HISTORIC HOUSES TRUST OF ANNUAL REPORT 2012-2013 The Hon Robyn Parker MP Minister for the Environment Minister for Heritage Parliament House Macquarie Street NSW 2000

Dear Minister On behalf of the Board of Trustees and in accordance with the provisions of the Annual Reports (Statutory Bodies) Act 1984, the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 and the Public Finance and Audit Regulation 2010, we submit for presentation to Parliament the Annual Report of the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales for the year ending 30 June 2013. Yours sincerely

Michael Rose Mark Goggin Chairman Director

HISTORIC HOUSES TRUST Head Office The Mint 10 Macquarie Street Sydney NSW 2000

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This report and all our programs are published on our website www.hht.net.au HISTORIC HOUSES TRUST OF NEW SOUTH WALES ANNUAL REPORT 2012–2013 Contents

From the Chairman 4 Acquiring new collection 25 From the Director 5 material Endangered Houses Fund 26 OUR ACHIEVEMENTS 6 properties sold Corporate Plan & performance 7 Maintaining our properties 27 reporting Vision 7 4 Stability 28 Mission 7 Invest ing in and upgrading 28 our facilities Corporate framework 7 Generating income 28 Performance reporting 8 Raising awareness of the HHT 28 Key achievements 9 Controlling our costs 29 1 Involvement 10 Reducing our carbon footprint 29 Col laborating with Aboriginal 10 communities 5 Wellbeing 30 Broadening our audiences 10 Developing skills and training 30 Fostering and developing Impr oving workplace health 30 new partnerships 10 and safety Supporting our volunteers 11 6 Knowledge 31 Str engthening ties with 11 Sharing our specialist knowledge 31 local communities Researching the past 31 Involving the over 55s 11 Making research and 32 2 Access & enjoyment 12 knowledge accessible Cr eating new exhibitions to the community and publications 12 Conference presentations 33 Refreshing interpretation 12 ABOUT THE HHT 34 Expanding our digital presence 12 Who we are 35 Taking the HHT to regional 11 New South Wales 12 Our properties 36 Justice & Police Museum 36 Public programs 16 Museum of Sydney 36 Access to our collections 17 Susannah Place Museum 36 Connecting to multicultural 18 communities Elizabeth Bay House 37 Improving access for people 18 Government House 37 with disabilities Rose Seidler House 37 Education 19 Vaucluse House 38 Outreach maps 22 Hyde Park Barracks Museum 38 3 Conservation & curatorship 24 The Mint 38 Government House 24 Elizabeth Farm 39 Justice & Police Museum 24 Meroogal 39 Key conservation projects 24 Rouse Hill House & Farm 39 Conserving our collections 25

Our collections 41 APPENDICES 58 Consumer response 66 Car oline Simpson Library 41 Board standing committees 59 Electronic services delivery 66 & Research Collection Audit & Risk Committee 59 Land disposal 66 Photographic collection 41  Commercial & Marketing 59 Credit card certification 66 Services Advisory Committee Breakdown of visitor 42 Cost of annual report 66  Creative Services Advisory numbers Human resources 67 Committee 59 Endangered Houses Fund 44 Exceptional movements in 67  Heritage & Endangered Beulah 44 employee wages, salaries and Houses Advisory Committee 59 allowances Exeter Farm 45 HHT standing committees 60 Personnel policies & practices 67 Glenfield 45 Collections Valuation Committee 60 Equal employment opportunity 67 Moruya manse 45 Joint Consultative Committee 60 (EEO) Nissen hut 46 W orkplace Health & 60 Use of consultants 70 Safety Committee Throsby Park 46 Payment performance 70  Staff & Management 60 Corporate governance 47 Our volunteers 71 Participatory and Advisory 60 Board of Trustees 47 HHT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 73 Committee (SAMPAC) Trustees 47 F OUNDATION FINANCIAL 106 Associated groups 60 Committees 48 STATEMENTS  Foundation for the Historic 60 F OUNDATION LIMITED 124 Corporate 48 Houses Trust of New South FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Management Group 49 Wales HAMILTON ROUSE HILL TRUST 134  Friends of the Historic Houses 61 Commer cial & Marketing 50 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Services Group Trust of New South Wales Executive Committee ROUSE HILL HAMILTON 142 Creative Services Group 50 COLLECTION PTY LIMITED  Rouse Hill Hamilton Collection 61 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Heritage & Portfolio Group 50 Pty Limited Operations Group 50 Contacts 150 Admission fees 61 Organisational chart 51 Thank you to our program 151 Self-generated income 61 supporters and partners Volunteers 52 Sponsors 61 Sponsors 152 Risk management 52 Grants 61 Internal Audit and Risk 53 Fundraising 62 Management Attestation Endangered Houses Fund 62 Financial controls 54 Disability Action Plan 62 Delegations 54 Multicultural Policies & Services 63 Other operational activities 54 Program Other entities 55 Privacy Management Plan 63 Foundat ion for the Historic 56 Access to government information 63 Houses Trust of New South Wales Our information 63 Friends of the Historic Houses 57 Access to information 63 Trust of New South Wales Charges 66

from the chairman

museums, which includes the Hyde Our work is supported by the Park Barracks and The Mint – Foundation for the Historic Houses dominant buildings in the young Trust of New South Wales, which brings Sydney township – and also Vaucluse together a dedicated group of donors House, Elizabeth Farm and Rouse Hill and supporters. We are extremely House & Farm, which once sat grateful for the continued support of outside the boundaries of Sydney on the Foundation and its donors. the frontier of European settlement. We are also grateful to the Friends of Their incorporation into the the Historic Houses Trust of New South expanding is as much a part of Wales, an independent charitable our state’s history as their original organisation that works with us to establishment. deliver a program of members’ events. Just as the city has changed and In July 2013, Kate Clark announced her evolved around many of our houses, resignation as Director of the HHT. so too has our society. Our buildings, Over five years Kate achieved a great and the landscapes within which they deal as Director, bringing about sit, have been influenced not only by significant and necessary organisational changes in the built environment but change, continuing a strong focus on In April this year I attended the launch also by successive waves of research and scholarship, and of Public Sydney: drawing the city immigration, which have changed the promoting the cultural significance and at the Museum of Sydney. This nature of our communities and the value of our collection. On behalf of remarkable book by Philip Thalis and way we live. Also, a wider community the wider HHT community, I would like Peter John Cantrill was published awareness of Indigenous culture and to thank Kate for her enormous jointly by the Historic Houses Trust of European settlement gives us a new contribution to our heritage legacy. NSW (HHT) and the journal Content opportunity to consider the dramatic Our new Director, Mark Goggin, joined of the Faculty of Built Environment, changes in our environment. Our us in August. He brings a wealth of University of New South Wales. An collections help us to follow these experience, as well as great energy and extraordinary work of scholarship, it changes as well. enthusiasm, to our organisation. We is the result of the authors’ dedication At the HHT we want to continue to welcome Mark and look forward to and insight, and their affection for evolve and take our stories to a working with him in his new role. Sydney. It is a landmark publication broader cross-section of our In presenting its properties and and will be a vital reference for community. With this in mind, we collections, the HHT offers insights into architects, designers and urban have changed our public identity to the ways in which our environment, our planners for decades to come. . In adopting society and our lives have changed The drawings and photographs in a new brand we hope we will unify our since European settlement. We offer Public Sydney are a great reminder diverse collection while preserving our visitors unique stories and histories, not only of what Sydney has lost in the distinct identity of each property. and our success in this is underpinned terms of its built environment since The public response to Sydney Living by personal connections – it relies on Governor Phillip originally defined Museums has been very encouraging the engagement, energy and the town, but also of what we have and, in the coming year, we will be enthusiasm of our staff and volunteers. gained as successive generations using the new brand to connect our We know that this is important to our have added new layers to our city. properties and programs in new and visitors and we thank all our staff and The HHT is proud to be associated exciting ways. volunteers for their work. with a publication that explores In 2012–13, more than 940,000 visitors these themes and adds to the enjoyed our properties, exhibitions, wider understanding of our historic travelling exhibitions and activities. public places. All of them had an opportunity to The constant expansion and layering experience the buildings and of Sydney is reflected in the HHT’s landscapes, as well as the curatorship Michael Rose, Chairman collection of historic houses and and scholarship, of the HHT.

Michael Rose. Photograph Scott Hill © HHT

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the historical phases of the house’s Barracks; visitor iPad guides at Elizabeth development. We have also Farm were warmly received; and the catalogued an intriguing collection award-winning The Cook and the of furniture, soft furnishings, kitchenalia, Curator blog engaged a new virtual uniforms and domestic wares from audience of people interested in the former service wings and food history. private quarters. In a year of retail restructuring and Our programs reached a new level of leasehold review for the Hyde Park vitality. Sydney Open 2012 doubled its Barracks Cafe, commercial returns from visitation to more than 9000 visitors four cafes and restaurants and our through 69 properties, the largest thriving premium events business were visitation since the event started in largely maintained. Collectively, 1997. The Fifties Fair remained ever commercial revenues, including popular. We welcomed the arrival of our admissions and events, accounted for nostalgic Vintage Sundays series across 21% of the HHT’s annual revenue. our key properties. We reviewed and This year’s achievements are a revamped our education programs, testament to the leadership of former delivered by 46 newly recruited Director Kate Clark. I would like to I joined the HHT in August 2013. Curriculum Program Deliverers, acknowledge Kate’s role in strongly It is an incredible privilege to have the educating more than 50,000 children positioning the institution for its future opportunity to lead an institution that across our sites. sustainability. Kate’s legacy is has developed an enviable reputation Our exhibitions reached more than immediately evident across the for the care and conservation of our 200,000 people through our core organisation, which has been remarkable historic properties and museums, the Museum of Sydney, significantly modernised in its systems, their collections. Equally, it has been the Hyde Park Barracks Museum and administration, brand and programs. fantastic to experience the passion the Justice & Police Museum, as well Kate’s heritage and policy expertise has of our staff, volunteers, donors and as regional venues across New South also played a central role in supporters, all of whom are involved Wales. The landmark, and sellout, underpinning some major strategic in unlocking the unique stories of our publication, Public Sydney: drawing initiatives for 2013–14, notably, a review sites for audiences. the city, defined new intellectual and of the whole-of-organisation business The foundation of our work is the care historical territory for the institution. model and a heritage master-planning and conservation of our significant We achieved all this despite a 32% process for Rouse Hill House & Farm. houses, gardens and grounds for future reduction in weekly opening hours Finally, the achievements of the HHT generations. The outstanding efforts of at all properties since October 2012. are due to the efforts of its remarkable staff and volunteers are evident in the In addition, the streamlining and people: the Board of Trustees, the technical conservation of the 22 historic economising of the education offer and talented staff, the hardworking buildings across our 12 museums, which the shift to a new front-of-house model volunteers, and our committed are maintained in outstanding has temporarily reduced education Foundation, partners, members, friends condition, and through the fastidious numbers in 2012–13. and supporters. I collectively thank this and thoughtful care of their related We developed a new digital strategy dedicated group of individuals who collections. framework for engaging our future underpin our reputation as Australia’s This year a key conservation project has audiences. This thinking, combined with leading place-based cultural institution. been the extensive renovation of our innovative Interpretation & Government House to enable the Exhibitions Team, delivered new Governor of New South Wales to return experiential ways to engage audiences to full residence. Renovations have through new technologies: our Minister been carried out in close collaboration for Heritage The Hon Robyn Parker MP with the Department of Premier and launched the first Auslan guide for a Michael Rose, Chairman Cabinet and the Office of the Governor, cultural site in New South Wales for Mark Goggin, Director and revealed for the first time some of the World Heritage listed Hyde Park

Mark Goggin. Photograph © Stuart Miller

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 5 OUR ACHIEVEMENTS OUR Achievements c orporate plan & performance reporting

V ision A future for the past Corporate framework The Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales Corporate Plan 2010– 2015 is underpinned by six key aims and objectives, each supported by a mission list of actions that drives our strategic direction. T o caRE for significant historic places, buildings, collections and landscapes with integrity, and enable people to enjoy and learn I 1nvolvement 2Acc ess & 3Conservation about them A wider range of enjoyment & curatorship people are involved We provide more Our properties in understanding, people and a wider and collections interpreting and range of people access are handed on to caring for the past. to our properties, future generations collections, programs in good heart. and knowledge. 5 6 S 4tability W ellbeing Knowledge The HHT becomes The wellbeing of We use our knowledge a more resilient our staff improves. and expertise, and organisation with work with others, to a secure future. change the way people think about heritage and the past.

H iSTORIC Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 7 PERFORMANCE Reporting

VISITa tion* Self-generated revenue*

July 2009 – June 2013 July 2009 – June 2013

$8.342m $7.377m $7.448m (average) $7.457m 941,549 $7.163m 919,417 920,643 846,126 $6.474m 2013 2009–2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012–2013 2009 2010 2011 2012

* Includes visitors to Government House The decrease in general visitation numbers grounds but excludes those to grounds of reflects a 32% reduction in weekly opening hours the Hyde Park Barracks Museum, Museum at all properties since October 2012. of Sydney and Vaucluse House. Visitation to travelling exhibitions is shown in darker shade.

Expt endi ure 2012–13 self-generated Revenue 2012–13 Tosetstal as *

$29.554 million $6.474 million $331.191 million

60% Personnel services  33% Commercial services* 85% Land and buildings 20% Other operating costs 24% Donation and sponsorships 12% Collection assets 7% Maintenance  22% Admissions 2% Cash and cash equivalents 8% Services provided free of charge  10% Retail 1% Other assets† 2% Contract staff 5% Investments 2% Depreciation  5% Special activities† 1% Insurance 1% Other income

* C ommercial services include venue hire, catering, * As at 30 June 2013. rental income from commercial leases, and hire † Ot her assets include capital work in progress of properties for filming and photography. ($445,000), intangible assets ($396,000), trade † S pecial activities include public programs and the and other receivables ($495,000), inventories Sydney Open program. ($315,000), plant and equipment ($719,000), non-current assets held for resale ($1.250 million) and Biobank receivables ($715,000).

8 Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 OUR Achievements KEY achievements

Involvement Wellbeing • We enhanced our reach to diverse audiences through • Our staff completed 3300 hours of training, a major partnerships, including our fully sponsored 28% increase on the previous year, which was exhibition The Force: 150 years of NSW Police, which provided at the same cost as for the previous year. was held at the Justice & Police Museum and also travelled to Wagga Wagga, Dubbo and Newcastle. S tABILITY • We recruited 399 new program volunteers to assist us • 21% of our income was self-generated. in presenting Sydney Open 2012. • We attracted more than 40,000 people to over • More than 9000 people attended Sydney Open 2012, 500 commercial events at our properties. our largest public program to date. • We increased public awareness of our organisation • We produced Public Sydney: drawing the city, a through an increase of 39% in the number critically acclaimed book co-published with the journal of media articles. Content of the Faculty of Built Environment, University • We created a new Compliance and Knowledge of New South Wales, and sponsored by the City of Team that has responsibility for records Sydney and the Friends of the Historic Houses Trust management and overseeing the development of New South Wales. of policies and procedures. • Our ICT Team began upgrading our security and Asscce & Enjoyment network infrastructure. • We developed our first digital strategy, which has • We managed our budget to achieve the New South resulted in a significant increase in collections-focused Wales Government's productivity targets and produce digital output and a 30% growth in visitation to unqualified financial statements for all Historic Houses our website. Trust of New South Wales (HHT) reporting entities. • 135,437 visitors across regional New South Wales and • As part of our ongoing organisational restructure, we on the Gold Coast attended our travelling exhibitions recruited 91 new staff members, whose dynamic skills Built for the bush: the green of rural complement the expertise of existing staff. This resulted Australia, Margaret Olley: home, Smalltown and in an increase of around 3% in permanent positions and The Force: 150 years of NSW Police. a decrease of about 4% in temporary roles. • For the Hyde Park Barracks Museum, we produced the first Australian Sign Language (Auslan) video guide Knowledge at a museum or heritage site in New South Wales. • We installed a new digital interactive in the Hyde Park Barracks Museum, entitled Lags & Swells, which Conservation and Curatorship presents existing and new research on the lives of • We sold two Endangered Houses Fund (EHF) properties, 50 convicts who lived and worked in the building ensuring their future preservation. between 1819 and 1848. • We completed conservation work to stabilise Throsby • Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection Park house and maintained the historic garden and staff researched a new acquisition, the archive of curtilage. business and personal papers relating to the late • W e refurbished the private quarters at Government Leslie Walford AM, interior decorator. House in collaboration with the Department of Premier • In a major project for the HHT, we began researching and Cabinet, and created new office accommodation historic documents, photographs and plans at in a former service wing. the Justice & Police Museum to inform our • We finalised a mould remediation project at our decision-making about the reinterpretation of properties, which included cleaning and stabilising 2500 and improved visitor experience at this museum. objects from the Justice & Police Museum collection. • We evaluated the significance of more than 800 objects at Throsby Park, ranging from an 1822 James Oatley clock and farm machinery to photograph albums and personal diaries.

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 9 A wider range of people are involvement involved in understanding, interpreting and caring 1 for the past.

We are dedicated to providing increasing opportunities for of New South Wales. The HHT’s part of the program featured people to become involved with the Historic Houses Trust a keynote speech by Historian Dr Lisa Murray, of New South Wales (HHT) through a range of programs. followed by presentations from HHT portfolio curators, and We value people’s involvement and participation in helping staff from Collections & Access and Interpretation & us to learn about and enjoy our sites and collections. Two Exhibitions. The seminar, with 242 participants, was sold out of the best ways we can do this are through collaborating and the program was once again enthusiastically received: with other organisations to strengthen community ‘Thank you very much for a most informative and helpful day’, involvement with our properties, and by encouraging wrote history teacher Jill Carroll from Mercy Catholic College. and supporting volunteers. FOSTERING AND DEVELOPING NEW PARTNERSHIPS COLLABORATING WITH ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES Over the year we developed or enhanced a number of Contributors from Aboriginal communities continue to tell important partnerships with other organisations. their stories at the HHT. This year we worked with local • Our ongoing relationship with the National Institute of Aboriginal researchers and heritage professionals to uncover Dramatic Art (NIDA) enabled Forgotten Fragments, a stories from pre- and post-contact history as well as to foster collaborative project for the Hyde Park Barracks Museum. cultural connections to communities today. Aboriginal NIDA’s artist in residence, Nick Schlieper, and Australian heritage specialists (Darug descendant Leanne Watson stage-lighting designer Nigel Levings mentored students and Dharawal man Michael Ingrey) have been retained as as they created a contemporary interpretation of the advisers to the HHT to help with interpretation and experience of immigrant women in the 1840s. Other programming and to strengthen our connections to projects with NIDA were the playwriting course for communities in Western Sydney and La Perouse. postgraduate students at Elizabeth Bay House, and the We continued our successful working partnership between NIDA Open school-holiday programs at Vaucluse House. the Museum of Sydney (MOS) on the site of first Government • The exhibition The Force: 150 years of NSW Police at the House and Boolarng Nangamai Aboriginal Art and Culture Justice & Police Museum was developed in colloboration Studio, and commissioned Aboriginal researcher Mariko with the NSW Police Force to celebrate its 150 years, Smith to undertake an Aboriginal legal and social-justice 1862–2012. The NSW Commissioner of Police, Andrew project to assist in future interpretation and engagement Scipione, described the project as a ‘cooperative and at the Justice & Police Museum. valued partnership’. The exhibition and its tour to regional Two of our exhibitions explored aspects of Aboriginal history museums in New South Wales (Wagga Wagga, Dubbo, and featured the achievements of individual Aboriginal Newcastle and Goulburn) was fully sponsored by the people. The wild ones: Sydney Stadium 1908–1970 at the NSW Police Force, the Police Association NSW and the Museum of Sydney (MOS) highlighted Aboriginal boxers, Police Credit Union NSW. like Lionel Murphy, who gained recognition and success in • The book Public Sydney: drawing the city, by architects the ring, while The Force: 150 years of NSW Police at the Philip Thalis and Peter John Cantrill, was co-published by Justice & Police Museum (with a tour to three regional the HHT and the journal Content of the Faculty of Built museums across New South Wales) included information Environment, University of New South Wales (UNSW BE). about the service of blacktracker Sergeant Alexander Riley. This highly acclaimed book was fully sponsored by UNSW The HHT celebrated NAIDOC Week 2012 (1–8 July) with a BE, the City of Sydney and the Friends of the Historic community day, entitled Darug Stories, at Rouse Hill House Houses Trust, with input and support from the & Farm, where participants heard stories, watched a Government Architect’s Office, New South Wales. demonstration of carving by Uncle Greg Simms and • W e again collaborated successfully with the City of participated in the creation of a painting by Leanne Watson. Sydney’s event Art & About, hosting, outside the Hyde A weaving workshop at MOS by Boolarng Nangamai Park Barracks, an installation entitled I wish you hadn’t Aboriginal Art and Culture Studio sold out. asked by artist James Dive from the Glue Society. BROADENING OUR AUDIENCES • The Rocks Windmill pop-up installation, coordinated The Project, our History Extension seminar day for HSC by the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, included students and their teachers, was once again successfully contributions to various programs by HHT staff. delivered in November in partnership with the State Library • The HHT continued to develop partnerships with

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Parramatta heritage organisations by participating in the STRENGTHENING TIES WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES Parramatta Heritage Partners Group. In the process of • Vaucluse House hosted a couple of ‘meet the developing the Meroogal Women’s Arts Prize in Nowra, neighbours’ events during the year, the last of which was links with other South Coast heritage organisations are attended by over 30 local guests including Councillor also being strengthened. Petrie, Mayor of Woollahra. Attendees were very • In August, Meroogal hosted the monthly Museum & supportive of the HHT’s management of the property. Galleries NSW breakfast series, which was attended by • A Community Open Day was held at Throsby Park staff from local cultural organisations. historic house and garden at Moss Vale on 14 April, attended by almost 700 enthusiastic visitors, some from SUPPORTING OUR VOLUNTEERS as far away as Canberra and Goulburn. Since the HHT Over the year, across our programs, activities and sites, the took on management of the property in 2010, the local HHT was assisted by over 500 volunteers. In November 2012 community has displayed a strong interest in our an enthusiastic group of 399 volunteers helped to deliver activities. Community feedback on the Endangered our major public program Sydney Open. Volunteers were Houses Fund approach and the conservation work fully trained in the roles of Site Volunteer and Site Supervisor, completed by the HHT was overwhelmingly positive. and demonstrated fantastic commitment, receiving praise all • We also ran a two-day working bee at Throsby Park with round for their attitude and energy. horticulture students from the local TAFE college, This year an ongoing group of 120 volunteers, taking on a who worked with HHT gardening staff to learn about range of roles, donated over 8600 hours to support the the maintenance and rejuvenation of old gardens. HHT’s events and activities. Our dedicated core of volunteer A dedicated group of local volunteers assisted members guides contributed many hours conducting our visitors on of the Friends of the Historic Houses Trust of New South engaging and inspiring interpretive tours of our properties. Wales and staff with the cleaning and presentation Event volunteers helped to stage the highly successful Fifties of the buildings and collections. Fair at Rose Seidler House in August and the Dress to Kill • On 9 March we celebrated International Women’s Day ball at the Justice & Police Museum in February. They also with an awards presentation for Shoalhaven women in supported the new Vintage Sundays event series at various recognition of their contribution to the local community. HHT sites. Across the Sydney metropolitan region speakers from the Volunteer Speakers’ Program delivered more than INVOLVING THE OVER 55s 14 outreach presentations to interested groups; these were Older people comprise a significant cohort of visitors to attended by over 728 people. HHT properties and events. They are mostly tertiary The Soft Furnishings Volunteer Group continued their educated and well informed, with time and disposable association with Elizabeth Bay House, producing a variety income available. We attract in particular Probus and senior of soft furnishings to embellish numerous properties. citizens’ clubs and special interest and community groups, Project volunteers provided excellent support at the such as Aboriginal elders working with the HHT. Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection, in the Much of our exhibition content focuses on the history of Interpretation & Exhibitions team and in administrative Sydney, which attracts strong visitation and participation by roles in the Programs team. A new garden volunteer seniors. This year The wild ones: Sydney Stadium 1908–1970 program was established at Vaucluse House and Rouse presented the memories and stories of people who had Hill House & Farm. both performed at the Sydney Stadium and attended events Meetings of volunteers were held at all portfolios and, as there. Margaret Olley: home was also popular with older part of the change to visitor services, volunteers attended visitors. Both exhibitions were marketed through seniors’ a number of training sessions and curator talks. Volunteer networks to encourage older people and their families guides participated in a refresher workshop to enhance to visit. their guiding skills. The Soft Furnishings Group gained Each year during Seniors Week in March, the HHT new skills at specialist workshops. provides free entry to its properties for senior citizens, often presenting specific programs for senior audiences.

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 11 We provide more people AC C Ess & enjoyment and a wider range of people access to our 2 properties, collections, programs and knowledge.

Underpinned by a new digital strategy, over the past year Public Sydney: stop, look, live! at the Museum of Sydney. The we have focused on growing our digital-media resources exhibition combined drawings from the book and histories of to build broader engagement with our properties. five key sites with a series of photographs and films showing how people shape our public spaces. Sydneysiders were CREATING NEW EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLICATIONS invited to engage with their city both in the exhibition space The Historic Houses Trust developed a series of significant and through a blog written by urban blogger Vanessa Berry. new exhibitions this year. Highlights included The wild ones: Sydney Stadium 1908–1970; Now and then; Margaret Olley: REFRESHING INTERPRETATION home; Wicked women; and Public Sydney: stop, look, live! The Cook and the Curator blog won two prestigious prizes at the Museums Australia Multimedia and Publication Design The exhibition The wild ones: Sydney Stadium 1908–1970 celebrated one of Sydney’s most iconic former venues, fondly Awards (MAPDA), and has attracted nearly 40,000 page views known as ‘the Old Tin Shed’. The exhibition opened at the since it was launched in October 2012 (see page 17). Museum of Sydney with a free evening event held as part of Several new interpretation tools are proving popular at the Sydney’s Art & About festival. This format was extremely HHT. New iPads at Elizabeth Farm, issued at the front desk successful; large crowds were drawn in on the night by and carried freely throughout the site, allow visitors to find out dancers and entertainers in the foyer and on the museum about the hidden features, personalities and human stories forecourt. The exhibition, with its mix of historic footage and behind the property’s set-piece interiors and spaces. contemporary interviews, entertained visitors with tales of Feedback has been exceptionally positive, confirming that sportsmen, promoters, stars and patrons who performed and the iPads are successfully adding depth and enjoyment to the worked at the stadium during its heyday. museum experience, extending the average length of the visit The HHT partnered with ABC Open, a regional initiative of and providing interpretive content in a convenient, hands-on, the ABC, to develop Now and then, an amateur user-friendly device. The uptake of the Hyde Park Barracks photographic exhibition in which the public participated by Museum audio tour has been so strong that we have had to submitting their own photographs of Sydney places in the double our supply of handsets from 25 to 50 to keep up with the demand. past and present. Later in the year A convict in the family? presented photographs by Mine Konakci of convict The new digital interactive, ‘Lags & Swells: meet 50 convicts descendants, which revealed the connections between the of the Hyde Park Barracks’, was created for the third floor of convict settlers, their direct descendants and the petty crimes the barracks and draws together new and existing research to that changed the course of their family histories. profile the lives of 50 convicts who passed through the Hyde Park Barracks between 1819 and 1848. Details from the Wicked women, which was opened at the Justice & Police Museum by Professor Larissa Behrendt, consisted of 17 convict database were combined with new research to piece vibrant oil paintings and a collection of preparatory sketches together individual stories of transportation, punishment and by Australian contemporary artist-in-residence Rosemary life in the colony, giving character and dimension to the Valadon. The works were inspired by 20th-century film noir difficult and often tragic lives of some of the convicts. and pulp-fiction covers and featured intriguing modern EXPANDING OUR DIGITAL PRESENCE women who agreed to model for this unusual project. Visitation to this exhibition resulted in a 25% increase in A significant increase in digital output occurred this year, with visitation to the museum compared to the same period teams across the organisation becoming actively involved in in the previous year. the creation of digital content. The exhibition Margaret Olley: home at the Museum of One key achievement has been the resolution of our new Sydney, supported by the Trustees of the Margaret Hannah digital strategy. Developed with design group Pure and Olley Estate, celebrated this well-known Sydney artist Applied, the strategy has given the HHT a clear framework for through a selection of her paintings, photographs of her expanding our reach, using digital platforms and a roadmap Paddington home and a film. It enjoyed a strong response that will help to ensure that we remain relevant over the years from the public, attracting both local and national audiences. to come. Our major publication Public Sydney: drawing the city, with We launched two major programs on the web – Sydney exquisite scale drawings of 100 public spaces, essays from Open, via a microsite and iPhone app, and our food program, leading architects, landscape architects and historians, and via The Cook and the Curator blog. Sydney Open was our accompanying images, was the inspiration for the exhibition first experiment in replacing a printed program with digital

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information and a printed map. Feedback was very positive; the app clocked up nearly 78,000 page views over the Sydney Open weekend. Launched in November, The Cook and the Curator blog includes a diverse offering of video material to promote or tell our stories, and has been viewed around 4000 times to date. We have continued to deliver a range of digital resources for exhibitions and interpretive projects, including interactive elements for the exhibitions Wild ones, Public Sydney and City of shadows, a new interactive for the Hyde Park Barracks and our first iPad-based site tour of Elizabeth Farm. Other notable achievements in the digital realm have included the: • creation of a fully responsive promotional page for the new brand at www.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au • r evamping of and improvements to the existing site to fit the new brand and better promote HHT activities • Public Sydney blog.

TAKING THE HHT TO REGIONAL NEW SOUTH WALES Our active regional program included taking three travelling exhibitions to regional New South Wales and interstate, continuing the projects of the Endangered Houses Fund, offering video-conferencing programs and online education resources through Connected Classrooms, sending our staff to regional museums and collections to share their professional expertise, and loaning a number of HHT collection items to regional museums. More than 135,000 visitors attended the HHT travelling exhibitions Built for the bush: the green architecture of rural Australia, Margaret Olley: home, Smalltown and The Force: 150 years of NSW Police at various regional and interstate museums and galleries. All three tours were wholly Clockwise from top left Hyde Park Barracks Museum shop. externally funded. The Justice & Police Museum also Photograph © Haley Richardson & Stuart Miller; Museum of Sydney provided images and research expertise to numerous exterior. Photograph © James Horan; Convict Sydney exhibition regional NSW Police Local Area Commands to assist them at the Hyde Park Barracks Museum. Photograph © James Horan to tell their own stories as part of the 150-year anniversary celebrations of the NSW Police Force.

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 13 Visitation 1 July 2012 – E xHIBITIONS* 30 June 2013

Title Location Exhibition dates Visitors Days Av

A convict in the family Museum of Sydney 13 April – 14 Jul 2013 8,505 79 108

Hyde Park Convict Sydney 11 Sept 10 – ongoing 66,376 363 183 Barracks Museum Home front: wartime Museum of Sydney 31 Mar – 9 Sept 2012 12,352 71 174 Sydney 1939–1945

Margaret Olley: home Museum of Sydney 10 Nov 2012 – 1 Apr 2013 33,199 140 237

Now and then Museum of Sydney 16 Jun – 4 Nov 2012 20,733 127 163

Public Sydney: stop, Museum of Sydney 30 Mar – 8 Sept 2013 11,197 93 120 look, live! The Force: 150 years Justice & Police Museum 12 May – 7 Oct 2012 9,763 99 99 of NSW Police The wild ones: Sydney 22 Sept 2012 – 10 Mar Museum of Sydney 36,870 168 219 Stadium 1908–1970 2013

Wicked women: an 20 Oct 2012 – 26 May exhibition by Rosemary Justice & Police Museum 10,466 113 93 2013 Valadon

* Only major exhibitions are included in the table.

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Tour visitation 1 July 2012 – TRAVELLING Exhibitions 30 June 2013

Title Location Exhibition dates Visitors Days Av Western Plains Cultural Built for the bush: the 21 Jul – 28 Oct 2012 24,155 86 281 green architecture of Centre, Dubbo rural Australia Orange Regional 15 Feb – 31 Mar 2013 1,216 37 33 Gallery, Orange Tamworth Council 15 Apr – 17 May 2013 2,782 26 107 Chambers, Tamworth Creative Arts Gallery, 25 May – 7 Jul 2013 1,029 16 64 Gunnedah New England Regional Art Margaret Olley: home 3 May – 14 Jul 2013 5,734 52 110 Museum, Armidale New England Regional Art Smalltown 11 May – 5 Aug 2012 3,815 26 147 Museum, Armidale

Liverpool Library, Liverpool 17 Aug – 25 Nov 2012 55,780 75 744

Gold Coast City Art Gallery, 11 May – 16 Jun 2013 3,229 37 87 Gold Coast Museum of the Riverina, The Force: 150 years of 19 Oct 2012 – 17 Feb 2013 6,162 103 60 NSW Police Wagga Wagga Western Plains Cultural 2 Mar – 21 Apr 2013 10,473 46 228 Centre, Dubbo Newcastle Regional Museum, 4 May – 28 Jul 2013 21,062 56 376 Newcastle

TOtal 135,437

Left to right Margaret Olley: home exhibition. Photograph © James Horan; The wild ones: Sydney Stadium 1908–1970 exhibition, installation view (detail); Photograph © Penelope Clay; Artist Rosemary Valadon at the opening of Wicked women. Photograph © Dave Swift

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 15 The interactive educational programs of Connected The HHT’s largest public program, the biennial Sydney Classrooms were presented to over 2200 schoolchildren. Open, was held over three days in November and In 2012–13, regional and rural schools made up 51% of attracted a record audience of 9375 people to 69 participating schools, extending HHT resources to buildings, double the attendance at the 2010 event. communities that would otherwise not have access to them. Sydney Open 2012 was launched by The Hon Robyn Video-conferencing was also used to engage 500 high Parker, The Minister for the Environment and Minister for school history students in Stages 5 and 6 in a series in which Heritage, and City of Sydney Councillor Jenny Green in experts talked and answered questions about life on the the newly restored David Jones ballroom On Seven in home front during WWII (funded by the Department of Elizabeth Street. New programming in partnership with Veterans’ Affairs). Several regional schools also attended the the City of Sydney enabled free access on the evening of History Extension Project at the Museum of Sydney, among Friday 2 November to five iconic Sydney sites – the Chief them ten students from High School and a teacher Secretary’s Building, NSW Parliament House, the Hyde from each of Dungog and Armidale high schools. Regional Park Barracks Museum, St James’ Church and the schools make up about 25% of our education bookings for ballroom at David Jones. An extensive audience and education programs at our metropolitan museums. market evaluation showed that customer satisfaction was To high school students we offered sessions on exhibition high, with positive feedback received on the newly development, enabling students and teachers to talk with developed app and website, our new platforms for exhibition designers, curators, and programs officers. Our engaging our audiences. In partnership with the professional development program It’s a RAP: Reconciliation Architects Registration Board of NSW, we also presented Action Plans, presented with Museums & Galleries NSW at the new Sydney Open Talks series, the highly successful the Museum of Sydney, was also streamed live to an House Talks series and the Public Sydney Talks series, an audience of museum and gallery professionals at the ideal lead-up to the Sydney Open event. Western Plains Cultural Centre. The HHT, in partnership with Our school-holiday programs continued to introduce HHT the , once again hosted the Regional properties and stories to young audiences, and in July the Stakeholder Forum at the Justice & Police Museum, at annual Redcoats & Convicts event lived up to its which delegates from 20 regional and state cultural reputation as a fun-packed family day of living history. institutions shared ideas and collaborated on future Redcoats, costumed guides, re-enactors, heritage projects. The Caroline Simpson Library & Research tradesmen demonstrating their crafts, musicians and Collection also offered programs to tertiary school groups, specialist tours attracted 927 visitors. detailed under ‘Access to our collections’ on page 17. The 2012 House Music concert program at Government House was once again a great success, with nearly PUBLIC PROGRAMS 1400 tickets sold (97% of box-office capacity). Our We engaged thousands of people during 2012–13 in a audience enjoyed the Sydney Symphony Fellows, range of popular programs, building our signature events, Grigoryan Brothers, New Sydney Wind Quintet, Sydney as well as introducing initiatives to grow new audiences. Chamber Choir, Pinchgut Opera, Kathryn Selby & Clancy

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The Cook and the Curator blog In May 2013 the HHT won two prestigious prizes at the Museums Australia Multimedia and Publication Design Awards (MAPDA) for our new blog The Cook and the Curator: the Judges Special Award for multimedia, and in the category ‘Design for a particular exhibition or program in an institution with more than 40 employees’. The judges remarked, ‘Great use of textures and decals in a digital environment interprets the history theme and adds personality’. The Cook and the Curator blog, blogs.hht.net.au/cook, written by Jacqui Newling and Scott Hill, invites you to explore our food heritage. Each month we take people to one of our extraordinary properties, introducing them to its past residents and looking at what, where and how they ate.

Far left Soft Furnishings Group at Elizabeth Bay House. Photograph © Haley Richardson & Stuart Miller Left NAIDOC Week 2012. Photograph © Joy Lai

Newman, Streeton Trio, Joseph Tawadros Trio, Osmosis, (History of Interiors), COFA (Design & Textiles); Charles Sturt and Goldner String Quartet. University (Librarianship); NIDA (Design); UTS (Interior Vintage Sundays, a new programming initiative held at HHT Architecture); Newcastle TAFE (library technicians); museums – Regency Sunday at Elizabeth Farm, and Gothic Whitehouse Institute of Design; Wollongong TAFE (library and Victorian Sundays at Vaucluse House – offered special technicians); Australian Textile Arts & Surface Design activities such as food tastings, games on the lawn, a Punch Association; and CATC Design School. and Judy show in the stables, and waltzing in the courtyard Notably, library staff presented, in collaboration with the at Vaucluse House, as well as talks and tours. Friends of the Historic Houses Trust and the Australian Garden Two family fun days, Meet the Police, were held at the History Society, Glamour & Grit: New Stories for Garden Justice & Police Museum as part of The Force exhibition. History. Staff members also facilitated public access to and And as an adjunct to the Home front exhibition at the enjoyment of our collections by speaking with the media, Museum of Sydney, a series of programs and tours focusing providing entries for the Dictionary of Sydney and articles for on the WWII wartime era were held at Elizabeth Bay House journals, and giving public talks. and Vaucluse House. Our forum Victory in the Pacific, with At the Museums Australia Conference a staff member high-profile historians James Curran, Peter Dean, Michael presented on the research opportunities and challenges of McKernan and Richard Waterhouse, attracted 70 managing the NSW Police Forensic Photography Archive at participants. the Justice & Police Museum. We added to the pictures In August the annual Fifties Fair was likewise a great catalogue around 1000 images of police stations from the success. A cap on numbers (2500 visitors) made for a better Justice & Police Museum collection, also scanning and visitor experience at this extremely popular event. Both cataloguing around 900 files of floor plans of police stations/ visitors and stallholders made favourable comments about residences dating from around 1914, the 1930s and later. how smoothly it ran. The range of in-depth reference queries received by the library was extensive, with some evidence that a growing number of ACCESS TO OUR COLLECTIONS researchers and readers are discovering the special focus The Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection of the collection (the history of domestic design, interiors continued its active learning and outreach programs, with and gardens.) education visits, partnerships and media activities. New An article entitled ‘Meroogal’s Uncle Kenny’ – about Kenneth displays in the library and elsewhere at The Mint included McKenzie, the brother of Jessie Thorburn (matriarch of a small selection of the thousands of textile fragments Meroogal), ardent bushman, keen woodworker, and discovered in the underfloor cavities at Hyde Park Barracks credited as the architect of Meroogal – was launched on during archaeological excavations, and a display titled the HHT website. This was the outcome of new research Painted decoration at Valetta, Petersham. triggered by the library’s acquisition of the June Wallace The library regularly hosted student groups from various papers in 2011 (June was the property’s last owner). tertiary institutions and courses, such as Enmore TAFE The article has received very positive feedback from

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 17 South Coast locals, including noted designer and furniture enabling culturally and linguistically diverse audiences maker Leon Sadubin, who commented, ‘What a wonderful to engage more fully with the museum. Mandarin, gathering of information in an accessible format on Japanese and Korean versions were well received and Kenneth Mackenzie! It is a great template for individuals are catering to growing audiences from these of local historic significance’. communities. Eighty-seven significant objects in the HHT’s collections • The HHT worked in partnership with the Chinese Heritage went on tour in Australia in a range of exhibitions. A Association of Australia and City of Sydney to celebrate white-painted revolving bookcase provenanced to the and profile Chinese New Year at the Museum of Sydney home of the late Patrick White and Manoly Lascaris, now with the popular talk entitled ‘The Chinese in The Rocks: in the collection of the Caroline Simpson Library & Research The Rocks, King Nam Jang and the Cumines Family’. Collection, was lent to the State Library of New South • W e provide tours at the Hyde Park Barracks Muse for Wales for the exhibition The life of Patrick White. The teenagers from all over the USA who come to Australia Strathallan Box from the Museum of Sydney was displayed with the organisation People to People Ambassador at the National Library of Australia in the exhibition Lewin: Programs to expand their global awareness and discover wild art. Collection objects were also lent to the Tasmanian new experiences. Museum and Art Gallery, Australian National Maritime Museum, National Parks and Wildlife Service (NSW) and Art IMPROVING ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES Gallery of New South Wales. The HHT continued to improve access to our sites for people with disabilities. In August The Hon Robyn Parker, The connecting with MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITIES Minister for the Environment and Minister for Heritage, The HHT continued to reach out to multicultural launched our Australian Sign Language (Auslan) video guide communities this year through exhibitions, interpretation, at the Hyde Park Barracks Museum. Developed in public programs and our curriculum-related education partnership with the non-profit charity Australian programs, attended by growing numbers of children from Communication Exchange (ACE), with support from the City non-English-speaking backgrounds. of Sydney, this free tour is available via the OpenMi app on • New translations of the Hyde Park Barracks Museum iTunes, or on pre-loaded iPods on site. As the state‘s audio tour were completed and installed this year, first-ever Auslan tour of a museum or heritage site, it reflects

'… the greatest work of public-space scholarship seen in this country'* Public Sydney: drawing the city, by Sydney architects Philip Thalis and Peter John Cantrill, was launched in April 2013, and the first print run had sold out by July. The publication was a collaboration between the HHT and Content, the journal of the Faculty of Built Environment, University of New South Wales, to raise awareness of Sydney’s historic public buildings and place them in their wider city context. It celebrates the public buildings, rooms and spaces of central Sydney, and presents a comprehensive overview of almost 100 of Sydney’s most important public places.

*Elizabeth Farrelly, The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 June 2013

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the HHT’s commitment to making our sites and stories more accessible to everyone. Deaf awareness training for visitor services staff supports the video guide. This year we welcomed 257 students with special needs as part of booked education groups, and hosted tours of our properties for many different groups who assist people with disabilities and their carers, among them the Acacia Centre residents and their carers, Stroke by Stroke Recovery Group, Blacktown Community Aid Group, Deaf & Blind Association, Blacktown Workers Club (travel club for seniors requiring wheelchair access), Breakthru Solutions for people with mild intellectual disability, Schizophrenia Fellowship of New South Wales, and Riverlink Interchange, which supports people with intellectual disability.

EDUCATION Education programs continued to enjoy strong attendance across HHT museums. Our most popular curriculum-based education programs were, as ever, Lessons from the Past at Rouse Hill House & Farm and Transported in Time at Elizabeth Farm. To further improve our education offer, in February 2013 the HHT introduced a new model for the delivery of education programs. The Programs and Portfolio teams recruited 46 people to the newly created positions of Curriculum Program Deliverers. Given the substantial training required to offer 28 curriculum-linked programs at eight of our sites, the new program roll-out was staggered across the calendar year. To reduce the operational costs of running school programs, we withdrew the programs that drew the smallest audiences or rationalised the number of days per week they were offered. These changes to delivery have meant a temporary fall in education numbers in the first half of 2013. These changes have provided us with the much-needed opportunity to review and revise all programs, which has resulted in greater consistency and improvement for teachers and students. The new model means we can Top Redcoats & Convicts 2013 (detail). Photograph © James Horan maximise school visitation, allowing greater flexibility in Above Australia Day Celebrations 2012. Photograph © Narelle Spangher, programming during the available hours and weeks of the MONDE Photo year. The qualitative returns have been very positive and will contribute to growing visitation in the long term, both by word of mouth and by encouraging audiences to make return visits. Projected visitation for the second half of the 2013 school year matches visitation for the previous year.

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 19 V isITOR breakdown*

2013 % difference† 2012 2011 Paid admissions General public 140,509 -9% 155,234 172,096 Education 46,595 -20% 58,438 59,682 Tertiary ‡ 1,423 – – – Public programs 8,853 -34% 13,480 15,078 Venue hire 42,739 -38% 69,022 97,279 Outreach 6,738 76% 3,819 11,571 Outreach education 2,311 -32% 3,411 2,543

Paid admission total 249,168 -18% 303,404 358,249 Free entry Complimentary tickets 62,902 1% 62,113 58,918 Free public programs 916 -40% 1,531 6,608 Government House (includes GH grounds)§ 175,952 10% 160,195 147,96 6 Government House education 857 -34% 1,308 1,418 Other|| 312,505 -4% 324,453 280,095 Outreach free 3,812 715% 468 –

Free entry total 556,944 1% 550,068 495,005 Travelling exhibitions Built for the bush: the green architecture of rural Australia 29,182 – 28,993 8,569 Femme fatale: the female criminal – – 22,029 46,184 Margaret Olley: home 5,734 – – – Smalltown 62,824 – 10,799 11,410 Meroogal Women’s Arts Prize 2011–2012: made by hand – – 5,350 – The Force: 150 years of NSW police 37, 697 – – –

Total travelling exhibitions 135,437 – 67,171 66,163 Total (properties, exhibitions and activities) 941,549 920,643 919,417 Grounds Hyde Park Barracks Museum 312,406 -18% 381,059 309,358 Museum of Sydney 666,512 -5% 700,346 829,294 Vaucluse House 59,705 -20% 74,420 68,935

Grounds total 1,038,623 -10% 1,155,825 1,207,587 GRAND TOTAL 1,980,172 -5% 2,076,467 2,127,004

* T he decrease in general visitation numbers reflects a 32% reduction in weekly opening hours at all properties since October 2012. In addition, the streamlining and economising of the education offer and the shift to a new front-of-house model has temporarily reduced education numbers in 2012–13. † Percentage difference from the previous year. ‡ In previous years, tertiary numbers were included in the Education category. § Includes house tours and vice-regal. || Includes site visits, internal bookings and events, cafes, shops, public sculptures, etc.

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WHERE VISITORS CAME FROM* WHERE SYDNEY VISITORS CAME FROM*

38.4% Sydney 86,062 25% Northern Sydney 21,522 28.9% Overseas 64,868 23.9% Inner city 20,570 14.4% N/A † 32,373 16.7% Eastern 14,386 7.8% Rural NSW 17,588 15.8% Western Sydney 13,583 3.9% Victoria 8,838 10.8% South Sydney 9,321 3.4% Queensland 7,622 7.8% Inner West 6,680 3.1% Other states‡ 6,895

* Includes general public, public programs, * Includes general public, public programs, complimentary tickets, free public programs complimentary tickets, free public programs and Government House tours. and Government House tours. † Data not collected or not provided. ‡ Includes ACT, NT, SA, Tas and WA.

MA JOR EVENTS

Title Location Total visitors Date

Redcoats & Convicts Hyde Park Barracks Museum 970 Saturday 14 July 2012

Sydney Open talks The Mint & outreach 384 Various dates

Fifties Fair Rose Seidler House 2,205 Sunday 26 August 2012

Sydney Open The Mint & outreach 9,375 2–4 November 2012

House Music Government House 1,386 Various dates

Vintage Sundays Vaucluse House & outreach 596 Various dates

Grand Total 14,916

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 21 o utreach maps Travelling exhibitions

Armidale Gunnedah

Tamworth

Dubbo

Newcastle

Orange

Liverpool

Wagga Wagga Built for the bush Margaret Olley  The Force Smalltown

Connected Classrooms

Hunter River Kempsey West Kilmore (Vic) Lawrence Lismore South Lithgow Lochinvar Lock (SA) Maclean Mount George  Mount Victoria Rankin’s Springs Coffs Harbour Sandy Beach Ariah Park Coolah Tamworth Beckom Bowning Corinda (Qld) Wollar Bega Valley Bunnaloo Cowell (SA) Wollongong Berrigan Bylong Dubbo Yeoval Bourke Cassilis East Ballina Young

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di giTAL engagement E dUCATION program delivery*

2013 S tUDENTS by region 2013 Total website visits 786,316 City Portfolio Page views Primary schools 6,091

www.hht.net.au* 1,908,427 Secondary schools 6,858

E-commerce 173,396 Government House & Eastern Sydney Portfolio Microsites/blogs (including Sydney Open) 342,789 Primary schools 5,366 Collections 314,200 Secondary schools 118

Page views total 2,738,812 Macquarie Street Portfolio Enews subscribers 14,791 Primary schools 11,087 Social media Secondary schools 2,945 Facebook followers 6,931 Meroogal & Western Sydney Portfolio Twitter followers 1,062 Primary schools 15,266

Videos Secondary schools 89 Vimeo loads 250,925 Primary total 37,810 Vimeo plays 16,937 Secondary total 10,010 YouTube plays 2,927 Outreach (Connected Classrooms) 2,311

* Includes all page views other than e-commerce, microsites/blogs and collections. Tertiary 1,423

Total 51,554

* T he decrease in general visitation numbers reflects a 32% reduction in weekly opening hours at all properties since October 2012. In addition, the streamlining and economising of the education offer and the shift to a new front-of-house model has temporarily reduced education numbers in 2012–13.

M eDIA coverage

2013 2012 2011 2010 Print and 725 1,141* 1,596 1,285 online

Radio 110 114 111 235 Television† 982 52 32 32

Total 1,817 1,307 1,739 1,552

* This figure was incorrect in last year’s report. †  The increase from last year’s figure reflects an increase in national TV stories plus the national syndication of local television content.

Children playing at the Hyde Park Barracks Museum. Photograph © James Horan

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 23 3 C ONservation & CURATORSHIP Our properties and collections are handed on to future generations in good heart.

We aim to put research at the heart of all of our work, furniture items of exceptional heritage value to disused make good use of our curatorial expertise, make informed microwave ovens and electric toasters. The work was carried decisions, and properly maintain our properties and out as part of a larger project to decant the former service collections. In 2012–13 we continued to make our wing and private quarters to allow their refurbishment. conservation processes more visible. JUSTICE & POLICE MUSEUM GOVERNMENT HOUSE We worked closely with Government Property NSW and the We worked in close collaboration with the Department of operator of the Sir Stamford Hotel in Macquarie Street to Premier and Cabinet and the Office of the Governor on refine a proposed of the hotel site to reduce the implementation of plans for an updated private heritage impacts on the adjoining Justice & Police Museum. apartment and modernised staff offices at Government We anticipate entering into a deed with the developer in House to enable the Governor of New South Wales to take relation to the granting of easements that affect both sites, up full residence. During the process of internal demolition and for which some financial compensation will be paid. of 20th-century additions, we were able to analyse and It is the HHT’s intention that such compensation will document for the first time some of the phases in the primarily be reinvested in the Justice & Police Museum for development of the back-of-house areas of the property. the conservation of the building and collections, and to We briefed the Heritage Division of the NSW Office of completely revamp the interpretation to reflect crime Environment and Heritage on the initial demolition work and punishment in Sydney in the 19th and 20th centuries. being carried out and also sought approval for the design The buildings of the Justice & Police Museum, which are of and construction of the refurbishment. We discovered exceptional significance, having been designed by colonial friable asbestos in early-20th-century plaster in some of architects , James Barnet and Alexander the service areas and this was carefully removed by Dawson, were originally built to deal with crime occurring accredited contractors; the building has now been around the waterfront at Circular Quay and on the harbour. certified safe by industrial hygienists. KEY CONSERVATION PROJECTS Valuable collections were removed and placed in secure, environmentally controlled storage facilities off site, and Other conservation projects were completed at properties will be returned to Government House at the completion to ensure the ongoing preservation and integrity of the of the project. We catalogued and evaluated a very large HHT’s buildings, gardens and interiors, including: collection of furniture, soft furnishings, kitchenalia, • t he sourcing and hanging of new lace curtains in the uniforms and domestic wares from the former service wing Vaucluse House drawing room to help prevent damage and private quarters. This ranged in quality from antique to antique furniture and finishes from exposure to

A 21st-century approach to an age-old problem Levels of lighting are of particular concern to museums; too much light leads to fading of collection items, too little makes it hard for visitors to enjoy our spaces. This year we carried out microfade testing on significant and fragile textiles at Rouse Hill House. This process uses a microscopic light source to calculate the degree to which different materials will fade when exposed to light. We found that, in general, the textiles were fairly stable and there was little risk of light damage from our current lighting system. Armed with this information, we are now exploring opportunities to increase light levels and improve the visitor experience in the house.

Wool tablecloth on gypsy table, Rouse Hill House & Farm. Photograph © Bruce Ford

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Above left Throsby Park homestead. Photograph © Doug Riley Above right Restoration of verandah at Throsby Park. Photograph © HHT

sunlight. This was the first significant refurbishment at CONSERVING OUR COLLECTIONS Vaucluse House since the museum was fitted out in An extensive program of technical conservation has been the early 1980s, and it will be followed by the phased carried out across HHT properties and collections, including replacement of all the fabrics and carpets that are conservation cleaning of the models of the ships of the First deteriorating due to age and wear and tear. Research Fleet at the Museum of Sydney, conservation of the metal into the style and fabrication of the curtains included of The Mint coining press, freezing of organic materials to kill reference to other known examples such as an 1880s insect pests, repair and regilding of the frame of the portrait archive photograph of the historic house Tivoli at of Queen Charlotte at Government House, and infrared and Rose Bay; UV photography of paintings in the Museum of Sydney • research into the original use and exact edges of one of collection. the farm ponds at Rouse Hill, and excavation of several Given the number of new staff now working in the portfolios, hundred cubic metres of silt and mud to re-create its we also developed new housekeeping guides for the earlier form. We also reconstructed the split hardwood treatment and handling of collections objects. The Head post-and-rail fences to provide a safety barrier, an of Collections Care provided training advice and technical important surviving feature of the historic garden and tips to staff at all properties. farm layout. We followed the principles of the 1987 Conservation Policy to test whether they remained valid ACQUIRING NEW COLLECTION MATERIAL and were still able to be applied; We acquired a very large archive of business and personal • ongoing efforts to control mould, which damages papers from the estate of the late Leslie Walford AM furniture, textiles, paper and leather items, at several (1927–2011), considered by many to be one of the most sites. The growth of mould is triggered by damp weather influential interior decorators of the post-WWII period in and inadequate ventilation and air movement, and can Australia. Dating from 1964 to 1991, the material provides permanently disfigure or damage museum collections. a rich historical resource, including the only known surviving In addition to extensive cleaning of air-conditioning records of the Society of Interior Designers of Australia. filters and ducting to eliminate mould spores, specialised Walford was partly responsible for the furnishing and fit-out conservation treatments were applied to a large range of Elizabeth Bay House in the late 1970s and assembled an of collection objects at the Justice & Police Museum and outstanding collection of Australian colonial furniture, furniture stored at Rouse Hill House; and pictures and objects, all displayed in a grand manner. • opening the archaeological display trench at the Other new acquisitions for the Hyde Park Barracks Museum Museum of Sydney to remove moisture and and Mint social-history collections included a 1920 penny condensation which was degrading the exposed brick minted at the Sydney Royal Mint, a Sydney Mint coin bag, and stone on display. pans for gold mining, gold scales and gold-dust bags, an ink drawing of the barracks c1900 by cartoonist and illustrator Amandus Fischer, and a 1928 etching by Frederick Britton showing the south-west corner of The Mint.

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 25 Endangered Houses Fund properties sold management over the course of 170 years. This year we sold two of the properties conserved under and succeeding generations of his family had a significant the Endangered Houses Fund (EHF), Exeter Farm at role in farming and community life in the Southern Glenwood and the former Presbyterian manse at Moruya, Highlands, including up until 2006 when the last of his and exchanged contracts on a third, Glenfield at Casula. descendants, ‘Del’ Throsby, famous for her children’s riding For each property we found a purchaser who would respect school, passed away. the inherent qualities of these extraordinary historic buildings, We commissioned a new Conservation Management Plan and was willing to become the custodian of the state’s and Heritage Guidelines to assist a future lessee to heritage. The outcome for each property was positive and an understand what makes Throsby Park important, and to endorsement of the effort the HHT has put into building this provide guidelines on how to approach the task of upgrading program. Rather than these properties becoming an ongoing and modernising it so as to protect its nationally recognised burden on the taxpayer through state ownership, the EHF heritage significance. program provides an alternative to demolition or insensitive We completed extensive repairs to the turned timber redevelopment of houses at risk. Through the HHT’s program columns along the verandah, which had internal decay, and of open days, specialist talks and publications, the public was also repairs to plaster and painted surfaces internally. The invited to visit and learn about historic buildings. house was completely repainted externally, following a colour Throsby Park scheme based on paint-scrape analysis at the site. At Throsby Park we completed a program of stabilisation and Throsby Park house also contains an extensive collection of repair work to the main house, stables and outbuildings, 19th-century furniture and domestic objects, although of formal gardens and farm landscape. The property had been varying quality and provenance. We completed an inventory well managed and conserved by the National Parks and and significance assessment of the entire collection to aid Wildlife Service before we took over control in 2010, so the in deciding which items had to remain at the house, which scope of intervention required to prepare the property for could be brought into the HHT permanent collection, release to the market was much less than was the case with and which were of little or no significance so could be previous Endangered Houses Fund projects. disposed of. Throsby Park, an important verandahed bungalow built in Beulah, Appin 1834, is the centrepiece of the earliest land grant in the Southern Highlands, and is a rare, surviving, relatively intact Beulah is an extraordinary colonial estate near Appin, example of a colonial-era rural estate. In addition to the comprising an 1830s homestead and farm buildings, a house, the property includes stables and other farm large area of regenerating Cumberland Plain Woodland buildings, a formal garden, paddocks, dams, farm fencing vegetation, paddocks and the remains of a formal garden. and tree plantations that reveal the history of rural land Situated on the south-western urban fringe of Sydney, it is

NEW ARTWORK CELEBRATES LIFE LIVED ON THE HARBOUR The Museum of Sydney on the site of first Government House acquired the limited-edition work Shark-net seahorses of Balmoral: a harbour memoir by well-known Sydney artist Peter Kingston and poet Robert Adamson. The 21 lino prints and 15 poems explore the artists’ shared memories of growing up in and around Sydney Harbour, and include works such as Wintergarden, The river caves and The Sydney Stadium. Independent art curator Gavin Wilson described the prints as a collaboration that succeeds ‘in bringing to the public a memoir that celebrates the indivisible pleasures of harbourside life’. This latest acquisition allows the museum to explore the collective and very personal responses that people have to Sydney Harbour.

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facing considerable development pressure that has the MAINTAINING OUR PROPERTIES future potential to compromise Beulah’s natural and cultural Successful preservation of the HHT’s historic buildings, heritage values. gardens and collections is as much a result of careful and We engaged heritage specialists Urbis to prepare a consistently applied maintenance and housekeeping as it is of Conservation Management Plan for the site, and to once-off intervention to prevent catastrophic failure. analyse the economic opportunities and planning issues that We initiated work on a comprehensive tree management affect how the property can be used and developed. program for Vaucluse House, Rouse Hill House & Farm, Rose We completed an archaeological survey of the colonial-era Seidler House and Elizabeth Farm, all of which feature ageing sandstone bridge, and commissioned engineering designs for trees. We also set up a Tree Condition Assessment database the construction of a modern replacement bridge, taking into for risk management, allowing the gardens team to monitor account the need to preserve the remains of the original major trees and track their remedial care. The fieldwork structure. included the use of Picus Sonic Tomography on a number of mature trees. This enables a cross-section to be produced We continued to actively manage the important remnant that shows living and dead wood, and these cross-sections Cumberland Plain Woodland using funds provided by the can be used to assess whether or not trees present a risk former NSW Government Department of Environment, to safety. and Water1 under the Biobanking Agreement. Amenities at the Hyde Park Barracks Cafe, last refurbished by Nissen hut, Belmont the Department of Public Works in 1981, were completely We received Council approval for an adjusted Development refitted to meet current code standards for accessibility and Application with a revised package of building works. The aim to eliminate ongoing plumbing problems. We engaged Weir of the revised development application was to bring the cost and Phillips conservation architects to design a scheme to of the renovations to the Nissen hut back to a level that took provide for contemporary standards of service and comfort into account the potential sale price eventually able to be while minimising impacts to the historic building fabric. achieved for the property. (See also pages 44–6.)

Far left R Adamson & P Kingston, Shark-net seahorses of Balmoral: a harbour memoir, Chowder Bay Press, Sydney, 2012; Above left Moruya manse after restoration. Photograph © Andrew Metcalfe Above right Carefully dismantling a crystal chandelier in the drawing 1 Now the Office of Environment and Heritage room at Government House. Photograph © HHT

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 27 stability The HHT becomes a more 4 resilient organisation with a secure future.

Our aims include investing in and developing our Overall, our income from commercial services decreased properties, increasing self-generated revenue, improving by 2% from the previous year. public awareness of the HHT, better controlling our costs and reducing our carbon footprint. RAISING AWARENESS OF THE HHT Broadcast, print and digital media have all played an INVESTING IN AND UPGRADING OUR FACILITIES important role in raising awareness of the HHT, and in The Hyde Park Barracks Cafe was refurbished in partnership showcasing the initiatives that bring our properties, with our lessee, which included a major capital program to exhibitions, events and collections to life. extensively upgrade the toilet facilities. New motorised In 2012–13 a total of 1817 stories were covered by the print awnings were installed at the MOS Cafe, and the audiovisual and broadcast media. Importantly, this media coverage facilities in the commercial meeting rooms at The Mint helped us to launch and build awareness of our new brand, received an upgrade. Sydney Living Museums, and to familiarise audiences with it. Media highlights included extensive coverage in the GENERATING INCOME metropolitan newspapers of the exhibition Public Sydney: In 2012–13 the HHT’s income from school and education stop, look, live! at the Museum of Sydney, as well as groups rose by 1%, and visitation to exhibitions was excellent reviews of the accompanying book Public Sydney: comparable with that of the past year. Income from commercial drawing the city, the first print run of which sold out in a venue hire fell 15% from the previous year, largely due to the matter of weeks. Book reviews included a half page in loss of the Sydney Festival Bar at the Hyde Park Barracks The Sydney Morning Herald’s ‘Spectrum’, and a comment Museum. Vaucluse House, on the other hand, proved an ever by a columnist; pieces in The Canberra Times ‘Review’, more popular venue for weddings, filming and photography; ArchitectureAU, The Daily Telegraph, Australian Book revenue increased 18% from the previous year. While revenue Review, Architectural Review and Inside History; and four from hire of the Justice & Police Museum increased by 36%, pages in Architecture Australia. commercial leasehold income decreased by 13% due to the weaker turnover of food and beverages at the MOS Cafe. Other highlights included strong media coverage of the Sydney Open 2012 event, the exhibitions Margaret Olley: The HHT produces a comprehensive range of gifts, souvenirs home, A convict in the family?, The wild ones: Sydney and publications available through the online shop and at all Stadium 1908–1970 and Wicked women, and the Vintage museums. We also have a dedicated shop at the Museum Sundays events. Relationships with media continued to be of Sydney. Gross sales for the year exceeded $600,000. strengthened, with a visit to the Hyde Park Barracks We continued our tradition of book publishing; this year we Museum by Channel 9’s Today Show; NAIDOC Week published Public Sydney: drawing the city, which went to a coverage in local papers as well as on ABC Radio, and second print run, and the fifth reprint of City of shadows.

our new brand As one of the most successful heritage organisations in New South Wales, the HHT has cared for the state’s most important heritage buildings, landscapes and collections for 33 years. Conserving these sites and their contents and handing them on to future generations is at the core of everything we do, but our continuing success means ensuring that more people, and a wider range of people, enjoy them today and in the future. In April, the HHT launched its brand ‘Sydney Living Museums’. The brand firmly positions our sites and their collections at the core of what we offer, enabling us to promote all 12 properties as a collective, as well as single destinations.

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extensive coverage for the touring exhibitions Built for the bush and The Force: 150 years of NSW Police.

CONTROLLING OUR COSTS The financial year 2012–13 was challenging for the HHT, with increased efficiency savings reducing our NSW government allocation, and a downturn in commercial revenue. However, we balanced our budget by cutting down on public programming costs, further reducing staff numbers and restricting visiting hours at all properties.

REDUCING OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT We aim to reduce our ecological, including carbon, footprint, by managing our properties sustainably. Measures included: • standard use of E10 fuel in the majority of our small fleet of motor vehicles; • moving towards greater use of electronic communications to reduce the amount of printing in the office; • continuing to use paper certified by the Forestry Stewardship Council, guaranteed to have been sourced from sustainably managed plantation timber, for necessary printing; • wider implementation of the TRIM records management system to reduce the need for paper files; • continuing use of the NSW government electricity contracts, including a provision for 6% green power; • continuing to partner with AGL Energy to offer commercial event clients at MOS and The Mint the option of powering their events with 100% green energy; • progressively replacing halogen and fluorescent lamps with low-voltage energy-efficient LED fittings at various properties for both interior and exterior purposes; • continuing to recycle and repurpose structural elements from exhibition installations to reduce our use of new materials with high embedded energy; and • planning capital upgrades to property plant and equipment with more energy-efficient models.

Top The Mint Auditorium. Photograph © Penelope Beveridge, Penelope Photography Above Wedding at the Hyde Park Barracks Museum. Photograph © Thomas Stewart

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 29 The wellbeing of 5 W ellbeing our staff improves.

In 2010 we began an exercise to reshape the HHT in order IMPROVING WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY to meet the challenges facing both us as an organisation We continued to implement the Occupational Health and and museums in general in the 21st century. Those Safety and Injury Management Plan 2009–11, with: challenges included issues such as shrinking resources and • our Human Resources team having two accredited Return the need to grow self-generated income, new approaches to Work coordinators to better help our workers to museum interpretation that put audiences and compensation claims; experiences at the core of what we do, greater use of the • the provision of detailed risk assessments, which are web and social media, and the need to find new audiences. updated annually, available on the HHT website; Since then we have put in place some new teams, and • planning for very large events supported through an Events strengthened existing ones. Over the past three years we Manual that covers workplace health and safety (WHS) have succeeded in focusing on our four core roles: caring requirements as well as risk-management information and for properties, reaching audiences, generating income, and instructions; corporate responsibility. Our properties have been brought together into portfolios to reduce isolation, create a more • volunteers for events being given site tours and instructions team-based approach and bring in new skills. New teams about WHS; have been set up to concentrate on the web and • each portfolio undertaking specialised training in disaster interpretation, and we have put more emphasis on management specific to their site, such as bushfire control generating income. During the year, 83 people were and management undertaken at our Western Sydney recruited into the new team structure, the majority of whom properties; were existing staff, plus 46 new Curriculum Program • each of the property portfolios having policies regarding Deliverers into the Programs team. on-site contractors that require them to sign the visitor As at 30 June 2013 we had almost finalised the last phase book and fire register. All new contractors have a of our restructure and recruitment for our Commercial and site-specific induction and must sight a Safe Work Method Marketing Services, Operations, and Directorate teams. Statement (SWMS); • a mandatory staff training course to address the new NSW DEVELOPING SKILLS AND TRAINING Food Safety Authority requirements provided by Workplace In 2012–13 we gave priority to compliance training. Food Safety Handlers for all Visitor and Interpretation We also continued to support staff affected by Officers, and Programs staff. Supervisors undertook the organisational change, assisting them to apply for new Food Safety Supervisor course. As well as this training, roles, and through change management workshops. Tearoom staff also had mandatory certification in Prepare We support staff by offering flexible work practices & Serve Expresso Coffee; and including flex days and rostered days off, maternity leave, • furt her compliance training for staff across the HHT in areas and family and community service leave. We provide including Child Protection, Child Protection reporting, opportunities for development through expressions of Senior First Aid, Manual Handling, Snake Awareness, White interest and higher duties allowances for temporary Card Construction, Scissor Lift Yellow Card, Deaf appointments. We also continue to support staff affected Awareness, Armed Hold Up & Robbery Survival, Defensive by organisational change through our Employee Driving & Operating Van Hydraulic Platforms, Responsible Assistance Program. Service of Alcohol (Programs and Venues staff), and The HHT ensures diversity of representation on recruitment Chainsaw Operations & Chemical Applications training panels and internal bodies such as the Workplace Health (entire Garden Team). and Safety Committee (WHSC), Staff and Management The result was an improvement in Workplace Health and Participatory and Advisory Committee (SAMPAC), Joint Safety performance compared to previous years. For example, Consultative Committee (JCC) and job evaluation panels. as at June 2013 there were no significant ongoing incidents, compared with two in June 2012, and there were no public liability claims.

30 Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 OUR Achievements knowledge We use our knowledge and 6 expertise, and work with others, to change the way people think about heritage and the past.

Through a range of programs and projects relating to our museums and collections, we promote the value of conservation, challenge assumptions about the past and encourage more people to discover their own past.

SHARING OUR SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE This year we ran a series of workshops and seminars to share our knowledge and research with an audience of peers and the general public. These included Colonial Gastronomy, the Museums Seminar Series with Museums & Galleries NSW, The Archaeology of Cooking and Eating, Sydney Open Focus Tours, Public Sydney Digital City sessions for Vivid Sydney, The Historical Stylist event at Elizabeth Bay House with Sibella Court and the Macleay Museum, and the Trustwords sessions as part of the Sydney Writers’ Festival. In the lead-up to Sydney Open 2012 several members of the HHT staff presented specialist papers in our series Sydney Open Presents Talks: Public Sydney. In September, Ian Innes, Assistant Director, Heritage and Portfolio, spoke about the history of public gardens in Sydney, and Michael Lech, Curator, Collections Online, spoke on the history of department stores and shopping in Sydney. All talks from this series are available as MP3 files on our website.

RESEARCHING THE PAST The Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection (CSL&RC) continued its collection-related research throughout the year. Research has begun on the large archive of business and personal papers relating to the late Leslie Walford AM, interior decorator (see also ‘Acquiring new collection material’ on page 25), which includes minutes, correspondence, press cuttings, and profiles of the members of the Society of Interior Designers of Australia. In addition to documenting the archival material, the CSL&RC commissioned a photographic documentation of Leslie Walford’s penthouse, Princeton, in Double Bay, and this was completed in October. Some elements of the Princeton furnishing scheme, including cornice Top King George V Recreation Centre, The Rocks from the Public Sydney: stop, poles, curtains and blinds, were acquired for the CSL&RC look, live! exhibition (detail). Photograph © James Horan Above HHT colonial gastronomer, Jacqui Newling. Photograph © James Horan collection. We also commissioned, from heritage specialist Nicholas Powell, a complete set of measured drawings of our property Meroogal at Nowra. Based on a physical survey of the property, the drawings accurately document the building’s construction, fabric and finishes, and allow us to better understand how such 19th-century buildings were designed and built. Meroogal’s design was based on those in American pattern books, which were freely adapted and used in Australia, and this makes it particularly fascinating. This year HHT historian Jane Kelso continued her search for historic documents, photographs and plans relating to the

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 31 Justice & Police Museum to inform our decision-making Our Web and Screen Media Team is continuing to build about the reinterpretation and management of this an archive of video documentation of programs and talks, important museum. A systematic search in State Records and is working closely with curatorial staff to increase the NSW was augmented with analysis of photographic amount of content and information accessible via the evidence and searches of newspapers to fill in the gaps internet. The new website will allow for significantly more where other archival material no longer survived. This stories about our places, families and collections, and their enriches our understanding of the evolution of the site and history. Blogs such as The Cook and the Curator, which its structures and history, and brings to light stories of those showcases unique aspects of the food history of New who passed through its doors. It allows us not only to South Wales as seen through the kitchens, dining and conserve and manage the site, but also to interpret it service rooms, gardens and collections of HHT museums, engagingly and evoke a sense of place. Drawing together continue to share new research about our places various records has revealed practical details such as and collections. alterations, furnishings and the internal layout and The new digital interactive, Lags & Swells, was installed operations of the Water Police Court and Station, and has in the Hyde Park Barracks to present existing and new also provided insight into the atmosphere of the place, research on the lives of some of the convicts who lived and from its eccentric acoustics and ‘noisome odours’ to worked in the building. Visitors can explore the personal invasive goats. stories of 50 convicts who passed through the barracks between 1819 and 1848, and learn some words of ‘flash’ MAKING RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE ACCESSIBLE TO cant, or convict slang. THE COMMUNITY For Sydney architects and authors Philip Thalis and Peter In the process of managing our diverse portfolio of John Cantrill, Public Sydney: drawing the city was the museums and collections, the HHT has amassed a culmination of 15 years of inspired and meticulous work wealth of knowledge about buildings, interiors, gardens, involving generations of their architecture students at the domestic life and technology, and social history. We aim University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the University to share this knowledge with as broad an audience as of Technology, Sydney. It presents detailed architectural possible through our publications, website, exhibitions, drawings, essays (including one by Ian Innes, the HHT’s events and lecture series.

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Assistant Director, Heritage and Portfolio) and photographs • Interpretation Australia 2012, Melbourne (Beth Hise); of Sydney’s public spaces. Architecture writer Elizabeth • ‘It’s a RAP: Building Relationships with Your Aboriginal Farrelly, who reviewed the book in The Sydney Morning Community’ symposium, Museum of Sydney, September Herald, called it ‘a magnificent tome … [which] resonates 2012 (Beth Hise); with passion and intelligence’. • NSW Premiers’ Awards for History, 2012 (Dr Caroline In April we held an open day at Throsby Park, a property Butler-Bowdon was a judge); being conserved through the Endangered Houses Fund. Over • QUESTnet (Queensland Education, Science and 700 visitors attended and were able to explore all corners of Technology Network) conference, Cairns, July 2012 (Sian the house, stables and outbuildings. Staff and other experts Morgan-Hall presented a paper in collaboration with gave guided tours and talks to explain aspects of Throsby Richard Ford, Director of Teaching and Learning and Head Park’s architectural history, historic gardens and horticulture, of History at St Andrew’s Cathedral School in Sydney, and Australian furniture and decorative arts. We spoke about our Jill Abel of the Hutchins School in Tasmania); conservation of the property, including the dismantling and reconstruction of the timber bay window, the splicing of the • ‘Research and Collections in a Connected World’, verandah columns to remove and replace decayed wood, and Museums Australia National Conference, Adelaide, the research into paint colours, using paint scrapes and September 2012 (Holly Schulte); reference colours. (See also page 26.) • ‘A Good Story Gets People in: A New Approach to Interpretation at the Historic Houses Trust of NSW’, CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Interpretation Australia Conference, Melbourne, HHT staff presented at a number of conferences and November 2012 (Beth Hise); seminars throughout the year, giving papers to share our • ‘A History Seldom Recognised and Poorly Understood: expertise and knowledge with a wide range of professional Finding Aboriginal Stories at the Historic Houses Trust and interested audiences. These were: of NSW’, Museums & Galleries NSW, It’s a RAP, Building • ‘The Artifact, Its Context and Their Narrative Relationships with Your Aboriginal Community Multidisciplinary Conservation in Historic House Museums’ Symposium, Museum of Sydney, September 2012 conference, Getty Institute, Los Angeles, November 2012 (Beth Hise). (Kate Clark); • ‘Arts Leadership: New Challenges/New Models’, Sydney Arts Management Advisory Group (SAMAG), February 2013 (Dr Caroline Butler-Bowdon); • ‘Future Approaches to Historic Houses, their Gardens and Collections’, Adelaide, November 2012 (Kate Clark); • ‘The Generous Table’, 19th Australian Gastronomy Symposium, Newcastle, April 2013 (Jacqui Newling); • ‘Glamour and Grit: New Stories for Garden History’, presented by the Friends of the Historic Houses Trust in collaboration with the Sydney & Northern NSW Branch of the Australian Garden History Society, The Mint, Sydney, July 2012 (Megan Martin, Michael Lech); • ‘How Museums Work: People, Industry and Nation’, Museums Australia National Conference, May 2013, Canberra (Kate Clark, Dr Caroline Butler-Bowdon, Edward Washington);

Far left and left Throsby Park Open Day 2013. Photographs © Paul K Robbins, MONDE Photo

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 33 ABOUT THE HHT ABOUT THE HHT Who we are

The Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales (HHT) In 2012–13 we generated 21% of our total income through operates under the Historic Houses Act 1980 (NSW) to commercial activities, paid admissions and non-recurrent manage, conserve and interpret the properties vested in it allocation such as grants, sponsorship and donations from for the education and enjoyment of the public. We are a individuals, companies or government. We have a thriving New South Wales statutory authority, administered through venue hire business, retail outlets, four commercial cafes/ the Office of Environment and Heritage in the Department restaurants, and our properties are in demand as locations of Premier and Cabinet. We are one of Australia’s largest for both film and photography shoots. state museum bodies. Over the past 33 years we have Revenue raised from our commercial operations facilitates grown from a small organisation into one of the state’s our innovative program of public and educational events major heritage and cultural institutions, managing and and activities. Every year more than 50,000 school children, conserving sites of historical and cultural importance that across all stages from Kindergarten to Year 12, attend tell a story about the history and development of New education programs linked closely to the school curriculum South Wales. at our properties. The Connected Classrooms program We care for portfolio assets valued at more than $322 allows children throughout New South Wales to enjoy our million including buildings, land and museum collections. programs via new media technology. We stage Our built assets comprise 16 historic buildings dating approximately 200 public programs and events each between 1793 and 1950, and include several of the earliest year, ranging from large outdoor festivals to small surviving colonial buildings in Australia, as well as major specialist tours, enjoyed by almost 15,000 visitors. public buildings of the Macquarie era. We are consistently building our digital content to We maintain and open 12 museums to the public: Elizabeth provide greater accessibility to our museums, collections Bay House, Elizabeth Farm, Government House, Hyde Park and stories. Barracks Museum, Justice & Police Museum, Meroogal, Our innovative exhibitions bring history to life through Museum of Sydney on the site of first Government House, exploration of various themes such as architecture, Rose Seidler House, Rouse Hill House & Farm, Susannah Indigenous history, convicts, the NSW Police Force, Place Museum, The Mint and Vaucluse House. All are criminals, and Sydney’s places, past and present. listed in the NSW State Heritage Register. The Museum of Each exhibition is addressed in a unique way to create Sydney and the Hyde Park Barracks are also on the National an engaging experience for our visitors. (See also Heritage list, and the Hyde Park Barracks is on the page 12 and pages 14–15.) UNESCO World Heritage List. (See also pages 36–9.) We work with and are supported by a friends organisation, The HHT also maintains 38 hectares of land including a foundation, sponsors and hundreds of volunteers. public spaces, farmland and gardens, as well as We form partnerships with other cultural and heritage infrastructure such as roads, farm dams, 8 kilometres of institutions, artists, community groups, universities and fences and gates. Our principal landscapes include the voluntary organisations. formal historical colonial gardens, public park and beach at Vaucluse House, and 18 hectares of farm and open land at Rouse Hill House & Farm. Our gardens include some of the oldest and best surviving historical plant collections in Australia found outside botanical collections. We collect, catalogue and conserve material relating to our core themes of domestic material culture, the history of art, architecture and design, and aspects of Sydney’s social history related to our sites. The collections held at our museums are valued at more than $38 million and comprise 250,000 archaeological artefacts, more than 47,500 objects, more than 130,000 glass-plate negatives, a library collection and a small but important digital collection, all of cultural and heritage significance to the history of New South Wales. (See also page 41.)

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city portfolio

Justice & Police Museum Museum of Sydney S usannah Place Museum The Justice & Police Museum houses The modern Museum of Sydney on Susannah Place Museum is a terrace a unique collection of objects the site of first Government House of four houses incorporating a relating to crime, policing and legal was opened to the public in 1995. re-created 1915 corner grocer shop. history, including a significant Designed by one of Sydney’s best Located in the heart of The Rocks, it forensic photography archive of known architects, Richard Johnson, was built in 1844 by Irish immigrants more than 130,000 glass-plate it occupies the site of Australia’s first and was continually occupied until negatives. The building complex, Government House, built in 1788 as 1990. The terrace survived largely developed in three separate stages home and office for the colony’s first unchanged through the slum – Water Police Court (1856), Water governor, Arthur Phillip. The museum clearances of the 1900s and the area’s Police Station (1858) and Police forecourt, known as First Government redevelopment in the 1970s. It is a Court (1886) – is the work of New House Place, preserves the remaining rare surviving example of housing for South Wales Colonial Architects foundations of the house below, while workers from the mid-19th century, Edmund Blacket, James Barnet and above ground the art installation once ubiquitous but now almost Alexander Dawson. As a group, it is Edge of the trees marks the site of vanished. In 1993 the HHT worked an extraordinarily intact surviving first contact between the British with the (then) Sydney Cove Authority example of civic buildings of the colonisers and the Gadigal people. to develop and open Susannah Place mid-to-late 19th century. The The museum’s evocative displays take as a museum. Today, the museum museum now features a variety of visitors on a journey exploring tells the often overlooked stories of displays, including spinechilling Sydney’s people, places and culture, the lives of ordinary people. Susannah weapons, bushranging artefacts and then and now. Visitors can learn Place was home to more than 100 physical evidence from notable about our city’s first people, inspect different families; their occupancy is crimes. A dynamic exhibition models of the First Fleet ships and still evident in the many layers of program explores both historical peer into the archaeological remains paint, wallpapers, linoleums, and contemporary issues relating to of first Government House. An modifications and repairs that have crime and its consequences, and exciting program of changing survived. daily education activities reveal the exhibitions reveals this great city’s worlds of justice and policing to distinctiveness. school students.

Above, left to right Justice & Police Museum; Museum of Sydney; Susannah Place Museum. Photographs © James Horan

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city portfolio G OvernMENT HOUSE & EASTERN SYDNEY PORTFOLIO

E lizabeth Bay House Government House Rose Seidler House Designed by architect John Verge, Government House, built between Built between 1948 and 1950, Rose Elizabeth Bay House was built in 1837 and 1845, was designed by Seidler House was designed by 1835–39 for the Colonial Secretary, Edward Blore, Special Architect to internationally renowned architect Alexander Macleay, and his family. William IV. Set within extensive AC, OBE for his parents, A superb example of a Greek Revival landscaped grounds, Government Max and Rose. It is one of the finest villa, it enjoys a magnificent setting House is the finest example of a examples of mid-20th-century overlooking Sydney Harbour and castellated Gothic Revival house in modern domestic architecture in was originally the centrepiece of a Australia. As the centre of state Australia and its original furniture renowned landscape garden ceremonial functions since 1845, the forms one of the most important developed by Macleay on the slope house occupies a special place in the postwar design collections in the above Elizabeth Bay. The saloon, with public consciousness of Sydney and country. Seidler was awarded the its elegant cantilevered staircase, is the history of New South Wales. More Sulman Medal in 1952 for his design regarded as the finest interior in than two million people have visited of Rose Seidler House, and at the Australian colonial architecture. The the property since the house was time the house was highly influential, house’s interiors are notable for their opened to the public in 1996. The HHT stimulating much social comment and detailing, particularly the quality of coordinates a diverse program of intellectual debate as a manifestation the joinery, plaster and stonework. vice-regal, Commonwealth and state of the Modernist principles of space, The house was restored by the state government functions, cultural and the unity of arts and architecture government and transferred from the community events, public tours, and coupled with structural engineering, Elizabeth Bay House Trust to the newly education and public programs at the and industrial design. It embodied formed HHT in 1980. A favourite of property. The conservation and new design and style ideals that students of design and social history, refurbishment of Government House gradually came to influence the Elizabeth Bay House presents an continues to be guided by the direction of architecture in Australia. evocative picture of early 19th-century principle of uniting best practice Nestled in natural bushland at life before the economic depression conservation with contemporary Wahroonga with panoramic views of of the early 1840s forced Macleay to design innovation. A project to Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, leave the house. return the Governor of New South Rose Seidler House is presented in its Wales to Government House is original 1950 scheme. currently underway.

Above, left to right Elizabeth Bay House (detail). Photograph © Haley Richardson & Stuart Miller; Government House (detail). Photograph © Richard Glover; Rose Seidler House. Photograph © Nicholas Watt

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 37 C MA QUARIE STREET PORTFOLIO

V aucluse House H yde Park Barracks Museum The Mint Vaucluse House was built between The Hyde Park Barracks was built The oldest surviving public building in 1805 and the early 1860s. At its core a between 1817 and 1819 by convict central Sydney, The Mint is widely Georgian farmhouse, it is embellished workers under the direction of architect regarded as one of the finest Georgian with Gothic Revival turrets and (and former convict) , buildings in Australia, with its elegant crenellations to create a romanticised and functioned as the colony’s proportions and double-height eye-catcher in an Arcadian landscape principal convict establishment. It was colonnades. It consists of two setting. One of a few surviving Greenway’s largest and most important structures: the south wing of Governor harbourside estates from the early commission from Governor Lachlan ’s General Hospital years of the colony, Vaucluse House Macquarie. When viewed in relation (constructed 1811–16) and the Coining retains its ornamental gardens, a to the nearby St James’ Church and Factory (built 1854–55). The site kitchen garden and outbuildings of Supreme Court, also designed by became the first overseas branch of the what was once a self-sufficient small Greenway, the barracks is a key Royal Mint when the Coining Factory estate. The estate was purchased in element of an extraordinary cluster of was constructed at the rear. The Mint 1827 by William Charles Wentworth, civic buildings surviving from the early operated until 1926; the site then lawyer, explorer and statesman, who colonial period. Designed to house housed a succession of government took a leading role in the 600 men, the building sometimes slept departments until 1997, with the achievement of responsible 1400. After transportation ended in Macquarie Street building converted government for New South Wales in 1848, the barracks served as into a museum in 1982. In 1997 the 1856. The New South Wales courtrooms, government offices, and building was transferred to the HHT, Government purchased part of the migrant accommodation. which undertook extensive Vaucluse estate in 1910 to provide Today, the HHT uses the fabric and conservation and redevelopment of the public access to the Sydney Harbour spaces of the building as well as its rich site. The Coining Factory buildings were foreshores. The house was opened to archaeology collection to unravel converted to office accommodation in the public in 1912 and, since that time, stories of its occupants and uses over 2004. As well as being the HHT’s head has been an important place for the the past 190 years. The Hyde Park office, The Mint also houses the presentation of Australian history. Barracks was placed on the UNESCO Caroline Simpson Library & Research The property has been restored to World Heritage List in 2010 as part of Collection (see page 41), the Sydney reflect the Wentworth family’s the Australian Convict Sites listing. Mint Café, the Foundation for the occupation in 1827–53 and 1861–62. Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, our Friends, and function spaces.

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MACQUARIE STREET PORTFOLIO M ErooGAL & WESTERN SYDNEY PORTFOLIO

E lizabeth Farm MeroogaL R ouse Hill House & Farm Elizabeth Farm is Australia’s oldest Meroogal is located in the South Rouse Hill House & Farm was built surviving colonial homestead, built in Coast town of Nowra. This fascinating between 1813 and 1819 and is 1793 for the family of John and Gothic Revival timber house, surrounded by one of Australia’s Elizabeth Macarthur, who lived there designed by Kenneth McKenzie and earliest surviving gardens. Originally until 1850. It once stood within a built in 1885, was home to four set in a much larger estate, the house 1000-acre (405-hectare) property generations of women from the same is one of the oldest continually stretching east from Parramatta to family. Meroogal’s rich collection of occupied homes in Australia, and its Duck River, with a river frontage on personal objects provides insights significance lies in the survival of its three sides. This was Darug country, into the daily routines, domestic almost unchanged interiors and sustained by the Burramattagal, chores and social lives of the house’s furnishings, and the collection of Wangal and Wategora people. By the former occupants. Meroogal and objects from six generations of the late 1820s the prosperous Macarthurs the support of family enabled the Rouse family. The site contains a had transformed their farmhouse into Thorburn and Macgregor women section of the original Windsor Road a smart bungalow surrounded by to live independently without turnpike laid down by Governor ‘pleasure grounds’ rich in exotic undertaking paid employment. Macquarie in 1812–13 and an plants and fruit trees. Urban and It was both a home and an economic associated stretch of the Hawkesbury industrial development chipped away resource, with food and fuel provided Road laid down in 1794, along which at the estate in the late 19th century. from the garden and rent from the 1804 Battle of Vinegar Hill took In 1904 the homestead, now on less occasional paying guests and place. The estate was bought by the than 5 acres (2 hectares), was sold to tenants. Without Meroogal, the state government in 1978. In 1987 it the Swanns, a large household of lifestyles of the women who lived was transferred to the HHT, and we resourceful women who occupied there might not have been possible. opened it to the public in 1999. and protected the property until In 2003 the Department of Education 1968. Elizabeth Farm has been transferred the Rouse Hill Public managed by the HHT since 1983; the School (built 1888) to the HHT. In 2010 unique hands-on, experience-based we restored the old schoolhouse to house museum opened in 1984. its original appearance.

Page 38, left to right Vaucluse House (detail). Photograph © HHT; Hyde Park Barracks Museum. Photograph © Nicholas Watt; The Mint. Photograph © Nicholas Watt Above, left to right Elizabeth Farm. Photograph © James Horan; Meroogal. Photograph © Nicholas Watt; Rouse Hill House & Farm (detail). Photograph © Haley Richardson & Stuart Miller

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 39 ACQUIRED PROPERTY OPENED STATUS

1980 Vaucluse House 1980 Museum 1980 Elizabeth Bay House 1980 Museum 1984 Elizabeth Farm 1984 Museum 1984 Lyndhurst (sold 2005) Offices and library 1985 Meroogal 1988 Museum 1987 Rouse Hill House & Farm 1999 Museum 1988 Rose Seidler House 1991 Museum 1990 Hyde Park Barracks Museum 1991 Museum 1990 Justice & Police Museum 1991 Museum

1990 Museum of Sydney 1995 Museum on the site of first Government House

1990 Young Street terraces – Offices 1990 Susannah Place Museum 1993 Museum 1993 Walter Burley Griffin House (sold 1995) Conservation project 1996 Government House 1996 State house and garden 1998 The Mint 1998 & 2004 Offices and library 2003 Former Rouse Hill Public School 2010 Museum and education facilities 2007 Tusculum – Leased until May 2086* 2007 Exeter Farm (sold 2012) Endangered Houses Fund project 2007 Glenfield (sold 2013) Endangered Houses Fund project 2008 Nissen hut – Endangered Houses Fund project 2009 Moruya Presbyterian manse (sold 2013) Endangered Houses Fund project 2010 Throsby Park – Endangered Houses Fund project 2010 Beulah – Endangered Houses Fund project

* Leased to the Royal Australian Institute of Architects.

40 Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 ABOUT THE HHT O ur collections

Each HHT property holds collections of historical C aroline Simpson Library and modern material related to the house and site. & Research Collection The collections include furniture, ceramics, silverware, The Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection was soft furnishings, household and personal accessories, established as the Lyndhurst Conservation Resource costume, artworks, photographs and archaeological Centre in 1984. In 2004 it was renamed in honour of the late artefacts. Most of the objects from our collections are Caroline Simpson OAM (1930–2003), whose outstanding on show to the public. collection of Australian colonial furniture, pictures and Electronic access to the collections is provided to the objets d’art was gifted by her children to the HHT. The public through a suite of online catalogues including the collection is a specialised research resource available to Library Catalogue, the Pictures Catalogue, the Colonial anyone – staff, scholars, heritage and conservation Plants Database and the Museums Collections Catalogue. practitioners, museum professionals – with an interest in Digital content is added to these catalogues as resources the history of house and garden design and interior allow. The HHT also contributes to national aggregated furnishing in New South Wales from the 19th century to the data services including TROVE, Design and Art Australia present day. It includes architectural pattern books and Online, Australian Dress Register, and the Museum fragments, wall and floor coverings, manufacturers’ trade Metadata Exchange. catalogues and sample books, garden ornaments, fittings, soft furnishings, personal papers and manuscripts, pictures, photographs, books and periodicals.

P hotographic Collection The HHT cares for a significant collection of photographs including more than 130,000 glass-plate negatives created by the New South Wales Police Force between 1910 and 1964, now housed at the Justice & Police Museum.

Above left Graflex Crown Graphic folding camera, date unknown, used by NSW Police forensic photographers. Justice & Police Museum Above right Early Australian greeting card, designed by Harriet Scott and published by Turner & Henderson, Sydney, 1880. The Hamilton Rouse Hill Trust Collection

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 41 Brew akdo n of visitor numbers*

The decrease in general visitation numbers reflects a 32% reduction in weekly opening hours at all properties since October 2012. In addition, the streamlining and economising of the education offer and the shift to a new front-of-house model has temporarily reduced education numbers in 2012–13.

E lizabeth Bay House H yde Park Barracks Museum

2013 2012 2011 2013 2012 2011 Paid admissions Paid admissions General public 4,390 4,575 4,801 General public 47,75 4 44,796 51,727 Education 141 291 283 Education 14,032 13,964 15,037 Public programs 300 629 488 Public programs 331 184 1,004 Venue hire 1,437 1,557 1,390 Venue hire 1,510 19,888 57,417 Subtotal 6,268 7,052 6,962 Subtotal 63,627 78,832 125,185 Free entry Free entry Complimentary tickets 810 962 850 Complimentary tickets 6,824 3,855 4,124 Free public programs 15 168 185 Free public programs – 300 398 Other (site visits) 418 286 261 Free events – 40 1,262 Subtotal 1,243 1,416 1,296 Other (site and shop visits) 12,281 26,194 27, 253 Total 7,511 8,468 8,258 Cafe 23,424 35,242 35,652 Subtotal 42,529 65,631 68,689 E lizabeth farm Total 106,156 144,463 193,874 Grounds 312,406 381,059 309,358 2013 2012 2011 Paid admissions Justice & Police Museum General public 4,152 4,374 4,943 Education 7,501 9,638 10,783 2013 2012 2011 Public programs 384 257 217 Paid admissions Venue hire 444 289 456 General public 14,554 24,701 25,659 Subtotal 12,481 14,558 16,399 Education 5,221 8,309 7,913 Free entry Public programs 443 868 138 Complimentary tickets 1,515 1,473 2,468 Venue hire 3,725 1,633 2,807 Free public programs 14 – 29 Subtotal 23,943 35,511 36,517 Free events 300 450 64 Free entry Other (site visits) 645 807 253 Complimentary tickets 2,688 3,828 2,983 Cafe 3,209 3,148 1,528 Free public programs 65 94 201 Subtotal 5,683 5,878 4,342 Free events 131 – 547 Total 18,164 20,436 20,741 Other (site visits) 101 109 99 Subtotal 2,985 4,031 3,830 g overnment house Total 26,928 39,542 40,347

2013 2012 2011 Meroogal Paid admissions Public programs 1,285 2,060 3,980 2013 2012 2011 Venue hire 4,117 3,556 5,055 Paid admissions Subtotal 5,402 5,616 9,035 General public 536 739 887 Free entry Education 344 441 826 Education 857 1,308 1,418 Public programs 16 334 171 Complimentary tickets 2,244 471 664 Venue hire 180 –– Free public programs 44 –– Subtotal 1,076 1,514 1,884 Free events 20 – 1,068 Free entry House tours 20,450 22,775 22,526 Complimentary tickets 107 176 230 Vice-regal functions 12,374 12,587 12,566 Free public programs 125 – 185 Subtotal 35,989 37,141 38,242 Free events 100 –– Grounds 143,128 124,833 112,874 Other (site visits) 134 98 6 Total 184,519 167,590 160,151 Subtotal 466 274 421 Ttao l 1,542 1,788 2,305

* At some museums general visitation numbers include a number of education visitors, therefore total education visitation numbers are understated for 2012–13. 42 Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 ABOUT THE HHT

Museum of Sydney S usannah Place Museum

2013 2012 2011 2013 2012 2011 Paid admissions Paid admissions General public 52,075 56,478 63,101 General public 5,910 6,837 7, 358 Education 5,464 7, 533 7,439 Education 2,382 3,518 2,369 Public programs 328 1,059 1,719 Public programs 70 271 223 Venue hire 10,276 11,814 9,790 Subtotal 8,362 10,626 9,950 Subtotal 68,143 76,884 82,049 Free entry Free entry Complimentary tickets 1,053 1,303 1,306 Complimentary tickets 7, 6 6 8 5,857 7,504 Free public programs 20 29 – Free public programs 186 546 1,413 Free events – 9 133 Free events 488 604 1,346 Other (site and shop visits) 21,200 32,892 34,049 Other (site and shop visits) 65,656 14,378 15,798 Subtotal 22,273 34,233 35,488 Cafe 128,242 156,264 112,594 Total 30,635 44,859 45,438 Subtotal 202,240 177,649 138,655 Total 270,383 254,533 220,704 The Mint Forecourt 666,512 700,346 829,294 2013 2012 2011 R ose Seidler House Paid admissions Public programs 2,175 2,086 713 2013 2012 2011 Venue hire 15,345 25,755 15,162 Paid admissions Subtotal 17,520 27,841 15,875 General public 1,396 966 747 Free entry Education 8 399 353 Free general 35,563 38,036 28,888 Public programs 2,523 3,792 4,804 Free public programs 393 315 798 Venue hire 345 126 168 Free events –– 1,403 Subtotal 4,272 5,283 6,072 Other (site and shop visits) 6,439 7,774 9,354 Free entry Cafe 15,725 14,302 13,079 Complimentary tickets 247 144 48 Subtotal 58,120 60,427 53,522 Free public programs –– 1,199 Total 75,640 88,268 69,397 Free events –– 16 Other (site visits) 45 5 25 V aucluse House Subtotal 292 149 1,288 Total 4,564 5,432 7,360 2013 2012 2011 Paid admissions R ouse Hill House & Farm General public 8,906 9,057 9,512 Education 4,478 5,647 6,645 2013 2012 2011 Public programs 808 1,795 1,452 Paid admissions Venue hire 5,333 4,268 4,479 General public 2,259 2,711 3,361 Subtotal 19,525 20,767 22,088 Education 7,024 8,698 8,034 Free entry Public programs 190 145 169 Complimentary tickets 1,988 3,463 2,171 Venue hire 27 136 555 Free public programs – 79 2,200 Subtotal 9,500 11,690 12,119 Free events – 30 140 Free entry Other (site and shop visits) 371 646 488 Complimentary tickets 1,156 1,412 1,675 Cafe 33,688 30,791 28,302 Free public programs 54 –– Subtotal 36,047 35,009 33,301 Free events –– 28 Grounds 59,705 74,420 68,935 Other (site and shop visits) 927 1,517 1,354 TOTAL 115,277 130,196 124,324 Subtotal 2,137 2,929 3,057 Total 11,637 14,619 15,176

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 43 E ndangered Houses Fund

endangered houses fund properties

Established in 2005 and supported by the Foundation Beulah for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, the Beulah, Appin, an 80-hectare property still in its original Endangered Houses Fund (EHF) is an HHT program landscape setting, was acquired in September 2010. that identifies significant ‘at risk’ properties and saves The property, which includes an important colonial-era them from demolition or unsympathetic development. farmhouse with outbuildings, a bridge and a gazebo, is It provides a way for the HHT to use its expertise to listed on the State Heritage Register and is under threat save significant endangered places and buildings from encroaching urban development. The stone across New South Wales without the long-term homestead was built c1835 by Irish emancipist Connor recurrent costs to government of continued ownership Boland and the property was later associated with the and operation. The HHT applies its extensive Hume family (of explorer Hamilton Hume). The former knowledge of heritage conservation to carry out the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water project works required on each property. The EHF is (now Office of Environment and Heritage) contributed to not about creating new public museums; instead, the purchase of the property with a covenant to protect a properties are conserved, protected and then offered significant remnant stand of endangered Cumberland Plain back into the marketplace for the use and enjoyment of Woodland. This, the state’s second major biobanking future generations. In this way, funds revolve and more initiative, was signed in March 2011. An archaeological houses can be saved over time. assessment and building condition report have been The inspiration for the EHF came from our own work. completed, and site works including extensive fencing and In 1993 the HHT acquired the then-threatened GSDA bushcare are being carried out. A conservation No 1 Dwelling, a display house at Castlecrag designed management plan and land-use capability study are being by Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahoney, restoring prepared to guide future conservation and sensitive the house and financing the construction of a new development of the site. house adjacent to the property. The HHT then sold both properties (having arranged statutory protection and private covenants), saving a key work of two important 20th-century architects and winning widespread praise for this innovative approach to conservation.

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E xeter Farm Glenfield Moruya manse Transferred to the HHT in 2007, Glenfield, in Casula, was the first In 2009 the HHT acquired a Exeter Farm, Glenwood, consists property to be saved through the EHF Presbyterian minister’s house (manse) of two c1860s early colonial timber program, with the buildings and their at Moruya on the New South Wales slab buildings on what was once a curtilage transferred to the HHT in far South Coast. The modest c1860s large farming property on the 2007. The property, listed on the State timber building contains rare and north-west outskirts of Sydney. Heritage Register, is of national delicate wallpaper and paint finishes Before conservation work began in significance. Dr Charles Throsby, naval from the 19th and early 20th 2008 the two buildings were severely surgeon, explorer, magistrate and centuries. The building was dilapidated and had not been member of the Legislative Council, dilapidated, but the HHT undertook inhabited for decades. After built the house c1817 and it remained an extensive refurbishment of the completing extensive repairs and in the Throsby family until the mid house, conserving its significant installing new services, the HHT sold 1920s. During the 20th century interiors while satisfying the the property in March 2013, after a Glenfield was owned by the Leacock requirements of a modern family short marketing campaign. family, who ran a dairy farm on the home. Following a short local property. It was later managed as the marketing campaign, the manse was Goodwill Co-operative Society sold in February 2013. communal farm. The HHT carried out vital conservation work to the buildings and the landscape to prepare it for return to the market. Following a lengthy marketing campaign, the HHT exchanged contracts to sell Glenfield; completion is expected in October 2013.

Above, left to right Beulah (detail). Photograph © Paolo Busato; Exeter Farm after restoration (detail). Photograph © Paolo Busato; Glenfield (detail). Photograph © Nicholas Watt; Moruya manse (detail). Photograph © Paolo Busato

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N issen hut T hrosby Park The HHT acquired a Nissen hut in the Lake Macquarie Throsby Park, the 75-hectare remnant of a once much district of Belmont North in 2008. Named after larger property built for Charles Throsby in 1834, is Lieutenant Colonel Peter Nissen, the Canadian located near Moss Vale in the Southern Highlands of engineer who designed the prefabricated steel-framed New South Wales. The site is considered of state and huts in 1916, the huts were widely used in world wars I national significance for its rarity and completeness, and II as military buildings and, later, for some types of comprising a fine Georgian homestead, an early timber civil construction. This particular hut was one of 33 cottage (thought to be one of the first permanent erected to house migrants, mostly British, after World buildings erected in the Southern Highlands) and War II; the huts were commonly known as ‘Pommy several outbuildings: dairy, dairyman’s cottage, meat Town’. The collection of huts is extremely rare in house, piggery and timber-framed hay shed. There is Australia and highly significant, as it provides tangible also a fine historic garden with specimen trees and evidence of Australia’s post World War II immigration richly planted shrub borders opening up to extensive assistance programs. The building is in fair condition landscape views, which were captured by the colonial and adaptive re-use options are being investigated. artist Conrad Martens in 1836. The HHT has undertaken repairs and completed a maintenance program to the house and grounds, and catalogued and evaluated the collection of furniture and domestic objects. We have also prepared an updated conservation management plan and maintenance guidelines to assist a future tenant to understand the heritage significance of the site. We have sought an up-to-date asset valuation and developed a leasing strategy for the property in preparation for inviting tenders for a long-term lease in late 2013.

Above left Exterior of Nissen hut. Photograph Nicole Davis © HHT Above right Throsby Park. Photograph © HHT

46 Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 ABOUT THE HHT COOT RP RA E governance

B oard of Trustees Trustees The Historic Houses Act 1980 provides that the HHT Board Michael Rose (Chairman) is the Chief Executive of Trustees shall be the governing body of the HHT. The Partner of law firm Allens. He is a board member of HHT Board of Trustees is constituted under Section 6 of the ChildFund Australia and the ChildFund International Act. The nine members of the Board are members of the Alliance. ChildFund is an international aid and public nominated by the Minister for Heritage and development organisation that supports children and their appointed by the Governor of New South Wales. The communities in 55 developing countries. Michael is also a Trustees are subject to the direction and control of the member of the Education, Skills and Innovation and the Minister. The Act stipulates that members of the Board of Indigenous Engagement task forces of the Business Trustees must include: Council of Australia. He lives in Sydney with his wife, • at least one person who ‘has knowledge or experience Jo D’Antonio, and their three children. Michael was in history’; and appointed as a Trustee in June 2010 and his current term expires on 31 December 2015. • at least one person who ‘has knowledge or experience in architecture’. Paddy Carney CA BSc(Hons) is a registered company auditor. She is a Partner at PwC and also a member of its Current Board members who fulfil these requirements are Board of Partners in Australia. She has more than 20 years’ Keith Cottier, Associate Professor Grace Karskens, Associate financial experience with PwC in the United Kingdom and Professor Roderick Simpson and Peter Tonkin. in Australia across a broad range of clients, with a focus on The Trustees represent a diversity of expertise and experience the retail and consumer sector. She is also a Governor of in business, law, architecture, history, conservation, information the Sir David Martin Foundation, which aims to get more technology, education and management. Trustees are young people off the streets, away from unhealthy appointed for a term of up to three years and may be situations and into care and rehabilitation. Paddy is the appointed for more than one term, but for no more than three Chair of the HHT's Audit and Risk Committee. She was consecutive terms of office. Trustees do not receive any appointed as a Trustee in March 2013 and her term expires remuneration for their board activities. on 5 March 2016. Louise McElvogue and Paddy Carney joined the board on Keith Cottier AM, AASTC, LFRAIA is a Director of the highly 6 March 2013. awarded architectural firm Allen Jack+Cottier. In 2001 he The board met six times this year. Trustees attended board was awarded the Gold Medal, the Royal Australian Institute meetings as per the table below. of Architects’ highest honour. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 2004. Keith has served as a Table of Trustee attendance Commissioner of the Australian Heritage Commission, as a Member of the Heritage Council of New South Wales, and Leave of Eligible Name Attended as a Member of the Sydney Cove Authority and the City absence to attend West Development Corporation. His high-profile projects Michael Rose include Wylie’s Baths, the Argyle Centre, the Submarine 6 – 6 (Chairman) Mine Depot at Chowder Bay and Penfold’s Magill Estate in Adelaide. Keith was appointed as a Trustee on 1 January Keith Cottier 6 – 6 2007 and his current term expired 31 December 2012. Grace Karskens 2 4 6 Bruce Hambrett LLM is a practising lawyer, the chairman of Martyn Mitchell 3 – 3 Baker & McKenzie, Australia, and a former General Counsel of SingTel Optus Pty Limited. He is also a Director of the Andrew Tink 6 – 6 Pacific Opera Company Limited and a former chair of the Peter Tonkin 5 1 6 Media and Communications Law Committee, Business Law Section, with the Law Council of Australia. He was Roderick Simpson 4 2 6 appointed as a Trustee on 1 January 2006 and his current 2 + 1 as term expires on 7 November 2015. Bruce Hambrett 3 5 observer Associate Professor Grace Karskens BA, MA, PHD FAHA 2 + 1 as teaches Australian history at the University of New South Paddy Carney – 2 observer Wales. Grace has published extensively, including Inside The Rocks: the archaeology of a neighbourhood, the Louise McElvogue 2 – 2

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 47 multi-award-winning The Rocks: life in early Sydney and Andrew Tink BA, LLB, HonDLitt is a Visiting Fellow at The colony: a history of early Sydney, which won the 2010 Macquarie University’s law school. After eight years at the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction. She is a bar and 19 years in the New South Wales Parliament, where Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, and is his roles included Shadow Attorney-General and Shadow on the boards of the Dictionary of Sydney, the National Leader of the House, Andrew stepped back from active Museum of Australia’s reCollections journal and a number politics to focus on writing. In 2010 his biography of William of international scholarly journals. Grace was appointed as Charles Wentworth won the Nib CAL Waverley Award for a Trustee on 1 January 2008 and her current term expires Literature. His second book, a biography of Lord Sydney, on 31 December 2013. was published in 2011, and his third, the story of Canberra’s air disaster in 1940, was released in 2013. Andrew is also a Louise McElvogue is a principal of Macleod Media, which advises on strategy, technology and media. She works with member of the Library Council of NSW. He was appointed boards, government and executives to set business as a trustee on 22 May 2012 and his current term expires on strategies and policies, and to develop e-business, 22 May 2015. partnerships and digital efficiencies. She has worked in the Peter Tonkin BScArch (Hons), BArch (Hons), FRAIA is Adjunct United States, Europe and Australia for various clients, Professor of Architecture at the University of Canberra and including McDonald’s, Invensys, the ABC, News Limited, the University of Queensland, and is widely published. He Channel 4, the BBC and Société Générale. Louise was a is a partner of Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects, winner of member of the federal government’s Convergence Review more than 90 awards. His projects include the Hyde Park in 2012. This landmark review of Australia’s media and Barracks Museum, the National Memorial to the Australian internet regulatory framework recommended a new Vietnam Forces, the Tomb of an Unknown Australian approach to regulation. Louise has a background in Soldier and the National Arboretum, Canberra, the journalism and her work has appeared in The New York refurbishment of Customs House, the multi-award-winning Times, The Guardian, Financial Times Media, The Wall Plaza Lighting Towers for the Sydney Olympics, and the Street Journal TV, the BBC and CNN. She was appointed Australian War Memorial in London. Peter was appointed as a Trustee in March 2013 and her current term expires on as a Trustee on 1 January 2005 and his final term expires on 5 March 2016. 31 December 2013.

Martyn Mitchell BSc ChemEng, ICAEW, ICAA, has over Cm om ittees 30 years’ experience as an auditor and business adviser, including having spent more than 20 years as a partner in There are four Board standing committees which provide PwC. Martyn has held a number of senior management advice to Trustees: Audit and Risk Committee, Commercial positions within PwC and has extensive experience with and Marketing Services Advisory Committee, Creative major public companies in Australia and Asia. Martyn was Services Advisory Committee, and Heritage and the Chair of the HHT’s Audit and Risk Committee. He was Endangered Houses Advisory Committee. All four appointed as a Trustee on 1 January 2005 and his term committees are convened per Section 9 of the Historic expired on 31 December 2012. Houses Act 1980 (NSW). Associate Professor Roderick Simpson AAIA MPIA is a There are also five HHT standing committees which make principal of Simpson + Wilson Architecture + Urban decisions on both policy and management. Staff are Design, and Associate Professor of at the involved in the management of the organisation through , with interests in and the Staff and Management Participatory and Advisory regeneration, ecologically sustainable design and strategic Committee (SAMPAC) and are also represented through urban design. He has worked with the Sydney Harbour the Joint Consultative Committee (JCC). Committees Federation Trust, and contributed to the HHT’s operating are listed in the Appendices on pages 59–61. Harbourings exhibition at the Museum of Sydney. He co-authored Greenpeace’s ‘Strategy for a Sustainable C orporate Planning Sydney’ in 1992, applying many of the principles in future A corporate plan is developed on a five-year cycle by HHT planning work. Most recently, he led the urban design of staff and Trustees. Using the goals and strategies set out in the ‘Sustainable Sydney 2030’ strategy for the City of the corporate plan, portfolios and teams within each group Sydney. Roderick was appointed as a Trustee in January develop annual action plans. Each action plan is 2011 and his current term expires on 31 December 2013. accompanied by an internal budget bid in April every year.

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These action plans set the direction and budget for the taught in the United Kingdom as well as in Ireland, South HHT’s operational business year. The action plans directions Africa, Slovenia, Canada and the United States of America. are based on the corporate goals and strategies, and Dr Caroline Butler-Bowdon BA (Hons), MA, PhD, is government priorities such as NSW2021: A Plan to make NSW Assistant Director, Creative Services. Caroline has number one. The action plans are incorporated into the HHT’s worked in the cultural/heritage sector for more than 15 years, annual business plan and reported to the Trustees at holding posts at the Museum of Sydney and the Art Gallery of bi-monthly board meetings. NSW, and casual teaching positions at the universities of Sydney and New South Wales. She was most recently Head Management Group Curator at the Museum of Sydney where she published The Director manages the day-to-day business of the widely and curated exhibitions on many aspects of organisation and is responsible for implementing the policies Australian history. In 2009 Caroline completed her PhD at of the government and the HHT. The five-member the University of New South Wales on the history of Management Group meets weekly and is made up of the apartment living in Sydney. Director, the Assistant Director, Commercial and Marketing Ian Innes BScArch, BLArch, is Assistant Director, Heritage Services Group, the Assistant Director, Creative Services and Portfolio. He has been with the HHT since October Group, the Assistant Director, Heritage and Portfolio Group, 2009. Ian has more than 20 years’ experience in cultural and the Assistant Director, Operations Group. The landscape management and conservation, and has held Management Group meets weekly and leads the strategic senior management roles at the Royal Botanic Garden, direction of the organisation. The Director works to an annual Sydney, and Centennial Parklands. He studied architecture performance agreement held with the Chief Executive at the and, later, , and his ongoing Office of Environment and Heritage. professional interests span a range of aspects of the built Mark Goggin E MPA, commenced as Director on 6 August environment, including architectural and landscape design, 2013. He has 20 years’ experience in leadership across the heritage conservation, cultural landscape management museum, cultural and health sectors as CEO, festival producer, and strategic asset management. educator and researcher. For the past decade, he was General Julie Turpie BA (Hons), commenced as Assistant Director, Manager, Marketing, Programs and Commercial Services, at Commercial and Marketing Services, in June 2011. Julie the Powerhouse Museum. Building the museum’s brand profile has more than 20 years’ experience in brand development, and audiences, Mark was responsible for leading destination marketing, commercial venue hire and public entrepreneurial exhibitions and creating innovative programs, programming. She worked for the Sydney Harbour such as the annual citywide festival, Sydney Design. He Foreshore Authority for six years, managing their oversaw the renewal of the heritage Sydney Observatory site sponsorship, business development program and annual and successfully launched the publicly accessible Powerhouse events portfolio at The Rocks and , Discovery Centre: Collection Stores at Castle Hill. Originally including the signature New Year’s Eve and Australia Day trained as a psychologist [BA (Hons)], he has an Executive events. Julie was most recently with Brisbane Marketing, Masters of Public Administration (EMPA) from the Australian responsible for city branding strategies, destination and School of Government (ANZSOG). marketing campaigns and delivering a major events Kate Clark MA, FSA, FRGS, MIFA, IHBC, commenced as strategy for Brisbane. Director in 2008, and left the HHT on 5 August 2013. She is an Trish Kernahan joined the HHT as Assistant Director, industrial archaeologist with 25 years’ experience in museums Operations, in July 2013. In this position Trish has and heritage in the United Kingdom, where she worked with responsibility for the Finance, Human Resources, the Ironbridge Gorge Museums, the Council for British Information and Communications Technology (ICT), and Archaeology, and English Heritage before joining the Heritage Compliance and Knowledge teams. Immediately prior to Lottery Fund as Deputy Director of Policy and Research. She taking up this role, Trish spent 16 years at the Art Gallery of has also been a heritage consultant, working with clients such NSW working in corporate strategic planning and as the States of Jersey, Sir John Soane’s Museum, and the governance. During her 36 years in the New South Wales Museums, Libraries and Archives Council. She has published public sector Trish has worked in management and widely on industrial archaeology, conservation, heritage operational roles across six government agencies. management, and the social, economic and environmental values of heritage, and has

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 49 The HHT is structured around four groups: Commercial The Web and Screen Media Team drives the development and Marketing Services, Creative Services, Heritage and and delivery of web- and screen-based content to enrich Portfolio, and Operations. visitor experience and engage new audiences.

Commercial & Marketing Services Group H eritage & Portfolio Group The Commercial and Marketing Services Group drives The Heritage and Portfolio Group manages the HHT’s self-generating revenue strategies, and is responsible for houses, museums and landscapes, as well as the growing our audiences and building brand awareness and Endangered Houses Fund (EHF) program through place value for the HHT through marketing, design and management, maintenance, capital works, conservation communications activities. management planning, collections care, conservation and landscaping. The Commercial Services Team is responsible for venue hire, commercial leaseholds (cafes) and retail, including the The Heritage Team provides technical leadership and Museum of Sydney shop. It manages the commercial hire of specialist skills in the care, conservation and maintenance the HHT’s unique and specialty venues for corporate and of the HHT’s buildings, interiors, landscapes and movable private events, including for filming and photography. heritage, and manages the EHF program. The Marketing and Communications Team provides strategic The Government House and Eastern Sydney Portfolio direction on and implementation of marketing, design and includes Government House, Elizabeth Bay House and communications (including media and public relations) Vaucluse House, all of which illustrate the evolution of activities to support our properties, exhibitions, public 19th-century architecture and interiors, as well as Rose Seidler programs and events. It also manages the HHT box office. House, a significant mid-20th-century house designed by Harry Seidler. The Development and Fundraising Team manages the HHT’s strategic partnerships and fundraising activities, including The Meroogal and Western Sydney Portfolio comprises seeking corporate sponsorship and government grants and Rouse Hill House & Farm, Elizabeth Farm and Meroogal, working with the Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of including beautiful gardens, a former schoolhouse from the New South Wales. late 1800s, a farm, an education centre and wonderful collections linked to the properties. Creative Services Group The City Portfolio includes the Museum of Sydney on the The activities of the group are related to reaching audiences site of first Government House, the Justice & Police Museum who visit our sites as well as those we connect with online and and the Susannah Place Museum, all of which explore a in regional areas. We produce exhibitions, collection stories, diverse range of stories from the 19th and 20th centuries. educational and public programs, publications and web The Macquarie Street Portfolio includes The Mint (the HHT’s content. We also manage web and social-media platforms. head office and major commercial venue) and the World Through these projects we deliver services and programs that Heritage listed Hyde Park Barracks, two of Sydney’s most involve interpretation, education, audience development and important early-19th-century buildings on Macquarie Street. participation, volunteering, public access to our collections and community engagement. Operations Group The Programs Team drives the development and delivery of The Operations Group supports the business of the HHT programs, engaging a wide range of audiences to access and and its position as a leading history and cultural heritage enjoy our collections, knowledge and museums. organisation in New South Wales. This group is responsible for The Interpretation and Exhibitions Team takes a strategic advice and management across four key corporate multidisciplinary team-based approach to interpretation, governance teams: Human Resources, Information and exhibition, design and publication projects. The team Communications Technology (ICT), Finance, and Compliance provides innovative and accessible ways to interpret our stories and Knowledge. It also oversees the engagement of legal and research for the public, focusing on visitor experience and services. participation. The Human Resources Team provides strategic leadership in The Collections and Access Team manages a suite of online employee relations planning, practice and policy development, discovery tools that provide access to knowledge and research as well as operational services such as payroll delivery and staff about HHT’s collections, sites and buildings. It is also training. responsible for collections acquisitions and de-accessioning.

50 Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 ABOUT THE HHT Org anisational chart As at 30 June 2013

Department m inister of Premier for heritage and Cabinet

B oard of Office of Environment Trustees & Heritage

MembersFriends director

Foundation Directorate

com m ercial H eritage & C reative Services O perations & Marketing Portfolio Group Group Group services group

Heritage Team Collections & Commercial Compliance & Access Team Services Team Knowledge Team City Portfolio Interpretation & Development & Finance Team Government House Exhibitions Team Fundraising Team & Eastern Sydney Human Resources Portfolio Programs Team Marketing & Team Communications Macquarie ICT Team Web & Screen Team Street Portfolio Media Team Meroogal & Western Sydney Portfolio

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 51 The ICT Team develops and manages the strategic are also managed through policies, procedures and ICT services required to achieve the HHT’s business internal controls. requirements, and ensures our ICT network, business We have adopted a risk-management framework that applications, and telecommunications systems are operating conforms to the Australian/New Zealand Risk Management at optimum integrity and performance. Standard (AS/NZS ISO 31000:2009) and to New South The Finance Team provides strategic financial advice and Wales Treasury Guidelines (Treasury Policy Paper: TPP accurate information to ensure the HHT manages its budget 09-5). The mandatory annual attestation certificate is prudently, maintains high standards of internal control, included on page 53. maintains our insurance coverage and is compliant with the Our Audit and Risk Committee is an advisory committee relevant statutory and Australian Accounting Standards. of the Board of Trustees and an integral component of the The Compliance and Knowledge Team manages the HHT’s corporate governance arrangements. Its development, evaluation and review of policies and responsibilities cover the review and oversight of internal procedures to ensure the HHT has the knowledge and controls, risk management, corruption and fraud processes to comply with a range of legislative and audit prevention, external accountability (including the financial requirements in relation to organisational policy, including statements), applicable laws and regulations, and internal records management and risk management. This team is and external audits. also responsible for coordinating the transport and storage The committee meets each year with senior managers of logistics of an organisation operating across multiple sites. the external auditor team from the Audit Office of New South Wales to discuss findings from its review of our V olunteers statutory accounts. The 2012–13 financial statements of the The HHT’s volunteer program enables individuals in the HHT’s consolidated and related entities have all been community to connect with and contribute to the issued without qualification. protection and appreciation of New South Wales’ cultural heritage. Volunteering activities help to raise public Ethical standards awareness about the HHT, reach new audiences and Our code of conduct was adopted in 2000. It is included in achieve valuable work. In 2012–13, 120 volunteers guided the package of material given to all staff, is required at our properties and museums, helped to manage our reading on our induction list for new staff, and is an integral public events and undertook meaningful project work. part of any staff and management training. There were no This year, volunteers gave the HHT approximately incidents of staff breaching the code in this reporting year. 8600 hours of their time. Additionally, 399 volunteers The Trustees’ code of conduct, which was adopted in 2003, participated in Sydney Open on 2–4 November 2012, is specific to our Trustees and is required reading for new donating around 2800 hours of their time during the Trustees as part of their induction. In addition, both the three-day event. Board of Trustees meetings and the Audit and Risk Our volunteers enjoy using their skills, sharing their Committee meetings have ‘conflicts of interest’ as a knowledge and helping to keep HHT properties and standing agenda item. museums relevant and accessible. Volunteers are given Corporate Financial Controls Internal Audit opportunities to provide feedback about their experiences and how the volunteers program is run. During 2012–13, an internal review was conducted by Deloitte, our internal auditors, as part of a triennial audit (See pages 71–2 for a list of people who volunteered plan. The objective of the internal audit was to review and in 2012–13.) assess the HHT’s financial performance in relation to the design and operating effectiveness of the operational and R isk Management financial internal controls established to mitigate risks. Risk management is essential to good corporate Recommendations from the review will be implemented by governance. The HHT is committed to a risk-management management during an agreed time frame as resources approach to planning, which identifies and addresses both allow. The Audit and Risk Committee will monitor the external and internal risks to our operations. Internal risks implementation of internal and external recommendations.

52 Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 I nternal Audit and Risk Management Attestation for the 2012–13 financial year for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales

I, Mark Goggin, am of the opinion that the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales (HHT) has internal audit and risk management processes in place that are, excluding the exemption described below, compliant with the core requirements set out in Treasury Circular NSW TC 09/08 Internal Audit and Risk Management Policy.

I, Mark Goggin, am of the opinion that the internal audit and risk management processes for HHT depart from the following core requirements set out in Treasury Circular NSW TC 09/08 and that (a) the circumstances giving rise to these departures have been determined by the Portfolio Minister and (b) the HHT has implemented the following practicable alternative measurers that will achieve a level of assurance equivalent to the requirement.

Ministerially Determined Reason for Departure and Description of Practicable Alternative Departure Measures Implemented

Core Requirement 3 The Chair and Members of the Audit and Risk Committee are to be appointed by the statutory body. The alternative measures implemented to achieve equivalent level of assurance was for HHT to satisfy itself the chair and members of the HHT Committee collectively possess the eight skills and knowledge as outlined in core requirement 3.4.3. The composition of the HHT Committee membership in 2012–13 met these requirements.

These processes, including the practicable alternative measures implemented, provide a level of assurance that enables the senior management of HHT to understand, manage and satisfactorily control risk exposures. I, Mark Goggin, am of the opinion that the Audit and Risk Committee for HHT is constituted and operates in accordance with the independence and governance requirements of Treasury Circular NSW TC 09/08. The Chair and Members of the Audit and Risk Committee are: > Martyn Mitchell, independent Chair and HHT Trustee (Term 3: March 2011 – current) > Bruce Hambrett, independent Member and former HHT Trustee (Term 2: February 2009 – November 2015) > Michael Rose, Independent Member and President HHT Trust (Term 1: August 2010 – current)

I, Mark Goggin, declare that this Internal Audit and Risk Management Attestation is made on behalf of the following controlled entities: > Foundation for the Historic House Trust of New South Wales > The Hamilton Rouse Hill Trust

Mark Goggin Director Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales

21 August 2013

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 53 Workplace Health & Safety (Wh&S) employee representative groups, the Employee Assistance The HHT’s WH&S Committee continues to meet regularly. Program (EAP), and employees’ leave entitlements and We are proactively case-managing return-to-work plans conditions. for injured employees. We have ensured that the Records management recommendations made by a WH&S consultant were completed and will be maintained. (See also page 30.) The recruitment of records staff was completed early in 2013 and the HHT now has the capacity to provide quality in-house Insurances records management training. We also commenced a As a New South Wales statutory authority, the HHT’s insurable program to review the HP TRIM records management system risks are covered under the Treasury Managed Fund (TMF), and developed a business classification system (implemented the New South Wales Government’s self-insurance scheme. in June 2013). This work was undertaken to improve the There were three property damage claims in 2012–13: HHT’s capacity to implement a digital record-keeping damage to a collection object (long case clock); damage program. We have also commenced a program to address to the floor in the Vaucluse House Tearooms; and hailstorm the backlog of hardcopy records across the organisation. damage to Government House. Each of these claims has These initiatives will assist the HHT to meet key criteria of the been accepted and finalised. From 15 October 2012, the State Records Act 1998, manage records centrally and TMF’s procedures for managing damage to fleet vehicles electronically, reduce dependency on network/share drives were changed to a system of mandatory notification of any and pave the way for the HHT to become a paperless damage to a vehicle including minor damage. Previously, environment. minor damages that did not impact the roadworthiness of a vehicle had been submitted as an accumulative damages Financial controls claim prior to the disposal of the vehicle. Following the The purpose of this review was to review and assess the change in 2012, the number of notifications has increased HHT’s financial performance in relation to the design and and in 2012–13 there were 15 notifications. To date, repairs operating effectiveness of the operational and financial have been undertaken to the vehicles involved in eight of internal controls established to mitigate risks. The review these claims. identified opportunities for improvement with a low residual risk. Legal change No changes were made to the Historic Houses Act 1980 D elegations during the reporting period. The favourable judicial decision The occupants of key managerial positions are authorised by affecting an HHT retail lease was reversed on appeal and, as the Minister for Heritage under Section 12 of the Public a consequence, a further five-year lease has been granted Finance and Audit Act 1983 to exercise financial delegation with court costs awarded against the HHT. This matter is now to specific limits. These financial delegations were reviewed finalised. and updated on 7 April 2013. Policies and procedures In addition, in March 2013 the Chief Executive, Office of Environment and Heritage, under delegation from the During 2012–13, a new comprehensive policy framework was Director-General, Department of Premier and Cabinet, issued approved and implemented at the HHT. The following a revised instrument of sub-delegations in relation to policies and procedures were either developed or revised: employment functions. Under these delegations the HHT’s Staff Discounts (revised), Investment Policy (developed), Director has full employment authority with the exception of Records Destruction (developed), Use of Taxis (revised). the public sector-wide restriction on the employment of In addition, the HHT’s Staff induction handbook was senior executives. significantly revised to reflect the restructure of the organisation, which has now been finalised. This induction manual covers the HHT’s vision and mission, the history of the agency, our organisational and management structure, the research library, the independent friends association,

54 Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 ABOUT THE HHT

O ther operational activities During the reporting period, two EHF properties were sold and a third was revalued. This activity was not anticipated when the original net costs of services (NCS) budget controls were set; however, approval was obtained during the financial year for the change to the NCS result. And this year the HHT has worked closely with the Department of Premier and Cabinet (DPC), who have been allocated the capital grant for the Refurbishment of Government House project. A delay by the DPC in remitting the final reimbursement payment for the 2012–13 accounting period has resulted in a further variation to the HHT’s approved NCS result. The HHT’s policy is to endeavour to ensure that all payments to suppliers are made promptly and in line with New South Wales Government guidelines. In some instances, issues relating to claims for payment require further clarification with suppliers, which can cause delays in payment. Capital work in progress can further affect time frames for payment. There were no instances in which interest was paid on overdue accounts.

Other entities The HHT is responsible for providing administrative support to two other entities: the Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales and the Hamilton Rouse Hill Trust. While these entities are consolidated for financial reporting purposes, they have separate legal structures established by a trust deed or under the Associated Incorporations Act 2009. Each has a board of directors as determined by their enabling legislation. The Foundation Board meets six times a year. The Foundation’s Finance and Legal Committee meets before each Board of Directors meeting. The Hamilton Rouse Hill Trust holds a Board of Directors meeting once a year. The HHT provides support to these entities in the areas of management, finance, corporate secretariat and general administrative services.

Rouse Hill Hamilton Collection Pty Limited The Rouse Hill Hamilton Collection Pty Limited is a private company that formed in October 1994 as Trustee for the Hamilton Rouse Hill Trust. This Trust holds certain items of property in and about Rouse Hill House & Farm. Three HHT representatives and two members representing the Hamilton family make up the board. The Director of the HHT is the Chair of the company. The company complies with all the requirements of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 55 Foudt n a ion for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales

Table settings for the Foundation Governors’ Dinner, 2012, in the ballroom at Government House. Photograph Scott Hill © HHT

The Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of New South This year the Foundation supported the proposed repairs Wales (the Foundation) is a DGR 2 (deductible gift recipient) to the bridge at Beulah, an EHF project. The purpose of the tax concession charity that exists solely to support the work EHF program is to conserve and upgrade key properties of the HHT. It is governed by a non-executive Board of for lease or sale, allied with protective covenants. Directors, which met seven times in 2012–13. The Foundation retained its ongoing commitment to the Through bequests, special appeals, corporate support and HHT’s educational programs, including the Connected the Governors program, the Foundation helps the HHT to Classrooms program, which uses new technology to reach achieve vital goals and initiatives that cannot be funded students across New South Wales. from government sources. The Foundation hosts events in partnership with private This year support focused on the Rouse Hill House & Farm sponsors and supporters, such as the annual Foundation Master Planning project, which is looking at how the site Governors’ Dinner. These exclusive events, held in the can become more sustainable in the future, including historical and evocative settings of our properties, promote providing more ways for children to learn about food the special work of the HHT and celebrate the support and farming. of donors. The Foundation supported acquisitions to the Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection, including an exceptionally rare trade catalogue of garden ornaments produced by the Coalbrookdale Company c1875. This catalogue is held in no other public collection in Australia. A most unusual acquisition to the library was a copy of the 1883–84 annual report from the Massachusetts State Board of Health, Lunacy and Charity on the use of arsenic in daily life, such as its use in wallpaper and sweet wrappers. The report identifies the dangers of arsenic and is illustrated with actual samples of wallpaper, which provide a unique insight into Victorian decoration in Australian homes.

56 Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 ABOUT THE HHT friends of the Historic Houses Trust of new south wales

Dessert serving plate, 19th century, acquired by the Friends of the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales for the Elizabeth Bay House collection. Photograph © Penny Clay

The Friends of the Historic Houses Trust of New South The Friends delivers a program of art exhibitions, held in Wales celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2013. Incorporated HHT museums. This year exhibitions showcased the work of in 1988, the organisation was founded when the Friends of artists Kaily Koutsogiannis, Penny Walton and artists from Elizabeth Bay House and Friends of Vaucluse House The Australian Miniature Art Society. Three exhibitions held combined to form the Friends of the Historic Houses Trust in the Members Lounge were Harry Seidler’s grand tour, of New South Wales Inc (the Friends), having supported Rugs to riches, which celebrated the contribution the the formation of the HHT in 1980 to manage both houses. Friends has made to the conservation and interpretation of A volunteer organisation and registered charity, the Friends HHT sites over the past 25 years, and Remnants of the past of the Historic Houses Trust’s mission is to promote public – Cockatoo Island. The Friends also hosted an exhibition of interest in the HHT and raise funds for the conservation works by the Parramatta Arts Society at Elizabeth Farm. and interpretation of its historic properties. In 2012–13, the Friends provided the HHT with financial The organisation, which has around 5500 members and support of $62,000, which contributed towards the some 40 active volunteers, raises funds through purchase of iPads, umbrellas and fabric, the refurbishment membership fees, events, tours and exhibitions. It delivers of the tearooms at Elizabeth Farm, and the publication of an annual program of more than 90 events about history, Public Sydney: drawing the city. art, architecture and gardens. The program, comprising On 11 November 2012 The Hon Robyn Parker, The Minister members-only events and events for the general public, for the Environment and Minister for Heritage, presented includes walking tours, lectures, concerts, literary lunches, the Friends with a New South Wales Government Heritage private viewings and soirees. Volunteer Award. The tour program this year included daytrips to Canberra The Friends is governed by an executive committee made and the Southern Highlands, an exploration of art on the up of six representatives elected by its members, as well South Coast of New South Wales, several tours examining as the HHT’s Director and one member of the Board of the life and works of the colonial architects, and a Trustees. The committee meets monthly to discuss future three-day tour exploring some of the beautiful houses and directions and funding support for the HHT. gardens of Bathurst, Australia’s oldest inland settlement. Overseas tours to Italy and the United Kingdom were led by Dr James Broadbent and included visits to historic villas and gardens.

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BOADA R ST NDING Louise Ruddock, Head of Strategy University of Sydney, 3/4 COMMITTEES and Government Relations (minute Professor Susan Groundwater-Smith, secretary). Honorary Professor, Faculty of The Board standing committees are Education and Social Work, University advisory bodies to the HHT Board Cm om ercial & Marketing of Sydney, 4/4 of Trustees. Services Advisory Committee Associate Professor Grace Karskens, The Commercial and Marketing Trustee, 2/4 A udit & Risk Committee Services Advisory Committee Andy Kent, musician, tour manager The Audit and Risk Committee is comprises Trustees, senior staff and and co-owner of Love Police an integral component of the HHT's industry specialists. It meets three Records, 3/4 corporate governance arrangements. times a year to provide advice on Its responsibilities cover the review strategic issues relating to commercial Tim Ross, comedian, radio host, and oversight of internal controls, and marketing strategies. author and television presenter, 1/4 risk management, prevention of Liane Rossler, designer and artist, Members corruption and fraud, external co-founder of Dinosaur Designs, 3/4 Keith Cottier, Trustee (Chair), 3/3 accountability (including for the Associate Professor Roderick financial statements), applicable laws Neville Allen, Partner, Holding Redlich Simpson, Trustee, 1/4 Lawyers, and former Trustee, 2/3 and regulations, and internal and Peter Tonkin, Trustee, 4/4 external audits. The committee Ken Knox, Project Director, The GPT usually meets five times in the Group (joined March 2013), 2/3 Staff financial year; however, this year the Louise McElvogue, Trustee (joined Kate Clark, Director (Chair), 4/4 committee also held out-of-session June 2013), May (as observer), 1/1 Dr Caroline Butler-Bowdon, Assistant conferences relating to the approval Martyn Mitchell, Trustee (until Director, Creative Services, 3/4 of the retail write-off. December 2012), 0/3 Julie Turpie, Assistant Director, During the reporting period the Commercial and Marketing Staff committee met with representatives Services, 4/4 from the Audit Office of New South Kate Clark, Director, 3/3 Wales and twice with our external Kate Evans, Head of Marketing & H eritage & Endangered auditors (October 2012 and March Communications (from December Houses Advisory Committee 2013), with part of each meeting 2012), 1/3 The Heritage and Endangered Houses conducted without staff in Damian Poole, Head of Commercial Advisory Committee comprises attendance. Services, 3/3 Trustees, Foundation Directors, senior The members of this committee staff and external experts. It meets Julie Turpie, Assistant Director, and their attendance at meetings in three times a year to provide advice Commercial & Marketing Services, 3/3 2012/13 were as follows: on strategic issues relating to the care and conservation of collections, C reative Services Advisory Members Committee buildings and sites, including the Martyn Mitchell, Trustee (Chair to Endangered Houses Fund program. The Creative Services Advisory 31 December 2012), attended 2, Committee comprises Trustees, senior Members eligible to attend 4 [ie 2/4] staff and external experts. It meets Keith Cottier, Trustee (Chair), 3/4 Paddy Carney, Trustee (Chair from three times a year to provide advice on Tanya Koeneman, Senior Aboriginal February 2013), 2/2 strategic issues relating to how we Heritage Officer, Heritage Branch, 4/4 Bruce Hambrett, Trustee (observer reach our audiences, including on 7 November 2012), 4/6 programming, exhibitions, publications, Associate Professor Carol Liston, Associate Professor in History, Louise McElvogue, T education, web and social media, rustee (attended University of Western Sydney, 1/4 7 June meeting as an observer, collections and research, interpretation and signage projects. Robert McCuiag, Co-Founder, Colliers appointed to the Committee on International, 2/4 17 June), 1/1 Members Colleen Morris, Heritage Consultant, 4/4 Michael Rose, Trust Chairman, 6/6 Dr Jane Connors, Manager, ABC Radio Dr Judith O’Callaghan, Senior National, attended 3/4 Staff Lecturer, Faculty of Built Environment, Dinah Dysart, arts writer, former Kate Clark, Director, 5/5 University of New South Wales, 2/4 gallery director and former Trustee, Peter Root, Managing Director, Root Yaseen Dean, Head of Finance, 4/5 3/4 Projects, 2/4 Ian Innes, Acting Director, 1/1 Elizabeth Ellis, Inaugural Emeritus Curtis Smith, Foundation Director, Trish Kernahan, Assistant Director, Curator, Mitchell Library, and Honorary and Company Director, 1/4 Operations, 5/5 Associate, Department of History,

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 59 Howard Tanner, Chairman, Tanner Workplace Health & Safety Officer, Government House and Architects, and Senior Consultant, Committee Eastern Sydney Portfolio Tanner Kibble Denton Architects, 3/4 The committee comprises both Edward Champion, Visitor Services Peter Tonkin, Trustee, 2/4 management, and staff representing Coordinator, Government House and sites and classifications, and meets Eastern Sydney Portfolio Staff bimonthly to consider, and advise on, Tabitha Charles, Records Officer, Kate Clark, Director, 3/4 workplace health and safety issues Operations (until March 2013) Ian Innes, Assistant Director, (WH&S). In line with Section 5.3 of the Brad Lancaster, Visitor and Heritage and Portfolio, 4/4 HHT Corporate Plan 2010–2015, the committee continued to assess and Interpretation Officer, Macquarie Street Richard Silink, Head of Heritage implement WH&S risk-management Portfolio and Endangered Houses Team systems across the sites. Sara O’Shea, Marketing Officer, (until November 2012), 1/4 Andrew Mitchell, Building Facilities Commercial and Marketing Services HHA T ST NDING Officer, Western Sydney Portfolio PSA staff representative (Chair) COMMITTEES Fabienne Virago, Learning Michael Bennett, Building Facilities Coordinator, Creative Services Collections Valuation Assistant, Macquarie Street Portfolio Committee Anastasia Churchill, Customer Service Human Resources representative The committee meets annually to Assistant, Government House & Georgina Pearce, Head of Human monitor the HHT’s rolling five-year Eastern Sydney Portfolio Resources collection valuation process, review Nicole Elliott, Visitor and Staff reserves formal independent valuations, note Interpretation Officer, Meroogal Carole Best, Guide, City Portfolio (until the value of new acquisitions and and Western Sydney Portfolio determine appropriate global November 2012) Thomas Hull, Building Facilities revaluations. Michel Wilson, Guide, Western Sydney Assistant, City Portfolio Megan Martin, Head of Collections Portfolio Ian Innes, Assistant Director, Heritage and Access (Chair) & Portfolio (Management rep) Management representatives Scott Hill, Portfolio Curator, Western Stuart Macpherson, Gardener, Dr Caroline Butler-Bowdon, Assistant Sydney Portfolio Heritage Team Director, Creative Services Joanna Nicholas, Portfolio Curator, Georgina Pearce, Head of Human Kate Clark, Director Government House and Eastern Resources (Management rep) Ian Innes, Assistant Director, Heritage Sydney Portfolio Dave Wilson, Manager, Building and Portfolio Jennifer Olman, Registrar, and Facilities, Heritage Team Trish Kernahan, Assistant Director, Documentation Operations S taff & Management Joint Consultative Committee Participatory & Advisory Minute secretary This committee, of Public Service Committee (SAMPAC) Amy Rowe, Administration Officer Association (PSA) representatives, and SAMPAC comprises staff, including a staff who are PSA members, meets as Public Service Association (PSA) staff ASCTS O IA ED GROUPS required and provides a forum that representative. Elections are held allows consensus on employee matters biennially, the most recent in FOUNDATION FOR THE to be reached. The most recent September 2011. The committee HISTORIC HOUSES TRUST elections were held in November 2011. meets bimonthly, with reserve OF NEW SOUTH WALES Kate Clark, Director (Chair) meetings held on alternate months as Company directors Kerrie Butson, PSA Industrial Officer required. SAMPAC participates in the discussion of issues such as flexible Curtis Smith (Chair) Darby Carr, Visitor and Interpretation working hours and the Code of Michael Reid (Deputy Chair) Officer, Government House & Eastern Conduct, and acts as the Classification Sydney Portfolio (PSA workplace Alastair Baxter and Grading Committee in reviewing delegate) Kate Clark the grading of staff positions. Trish Kernahan, Assistant Director, David O’Donnell Staff representatives Operations Fiona Playfair Ben Crosby, Client Service Officer, Georgina Pearce, Head of Human Creative Services (Chair) Michael Rose Resources Anna Blunt, Library Technician, Creative Edward Simpson Fabienne Virago, Coordinator, Services Judith Whelan Learning, Programs (PSA workplace delegate) Darby Carr, Visitor and Interpretation Simon White (from Feb 2013)

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F riends of THE HISTORIC Government House Place (the forecourt > The Returned and Services HOUSES TRUST of new south of the Museum of Sydney). League of Australia (NSW branch): wales EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE We also charge for our formal sponsor of the Home front: Jack Mundey AO, Patron education programs: $6–$10 per wartime Sydney 1939–45 Jenny Noble (Chair, Jul 2012 to Apr student, depending on the type and exhibition 2013; Deputy Chair, Apr to 30 Jun 2013) duration of the program. Education In kind Rosemary McDonald (Deputy Chair, programs at Government House are > 702 ABC Sydney: promotional Jul 2012 to Apr 2013; Chair, Apr to free. No fee is charged to support for the exhibition Now 30 Jun 2013) accompanying teachers. and then at MOS Kate Clark, Director, HHT SELF-GENERATED INCOME > Aesop: product sponsor Wolf Krueger > Angove Family Winemakers: Geraldine O’Brien SPONSORS product sponsor of events, Judy Pittaway, General Manager Cash including the House Music concert series at Government House, Graham Spindler > AGL Energy: naming rights exhibition launches and associated Andrew Tink, HHT Trustee sponsor of the AGL Theatre at the programs representative (Oct 2012 to Apr 2013) Museum of Sydney (MOS) and Architecture Media: promotional Elinor Wrobel sponsor of the exhibition Home > support for the Sydney Open front: wartime Sydney 1939–45 at ROUSE HILL HAMILTON MOS event COLLECTION PTY LIMITED Avant Card: in-kind media sponsor > City of Sydney: sponsor of the > The Rouse Hill Hamilton Collection multilingual audio guides for the > C ity of Sydney Art & About: Pty Limited is a private company that Hyde Park Barracks Museum, and promotional support for the was formed in October 1994 as Trustee presenting partner of the Sydney exhibition and launch of the for the Hamilton Rouse Hill Trust. It Open event and the publication exhibitions The wild ones: Sydney holds property in and about Rouse Hill Public Sydney: drawing the city Stadium 1908–1970 and Now and House & Farm that was formerly part then at MOS, and Wicked women > D epartment of Veterans’ Affairs: owned by the Hamilton family. The at the Justice & Police Museum major sponsor of the exhibition Director and a senior staff member Home front: wartime Sydney > Fresh Catering: in-kind sponsor of represent the HHT. 1939–45 and outreach activities the Sydney Open event Company directors associated with the exhibition > NSW Architects Registration Kate Clark, representative, HHT (Chair > Destination NSW: sponsor of the Board: promotional support for the and Secretary) exhibition Margaret Olley: home Sydney Open talks Nanette Ainsworth, representative, at MOS > The Sydney Morning Herald: Hamilton family > Momento: sponsor of in-kind media sponsor of the Public Miriam Hamilton, representative, photographic exhibitions in the Sydney: stop, look, live! exhibition Hamilton family Theme Gallery at MOS, including Margaret Olley: home, Now and GRANTS Ian Innes, representative, HHT then and A convict in the family? During the year, grants of $18.653 Dr Carol Liston, former Trustee, HHT million for recurrent allocation and > N SW Architects Registration Board: sponsor of the Sydney $1 million for capital grant allocation A DMIssiON FEES Open Presents Talks series were received from the Office of Tickets to the Museum of Sydney, the Environment and Heritage. > N SW Police Force celebrating 150 Justice & Police Museum and the Hyde years, 1862–2012: major sponsor of > An additional grant of $556,000 Park Barracks Museum are: general the exhibition The Force: 150 years was received from the Department entry $10, child/concession $5, and of NSW Police at the Justice & of Premier and Cabinet for the family $20. Tickets to all other HHT Police Museum and regional NSW maintenance and refurbishment of properties are: general entry $8, child/ tour Government House. concession $4, and family $17. Entry is Fund ing assistance of $100,000 for > P olice Association of NSW: major > free to The Mint; Government House the development of a strategic and sponsor of The Force: 150 years of and its grounds; and the garden, business-review model was provided NSW Police exhibition and parklands and beach paddock of by the NSW Treasury. Vaucluse House. No fee is charged for regional NSW tour > A grant of $70,000 to provide access to a number of significant urban > P olice Credit Union NSW: sponsor support for the Sydney Open 2012 spaces including the Hyde Park of The Force: 150 years of NSW event was supplied by the City Barracks Museum courtyard and First Police exhibition and regional of Sydney. NSW tour

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 61 > Conservation planning for Rouse Mairaed Bilmon Eleonora Triguboff Hill House & Farm was funded by a Graham Bradley AM and Sandra and John Trowbridge grant of $150,000 from Your Charlene Bradley Gay Voss and David Voss QC Community Heritage Program Diana Brown Fund. Stephen Wall and Alison Magney Wall Andrew and Kate Buchanan > Contribut ing significantly to the Peter Weir AM and Wendy Weir Neil and Jane Burley costs of publishing the book Public Judith Whelan Sydney: drawing the city were a Andrew and Cathy Cameron Kim Williams AM generous $30,000 grant from the Amanda Carter and Randolph Michael and Prue Williams Faculty of Built Environment, Griffiths University of New South Wales, a Tim and Sophie Wilson Kate Clark $15,000 grant from the City of Nicholas and Elise Yates Sydney, and $10,000 donated by Michael Crouch AO and Shanny Crouch the Friends of the Historic Houses ENDANGERED HOUSES FUND Trust of New South Wales. Sue Cummings Charles Curran AC and Eva Curran Silver FUNDRAISING William and Julia Dangar Guy Paynter The Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales Rowena Danziger AM and Guardians Ken Coles AM acknowledges donations (received Anne Galbraith in part or full since 1 July 2009, as per Michael and Manuela Darling the HHT Gift Management Policy) Terry and Dianne Finnegan Protectors in the following categories: Brian and Philippa France Clive Lucas Stapleton & Partners Macquarie Governor Justice Peter Garling SC and Jane Supporters Garling Geoff O’Conor Morna and Edward Vellacott Jennifer Giles Bligh Governor Hyde Park Barracks Domes Appeal John and Jenny Gordon John Schaeffer AO Antoinette Albert Edward and Deborah Griffin King Governor Bruce and Joanne Hambrett Neville Grace Maple-Brown Family Charitable Diana Houstone Peter James Hall AM Foundation Ltd The Sir Asher & Lady Joel Foundation Bill and Allison Hayward Hunter Governors John and Jan Kehoe Robert Maple-Brown Antoinette Albert John Knox and Roanne McGinley- Geoff and Rachel O’Conor Robert Albert AO and Libby Albert Knox Dr Zeny Edwards Clive Lucas OBE DISABILITY ACTION PLAN John Fairfax AO and Libby Fairfax John and Edwina Macarthur-Stanham A draft DAP 2010–13 has been developed in line with the Disability Lynn Fern David Maloney and Erin Flaherty Policy Framework introduced by the John Matheson and Jeanne Eve Prudence Macleod NSW Government in 2008. Our Robert and Kelly Salteri Alan Matthews previous DAP 2006–08 continues in AM Terry and Wendy Mullens place in the interim, and addresses Colin Sullivan AO David and Edwina O’Donnell the following priority areas: information about services, physical Howard and Mary Tanner Hon Justice Michael Pembroke and access to our properties, access to Jill Wran Gillian Pembroke complaints procedures, employment Diana Polkinghorne Phillip Governors and staff training, and promoting Mrs E Ramsden positive community attitudes. Anonymous x 3 Michael J Reed Madeleine Adams The HHT supports the rights of Harvey Sanders and Sheba people with disabilities, and aims Hugh Allen and Judith Ainge Greenberg to provide both physical and Terrey Arcus AM and Anne Arcus Curtis Smith and Jennie Janick intellectual access to our properties, Kate Armati Ian and Maisy Stapleton programs and services. (See also page 18.) James Beck and Michael Kilkeary Nola Tegel Colin Bell Annalise Thomas

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This year, ten of our Visitor and Our information Under the Government Information Interpretation Officers attended Information maintained by the HHT (Public Access) Regulation 2009 we Deaf Awareness training conducted includes: reported the following: by the Australian Communication As far as possible, requests for access > policies and procedures Exchange. to information, not already available plans > at this site, will be dealt with formally. MULTICULTURAL POLICIES > statutory reports You can make a formal request by & SERVICES PROGRAM > images contacting Madeleine Bennison by email or letter. An application form Consistent with the Multicultural > publications Policies and Services Program, we can be found at au/_data/assets/pdf_file/0004/75820/ and linguistic diversity, and have Access_Application_Form.pdf> A ccess to information made progress with our targets, with tangible results in 1) involvement, and We aim to make information about 2) access and enjoyment. We have our organisation and operations achieved steady progress in relation easily accessible to members of the to Priorities P2, P4, P5 and P10, as public, providing there is no outlined in the HHT Corporate Plan overriding reason, in the public 2010–2015. Of the bodies that report interest, not to. Where possible, we to the HHT, none has a multicultural make such information freely policy and services plan. (See also available online at www.hht.net.au, page 18.) under GIPA. The public can follow these links to PRIVACY MANAGEMENT find out more about: PLAN > our policies Plan modelled on the plans of other New South Wales museums, and our > a disclosure log of information Head of Compliance & Knowledge is previously released upon request also the Privacy Officer. We have by members of the public > our annual reports and plans ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT The HHT is proactive in responding > our register of government to applications for access to contracts . reporting period 2012–13 we responded on time to one request After an internal review of the received. categories of information held In an endeavour to increase and created by the HHT, it was accountability and transparency, and considered that none of this to meet best practice, the HHT has information would be released. taken a proactive decision to disclose In 2012–13, one application for information to the public by information was received. This single publishing policy and information on access application was partially our website at www.hht.net.au. refused because it was considered not in the public interest to disclose it under Schedule 1 of GIPA. There were nil open-access applications received by the HHT during this period.

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 63 S chedule 2: Statistical information about access applications

T able A: Number of applications by type of applicant, and outcome*

Access Access Access Information Information Refuse to Refuse to Application granted granted refused not held already deal with confirm/ withdrawn in full in part in full available application deny whether information is held Media ––– – – – – – Members of Parliament ––– – – – – – Private-sector business ––– – – – – – Not-for-profit organisations ––– – – – – – or community groups Members of the public (application by legal ––– – – – – – representative) Members of the – 1 – – – – – 1† public (other)

* More than one decision can be made in respect of a particular access application. If so, a recording must be made in relation to each such decision. This also applies to Table B. † Invalid application.

T able B: Number of applications by type of application, and outcome*

Access Access Access Information Information Refuse to Refuse to Application granted granted refused not held already deal with confirm/ withdrawn in full in part in full available application deny whether information is held Personal information ––– – – – – – applications* Access applications (other than personal – 1 – – – – – – information applications) Access applications that are partly personal ––– – – – – – information applications and partly other

* A personal information application is an access application for personal information (as defined in Clause 4 of Schedule 4 to the Act) about the applicant (the applicant being an individual).

T able C: Invalid applications

Reason for invalidity No of applications Application does not comply with formal requirements (Section 41 of the Act, Part (c): 1 It must be accompanied by a fee of $30). The $30 fee was not included Application is for excluded information of the agency (Section 43 of the Act) – Application contravenes restraint order (Section 110 of the Act) –

Total number of invalid applications received 1 Invalid applications that subsequently became valid applications 1 (after this reporting date)

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T able D: Conclusive presumption of overriding public interest against disclosure: matters listed in Schedule 1 of the Act Number of times consideration used* Overriding secrecy laws NIL Cabinet information 1 Executive Council information NIL Contempt NIL Legal professional privilege NIL Excluded information NIL Documents affecting law enforcement and public safety NIL Transport safety NIL Adoption NIL Care and protection of children NIL Ministerial code of conduct NIL Aboriginal and environmental heritage NIL

* M ore than one public-interest consideration may apply in relation to a particular access application and, if so, each such consideration is to be recorded (but only once per application). This also applies in relation to Table E.

T able E: Other public interest considerations against disclosure: matters listed in table to Section 14 of the Act Number of occasions when

application not successful Responsible and effective government NIL Law enforcement and security NIL Individual rights, judicial processes and natural justice NIL Business interests of agencies and other persons NIL Environment, culture, economy and general matters NIL Secrecy provisions NIL Documents exempt under interstate freedom of information legislation NIL

T able F: Timeliness

Number of applications

Decided within the statutory time frame (20 days plus any extensions) 1 Decided after 35 days (by agreement with applicant) NIL Not decided within time (deemed refusal) NIL

Total 1

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 65 T able G: Number of applications reviewed under Part 5 of the Act (by type of review and outcome)

Decision varied Decision upheld Total Internal review NIL 1 1 Review by Information Commissioner* NIL NIL – Internal review following recommendation under Section 93 of Act NIL NIL – Review by ADT NIL NIL –

Total – – 1

* T he Information Commissioner does not have the authority to vary decisions, but can make recommendations to the original decision-maker. The data in this case indicates that a recommendation to vary or uphold the original decision has been made by the Information Commissioner.

T able H: Applications for review under Part 5 of the Act (by type of applicant)

Number of applications for review Applications by access applicants – Application by an individual for access to personal information about the applicant – (see Section 54 of the Act)

Charges COM NSU ER RESPONSE ELET C RONIC SERVICES Where a formal application is made As the HHT is a service-based DELIVERY to access information held by us, an organisation, customer feedback is of The following services are available via application fee of $30 applies. Where prime importance to us and we monitor the HHT’s corporate website and requests are complex and/or require it closely. We have in place a range of associated sub-domains hht.net.au and the commitment of significant evaluation measures, including visitor sydneylivingmuseums.com.au resources in order to make the books and evaluation forms at each > onl ine resources, including blogs, information available, a processing property, traditional and digital visitor collection databases and links to fee of $30 per hour may apply. books and other interactive devices in HHT-related social media Historic Houses Trust of exhibitions, customer surveys following > al l appropriate government NSW Head Office: public programs, teacher evaluations publications (for reference only, not following education programs, and for sale) The Mint feedback forms for our venue-hire 10 Macquarie Street > HHT annual reports from 2001–02 to clients. In addition, a general file is 2011–12 Sydney NSW 2000 maintained for written compliments and 02 8239 2288 02 8239 2299 > e-commer ce facilities for the T F complaints. Each complaint is dealt with [email protected] purchase of HHT publications and in writing, minor complaints by the merchandise, and for ticketing, To access government information property or team where the complaint membership and donations. under GIPA, please contact: was received, and major complaints by the Director or a member of the Madeleine Bennison Management Group. LAND DISPOSAL Head of Compliance & Knowledge During the year we received 127 No land was disposed of during the Sydney Living Museums compliments in total: our museums and reporting year. The Mint properties (34), venues and functions 10 Macquarie Street (42), events and public programs (20), Credit card certification Sydney NSW 2000 exhibitions (4), Caroline Simpson Library The HHT has a policy for the use T 02 8239 2288 F 02 8239 2299 & Research Collection (3), donations of credit cards by staff that is in [email protected] (10), education programs (6) and accordance with the New South Wales miscellaneous (8). We received 31 To make arrangements to inspect Premier’s Memoranda and New South complaints in total: our museums and documents on site, contact the Wales Treasurer’s Directions. properties (9), events and public officer above. programs (8), cafes (5), exhibitions (2) and miscellaneous (5). Cost of annual report This report was prepared and printed at a cost of $495 and is available on our website.

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HUMAN RESOURCES existing staff and continually trying diversity, innovation and service responsiveness in the New South to improve workplace health Exceptional movements in Wales workforce by reducing barriers and safety. employee wages, salaries and to employment and improving allowances > The HHT plans to increase training in promotional opportunities for A 2.5% salary increase for the New accessibility skills to improve Aboriginal people. South Wales Public Sector came into our outreach to audiences effect in the first full pay period in July with disabilities. 2012 for the 2012–13 financial year. Equal Employment Personnel policies and Opportunity (EEO) practices Our self-assessed outcomes for the year include: > We continued to implement our Occupational Health & Safety and > diversity of representation on Injury Management Plan 2009–11. recruitment panels and the provision of EEO information to applicants > Work commenced on the development of an agency-wide > diversity of representation on Workforce Performance Plan. internal bodies such as the WH&S Committee, SAMPAC and Joint Comprehensive staff training was > Consultative Committee, and on undertaken with a strong focus job-evaluation panels on compliance. > flexible work practices, including flex Future directions days and RDOs, maternity leave, and > Key issues for the year ahead family and community-service leave will be finalising the restructure > provision of development of the HHT, improving our service opportunities through expressions of delivery through better technology interest and higher duties allowance. and interpersonal communication Future directions with staff and management, innovatively inducting new staff, The HHT will explore externally funded further developing the skills of our grants, with the aim of promoting

w orkforce profile data – EEO report

C urrent selections

Cluster Reporting entity Premier and Cabinet Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales

1 Size of agency (headcount) 2011 2012 2013 % change 2012–13

Headcount at census date 260 238 241 1.26% Non-casual headcount at census date 219 199 183 -8.04%

2 EEO survey response rate (non-casual 2011 2012 2013 h eadcount at census date) Non-casual headcount at census date 219 199 183 Non-casual EEO survey respondents at census date 219 199 183 Response rate 100% 100% 100%

Note: All calculated EEO data in Tables 1 and 2 are based on employee status as at census date.

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 67 3 EEO actual staff numbers (non-casual headcount at census date) 2013

People from People People racial, whose with a Aboriginal ethnic, language disability & Torres ethno- first spoken requiring Remuneration Total staff Strait religious as a child People work- level of substantive (men & Islander minority was not with a related position women) Respondents Men Women peoples groups English disability adjustment

$0 – $41,679 2 2 – 2 – – –– –

$41,679 – $54,742 49 49 16 33 – 3 3 – –

$54,742 – $61,198 19 19 3 16 – 2 3 – –

$61,198 – $77,441 42 42 13 29 – 5 1 1 –

$77,441 – $100,145 53 53 26 27 – 8 7 2 –

$100,145 – $125,181 13 13 6 7 – 2 2 – –

$125,181 > (Non SES) 4 4 1 3 – – –– – $125,181 > (SES) 1 1 – 1 – – –– –

Total 183 183 65 118 – 20 16 3 –

4 EEO actual and estimated staff numbers (non-casual headcount at census date) 2013 ACTUAL estimated

People from People racial, whose People with Aboriginal ethnic, language a disability & Torres ethno- first spoken requiring Remuneration Total staff Strait religious as a child People work- level of substantive (men & Islander minority was not with a related position women) Respondents Men Women peoples groups English disability adjustment

$0 – $41,679 2 2 – 2 – – –– –

$41,679 – $54,742 49 49 16 33 – 3 3 – –

$54,742 – $61,198 19 19 3 16 – 2 3 – –

$61,198 – $77,441 42 42 13 29 – 5 1 1 –

$77,441 – $100,145 53 53 26 27 – 8 7 2 –

$100,145 – $125,181 13 13 6 7 – 2 2 – –

$125,181 > (Non SES) 4 4 1 3 – – –– – $125,181 > (SES) 1 1 – 1 – – –– –

Total 183 183 65 118 – 20 16 3 –

Note 1: Estimated figures are calculated on the basis of the number of employees who have responded ‘yes’ to the EEO category as a proportion of the total number of employees who have responded to the EEO survey, multiplied by the total amount of employees in the salary band ie Estimated People with a Disability from salary band 1 = (Actual number of People with a Disability in salary band 1/Total number of respondents from salary band 1)* Total number of staff in salary band 1. Note 2: Respondents are classified as employees who have provided an answer for any of the EEO questions, whether they have chosen to withdraw their response or not, ie all employees who do not have ‘missing’ as their response. Note 3: Separated employees are excluded in the above table.

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4a EEO actual and estimated staff numbers (non-casual headcount at census date) 2013 as a percentage

ACTUAL estimated

People from People racial, whose People with Aboriginal ethnic, language a disability & Torres ethno- first spoken requiring Total staff Strait religious as a child People work- Remuneration level of (men & Islander minority was not with a related substantive position women) Respondents Men Women peoples groups English disability adjustment

$0 – $41,679 2 100.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% $41,679 – $54,742 49 100.0% 32.7% 67.3% 0.0% 6.1% 6.1% 0.0% 0.0% $54,742 – $61,198 19 100.0% 15.8% 84.2% 0.0% 10.5% 15.8% 0.0% 0.0% $61,198 – $77,441 42 100.0% 31.0% 69.0% 0.0% 11.9% 2.4% 2.4% 0.0% $77,441 – $100,145 53 100.0% 49.1% 50.9% 0.0% 15.1% 13.2% 3.8% 0.0% $100,145 – $125,181 13 100.0% 46.2% 53.8% 0.0% 15.4% 15.4% 0.0% 0.0% $125,181 > (Non SES) 4 100.0% 25.0% 75.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% $125,181 > (SES) 1 100.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Total 183 100.0% 35.5% 64.5% 0.0% 59.0% 52.9% 6.2% 0.0%

Note 1: Estimated percentages are calculated in a similar manner to the estimated figures in Table 4, only they are expressed as a percentage, ie Estimated Percentage of People with a Disability from salary band 1 = (Actual number of People with a Disability from salary band 1/Total number of respondents from salary band 1).

5 Parliamentary annual report tables

EEO group Benchmark/Target 2011 2012 2013 5a Trends in the representation of EEO groups Women 50% 63.5% 63.8% 64.5% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 2.6% 0.5% 0.5% 0.0% People whose first language spoken 19.0% 9.1% 9.5% 8.7% as a child was not English People with a disability N/A 1.8% 2.5% 1.6% People with a disability requiring 1.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% work-related adjustment 5b Trends in the distribution of EEO groups Women 100 95 96 90 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 100 N/A N/A N/A People whose first language spoken 100 107 N/A N/A as a child was not English People with a disability 100 N/A N/A N/A People with a disability requiring 100 N/A N/A N/A work-related adjustment

Note 1: A Distribution Index of 100 indicates that the centre of the distribution of the EEO group across salary levels is equivalent to that of other staff. Values less than 100 mean that the EEO group tends to be more concentrated at lower salary levels than is the case for other staff. The more pronounced this tendency is, the lower the index will be. In some cases the index may be more than 100, indicating that the EEO group is less concentrated at lower salary levels. Note 2: The Distribution Index is not calculated where EEO group or non-EEO group numbers are less than 20.

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 69 6 Representation of EEO groups

EEO group Benchmark/Target 2011 2012 2013 Women 50% 63.5% 63.8% 64.5% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 2.6% 0.5% 0.5% 0% People whose first language spoken 19% 9.1% 9.5% 8.7% as a child was not English

63.5% 63.8% 64.5%

2.6% 50%

19%

0.5% 0.5% 0% 9.1% 9.5% 8.7% c c ch n n n be HMARK 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012–2013 be HMARK 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012–2013 be MARK 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012–2013

Trends in EEO group: women Trends in EEO group: Aboriginal Trends in EEO group: people whose first and Torres Strait Islander peoples language spoken as a child was not English

Ues of Consultants Type of consultant Service Amount General > $50,000 Business Review Model $158,488

Property Economic Analysis $63,057 General < $50,000 Branding Project $39,362

Pmentsay Aged analysis at the end of each quarter Quarter Less than 31–60 days 61–90 days More than Total 30 days overdue overdue 90 days $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 overdue $'000 September 2012 560 328 9 31 928 December 2012 549 76 – 6 631 March 2013 696 119 30 – 845 June 2013 783 52 – 42 877

Quarter Total accounts paid on time Total amount paid Target % Actual % $’000 September 2012 100 94 6,053 6,420 December 2012 100 99 5,554 5,636 March 2013 100 98 6,463 6,612 June 2013 100 98 6,167 6,261

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HHT Volunteers. Photograph Alison Waterhouse © HHT

OUR VOLUNTEERS Chen, Xu Chen, Elsa Cheung, Nicole Luisa Gleria, Lesley Goldberg, Jamie As well as those who are part of the Chew, Wei Heng Chin, zhen xun chin, Gooding, Elaine Graham, Neil ongoing HHT Volunteers program, Lee Sheng Kenny Choo, Julia Ciano, Graham, Sharon Greene, Juliana this list includes those who Mariana Cidade, Trish Clancy, Anthony Grego, James Griffith, Marina Grilanc, volunteered for Sydney Open 2012. Clapham, Jonathan Claridge, Terry Francis-Joseph Gross, Janet Grundy, Clarke, Rob Clarkson, Debbie Cluer, Rosa Guan, Lynette Gurr, Robin Rachel , Allana Afshar, Abraham Beverley Conley, Douglas Cook, Gary Guthrie, Margaret Guy, Regina Salman Afzal, Omar Aguila, Remy Cook, Doug Cooper, Patricia Cooper, , Rob Haggett, Sandra Hall, Aguila, Hamed Al-Raisi, Luisa Alessi, Haertsch Bronwyn Coulston, Sevda Cranston, Winsome Hall, Katarina Hamalainen, Lynne Allen, Jean Jorel Alvarez, Prue Nicole Cripps, Andrew Crooks, Yen Chloe Hamilton, Gordon Hannam, Anthony, Marie Rose Arong, Clare , Elsa Darmalingum, Suzanne Shirley Hannam, Roben Hapgood, Ashton, Ozzie Azhar, Andy (Hee Tae) Dao Davey, Brooke Davidson, Kathryn Tracey Harper, David Harris, Tracie , Mary Bagtas, Karin Bahls, Steven Bae Davis-Slade, Catherine De Lorenzo, Harvison, Jan Heffernan, Jennifer Bai, Kim Bailey, Teresa Baldassarre, Grahame Deck, Marie Delas, Grant Hempton, Sheila Henderson, Janet Ann Banister, Heather Banyard, Dempsey, Graham Desailly, Maureen Heslep, Stephen Hickman, Elizabeth Suzanna Bartlett, Scott Barwick, Anne Devereaux, Adam Dickson, Laurence Hicks, Cherissa Higgins, Margaret Baskerville, Leslie Bassett, Adrienne Dillon, Philippa Doig, Margaret Hill, Anthony Ho, Fiona Ho, Danielle Beattie, Kate Belfield, Andrew Bell, Donachy, Mal Donaldson, Elizabeth Hoareau, Isabela Honda, Tim Hopper, elva bennett, Margery Bennett, Donnelly, Antonio Dorigo, Ruth Raymond Horsey, Gerard Hosier, Naomi Bernhardt, Jill Berry, Joy Dornan, Georgia Douglas, Melissa John Hudson, Linzi Hughes, Lesley Berville, Carole Best, Raelene Drake, Natalie Du, Lou Duerden, Peter Hume, Nouha Hussney, Claire Beuermann, Colin Bishop, Richard Duerden, Yvonne M Duke, Priscilla Hutchinson, Heather , Robert Blaxland, Annette Blinco, Hannah Ingham Duncan, Dominic Dwyer, Judy , Irving, Chris Isgro, Carol Jacobson, Boaden, Frank Boland, Hanneke Ebner Cassandra Egger, Victoria Emerton, Ken Jacobson, Kash Jain, Peter Bongers, Vicki Bowden, John Boyd, Kirsten Englert, Julie Evans, Tim Evans, James, Sally James, Wendy James, Lisa Brady, Annette Bray, Ron Bray, Ann Eyers, Ingrid , Katherine Anne Jaumees, Jimmy Jimenez, Warren Bressler, Pam Brock, Dolores Farkas Farrell, Yanfei Feng, Dianne Finnigan, Penelope Johnston, Anne Jones, Brooker, John Brooks, Marnie Brown, Belinda Finocchiaro, Ronald Fisher, Darin Jones, Michael Jones, Dess Helen Bryant, Joan Buckley, Fiona Bernadette Flynn, Sue Forsyth, Helen Bianca Karcher, Buls, Brent Button, Sharyn Byrne, Kammason Kelley, Foster, Julian Foster, Helen Freame, Jeannette Keir, Ashley Keith, Ningyuan , Lisa Calder, Lynn Cai Antonia Fredman, Christine Fulcher, Christine Kemp, Colin Kemp, Graham Caldwell, Jennifer Carlton, Barbara Anne , Diana Garder, Kerr, Aysha Khan, Ming Khoo, Carnie, Anne Carpenter, Steve Galbraith Malcolm Garder, Nicole Gardner, Heather King, Maureen King, David Cartland, Patricia Casbarra, Mike Charlotte Gardner-Dyson, Allan Knapp, Ian Kolln, Lada Kolonkova, Jun Cave, Jenny Cen, David Chandler, Garrick, Gillian Gibbons, Prutha Girme, Ming Kong, Maree Kovac, Vera Jenny Chandler, Suzane Charles, Tina Caroline Gleeson, Diana Glenn, Maria Krasnova, Anthony Kryger,

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72 Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 Historic houses trust of new south wales FINANCIAL statements

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 73 U nderstanding our financial statements

This information is to assist readers to understand our those that are expected to be realised within 12 months financial statements, which are made up of four reports after the reporting date or assets that are cash or cash and accompanying notes: equivalent. Current liabilities are obligations which are > Statement of comprehensive income expected to be settled within the Trust’s normal operating cycle and for which the Trust does not have an > Statement of financial position unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for > Statement of changes in equity more than 12 months after the reporting date. > Statement of cash flows Non-current assets/liabilities are those assets and The statements disclose separately the Trust, which is liabilities that are not current and are generally unlikely to known as the Parent Entity, and the group of organisations be settled within the next 12 months. The difference under the control of the Historic Houses Trust of New between total assets and total liabilities is expressed as South Wales (HHT), which is known as the Consolidated net assets, which equals total equity – that is, the net Entity. The Consolidated Entity includes all of the entities worth of the organisation at the end of the financial year. which fall under our control: 3. Statement of changes in equity > F oundation for the Historic Houses Trust This statement recognises income and expenses, of New South Wales and describes the movement in equity and the source > F oundation for the Historic Houses Trust of those movements during the reporting period. of New South Wales Limited All contributions or distributions are adjusted against > H amilton Rouse Hill Trust the equity account. > Rouse Hill Hamilton Collection Pty Limited 4. Statement of cash flows The New South Wales Auditor-General audits New South This statement shows the nature and amount of cash Wales public sector agencies such as the HHT and its inflows/outflows. The statement reflects a recording of controlled entities. The Auditor-General’s audit certificate cash (as opposed to accruals as in the statement of is included with the financial statements and it states the comprehensive income) when it is received or paid. Auditor-General’s audit opinion of the HHT’s financial The statement of cash flows has only two sections: statements. > T he cash flows from operating activities summarises 1. Statement of comprehensive income those cash flows that relate to the provision of goods This statement looks at our performance over the financial and services. The statement includes cash flows from year (1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013) and is reported as a government. surplus/deficit in delivering our services. The statement > T he cash flows from investing activities summarises enables readers to identify the costs of goods and those activities that relate to the acquisition and services provided and the extent to which these costs disposal of non-current assets and other productive were recovered, as well as the source of the funding. It assets, and investments not falling under the definition also allows the reader to compare the result against the of cash, for example, the sale of plant and equipment. previous financial year to see the change in resources as A resulting net increase or decrease in cash results from a result of operations. The statement is prepared on an the total of the cash flows from operating and investing accruals basis, which means it accounts for income and activities. This is then added to or subtracted from the expenditure when it is earned/incurred and not when opening cash position to arrive at the closing cash money is received or paid. Accrual accounting also position for the year. recognises non-cash items such as depreciation of assets. Other comprehensive income includes changes in 5. Notes to and forming part of the financial revaluation reserve, gains and losses. statements The notes provide further information in relation to 2. Statement of financial position the rules and assumptions used to prepare the financial This statement sets out the net accumulated financial statements, and give more specific information and value at a point in time, in this case, the end of the financial detail about items within the financial statements. year. It shows the assets held as well as the liabilities or Any changes to accounting standards, policy or claims against these assets. The statement is also legislation will be disclosed in the notes. The ‘note’ prepared on an accruals basis. Assets and liabilities are column indicates which note the reader can refer to expressed as current or non-current. Current assets are for further information.

74 Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 F inancial statements contents

76 Independent auditor’s report 78 H istoric Houses Trust of New South Wales statutory financial statements 79 Statement of comprehensive income 80 Statement of financial position 81 Statement of changes in equity 82 Statement of cash flows 83 Notes to and forming part of the financial statements 83 Note 1: Summary of significant accounting policies 89 N ote 2: Expenses excluding losses 90 Note 3: Revenue 91 Note 4: Gain/(loss) on disposal 91 Note 5: Other gains/(losses) 91 Note 6: Conditions on contributions 91 Note 7: Service groups of entity 91 N ote 8: Current assets – cash and cash equivalents 91 Note 9: Current/non-current assets – receivables 92 Note 10: Current/non-current assets – inventories 92 Note 11: Restricted assets 92 Note 12: Non-current assets – assets held for sale 92 Note 13(a): Non-current assets – property, plant and equipment 97 N ote 13(b): Capital works in progress 97 N ote 14: Intangible assets 97 Note 15: Current liabilities – payables 97 Note 16: Current/non-current liabilities – personnel services provisions 98 Note 17: Current/non-current liabilities – other provisions 98 Note 18: Commitments for expenditure 98 Note 19: Contingent assets and liabilities 98 Note 20: Budget review 99 N ote 21: Reconciliation of cash flows from operating activities to net result 99 N ote 22: Non-cash financing and investing activities 100 N ote 23: Financial instruments 104 N ote 24: Property leases 105 Note 25: Events after the reporting period

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 75 76 Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 77 Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales statutory financial statements FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2013

STATEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 41C(1C) OF THE PUBLIC FINANCE AND AUDIT ACT 1983

Pursuant to Section 41C(1C) of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 and in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Trustees of the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, we state that:

a) The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 and Regulation 2010, applicable Australian Accounting Standards (which include Australian Accounting Interpretations), the Treasurer’s Directions and TPP 13-01: Financial Reporting Code for NSW General Government Sector Entities; b)  The financial statements and notes thereto exhibit a true and fair view of the financial position as at 30 June 2013, and the results of their operations for the year ended on that date; c)  At the date of signing we are not aware of any circumstances which would render the financial statements misleading or inaccurate.

Michael Rose Mark Goggin Chairman Director

Dated 23 September 2013

78 Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 beginning OF AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTs

S tatement of comprehensive income FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2013

Notes Consolidated Entity Parent Entity Actual Budget* Actual Actual Actual 2013 2013 2012 2013 2012 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000

Expenses excluding losses Operating expenses Personnel services expenses 2(a) 17,707 17,451 19,089 17, 6 6 0 19,027 Other operating expenses 2(b) 11,194 7,787 11,825 11,117 11,691 Depreciation and amortisation expenses 2(c) 653 546 622 653 622 Total expenses excluding losses 29,554 25,784 31,536 29,430 31,340

Revenue Sale of goods and services 3(a) 4,520 5,572 5,457 4,520 5,457 Investment revenue 3(b) 322 290 416 182 262 Grants and contributions 3(c) 25,174 20,762 25,920 25,314 25,812 Other revenue 3(d) 88 11 369 81 358 TOTAL REVENUE 30,104 26,635 32,162 30,097 31,889 Gain/(loss) on disposal 4 (334) – (17) (334) (17) Other gains/(losses) 5 (526) – (243) (526) (243) NET RESULT (310) 851 366 (193) 289

Other comprehensive income Items that will not be reclassified to net result Net increase/(decrease) in property, plant and equipment asset revaluation surplus 130 – (29) 130 (29) Other (prior year adjustment) – – (3) – 3 Total other comprehensive income 130 – (32) 130 (26) TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (180) 851 334 (63) 263 * Refer to Note 20.

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

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Notes Consolidated Entity Parent Entity Actual Budget Actual Actual Actual 2013 2013 2012 2013 2012 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 Assets ASSETS Current assets Cash and cash equivalents 8 7,76 8 4,381 7, 313 4,876 4,318 Receivables 9 495 688 388 487 367 Inventories 10 315 755 441 315 441 Non-current assets held for sale 12 1,250 4,700 1,737 1,250 1,737 Total current assets 9,828 10,524 9,880 6,928 6,863

Non-current assets Property, plant and equipment < Land and buildings 280,991 283,280 282,012 280,991 282,012 < Plant and equipment 719 700 571 719 571 < Collection assets 38,021 36,490 37, 6 89 37,113 36,781 Total property, plant and equipment 13(a) 319,731 320,470 320,272 318,823 319,364 Capital works in progress 13(b) 445 2,277 163 445 163 Intangible assets 14 396 70 291 396 291 Receivables 9 791 – – 791 – Total non-current assets 321,363 322,817 320,725 320,455 319,817 Total Assets 331,191 333,341 330,606 327,383 326,681

LIABILITIES Current liabilities Payables 15 2,145 2,447 2,090 2,133 2,079 Provisions 16/17 1,606 2,564 1,682 1,604 1,679 Total current liabilities 3,751 5,011 3,772 3,737 3,758

Non-current liabilities Provisions 16/17 805 12 19 805 19 Total non-current liabilities 805 12 19 805 19 Total Liabilities 4,556 5,023 3,791 4,542 3,777

Net assets 326,635 328,318 326,815 322,841 322,904

Equity Reserves 165,796 165,696 165,664 165,563 165,433 Accumulated funds 160,839 162,622 161,151 157, 278 157,471 Total Equity 326,635 328,318 326,815 322,841 322,904

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

80 Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 S tatement of changes in equity FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2013

Co nsolidated Entity Accumulated Asset Total funds revaluation reserve $’000 $’000 $’000 Balance at 1 July 2012 161,151 165,664 326,815 Correction of errors (2) 2 – Restated total equity 1 July 2012 161,149 165,666 326,815 Net result for the year (310) – (310) Other comprehensive income Net increase/ (decrease) in property, plant and equipment – 130 130 Total other comprehensive income – 130 130 Total comprehensive income for the year (310) 130 (180) Balance at 30 June 2013 160,839 165,796 326,635

Balance at 1 July 2011 160,785 165,696 326,481 Net result for the year 366 – 366 Other comprehensive income Net increase/(decrease) in property, plant and equipment – (29) (29) Other (prior year adjustment) – (3) (3) Total other comprehensive income – (32) (32) Total comprehensive income for the year 336 (32) 334 Balance at 30 June 2012 161,151 165,664 326,815

Parent Entity Accumulated Asset Total funds revaluation equity reserve $’000 $’000 $’000 Balance at 1 July 2012 157,471 165,433 322,904 Correction of errors – – – Restated total equity 1 July 2012 157,471 165,433 322,904 Net result for the year (193) – (193) Other comprehensive income Net increase/(decrease) in property, plant and equipment – 130 130 Total other comprehensive income – 130 130 Total comprehensive income for the year (193) 130 (63) Balance at 30 June 2013 157,278 165,563 322,841

Balance at 1 July 2011 157,182 165,459 322,641 Net result for the year 289 – 289 Other comprehensive income Net increase/(decrease) in property, plant and equipment – (29) (29) Other (prior year adjustment) – 3 3 Total other comprehensive income – (26) (26) Total comprehensive income for the year 289 (26) 263 Balance at 30 June 2012 157,471 165,433 322,904

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

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Notes Consolidated Entity Parent Entity Actual Budget Actual Actual Actual 2013 2013 2012 2013 2012 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES Payments Personnel services (17,78 8) (17,453) (19,234) (17,74 0) (19,174) Other (8,617) (9,727) (9,885) (8,541) (9,749) Total payments (26,405) 27,180 (29,119) (26,281) (28,923) Receipts Sale of goods and services 4,337 6,095 5,638 4,325 5,638 Interest received 297 334 445 157 293 Grants and contributions 22,867 20,397 22,873 23,006 22,769 Other 88 1,908 567 81 557 Total receipts 27,589 28,734 29,523 27,568 29,257 NET CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING 21 1,184 1,554 404 1,287 334 ACTIVITIES

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES Proceeds from sale of land and building, plant and equipment, and collection assets 1,148 – – 1,148 – Purchases of land and buildings, plant and equipment, and collection assets (1,877) (1,000) (1,711) (1,877) (1,711) Other – (44) – – – NET CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING (729) (1,044) (1,711) (729) (1,711) ACTIVITIES

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES NET CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES – – – – –

NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CASH 455 510 (1,307) 558 (1,377) Opening cash and cash equivalents 7, 313 3,871 8,620 4,318 5,695 CLOSING CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS 8 7,768 4,381 7,313 4,876 4,318

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

82 Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 N otes to and forming part of the financial statements FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2013

1 m sum ary of Significant Accounting b) basis of preparation Policies The Trust’s financial statements are general-purpose financial statements, which were prepared in a) Reporting entity accordance with: The Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales (HHT) is a New South Wales Government entity. The Trust is a > Australian Accounting Standards (which include non-profit entity (as profit is not its principal objective). The Australian Accounting Interpretations); HHT is endorsed as a Deductible Gift Recipient under items > the requirements of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1 and 4 of the table in Section 30-15, and Subdivision 30-D 1983 and the Public Finance and Audit Regulation 2010; of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997. The HHT is and registered as a public museum under the Act and is > t he Financial Reporting Directions published registered for GST. The financial statements cover the in TPP 13-01: Financial Reporting Code for NSW Consolidated Entity and the HHT as an individual General Government Sector Entities, or issued Parent Entity. by the Treasurer. The Trust as a reporting entity comprises all the entities Property, plant and equipment, collection assets and under its control, namely: financial assets are measured at fair value. Non-current i) Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of assets held for resale are measured at the lower of carrying New South Wales amount and fair value less costs to sell. Other financial The Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of New statement items are prepared in accordance with the South Wales was established for the promotion, historical cost convention. advancement and development of the museums under Judgments, key assumptions and estimations made by the care, custody and control of the HHT. management are disclosed in the relevant notes to the In the process of preparing the consolidated financial financial statements. statements for the economic entity, consisting of the All amounts are rounded to the nearest one thousand controlling and controlled entities, all inter-entity dollars and are expressed in Australian currency. transactions and balances have been eliminated. c) Principles of consolidation The consolidated financial statements for the year A controlled entity is any entity over which the Trust ended 30 June 2013 were authorised for issue by the has the power to control the financial and operating Board of Trustees on 23 September 2013. They are policies, so as to obtain benefits from its activities. consolidated as part of the NSW Total State Sector Accounts. All controlled entities have a June financial year end. All intercompany balances and transactions between  ii) Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of entities in the Consolidated Entity, including any unrealised New South Wales Limited profits or losses, have been eliminated The Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of on consolidation. New South Wales Limited was established for the sole Accounting policies of controlled entities have been purpose of acting as Trustee to the Foundation for the changed where necessary to ensure consistency with those Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales policies applied by the Parent Entity. and has never traded in its own right. There were no financial transactions for the year. d) Statement of compliance iii) Hamilton Rouse Hill Trust The Consolidated and Parent entities’ financial statements and notes comply with Australian Accounting Standards, The Hamilton Rouse Hill Trust was established on which include Australian Accounting Interpretations. 27 October 1994 and holds collection items in and about Rouse Hill House. These were revalued during the e) Insurance year ended 30 June 2010. The Trust’s insurance activities are conducted through the iv) Rouse Hill Hamilton Collection Pty Limited NSW Treasury Managed Fund Scheme of self-insurance for The sole purpose of the Rouse Hill Hamilton Collection government agencies. The expense (premium) is Pty Limited is to act as the Trustee of the Hamilton determined by the fund manager based Rouse Hill Trust and it has never traded on past claim experience as well as the value insured. in its own right. f) accounting for the Goods and Services Tax (GST) The company has issued two $1 fully paid shares. Income, expenses and assets are recognised net of The HHT holds one share and the Director of the HHT the amount of GST, except where: holds the other share. There were no financial transactions in this financial year.

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> t he amount of GST incurred by the Trust as a not through continuing use. Non-current assets purchaser that is not recoverable from the Australian held for sale are recognised at the lower of carrying Taxation Office is recognised as part of the cost amount and fair value less costs to sell. These of acquisition of an asset or as part of an item of assets are not depreciated while they are classified expense; and as held for sale. > r eceivables and payables are stated with the ii) Acquisition of assets amount of GST included. T he cost method of accounting is used for the initial Cash flows are included in the statement of cash recording of all acquisitions of assets controlled by flows on a gross basis. However, the GST component the Trust. Cost is the amount of cash or cash of the cash flows arising from investing and financing equivalents paid or the fair value of the other activities which is recoverable or payable to the consideration given to acquire the asset at the time Australian Taxation Office is classified as operating of its acquisition or construction or, where cash flows. applicable, the amount attributed to that asset when initially recognised in accordance with the g) Income recognition specific requirements of other Australian Income is measured at the fair value of the Accounting Standards. consideration or contribution received or receivable. G ifts, artworks or works acquired at no cost, or for Additional comments regarding the accounting nominal consideration, are initially recognised at policies for the recognition of income are discussed their fair value at the date of acquisition. below: Fa ir value is the amount for which an asset could be i) Sale of goods exchanged between knowledgeable, willing parties Re venue from the sale of goods is recognised as in an arms-length transaction. Where payment for revenue when the Trust transfers the significant an asset is deferred beyond normal credit terms, its risks and rewards of ownership of the assets. cost is the cash price equivalent, that is, the ii) Rendering of services deferred payment amount is effectively discounted. Re venue is recognised when the service is iii) Capitalisation thresholds provided or by reference to the stage of P roperty, plant and equipment, and intangible completion. assets costing $5000 and above individually iii) Investment revenue (or forming part of a network valued more than $5000) are capitalised. I nterest income is recognised using the effective interest method as set out in AASB 139: Financial iv) Revaluation of property, plant and equipment Instruments: Recognition and Measurement. P hysical non-current assets are valued in TCorp Hour-Glass distributions are recognised in accordance with the policy and guidelines paper accordance with AASB 118: Revenue when the TPP 07-1: Valuation of Physical Non-Current Assets Trust’s right to receive payment is established. at Fair Value. This policy adopts fair value in accordance with AASB 116: Property, Plant and iv) Grants and contributions Equipment. Property, plant and equipment is G rants and contributions include donations measured on an existing-use basis, where there are and grants from the Office of Environment and no feasible alternative uses in the existing natural, Heritage, under the Department of Premier legal, financial and sociopolitical environment. and Cabinet (DPC) cluster. They are generally However, in the limited circumstances where there recognised as income when the Trust obtains are feasible alternative uses, assets are valued at control over the assets comprising the grants their highest and best use. and contributions. Control over grants and contributions is normally obtained when the Fa ir value of property, plant and equipment is obligations relating to the receipt have been met determined based on the best available market and, in the case of donations, on receipt of cash. evidence, including current market selling prices for The grants and contributions income is treated in the same or similar assets. Where there is no accordance with AASB 1004: Contributions. available market evidence, the asset’s fair value is measured at its market-buying price, the best h) Assets indicator of which is depreciated replacement cost. i) Non-current assets held for sale T he Trust revalues each class of property, plant and The entity has certain non-current assets classified equipment at least every five years or with sufficient as held for sale, where their carrying amount will regularity to ensure that the carrying amount of be recovered principally through a sale transaction, each asset in the class does not differ materially

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from its fair value at reporting date. Details of the last L and is not a depreciable asset. Certain heritage revaluations are shown at Note 13. assets, including original artworks and collections N on-specialised assets with short useful lives are and heritage buildings, may not have a limited measured at depreciated historical cost, as a useful life because appropriate curatorial and surrogate for fair value. When revaluing non-current preservation policies are adopted. Such assets assets by reference to current prices for assets newer are not subject to depreciation. The decision not than those being revalued (adjusted to reflect the to recognise depreciation for these assets is present condition of the assets), the gross amount reviewed annually. and the related accumulated depreciation are T he estimated useful lives of items under nine separately restated. major categories are: F or other assets, any balances of accumulated depreciation at the revaluation date in respect of Major category Estimated those assets are credited to the asset accounts to useful life which they relate. The net asset accounts are then Non-heritage buildings 40–50 years increased or decreased by the revaluation Computer equipment 4 years increments or decrements. and major software Re valuation increments are credited directly to the Mechanical and electronic 7 years asset revaluation surplus, except that, to the extent office equipment that an increment reverses a revaluation decrement in respect of that class of asset previously Electronic equipment 7 years recognised as an expense in the net result, the Radiocommunications equipment 7 years increment is recognised immediately as revenue in Telephone installations 5 years the net result. Office fittings 10 years R evaluation decrements are recognised immediately as expenses in the net result, except that, to the Miscellaneous tools and equipment 7 years extent that a credit balance exists in the asset Mobile plant 10 years revaluation reserve in respect of the same class of assets, they are debited directly to the asset T he estimated useful lives are reviewed annually to revaluation surplus. As the Trust is a non-profit entity, ensure they reflect the assets’ current useful lives revaluation increments and decrements are offset and residual values. against one another within a class of non-current assets, but not otherwise. Where an asset that has viii) Maintenance previously been revalued is disposed of, any balance D ay-to-day servicing costs or maintenance are remaining in the asset revaluation surplus in respect charged as expenses as incurred, except where of that asset is transferred to accumulated funds. they relate to the replacement of a part or component of an asset, in which case the costs v) Impairment of property, plant and equipment are capitalised and depreciated. A s a non-profit entity with no cash-generating units, the Trust is effectively exempted from AASB 136:  ix) Leased assets Impairment of Assets, and impairment testing. This A distinction is made between finance leases that is because AASB 136 modifies the recoverable effectively transfer from the lessor to the lessee amount test to the higher of fair value less costs to substantially all the risks and benefits incidental to sell and depreciated replacement cost. This means ownership of the leased assets, and operating that, for an asset already measured at fair value, leases under which the lessor does not transfer impairment can only arise if selling costs are substantially all the risks and benefits. Where a material. Selling costs are regarded as immaterial. non-current asset is acquired by means of a finance vi) Assets not able to be reliably measured lease, at the commencement of the lease term, the asset is recognised at its fair value or, if lower, the T he Trust does not hold any assets other than those present value of the minimum lease payments, at recognised in the statement of financial position. the inception of the lease. The corresponding vii) Depreciation of property, plant and equipment liability is established at the same amount. Lease Except for heritage assets, depreciation is provided payments are allocated between the principal for on a straight-line basis for all depreciable assets component and the interest expense. so as to write off the depreciable amount of each O perating lease payments are charged to the income asset as it is consumed over its useful life to the statement in the periods in which they are incurred. Trust. All material separately identifiable component assets are depreciated over their shorter useful lives.

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Long-term leases are deemed to be finance leases in allowance for any impairment of receivables. accordance with TPP 11-01: Lessor Classification of Collectability of trade debtors is reviewed on an Long-term Land Leases. ongoing basis. Debts that are known to be uncollectable are written off. Any changes are x) Intangible assets recognised in the net result when impaired, T he Trust recognises intangible assets only if it is derecognised or through the amortisation process. probable that future economic benefits will flow to Short-term receivables with no stated interest rate the Trust and the cost of the asset can be reliably are measured at the original invoice amount where measured. Intangible assets are measured initially the effect of discounting is immaterial. The credit at cost. Where an asset is acquired at no or risk is the carrying amount (net of any allowance for nominal cost, the cost is its fair value as at the date impairment). No interest is earned on trade debtors. of acquisition. The carrying amount approximates fair value. All research costs are expensed. Development xv) Investments costs are only capitalised when certain criteria I nvestments are initially recognised at fair value plus, are met. in the case of investments not at fair value through T he useful lives of intangible assets are assessed profit or loss, transaction costs. The Trust to be finite. Intangible assets are subsequently determines the classification of its financial assets measured at fair value only if there is an active after initial recognition and, when allowed and market. As there is no active market for the Trust’s appropriate, re-evaluates this at each financial intangible assets, the assets are carried at cost year end. less any accumulated amortisation. T he Trust’s intangible assets (software) are i) Liabilities amortised using the straight-line method over a i) Payables period of four years. Intangible assets are tested T hese amounts represent liabilities for goods and for impairment where an indicator of impairment services provided to the Trust and other amounts. exists. If the recoverable amount is less than its Payables are recognised initially at fair value, usually carrying amount, the carrying amount is reduced based on the transaction cost or face value. to recoverable amount and the reduction is Short-term payables with no stated interest rate are recognised as an impairment loss. measured at the original invoice amount where the effect of discounting is immaterial. xi) Inventories I nventories are held for sale and are stated at the ii) Personnel services and other provisions lower of cost and net realisable value. Net A. Salaries and wages, annual leave, realisable value is the estimated selling price in sick leave and on-costs the ordinary course of business less the estimated Liabilities for personnel services are stated as costs of completion and the estimated costs liabilities to the service provider, the DPC. necessary to make the sale. The liabilities for salaries and wages (including xii) Financial instruments non-monetary benefits), annual leave and paid sick leave that fall due wholly within 12 months T he financial instruments arise directly from the of the reporting date are recognised and Trust’s operations and are required to finance its measured in respect of employees’ service up operations. The Trust does not enter into or trade to the reporting date at undiscounted amounts financial instruments for speculative purposes and based on the amounts expected to be paid does not use financial derivatives. when the liabilities are settled. Long-term xiii) Cash and cash equivalents annual leave that is not expected to be taken C ash comprises cash on hand and bank balances. within 12 months is measured at present value in Interest is earned on daily bank balances and paid accordance with AASB 119: Employee Benefits. monthly at the normal commercial rate. U nused non-vesting sick leave does not give rise xiv) Loans and receivables to a liability, as it is not considered probable L oans and receivables are non-derivative financial that sick leave taken in the future will be greater assets with fixed or determinable payments that than the benefits accrued in the future. are not quoted in an active market. These financial The outstanding amounts of payroll assets are recognised initially at fair value, usually tax, workers compensation, insurance based on the transaction cost or face value. premiums and fringe benefits tax, which Subsequent measurement is at amortised cost are consequential to employment, are using the effective interest method, less an recognised as liabilities and expenses where

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Contributions, and Australian Interpretation 1038: the employee benefits to which they relate Contributions by Owners Made to Wholly-Owned Public have been recognised. Sector Entities. B. Long service leave and superannuation Transfers arising from an administrative restructure I n the financial statements of the DPC, the involving non-profit and for-profit government entities liabilities for long service leave and defined are recognised at the amount at which the assets and benefit superannuation are assumed by the liabilities were recognised by the transferor immediately Crown entity. Consequently, the Trust accounts prior to the restructure. Subject to below, in most for the liability as having been extinguished, instances this will approximate fair value. resulting in the amount assumed being shown A ll other equity transfers are recognised at fair value, as part of the non-monetary revenue item except for intangibles. Where an intangible has been described as ‘personnel service benefits and recognised at (amortised) cost by the transferor liabilities provided free of charge by the DPC’. because there is no active market, the entity recognises L ong service leave is measured at present value the asset at the transferor’s carrying amount. Where the in accordance with AASB 119. This is based on transferor is prohibited from recognising internally the application of certain factors (specified in generated intangibles, the entity does not recognise NSWTC 12/06) to employees with five or more that asset. years of service, using current rates of pay. These factors were determined based on an l) Budgeted amounts actuarial review to approximate present value. T he budgeted amounts are drawn from the original T he superannuation expense for the financial budgeted financial statements presented to New South year is determined by using the formulas Wales Parliament in respect of the reporting period, as specified in the Treasurer’s Directions. The adjusted for Section 24 of the Public Finance and Audit expense for certain superannuation schemes Act 1983 where there has been a transfer of functions (that is, Basic Benefit and First State Super) is between departments. Other amendments made to calculated as a percentage of the employees’ the budget are not reflected in the budgeted amounts. salary. For other superannuation schemes This disclosure is in line with TPP 13-01: Financial (that is, State Superannuation Scheme and Reporting Code for NSW General Government Sector State Authorities Superannuation Scheme), Entities. The budget variance is explained in Note 20. the expense is calculated as a multiple of the m) Comparative information employees’ superannuation contributions. Except when an Australian Accounting Standard j) Equity and reserves permits or requires otherwise, comparative information i) Revaluation surplus is disclosed in respect of the previous period for all T he revaluation surplus is used to record amounts reported in the financial statements. increments and decrements on the revaluation of n) N ew Australian Accounting Standards non-current assets. This accords with the Trust’s issued but not effective policy on the ‘revaluation of property, plant and At reporting date a number of accounting standards equipment’ as discussed in Note 1(h)(iv). adopted by the Australian Accounting Standards Board ii) Accumulated funds (AASB) had been issued but are not yet operative. T he category ‘accumulated funds’ includes all At present, NSW Treasury is mandating not to early current and prior period retained funds. adopt any of the new standards/interpretations. As such, these new standards/interpretations have not iii) S eparate reserve accounts are recognised in the financial statements only if such accounts been early adopted by the Trust. It is considered that are required by specific legislation or Australian the implementation of these standards will not have any Accounting Standards. impact on the Trust’s financial statements. NSW Treasury has mandated not to early adopt the k) Equity transfer following new or revised accounting standards/ The transfer of net assets between entities as a result interpretations as per TC 13/02: Mandates of Options of an administrative restructure, transfers of programs/ and Major Policy Decisions Under Australian functions and parts thereof between New South Wales Accounting Standards: public sector entities and ‘equity appropriations’ are > AASB 9, AASB 2010-7 and AASB 2012-6 regarding designated or required by Australian Accounting financial instruments Standards to be treated as contributions by owners and recognised as an adjustment to ‘Accumulated Funds’. > AASB 10 Consolidated Financial Statements This treatment is consistent with AASB 1004: > AASB 11 Joint Arrangements

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> AASB 12 Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities > AASB 13, AASB 2011-8 and AASB 2012-1 regarding fair value measurement > AASB 119, AASB 2011-10 and AASB 2011-11 regarding employee benefits > AASB 127 Separate Financial Statements > AASB 128 Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures > AASB 1053 and AASB 2010-2 regarding differential reporting > A ASB 2010-10 regarding removal of fixed dates for first-time adopters > A ASB 2011-2 regarding Trans-Tasman Convergence – Reduced Disclosure Requirements (RDR) > A ASB 2011-4 removing individual KMP disclosure requirements > AASB 2011-6 regarding RDR and relief from consolidation > AASB 2011-7 regarding consolidation and joint arrangements > AASB 2011-12 regarding Interpretation 20

o) Trustee benefits N o Trustee of the HHT has entered into a material contract with the HHT or the Consolidated Entity since the end of the previous financial period and there are no material contracts involving Trustees’ interests existing at the end of the period.

p) Taxation status T he activities of the Trust are exempt of income tax. The Trust is registered for GST purposes and has gift deductible recipient status.

q) Services provided at no cost W here material contributions are made to the Trust at no charge, an expense is recorded in the accounts to reflect activities at the Trust and is offset by an equivalent revenue entry.

r) biobanking Trust Fund – receivable T he Biobanking Agreement requires that the proceeds from the sale of biobank credits are transferred into the Biobanking Trust Fund administered by the Office of Environment and Heritage. The balance of the Biobanking Trust Fund receivable represents amounts that will be made available to the HHT in order to fund the environmental works required under the Biobanking Agreement.

s) Biobanking restoration provision The biobanking restoration provision is the environmental obligation to maintain the biodiversity of the land in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Biobanking Agreement. It will be funded by the amounts receivable from the Biobanking Trust Fund.

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Consolidated Notes Entity Parent Entity 2013 2012 2013 2012 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 2 Expenses Excluding Losses (a) Personnel services expenses Salaries and wages (including recreation leave) 13,632 14,672 13,592 14,620 Superannuation – defined benefit plans 93 50 93 50 Superannuation – defined contribution plans 1,120 1,243 1,116 1,238 Long service leave 4 1,168 4 1,168 Workers compensation insurance 239 315 239 314 Payroll tax on superannuation – defined benefit plan 5 3 5 3 Payroll tax and fringe benefits tax 851 1,051 848 1,047 Redundancy termination payments 1,763 587 1,763 587 17,707 19,089 17,660 19,027 (b) Other operating expenses Advertising and publicity 584 526 584 526 Auditors’ remuneration – internal 38 24 38 24 Auditors’ remuneration – external 98 84 88 74 Bad debts 3 – 3 – Books, publications and subscriptions 43 40 43 40 Contract cleaning 754 741 754 741 Contract staff 642 1,051 642 1,052 Cost of sales 297 476 297 476 Entertainment and catering expenses 53 76 23 36 Exhibition fees and related costs 365 469 365 469 Fees for services rendered 701 627 668 551 Gas and electricity 700 593 700 593 Insurance 255 232 255 232 Maintenance 1,965 1,877 1,965 1,877 Office printing contracts 143 30 143 30 Marketing and promotion 337 468 337 464 Motor vehicle running costs 140 162 140 162 Operating lease rental expenses 192 225 192 225 Other expenses 325 484 324 480 Postage 33 60 32 60 Printing 112 39 111 39 Public programs 259 276 259 276 Rates 67 84 67 84 Stores and IT maintenance 421 536 420 536 Telecommunications 320 297 320 297 Travel and accommodation 40 60 40 59 Services provided free of charge 22 2,307 2,288 2,307 2,288 11,194 11,825 11,117 11,691

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(c) Depreciation and amortisation expenses Buildings 368 364 368 364 Plant and equipment 206 202 206 202 Intangibles 79 56 79 56 653 622 653 622

Notes Consolidated Entity Parent Entity 2013 2012 2013 2012 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 3 Revenue (a) Sale of goods and services Sale of goods Merchandise, book and publication sales 632 919 632 919 632 919 632 919 Rendering of services Admission fees 1,393 1,588 1,393 1,588 Special activities and openings 356 513 356 513 Venue hire and catering 1,200 1,368 1,200 1,368 Rental – commercial activities 867 994 867 994 Filming and photography 72 75 72 75 3,888 4,538 3,888 4,538 4,520 5,457 4,520 5,457 (b) Investment revenue T-Corp Hour-Glass investment facilities 67 98 58 49 Interest income – term deposit 233 270 103 174 Interest income – other 22 48 21 39 322 416 182 262 (c) Grants and contributions From DPC Recurrent grants 18,642 19,334 18,642 19,334 Capital grants 1,000 562 1,000 562 Personnel service benefits and liabilities provided free of charge by the DPC > Superannuation (defined benefit) 93 50 93 50 > Long service leave 4 1,168 4 1,168 > Payroll tax 5 3 5 3 Voluntary redundancy recoupment 1,738 1,462 1,738 1,462 21,482 22,579 21,482 22,579 From other institutions and individuals Donations – cash 263 288 443 185 Sponsorship – cash 107 83 67 78 Grants – other 952 655 952 655 Sponsorship – in kind 22 159 162 159 162 Donations – in kind 13(a) & 22 63 27 63 27 Other services provided free of charge 22 2,148 2,126 2,148 2,126 3,692 3,341 3,832 3,233 25,174 25,920 25,314 25,812 (d) Other revenue Other revenue 88 369 81 358 88 369 81 358

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Noteo s C nsolidated Entity Parent Entity 2013 2012 2013 2012 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 4 Gain/(Loss) on Disposal Property, plant and equipment (18) (17) (18) (17) Non-current assets held for sale (316) – (316) – (334) (17) (334) (17)

5 Other Gains/(Losses) Inventory (17) (243) (17) (243) Non-current assets held for sale (509) – (509) – (526) (243) (526) (243)

6 Conditions on Contributions The Trust receives monies and gifts of property subject to restrictions. The aggregate of these contributions received for the year has been stated as revenue. This revenue is provided for expenditure in the current year and future years. Where the gift is a property, it is recognised as a restricted asset as reflected in Note 11.

7 Service Groups of Entity The HHT cares for the state’s historically and culturally significant heritage properties, and operates as a single service group.

8 Current Assets – Cash and Cash Equivalents Cash at bank and on hand 889 2,333 824 2,117 TCorp Hour-Glass cash facility 2,208 113 1,906 68 Other investments – term deposits 4,671 4,867 2,146 2,134 7,768 7,313 4,876 4,318 Cash and cash equivalents (per statement of financial position) 7,76 8 7, 313 4,876 4,318 Closing cash and cash equivalents (per statement of cash flows) 7,768 7,313 4,876 4,318

For the purpose of the statement of cash flows, cash and cash equivalents include cash at bank, cash on hand and short-term deposits. Cash and cash equivalent assets recognised in the statement of financial position are reconciled at the end of the financial year to the statement of cash flows as above. Details regarding credit risk, liquidity risk and market risk, including financial assets that are either past due or impaired, are disclosed in Note 23.

9 Current/Non-Current Assets – Receivables Current Sale of goods and services 160 158 160 158 Less allowance for impairment – – – – Accrued income 69 43 44 19 Prepayments 38 – 38 – Other receivables 168 187 185 190 Biobanking funds receivable 60 – 60 – 495 388 487 367 Non-current Biobanking funds receivable 791 – 791 – 791 – 791 –

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Noteo s C nsolidated Entity Parent Entity 2013 2012 2013 2012 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000

10 Current/Non-Current Assets – Inventories Held for resale 315 441 315 441 315 441 315 441

11 Restricted Assets Cash and cash equivalents 6,595 5,895 3,703 2,899 Non-current assets 5,704 7, 265 5,704 7, 265 12,299 13,160 9,407 10,164

Cash and fixed assets are restricted assets to the extent that they represent bequests and donations held by the HHT to be used in accordance with the deed of trust, caveats or other documents governing these funds.

12 Non-current Assets – Assets Held for sale Land and buildings 1,250 1,737 1,250 1,737 1,250 1,737 1,250 1,737

The Endangered Houses Fund (EHF) program identifies significant at-risk properties across New South Wales and saves them from demolition or unsympathetic development. Properties are acquired, conserved, protected and then offered back to the marketplace for the use and enjoyment of future generations. Non-current assets held for resale that meet the criteria of AASB 5: Non-current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations have been separately disclosed in the statement of financial position. AASB 5 requires long-term assets that are available for sale in their existing condition and being actively and marketed with reasonable expectations of sale to be classified as ‘non-current assets held for sale’ and disclosed in the statement of financial position under ‘current assets’.

13(a) Non-Current Assets – Property, Plant and Equipment

Land and buildings Gross carrying amount – fair value 285,245 285,898 285,245 285,898 Accumulated depreciation and impairment (4,254) (3,886) (4,254) (3,886) Land and buildings at fair value 280,991 282,012 280,991 282,012 Plant and equipment Gross carrying amount – fair value 2,504 2,691 2,504 2,691 Accumulated depreciation and impairment (1,785) (2,120) (1,785) (2,120) Plant and equipment at fair value 719 571 719 571 Collection assets Gross carrying amount – fair value 38,021 37, 6 89 37,113 36,781 Accumulated depreciation and impairment – – – – Collection assets at fair value 38,021 37,689 37,113 36,781 Total property, plant and equipment at fair value 319,731 320,272 318,823 319,364

Collection assets are not depreciated. Refer to Note 1(h)(vii).

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Reconciliation A reconciliation of the carrying amount of each class of property and equipment at the beginning and end of each reporting period is shown below:

Land and Plant and Collection buildings equipment assets Total Consolidated Entity $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 Year ended 30 June 2013 Net carrying amount at start of year 282,012 571 37, 6 89 320,272 Additions 780 373 78 1,231 Contributed assets (donations) – – 1 1 Assets held for sale (1,433) – – (1,433) Disposals – (20) (3) (23) Transfer of capital WIP – – 126 126 Depreciation expense (368) (205) – (573) Net revaluation increments less revaluation decrements – – 130 130 Net carrying amount at end of year 280,991 719 38,021 319,731

Year ended 30 June 2012 Net carrying amount at start of year 280,587 592 37, 557 318,736 Additions 1,080 191 146 1,417 Contributed assets (donations) – – 24 24 Assets held for sale – – – – Disposals – (9) (9) (18) Transfer of capital WIP 708 – – 708 Depreciation expense (363) (203) – (566) Net revaluation increments less revaluation decrements – – (29) (29) Net carrying amount at end of year 282,012 571 37,689 320,272

Land and Plant and Collection buildings equipment assets Total Parent Entity $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 Year ended 30 June 2013 Net carrying amount at start of year 282,012 571 36,781 319,364 Additions 780 373 78 1,231 Contributed assets (donations) – – 1 1 Assets held for sale (1,433) – – (1,433) Disposals – (20) (3) (23) Transfer of capital WIP – – 126 126 Depreciation expense (368) (205) – (573) Net revaluation increments less revaluation decrements – – 130 130 Net carrying amount at end of year 280,991 719 37,113 318,823

Year ended 30 June 2012 Net carrying amount at start of year 280,587 592 36,649 317,828 Additions 1,080 191 146 1,417 Contributed assets – – 24 24 Assets held for sale – – – – Disposals – (9) (9) (18) Transfer of capital WIP 708 – – 708 Depreciation expense (363) (203) – (566) Net revaluation increments less revaluation decrements – – (29) (29) Net carrying amount at end of year 282,012 571 36,781 319,364

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Valuation Date method adopted Current use Accredited Property name Property location valued 30 June 2013 30 June 2013 valuer

1 Glenfield House, Casula Leacocks Lane, Jun 2013 Market-based Endangered Opteon Casula evidence Houses Fund (EHF)

2 Throsby Park Throsby Park Rd, Jun 2011 Replacement cost EHF Former Land Moss Vale & Property Management Authority (LPMA)

3 Beulah 767 Appin Rd, Gilead Jun 2011 Replacement cost EHF LPMA

4 Tusculum 1–3 Manning St, Jun 2011 Net recoverable Leased LPMA Potts Point amount

5 Hyde Park Barracks Macquarie St, Jun 2010 Replacement cost Museum LPMA Sydney

6 Government House Macquarie St, Jun 2010 Replacement cost Museum LPMA Sydney

7 Elizabeth Farm 70 Alice St, Jun 2010 Replacement cost Museum LPMA Rosehill

8 Vaucluse House Wentworth Rd, Jun 2010 Replacement cost Museum LPMA Vaucluse

9 Wentworth Mausoleum Chapel Rd, Jun 2010 Replacement cost Museum LPMA Vaucluse

10 Rouse Hill House & Farm 980 Windsor Rd, Jun 2010 Replacement cost Museum LPMA Rouse Hill

11 Rose Seidler House 71 Clissold Rd, Jun 2010 Replacement cost Museum LPMA Wahroonga

12 Elizabeth Bay House 7 Onslow Ave, Jun 2010 Replacement cost Museum LPMA Elizabeth Bay

13 Meroogal 35 West St, Jun 2010 Replacement cost Museum LPMA Nowra

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Valuation Date method adopted Current use Accredited Property name Property location valued 30 June 2013 30 June 2013 valuer

14 The Mint museum Queens Square, Jun 2010 Replacement cost Museum LPMA Macquarie St, Sydney

15 The Mint, Head Office The Mint, Jun 2010 Replacement cost Museum/ LPMA 10 Macquarie St, office space Sydney

16 Museum of Sydney 37 Phillip St, Jun 2010 Replacement cost Museum LPMA Sydney

17 Young Street terraces 36–42 Young St, Jun 2010 Market-based Commercial LPMA Sydney evidence office space

18 Nissen hut 4 Somerset St, Belmont, Jun 2010 Market-based EHF LPMA Lake Macquarie evidence

19 Justice & Police Museum 8 Phillip St, Jun 2010 Replacement cost Museum LPMA Circular Quay

The majority of the properties were valued on depreciated replacement costs, as the properties are specialised properties purpose-built with the majority used as museums. The properties that are to be sold are valued on market-based evidence.

Endangered Houses Fund properties Land and buildings include properties and attached assets (2013: $5.704m; 2012: $7.265m) that have been acquired under the EHF program. Through the EHF program the HHT identifies significant at-risk properties and saves them from demolition or unsympathetic development. The program provides for the selective restoration of these properties and their subsequent sale with heritage protection conditions. In 2012–13, two EHF properties were sold: Exeter Farm and Moruya manse.

COLLECTIONS VALUATION i) T he major collection items at each property have been valued by accredited valuers at their fair value. The remaining collection items were valued internally by expert curatorial staff of the Valuations Committee, which was established by the Finance and Audit Committee (now Audit and Risk Committee). ii) The list overleaf identifies individual property collections valued at 30 June 2013 and earlier, valued by accredited valuers and expert in-house valuers.

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C ollections revalued at 30 June 2013

Collection Date valued Accredited valuer

Government House 30 Jun 2013 Andrew Shapiro

Meroogal 30 Jun 2013 Phillip Morris

These values do not differ materially from their fair values at reporting date.

Collections to be revalued in later years (past 30 June 2013)

Collection Date valued Accredited valuer

Vaucluse House 30 Jun 2012 Adrienne Carlson

Elizabeth Bay House 30 Jun 2012 Adrienne Carlson

Elizabeth Farm 30 Jun 2012 Adrienne Carlson

Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection 30 Jun 2011 Various external valuers

Hyde Park Barracks Museum 9 Jun 2011 Simon Storey Valuers

First Government House 9 Jun 2011 Simon Storey Valuers

The Mint 9 Jun 2011 Simon Storey Valuers

Rose Seidler House 30 Jun 2010 Various in-house valuers

Museum of Sydney 30 Jun 2010 Various in-house valuers

Justice & Police Museum 30 Jun 2010 Various in-house valuers

Rouse Hill House & Farm 30 Jun 2010 Various in-house valuers

Susannah Place Museum 30 Jun 2010 Various in-house valuers

Archaeology collections 30 Jun 2010 Various in-house valuers

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Notes Consolidated Entity Parent Entity 2013 2012 2013 2012 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 13(b) Capital works in progress Buildings 404 138 404 138 Software 41 25 41 25 445 163 445 163

14 Intangible Assets Software At 30 June 2013 Cost (gross carrying amount) 1,152 968 1,152 968 Accumulated amortisation and impairment (756) (677) (756) (677) Net carrying amount 396 291 396 291

Year ended 30 June 2013 Net carrying amount at start of year 291 121 291 121 Additions 184 226 184 226 Amortisation (79) (56) (79) (56) Net carrying amount at end of year 396 291 396 291 16 15 Current Liabilities – Payables Payables Creditors 759 969 758 969 Unearned revenue 224 126 224 126 Accrued expenses 1,065 733 1,054 722 Sundry payables 97 262 97 262 2,145 2,090 2,133 2,079

16 Current/Non-Current Liabilities – PERSONNEL SERVICES Provisions Current provisions expected to be settled within 12 months Personnel services provisions Recreation leave 1,186 1,263 1,184 1,261 Long service leave on-costs 249 334 249 334 1,435 1,597 1,433 1,595 Current provisions expected to be settled after 12 months Personnel services provisions Recreation leave 62 67 62 66 Long service leave on-costs 13 18 13 18 75 85 75 84 1,510 1,682 1,508 1,679 N-CR ON UR ENT Long service leave on-costs 14 19 14 19 14 19 14 19 Aggregate personnel services provisions Provisions – current 1,510 1,682 1,508 1,679 Provisions – non-current 14 19 14 19 1,524 1,701 1,522 1,698

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Notes Consolidated Entity Parent Entity 2013 2012 2013 2012 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 17 Current/Non-Current Liabilities – other Provisions Current provisions expected to be settled within 12 months Biobanking restoration provisions 96 – 96 – 96 – 96 – N-CR ON UR ENT Biobanking restoration provisions 791 – 791 – 791 – 791 –

The biodiversity restoration provisions are for the Beulah property.

18 Commitments for Expenditure (a) Capital commitments Aggregate of capital expenditure for the acquistion of various property, plant and equipment contracted for at balance date and not provided for: > Not later than one year (under one year) 777 161 777 161 > Later than one year but not later than five years – – – – > Later than five years – – – – Total (including GST) 777 161 777 161

(b) Operating lease commitments Future non-cancellable operating lease rentals not provided for and payable: > Not later than one year (under one year) 407 306 407 306 > Later than one year but not later than five years 1,458 992 1,458 992 > Later than five years – 144 – 144 Total (including GST) 1,865 1,442 1,865 1,442

The operating leases are for motor vehicles, office printers and rental lease for our storage facility at Pymble.

19 Contingent ASSETS AND Liabilities The Treasury Managed Fund normally calculates hindsight premiums each year. There are no other contingent assets or liabilities.

20 Budget Review

Net result The actual net result was lower than budget by $1.2m. This is due to three factors. First, the timing of the grant of $0.3m received from the DPC for expenses associated with the Government House refurbishment project. The Trust has incurred the expenditure in the 2012–13 financial year without recognising the grant revenue, as it was not received as at 30 June 2013. Second, the Trust has incurred a conservation deficit of $0.3m on the sale of two EHF properties and a $0.5m valuation decrement on another EHF property. The Trust restores the Endangered Houses and offers back the property to the market for the use and benefit of future generations. Third, there has been a change to the accounting treatment of the Beulah property biobanking program. This program commenced in 2011–12 and the $0.1m receipts were initially treated as revenue. The final transfer of biodiversity credits to the Biobanking Trust Fund occurred in August 2012. This triggered the agreement and a decision has been taken this year to recognise a receivable, and a provision has also been created to recognise the biobanking restoration obligation.

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Assets and liabilities There are no significant variances between the actual and budgeted net assets.

Cash flows The actual net cash flow is greater than budget, as the cash flow of the Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales (Foundation) has been included in the actual. The budget excluded the Foundation’s net cash from donations and bequests.

Noteo s C nsolidated Entity Parent Entity 2013 2012 2013 2012 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 21 Reconciliation of Cash Flows from Ora pe ting Activities to Net Result

Reconciliation of the net result for the year to net cash flows from operating activities Net cash generated from operating activities 1,184 404 1,287 334 Net gain/(loss) on sale of property, plant and equipment (18) (261) (18) (261) Net gain/(loss) on sale of non-current assets held for sale (316) – (316) – Writedown of non-current assets held for sale (509) – (509) – Bad debts written off (3) – (3) – Depreciation (653) (622) (653) (622) Donation of collection/previously unrecognised assets 1 24 1 24 (Increase)/decrease in trade and other payables (765) 1,230 (766) 1,229 Increase/(decrease) in trade and other receivables 895 (348) 911 (355) Increase/(decrease) in inventories (126) (60) (127) (60) Net Result (310) 366 (193) 289

22 Non-cash financing and investing activities The following items are brought to account as expenses in the statement of comprehensive income and are credited as income in the form of non-cash sponsorship, non-cash donations or services provided free of charge.

Donations of collections items 1 24 1 24 1 24 1 24 Advertising through Fairfax Media Ltd 159 162 159 162 Security services by NSW Police Force 1,536 1,500 1,536 1,500 Maintenance by Royal Botanic Gardens Trust 612 626 612 626 2,307 2,288 2,307 2,288 2,308 2,312 2,308 2,312

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The Trust received sponsorship free of charge from Fairfax Media Ltd, shown in the table on page 99 as advertising. In 2012–13, the Trust received security services and gardening services free of charge for Government House from the NSW Police Force and the Royal Botanic Gardens Trust respectively. The Trust’s work was also assisted by HHT members and volunteers. These services were provided free of charge and it is considered not possible to estimate their value.

23 Financial Instruments The Trust’s financial instruments are outlined below. These financial instruments arise directly from the Trust’s operations or are required to finance the Trust’s operations. The Trust does not enter into or trade financial instruments, including derivative financial instruments, for speculative purposes. The Trust’s main risks arising from financial instruments are outlined below, together with the Trust’s objectives, policies and processes for measuring and managing risk. Further quantitative and qualitative disclosures are included throughout these financial statements. The Director has the overall responsibility for the establishment and oversight of risk management and reviews, and agrees policies for managing each of these risks. Risk-management policies are established to identify and analyse the risks faced by the Trust, to set risk limits and controls, and to monitor risks. Compliance with policies is reviewed by the internal auditor on a cyclical basis.

ne ot s Categories Consolidated Entity Parent Entity 2013 2012 2013 2012 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 a) Financial instrument categories

Financial assets class Cash and cash equivalents 8 NA 7,76 8 7, 313 4,877 4,318 Receivables Loans and receivables 9 (at amortised cost) 229 301 204 277

Financial liabilities class Payables Financial liabilities measured at 15 amortised cost 759 969 758 969

b) Credit risk C redit risk arises when there is the possibility of the Trust’s debtors defaulting on their contractual obligations, resulting in a financial loss to the Trust. The maximum exposure to credit risk is generally represented by the carrying amount of the financial assets (net of any allowance for impairment). C redit risk arises from the financial assets of the Trust, including cash, receivables and authority deposits. No collateral is held by the Trust. The Trust has not granted any financial guarantees. Credit risk associated with the Trust’s financial assets, other than receivables, is managed through the selection of counterparts and the establishment of minimum credit rating standards. Authority deposits held with NSW TCorp are guaranteed by the state.

i) Cash C ash comprises cash on hand and bank balances and bank balances within NSW Treasury’s banking system. Interest is earned on daily bank balances at the daily rate set by the bank. The TCorp Hour-Glass cash facility is discussed in Note 23(e).

ii) R eceivables – trade debtors A ll trade debtors are recognised as amounts receivable at balance date. The collectability of trade debtors is reviewed on an ongoing basis. Procedures as established in the Treasurer’s Directions are followed to recover outstanding amounts, including letters of demand. Debts that are known to be uncollectable are written off. An allowance for impairment is raised when there is objective evidence that the entity will not be able to collect all amounts due. This evidence includes past experience, and current and expected changes in economic conditions and debtor credit ratings. No interest is earned on trade debtors. Sales are made on 30-day terms.

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T he Trust is not materially exposed to concentrations of credit risk to a single trade debtor or group of debtors. Based on past experience, debtors that are not past due (2013:$116,116; 2012:$71,633) and less than six months past due (2013:$43,519; 2012:$131,269) are not considered impaired and together represent 100% of the total trade debtors. There are no debtors that are currently past due or impaired whose terms have been renegotiated. T he only financial assets that are past due or impaired are ‘sales of goods and services’ in the ‘receivables’ category of the statement of financial position.

Co nsolidated entity $’000 Parent Entity $’000 Total Past due Considered Total Past due Considered but not impaired but not impaired impaired impaired

2013 < 3 months overdue 41 41 – 41 41 – 3 months – 6 months overdue 3 3 – 3 3 – > 6 months overdue – – – – – –

2012 < 3 months overdue 85 85 – 85 85 – 3 months – 6 months overdue 46 46 – 46 46 – > 6 months overdue – – – – – –

iii) Authority deposits T he Trust has placed funds on deposit with TCorp and various Australian incorporated banks. These deposits are similar to money market or bank deposits and can be placed ‘at call’ or for a fixed term. For fixed term deposits the interest rate payable is negotiated initially and is fixed for the term of the deposit, while the interest rate payable on at-call deposits can vary. The deposits at balance date 30 June 2013 were earning an average interest rate of 5.22% (2012:5.72%), while over the year the weighted average interest rate was 5.29% (2012:5.58%) on a weighted average balance during the year of $2m (2012:$4m). None of these assets are past due or impaired. c) Liquidity risk L iquidity risk is the risk that the Trust will be unable to meet its payment obligations when they fall due. The Trust continually manages risk through monitoring future cash flows and maturities planning to ensure adequate holding of high-quality liquid assets. The objective is to maintain a balance between continuity of funding and flexibility through the use of overdrafts, loans and other advances. D uring the current and prior years, there were no defaults or breaches on loans payable. No assets have been pledged as collateral. The Trust’s exposure to liquidity risk is deemed insignificant based on prior periods’ data and current assessment of risk. The liabilities are recognised as amounts due to be paid in the future for goods or services received, whether or not invoiced. Amounts owing to suppliers (which are unsecured) are settled in accordance with the policy set out in Treasurer’s Circular 11/12: Payments of Accounts. If trade terms are not specified, payment is made no later than the end of the month following the month in which an invoice or a statement is received. Treasurer’s Circular 11/12 allows the minister to award interest for late payment. No interest was paid during the financial year 2012–13 (2011–12: nil). A ll of the Trust’s liabilities mature in less than 12 months and are non-interest bearing. d) Market risk M arket risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market prices. The Trust’s exposure to market risk is primarily through interest rate risk on the Trust’s borrowings and other price risks associated with the movement in the unit price of the TCorp Hour-Glass investment facilities. The Trust has no exposure to foreign currency risk and does not enter into commodity contracts. e) interest rate risk The Trust’s exposure to interest rate risk is set out in the table on the following page.

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Co nsolidated entity $’000 -1% 1%

Carrying amount Profit Equity Profit Equity

2013 Financial assets Cash and cash equivalents 7,76 8 (78) (78) 78 78 Receivables 229 –––– Financial liabilities Payables 759 ––––

2012 Financial assets Cash and cash equivalents 7, 313 (73) (73) 73 73 Receivables 301 –––– Financial liabilities Payables 969 ––––

Parent Entity 2013 Financial assets Cash and cash equivalents 4,877 (49) (49) 49 49 Receivables 204 –––– Financial liabilities Payables 758 ––––

2012 Financial assets Cash and cash equivalents 4,318 (43) (43) 43 43 Receivables 277 –––– Financial liabilities Payables 969 ––––

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O ther price risk – TCorp Hour-Glass facilities E xposure to ‘other price risk’ primarily arises through investment in TCorp Hour-Glass investment facilities, which are held for strategic rather than trading purposes. The Trust has no direct equity investments. The Trust holds units in the following Hour-Glass investment trusts:

Co nsolidated entity Parent entity Facility Investment Investment 2013 2012 2013 2012 sectors horizon $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 Cash facility Cash, money market Up to 1.5 years 2,208 114 1,906 68 instruments

T he unit price of the facility is equal to the total fair value of the net assets held by the facility divided by the number of units on issue for that facility. Unit prices are calculated and published daily. NSW TCorp is the trustee for each of the above facilities and is required to act in the best interests of the unit holders and to administer the trusts in accordance with the trust deeds. As trustee, TCorp has appointed external managers to manage the performance and risks of each facility in accordance with a mandate agreed to by the parties. However, TCorp acts as manager for part of the cash facility and strategic cash facilities and also manages the Australian Bond Portfolio. A significant portion of the administration of the facilities is outsourced to an external custodian. I nvestment in the Hour-Glass facilities limits the Trust’s exposure to risk, as it allows diversification across a pool of funds with different investment horizons and a mix of investments. N SW TCorp provides sensitivity analysis information for each of the investment facilities, using historically based volatility information collected over a ten-year period, quoted at two standard deviations (that is, 95% probability). The TCorp Hour-Glass investment facilities are designated at fair value through profit or loss and therefore any change in unit price impacts directly on profit (rather than equity). A reasonably possible change is based on the percentage change in unit price (as advised by TCorp) multiplied by the redemption value as at 30 June each year for each facility as set out below.

Co nsolidated entity Parent entity Facility Change in 2013 2012 2013 2012 unit price $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 Hour-Glass investment – cash facility + /-1% 22 1.1 19 0.7

f) Fair value compared to carrying amount T he Trust has no financial instruments with the exception of the TCorp Hour-Glass facilities, which are measured at fair value. As discussed, the value of the Hour-Glass investments is based on the Trust’s share of the value of the underlying assets of the facility, based on the market value. All of the Hour-Glass facilities are valued using ‘redemption’ pricing. Except where specified overleaf, the amortised cost of financial instruments recognised in the statement of financial position approximates the fair value, because of the short-term nature of many of the financial instruments.

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g) Fair value recognised in the statement of financial position The Trust uses the following hierarchy for disclosing the fair value of financial instruments by valuation techniques: > Level 1 – derived from quoted prices in active markets for identical assets/liabilities; > Level 2 – derived from inputs other than quoted prices that are observable directly or indirectly; > Level 3 – derived from valuation techniques that include inputs for the assets/liabilities not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs).

c onsolidated Entity Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 2013 Financial assets at fair value TCorp Hour-Glass cash facility – 2,208 – 2,208 – 2,208 – 2,208

2012 Financial assets at fair value TCorp Hour-Glass cash facility – 113 – 113 – 113 – 113

Pa rent Entity 2013 Financial assets at fair value TCorp Hour-Glass cash facility – 1,906 – 1,906 – 1,906 – 1,906

2012 Financial assets at fair value TCorp Hour-Glass cash facility – 68 – 68 – 68 – 68

24 pRoperty leases

P roperties owned under long-term lease T he HHT is the registered proprietor of the property Tusculum. This property is a Regency mansion built 1831–37 and has considerable heritage significance. The property was independently valued at 30 June 2011. The fair value of the property is $7.425m. The property is encumbered by a long-term lease with the Australian Institute of Architects. The lease commenced on 22 May 1987 for a term of 99 years with provision for an option to renew. The lease was in place at the time of the transfer of responsibility for this property in 2007 from the minister administering the Heritage Act 1977. The terms of the lease are $1 rent per annum over the term of the lease with provision for renewal at the end of the lease. The terms of the lease provide for any renewal being at commercial rental rates. The market rental for this property, assessed independently by the NSW Government Land and Property Valuation Services as at 30 June 2011, was $262,500 per annum. The HHT has no responsibility for funding the cost of maintenance or insurance. Its responsibilities are limited to ensuring maintenance and insurance are adequate. In accordance with TPP 11-01: Lessor Classification of Long-term Land Leases, the property has been valued at $1 in the accounts of the HHT. As the property has restrictions on its use, it is recognised at $1 being the present value of future cash flows.

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25v E ents after the reporting period O n 12 September 2013 an amount of $2.85m, excluding GST, was receipted for the Stamford Hotel Easement Deed, which has provided the property owners with a 6-metre air and space easement over the adjacent Justice & Police Museum. N o other matter or circumstance has arisen since the end of the financial year to the date of this report that has or may significantly affect the activities of the HHT, the results of those activities, or its state of affairs in the ensuing or any subsequent financial year.

END OF AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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S tATement of comprehensive income FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2013

Notes ACTUAL ACTUAL 2013 2012 $ $ Expenses excluding losses Operating expenses Personnel services expenses 2(a) 47,4 4 0 62,022 Other operating expenses 2(b) 422,853 290,545 Total expenses excluding losses 470,293 352,567 Revenue Investment revenue 3(a) 139,534 153,662 Grants and contributions 3(b) 206,561 264,739 Other revenue 3(c) 7,118 11,0 05 Total revenue 353,213 429,406 NET RESULT (117,080) 76,839 Other comprehensive income I tems that will not be reclassified to net results Net increase/(decrease) in property, plant and equipment asset revaluation surplus – – – – Other comprehensive incomE TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (117,080) 76,839

S tATement of financial position FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2013

Notes ACTUAL ACTUAL 2013 2012 $ $ assets Current assets Cash and cash equivalents 6 2,891,660 2,995,566 Receivables 7 24,651 24,706 Total current assets 2,916,311 3,020,272 Total Assets 2,916,311 3,020,272 LIABILITIES Current liabilities Payables 9 28,078 14,522 Personnel provisions 10 2,260 2,697 Total current liabilities 30,338 17,219 Total Liabilities 30,338 17,219

NET assets 2,885,973 3,003,053 Equity Accumulated funds 2,885,973 3,003,053 Total Equity 2,885,973 3,003,053

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

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1m Sum ary of Significant Accounting Policies d) Insurance The Foundation’s insurance arrangements are made a) Reporting entity through the NSW Treasury Managed Fund Scheme of The Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of New South self-insurance for government agencies. The expense Wales (Foundation) was formed on 14 November 2001 and (premium) is determined by the fund manager based commenced operation in October 2002. The Foundation is on past claim experience as well as the value insured. a non-profit entity (as profit is not its principal objective). The Foundation is a public ancillary fund with deductable e) Accounting for the Goods and Services Tax (GST) gift recipient status (DGR item 2) and charitable tax Income, expenses and assets are recognised net of the concessions. The Foundation’s role is to encourage private amount of GST, except where: and corporate support for the activities of the Historic > the amount of GST incurred by the Foundation as Houses Trust of New South Wales (HHT) that are not a purchaser that is not recoverable from the Australian funded by the New South Wales Government. The Taxation Office is recognised as part of the cost of Foundation is administered by a Trustee, the Foundation acquisition of an asset or as part of an item of for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales Limited expense; and (Trustee). Directors of the Trustee receive and review receivables and payables are stated with the amount submissions for project funding from the HHT. Funding > of GST included. decisions are made by the Directors consistent with the objectives of the Foundation and the specific requirements Cash flows are included in the statement of cash flows on of corporate and private donors to the Foundation. a gross basis. However, the GST component of the cash flows arising from investing and financing activities which The Foundation is a controlled entity of the HHT and is is recoverable or payable to the Australian Taxation Office part of the Trust’s consolidated accounts. The financial is classified as operating cash flows. statements for the year ended 30 June 2013 were authorised for issue by the Board of Directors on f) personnel services and other provisions 9 October 2013. They are consolidated as part of The HHT provides administration services for a charge on the NSW Total State Sector Accounts. the basis of cost recovery. All payments to personnel and related obligations are in the Department of Premier and b) Basis of preparation Cabinet (DPC) name and ABN, and are classified as These general-purpose financial statements are prepared ‘personnel services’ costs in these financial statements. in accordance with the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 The costs recovered by the HHT are reviewed and and Public Finance and Audit Regulation 2010, the approved by Directors of the Trustee Company. Charitable Fundraising Act 1991 and the Financial Reporting Directions published in TPP 13-01: Financial g) Income recognition Reporting Code for NSW General Government Sector Income is measured at the fair value of the consideration Entities or issued by the Treasurer and applicable Australian or contribution received or receivable. Additional Accounting Standards (which include Australian Accounting comments regarding the accounting policies for the Interpretations). The financial statements are for the recognition of income are discussed below: Foundation as an individual entity. The financial statements i) Donations and contributions have been prepared on an accruals basis, and are based on Don ations and contributions from individuals historical costs modified by the revaluation of selected and other bodies (including grants and donations) financial assets and financial liabilities for which the fair are generally recognised as income when the value basis of accounting has been applied where Foundation obtains control over the assets applicable. Judgments, key assumptions and estimations comprising the appropriations/contributions. management has made are disclosed in the relevant notes Control over appropriations and contributions to the financial statements. All amounts are rounded to the is normally obtained upon the receipt of cash. nearest dollar and are expressed in Australian currency. ii) Investment revenue c) Statement of compliance I nterest income is recognised using the effective The Foundation’s financial statements and notes comply interest method as set out in AASB 139: Financial with Australian Accounting Standards, which include Instruments: Recognition and Measurement. Australian Accounting Interpretations. TCorp Hour-Glass distributions are recognised in accordance with AASB 118: Revenue when the Foundation’s right to receive payment is established.

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Notes 2013 2012 $ $ 2 Expenses Excluding Losses (a) Personnel services expenses Salaries and wages (including recreation leave) 40,862 52,904 Superannuation – defined contribution plans 3,841 4,534 Workers compensation insurance 553 505 Payroll tax and fringe benefits tax 2,184 4,079 47,440 62,022 (b) Other operating expenses Auditors’ remuneration 10,150 9,650 Donations to the HHT 346,000 156,750 Entertainment and catering expenses 31,192 39,672 Fees for services rendered 32,932 76,346 Marketing and promotion 64 3,914 Other expenses 1,057 3,785 Postage 567 50 Printing 220 – Stores and IT maintenance 644 276 Travel and accommodation 27 102 422,853 290,545 3 Revenue (a) Investment revenue T-Corp Hour-Glass investment facilities 9,161 49,137 Interest income 129,011 95,828 Interest income – other 1,362 8,697 139,534 153,662 (b) Grants and contributions from other institutions and individuals Donations – cash 166,561 259,598 Sponsorship – cash 40,000 5,141 206,561 264,739 (c) Other revenue Other revenue 7,118 11,0 05 7,118 11,005 4 Conditions on Contributions Details of restrictions Allocated funds* Minimum contingency fund 50,000 50,000 Museum of Sydney 395,741 395,741 Endangered Houses Fund (donations) 2,178,692 2,168,825

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Foundation to be used in accordance with the deed of trust, caveats or other documents governing these funds. these governing documents other or caveats trust, of deed the with accordance in used be to Foundation

Cash and fixed assets are restricted assets to the extent that they represent bequests and donations held by the the by held donations and bequests represent they that extent the to assets restricted are assets fixed and Cash

2,995,566 2,995,566 2,891,660

2,995,566 2,891,660 equivalents cash and Cash

R 8 s s Ass d e ct i r t s e t e

are disclosed in Note 12. Note in disclosed are

Details regarding credit risk, liquidity risk and market risk, including financial assets that are either past due or impaired, impaired, or due past either are that assets financial including risk, market and risk liquidity risk, credit regarding Details

24,706 24,651

374 13 receivables Other

46824,332 24,638 income ccrued A

c e R – s t e Ass nt rre u C n- o N nt/ rre u C s e l ab iv e 7

at the end of the financial year to the statement of cash flows as above. as flows cash of statement the to year financial the of end the at

reconciled are position financial of statement the in recognised assets equivalent cash and Cash deposits. short-term

For the purpose of the statement of cash flows, cash and cash equivalents include cash at bank, cash on hand and and hand on cash bank, at cash include equivalents cash and cash flows, cash of statement the of purpose the For

Closing cash and cash equivalents (per statement of cash flows) cash of statement (per equivalents cash and cash Closing 2,995,566 2,891,660

Cash and cash equivalents (per statement of financial position) financial of statement (per equivalents cash and Cash 2,995,566 2,891,660

2,995,566 2,891,660

Other investments – term deposits term – investments Other 2,733,090 2,524,948

TCorp Hour-Glass cash facility cash Hour-Glass TCorp 45,990 302,151

Cash at bank and on hand on and bank at Cash 216,486 64,561

6 ts Equiv h s Ca d n a h s Ca – s t e Ass t n re r u C n e l a

the New South Wales Government. Wales South New the

The Foundation’s role is to encourage private and corporate support for the activities of the HHT that are not funded by by funded not are that HHT the of activities the for support corporate and private encourage to is role Foundation’s The

Entity f o ups o Gr e ic v ER S 5

unding for such projects will rely upon use of the unrestricted cash and interest earned on cash and cash equivalents, future bequests and donations. and bequests future equivalents, cash and cash on earned interest and cash unrestricted the of use upon rely will projects such for unding F 

urrent balance of cash and investments. and cash of balance urrent c

a to allocated been date current the at not have funds hese  T † the of excess in is consideration under projects of value and number The project. specific

ntingency fund of $50,000. of fund ntingency co

identified. rojects a includes also balance The HHT. the by forward put projects available of evaluation thorough a after made is allocation This p

resolutions Board with accordance in restricted specifically been have funds hese  T * the on used be to requirements, donor applicable, where and,

2,995,566 891,660 fun ed c ri s l t 2, s d t t re a o T

Unallocated funds Unallocated

193,782 236,888

†

2 s d t c o al o T fun ed a all t 2,801,784 ,654,772

Connected Classrooms Connected 30,000 –

Museum of Sydney master plan master Sydney of Museum 40,000 –

Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection acquisitions Collection Research & Library Simpson Caroline 50,000 –

Throsby Park Collection Park Throsby 50,000 –

Creditor payments – HHT HHT – payments Creditor 7 219 17, 30,339

$ $

2 2012 013

s Note

THE FOR wales south new of trust houses historic the for foundation EAR Y J 0 3 ENDED 013 2 UNE historicfoundation houses for the trust historic of new houses south trust wales of FORnew THEsouth YE ARwales END FORED 3 THE0 JUNE YEAR 20 ENDED13 30 JUNE 2013

Notes 2013 2012 $ $ 9 Current Liabilities – Payables Payables Creditors 593 407 Accrued expenses 11,356 10,680 Payable to the HHT 16,129 3,435 28,078 14,522 10 CURRENT/NON CURRENT – PERSONNEL Provisions Current provisions expected to be settled within 12 months Personnel services provisions Recreation leave 1,876 2,238 On-costs 271 324 2,147 2,562 Current provisions expected to be settled after 12 months Personnel services provisions Recreation leave 99 118 On-costs 14 17 113 135 Total Provisions 2,260 2,697 11 Reconciliation of Cash Flows from Operating ACTIVITIES TO NET RESULT Reconciliation of the net result for the year to net cash flows from operating activities Net cash inflows from operating activities (103,906) 70,149 (Increase)/decrease in trade and other payables (13,555) 1,577 (Increase)/decrease in provisions 436 (893) Increase/(decrease) in trade and other receivables (55) 6,006 Net Result (117,080) 76,839

12 Financial Instruments The Foundation’s principal financial instruments are outlined overleaf. These financial instruments arise directly from the Foundation’s operations or are required to finance the Foundation’s operations. The Foundation does not enter into or trade financial instruments, including derivative financial instruments, for speculative purposes. The Foundation’s main risks arising from financial instruments are outlined on the following pages, along with the Foundation’s objectives, policies and processes for measuring and managing risk. Further quantitative and qualitative disclosures are included throughout this financial report. The Finance and Legal Committee has overall responsibility for the establishment and oversight of risk management, and reviews and agrees on policies for managing each of these risks. Risk management policies are established to identify and analyse the risks faced by the Foundation, to set risk limits and controls, and to monitor risks. Compliance with policies is reviewed by the Finance and Legal Committee.

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the policy set out in NSW TC 11/12: Payment of Accounts. Accounts. of Payment 11/12: TC NSW in out set policy the

received, whether or not invoiced. Amounts owing to suppliers (which are unsecured) are settled in accordance with with accordance in settled are unsecured) are (which suppliers to owing Amounts invoiced. not or whether received,

he liabilities are recognised for amounts due to be paid in the future for goods or services or goods for future the in paid be to due amounts for recognised are liabilities he T

 current assessment of risk. risk. of assessment current

pledged as collateral. The Trust’s exposure to liquidity risk is deemed insignificant based on prior periods’ data and and data periods’ prior on based insignificant deemed is risk liquidity to exposure Trust’s The collateral. as pledged

D uring the current and prior years, there were no defaults or breaches on amounts payable. No assets have been been have assets No payable. amounts on breaches or defaults no were there years, prior and current the uring 

dequate holding of high-quality liquid assets. liquid high-quality of holding dequate a

The Foundation continually manages risk through monitoring future cash flows and maturities planning to ensure ensure to planning maturities and flows cash future monitoring through risk manages continually Foundation The

iquidity risk is the risk that the Foundation will be unable to meet its payment obligations when they fall due. due. fall they when obligations payment its meet to unable be will Foundation the that risk the is risk iquidity L 

iquidity risk iquidity L b)

the year of $2,520,329 (2012: $1,599,162). None of these assets are past due or impaired. impaired. or due past are assets these of None $1,599,162). (2012: $2,520,329 of year the

The weighted average interest rate over the year was 4.72% (2012 at 5.60%) on a weighted average balance during during balance average weighted a on 5.60%) at (2012 4.72% was year the over rate interest average weighted The

deposits may vary. The term deposits at balance date were earning an average interest rate of 4.29% (2012 at 5.44%). 5.44%). at (2012 4.29% of rate interest average an earning were date balance at deposits term The vary. may deposits

rate payable is negotiated initially and is fixed for the term of the deposit, while the interest rate payable on at-call at-call on payable rate interest the while deposit, the of term the for fixed is and initially negotiated is payable rate

money market or bank deposits and can be placed ‘at call’ or for a fixed term. For fixed term deposits the interest interest the deposits term fixed For term. fixed a for or call’ ‘at placed be can and deposits bank or market money

he Foundation has funds on deposit with various Australian incorporated banks. These deposits are similar to to similar are deposits These banks. incorporated Australian various with deposit on funds has Foundation he T

uthority deposits uthority A ) iii

7: Financial Instruments: Disclosures. Instruments: Financial 7: B AAS of scope the within not are these as excluded, are receivables atutory St

renegotiated.

100% of the total trade debtors. There are no debtors that are currently past due or impaired whose terms have been been have terms whose impaired or due past currently are that debtors no are There debtors. trade total the of 100%

sed on past experience, debtors that are not past due are not considered impaired and these represent represent these and impaired considered not are due past not are that debtors experience, past on sed a b debtors.

T he Foundation is not materially exposed to concentrations of credit risk to a single trade debtor or group of of group or debtor trade single a to risk credit of concentrations to exposed materially not is Foundation he

c redit ratings. No interest is earned on trade debtors. Sales are made on 30-day terms. 30-day on made are Sales debtors. trade on earned is interest No ratings. redit

This evidence includes past experience, and current and expected changes in economic conditions and debtor debtor and conditions economic in changes expected and current and experience, past includes evidence This

impairment is raised when there is objective evidence that the entity will not be able to collect all amounts due. due. amounts all collect to able be not will entity the that evidence objective is there when raised is impairment

amounts, including letters of demand. Debts that are known to be uncollectable are written off. An allowance for for allowance An off. written are uncollectable be to known are that Debts demand. of letters including amounts,

on an ongoing basis. Procedures as established in the Treasurer’s Directions are followed to recover outstanding outstanding recover to followed are Directions Treasurer’s the in established as Procedures basis. ongoing an on

ll trade debtors are recognised as amounts receivable at balance date. Collectability of trade debtors is reviewed reviewed is debtors trade of Collectability date. balance at receivable amounts as recognised are debtors trade ll A

ceivables – trade debtors trade – ceivables R ) e ii

the bank. The TCorp Hour-Glass cash facility is discussed in Note 12(e). Note in discussed is facility cash Hour-Glass TCorp The bank. the

C ash comprises cash on hand and bank balances. Interest is earned on daily bank balances at the daily rate set by by set rate daily the at balances bank daily on earned is Interest balances. bank and hand on cash comprises ash

ash C ) i

counterparts limiting exposure to any particular counterpart, and the establishment of minimum credit rating standards. rating credit minimum of establishment the and counterpart, particular any to exposure limiting counterparts

redit risk associated with the Foundation’s financial assets, other than receivables, is managed through the selection of of selection the through managed is receivables, than other assets, financial Foundation’s the with associated risk redit  C

No collateral is held by the Foundation. The Foundation has not granted any financial guarantees. guarantees. financial any granted not has Foundation The Foundation. the by held is collateral No

C redit risk arises from the financial assets of the Foundation, including cash, receivables and authority deposits. deposits. authority and receivables cash, including Foundation, the of assets financial the from arises risk redit 

carrying amount of the financial assets (net of any allowance for impairment). for allowance any of (net assets financial the of amount carrying

resulting in a financial loss to the Foundation. The maximum exposure to credit risk is generally represented by the the by represented generally is risk credit to exposure maximum The Foundation. the to loss financial a in resulting

redit risk arises when there is the possibility of the Foundation’s debtors defaulting on their contractual obligations, obligations, contractual their on defaulting debtors Foundation’s the of possibility the is there when arises risk redit C

cost

7 219 17, 28,077

measured at amortised amortised at measured

9/10 Payables Financial liabilities liabilities Financial

Financial liabilities class liabilities Financial

(at amortised cost) cost) amortised (at 6824,706 ,638 24

Receivables Loans and receivables receivables and Loans 7

Cash and cash equivalents cash and Cash 6 2,995,566 2,891,660 N/A

Financial assets class assets Financial

Financial instrument categories instrument Financial a)

$ $

2012 013 2

S RIE O G TE A C s e ot n

THE FOR wales south new of trust houses historic the for foundation EAR Y J 0 3 ENDED 013 2 UNE historicfoundation houses for the trust historic of new houses south trust wales of FORnew THEsouth YE ARwales END FORED 3 THE0 JUNE YEAR 20 ENDED13 30 JUNE 2013

I f trade terms are not specified, payment is made no later than the end of the month following the month in which an invoice or a statement is received. Treasurer’s Direction 219.01 allows the minister to award interest for late payment. No interest was paid during the financial year 2012–13 (2011–12:nil). All of the Foundation’s liabilities mature in less than 12 months and are non-interest bearing. c) Market risk Market risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market prices. The Foundation’s exposure to market risk is primarily through other price risks associated with the movement in the unit price of the TCorp Hour-Glass investment facilities. The Foundation has no exposure to foreign currency risk and does not enter into commodity contracts. d) Interest rate risk Exposure to interest rate risk arises primarily through the Foundation’s interest-bearing liabilities. The Foundation does not account for any fixed rate financial instruments at fair value through profit or loss or as available for sale. Therefore, for these financial instruments, a change in interest rates would not affect profit or loss or equity. A reasonably possible change of +/- 1% is used, consistent with current trends in interest rates. The basis will be reviewed annually and amended where there is a structural change in the level of interest rate volatility. T he Foundations’s exposure to interest rate risk is set out in the table below. T he effect on profit and equity due to a reasonably possible change in risk variables is outlined in the information on the following pages for interest rate risk and other price risk. A reasonably possible change in risk variables has been determined after taking into account the economic environment in which the entity operates and the time frame for the assessment (that is, until the end of the next annual reporting period). The sensitivity analysis is based on risk exposures in existence at the date of the statement of financial position. The analysis is performed on the same basis as for 2012. The analysis assumes that all other variables remain constant.

-1% 1%

Carrying amount Profit Equity Profit Equity

2013 Financial assets Cash and cash equivalents 2,891,660 (28,917) (28,917) 28,917 28,917 Receivables 24,638 –––– Financial liabilities Payables 28,077 ––––

2012 Financial assets Cash and cash equivalents 2,995,566 (29,956) (29,956) 29,956 29,956 Receivables 24,706 –––– Financial liabilities Payables 17, 219 ––––

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approximates the fair value, because of the short-term nature of many of the financial instruments. financial the of many of nature short-term the of because value, fair the approximates

cept where specified below, the amortised cost of financial instruments recognised in the balance sheet sheet balance the in recognised instruments financial of cost amortised the below, specified where cept x E pricing.

nderlying assets of the facility, based on the market value. All of the Hour-Glass facilities are valued using ‘redemption’ ‘redemption’ using valued are facilities Hour-Glass the of All value. market the on based facility, the of assets nderlying u

at fair value. As discussed, the value of the Hour-Glass investments is based on the Foundation’s share of the value of the the of value the of share Foundation’s the on based is investments Hour-Glass the of value the discussed, As value. fair at

measured are which facilities, Hour-Glass TCorp the of exception the with instruments, financial no has Foundation he  T

air value compared to carrying amount carrying to compared value air F f)

our-Glass investment – cash facility cash – investment our-Glass H 460 3,022 /-1% +

$ $ unit price unit

012 2 013 Facility 2 in Change

price (as advised by TCorp) multiplied by the redemption value as at 30 June each year for each facility as set out below. out set as facility each for year each June 30 at as value redemption the by multiplied TCorp) by advised (as price

impacts directly on profit (rather than equity). A reasonably possible change is based on the percentage change in unit unit in change percentage the on based is change possible reasonably A equity). than (rather profit on directly impacts

Hour-Glass investment facilities are designated at fair value through profit or loss and therefore any change in unit price price unit in change any therefore and loss or profit through value fair at designated are facilities investment Hour-Glass

information collected over a ten-year period, quoted at two standard deviations (that is, 95% probability). The TCorp TCorp The probability). 95% is, (that deviations standard two at quoted period, ten-year a over collected information

SW TCorp provides sensitivity analysis information for each of the investment facilities, using historically based volatility volatility based historically using facilities, investment the of each for information analysis sensitivity provides TCorp SW  N

of funds with different investment horizons and a mix of investments. of mix a and horizons investment different with funds of

nvestment in the Hour-Glass facilities limits the Foundation’s exposure to risk, as it allows diversification across a pool pool a across diversification allows it as risk, to exposure Foundation’s the limits facilities Hour-Glass the in nvestment  I

A significant portion of the administration of the facilities is outsourced to an external custodian. external an to outsourced is facilities the of administration the of portion significant A

in accordance with a mandate agreed to by the parties. However, TCorp acts as manager for part of the cash facility. facility. cash the of part for manager as acts TCorp However, parties. the by to agreed mandate a with accordance in

trusts’ deeds. As trustee, TCorp has appointed external managers to manage the performance and risks of each facility facility each of risks and performance the manage to managers external appointed has TCorp trustee, As deeds. trusts’

acility and is required to act in the best interests of the unit holders and to administer the trusts in accordance with the the with accordance in trusts the administer to and holders unit the of interests best the in act to required is and acility f

of units on issue for that facility. Unit prices are calculated and published daily. NSW TCorp is the trustee for the above above the for trustee the is TCorp NSW daily. published and calculated are prices Unit facility. that for issue on units of

he unit price of the facility is equal to the total fair value of the net assets held by the facility divided by the number number the by divided facility the by held assets net the of value fair total the to equal is facility the of price unit he  T

instruments

45,990 302,151 years 1.5 to p C U market money Cash, facility ash

$ $ horizon sectors

012 2 013 2 nvestment Facility I Investment

units in the following Hour-Glass investment facility: investment Hour-Glass following the in units

held for strategic rather than trading purposes. The Foundation has no direct equity investments. The Foundation holds holds Foundation The investments. equity direct no has Foundation The purposes. trading than rather strategic for held

posure to ‘other price risk’ primarily arises through investment in the TCorp Hour-Glass investment facilities, which are are which facilities, investment Hour-Glass TCorp the in investment through arises primarily risk’ price ‘other to posure x E

orp Hour-Glass facilities Hour-Glass orp T – risk price her o e) C t

THE FOR wales south new of trust houses historic the for foundation EAR Y J 0 3 ENDED 013 2 UNE historicfoundation houses for the trust historic of new houses south trust wales of FORnew THEsouth YE ARwales END FORED 3 THE0 JUNE YEAR 20 ENDED13 30 JUNE 2013

g) Fair value recognised in the statement of financial position The Foundation uses the following hierarchy for disclosing the fair value of financial instruments by valuation techniques: > Level 1 – derived from quoted prices in active markets for identical assets/liabilities; > Level 2 – derived from inputs other than quoted prices that are observable directly or indirectly; > L evel 3 – derived from valuation techniques that include inputs for the asset/liability not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs).

2013 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total $ $ $ $ Financial assets at fair value TCorp Hour-Glass cash facility – 302,151 – 302,151 – 302,151 – 302,151 2012 Financial assets at fair value TCorp Hour-Glass cash facility – 45,990 – 45,990 – 45,990 – 45,990

13 Related Party Transactions Transactions between related parties are on normal commercial terms and conditions no more favourable than those available to other parties unless otherwise stated. 2013 2012 a) Transactions with related entities $ $ Contributions to the HHT 346,000 156,750 Current payables – controlling entity 16,129 3,435

(b) Transactions with the Trustee There were no transactions between the Trustee and the Foundation. No Director of the Trustee receives remuneration for his/her duties as a Director of the Foundation.

14 Charitable Fundraising Activities Results of fundraising activities T he Foundation receives many donations as a result of its day-to-day activities. In addition, other special fundraising events were conducted during the year and the results are as follows:

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END OF AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FINANCIAL AUDITED OF END

any subsequent financial year. financial subsequent any

significantly affect the activities of the Foundation, the results of those activities, or its state of affairs in the ensuing or or ensuing the in affairs of state its or activities, those of results the Foundation, the of activities the affect significantly

o other matter or circumstance has arisen since the end of the financial year to the date of this report that has or may may or has that report this of date the to year financial the of end the since arisen has circumstance or matter other o  N

od i r e p ing t r po re e h t r e t af ts n e Ev 15

$174,456. This was applied as distribution to the HHT of $346,000 with the balance kept in investment facilities. investment in kept balance the with $346,000 of HHT the to distribution as applied was This $174,456.

may not be completed by the end of the year in which the funds are received. There was a net surplus from fundraising of of fundraising from surplus net a was There received. are funds the which in year the of end the by completed be not may

Fundraising income includes donations and sponsorships. Where funding is received for specific projects, these projects projects these projects, specific for received is funding Where sponsorships. and donations includes income Fundraising

There is no information of a material matter or occurrence to report. to occurrence or matter material a of information no is There

administrative as zero, is services fundraising of cost The * charge. of free HHT the by provided been have services financial and

Cost of services provided to gross income from fundraising from income gross to provided services of Cost 0% 0% D/A

Cost of services provided to total expenditure total to provided services of Cost D/( 0% 0% D) + B

Net surplus from fundraising to gross income from fundraising from income gross to fundraising from surplus Net 83% 84% C/A

Cost of fundraising to gross income from fundraising from income gross to fundraising of Cost 17% % 16 /A B

Comparative figures and ratios and figures Comparative

Distributions to the HHT the to Distributions 156,750 346,000

How appeal moneys are applied are moneys appeal How

List of all forms of appeals – events and appeals and events – appeals of forms all of List

nsferred to/(from) accumulated funds accumulated to/(from) nsferred ra T 220,120 174,329

Cost of services provided* services of Cost – – D

Net surplus from fundraising from surplus Net 220,120 174,329 C

( B expenses) administration (excluding fundraising of Cost (44,619) 32,231)

Gross income from fundraising from income Gross 264,739 206,560 A

Sponsorship 5,141 40,000

Donations 259,598 166,560

$ $

2012 2013

THE FOR wales south new of trust houses historic the for foundation EAR Y J 0 3 ENDED 013 2 UNE historicfoundation houses for the trust historic of new houses south trust wales of FORnew THEsouth YE ARwales END FORED 3 THE0 JUNE YEAR 20 ENDED13 30 JUNE 2013

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 123

FOUNDATION LIMITED FINANCIAL statements

124 Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 report by the Directors of the Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales Limited FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2013

rortep by the directors of the foundation for the historic houses trust of new south wales limited, being trustee for the foundation for the historic houses trust

Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of New South principal activities Wales Company Directors: The principal activity of the Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales (Foundation) during the Angus Armour Managing Director & CEO, financial year was to act as the Trustee of the Foundation export Finance and Insurance and to do all things such as are necessary, incidental and Corporation (to Nov 2012) conducive to acting as the Trustee of the Foundation. Alastair Baxter I nternational rugby player There was no change in the principal activity of the and Graduate Architect, Foundation during the financial year. Cox Richardson Architects

Kate Clark D irector, Historic Houses Trust review of operations of New South Wales The net loss of the Foundation for the financial year ended John Gordon Chartered accountant & 30 June 2013 was $117,080. Director (to Nov 2012) The Foundation is a non-profit organisation and is exempt Edwina Macarthur-Stanham Coordinator, Camden from the payment of income tax under Subdivision 50-5 Park House (to Nov 2012) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997. David O’Donnell Solicitor, Addisons changes in state of affairs Fiona Playfair C ompany director One resignation from the Board was accepted during Michael Reid Director, Michael Reid Gallery the year. Two new Directors were appointed to the Board Michael Rose C hief Executive Partner, during the year. Allens During the financial year there was no significant change Edward Simpson Company director in the state of affairs of the Foundation other than that Curtis Smith Company director referred to in the financial statements or notes thereto. Judith Whelan Saturday Editor, The Sydney Morning Herald subsequent events No other matter or circumstance has arisen since the Simon White barrister and Senior Counsel end of the financial year that has significantly affected, (from March 2013) or may significantly affect, the activities of the Foundation or its state of affairs in the ensuing or any subsequent The above-named Directors held office during and since financial year. the end of the financial year unless otherwise stated. future developments Disclosure of information regarding likely developments in the operations of the Foundation in future financial years and the expected results of those operations is likely to result in unreasonable prejudice to the Foundation. Accordingly, this information has not been disclosed in this report.

distributions A distribution was made to the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales (HHT) during the financial year 2012–13 of $346,000.

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 125 indemnification of officers directors’ meetings The HHT (the controlling entity) has included the The tables below set out the number of Directors’ Foundation within its Treasury Managed Fund indemnity meetings held (including meetings of committees of coverage. The Treasury Managed Fund is a self-insurance Directors) during the financial year and the number scheme owned and underwritten by the New South of meetings attended by each Director (while they Wales Government. Such inclusion of the Foundation were a Director or a committee member). During confers upon it ‘protected entity’ status within the the financial year the following meetings were held: Treasury Managed Fund. The contract of coverage is seven board meetings and four Finance and Legal an indemnification for any and all actions leading to a Committee Meetings. claim against the covered entity subject to the contract of coverage. Each board member, Trustee, officer and employee of the ‘protected entity’ is covered by the contract of coverage for any ‘legal liability’, alleged or actual, as long as the action is not based on an illegal and/or criminal act or outside the scope of their duties.

board of directors finance and legal committee

Directors Held Attend eedDir ctors Held Attended Curtis Smith (Chair) 7 7 John Gordon (Chair to Feb 2013) 3 3 Angus Armour 4 3 Curtis Smith (Chair from Apr 2013) 3 3 Alastair Baxter 7 5 Angus Armour 2 1 Kate Clark 7 7 David O’Donnell 4 4 John Gordon 4 3 Simon White 2 2 Edwina Macarthur-Stanham 4 4 David O'Donnell 7 5 Fiona Playfair 7 3 Michael Reid 7 3 Michael Rose 7 5 Edward Simpson 7 3 Judith Whelan 7 6 Simon White 3 3

126 Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 127 128 Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 S tATement by the Directors of the Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales Limited FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2013

Pursuant to Section 41C(1B) and (1C) of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 and the Corporations Act 2001, the Directors of the Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales Limited state that: a) T he accompanying financial statements and notes present a true and fair view of the financial position and performance of the company at 30 June 2013, and the results of its operations and transactions for the year on that date ended; b) T he financial statements and notes have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 and Regulation 2010, and the Corporations Act 2001 and Regulations 2001; c) T he financial statements and notes have been prepared in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards (which include Australian Accounting Interpretations); d) W e are not aware of any circumstances which would render any particulars included in the financial reports to be misleading or inaccurate; and e) There are reasonable grounds to believe that the company will be able to pay its debts as and when they fall due.

Signed in accordance with a resolution of the Directors made pursuant to Section 295(5) of the Corporations Act 2001. On behalf of the Directors,

Curtis Smith Mark Goggin Chair Director

Dated 9 October 2013

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 129 be gINNING OF AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTs

S tATement of comprehensive income FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2013

Notes ACTUAL ACTUAL 2013 2012 $ $ Expenses – – Total expenses – – Revenue – – Total revenue – –

NET RESULT – –

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME – – – – Total other comprehensive income TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME – –

S tATement of financial position FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2013

Notes ACTUAL ACTUAL 2013 2012 $ $ assets Current assets – – Total current assets – – Non-current assets – – Total non-current assets – – Total Assets – – LIABILITIES Current liabilities – – Total current liabilities – – Non-current liabilities – – Total non-current liabilities – – Total Liabilities – –

NET assets – – Equity Accumulated funds – – Total Equity 6 – –

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

130 Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 S tATement of changes in equity FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2013

Notes ACTUAL ACTUAL Accumulated Total funds $ $ Balance at 1 July 2012 – – Net result for the year – – Balance at 30 June 2013 6 – – Balance at 1 July 2011 – – Net result for the year – – Balance at 30 June 2012 – –

S tATement of cash flows FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2013

Notes ACTUAL ACTUAL 2013 2012 $ $ CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES – – NET CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES – –

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES – – NET CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES – –

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES – – NET CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES – –

NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CASH – – Opening cash and cash equivalents – – CLOSING CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS – –

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 131 Nto es to and forming part of the financial statements FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2013

1 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Accounting Standards:

a)R eporting entity > AAS B 9, AASB 2010-7 and AASB 2012-6 regarding financial instruments The Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales Limited is a company limited by guarantee, > AASB 10 Consolidated Financial Statements incorporated and domiciled in Australia. The company > AASB 11 Joint Arrangements was incorporated on 13 September 2001. The company > AASB 12 Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities is a non-profit entity (as profit is not its principal > AAS B 13, AASB 2011-8 and AASB 2012-1 regarding fair objective). value measurement The company’s registered office (and principal place of > AAS B 119, AASB 2011-10 and AASB 2011-11 regarding business) is: The Mint, 10 Macquarie Street, Sydney, employee benefits New South Wales. The company is a controlled entity of the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales (HHT) > AASB 127 Separate Financial Statements and with the HHT is included as part of the NSW Total > AASB 128 Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures State Sector Accounts. > AASB 1053 and AASB 2010-2 regarding differential T he financial statements were authorised for issue by reporting the Directors on 9 October 2013. > A ASB 2010-10 regarding removal of fixed dates for b) Basis of preparation first-time adopters > A ASB 2011-2 regarding Trans-Tasman Convergence The financial statements are general-purpose financial statements that have been prepared in accordance – Reduced Disclosure Requirements (RDR) with: > A ASB 2011-4 removing individual KMP disclosure > the Corporations Act 2001; requirements > a pplicable Australian Accounting Standards (which > AAS B 2011-6 regarding RDR and relief from include Australian Accounting Interpretations); consolidation > t he requirements of the Public Finance and Audit AS> A B 2011-7 regarding consolidation and joint Act 1983 and Regulation 2010; and arrangements > Treasurer’s Directions. > AASB 2011-12 regarding Interpretation 20 T he financial statements are for the Foundation for the d) Statement of compliance Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales Limited as an The financial statements and notes comply with individual entity. Australian Accounting Standards, which include J udgments, key assumptions and estimations made by Australian Accounting Interpretations. management are disclosed in the relevant notes to the 2 E TRUstE financial statements. The company acts as Trustee of the Foundation for A ll amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar and are the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales (the expressed in Australian currency. Foundation). Income and property under the control c) New Australian Accounting Standards issued but of the company must be applied to the promotion and not yet effective achievement of the objectives of the company. No portion shall be paid or transferred, directly or indirectly, to The company did not early adopt any new accounting  members or directors of the company. The financial standards and interpretations that are not yet effective, statements of the Foundation are prepared from books at the date of authorisation of the financial statements. of accounts kept by the HHT. The financial statements The company has assessed the potential impact of of the Foundation are presented with the company’s these new standards and interpretations and considers financial statements. the impact to be insignificant.  NSW Treasury has mandated not to early adopt the 3 COMPANY AND TRUST EXPENSES following new or revised accounting standards/ Operating costs of the company have been met by the interpretations as per TC 13/02: Mandates of Options Foundation. All expenses incurred by the company were and Major Policy Decisions under Australian in its capacity as Trustee.

132 Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 FOUNDATION FOR THE HISTORIC HOUSES TRUST OF NEW SOUTH WALES LIMITED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2013

4 RIght OF INDEMNITY OUT OF TRUST ASSETS 9 REMunERATION OF DIRECTORS The assets of the Foundation at 30 June 2013 are sufficient No directors of the company during the financial year to meet the Trustee’s rights of indemnity out of the Trust received income from the company in connection with assets for liabilities incurred on behalf of the Trust, as and the management of the affairs of the company whether when they fall due. as executive officer or otherwise.

5 AUdit FEES 10 CONTINGENT ASSETS OR LIABILITIES Audit fees for the financial year 2012–13 of $2475 (2011–12 There are no contingent assets or liabilities existing at $2365) inclusive of GST for the company accounts are to be the close of this report. paid by the Foundation. 11 SUBSEQUENT EVENTS 6ER MEMB S’ LIABILITY There has not arisen in the interval between the end of The company is limited by guarantee. Every member of the the financial year and the date of this report any matter company and every ex-member within one year of ceasing or circumstance that has significantly affected or may to be a member is liable in the event of winding up for an significantly affect the activities of the company, the amount not exceeding $10. There were 12 members at the results of those activities, or its state of affairs in the end of the financial year. ensuing or any subsequent financial year.

7 CONTROLLING ENTITY The HHT is considered to be the controlling entity of the Foundation. The HHT provided the Foundation and company with a range of administrative support services. These services have been provided at no charge to the END OF AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS company and comprised the provision of: > office accommodation facilities > accounting and administrative services > electricity and other utility services > human resources

8S AS ET AND LIABILITIES FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS TRUSTEE Details of the underlying assets and liabilities for the Foundation at 30 June 2013 are as follows:

AC TUALACTUAL 2013 2012 $ $ Current assets Cash 2,891,660 2,995,566 Receivables 24,651 24,706 Total Assets 2,916,311 3,020,272 Current liabilities Payables 28,078 14,522 Provisions 2,260 2,697 Total liabilities 30,338 17,219 N ET ASSETS 2,885,973 3,003,053

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 133 H AMILTON ROUSE HILL TRUST FINANCIAL statements historic houses trust of new south wales FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2013

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 135

2012–2013 ust r T Houses Historic t t r epo R l a Annu 136

THE FOR wales south new of trust houses historic the for foundation EAR Y J 0 3 ENDED 013 2 UNE historicfoundation houses for the trust historic of new houses south trust wales of FORnew THEsouth YE ARwales END FORED 3 THE0 JUNE YEAR 20 ENDED13 30 JUNE 2013

STAT EmeNT BY the DIRECTORS OF the ROUSE HILL HAMILTON collection pty limited FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2013

Pursuant to Section 41C(1C) of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983, we state that: a) T he accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 and Regulation 2010, applicable Australian Accounting Standards (which include Australian Accounting Interpretations) and the Treasurer’s Directions; b) I n our opinion, the financial statements show a true and fair view of the financial position and transactions of the company; and c) T here are no circumstances that would render any particulars included in the financial report to be misleading or inaccurate. This statement is made in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Directors and is signed for and on behalf of the Directors by:

Mark Goggin Miriam A Hamilton Director Director

Dated 7 August 2013

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2012–2013 ust r T Houses Historic t t r epo R l a Annu 138

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements. financial these of part form notes accompanying The

0,9 907,998 907,998 ty i u q E al t o T

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NT M D OF INNING g be AUDIT FINANCIAL STAT FINANCIAL E s E E historic houses trust of new south wales FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2013

S tATement of changes in equity FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2013

Accumulated Asset Other Total funds revaluation reserve - Trust surplus settlement $ $ $ $ Balance at 1 July 2012 675,000 232,988 10 9 07,9 98 Net result for the year – – – – Increment on revaluation of non-current assets – – – – Balance at 30 June 2013 675,000 232,988 10 907,998 Balance at 1 July 2011 675,000 232,988 10 9 07,9 98 Net result for the year – – – – Increment on revaluation of non-current assets – – – – Balance at 30 June 2012 675,000 232,988 10 907,998

S tATement of cash flows FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2013

Notes ACTUAL ACTUAL 2013 2012 $ $ CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES – – NET CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES – –

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES – – NET CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES – –

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES – – NET CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES – –

NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CASH – – Opening cash and cash equivalents 10 10 CLOSING CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS 10 10

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

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xtent that a credit balance exists in the asset asset the in exists balance credit a that xtent e

financial instruments financial

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immediately recognised are decrements Revaluation 

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and Major Policy Decisions under Australian Australian under Decisions Policy Major and

as an expense in the net result, the increment is is increment the result, net the in expense an as

interpretations as per TC 13/02: Mandates of Options Options of Mandates 13/02: TC per as interpretations

respect of that class of asset previously recognised recognised previously asset of class that of respect

following new or revised accounting standards/ standards/ accounting revised or new following

an increment reverses a revaluation decrement in in decrement revaluation a reverses increment an

NSW Treasury has mandated not to early adopt the the adopt early to not mandated has Treasury NSW 

asset revaluation surplus, except that, to the extent that that extent the to that, except surplus, revaluation asset

impact on the Trust’s financial statements. financial Trust’s the on impact valuation increments are credited directly to the the to directly credited are increments valuation  Re

the implementation of these standards will not have any any have not will standards these of implementation the

account at those values. They are not depreciated. not are They values. those at account

been early adopted by the Trust. It is considered that that considered is It Trust. the by adopted early been

valuers at their fair market value and are brought to to brought are and value market fair their at valuers

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early adopt any of the new standards/interpretations. standards/interpretations. new the of any adopt early

public sector. public

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methodology adopted in the New South Wales Wales South New the in adopted methodology

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Guidelines for the Valuation of Physical Non-Current Non-Current Physical of Valuation the for Guidelines dollar and are expressed in Australian currency. Australian in expressed are and dollar

ollections are valued in accordance with TPP 07-1: 07-1: TPP with accordance in valued are ollections  C tatements. All amounts are rounded to the nearest nearest the to rounded are amounts All tatements. s

are disclosed in the relevant notes to the financial financial the to notes relevant the in disclosed are

Collections d)

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accruals basis and are based on historical costs costs historical on based are and basis accruals

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pplicable Australian Accounting Standards (which (which Standards Accounting Australian pplicable a >

– Reduced Disclosure Requirements (RDR) Requirements Disclosure Reduced –

with: 2011-2 regarding Trans-Tasman Convergence Convergence Trans-Tasman regarding 2011-2 AS  B A >

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The financial statements were authorised for issue issue for authorised were statements financial The 128 Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures Joint and Associates in Investments 128 B > AAS >

are part of the NSW Total State Sector Accounts. Sector State Total NSW the of part are > AAS > 127 Separate Financial Statements Financial Separate 127 B

Houses Trust of New South Wales (HHT) accounts, which which accounts, (HHT) Wales South New of Trust Houses

employee benefits employee

Government entity and is consolidated in the Historic Historic the in consolidated is and entity Government

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is not its principal objective). It is a New South Wales Wales South New a is It objective). principal its not is

value measurement value

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AAS > 2012-1 regarding fair fair regarding 2012-1 B AAS and 2011-8 B AAS 13, B 

27 October 1994 and holds collection items in and about about and in items collection holds and 1994 October 27

ntities E Other in Interests of Disclosure 12 B > AAS > The Hamilton Rouse Hill Trust was established on on established was Trust Hill Rouse Hamilton The

S C A NT A C I F SIGNI F O Y AR SUMM 1 E POLICI COUNTING > AAS > 11 Joint Arrangements Joint 11 B

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2 JUNE 30 ENDED YEAR THE FOR 013

l l i c h t r a p g i r s e T o N fo and to t of n m a finan e ts me stat n e THE historic HAMI ltonhouses ROUSE trust HILL of TRUST new FORsouth THE wales YEAR ENDEDFOR THE 30 Y JUNEEAR EN2013DED 30 JUNE 2013

revaluation surplus in respect of the same class of assets, they are debited directly to the asset revaluation surplus. R evaluation increments and decrements are offset against one another within a class of non-current assets, but not otherwise. Where an asset that has previously been revalued is disposed of, any balance remaining in the asset revaluation reserve in respect of that asset is transferred to accumulated funds.

2H CAS RECEIVABLES The Hamilton Rouse Hill Trust does not have a separate bank account. The HHT, as the controlling entity of the Hamilton Rouse Hill Trust, maintains $10 in its bank account.

3 COLLECtions Pursuant to a chattels sale agreement, the Hamilton Rouse Hill Collection was acquired on 27 October 1994. Collection assets were revalued in 2009 at fair value by Noble Numismatics and other external valuers, and were subsequently revalued at June 2010 by expert in-house curatorial staff conforming to AASB 116 and in accordance with TPP 07-01. Accredited valuation of the collection at 30 June 2013 remains unchanged at $907,988. The collection is externally valued every five years.

AC TUALACTUAL 2013 2012 $ $

Collections at fair value 907,988 907,988 TOTAL 907,988 907,988

4R SE VicES PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE A management agreement was entered into on 27 October 1994 between the company and the HHT, whereby the HHT, in consideration for allowing the collection to remain in its care and safe keeping, accepts sole responsibility for the management and conservation of the entire collection. The Director of the HHT is a director of the company and their services are provided free of charge.

5 EVENts SUBSEQUENT TO BALANCE DATE Since 30 June 2013, no event has arisen that would be likely to materially affect the results of the Trust or its state of affairs in the ensuing or any subsequent financial year.

6 AUdit FEES Audit fees for the financial year 2012–13 of $2530 (2011–12; $2420) inclusive of GST were paid by the HHT.

END OF AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 141

ROUSE hill HAMILTON collection pty limited FINanCIAL statements historicfoundation houses for the trust historic of new houses south trust wales of FORnew THEsouth YE ARwales END FORED 3 THE0 JUNE YEAR 20 ENDED13 30 JUNE 2013

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 143

2012–2013 ust r T Houses Historic t t r epo R l a Annu 144

THE FOR wales south new of trust houses historic the for foundation EAR Y J 0 3 ENDED 013 2 UNE historicfoundation houses for the trust historic of new houses south trust wales of FORnew THEsouth YE ARwales END FORED 3 THE0 JUNE YEAR 20 ENDED13 30 JUNE 2013

STAT EmeNT BY the DIRECTORS OF the ROUSE HILL HAMILTON collection pty limited FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2013

Pursuant to Section 41C(1B) and (1C) of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983, the Directors of the Rouse Hill Hamilton Collection Pty Limited state that: a) T he accompanying financial statements and notes present a true and fair view of the financial position and performance of the company at 30 June 2013 and the results of its operations and transactions for the year on that date ended; b) T he financial statements and notes have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 and Regulation 2010; c) T he financial statements and notes have been prepared in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards (which include Australian Accounting Interpretations); d) W e are not aware of any circumstances which would render any particulars included in the financial reports to be misleading or inaccurate; and e) T here are reasonable grounds to believe that the company will be able to pay its debts as and when they fall due.

Signed in accordance with a resolution of the Directors.

Mark Goggin Miriam A Hamilton Director Director

Dated 7 August 2013

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be gINNING OF AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTs

S tATement of comprehensive income FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2013

Notes ACTUAL ACTUAL 2013 2012 $ $ Expenses – – Total expenses – – Revenue – – Total revenue – –

NET RESULT – –

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME – – Total other comprehensive income – – TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME – –

S tATement of financial position FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2013

Notes ACTUAL ACTUAL 2013 2012 $ $ assets Current assets – – Cash 2 2 Total current assets 2 2 Non-current assets – – Total non-current assets – – Total Assets 2 2 LIABILITIES Total Liabilities – –

NET assets 2 2 Equity Accumulated funds 2 2 Total Equity 6 2 2

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

146 Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 S tATement of changes in equity FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2013

Notes ACTUAL ACTUAL Accumulated Total funds $ $ Balance at 1 July 2012 2 2 Net result for the year – – Balance at 30 June 2013 6 2 2 Balance at 1 July 2011 2 2 Net result for the year – – Balance at 30 June 2012 2 2

S tATement of cash flows FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2013

Notes ACTUAL ACTUAL 2013 2012 $ $ CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES – – NET CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES – –

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES – – NET CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES – –

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES – – NET CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES – –

NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CASH – – Opening cash and cash equivalents 2 2 CLOSING CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS 2 2

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

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1 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING > AAS B 9, AASB 2010-7 and AASB 2012-6 regarding POLICIES financial instruments > AASB 10 Consolidated Financial Statements a) R eporting entity The Rouse Hill Hamilton Collection Pty Limited is a > AASB 11 Joint Arrangements company limited by shares, incorporated and > AASB 12 Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities domiciled in Australia. The company was incorporated > AAS B 13, AASB 2011-8 and AASB 2012-1 regarding fair on 26 October 1994. The company is a non-profit entity value measurement (as profit is not its principal objective). It is a New South > AAS B 119, AASB 2011-10 and AASB 2011-11 regarding Wales Government entity and is consolidated in the employee benefits Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales (HHT) accounts. The company’s registered office (and > AASB 127 Separate Financial Statements principal place of business) is: The Mint, 10 Macquarie > AASB 128 Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures Street, Sydney, New South Wales. > AASB 1053 and AASB 2010-2 regarding differential The financial statements were authorised for issue by reporting the Directors on 7 August 2013. > A ASB 2010-10 regarding removal of fixed dates for first-time adopters b) Basis of preparation The financial statements are general-purpose financial > A ASB 2011-2 regarding Trans-Tasman Convergence statements that have been prepared in accordance – Reduced Disclosure Requirements (RDR) with: > A ASB 2011-4 removing individual KMP disclosure > a pplicable Australian Accounting Standards (which requirements include Australian Accounting Interpretations); > AAS B 2011-6 regarding RDR and relief from > t he requirements of the Public Finance and Audit consolidation Act 1983 and Regulation 2010; and AS> A B 2011-7 regarding consolidation and joint > Treasurer’s Directions. arrangements T he financial statements are for the Rouse Hill Hamilton > AASB 2011-12 regarding Interpretation 20 Collection Pty Limited as an individual entity. d) Statement of compliance J udgments, key assumptions and estimations made by The financial statements and notes comply with management are disclosed in the relevant notes to the Australian Accounting Standards, which include financial statements. Australian Accounting Interpretations. A ll amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar and are 2 E TRUstE expressed in Australian currency. The company acts as Trustee of the Hamilton Rouse c) New Australian Accounting Standards issued but Hill Trust. not effective 3 COMPANY AND TRUST EXPENSES At reporting date a number of accounting standards Operating costs of the company have been met by the adopted by the AASB had been issued but are not yet HHT. All expenses incurred by the company were in its effective. At present NSW Treasury is mandating not to capacity as Trustee. early adopt any of the new standards/interpretations. As such, these new standards/interpretations have not 4 AUdit FEES been early adopted by the company. It is considered Audit fees for the financial year 2012–13 of $2475 (2011–12; that the implementation of these standards will not $2310) inclusive of GST for the company accounts are to have any impact on the company’s financial be met by the HHT. statements. NSW Treasury has mandated not to early adopt the 5 RIght OF INDEMNITY OUT OF THE TRUST ASSETS following new or revised accounting standards/ The assets of the company as at 30 June 2013 are interpretations as per TC 13/02: Mandates of Options sufficient to meet the Trustee’s rights of indemnity out and Major Policy Decisions under Australian of trust assets for liabilities incurred on behalf of the Trust, Accounting Standards: as and when they fall due.

148 Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 ROUSE HILL HAMILTON COLLECTION PTY LIMITED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2013

6 SHARE CAPITAL

AC TUALACTUAL 2013 2012 $ $

Issued capital 2 shares of $1 fully paid 2 2

7 RELATED PARTIES a) Directors’ remuneration The directors act in an honorary capacity and do not receive remuneration in connection with managing the affairs of the company or of the Trust for which the company acts as Trustee. b) Controlling entity T he HHT is considered to be the controlling entity of the Rouse Hill Hamilton Collection Pty Limited. c) Support T he HHT provided the Rouse Hill Hamilton Collection Pty Limited with a range of administrative support services. These services have been provided at no charge to the Rouse Hill Hamilton Collection Pty Limited and comprised the provision of: > office accommodation facilities > accounting and administrative services

8 REMunERATION OF DIRECTORS No directors of the company during the financial year received income from the company in connection with the management of the affairs of the company whether as executive officer or otherwise.

9 CONTINGENT ASSETS AND LIABILITIES There are no contingent assets or liabilities.

10 SUBSEQUENT EVENTS There has not arisen in the interval between the end of the financial year and the date of this report any matter or circumstance that has significantly affected or may significantly affect the activities of the company, the results of those activities, or its state of affairs in the ensuing or any subsequent financial year.

END OF AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 149 Contas ct

All properties are closed Good G overnment House M useum of Sydney Friday and Christmas Day. Visit Macquarie Street on the site of first Government House www.hht.net.au for opening hours Sydney NSW 2000 Cnr Bridge and Phillip streets during NSW school holidays and T 02 9931 5222 Sydney NSW 2000 NSW public holidays. F 02 9931 5208 T 02 9251 5988 House open Friday to Sunday F 02 9251 5966 Historic Houses Trust 10.30am–3pm Open daily 10am–5pm of New South Wales Access by guided tour only Schools and booked groups by arrangement Head Office Grounds open daily 10am–4pm The Mint Schools and booked groups by arrangement R ose Seidler House 10 Macquarie Street 71 Clissold Road Sydney NSW 2000 H yde Park Barracks Museum Wahroonga NSW 2076 T 02 8239 2288 Queens Square T 02 9989 8020 F 02 8239 2299 Macquarie Street F 02 9487 2761 E [email protected] Sydney NSW 2000 Open Sunday 11am–4pm Open Monday to Friday 9am–5pm T 02 8239 2311 Schools and booked groups by arrangement Infoline 02 8239 2442 F 02 8239 2322 TTY 02 8239 2377 Open daily 10am–5pm R ouse Hill House & Farm www.hht.net.au Schools and booked groups by arrangement 356 Annangrove Road (PO Box 3123) C aroline Simpson Library Justice & Police Museum Rouse Hill NSW 2155 & Research Collection Cnr Albert and Phillip streets T 02 9627 6777 The Mint Circular Quay NSW 2000 F 02 9627 6776 10 Macquarie Street T 02 9252 1144 Open Saturday and Sunday Sydney NSW 2000 F 02 9252 4860 10.30am–3.30pm (Bookings advisable) T 02 8239 2233 Open Saturday and Sunday Schools and booked groups by arrangement F 02 8239 2433 10am–5pm E [email protected] Schools and booked groups by arrangement S usannah Place Museum http://library.hht.net.au 58–64 Gloucester Street Open Tuesday to Friday 10am–4pm M eroogal The Rocks NSW 2000 Cnr West and Worrigee streets T 02 9241 1893 E lizabeth Bay House Nowra NSW 2541 F 02 9241 2608 7 Onslow Avenue T 02 4421 8150 Open daily 2pm–5pm Elizabeth Bay NSW 2011 F 02 4421 2747 Access by guided tour only T 02 9356 3022 Open Saturday 10.30am–3.30pm Schools and booked groups by arrangement F 02 9357 7176 Access by guided tour only, Open Friday to Sunday 11am–4pm on the hour V aucluse House Schools and booked groups by arrangement Schools and booked groups by arrangement Wentworth Road Vaucluse NSW 2030 E lizabeth Farm T 02 9388 7922 70 Alice Street F 02 9337 4963 Rosehill NSW 2142 Open Friday to Sunday 11am–4pm T 02 9635 9488 Schools and booked groups by arrangement F 02 9891 3740 Open Saturday and Sunday 10.30am–3.30pm Schools and booked groups by arrangement

150 Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 Thn a k you to our Program Supporters & partners

We thank the generosity, support and expertise of I nterpretation & Exhibitions the many people and groups who have assisted the supporters HHT this year, including: A BC Open (Now and then exhibition) • HHT Volunteers Darug elders and descendants (Rouse Hill • HHT Foundation Board, Governors House & Farm interpretation) and Supporters Faculty of the Built Environment, University of • HHT Friends Committee and Volunteers New South Wales (Public Sydney publication) Government Architects’ Office, NSW (Public EDUCATION & PUBLIC PROGRAM SUPPORTERS Sydney publication) Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP) La Perouse Aboriginal Community (Vaucluse Big Dig Youth Hostels Australia House interpretation) City of Sydney NSW Police Force (The Force exhibition) Chinese Historical Association of Australia Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane (Margaret Fresh Catering Olley exhibition) History Council of NSW Powerhouse Museum Museums and Galleries of NSW State Library of New South Wales New South Wales Bar Association M useum partners NIDA Hyde Park Barracks Museum NSW Architects Registration Board The Great Irish Famine Commemoration NSW Department of Education & Communities Committee NSW Department of Education, Curriculum and Susannah Place Museum Learning Innovation Centre (Connected Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority Classrooms) Government House Police Prosecutions Command, New South Wales Office of the Governor Police Force Department of Premier & Cabinet Sydney Architecture Festival Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney Sydney Harbour Federation Trust NSW Police Force Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority (Windmill project) Rouse Hill House & Farm Sydney Writers’ Festival NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service The Rocks Educators Network VideoConferencing Australia Vivid Ideas

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The HHT would like to thank the following sponsors for their support:

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152 Historic Houses Trust Annual Report 2012–2013 Cover Key to Elizabeth Bay House. Photograph © Haley Richardson & Stuart Miller page 1 Elizabeth Bay House. Photograph © Haley Richardson & Stuart Miller page 6 Elizabeth Farm. Photograph © Haley Richardson & Stuart Miller page 34 HHT Head Gardener, Dave Gray. Photograph © James Horan page 58 Fifties Fair 2012. Photograph © James Horan page 73 Museum of Sydney. Photograph © James Horan page 106 Meroogal. Photograph © Nicholas Watt page 126 Susannah Place Museum. Photograph © James Horan page 134 Rouse Hill House & Farm. Photograph © James Horan page 142; Rouse Hill House & Farm. Photograph © Haley Richardson & Stuart Miller production credits Project Manager Louise Ruddock Editor Rhiain Hull Design Natalie Webb Elizabeth B ay House Elizabeth Farm Government House Hyde Park Barracks Museum Justice & Police Museum Meroogal Museum of Sydney on the site of first Government House Rose Seidler House Rouse Hill House & Farm Susannah Place Museum The Mint AND CAROLINE SIMPSON LIBRARY & RESEARCH COLLECTION Vaucluse House