ANMM 12~13 Annual Report 2012–2013 Australian National Maritime Museum Annual Report 2012–2013 12~13 Chairman’s message

© Commonwealth of Australia 2013 to grow and adapt in a world of constant and rapid change – in communications and technology, ISSN 1034-5019 in social, economic and political trends, and in its local This work is copyright. Apart from any use and national environment. permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, The museum’s ambitions are large and long-term, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior permission from the Australian and the steps towards them in this year 2012–13 were National Maritime Museum. necessarily initial and preparatory – but I am pleased to report to you in this publication some tangible and Australian National Maritime Museum substantial achievements towards those longer goals. The Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) at Darling Harbour, Sydney, opens 9.30 am–5 pm Without question this ambitious program was every day (9.30 am–6 pm in January). Closed launched in a period of global economic uncertainty, 25 December. which we can see translating into financial opposite: Visitors and guests Entry at 30 June 2013 at an unveiling ceremony for uneasiness in our own environment, despite our Big Ticket the museum’s Welcome Wall. nation’s sound fundamentals. This will make getting Galleries and exhibitions + vessels + Kids on Deck Photographer A Frolows/ANMM the necessary stakeholder support for the museum’s adult $25, child $15, concession/pensioners $10 front cover: Colours of India, ambitions even more of a challenge. As the year Members/child under 4 FREE, family $65 exploring the compelling stories It’s my pleasure, once again, to present the Australian advanced, looming pressures on the museum’s Galleries Ticket of those who have migrated National Maritime Museum’s Annual Report for the resources signalled hard decisions, which had Adult $7, child/concession $3.50, to Australia by sea, was a Members/Australian pensioners/ rooftop projection screened period 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013. This Annual Report to be taken in the longer-term interest. child under 4 FREE, family $17.50 on the roofline of the museum’s addresses the first year of the museum’s Strategic Plan In all this, I would like more than anything else Group bookings 20% discount on ticket prices landmark Darling Harbour for the triennium 2012–2015, a key planning document to pay my heartfelt tribute to the museum’s staff, for groups of 10 or more building that was designed that was developed and tabled in accordance with the our Volunteers, Members and my fellow Councillors. Free entry to galleries – on first Thursday of the by Philip Cox. The light show month excluding public and school holidays was developed and written Australian National Maritime Museum Act 1990. Their willingness to embrace an extended agenda of by museum staff working Mailing address This was a year in which the whole museum change, their creativity and resourcefulness in effecting with architectural specialists 2 Murray Street Darling Harbour from The Electric Canvas. embarked, with energy and determination, on some it, their ability to adapt to difficult circumstances NSW 2000 Australia Photographer Andrew Frolows/ of the most far-reaching changes to the organisation and above all their enthusiasm for this very special Ph (02) 9298 3777 ANMM that most of us can recall. The changes incorporate organisation deserve our admiration and gratitude, Fax (02) 9298 3780 Website (including this annual report) title page: When the son of the museum’s physical infrastructure, its staffing and as they provide for an exciting future. www.anmm.gov.au General Sir Hector Munro was working arrangements, and extend to the way in which I also wish to acknowledge with gratitude the support killed by a tiger in Bengal, India, the organisation conceives of the discipline at the heart of our former Ministers for the Arts, the Hon Simon Contact officer Tipu Sultan, ruler of Mysore, For enquiries about this report commissioned a life-sized of its mission, as staff begin a process of redefining the Cream MP and the Hon Tony Burke MP, the current please contact the editor mechanical automaton that ‘master narratives’ of the national maritime history that Minister, the Hon George Brandis QC, and the Ministry Ph (02) 9298 3779 re-enacted the fatal attack. we present, and re-examine the way we present it. for the Arts, and the contribution made by Ms Ann Sherry Fax (02) 9298 3670 The tableau was copied in Email [email protected] this glazed earthenware The purpose is to revitalise an organisation that during her period of office on the Council. figure,Munro killed by a tiger, has, in the 22 years since it opened to the public, Editors Jeffrey Mellefont, Janine Flew Staffordshire c1830. Lent by matured and developed into a respected national Peter Dexter AM FAICD Staff photographer Andrew Frolows/ANMM the Victoria & Albert Museum. Graphic designer Austen Kaupe Donated by Robert Breckman and international cultural institution, but which Chairman Printed in Australia by Lindsey Yates Group in memory of his wife Julie nevertheless understands the need to continue Australian National Maritime Museum Council

3 12~13 Contents

Chairman’s message 3 3 Appendixes

Our vision 6 1 Visitor and Member programs 82 Our mission, values, key focus areas and strategic objectives 6 2 Selected acquisitions to the National Maritime Collection 89 3 ANMM publications 92 1 The year in review 4 Staff publications and symposiums 93 Highlights 11 5 Staff conference papers, lectures and talks 100 Director’s overview 13 6 Staff media appearances 102 Special exhibitions and attractions 19 7 Staff professional appointments 104 Interactives and multimedia 26 8 Staff overseas travel 105 Travelling exhibitions 27 9 Organisation chart 106 Maritime archaeology 29 10 APS staff 107 USA Gallery 29 11 Council members 111 Outreach, collaboration and partnerships 30 12 Council meetings and committees 114 Performance indicators 39 13 Australian National Maritime Foundation 116 Statutory information 42 14 Patrons, co-patrons and supporters 117 Corporate governance; Privacy legislation; Freedom 15 Corporate Members 118 of information; Judicial decisions and reviews by outside 16 Volunteers 119 bodies; Effects of ministerial directions; Indemnities and insurance premiums for officers; Workplace health and 17 Consultants 126 safety; Environmental protection and biodiversity 18 Functions and powers of the Minister 128 Human resources 44 19 Functions and powers of the museum 129 Enterprise agreements/AWAs; Salary rates and benefits; 20 List of Acts administered 130 Performance bonus payment; Effectiveness in managing 21 Director’s statement 131 human resources; Key training and development initiatives; Productivity gains; Commonwealth disability strategy; 22 Photographic credits 132 Assessment of achievement in terms of Australian 23 Key to compliance 133 Government policy; The Enterprise Agreement; 24 Index 134 industrial democracy; Workplace diversity policy

2 Financial statements

Statement by council members and chief financial officer 48 Independent auditor’s report 50 Statement of profit and loss and other comprehensive income 52 Balance sheet 53 Statement of changes in equity 54 Cash flow statement 54 Schedule of commitments 55 Schedule of contingencies 55 Notes to and forming part of the financial statements 56

4 5 Our vision Our mission Our values Our strategic objectives

To explore and manage maritime To promote a broad interpretation As an organisation and • to be a must-visit museum heritage in ways that enlighten, of maritime heritage and culture; as individuals we remain • to rejuvenate our museum and our site inspire and delight people to preserve it and to bring it to committed to everywhere. life by • to extend our reach and outreach • honesty, integrity and ethical practice • to be acknowledged both within Australia • developing and managing the National and abroad as the nation’s leading Maritime Collection through research, • innovation, application and achievement authority on maritime heritage and affairs acquisition, conservation, and • flexibility, engagement and creativity interpretation • to realise the potential from our • exemplary service standards investment in new ICT infrastructure • exhibiting the National Maritime Collection and systems and other historical material in our care

• to increase our revenues from non- • presenting maritime heritage information Our key focus areas government sources through public and learning programs, events, the internet and publications • our audiences • to invest in and develop our people • expanding our sponsorship, marketing and other commercial revenue sources • our collections

• our profile and reputation

• our site and galleries

• our resources

6 7 The year in review 112~13

8 9 12~13 Highlights

Welcomed 520,502 site visitors, a 33% increase on 2011–12 – aided by a family-oriented summer program that included Pirates! and Ships and the Sea

Illuminated the museum’s roof with the spectacular projection Waves of migration

Participated in Vivid Sydney’s winter festival of light, music and ideas, to launch our major ANMM exhibition East of India – Forgotten trade with Australia

Brought back a rejuvenated Classic & Wooden Boat Festival

Hosted compelling exhibitions Rescue and Elysium Antarctic Visual Epic

Reached 39,955 off-site visitors with travelling exhibitions

Undertook a major slipping of the HM Bark Endeavour replica to keep her in survey for her voyaging program

Began development of new master narratives to reinvigorate the galleries

Commissioned construction of North Gallery, a major new venue for temporary exhibitions

Reviewed use of all museum spaces to promote a better visitor experience

Attained a total of 41% of the collection digitised

Carried out an energy use audit to minimise energy and other resource consumption and reduce carbon footprint

opposite: Singer Juanita Tippins appears on the Cape Bowling Green Lighthouse during the 2012 Classic and Wooden Boat Festival.

10 1 The year in review Highlights 11 12~13 Director’s overview

The year on which we are reporting, 2012–13, saw the beginning of one of the most far-reaching programs of innovation and redevelopment that the Australian National Maritime Museum has undertaken since its opening in 1991. It touches on just about every facet of the museum’s operations and facilities, and is one that will occupy us throughout this decade and beyond.

The goal is to consolidate and amplify our key Our strategic objectives are set out clearly in the current attractions; to enliven and enhance the waterfront strategic plan, and can be seen at a glance on the experience; to renew, refresh and re-present the core preceding pages. The year’s achievements can be gallery content; and to provide a viable new exhibition placed in that framework. space. These plans reach well beyond the normal three- year time frame of our mandated strategic-planning To be a must-visit museum process, with the result that our present 2012–2015 This year saw a welcome turnaround in our crucial strategic plan is entirely geared towards laying a solid visitation figures, as we welcomed 520,502 site visitors, foundation for them. a 33% increase on 2011–12. This made us the most- This year saw us putting in place the cornerstones visited museum in Sydney’s highly competitive market of our ambitions. A fundamental one is the development for visitor attractions. of a ten-year master plan for permanent and temporary The exhibitions that delivered these numbers exhibitions, which was well under way. We undertook a are catalogued in a separate section immediately review of the museum’s current site architectural master following this overview. Their range and variety plan, and immediately built a major new temporary are notable. In particular, however, our Visitor Experience exhibitions space. We began the development of and Commercial Services staff worked intensively with new interpretation plans for our vessels, particularly creative and media services to renew a focus Endeavour, Onslow and Vampire, as well as our wharves on the family sector over the vital summer months and and pontoons. Work began on a new communications beyond, creating a successful marketing campaign with strategy, along with new sponsorship and corporate the slogan ‘Choose your own adventure’ centred on development strategies. And equally important a specially created character, Lucy. The emphasis was were the steps taken towards the development and on action, activity and interactivity, and combined the implementation of a digital outreach strategy. attractions Pirates! and Wetworld, both developed by our own staff, with Ships and the Sea from Finland. Spring of 2012 saw the return of the museum’s Classic & Wooden Boat Festival with a greater investment in a theatrical presentation of the precinct, combining a light show and popular entertainers. opposite: The museum’s Its centrepiece was the classic visiting yacht Hurrica V, foreshore and Cape Bowling Green lighthouse illuminated which was soon to reach cinema screens as a key for Vivid Sydney in 2013. location of The Great Gatsby.

12 1 The year in review Director’s overview 13 this year we featured in more than 1000 media stories around the country highlighting many of our projects and exhibitions

To rejuvenate our museum and our site venue. Cox Richardson architects were engaged To extend our reach and outreach To be acknowledged both within Australia This year we made a major investment in laser rooftop to design improvements that better relate Gallery This vital objective is covered in detail in a following and abroad as the nation’s leading authority projection technology in order to use our landmark One to the new North Gallery. section of this report, with detailed accounts of our on maritime heritage and affairs museum building as a canvas – the largest in Sydney. Under the revised site master plan, two major most important strategies to extend our resources The year ended with the opening of East of India The inaugural feature, Waves of Migration, explored enhancements were identified as priorities and work in maritime heritage nationwide and beyond. – Forgotten trade with Australia, a showcase for our own the compelling stories of those who have migrated began immediately on realising them. Stage 1 is the They include key programs such as our annual MMAPSS curators’ scholarship. It was the culmination of years of to Australia by sea, screened on the dramatic roofline RAN Pavilion, to be located on the South Wharf flanked grant scheme, and our sailing ‘ambassador’, the replica research and contact with colleagues in India, including of the museum’s Philip-Cox designed building. by the major historic former naval vessels, Daring class of James Cook’s Endeavour. An innovation this year a series of workshops held in Mumbai and Kochi in The light show was developed and written by museum destroyer Vampire and Oberon class submarine Onslow was to link high schools into our maritime archaeology February 2013 with Indian cultural institutions, aided staff working with architectural specialists from The – considered the museum’s major assets along with the fieldwork program by webcasts and teleconferencing. by a grant from the Australia-India Council. It highlights Electric Canvas. The Waves of Migration rooftop project Endeavour replica. It will provide a pre-visit engagement This took place during the March 2013 expedition of the the museum’s commitment to engaging with the wider won international recognition when it received a silver to improve visitors’ experience of them, as well as a ANMM archaeology team to Ferguson Reef on the Great Asian and Pacific region, and is just one of a number medal at the annual MUSE awards for outstanding viable alternative for those unable to access the vessels Barrier Reef, investigating shipwrecks from the India of activities planned that respond to the Australian achievement in museum media to enhance the for whatever reason. The pavilion will be a focus of trade. Another key strategy focus this year has been Government White Paper Australia in the Asian Century. museum experience and engage new audiences. the centenary of the RAN and its participation in World the launch of a digitisation strategy 2013–15, to make Crucial to this strategic objective is lifting the We then used this new asset to become a part War 1. At the year’s end tenders had been issued to a our significant and rich collection resources more widely museum’s media profile across Australia, and this year of Sydney’s successful and popular winter festival shortlist of architectural firms for the $11 million project. available. It identifies, prioritises, guides and enables we featured in more than 1,000 media stories around Vivid: Lights, music and ideas, building on our exhibition Stage 2 will be the Discovery Centre, an interactive creation of new digital content and the management the country, highlighting many of our projects and East of India to develop a playful and evocative learning facility with water-based activities and science of existing data to build digital collections suitable for exhibitions. To assist our in-house team we engaged projection, Colours of India. It was complemented by learning, linked to the school curriculum. It will provide a wide range of initiatives. PR agency Impact Communications to strategically dramatic lighting of the museum vessels, lighthouse and a significant increase in facilities for formal educational generate media interest in the museum’s master plan waterfront, and achieved our aim of better connecting activities. A creative producer has been engaged to and our new initiatives, and to position us as a ‘museum the museum to local communities and Sydney-wide develop the content brief, and a functional design brief of the future’. Armed with research identifying market festival events. has been commissioned. segments in a way that provided new insights into Moving swiftly to carry out elements of a revised We began a longer-term project of relocating most site master plan, the ageing Commerce Gallery was staff to the museum’s Wharf 7 Maritime Heritage Centre. disassembled and in its place we constructed a major This will liberate significant spaces of the main museum building to enable more flexibility in installing public temporary exhibition space, the North Gallery. above right: ANMM design It’s located adjacent to an existing temporary exhibition facilities, and increase commercial returns from our manager Johanna Nettleton space, Gallery One, which is also being reconfigured properties. This is part of a longer-term plan to further (second from left) in Kochi, diversify the museum’s revenue sources. opposite: The museum’s India, with students from the in order to address significant shortcomings and to give waterfront during Vivid Sydney above left: Members’ tour Centre for Heritage Studies, the flexibility to contribute to income as a commercial in 2013. to Garden Island, 2013. Hill Palace Museum

14 1 The year in review Director’s overview 1 The year in review Director’s overview 15 our audiences’ motivations, we invested in a brand- The review process is extending to the vital membership Signals, which celebrated refreshing effort that signalled our aspirations to both and commercial partnership programs, commencing its 100th issue during 2012–13, consumers and institutions in our sphere of influence. in the year under review and extending into 2013–14. This was applied to key promotional and information can rightly be considered the assets, including the museum’s website, and notably To invest in and develop our people world’s leading maritime to our flagship publication, the quarterly journal Signals. Phase 1 of the ANMM staff restructure was enacted, museum periodical Its March 2013 issue came out in a generous, expanded establishing two new divisions and a new executive format with a sophisticated design template that has team. The emphasis was to refocus the museum’s been very well received. Signals, which celebrated its audience, commercial and exhibition activities. 100th issue during 2012–13, can rightly be considered New appointments confirmed experienced leaders the world’s leading maritime museum periodical, as assistant directors of two key museum divisions, communicating the work of the museum and its people and strengthened the fields of research, project not just to our Members and Australian readers but management and finance. Moves were taken to our peers worldwide. to secure additional capacity in the areas of education and Indigenous cultures. Restructuring has been To realise the potential from our investment undertaken in a participatory and consultative process in new ICT infrastructure and systems that has included information and Q&A sessions, A strong focus for the museum has been upgrading small-group forums in affected areas, and the its IT system environment over a period of years, museum’s Joint Consultative Council of management, with particular activity in this financial year on the staff and union representatives. the demolition of its track. With it the museum loses an A major attraction over spring and summer 2013–14 Financial Management System (FMS) and Customer The need to review future staff requirements is asset that formerly delivered some visitors to the nearby will be the exhibition Vikings – Beyond the legend, a joint Relations Management software. The FMS reporting heightened by pressures on the budget brought about monorail station as well as carrying museum advertising, venture by the Swedish History Museum, Stockholm, tool was given priority and was implemented from the by a combination of the government’s efficiency although this is not expected to be a major factor. and Museums Partner, Austria. It explores the Viking bottom up for forecasting and 2013–14 budgeting. dividend, a commitment to the salary increases The massive Barangaroo construction project for the world in the light of the most recent archaeological CRM user requirements were finalised and went to of the present enterprise agreement, and substantial redevelopment of ‘The Hungry Mile’, the former historic discoveries, and includes several life-sized vessel tender; this was more than an upgrade, as the project inflationary pressures such as escalating energy costs. wharf precinct on the opposite side of Darling Harbour, reconstructions. This international touring exhibition is to eliminate bespoke, customised databases that By the end of the year it was clear that staff numbers is the other major change in our immediate environment. brings us one of the two or three quintessential have proliferated across the museum. The long-running and associated costs would need to be scaled back, The construction has little direct impact on us – other maritime topics of virtually universal appeal. In addition, electronic document and records management system and to manage this a temporary freeze on staff than removing the last facet of a working waterfront its presentation and packaging – combining rare and (EDRMS) project neared completion with the beginning recruitment was combined with a voluntary redundancy that once provided an authentic maritime activity linking important artefacts with innovative, ultra-modern display of roll-out, training and support to users. An entirely new program, taken up by three staff as at 30 June 2013. directly to the museum’s subject matter. We are studying and interpretation techniques – signal the direction we performance management process was inaugurated When the planned balance of expenditure and income the implications and opportunities of the new business, see our own exhibitions and renewed galleries taking. with, for the first time, easy online access enabling input is attained, the museum will look to invest in new staff residential and tourist populations that its completion Beyond 2013–14 lie the important centenaries from employee and supervisor. Deloittes was selected and product initiatives. will bring. To assist with this the museum this year of the beginning of World War 1, and the nation-defining to migrate the museum’s website from the obsolete joined a Darling Harbour development alliance of key events of the victory of the first HMAS Australia over Unity content management system to the new asset. Operating environment stakeholders to implement strategies during the four- the German raider Emden, and then the anniversary The impact of the very high Australian dollar has been year precinct upgrade. of Gallipoli with its lesser-known story of the Australian To increase our revenues from widely noted in respect of inbound overseas tourists. submarine AE2. With our RAN Pavilion coming on line non-government sources The museum has traditionally drawn a substantial Outlook in time for these centenaries, and their scope to build Admissions revenue of $2.4 million from this year’s proportion of its visitation from this market, owing A strong suite of programs for the coming period even further on our collaborations with the RAN, strong increase in visitor numbers set another museum to its location in the prime tourist drawcard of Darling leads to confidence that this year’s achievements these will be of great significance to the museum. record, surpassing admissions for any other year Harbour. As mentioned above, however, our visitation in visitation, revenue, profile and reputation will continue. in the museum’s history, including the Sydney Olympic numbers and revenue increased this year, negating any The museum has positioned itself strongly to participate year. Commercial services revenue for the year was losses from this market. A larger concern, also related in and benefit from the International Fleet Review, which up 45% on the previous year and 21% ahead to our location, will be the coming period of demolition celebrates the centenary of the arrival of the first Royal of budget, despite key closures affecting venue hire followed by major reconstruction of the exhibition and Australian Navy fleet into Sydney Harbour, bringing above: Signals issues 102, performance. There was an emphasis on revenue conference facilities of Darling Harbour. While its effects over 40 warships, a dozen tall ships and 10,000 naval 103 and 104, whose covers opportunities in the course of our extensive review on tourist numbers are unknown as yet, we are moving personnel from more than 20 nations. The museum’s promoted our major exhibitions of the uses of all museum facilities and spaces. to capitalise on the demand for conference facilities vigorous program is led by its replica of James Cook’s Elysium Antarctic Epic, East of India – Forgotten trade with A review of the museum’s ticketing prices identified during the construction period. At the end of the financial Endeavour, which will have a busy public sailing program Australia and Vikings – Beyond strategic changes to the packages we offer. year the Sydney monorail ceased operation prior to throughout. the legend.

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Elysium Antarctic Visual Epic Remembering Titanic Fish in Australian art – 100 years In 2010 a team of explorers Fish have featured in art in Australia comprising wildlife photographers, To mark the centenary of Titanic’s for thousands of years. Artists have filmmakers and scientists embarked sinking with the loss of 1,500 put fish in the picture to document, on an expedition from the Antarctic lives, the construction, disaster, decorate, delight and provoke. Peninsula to South Georgia. rediscovery and controversy From the dinner table to the ocean, This stunning visual record of the surrounding the sinking and salvage fish are an intriguing theme, and expedition captured life above were explored. The exhibition the works explored the emotional and below the ice, the fauna and featured costumes and props from and dramatic, the humorous and flora, glaciers, and the magnificent the 1997 movie Titanic. eccentric. This unique exhibition land and seascapes of this great spanned Australian art history. Team leader Niki Mortimer wilderness. Curator Kieran Hosty Team leader Mariea Fisher Designers Hamish Palmer, Adrienne Team leader Niki Mortimer Curator Penny Cuthbert Kabos, Dale Veldhoven contract Curator Niki Mortimer Consultant curator Stephen Scheding designer Designers Hamish Palmer, Heidi Designers Johanna Nettleton, Registration Sally Fletcher Riederer Heidi Riederer, Hamish Palmer Conservation Jonathan London Public programs Annalice Creighton Registration Will Mather Interactives Dianne Churchill Marketing Jackson Pellow Conservation Rebecca Dallwitz Public programs Annalice Creighton Venue South Gallery Public programs Neridah Wyatt-Spratt Marketing Jackson Pellow Dates 13 April–11 August 2013 Marketing Jackson Pellow Venue South Gallery Venue Gallery One and North Gallery Dates 29 March–11 November 2012 Dates 5 April–26 August 2012

opposite: Adélie penguins, Petermann Island, Antarctica (detail).

18 1 The year in review Special exhibitions and attractions 19 P&O celebrating 175 years Escape from Vietnam Ships and the Sea Pirates! Classic & Wooden Boat Wrecks and reefs Festival A small selection of posters, A selection of 14 photographs A hands-on exhibition that A rollicking kids’ adventure in which The underwater lens of maritime photographs and prints from the from the collection of the Archive highlighted modern seafaring and visitors could walk the gangway to The 2012 Classic & Wooden Boat archaeology explored four Australian museum’s extensive P&O archive of Vietnamese Boat People its industry. Visitors could ‘operate’ the pirate ship, encounter the ghost Festival combined the perennial shipwreck sites on remote coral marked the 175th anniversary documented one of the largest a forklift to pick up containers, steer of Blackbeard in the captain’s cabin, attraction of stunning classic craft reefs off tropical Queensland of the iconic shipping line in 2012. mass migrations in modern history remote-controlled ships around the search for loot in the dark pirate with a new emphasis on popular – those of the early colonial ships P&O has played a significant role in – the exodus of boat people from museum’s pond, design a ship cave, pick a pirate name and seek entertainment and performance, Mermaid, Porpoise, Royal Charlotte Australia’s maritime and immigration Vietnam to South-East Asian of the future, rescue someone who out clues to follow a treasure trail. to give this biennial, springtime and Cato. Vivid images by expedition history since the first mail service refugee camps in the late 1970s had fallen overboard, and explore museum attraction a makeover photographer Xanthe Rivett followed Team leaders Mariea Fisher, from the UK to Australia was and 80s. port operations, safety at sea, Neridah Wyatt-Spratt and attract new audiences. It was the underwater team led by ANMM established in 1852. navigation, seafarers’ stories and Designers Stephen Hain, a showcase for the museum’s and revealed the unique marine Team leader Niki Mortimer marine archaeology. Johanna Nettleton, Daniel Ormella Australian Register of Historic environments they encountered. Team leader Niki Mortimer Curator Kim Tao Public programs Neridah Wyatt-Spratt Curator Kim Tao Designer Daniel Ormella Vessels, and a key opportunity for Exhibition by Heureka The Finnish Marketing Aimee Ocampo Team leader Niki Mortimer Designer Adrienne Kabos Registration Anupa Shah the museum to visit and assess Science Centre Venue Gallery One Curator Kieran Hosty Registration Anupa Shah Conservation Sue Frost Dates 22 September 2012– other people’s historic craft, which Designers Heidi Riederer, Conservation Sue Frost Venue Tasman Gallery Team leader Mariea Fisher 24 February 2013 can be offered the opportunity Johanna Nettleton Venue Tasman Light Gallery Dates 13 June–14 October 2012 Curator Stephen Gapps to nominate for the ARHV. Registration Cameron Mclean Dates 17 October 2012– Designers Daniel Ormella, Conservation Caroline Whitley, 19 May 2013 Hamish Palmer Coordinators Alana Thompson, Visitor Rebecca Dallwitz Registration Anupa Shah Programs, Fleet Public programs Anne Doran Public programs Neridah Wyatt-Spratt Entertainment program designed by Marketing Aimee Ocampo Marketing Jackson Pellow Catapult Creative Productions Ltd Venue South Gallery Venue North Gallery Venue Darling Harbour Dates 29 November 2012– Dates 7 December 2012– Dates 12–14 October 2012 2 April 2013 28 April 2013

20 1 The year in review Special exhibitions and attractions 1 The year in review Special exhibitions and attractions 21 Waves of Migration Wetworld! Rescue Vivid festival building projection and events The museum’s iconic roofline, Our summer guests battled it out Rescue’s interactive exhibits gave evoking sails and waves, on the museum’s wharf with super- visitors a feeling for what it’s like As part of Sydney’s renowned Vivid became the canvas last summer soakers and water pistols in this to be involved in land, sea and festival, the museum’s rooftop for a dynamic new light show family water play area where air rescues. They could try out reflected the colours, patterns and exploring migration to Australia non-stop action and fun combined. a life-sized helicopter simulator, sounds of India, inspired by the and the compelling stories of those navigate a jet ski to find a swimmer museum’s exhibition East of India Coordinator Neridah Wyatt-Spratt who have come across the seas. Designer Whitecube washed out to sea, experience – Forgotten trade with Australia. From convicts and early settlers Venue North Wharf what it’s like to find their way On Friday and Saturday nights to ten-pound Poms, displaced Dates 28 December 2012– through a smoke-filled room, throughout Vivid, the museum’s persons and seaborne refugees, 28 February 2013 and learn about search techniques waterfront remained open to the Australia is a nation of migrants. and rescue equipment. public for visitors to enjoy Indian- The light show premiered on inspired food and entertainment. Exhibition produced by Scitech, Perth, Australia Day. Western Australia Coordinator roof projection Team leader Mariea Fisher Curator Kim Tao Neridah Wyatt-Spratt Curator David Payne Designer The Electric Canvas Events program Andrew Downie Designers Adrienne Kabos, Venue ANMM roof Designer roof projection Hamish Palmer Dates 26 January–28 February 2013 The Electric Canvas Registration Anupa Shah Additional lighting Stephen Hain Public programs Amelia Bowan Venue Museum waterfront precinct, Marketing Aimee Ocampo roof and Pyrmont Bridge Venue Gallery One Dates 16 March–14 July 2013

22 1 The year in review Special exhibitions and attractions 1 The year in review Special exhibitions and attractions 23 East of India – Forgotten trade Saltwater Visions Wharf 7 interpretive fitout with Australia NAIDOC Week 2013 Seaworthy and Seachange The early Australian colonies, commemorated the 50th The Wharf 7 Maritime Heritage at the ‘ends of the earth’ from anniversary of the Yolngu people’s Centre foyer now houses a Europe, turned to nearby Asia for Yirrkala Bark land rights petitions spectacular new display of classic survival and growth. East of India to Federal Parliament. Five of the Sydney watercraft – all on the – Forgotten trade with Australia 10 barks on display from the Australian Register of Historic tracked our colonial links with India, museum’s Saltwater Collection Vessels – plus engines and major which became a lifeline for the were evidence in a 2008 Australian artefacts from the Sydney Heritage struggling colonists. An essential High Court case that recognised Fleet, and alongside craft of national part of the story reveals the power traditional owners and their use significance from the National and monopoly of the Honourable of coastline and coastal waters. Maritime Collection. Exhibitions also East India Company, or ‘John These important bark paintings explore the history of Pyrmont and Company’ as it came to be known, are the spiritual and legal basis the nearby industrial harbourscape, its rise and its inevitable decline. of the Yolngu people’s ownership placing our modern setting in its of saltwater country in north-east Team leader Mariea Fisher historical context. Wharf 7 also Curators Nigel Erskine, Michelle Linder Arnhem Land. They were purchased houses the collections, libraries, Designers Johanna Nettleton, with the assistance of Stephen workshops and offices of both Daniel Ormella Grant of the GrantPirrie Gallery. ANMM and Sydney Heritage Fleet. Registration Will Mather Conservation Caroline Whitley Team leader Niki Mortimer Lightship CLS4 Carpentaria and the Public programs Jeff Fletcher Curator Stephen Gapps barque James Craig are moored Marketing Matt Lee Designer Adrienne Kabos alongside. Venue North Gallery Registration Anupa Shah Dates 1 June–18 August 2013 Conservation Sue Frost Coordinators Narottami Emmett, Venue Tasman Light Gallery Daina Fletcher Dates 23 May 2013– Curators Daina Fletcher, 23 February 2014 Megan Treharne Designers Aaron Maestri, Architectural Projects Pty Ltd Venue Wharf 7 Maritime Heritage Centre Dates From October 2012

Wharf 7 foyer with a floating frieze of historic harbour photographs by William James Hall, and a figurehead carved for Sydney Heritage Fleet’s 1874 barque James Craig by Dennis Adams, transformed by Indigenous art students.

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Watermarks – adventure, Wharf 7 Heritage Centre foyer. Australia II test tank model On their own – Freshwater Saltwater – Wrecks, reefs and the sport and play exhibition A bespoke front page, comprising Britain’s child migrants Aboriginal and Torres Strait Mermaid Triggered by touch, this multimedia historical overlay maps, with specific Islander prints First Lady virtual tour program revisits Australia II’s historic From the 1860s until the 1970s, Photographs by Xanthe Rivett pointers to selected dictionary items win of the America’s Cup trophy more than 100,000 British children Prints from the museum’s illustrate the museum’s work during First Lady was the yacht in which and a sliding timeline, has been in 1983; highlights the significance were sent to Australia, Canada and collection commemorate the two archaeological expeditions Kay Cottee became became the developed for the project. first woman to sail solo, unassisted of the Australia II test tank model other Commonwealth countries rich living relationship between to remote coral reefs off the coast and non-stop around the world, The content is delivered via as evidence of the innovation and through child migration schemes. Indigenous people and water. of Queensland. a separate link hosted on a proxy experimentation involved in Ben The lives of these children changed Vivid representations of marine life in 1988. A virtual tour of First Lady Team leader Niki Mortimer is available via a touch-screen server set up by Arts eResearch Lexcen’s secret development of the dramatically and fortunes varied. and environments celebrate the Curator Kieran Hosty display in the exhibition, allowing all at the University of Sydney. revolutionary winged keel of the Some forged new futures; others survival of these communities and Designer Heidi Riederer Registration Anupa Shah museum visitors an opportunity 12-Metre yacht Australia II; updates suffered lonely, brutal childhoods. their struggle for justice and land the story of the design of the winged All experienced dislocation and and sea rights. Venue Manning Regional Art Gallery, to explore the interior of the vessel. Pyrmont in pictures Taree, NSW keel with the controversial claims separation from family and homeland. While guided tours of the yacht are This video comprehensively Team leader and curator Niki Mortimer Dates 7 December 2012– made by Dutch naval architect Peter available, they only take place at covers the story of Pyrmont and A collaboration between ANMM and Designer Slade Smith contract 3 March 2013 van Oossanen over the intellectual designer selected times and are limited to its waterway in pictures from National Museums Liverpool, UK property of the design; and features Registration Will Mather small groups. This virtual tour is also the time of the First Australians Team leader Mariea Fisher the very thrilling, expensive and Conservation Caroline Whitley intended for visitors with restricted to the present. The still images Curators Daina Fletcher, Kim Tao, Public programs Cathy McCabe dangerous new AC72 class Lindl Lawton, Sally Hone mobility who may not be able to have been creatively treated and Marketing Karen Worsfold catamarans that race for the Designers Daniel Ormella, undertake a full guided tour of the supplemented with modern moving Venues and dates America’s Cup today. Johanna Nettleton Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery, QLD, yacht. An HTML5 version is also images. The juxtaposition of historic Registration Anupa Shah 15 May–8 July 2012 being produced to run on mobile and modern images brings historic Conservation Jonathan London Bribie Island Seaside Museum, QLD, devices. Pyrmont to life for contemporary Propulsion Public programs Marina Comino, 2 August–1 October 2012 Jeff Fletcher, Lauris Harper Coordinator Diane Churchill audiences. This video comprises both still and Marketing Karen Worsfold Curator Daina Fletcher moving images. Motion graphics – Venues and dates Designer Aaron Spence, Panedia zooming, panning, roaming – are Albury LibraryMuseum, NSW, Venue Watermarks gallery Taipan – Ben Lexcen’s revolutionary 18-foot skiff used across selected images of 23 February–28 April 2013 historic motor boats, rowing shells, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Wharf 7 Triggered by touch, this 8 June–25 August 2013 marine engines, magazine covers foyer redevelopment multimedia program shows and people to create an illusion The Dictionary of Sydney Taipan’s performance under sail, of movement, while animation demonstrating the importance The Dictionary of Sydney at the is used to add humour and give of Ben Lexcen/Bob Miller’s design Australian National Maritime life to selected still images. innovations. It also features other Museum is a collaboration between historic 18-foot skiffs, highlights the ANMM and the Dictionary Taipan’s significance on the of Sydney. A filtered subset of the Wharf 7 Foyer interpretive team Australian Register of Historic dictionary’s main site comprising Coordinator Dianne Churchill Vessels, and provides a visual Curators Daina Fletcher, material that shaped Sydney record of the museum’s research/ Stephen Gapps, Veronica Kooyman, Harbour, selected by the dictionary conservation project to restore David Payne team and museum curators, Multimedia production Mental Media Taipan in 2006–07. is available to visitors via a touch Pty Ltd screen display in the museum’s Venue Wharf 7 foyer Dates From October 2012

26 1 The year in review Interactives and multimedia 1 The year in review Travelling exhibitions 27 12~13 12~13 Maritime archaeology USA Gallery

The four trained underwater archaeologists of this The USA Gallery is the legacy of a generous endowment important museum program continued the work that by the USA to Australia in the bicentennial year, 1988. receives extensive media coverage to inform the public. Its purpose is to highlight the significant maritime The museum’s scientific diving team participated relations between the two countries on either side of the in a number of projects over the last year, including an Pacific Rim. This year saw the retirement of longstanding expedition to Ferguson Reef, 600 kilometres north USA Gallery Curator Paul Hundley, and the appointment of Cairns, to survey a series of shipwrecks in the vicinity of his successor, USA Gallery Program and Development of the Raine Island Entrance, including the Indian-built Manager Richard Wood. troop ship Fergusson (1841), the Indian-built opium Following an independent external review of the trader Morning Star (1814) and the Javanese-built, USA Gallery, an independent academic and community- Calcutta-registered merchant ship Frederick (1818). based committee has been convened to provide This successful expedition – sponsored by the guidance in the development of a new narrative for the Silentworld Foundation and in collaboration with the gallery. This will be developed within the context of an University of Sydney – also featured two live webcasts overall redevelopment of the museum’s core galleries. from the expedition vessels via the Department of The first meeting of the USA Gallery Community Advisory Education (NSW) Distance and Rural Technologies committee was in November 2012. (DART) communication system. To promote maritime links between our two Curator Kieran Hosty collaborated with a number countries, the museum awards an annual fellowship of universities and organisations, including Flinders to a museum professional from the United States. University (South Australia); James Cook University This year there were two recipients. Maxwell J Plarr, (Queensland); Lizard Island Research Station (Australian Head Sailing Coach of Christopher Newport University Museum); Maritime Archaeological Association of Varsity Sailing Team and Afterguard of the Christopher Queensland; the Australasian Institute for Maritime Newport Sailing Foundation, used ANMM collections Archaeology; Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority; and its research library to study aspects of competitive Department of Environment and Heritage Protection yachting between the two nations. Rebecca Torsell (Queensland); Heritage Office, Department of Planning was awarded a fellowship to work with the conservation and Environment (NSW); Heritage Division, Department department in their efforts to preserve recovered of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and marine artefacts. While at the museum in February Communities (Federal); and The Silentworld Foundation and March 2013, she focused on examining regarding ongoing maritime archaeological research the quantitative assessment and desalination projects in New South Wales and Queensland. methodologies for cupreous (copper-based) artefacts, The scientific diving team undertook regular training and assisted in a major in-situ conservation project and test dives in Sydney Harbour, including survey work on the HMS Sirius anchor. on the paddle steamer Herald (1884), Royal Shepherd (1890) and Centurion (1887), as well as providing services to museum infrastructure by conducting underwater surveys and inspections of the museum’s historic vessels and pontoons. opposite: Maritime archaeology The museum tendered for and a completed a manager Kieran Hosty contract for the maritime archaeology component of the investigates the anchor of the India-trade wreck Fergusson Kurnell Oil Terminal Redevelopment Project in Botany on Ferguson Reef in the Great Bay, run by the Australian Museum Business Service. Barrier Reef, QLD.

28 1 The year in review Maritime archaeology and USA Gallery 29 12~13 Outreach, collaboration and partnerships

The Australian National Maritime Outreach encompasses a wide range of activities MMAPSS grants awarded in 2012–2013 were: Museum continues to develop including (but not limited to) print and electronic publishing, media, public and schools programs, New South Wales a wider reach and to extend its community-based projects, travelling exhibitions, Bermagui Historical Society Incorporated – services to communities outside web-based programs, advisory services to remote and in-kind support Sydney and across Australia. regional Australia, on-site visits, grant and internship For the services of an ANMM designer to assist with programs, building collaborative relationships and display cases for an exhibition relating to the famous access through voyages of the museum’s HM Bark US pulp-Western writer Zane Grey, who made Bermagui Endeavour replica. the base for his game-fishing holidays.

Clyde River and Batemans Bay Historical Society $5,000 For the Canary of the Clyde project. An ANMM curator will assist with developing a conservation plan for a turpentine-wood oyster punt, an artefact that Darwin is important to the commercial history of local oyster farming, and for interpretive signage.

Cooktown Eden Killer Whale Museum $1,200 MMAPSS grants to regional and community For establishing a museum environment monitoring organisations system, through the purchase of six USB data logging The museum’s Maritime Museums of Australia Project units to monitor and adjust the current collection storage Mackay Support Scheme (MMAPSS) provides grants of up to conditions at this South Coast fishing port museum. $10,000 to non-profit organisations such as museums Fort Scratchley Historical Society $8,500 and historical societies that care for Australia’s maritime For stage one of the restoration and structural works heritage, usually community-based and often run to the site of the western barbette at Fort Scratchley, Carnarvon by volunteers, to fund a range of projects including the 80-pound rifled muzzle-loading gun and its gun those related to restoration, conservation, collection Brisbane mount, to interpret this important site guarding the Norfolk Island management and exhibition development. MMAPSS entrance to the port of Newcastle. is administered by the museum and jointly funded with Bowraville the Australian Government with support provided by the Holbrook Submarine Museum $5,000 Port Macquarie Ministry for the Arts, Attorney-General’s Department For the Masts for the Future project, to replace the Morgan Newcastle (and formerly by the Office of the Arts, Department of existing false array of periscopes, snorkels and aerials Sydney Mannum Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport). of this inland town’s Oberon class submarine HMAS Holbrook Jerrinja Otway. They will be upgraded to original hardware Goolwa Batemans Bay The scheme was initiated in 1995 and since then the Bermagui authentic to the class when it was in commission Melbourne Eden program has distributed more than $1 million and Mallacoota through the 1970s, 80s and 90s. Glenelg supported organisations across Australia to run more Warrnambool than 290 projects. This year we awarded $130,065 plus

Launceston in-kind support and internships to heritage projects from 30 organisations. Hobart Maatsuyker Islands above: An Oberon class submarine in the municipal park of Holbrook, NSW.

30 1 The year in review Outreach, collaboration and partnerships 1 The year in review Outreach, collaboration and partnerships 31 Jerrinja Local Aboriginal Land Council $5,000 Northern Territory Steamship Cartela Trust $1,500 For the Jerrinja Traditional Canoe Making project, For the disassembly of Plenty and Sons triple expansion Darwin Military Museum $5,000 to construct four Aboriginal bark canoes to revive steam engine, for a member of Sydney Heritage Fleet traditional techniques and practices. The council will For a conservation plan for the two 6-inch guns from with experience in vintage steam engines to conduct mentor and work with Aboriginal youth recruited from HMAS Brisbane that formed part of Darwin’s defences a survey of the original 1912 engine. the juvenile justice system and local schools. during World War 2, so they can be restored for display. Wildcare Inc Friends of Maatsuyker Island (FOMI) Lady Denman Heritage Complex $5,000 Queensland $2,800 For conservation of the historic fishing launch known To catalogue heritage objects in the Maatsuyker light Blackbird International Ltd $10,000 as Crest/Ninon, supporting essential restoration and station and light tower and on the island from the last For the Saving Torres Strait Pearls project, to record preservation work supervised by a qualified shipwright. 121 years of European occupation. the history, songs, dances, stories and photographs Mid North Coast Maritime Museum – in-kind support relating to the pearling lugger Antonia, which is currently Victoria For the Let There be Light project, support will be undergoing restoration in Townsville. provided by an ANMM designer to visit, review and Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village $9,545 National Trust of Queensland – James Cook Museum provide recommendations on display lighting. For the Flagstaff Hill Shipwreck Collection Discovery $3,000 Trail project, to develop video podcasts that will link River Canoe Club NSW Inc $3,300 For the May-Belle project, for an ANMM specialist to the existing Heritage Victoria Shipwreck Discovery Trail For the Australian Canoeing and Kayaking Heritage document the lines and develop a vessel management and detail the links between the actual sites of wrecks Preservation project, funding for the digitisation plan for the May-Belle and for interpretation materials. South Australia and the collection pieces held by the organisation. component of archival Super 8 and standard Queensland Maritime Museum $3,000 8-mm films. Alexandrina Council – Friends of PS Oscar W $5,000 Glenelg Shire Council $8,000 For the World-War-2-era River class Frigate For the project Paddle Steamer and Barge Building at For the Conservation of Portland Lifeboat project, Tamarama Surf Life Saving Club Inc $4,000 HMAS Diamantina Type 271 radar installation Goolwa 1853–1913, to build on the existing education for essential structural and some cosmetic works For the Tamarama Heritage project, stream two, stage and interpretation project. program for schools and the general public with a digital on the vessel as identified in the Portland Lifeboat one: for a significance assessment and collection plan, film documentary on paddle steamer and barge building Conservation Management Plan 2010. related to digitising and conserving heritage items. at Goolwa. Koorie Heritage Trust Inc $5,000 below: May-Belle, a riveted iron flood boat and ferry from the Mannum Dock Museum of River History $10,000 For the Ganagan (Deep Water) Waterways in Koorie gold-rush era of the late 1800s, opposite: PS Marion is the pride To design, plan and cost stages three and four of the Life and Art project, for content development for an is now housed in the James of the Mannum Dock Museum online component complementing a physical exhibition. Cook Museum, Cooktown, QLD. of River History at Mannum, SA. All Steamed Up project at the Mannum Dock museum of Murray River steamboat history. This funding will allow artworks and associated stories from the exhibition to be featured on the website. Mid Murray Council/PS Canally Restoration Committee $5,000 Mallacoota and District Historical Society Inc $5,000 Towards the restoration of PS Canally, with prior research For the Mallacoota’s Sea Mine Field project, for a and the development of a vessel management plan. research project to further develop the interpretation of the region’s military maritime history from World War 1. Tasmania Melbourne Steam Traction Engine Club Inc $1,420 Australian Maritime College – in-kind support For digitising and conserving engineering drawings For an ANMM curator to provide support and assist of the Lyttelton II steam tug, the engine room of which in researching and recording objects of maritime is being preserved by the club. significance. Museums Australia (Victoria) $7,800 Maritime Museum of Tasmania $3,000 To provide training to non-professional museum For the Surfing in Tasmania travelling exhibition on the workers in the management of collections of maritime history of surfing and surf culture in Tasmania. artefacts, in particular shipwreck materials.

Narryna Heritage Museum Inc $1,500 Western Australia For a project to conserve the Sir John Rae Reid ship’s portrait and frame, for research into the painter and Carnarvon Heritage Group Inc $1,500 provenance of the portrait. For interpretation and restoration work on the historic vessel Little Dirk, a Shark Bay pearler or cutter that had many names and uses in its life.

32 1 The year in review Outreach, collaboration and partnerships 1 The year in review Outreach, collaboration and partnerships 33 Norfolk Island Travelling exhibition program

Norfolk Island Museum $5,000 As part of our mandate to present Australian maritime For the museum’s Start-Up Education Program, history across Australia, our travelling exhibitions are to develop an education program and associated important to our outreach program. Small and larger materials for the museum and to train museum exhibitions are toured to many regions and states. personnel in their delivery. Supported by a grant from the federal government’s National Collections Institution Tour and Outreach (NCITO) program, On their own – Britain’s child migrants MMAPSS internships right: Jeremy Donovan, was presented at the Western Australian Maritime patron of the Saltwater The MMAPSS interns for the period were: Museum, Perth; National Archives, Canberra; Albury Freshwater Festival 2013, LibraryMuseum; and Tasmanian Museum and Gallery, held at Taree, NSW, and Kirsty Parkins from the Frank Partridge VC Military a tied-bark nawi (canoe) Museum, Bowraville, NSW, who volunteers in Hobart. The Sail Away program – smaller exhibitions surrounded by candle-carrying cataloguing their library collection. One week’s of paintings, prints and photographs, complete with paper canoes – a message of reconciliation. professional development with the ANMM in aspects education and marketing material – travels to many of textile and paper conservation and in digitising regional venues without support staff. Freshwater photographic archives (3–7/12/12). Saltwater – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prints (also supported by an NCITO grant) was shown Australia Council. Special projects curator Michelle External relations Ross James from Steamship Cartela Ltd, Tasmania. at Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery and Bribie Island Linder worked with Film and Casting Temple to create, One week’s professional development with the Seaside Museum, Queensland, and Wrecks, reefs and 2012–13 was an excellent year for lifting the museum’s direct and produce an eight-minute film exploring Indian ANMM in aspects of ship restoration and volunteer the Mermaid was shown at Manning Regional Art Gallery, media profile across the country, with much media and Australian identity for screening in the exhibition, management to apply to the restoration of Cartela, NSW. In 2012–13 exhibitions on the road reached interest generated in both the museum’s exhibitions and with Sydney-based Indian theatrical groups a 123-foot (37.5-metre) timber river steamer built in 39,955 visitors. For further information about the and its future. The museum featured in more than 1912, with the aim of keeping the vessel running on the Nautanki and Abhinay School of Performing Arts to museum’s exhibitions, refer to pages 18–27. 1000 media stories around the country, which focused Derwent River in her original role as a passenger boat bring the experiences of Indian servants who worked on a variety of museum projects and exhibitions. (14–18/1/13). Curatorial sections in Sydney in 1819 to life for audiences in East of India. PR agency Impact Communications was engaged The ANMM prepared the Escape from Vietnam The work of the curatorial staff in developing exhibitions, to strategically generate media interest in the museum’s Michael Smith, director of maritime projects at Blackbird photographic exhibition – developed in collaboration providing professional services and advice, and Master Plan and new initiatives and to position the International, North Mackay, Queensland, which secured with the Melbourne-based Archive of Vietnamese Boat partnering with a diverse range of organisations a MMAPSS grant for the project Saving Torres Strait People – for tour to Liverpool City Library in September museum as a ‘museum of the future’. They have is reflected in many sections of this annual report. Pearls (see above). During his one-week internship 2013. The story of the museum’s Vietnamese refugee generated more than 100 stories, including interviews Section 1: The Year in Review includes a catalogue at the ANMM, Michael worked with curator Dr Stephen boat Tu Do was included in the new children’s book by with ANMM Director Kevin Sumption in The Australian of the year’s exhibitions. Publications, lectures, and Gapps on this project, focusing also on collection Nadia Wheatley and Ken Searle, titled Australians All: and The Sydney Morning Herald. media appearances by members of the curatorial development and promotion, websites, engaging young A history of growing up from the Ice Age to the apology This summer’s first projection show, Waves of sections are listed in Appendixes 4, 5 and 6. audiences, and fleet restoration and maintenance (Allen & Unwin 2013). Curator Kim Tao also collaborated Migration, launched on Australia Day, created much Most of the curatorial staff were engaged in (11–15/3/13). with the University of Bath (UK) and University of Sydney interest as a new initiative for the museum, and was researching and writing entries for the major new to present the workshop Suitcases, Boats and Bridges: featured on SBS and ABC TV news. An interview Mark Hosking, an administration officer with the museum publication, 100 Stories from the Australian Telling migrant stories in Australian museums at ANMM on the centenary of the sinking of the submarine AE2 Maritime Museum of Tasmania. He spent a one-week National Maritime Museum, which was published in August 2013. generated more than 23 media clips around the country, internship at the ANMM developing knowledge and skills in October 2012. The Nawi project (developed from In curatorial partnerships, loans were requested giving focus to the future RAN Pavilion, while media in volunteer and visitor management, front of house, the conference Nawi – exploring Australia’s Indigenous from London’s Imperial War Museum and Canberra’s surrounding the maritime archaeology expedition to the designing and preparing public programs, curation, watercraft held in May–June 2012) has gathered Australian War Memorial for the exhibition The Test Coral Sea brought attention to the museum’s growing registration, lighting exhibitions and planning exhibitions. momentum to become a collaborative research and of War – the Royal Australian Navy in World War 1, focus on education and the planned Discovery Centre. He also has the goal to develop an online presence for outreach program to promote Indigenous watercraft which is currently under development. Curators and his museum (18–22/3/13). and cultural sustainability. interactive staff collaborated on an interactive Dictionary Digital outreach Outreach programs linked to our exhibition East of Sydney display in the Wharf 7 foyer. Discussions were Over the past financial year the museum’s existing social of India – Forgotten Trade with Australia included held with Blue Sky’s curator John Waldron regarding media presences have seen strong growth. The number professional development workshops held by ANMM the 150th anniversary of the arrival of South Sea of Facebook active monthly users has almost tripled, staff Michael Crayford, Nigel Erskine and Johanna Islanders in Queensland, and with US Army Small Ships rising from 1,418 to 4,198, and our Twitter followers Nettleton in Mumbai and Kochi, India, in February 2013. Associations for loans for display. have increased by more than 2,400 to 6,150 people. The workshops were undertaken in collaboration with AusHeritage and assisted by a grant from the India–

34 1 The year in review Outreach, collaboration and partnerships 1 The year in review Outreach, collaboration and partnerships 35 The museum has seen a phenomenal success on Flickr Welcome Wall Commons, with more than 1 million visitors engaging The Welcome Wall is the museum’s tribute to migrants, with collection objects this year (compared to about and encourages people to recall and record their 438,000 in 2012). In September 2012 Digital stories of coming to live in Australia. Its online database Outreach created the museum’s first presence on makes these stories available to family historians and Instagram, which has garnered more than 6,000 ‘likes’, researchers everywhere. Registrants and the public 545 followers and nearly 350 comments. can search for relatives and friends online, and submit The museum’s blog has maintained a strong and pictures and further details about their stories, and in consistent community, averaging 5,000 visits a month. doing so create a monumental and practical account HM Bark Endeavour replica of migration to Australia. In the period, 1,043 names were added to the Welcome Wall, originating from The museum operates the acclaimed replica of James 103 countries – plus one person who was born at sea. Cook’s HM Bark Endeavour, arguably the most famous ship of exploration in Australian history due to Cook’s Sydney Heritage Fleet stature as the pre-eminent navigator of his time, This community-based non-profit organisation formerly and to its charting of the Australian east coast which led known as the Sydney Maritime Museum began in 1965 directly to the British settlement of Australia in 1788. and specialises in restoring and operating heritage The replica, which the museum operates under the steam and sailing vessels. The Australian National original name HM Bark Endeavour, is a meticulously Maritime Museum provides a high level of support researched re-creation of an 18th-century ship, which to SHF and its large volunteer base by donating in museum mode offers authentically fitted-out living extensive office, collection storage and workshop decks and cabins. It is also a fully surveyed voyaging accommodation and services, plus berthing for its major vessel with 20th-century machinery, cooking and asset, the barque James Craig, at our Wharf 7 Maritime hygiene facilities hidden in its lower hold. This enables Heritage Centre. the museum to operate the vessel and voyage it with a core professional crew and paying ‘voyage crew’ The Australian Register of Historic Vessels who participate fully in watch-keeping and sail handling The Australian Register of Historic Vessels (www.anmm. and so experience 18th-century seamanship. gov.au/arhv) is an online database building a national The ship’s voyages around Australia are a vital part picture of historic vessels and their designers, builders of the museum’s outreach program, when the ship and owners. ARHV periodically extends its national is set up in museum mode in interstate and regional reach with award ceremonies held to recognise owners ports. This year the voyaging program was closer to the in other parts of Australia. The newest additions to ship’s home port, while a major slipping in the Captain the register are listed in each issue of the museum’s Cook graving dock at Sydney’s Garden Island enabled quarterly journal Signals. ARHV held its first national renewal of the ship’s 1A and 2D surveys, carried out by Council meeting outside Sydney, in Brisbane, at the the Australian Maritime Safety Authority. These surveys Queensland Maritime Museum in February 2013 enable the ship to continue its long-term blue-water in association with the conference of the Australian voyaging program. Throughout the 2012–13 financial Maritime Museums Council. The visit also included year, visitor numbers to Endeavour varied between a visit to the historic boatyard of Norman R Wright and about 150 and 800 a day. Sons, inspection of archives and an award ceremony to acknowledge Queensland owners of historic craft and contributors to the ARHV.

opposite: An unusual eMuseum conjunction of two tall ships The eMuseum project (www.anmm.gov.au/emuseum) – the museum’s HM Bark Endeavour replica and Sydney is digitising the National Maritime Collection for access Heritage Fleet’s 1874 iron- by people who cannot visit the museum. At the end hulled barque James Craig of the reporting period, an additional 1953 objects – in the Captain Cook Graving Dock at Garden Island, had been digitised for public access, making a total Sydney, in June 2013. of 26,800 items, or 41% of the collection.

36 1 The year in review Outreach, collaboration and partnerships 1 The year in review Outreach, collaboration and partnerships 37 Vaughan Evans Library Registration hosted internships with museum studies students from Sydney University, Macquarie 12~13 The museum’s public research facility, named for University and TAFE. The section also published National the maritime historian whose personal library became Maritime Collection records online at Flickr Commons Performance indicators the core of its now unrivalled maritime history collection, and on ANMM blogs. provides personalised research enquiry services to those unable to visit in person. This well-appreciated Volunteers public enquiry service was more in demand than ever Volunteers collaborated with other organisations this year, with 2,728 requests (compared with 1,757 to celebrate National Volunteers Week (13–19/5/13). last year). Of these, 616 were in-person visits, including The Key Performance Indicators of the Portfolio Budget The ANMM’s strategic direction is to explore and quite a few overseas tourists. Our clients have always Statement (PBS) for financial year 2012–13 are given manage maritime heritage in ways that enlighten, inspire wanted more than just to access a specialist physical Visitor Experience and Commercial Services here. They relate to the single outcome: and delight people everywhere. Key strategies for the collection and the demand for research advice and to Collaborations included those with the University ANMM are identified in the opening pages of this report. Outcome 1 add value to family history research continues to grow. of Western Sydney for literary programs connected Increased knowledge, appreciation and enjoyment From 2012–13 the national arts and cultural agencies This reinforces the importance of the role of the library with the exhibition East of India – Forgotten Trade with of Australia’s maritime heritage by managing the including ANMM report against a range of cross-agency staff in helping to navigate the constantly expanding Australia, and with Sydney Conservatorium of Music National Maritime Collection and staging programs, key performance indicators. Agency-specific KPIs are array of information resources and in providing places for Ansel Adams – Photography from the Mountains exhibitions and events. included. for people to interact. to the Sea. Other collaborations were with HCBS The library is an expert advisor on the complex Charters, Laissez Faire Catering, Coral Sea Wines, and constantly expanding array of online information National Film and Sound Archive, NPWS, Naval Historical resources for historical maritime research. With partners Society of Australia, Naval Officers Club, AMSA, Orion Key Performance Indicators 2012–13 2012–13 Variance Comments Smedia, the library added new digitised items to the Cruises, Circus Monoxide, NSW Primary Industries actual target Vaughan Evans Digital Library. Fisheries Management, Rosman Ferries, Tribal Warrior Association, Royal Australian Navy Sea Power Centre, Visitor Interactions Members South Steyne Floating Restaurant, Sydney Heritage Number of on-site visits to the organisation Members gave advice to Queenscliff Maritime Museum Fleet, Dynamic Tourism Group, Tall Ship Southern Swan, Number of paid on-site visits 256,061 305,000 -48,939 With 520,502 site visitors – a 33% on setting up a members’ book club, and liaised with Svitzer tugs, APT Touring, Sydney Theatre Company, increase on 2011–12 – ANMM Musica Viva, Imax Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company, Musica Viva, Lyric Theatre, Imax Theatre, Anupam Number of unpaid on-site visits 264,441 137,000 127,441 was Sydney’s most-visited museum Lyric Theatre, Australian Society of Marine Artists, Sharma and Temple Films. during the period Rocks Walking Tours, Transmission Films, Michael Aw Productions, WEA, the Netherlands Consulate-General Facilities and Support Services Number of on-site visits by students as part of an organised educational group and Instituto Cervantes for cross-promotional activities Staff of the museum section responsible for facilities Number of on-site visits by pre-school 3,220 3,600 -380 These targets included figures from and support. and support services attended facilities meetings with students the Endeavour circumnavigation other state cultural institutions. These included the of 2011–12, which was a one-off Registration Number of on-site visits by primary 20,076 21,500 -1,424 Australian Museum, Powerhouse Museum, Art Gallery event attracting more than 16,000 For the exhibition East of India – Forgotten trade with school students of New South Wales, State Parliament House, State school visitors. Australia, the registrars worked with Royal Museums Library of New South Wales and Sydney Opera House. Number of on-site visits by secondary 7,564 19,450 -11,886 Previous years included teachers in Greenwich, British Museum, British Library, Royal They also staged an annual facilities meeting with school students these figures; due to government Collection, National Army Museum, Victoria & Albert New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory cultural reporting changes, teachers are now Museum, Powerhouse Museum, Silentworld Foundation, Number of on-site visits by post- 765 950 -185 institutions. Members from the ACT included National included in general admissions. National Trust, Sydney Living Museums, State Library secondary education students Gallery of Australia, Questacon, National Library of of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales and Australia, National Archives of Australia and Australian Online visitation Australian War Memorial. For The Test of War – the Royal War Memorial. Number of visits to the organisation’s 494,462 435,000 59,462 Australian Navy in World War 1, an exhibition currently website under development, they liaised with the Imperial War Museum and the Australian War Memorial for Test Information Services and ICT Number of page views on the 1,742,990 1,670,000 72,990 of War. They also collaborated with the Royal Academy Information Services outreach was typified by optimising organisation’s website on their exhibition Australia, and liaised with NSW the Waterside Studio video-conferencing experience, Offsite visitation Firearms and DFAT Biosecurity regarding permits. support for a significant conference held at the museum with Tim Jarvis and a large audience of NSW DET schools, Number of off-site visits to the 39,955 44,500 -4,545 and ongoing support for video-conferencing programs. organisation

38 1 The year in review Outreach, collaboration and partnerships 1 The year in review Performance indicators 39 Key Performance Indicators 2012–13 2012–13 Variance Comments Key Performance Indicators 2012–13 2012–13 Variance Comments actual target actual target

Number and list of initiatives that strengthen ties with other countries Total number of objects awaiting 3,540 3,150 390 Due to the number of photographs accessioning at the end of the in the Gervaise collection Number of formal initiatives 5 5 0 reporting period (those that involve official representatives eg ambassador/ % of total objects acquired in the 80% 90% -10% Percentage slightly lower due to politician/leading cultural institution) reporting period accessioned the large number of objects in the Gervaise collection which remain Other initiatives* 20 8 12 unregistered due to staff freeze Share of funding by source Access Operational funding from government 65% 67% -2% % of the total collection available to 19% 10% 9% (as a % of total funds) the public Capital funding from government 5% 5% 0% % of the total collection available to the 19% 10% 9% We continue to increase the number (as a % of total funds) public online of collection objects available online Cash sponsorship income 1% 1% 0% % of the total collection available to the 2% 5% -3% The collection has continued to grow (as a % of total funds) public on display but space and opportunity to exhibit Other income 30% 28% 2% The museum’s sponsorship and in core galleries are limited (due to (as a % of total funds) volunteer programs were better closure of the Commerce Gallery). than budget In addition many of our temporary Expenditure mix exhibitions use loan material

Expenditure on collection development 11% 10% 1% % of the total collection available to the 0.01% 0.01% 0.0% (as a % of total expenditure) public on tour

Expenditure on other capital items 15% 19% -4% Application has been made for a Conservation/preservation (as a % of total expenditure) movement of funds to 13/14 % of total objects assessed/condition 0.53% 0.30% 0.2% With the bump-out of Fish and Expenditure on other (ie non-collection 26% 27% -1% checked in the reporting period demolition of Commerce gallery development) labour costs (as a % of there was a significant increase total expenditure) in condition checking in the first quarter, which may result in an Other expenses 48% 45% 3% Program and energy costs in excess increased end-of-year result (as a % of total expenditure) of budget % of total objects conserved in the 0.26% 0.50% -0.2% The original target of 0.5% was Collection management and access reporting period for preparation for submitted in error as it included Acquisition display or digitisation loan objects

Number of acquisitions made in the 2,320 2,200 120 A moratorium on acquisitions has % of total objects treated for 0.07% 0.10% 0.0% reporting period been active during the period. preservation purposes only in the Nevertheless some collections were reporting period acquired prior to the moratorium Digitisation and this figure represents individual objects from those approved % of the total collection digitised 41% 40% 1.0% 41% of the total collection has been collections digitised and corresponding digital images created Accessions Participation Total number of objects accessioned in 5,242 5,000 242 the reporting period Participation in visitor and 31,000 18,400 12,600 public programs

* Includes exhibition exchanges; visits to and fro; participation in conferences/workshops; consultancies/advice; supply of information to diplomatic Participation in school programs 35,110 45,500 10,390 missions; collaborative programs; repatriation and exchange of works with overseas collecting institutions; international co-productions

40 1 The year in review Performance indicators 1 The year in review Performance indicators 41 Indemnities and insurance premiums of ICT storage spaces, behind galleries, theatre and 12~13 for officers Waterside Studio. ICT also has a representative on the Accessibility Action Plan Committee. No current or former officer has been given any Statutory information A specialist consultant, EMI Shielding, was indemnity and there are no agreements to give any. engaged to undertake a detailed survey of the levels Normal directors and officers insurance is carried of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) throughout the through Comcover and the annual premium was museum. As a precautionary measure staff in areas $5,300. of EMR levels above 4mG were moved to other areas Workplace health and safety while installation of shielding was investigated. Corporate governance The museum is also subject to the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 (CAC Act) and The museum has a comprehensive and compliant Environment protection and biodiversity The museum is a statutory authority within the arts in addition to its regular annual reporting obligations workplace health and safety (WH&S) management portfolio. Its enabling legislation, the Australian The museum conducted an energy audit of the site to the minister and the parliament, also lodges a CAC framework, affirming its commitment to provide National Maritime Museum Act 1990 (the ANMM Act), services, including lighting and air conditioning systems. Act compliance report with its portfolio minister and and maintain a working environment that is safe established a governing council to ensure the proper This revealed savings from business case studies which the Minister for Finance and Deregulation. for employees, is without risk to their health and and efficient performance of its functions. At 30 June conservatively will provide 30 per cent less energy use All museum staff are aware of the importance of provides adequate facilities for their welfare at work. 2013, the council comprised eleven members, within the complex. These works will include but are not good governance, and governance is a standing item This commitment also extends to the museum’s including the museum’s director and a representative limited to: on the agenda for the executive management group’s volunteers, contractors and visitors. of the Royal Australian Navy. 1 Control upgrade – provision of air pressurisation, fortnightly meetings. The WH&S committee met six times. The committee The full council met four times during the reporting economy cycle introduced and CO sensors. includes elected staff representatives from three 2 period. Business is facilitated through special Privacy legislation 2 Inclusion of varispeed drives on six air handling units, designated work areas and all have received appropriate committees which reduced in number from six to four supply and return air fans (where applicable). The museum provides information as required to the training. Regular workplace inspections occurred and during the course of the year (refer to Appendix 12). 3 Minimisation of infiltration low and high levels and Privacy Commissioner for inclusion in the Personal staff have access to ergonomic assessments as well They meet in advance of each full council meeting, including air locks where appropriate. Information Digest. No reports by the Privacy as free screen-based vision testing and influenza shots. and additionally if required, providing advice on the 4 Installation of 4MW cooling tower to reduce reliance Commissioner under Section 30 of the Privacy Act Outdoor staff are provided with protective clothing, matters identified in their respective charters. Each on sea water for heat transfer. 1988 were received during 2012–13. sunglasses and sunscreen, and workshop staff are committee apart from Finance, Risk Audit, Capital Works, 5 Optional project (if #4 is not appropriate): shell in given biannual hearing tests. Assets and Systems comprises the director and at Freedom of information tube heat exchanger to supplement existing plate WH&S is included in the site induction given least two other councillors, one of whom acts as chair. heat exchangers. There were two requests under the Freedom of to all new employees, volunteers and contractors. All councillors are welcome to attend any committee 6 Building Management System (BMS) introduction Information Act 1982. One was declined and the other Online hazard identification and accident and incident meeting in an ex-officio capacity. of variable chilled and condenser water flow control. was granted in part. The museum’s FOI officer for the databases have been established to facilitate The council operates under a governance policy that Temperature reset function on BMS control of period was Russell Smylie. notification and remedial action. There were no includes a requirement for periodic self-assessment, chillers (summer and winter). reportable incidents under section 68 of the Work an exercise which was undertaken during the course Judicial decisions and reviews Health and Safety Act 2011 but there were two claims An engineered solution into excess gas consumption of the year. A number of councillors are members of the by outside bodies for compensation by staff and 69 staff days were lost in the HVAC system for reheat has been finalised. Australian Institute of Company Directors and subject There were no judicial decisions that affected due to injury. Estimated savings are about 30 per cent. The new to its code of conduct. All councillors are aware of the the museum during the period under review. Individual sections also have their own health equipment will be installed in September/October when need to comply with both the letter and the spirit of There were also no reports on museum operations and safety commitments. Members undertook risk the weather is conducive. relevant legislation. Operations are informed by the by the Auditor-General, a parliamentary committee assessments for all off-site events, especially cruises Engineering a solution to access the roof of the highest museological standards and codes of practice or the Commonwealth Ombudsman. and walks. Facilities and Support Services completed an exhibition building has been completed. The next phase and all staff are bound by the Australian Public Service audit of the exhibition building and Wharf 7 for BCA Fire is to install the system to enable access to all areas, Values and Code of Conduct. Effects of ministerial directions and Essential Services. This process included disabled which will allow refurbishment to take place safely. The museum prepares triennial strategic plans The museum received no formal notification or access provisions and provides a way forward in the Information Services and ICT sends e-waste for and annual operating plans for ministerial approval in ministerial directions during the reporting period. master plan. It also revealed some deficiencies in design recycling by either Sydney City Council e-waste program accordance with the ANMM Act. The minister receives The National Code of Practice for the Construction of the Wharf 7 Facility, which have been, or are in the or a commercial program. Redundant audio visual reports on matters of significance, and the chairman Industry, the Commonwealth Procurement and Cost process of being, addressed. Information Services equipment is recycled through eBay, and all toners are and director meet with the minister as required. Recovery Guidelines, and the Foreign Exchange Policy and ICT undertook initiatives to ensure all ICT work recycled. A battery recycling program continues, and old A senior departmental representative attends all council continue to apply to the museum by virtue of notices is carried out with regard to WHS, including provision server equipment is donated to the charity Giant Steps. meetings as an observer and copies of the minutes are issued in preceding reporting periods. subsequently provided to the minister and department. of ergonomic equipment to staff where and as required, Use of the library’s multifunction scanner continues cable management for staff to improve safety during to halve the number of paper copies accompanying office relocations, and rationalisation and clean-up public enquiries.

42 1 The year in review Statutory information 1 The year in review Statutory information 43 Staff total 122 12~13 Salary rates and benefits 89 ongoing full-time Classification Pay point Human resources 14 ongoing part-time APS Level 1 1.1 $38,914 13 non-ongoing full-time 1.2 $40,223 2 non-ongoing part-time 1.3 $41,312 4 non-ongoing casual 1.4 $43,000 1.5 $43,869 APS Level 2 2.1 $44,040 2.2 $45,255 2.3 $46,444 Staffing overview 2.4 $47,649 At 30 June 2013, the number of staff employed under the Public Service Act 1999 totalled 121 (89 ongoing 2.5 $48,838 full-time, 14 ongoing part-time, 13 non-ongoing full-time, 2.6 $49,814 2 non-ongoing part-time and 4 non-ongoing casual). APS Level 3 3.1 $50,164 Enterprise Agreements/AWAs 3.2 $51,465 At 30 June 2013, the number of APS employees 3.3 $52,775 covered by an Enterprise Agreement was SES Nil, 3.4 $54,142 non-SES 121. The number of staff covered by an AWA was SES Nil, non-SES Nil. The number of staff covered 3.5 $55,227 by an IFA was SES Nil, non-SES 26. APS Level 4 4.1 $55,909

Salary rates and benefits 4.2 $57,687 The salary rates available for APS employees by 4.3 $59,188 classification structure (as at 30 June 2013) are as right. 4.4 $60,704

Non-salary benefits provided by the agency 4.5 $61,916 to employees: APS Level 5 5.1 $62,359 • Access to confidential professional counselling 5.2 $64,314 service through Employee Assistance Program. 5.3 $66,124 • Reimbursement of costs for APS staff for vaccinations. 5.4 $67,314 • Bulk influenza vaccinations on site for staff. APS Level 6 6.1 $67,351 • Eyesight testing for APS staff and reimbursement 6.2 $69,029 for cost of spectacles. 6.3 $70,920 • Provision of prescription sunglasses to employees who work regularly outdoors. 6.4 $74,484 • Access to salary sacrifice – laptop computers, 6.5 $77,367 additional superannuation, novated and associate 6.6 $78,915 motor vehicle leases for staff. Executive Level 1 1.1 $86,342 1.2 $93,234 1.3 $95,100 opposite: Museum-studies interns Candice Witton and Executive Level 2 2.1 $99,584 Roxanne Truesdale with a selection of auger drill bits 2.2 $105,058 from the museum’s Higham 2.3 $112,901 Shipwright tool collection.

44 1 The year in review Human resources 1 The year in review Human resources 45 • Studies assistance for ongoing APS staff. The Enterprise Agreement Staffing • Access to relevant training for APS staff, including The ANMM Enterprise Agreement for 2011–14 was first aid, fire warden, work health and safety implemented in August 2011. 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 representatives, harassment contact officer, • To define working conditions for staff and allowances Staff years (actual) 123.61 114.34 114.65 IT training and specialised training in Word, Excel and • Pay increase of 4% per annum for three years PowerPoint. • 20 days personal leave • Access to purchased leave scheme for ongoing • Defines consultative process and terms Staff by gender APS staff. of representation 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 • Flexible working hours and a range of family-friendly Industrial democracy male female male female male female initiatives, such as working from home and payment The museum’s Joint Consultative Council met seven of child-care fees if staff are required to travel away Senior management (EL 2) 3 3 4 3 6 3 times, including meetings to discuss implementation from home for museum business. of the phase 2 organisation restructure scheduled Middle management 10 13 9 11 11 12 Performance bonus payment to take effect from January 2014. The JCC consisted Other 41 55 44 47 40 49 The aggregate performance bonus payment for the of three elected representatives, with the range of agency as a whole in 2012–13 was $3,155. issues raised including meaningful consultation, Total 54 71 57 61 57 63 financial and human resource planning, workplace Effectiveness in managing human resources diversity, work health and safety, work organisation, The staff turnover rate was 10.53% compared to Division staff voluntary retrenchment and other employee issues 20.56% in 2011–12 and 16.82% in 2010–11. as they arose. 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 Key training and development initiatives Workplace diversity policy Executive 9 8 12 Staff undertook a range of training, including Silver Membership of the Australian Network work-related activities, courses and conferences. Collections and Research 49 47 30 on Disability. Major training activities included Performance Audience 18 15 26 Management Plan, promoting a harassment-free workplace and merit selection. Visitor Experience and Commercial Services 8 9 15

Productivity gains Operations 43 39 38 Introduction of E performance for management Total 127 118 121 of Performance Management Plan in improvement of processes and a reduction in paper usage. Salaries Commonwealth disability strategy New ANMM Disability Action Plan is awaiting approval 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 and endorsement. Executive $1,140,694 $774,171 $1,218,513 Assessment of achievement in terms of Australian Collections and Research $3,543,593 $3,537,247 $2,800,805 Government policy Human Resources management policies have been Audience $1,402,189 $1,100,426 $1,575,609 developed, updated and implemented to meet Visitor Experience and Commercial Services $818,151 $1,238,263 $1,389,153 workforce requirements, including the Government’s Indigenous employment strategy. Operations $3,021,517 $2,918,450 $3,289,336

Total $9,926,144 $9,568,558 $10,273,415

46 1 The year in review Human resources 1 The year in review Human resources 47