registered places, education, training and support programs. new Act is to deliver open, transparent, simple to operate and CONTENTS such as Glentromie Farm Group and Lake Richmond in One such program is inContact, a new online directory easy to understand legislation that reflects best practice in the Rockingham, including the work of our grant recipients, of heritage specialists found on our website. It puts celebration, recognition and protection of heritage places. Chair’s message 2 such as Gwambygine Farm and Pool and the Mine people in contact with the right business when they Manager’s House in Wiluna in caring for their important In the meantime, I hope you enjoy the 2013 edition of Heritage 2013 Western Australian Heritage Awards need help with looking after or making changes to their 4 properties. Matters. Stay updated in all the latest heritage news and sign heritage properties. It is very easy to use and allows up to our monthly eNewsletter via our website. Celebrating our newly In May 2012, the State Government announced a people to search by profession, service provided and Registered Heritage Places 29 $1million increase in funding for the heritage grant by region. It also provides useful information about Marion Fulker program to be allocated over four years. This is the first what professions would most suit their particular needs Chair Heritage Grants assisting private owners 50 increase in this program since its inception in 1996, and and advice on how to engage a specialist. Heritage Council Heritage Matters is the official magazine of the Heritage Council and State Heritage Office WESTERN A | State Heritage Office, Bairds Building 491 Wellington Street Perth AUSTRALIAN Heritage AWARDS PO Box 7479, Cloisters Square 2013 PO WA 6850 he Heritage Council’s Western Australian It is the second year in a row that a WA Heritage Award recipient T | (08) 6552 4000 Heritage Awards provide the opportunity to has won an UNESCO Award. FREECALL (REGIONAL) | 1800 524 000 honour the many dedicated members in the F | (08) 6552 4001 T In 2012, the Heritage Council entered into an agreement with industry and community that have been instrumental E | [email protected] UNESCO, where WA Heritage Award recipients are shortlisted in elevating the value of heritage. It also highlights W | www.stateheritage.wa.gov.au for nomination for the UNESCO awards. In the first year of this outstanding examples of how State Registered places agreement, Northbridge’s William Street Revitalisation Project State Heritage OFFICE can be adapted for new uses. Graeme Gammie won the UNESCO Award of Honourable Mention. EXecUTIVE DirectOR | Karmen Grzetic Of the 50 finalists, 25 individuals, organisations and Heritage Matters EDITOR | This recognition puts WA heritage on the world stage and is a CONTRIBUTORS | Gay McNamara, Tony Malkovic, outstanding heritage projects from Albany to Broome great platform to promote and celebrate our State’s heritage Niki Theodoropoulos were honoured at the gala event held on 16 April at the stories in the Asia-Pacific region. DESIGN | Dessein State Theatre Centre of Western Australia. COVER IMAGE | The Trustee, Brookfield Place, Heritage Minister the Hon Albert Jacob MLA and To receive all the latest updates on the 2014 WA Heritage Perth. Photographer Geoff Bickford, Dessein ABOVE | This year, high commendation recipient, the Sailmaker’s Heritage Council Chair Marion Fulker with the 2013 State Awards sign up to our eNewsletter through our website Heritage champions. Shed received an award of Honourable Mention at © State Heritage Office 2013. stateheritage.wa.gov.au. UNESCO’s Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage State Heritage Office owns all photographs Conservation. in this document unless otherwise stated September edition 2013. 2 HERITAGE MATTERS | CHAIR'S MESSAGE HERITAGE MATTERS 3 Outstanding voluntary contribution to heritage by an individual A person who has made a significant and ongoing voluntary contribution to the conservation, promotion and/or understanding of cultural heritage in the community. A U S T R S T A E L I W A 3 N U 1 T A S T R S A 0 E L I 2 W A N WINNER 3 1 S 0 H D 2 E R HIGHLY R A COMMENDED I T W S A G E A H D E R R A I T W A G E A TOO’ DYAY S ARCHIVIST receiVES TOP HONOURS oodyay’s Jenny Edgecombe Over the years, she has worked as exhibition in 2009, which publicised is a professional archivist, the Society’s archivist to conserve Toodyay’s importance as a heritage Tbut her approach to heritage and promote the Society’s extensive town. is almost like that of a quilt maker. collection of documents, images, Her colleagues say Ms Edgecombe and aural histories. This has included She explained her approach at the is an outstanding heritage champion saving digital scanning and developing the OUR SHIPwrecK STORIES WA Heritage Awards, saying that and her enthusiasm and insights Society’s soon-to-be-released web when she had been nominated for have been a major boost to the rofessor Geoffrey Bolton AO The fact that this collection has page. an award, she initially thought: “But I Toodyay Historical Society. is one of Australia’s most remained in WA and is on public don’t do any big things.” Ms Edgecombe has also helped eminent historians who has display is largely due to Professor At the awards, the judges praised P people in Toodyay – including local received international acclaim for Bolton’s tireless work as a member “Then I started thinking, if you think Ms Edgecombe as a long-standing, businesses, family researchers, and this work. of ANCODS and, more recently, about the sum of all the smaller committed advocate for heritage, local government – uncover their as a member and Chair of the WA activities in local heritage groups generously providing her professional What is perhaps less well known own stories and past. An example Museum’s Maritime Archaeology and historical societies all across skills and expertise for the benefit of is the key role he has played in of this is Ms Edgecombe’s extensive Advisory Committee. the State – and if you add all those the community. preserving and promoting Western oral history interviews that were together – it really is something Australia’s maritime heritage. Professor Bolton was instrumental reproduced as booklets. “Ms Edgecombe is part of a significant,” Ms Edgecombe said. in the 2010 repatriation to WA of group of volunteers providing their Over the past 40 years, Professor Another example of Ms more than 1,100 artefacts originally Fremantle and continues to attract “We in our local areas are the professional skills and passion Bolton has been a volunteer and Edgecombe’s approach can be taken to the Netherlands under an praise from overseas and local guardians, the preservers, and that makes the recognition and founding member of the Australia seen in a project on Robert Green, ANCODS agreement.