2 Chairman’s letter to the Minister 3 Chairman and Director’s report 4 Performance indicators 8 Highs and lows 11 Organisation chart 12 Corporate governance 14 People 16 Audience 18 Interpretation 20 Management 21 Conservation 22 Revenue 23 Properties 24 – Elizabeth Bay House 26 – Elizabeth Farm 28 – Government House 30 – Hyde Park Barracks Museum 32 – Justice & Police Museum 34 – Meroogal the women’s history place 36 – Museum of Sydney on the site of first Government House 38 – Rose Seidler House 40 – Rouse Hill estate 42 – Susannah Place Museum 44 – Vaucluse House 46 – The Mint 47 Finance contents 69 Appendices contents 79 Index Contents 1 1 July 2001 The Hon Bob Carr MP Premier, Minister for the Arts and Minister for Citizenship Parliament House Macquarie Street Sydney NSW 2000 Dear Premier In accordance with the requirement for the Annual Report (Statutory Bodies) Act 1984, I have pleasure in submitting to you the Annual Report for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales for the year ended 30 June 2001 for presentation to Parliament. Yours sincerely Jack Mundey AO Chairman Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales 2 Thank heavens for Jack Mundey – should be more like him. B&K Sterling, Altona, Victoria, March 2001, following a visit to Susannah Place Museum saved from demolition by Jack Mundey and the BLF Green Bans in the 1970s. What a year it has been for the Trust! After years of our and pleasure of the public. With these outcomes we Properties of the head office staff being scattered across seven properties endeavour to impart knowledge, spark interest, introduce Historic Houses Trust we finally have a resolution to our office difficulties. The new ideas, and contribute to community debates using 1980 Trust was granted $13.8 million in the state budget to these significant places as the catalyst to understand not Vaucluse House, Elizabeth Bay conserve the historic industrial buildings behind The Mint in just the past but the present and the future. House Macquarie Street to house our Library and Conservation The heritage significance of our properties means that they Resource Centre (which will be open for public use) and 1984 are listed on the Register of the National Estate, the NSW Elizabeth Farm, Lyndhurst provide head office accommodation. Although the project State Heritage Inventory and in the heritage schedules of will take four years to complete we are thrilled at the 1985 Local Environment Plans. It is our duty as the custodian to possibility of finally having our operations centralised and Meroogal ensure that the heritage values are upheld. the women’s history place our Conservation Resource Centre collection on show. Our achievements this year are a result of the support of 1987 This good news, coupled with our 21st birthday the state government through the Premier and Minister for Rouse Hill estate celebrations, ended the year with a bang. We celebrated the Arts, The Hon Bob Carr MP; the Minister Assisting the 1988 our birthday with free entry to our 11 properties and were Minister for the Arts, The Hon Bob Debus MP and the Rose Seidler House staggered by the public’s support: over 27 000 people Ministry for the Arts. 1990 flocked to the properties to help us celebrate. Hyde Park Barracks Museum, We are grateful for the support, dedication and hard work As we travelled between the museums we met people from Justice & Police Museum, of our Trustees, staff, volunteers, members, Foundation, all over New South Wales taking in the experience not just Museum of Sydney on the site of sponsors and donors who allow us to fulfil our pledge, to of one or two of our museums but using the opportunity to first Government House, the public, of conservation, interpretation and research. Susannah Place Museum visit five or six of our properties with friends and families. 1996 We have had a lot to celebrate this year including the many Government House achievements detailed throughout this report. 1998 The work we undertake achieves two very important The Mint outcomes: the tangible outcome of the conservation of 13 different, sometimes rare and fragile sites for current and future generations, and the more intangible outcome which Jack Mundey AO Peter Watts is the interpretation of these unique sites for the enjoyment Chairman Director Chairman and Director’s Report Trust Director Peter Watts, Premier The Hon Bob Carr MP and Trust Chairman Jack Mundey cut the 21st birthday cake at Government House. Photograph Jom | Peter Watts and Jack Mundey at The Mint. Photograph Jenni Carter. 3 I would like to take the time to congratulate the Historic Houses Trust for their 21st birthday. They do a really fantastic job… they also put on wonderful exhibitions. Michael Reed, 702 ABC art critic during the live to air 21st birthday broadcast of the Simon Marnie show. Finances Collection Total Revenue Number of objects acquired 2000–2001 – $19 082 000 2000–2001 114 1999–2000 – $17 498 000 1999–2000 214 Sixty-seven objects were purchased for the collection (two of these 67 objects consist of many individual objects) and 47 objects were donated to the collection. Total Expenses 2000–2001 – $18 894 000 Total number of objects in the collection 1999–2000 – $19 563 000 2000–2001 48 093 1999–2000 47 588 The total number of objects in the collection has grown by Total Assets more than the 114 objects acquired this year because the 2000–2001 – $122 856 000 collection is being progressively catalogued. These figures 1999–2000 – $79 850 000 exclude the major archaeological collections at the Hyde Park Barracks Museum (approximately 60 000) and the Museum of Sydney (approximately 1.5 million). Assets increased by 54% due to the value of Government House being added to the Trust’s portfolio. Value of the collection 2000–2001 $14 840 000 Total Liabilities 1999–2000 $14 782 000 2000–2001 – $2 203 000 1999–2000 – $1 883 000 Properties Management 2000–2001 Properties managed 13 Number of employees Properties open to the public 12 2000–2001 – 146.9 1999–2000 – 153.3 1999–2000 Figures based on Equivalent Full Time (EFT) include Properties managed 13 permanent, temporary and casual employees. Figures Properties open to the public 12 reported differently to last year to standardise Ministry for the Arts wide staff statistic reporting. Performance indicators Gate (detail) Government House. Photograph Ray Joyce | Susannah Place Shop. Photograph Ross Heathcote | Dancing at the House, Sydneysiders display, 4 Museum of Sydney. Photograph Lorrie Graham. Publications Profile Number of major publications Media coverage 2000–2001 5 2000–2001 1999–2000 4 54 751 column centimetres which represents 25.6 broadsheet pages. Exhibitions 1999–2000 Exhibitions opened 70 986 column centimetres which represents 33.2 pages of broadsheet pages 2000–2001 9 1999–2000 11 As these statistics only calculate print media coverage, a new measurement system will be introduced next year that is the Total number of days exhibitions were current industry standard. The new system is a better open to the public indicator of performance as it measures print, radio, television 2000–2001 1152 and internet media coverage. It will also measure the 1999–2000 1125 effectiveness of the coverage in reaching targeted audiences. Regional exhibitions Visitor inquiries Touring exhibitions to regional New South Wales Library inquiries 2000–2001 3 2000–2001 – 1257 1999–2000 2 1999–2000 – 1120 Total number of days touring exhibitions were Website hits open to the public 2000–2001 – 1 411 085 2000–2001 275 1999–2000 – 782 930 1999–2000 248 Website visitors 33 438 Public programs Website statistics recorded in future years will be based on Public programs held the number of visitors to the site, a more reliable industry 2000–2001 196 standard performance indicator. 1999–2000 204 Watercolour design of an allegorical representation of New South Wales as Commerce, 1888, Augusto Lorenzini, Conservation Resource Centre collection | Aurora Place, Sydney Open 2000. Photograph courtesy of Lend Lease Development | New Foundation donors with the Governor of New South Wales, Professor Marie Bashir AC. Photograph Tracey Schramm | School holiday program. 5 2000–2001 Visitor numbers 2000–2001 1999–2000 GENERAL ADMISSIONS GENERAL ADMISSIONS Paid admission Paid admission general public 138 738 general public 153 570 education 38 448 education 42 707 public programs 35 718 public programs 31 744 venue hire 42 386 venue hire 44 376 Subtotal 255 290 Subtotal 272 397 1999–2000 Free entry Free entry complimentary tickets 38 792 complimentary tickets 29 935 Government House 94 394 Government House 83 588 other (includes site visits, cafes, shops, 596 607 other (includes site visits, cafes, shops, 497 181 public sculptures and a percentage of public sculptures and a percentage of people visiting the parklands and beach people visiting the parklands and beach paddock at Vaucluse House) paddock at Vaucluse House) Subtotal 729 793 Subtotal 610 704 Touring exhibitions Touring exhibitions Bush Lives:Bush Futures 39 619 Bush Lives:Bush Futures and Terre Napoleon 34 117 Meroogal Women’s Art Prize 225 Subtotal 34 117 Tea Cosy (numbers not recorded) 0 TOTAL 917 218 Subtotal 39 844 GROUNDS TOTAL1 024 927 Through traffic GROUNDS Hyde Park Barracks Museum forecourt 497 089 Through traffic First Government House Place Hyde Park Barracks Museum forecourt 485 189 – Museum of Sydney 319 516 First Government House Place Vaucluse House – parklands – Museum of Sydney 477 900 and beach paddock 4330 Vaucluse House – parklands TOTAL 820 935 and beach paddock 4700 GRAND TOTAL 1 738 153 TOTAL 967 789 GRAND TOTAL 1 992 716 An overall increase of 15% which can be attributed to an increase in general admissions of 12% and an increase of 18% in grounds admissions.