AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM
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A M eAnnua{ Report o{ the AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM ISSN 1039 • ·1141 To the Hon Bob Carr MP fre111i£'r a/1(/ t(illister /('1 rite · lrts
Sir.
In accordance with the provisions of the Annual Reports (Statutory Bodies) Act 1984. and the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983. we have pleasure in submitting this report of the activities of the Australian Museum Trust for the financial year ended 30 June 1996 for presentation to Parliament.
On behalf of the Australian Museum Trust.
Dr Des Griffin AM Mr Malcolm Long Secrrfm·lf fi/ tfu, .Jmsl fresic/elll oj tlte Jmsl
AUS IR AL I AN MUSE UM 6 College Street Sydney 2000 Phone: (02) 9320 6000 Internet: i1ifol @amsg .Austmus.gov.au
Open 7 days (except Chnstmas Day) 9.30am to 5pm
Admission Charges: Family $12, Child $2, Adults $5, Concession $3, Seniors and TAMS Members Free . contents
Statement of Ph1losophy 4
Introduction 6
Highlights 7
Premier's Message 8
President's Message 10
Director's Message 12
PubliC Programs and Marketing 16
Sc1ence m the Museum 22
Commerc1al Act1V1t1es 36
Corporate Serv1ces 40
Fmanc1al Statements 46
Appendices
Trust 62
Management Structure 64
Staff 66
Publ1cat1ons 70
Sponsors 83
Index 84 statement of philosophy
The future of our natural environment and cultural heritage IS of central concern: we intend to join in public debate and g1ve adv1ce to government, the community and business. where we have special knowledge
The Australian Museum is comm1tted to:
• Excellence in research and scholarship 1n natural science and human studies for the benefit of current and future generations.
• Sharing knowledge w ith the community and providing opportunities for enjoyable learning experiences through exh1b1tions. education programs. publications and other media.
• Ensuring continuous improvement 1n the quality of Museum programs and EXCELLE:- RESEARCH ..\'\0 • Respect for the rights and w1shes of the peoples whose knowledge and SCIIOLAR S IIIP 1:\ material culture form the bas1s of our human stud1es programs and to abiding by legislation and conventions protecung the natural environment. :-;AT U RAL S\ l ciiiCE wildlife and cultural heritage AND II U"' AN • Public accou ntability 10 usmg the community' s resources and to actmg m a manner consistent with our m1ss1on and deservmg of the contmued STUDieS IS OH J; Rh D support and participation of the community, the pnvate sector and government. FOR T ll E B ENEFIT 0 1· CU RR FNT • Involving staff through multi-diSCiplinary teams and other means 1n the development of the Museum and Museum programs and to bemg A '\ D I· U I U R F. innovative in developing ways to advance the Museum's goals. • Creating a more environmentally fnendly workplace and use of resources • Ensuring the Museum IS an exc1t1ng and reward1ng place to v1s1t and work in ... and it should be fun! cill£.ssion r9ur nzzssz(~n is to increase understanding of, and influence puUlc def.ate on1 the natural enz'irorunenf1 hunzan societies and h.unzan iHteractiCtn tuith. the environn~zent. I - ~!CJJI'i jn111 tfu Rtt!t n·lle£'1ic·ll iw·/ur/i11rf ll jM·cfteorl cirrlc! jn·nt t/1<' 7lfti/'i11Jl(/(l/j Y.~·loJI(/'i. (ll/(1 (/ ·'jlillltlii(J /('/' /n·lll tltc ee~ims (listrirl introduction The Australian Museum declares and celebrates 1ts scient1f1c mtegnty and its connection with 1ts commun1ty of v1sitors lt IS proud of 1ts record for preservmg. documenting. exhibiting and mterprettng matenal ev1dence and mformation. The future of our natural env1ronment and cultural hentage IS of central concern, and the Australian Museum accepts the challenge to JOin in public debate and give advice to government, the community and business, where it has special knowledge. The Australian Museum is committed to excellence in research and THE AUSTRALIAN scholarship in natural science and human studies for the benefit of current and future generations. lt enthusiaStically prov1d es opportumt1es for enjoyable MUSEUM IS PROUD learning expenences through 1ts exh1b1t1ons, educat1on programs, publications and other media. OF ITS RF.CORO FOR lt respects the rights and w1shes of the peoples whose knowledge and P R E S I·. R \ I \ G . material culture form the bas1s of ItS human stud1es programs and it abides by legislation and conventions protecung the natural environment, wildlife D 0 C U ~1 E '\ T I N G . and cultural heritage. The Museum involves its staff through multi-diSCiplinary teams and other means in the development of 1ts programs to advance the Museum s goals Most importantly, the Museum works hard to create an exc•ung and MATERIAL rewarding place to work and to v1 s1t. I: VIOI·NCL ANI) PR0\<101\ G OPPOR 'I U ~IIII S f O R E C\ J 0 Y .\ B I 1: l. 1: ,\ R :-.. I C\ (i EX Ph R I I· ( I S • h 1 g h 1 1 g h t s • The establishment of four centres of excellence 10 sc•ent•f•c research the People and Place Research Centre; the Centre for B•od•vers•ty and Conservat•on Research, the Geod1versity Research Centre, and the Centre for Evolutionary Research • The 75th year of contmuous publication of the Museum's magazme, Nature Atlstralia (formerly ANI-I), now one of the Museum's most successful public programs. • The exh1b 1t10n Frogs created such enthusiasm among the community, and pos1t1ve response from the media, that 1ts season was extended Tadpoles of the highly endangered Green and Golden Bell Frog, bred in the exh1b1t1on. were placed 1n a natural habitat site at Marnckv•lle • The successful New Zealand tour of the exhibitiOn, Garganwans From The Garden, produced by the Australian Museum • The acqu•s•t•on of the world-renowned Albert Chapman Mmeral Collect1on as an Important sem1-permanent exhibition. • The establishment of the Australian Museum World Wide Web s1te. • The Implementation of Australia's first performance contract for energy effic1ency to update the Museum's l•ghting and a•r-cond•tioning. premier. ' s message The Australian Museum has a long and 1mpress1ve hiStory of contribution to our understanding of our natural env1ronment and cultural history Established 10 1827, it traces its origins from the first sparks of interest by Europeans 1n the natural environment of NSW. lt is Australia's oldest and largest museum of natural history, and its story is of an institution wh1ch has become much greater than the sum of its parts. Today, the Australian Museum is renowned throughout the world for the qualtty of its research. its collections and its Involvement with the commun1ty through lively public programs. Its enviable reputation was further enhanced during the year by the TODAY . T H E establishment of four centres of excellence in scienttf1c research. These centres collaborate with other eminent research cent res 1n Australta and overseas. AUSTRALIAN Sharing the results with the communtty, the centres represent a progress1ve step for all research bodies; sc1ent1f 1c debate and 1nformat1on belong to us all MUSEUM IS The Museum's outreach program tor all sections of the community cont10ued 1ts RE!"OWNED comm1tment to open access. Many major corporations and organisations sought the Museum's expertise. and prov1nc1al and outly1ng rural areas received the 1 HROUGHOUT THE benefits of the Museum's knowledge through engagtng programs such as WORLD FOR THE Museum-in-a-Box and Museum-on-the-Road QUALITY or I TS As Min1ster for the Arts, I am most Interes ted 1n the M useum's conttnumg drive to encourage visitors to share the pleasures of thts marvellous place, and make R E S E A R C 11 . I 'I S use of its facilities. COLLEC 1'101\!S A D I am particularly delighted Wi th the M useum's 1nnovat1ve programs mvolvtng Aboriginal culture and history, tts work With Abong10al commun1t1es 10 ITS IN \'01. \ ' 1: \11 I' establtshtng and mainta101ng Abong10al keeptng places and the 1mportant forthcom10g exhibition, Abongmaf Australia. \\ 1"1 11 TilE C' 0 \I \I l \. 11 ) The Australian Museum is dedtcated to pnnc1ples of access and equity lt cont10ues to play an Integral role 1n fostering and further~ng public enjoyment. 1 H R 0 L G 11 L1 \' r:: I ' and 1t IS meticulous 10 1ts comm1tment to publtc accountabilitY 10 usmg the communtry's resources. PU BLIC' PROGRAM S. 1 congratulate the Australian Museum Trust, the management and the staff for thetr imaginative, exc1ttng w ork over the last year. Bob Carr, MP l'rellliN. lfiwstcr jt•r t/11 .\~tlit·e · fustmlian f.ir{/-;' c11s. (/e/ailfn·Jil tftc ts·;~· .](. ~. Bm1f n·flerti(•ll president's message l( d Ill .... I tU Some 1mportant foundations for future development were la1d dunng a busy year for the Museum. The Museum Trust, together w1th the sen1or management. held an mtensive policy sem1nar to clanfy core strateg1es and ldent1fy opportunities to extend even further the Museum's 1mportant role. As a result, a revised Corporate Plan. incorporating new strategiC objectives and m1ssion statement, was developed Separately. the NSW Government conducted a wide-ranging rev1ew of the Museum's structure and activities. lt was generally complimentary and supportive of the Museum's work. lt also ident1f1ed some measures aimed at ass1stmg the Museum's effectiveness. These meshed well with those Identified by the Trust and management m their own policy development work. DllRI-..;G TilE Yb\R, In add1t1on to this. the Museum has been assessmg 1ts phys1cal needs. With Till' SCII :-;TIFIC government support, work has begun on a s1te development plan to ensure that the Museum's faciht1es are SUitable for our needs for the future. \\' 0 R K (>Jo 1 11 E During the year. the scientific work of the Museum also moved mto a new ,\ l 1 R \ l I,\:-.. \I US 1: l \I key with the creation of four Research Centres m 81odiversity and \10 \' I [) I ~ I 0 ,\ :"\ I· \\ Conservation. Evolutionary B1ology. Geod1vers1ty. and People and Places. designed to move the Museum's research mto mnovat1ve. substantial, cross KEY \\'1111 IIIE disciplinary, teamwork-based projects. The Museum's value as a working scientific research institution was also reflected in the Threatened Species CREA1ION Of' FOUR Services Act 7985 which identified the Museum as a major player in the State biodiversity field. RESEARCH CENTRES. Public program highlights mcluded the opening of the Frogs exhibition. the Australia Street project in conjunctiOn With the Un1vers1ty of Technology, Sydney, and the Gargantuans From The Garden exh1b1tion's highly successful tour of New Zealand The Museum's own home page 1s also on line on the Internet. This lively activity of the Museum dunng the year 1s a reflection of the passion and dedication of the Museum's management and staff. The Trust is certainly grateful to them for the1r efforts As for the Trust nself, two prom1nent members have completed the1r terms smce the last annual report. I pay tribute to the contribution of former Deputy Pres1dent. Dr Malcolm Eut1ck, and especially former President, Patnc1a Watson, whose unt1ring commitment to the Museum during her term 1n office st1mulated many Important initiatives. 1 would also hke to thank The Australian Museum Soc1ety for 1ts contmuing act1ve contrtbutton to the hfe of the Museum, and the many volunteers who selflessly support the Museum's act1v1ties. Our corporate sponsors are, of course. invaluable and we are very grateful for the1r 1nterest and Involvement Finally. 1 would l1ke to thank the Minister for the Arts. the Prem1er of NSW, Bob Carr. and the staff of the Ministry for their on-going support Th1s 1nst1tut10n has deep roots in the affections of the people of NSW At so many functtons at the Museum. visitors from all walks of l1fe have spoken to me about what the Australian Museum means to them, and the Trust IS acutely aware of its responsibility to ensure that the Museum maintatns 1ts Important role tn our community director's message I Jn ~~ rilfi" I l ( In all the best museums. sc1ence centres and aQuana. the Integration of common goals is a fundamental feature of the1r success. People have commitment and a strong feeling of bemg one team. This goes together w1th a focus at the top of the organisation on long-term v1s1on: balancing the concern for the immediate agamst the long-term. The Trust has considered these things and provided great support to management. The work of two prominent researchers in leaders hip and management. Gary Hamel and CK Prahalad. exemplify this. They say: In busmess as m art what dtstmgutshes leaders from laggards. and greatness from medtocnty, ts the abtlttv to umquely 1magme what could be Industry fores1ghc requlfes a deep-seated curtOSitY. Executives of a top company were asked. 'Could you sustam a debate for e1ght hours about the I '\ \ L L. T 11 (, B I S I tmplicavons of the trends and forces at work wh1ch have the potential to powerfully transform mdustry structure how fast the trend IS emergmg m \1 L S r l \1 S S C I L ~ C E different markets of the world. specdtc technolog1es propellmg 1t, cho1ces compemors are makmg compames m che lead who has most to gam and CF'\TRLS \:'-iD most to lose. mvestmenr strategies of competitors and ways m wh1ch the trend may mfluence cuscomer demands and needs7 They couldn tf They t\ Q l .\RI A. 1 I I E could do so for 1ssues such as allocatmg corporate overheads setttng sales targets, managmg transfer pnces However, they realtsed they had lost 1'\TI'GRATIOi\ OF control of the company. the" destmy, eo compelltors who were wtlltng to COMMON GOALS IS devote time and necessary mtel/ectual energy to understand and mfluence forces shapmg the future of the mdustry A FUNDAMENTAL Adapted lrom Compering For The Future (H BA Press. 1994) FEATURE OF TIIEIR On the other hand, museums are conglomerates: the different parts that compnse a museum can have different visions of the organisation's purposes St;CCESS. and future, and equally d1verse mterests. Organisations dominated by bureaucracy tend to exacerbate these difficulties and conflict. In some cases, there is a history of little more than power struggles. The Australian Museum is past that. Teams developmg public programs and scientific research are multi-disciplinary. They draw on people's knowledge and contribution from all areas of the Museum. The challenge 1s to make all these things work when so much 1s happen1ng. We have established four centres of sc1entific research to focus our research into areas where we can have influence: Biodiversity and Conservation Deep-se(/ su/l'l'll~lllfj cmslacean ( Ba tf11f 11<•Ill/IS illll/1 a11 is) Research, People and Places. Geod1versny and EvolutiOn These centres like public program projeCt teams, compnse representatives of all the Museum's groups The Biodtversity Centre w1ll be launched 1n August and w1ll be a great success w ith the strong leadership of Dr Gerry Cass1s, and support from an excellent team, mcluding Community Relations and Exhibitions people. The po1 nt is integration. The development of the new Abongmal Australia and Australian Environments sem1-permanent exh1bit1ons clearly establ1sh that we are doing the things successful organ1sat1ons do: focusing on all our stakeholders and the audience to a much greater extent than before There has been an extens1ve 'front-end' evaluation of VISitor needs. establishmg consultative processes in the development of commun1cat1on and content as both a matter of quality and better engagement w1th VISitors The same wnh IF llll SCIIOLAR')IIIP stakeholders, particularly m cultural programs Abongmal people have been involved in the development of messages, concepts and content for the 0 F ,\ \I L ') r l \1 IS I 0 Abongmal Australia exh1b1t1on smce the project's germination. BE \ \l.lJED. TilE lt IS Important to start where the v1s1tor IS and develop from that CO\CLl SIO'\S At'< I) understanding even better ways of st1mulatmg learnmg and communication. lt is often said that change reqUires educat1on. Wh1lst museums are in the VISIONS Rl:VI.\Ill) business of education, they must work with other groups to ach1eve influence with decision makers. As I have said before. they must make a MuST COLNT WITII difference. If the scholarship of a museum is to be valued. the conclusions and visions revealed must count with those who 1nfluence the future, as well liiOSI· WIIO as t hose who influence the past I:\ H . l l' C F T 11 E Available resources are still t1ght. In such a climate it is easy to be Fl TU RE, .\ S \\ El I. AS pessimistic, to be dnven by considerations of 1nputs rather than the important outputs and outcomes. to look at cuttmg Four mdependent fiiOSF \\'110 surveys have shown that downs1zmg (nghtsizing, hollowmg-out. call it what you like) does not work as a strategy for domg more w1th less. lt is a short I \ F L t,; E ;-.: C E I 11 l: P A S T term f1x approach which the Museum has never cons1dered senously. lt is easy to say what should not be done and to cut resources. 1t is much harder to say what should be invested in Contrary to some views. intervention at the right t1me. at the right place and w1th the right people is of fundamental importance - it is what leadership is about, NOT follow1ng rules. This is starkly revealed by the failure of capital in some countries to invest 1n ventures that will take time to come to market, such as new technology for card1ac a1lments or X-ray lithography denved from the study of the eyes of lobsters wh1ch w111 revolut10n1se computmg power Countnes where the city' 1s only mterested m money w1ll eventually crumble. Th1s year saw the retirement of the Deputy Director, Dr Hal Cogger, after more than 40 years m the Museum, 18 as Deputy Director H1s contribution to the Museum's work, and the many people whose l1ves he has enriched, is Immeasurable. I am pleased that he 1s maintainmg h1s l1nks w1th the Museum as a research assoc1ate, and that the Trust saw fit to appomt Hal as the 1naugural John W Evans Memorial Fellow. Or John Evans was D1rector of the Museum - one of the best the Museum has had - from 1954 to 1966 at the time when Ha I JOined the Museum. I would like to thank the Trust and especially the President, Mr Malcolm Long, for strong support and v1s1on throughout the year lt IS customary to look wnh rhetoncal relish to the challenges which lie ahead. and there are many. Through supporting each other and continUing a focus on quality and domg thmgs better. we can mdeed face the future with confidence public programs The goal of public programs and market1ng IS to promote awareness and understanding of the Australian Museum. to reaffirm and promote 1ts work. and to encourage people to take part m ItS actiVIties. The Museum divisions of Exh1b1t1ons. EducatiOn and Community Relations work together to formulate the public programs. in collaboration w ith all scientific divisions. The interpretive design and development, documentation, production and ongoing maintenance of exhibitions is the direct responsibility of the ( .1 fll·f.itiNrs division. lt also organises the sourcing and installation of exhibitions and national, and sometimes international, exhibition tours; the design and production of the public programs; and the Australian Museum's print media. T 11 E -\ l S T R ,\ I I \ ' \ll S I L \I S This year. the division placed more emphaSIS on expanding the range of exhibitions developed internally so that the Australian Museum's exhibition E .\ Ill BI TIO :\ program is now the most ambittous and active of any natural history museum in the count ry. PR 0 G R ,\ \I I S \. 0 \\ Successful exhibition projects carried out include Frogs, a major interactive IIIE MOST exhibition that promoted the importance of frogs as environmental indicators and their significance to wetland ecology; Images of Power, an exhibition 1\ M B I I I 0 l S A N D which made a strong contribution to visitors' awareness of Balinese culture. especially when juxtaposed with performances by a gamelan orchestra; ICI A C I I V F. 0 I· A \1 Y Zoom-In, an enormously popular exhibition which revealed some of life's little NATLRAL IIISTORY mysteries through the power of robotic microscope and magnifier; The BBC Wildlife Photography Exhibition, which focused attention on environmental \lLSt:!Vvl I'< TIIF. issues through award-winning and commanded photographs by some of the world's leading wildlife photographers; and My Tibet, a much-pratsed COlJ:\IRY . exhibition of photographs by renowned Amencan photographer Galen Rowell. with accompanying text by the Dala1 Lama Pre-production covered The Albert Chapman Mmeral Collection. which opens as a semi-permanent exhibition, housed m a specially designed new gallery, 1n late September 1996; the major temporary exh1bit1on Sex, opening in December 1996; and the Aborigmal Australta exhibition scheduled for April 1997. • - Once again, the f (//1{'(1/ifoll d1V1s1on prov1ded challengmg and enJoyable services which were mnovat1ve. s1gmf1cant and respons1ve to community needs and wh1ch raised awareness of relevant 1ssues The division consists of Education Services, Evaluation. Multtmedta Development, Resource Services. Text Editing and Visitors Servtces. MORF TIIAN 411.000 More than 48.000 students and teachers visited the Museum during the year, attracted by the Education Services section's program of tnformation and S1UDFNTS AND instruction. Many new teaching matenals were developed. from activity sheets for infants. junior secondary and senior secondary students. to teacher TI!ACII FRS VIS ITFD resource packs. The section also ran several profess1onal development courses for teachers. and a teacher survey to identify the needs of primary TilE \1l S I L \1 and secondary teachers of envtronmental educatton. Dl Rl'\G I'll! ~ Yr \R This year. the Evaluation sect1on concentrated on examining the initial stages of program development to test out themes, audiences, objectives, messages t\ Tl RA C I E D B \ l 11 f: and Interpretative strategies. Such evaluat1on was earned out for upcoming ED UC ,\ 1 I 0 exhibitions including Abongmal Australia (results showed a strong 1nterest in toptcs relating to spirituality. famtly and land); Australian Environments SE R\ICLS SE:.CTIO' S (people are interested in different enwonments, and human impacts on the environment); and Frogs (people were particularly Interested in the live PROGRAM 01· exhibits). Such essent1al information helps in successfully planning and developing future exhibitions. I NFORMATION AND Multimedia staff developed several computer exhibits for exhibitions such as I NS! RLICIION. Frogs, and the new Aborigmal Studies boxes for the Museum-in-a-Box program. A new multimedia unit was formed this year, in collaboration with the Exhibitions division, w1th its own programmer. designer and educator to develop specific multimedia programs and products for the Museum. The Resource Services section provtded rural and urban communities in NSW with exhibitions and programs through the Museum-on-the-Road and Museum-In-a-Box programs. More than 537,000 people throughout the State enJoyed the Museum-on-the-Road travellmg exhtb1t1ons. 1ncluding Aboriginal Australia. Street Science, and What On Earth. The Museum-m-a-Box program was revitalised, with many boxes bemg updated - Dmosaurs, Insects. Sptders. Brushtail Possum, Ringtail Possum. Sugar Glider. Reptiles, and Pengums. Four new Aboriginal Studies boxes were added - Aboriginal Land, Abongmal Art and Performance. Aborig1nal Food Technology, and Aboriginal History. Resource Services staff were also' responsible for maintaining the live antmals m the Frogs exhibition. The endangered Green and Golden Bell Frogs bred p wh1le on d1splay, and the tadpoles were used m a re-mtroduct1on program on a site m Marnckv1lle. In the last two years. the language of exhibition texts and resource matenals for v1s1tors has been a ma1or focus of the Text Ed1t1ng sect1on. The section's ed1tor has worked with all the Museum's proJect teams to make sure that text IS understandable and appropnate, and that the Museum's messages are clear A new commerc1al publlcat1on was produced wh1ch prov1des guidelines for the development and edit1ng of all texts for museum exh1b1t1ons and programs The Visnor Serv1ces section developed and implemented Interpretive programs for Museum VISitors. Th1s year, over 170,000 people (or 65 per cent of all VISitors) took part m the programs A major contributiOn was made by an enthusiastic team of volunteers who supported other staff 1n runn1ng weekend and holiday activities for children and family groups in Dtscovery Space, More Than Dinosaurs and temporary exh1b1t1ons. Four major holiday programs were developed: the Museum Theatre Unit produced seven special shows. and the Commun1ty Access Program brought many communities into the Museum to share their stones. Other highlights 1ncluded Samba de Samba. Australia Street Archive (developed with the Un1vers1ty of Technology, Sydney), Dmosaur Day, and the Museum's annual Open Day Through the market development and sponsorship activ1ues of the 1 ( MIIIIIIIIItf1J R(•/clfiNI'i division, the Australian Museum welcomed a number of lead1ng compames as sponsors this year At a time when private financial support has been difficult to find, there has been a significant re evaluatiOn of established programs. as well as a concerted effort to expand traditional sponsorship ideas Th1s has resulted m a w1der employment of resources and d1versif1cation into areas such as 'cause' marketing, new busmess development and m-kind supply of goods and serv1ces. IBM Australia continued 1ts long assoc1at1on with the Museum by supporting a variety of programs w 1th computer hardware. mcluding the Discovery Space, the national Earthworm Awards, and the Frogs exhib1t1on Brashs and Blue Haven Pools & Spas both took the plunge and contnbuted to the Frogs .. exhib1t1on with generous donat1ons of in-kind goods and services Hewlett Packard reaff1rmed 1ts pledge to supply computer technology to the Museum's information and resource centre. search & discover. over a two· year penod. The openmg of Frogs m March 1996, mtroduced a new sponsor 1n Alien's. a subsidiary of Nestle Australia. • The Australian Museum seeks lO ahgn rtself wtth compantes that reinforce ItS philosophy and policies. A commttment to a htgh standard of educational service 1s one of those important poltctes so tt tS pleastng that the Museum has continued 1ts relationship with member organtsattons of The Minerals Council of Australia A site-leasing contract with telecommuntcations leaders Optus and Vodafone. designed to expand their global mobile digital service network. was successfully negotiated. The revenue from this new business development will assist programs such as Museum-tn-a-Box. Museum-on-the-Road, and the Theatre Unit. The Multicultural Foundation of Australia continued 1ts financial support of Our Place and its range of programs celebrating the ethnic diversity of contemporary Australia. Jackson Wells Communications. members of The Australian Museum Trust, and members of The NSW Aboriginal Land Counc1l conttnued working with the Museum to achieve marketing targets and corporate support for two upcoming major exhib1t10ns. Abongmal Australta and Australtan Environments. The Public Relations and Marketing sectton continued a 11vely program of promotion, publicity, marketing and advertising. Targetted publtCity, media campaigns, special promotional events, tourism liaison and protocol programs enhanced the Museum's image in the public mind. The section's promotion of good. accessible media liaison had gratifying results, with the Museum consistently achieving the greatest amount of press coverage of all the major Sydney museums and galleries. The role of '!he lu.;tmfiau lfu,wnt ~N·icltf ( 7 /l( ~} 1s to promote the Museum within the community, ass1st the Museum financially and increase understanding of our natural env1ronment and cultural hentage. Membership of the Society remained healthy and stable, due, in part, to an entertaining and successful program of special lectures, sem~nars, soctal events, family occasions.walks. and tours and field trips. In the Sc1ence Super Senes. Professor Paul Ehrlich made a return v1s1t to Sydney and delivered a t1mely address to a large, enthus1ast1c aud1ence wh1ch mcluded polit1c1ans and members of the media. S1r Dav1d Attenborough also returned to reveal The Pnvate Life of Plants to a capac1ty aud1ence. The mnovat1ve. popular Focus program ('subjects explamed and explored') dealt w1th m1croscopes. the Olymp1c site. and frogs. The overseas tours program p1cked up after some slow years, With tnps to the Galapagos and the Amazon; Bunaken; and Kamchatka, Pacif1c S1bena. Local tnps were made to Kangaroo Island and northern NSW. TIIF •\USTRALI-\' The Soc1ety's own volunteer-run rad1o show Talkmg Sc1ence contmued to \1 L S E L \1 S E I. K <; I 0 present great news on science and the lighter side of human d1scovery on A L I G "\ I T S r L F \\ I I I I 2SER-FM The Soc1ety's volunteer co-ordinator also managed the selection and placement of more than 120 volunteers throughout the Museum, a C 0 \I P -\ \ I E S T H .\ I valuable contributiOn to the volunteer program PIIILOSOPIIY \'0 POLICII '> science 1 n the museum The Australian Museum has an International reputation for the excellence of 1ts sc1ent1fic research and collect1on management. and for the mput of th1s knowledge and expertiSe into pubhc programs. commerc1al ventures and science policy, As in past years, much research focused on the taxonomy and systematics of living and extinct creatures, with the aim of developmg better knowledge of the biodiversity of the Austral1an region and the evolutionary relationship of its fauna . As well, the Museum's anthropologists, archaeologists, earth scientists and ecologists have continued research broadly aimed at makmg a \1UCll Rl.Sl \RCII difference, both scientifically and sociologically. FOCl'>F-D o;-.. 1 HF Thousands of specimens and objects were added to. and reg1stered as part of. the Museum collections. For example. the Invertebrate Zoology division r \X 0 '\ 0 \I Y A~ D alone added more than 40,000 1nsect. 5,000 arachnid and 3,800 lots of marine mvertebrate specimens to the collections S 'r S T F \L\ T I C S 0 F Not surprisingly, the housing and maintenance of the Museum's umque and I. I \ ' I :"1. G ,\ :-.; D irreplaceable collections are of primary concern, and m th1s area, the Museum EX'I lr-; CT has led the way, Pioneering research on the use of mod1f1ed atmospheres for pest eradication was completed during the year and the methods developed CRE!\ JL;RES. WI TII have already been adopted by museums, archives and libraries all over the world. Two special training courses on museum pest control conducted at the 111E AIM OF Museum and the University of Canberra helped establish the Australian Museum as a world leader in matenals conservatiOn research. DEVELOPING Innovative changes to the structure of the Australian Museum's scientific BETTF.R KNOWLEDGE research divisions were Implemented dunng the year w1th the establishment of four centres of excellence m sc1ent1f1c research They are the People and OF T il E Place Research Centre, the Centre for 81odivers1ty and Conservation BIODIVERSITY OF Research. the Geodivers1ty Research Centre, and the Centre for Evolutionary Research. The centres have spec1f1c a1ms and objeCtives and are managed by TilE ALSTRAL.IAN a Centre leader and advisory commmees. the members of wh1ch come from within the Museum as well as other sc1entif1c organ1sat1ons. R I ~G 10!'1: The div1sion of /ntlnt'fc•lr•rjlf reported cont1nu1ng research on the prehistory of the Abonginal 1nhab1tants of Port Jackson as part of The Port Jackson Archaeological ProJect. Materials from excavated sites, in part1cular Balmoral Beach, Sugarloaf and Cammeray, were processed. analyses of faunal remains from those areas were taken; and stone materials from John Curtin Reserve and Mt Trefle used for artefact manufacture, were analysed. ,\ 11' \1 I'll \SI The Port Jackson Pum1ce ProJeCt, conducted wnh the Geod1vers1ty Research Group of the d1v1s1on of Earth and Env1ronmental Sc1ences. contmued 0 I· R 0 C 1': \ R I mvest1gat1ons of pumice in the Balmoral Beach Abongmal shell m1dden w1th the a1m of charactensing the petrology, 1dent1fymg the source of the pumice R l CORDI ' t' and dating more precisely a parucularly dense layer of pum1ce which may have come from a specific volcan1c event I· l ld D W 0 R K I"' In accordance with the Australian Museum's Memorandum of Unders tanding \\I S'll R N ARN III:M with the Vanuatu Cultural Centre, the Museum helped organise the second Women's Oral Traditions Tra1ning Workshop 1n Vanuatu and played a major l •\l\D WAS role in the preparation for the opening of the National Museum of Vanuatu. CO,OUC I ED . Research began on the Raymond F1rth collection from Ti kop1a, Solomon RE:Sl 111;\ G I~ I li E Islands, which was made 1n 1928·29, to examine the relat1onsh1p between contemporary views of cultural ident1ty m T1kOp1a a'nd the concept of cultural RE C 0 R D 11\ G 0 I· 2 0 hentage as manifest in museum collections. and spec1f1cally the Australian Museum collection. A paper. prepared m collaboration w1th Southern Cross I'RE\ IOL SI) Umversity and La Trobe Un1vers1ty, on Holocene sea level and uplift in the Kandrian area of south-west New Britam was completed for publication. l "\ 1': "\ 0 \\ l\ S I I l• S A final phase of rock art record1ng fieldwork in western Arnhem Land was \\ 1 1 li S I G "11 I· I C '\ 'l l conducted. resulting in the recording of 20 previously unknown sites with ROCK PAil\TI'\iGS significant rock paintings up to 12.000 years old New field work into the oldest rock engravings of the East Kimberley region of the Northern Territory l' P TO I 2,000 was also begun. Some previously undocumented Sites were recorded, along with significant rock engravings possibly over 40,000 years old. YI:ARS OLD The Garua Archaeological Project, 1n West New Britain, Papua New Guinea. which seeks to trace the orig1ns and h1story of subsistence. settlement, and trading patterns within a highly unstable volcan1c region of the Pacific, proceeded. Recent work focused on analys1s of the chemical compos1tion of obsidian tools 1n order to trace changes 1n tradmg patterns; a study of a un1que form of obs1dian stemmed tools, and environmental construction of the volcamc history of the island and the geomorphology and vegetation during the past 10.000 years The People and Place Centre Starch Project also got underway w1th the a1m of recovering and analysing starch grams from anc1ent plants, which survive as microscopic fossils 1n sediments, to prov1de m1ss1ng mformat1on about when and how plants were used and domesticated. In conjunction with the preparation of reference matenal. studies of starch from archaeological sites in Papua New Guinea and Australia. began - The division of l (fJ t/1 d' llll'iiNIIIIC'IIia/ \/Cl/res, which comprises earth sc1ence (Mineralogy and Petrology, and Palaeontology) and environmental sc1ence (Marme Ecology and Terrestnal Ecology). recorded major achievements over the last year. Collaborative research between Marine Ecology and the NSW Environment Protection Authonty on the benth1c invertebrate recolon1sat1on of contammated sed1men ts from Sydney estuanes 1s neanng completion. The section 1s also Involved 1n a Commonwealth-funded proJect on methods of assessing estuanne health Terrestrial Ecology launched several research proJects. 1ncludmg the effect of habitat fragmentatiOn on woodland birds 1n the NSW wheatbelt, funded by the EPA Environmental Trust Scheme; and the habitat value of wildlife corridors for vertebrates. conducted through the Museum's Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Research. Work continued on the b1ology and management of the Green and Golden Bell Frog which has resulted 1n a better understandmg of th1s spec1es ' d1stribut1on. conservation status and hab1tat reqUirements RECORDED I HE Palaeontology recorded the earliest chordate known from the fossil record and a new Mesozo1c platypus m the leadmg sc1entlf1c JOurnal, Nature; and is F.ARLIEST continUing important research on the evolution of arthropods, through the Museum's Centre for Evolutionary Research, and early vertebrates, especially C IIORDATE Kt\0\\-'\ the Late Devon1an f1sh discoveries from Canowindra and Eden. NSW. f< R 0 \I T H E F 0 S S I I The Geodivers1ty Research Group was establ1shed by the Mmeralogy and R 1-, C 0 R D A ' [) \ ~ I \\ Petrology sect10n to expand the role of geolog1cal research at the Museum The section also set up the Australian/Astan Gem ProJeCt to study the ongms \1 [. SOZOIC of sapphire, ruby and dtamond tn the regton. 1n co-operation wtth the Research School of Earth Sctences. the Australtan National University and I'L \T\ Pl S I' T il l. Gubelin Laboratories. Switzerland . 1 t is also mvolved in the Port Jackson Pumice Project: the Raman Laser Zeolite Study which is characterising these I E·\01"-:G SC IE,IIII C minerals by the1r spectral patterns: and continues research on the source of valuable gemstones m eastern Australia and the volcantc processes which J 0 L. R ;-. \ L. \ I I l RI. deliver them. Dunng the year, the Museum acqutred the Internationally renowned Albert Chapman Mtneral Collection. wh1ch IS now on dtsplay. The dtvtston's sctenttsts made a considerable contnbutton during the year to commerctal projects with Australian Museum Busmess Servtces and the Museum's public programs. \\ 0 R K C 0 \ 1 I \ l E D The divrsion of J' C'IIC'f.mtc .:r·r f,.,f'f d' \·ic Ill ijir \cn'lf'(" conducted further research on the systematrcs. ecology and behavrour of Australian 0:\ TilE RIOLOu) vertebrates (fishes, amphibrans. repttles. birds and mammals). and therr relatives from other areas. lt is also responsible for maintaining and ·\ ". D \1 t\ r-; A G E \11 '\1 T enhancing the collections of these anrmal groups, and the Evolutionary Biology Unit, which conducts research and provides services to all other OF 11-!E GR EEJ\ A '\D scientific divisions in the Museum. The division is made up of Evolutionary GOLDE BELL FROG Biology, Herpetology, Ichthyology, Mammalogy, Ornithology. WIIICII 11-\S Current research in the Evolutionary Biology Unit concentrated on DNA sequencing. Some of the main projects are a study of snail relationships; RESUL.TED IN investigation of polychaete worm phylogeny, and the evolutionary systematics of acanthopterygian fish; and the use of DNA sequences to study marsupral BETTER A relationships. UNDERSTANDING Durrng the last four years, the Herpetology section has been actrve in developing commercial work. lt continued to be involved in the conservation OF THIS SPECIES' of the Green and Golden Bell Frog, one of the most endangered species m DISTRJ B UTI ON. NSW, and completed a study for Sydney Water on the distribution and abundance of the frog at the Cronulla Sewage Treatment Plant and advrsed CONSERVATION the Kurnell Land Fill Company on the management of its population of the frogs. Other research projects covered descriptions of a new species of skink STATUS AND lizards; and the taxonomy of the dragon lizards in the genus Diporiphora. IIABITAT Research work in the Ichthyology section continued on whalefishes, with current work concentratrng on DNA sequences and relationshrps of REQUIREME~TS whalefishes and related families; the systematics oi gobrord fishes; and larval lutjanid fishes. The section was involved in two major field trips to the Museum's Lizard Island Research Station to study behavioural capabilitres of coral reef fishes; a fish survey of southern and central Vanuatu; and a trip to the northern Philippines to collect deep-sea fishes. The Mammalogy section registered an additional 700 specimens in its collections. including that of a Western pygmy possum which was the first record of the species in NSW. lt was involved rn a fauna survey, in conjunction with the National Parks and Wildlife Servrce Western Drvrsron, in the mallee areas in south-west NSW. Specrmens of mammals. reptiles and amphibians were collected as part of a contrnurng program on arid zone vertebrate fauna. The drvision's discovery of two new tamilres of fossil monotremes from Lightning Ridge was published rn Nature. Durang the year. ma1or curatonal projects tn the Orn1thology sectiOn Included the conttnued development of the skeleton holdmgs, and sorttng and re arrangement of the spmt collecuon. Rare spec1mens were rehoused 1n an area of greater protection and Improved environmental cond1t1ons. Among foss1l birds under current study are a swift. stork. flightless ra1l and f1gb~rd l1ke songblfd from the Miocene, and a budgengar from the Phocene Work was completed on a small megapode from M1ocene depos1ts tn central Austral•a and the av1fauna of the Musselbrook d1stnct of north-western Queensland. as part of the Musselbrook Scientific Study organised by the Royal GeographiC Soc1ety of Queensland and the National Parks Assoc1at1on of Queensland. The VIII'( rl<'lmtc --N fNJIJ d1v1sion continued to promote the importance of mvertebrate biOd1vers1ty through taxonomic and env1ronmental research. collect1on management and public programs. The division cons1sts of Arachnology and Entomology, Malacology. and Manne Invertebrates Among many pro,ects rn the Arachnology and Entomology sect1on. research work continued on the long-legged flies and dance flies, the mmd genus Creonuades. wh1ch 1ncludes a major pest of cotton; the systematics of CICadas. and the hawk moth; and the sp1der families St1ph1d11dae and Des1dae The sect•on IS also developing an mteract1ve CD-ROM •dent1f1cat1on manual for oribatid soil mites. The morphological component and much of the molecular component of the gastropod phylogeny project of the Malacology section was completed. as well as the documentation of currently undescnbed fauna of hydrob11ds for south-eastern Australia. New pro1ects examined freshwater snails. freshwater and estuanne molluscs. and tnter-tidal animals around Sydney's rocky shores. During the year. the Marane Invertebrates sect•on conunued ItS stud1es on Australian polychaetes. including the development of an 1nteract1ve computensed database of coastal and estuanne polychaetes rn south-east Australia - 1n1t1ally collections from Bass Stra•t. Jerv1s Bay and Botany Bay will be mcorporated mto the database. mcluding many currently undescnbed species The Scavengers of Eastern Australian Seas (SEAS) project contmues. funded by the Australian Research Council and the F1sheries Research and Development Corporation, as does research on the phylogeny of arthropods. through the Centre for Evolutionary Research. The sect1on IS also currently tnvolved in exam1ning ways of assess1ng estuanne health. w1th funding from the Urban Water Research Association of Australia. A field trip to Barrington Tops substant1ally 1mproved the Museum s collectton of freshwater phreato1cid crustaceans ('frtartucks'), with 12 new localtt1es, and two spec1es new to sc1ence The 1 i:arr/ .9slaJI(/ He,carrft ">lolil 11. established by the Museum 1n 1973, now has an international reputation as one of the world's most 1mportant coral reef research stat1ons Each year. about 1 00 scientists use the Station's facilities to work on some 60 different projects. The Station' s mission is to increase understanding of the Great Barrier Reef by fostering high quality scientific research. Providing superior research facilities is central to the achievement of the mission. Usage of the Lizard Island Research Station reached an all-time high during the year, with 5,157 user days. In addition to SCientists, educational groups from Australia and the United States also made use of the facilities. Research remained the Station's pnmary focus, w1th the majority of projects being conducted on the biology and ecology of reef f1shes and hard corals. Several researchers continued work on an Important and perplex1ng ftsh riddle: how do the larvae of fish find a small reef in a very big ocean when 1t IS time to leave the open sea? The answer IS important for management of fish stocks, including commerc1ally valuable species. With Crown of Thorns starfish numbers increas1ng dramatically at Lizard Island over the past few years, researchers focused their work on this most controversial animal, studying the age structure of its populations, growth rates, reproductive cycles, and the most cost-effective means of controlling it 1n small areas. The Station continued to support the L1zard Island Doctoral Fellowship Scheme, with the help of the Ltzard Island Reef Re search Foundatton. Current Fellowsh1p research is examining factors that control predatory fish populations and determtne where f1sh ltve The f1nd1ngs will have important management 1mpltcat1ons concerning the w1se use of f1shenes stocks on the Great Barner Reef. A new Sir John Proud Aquanum (named in honour of the founder and maugural chairman of the Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation) was completed and has proved a great success among researchers. 7//(' 1 i:rm/ Vs/o, r/ Re( j Rneo u /, 7(1/1/lf/ot ,,.,, is an mdependent trust set up m 1978 to raise fu nds for capital development of ]lS\'il ll'illl•i(/'1. Wlflll/ct! ll'lflt ll ljCIIC/'1/IS rll•JI(t/i(·JI Jn·JII U11f.m 7( ols the Station and to support research on the Great Barner Reef. Thts year, the Foundation contributed $50,000 to expendtture. This sum attracted an additional $25,000 as a subs1dy from the NSW Government through the Australian Museum Trust. This year, the Foundation obtained most of its revenue from its membership. Each member makes a annual donation of at least $1,000, which is tax deductible. There were 53 members of the Foundation in 1995/96. Friends of the Lizard Island Research Foundation contributed smaller sums to assist with development of the Station and to fund research. The role of the l(ateria{'i e(•J/ serra/i(•l/ (e. Pltc•lc•9rapltit )en·ices division is to preserve the Museum's collections and so improve accessibility to the community, now and in the future. Dunng the year. the division also worked with other museums, cultural groups and the public on the care of cultural heritage. A much greater emphasis was placed during the year on training in the rare book and paper conservation area. and covered aspects of the treatment of degraded paper: washing, de-acidification and sizing, guarding and minor repairs, and the manufacture of tailor-made, durable, archival enclosures. A new interim method of linen re-backing small leather books with detached boards, retaining all original materials, was developed. The division held a paper conservation workshop for small museums and Aboriginal keeping places in Darwin, in collaboration with the Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery, under the outreach conservation program. As this was the first workshop, the ground work was extensive and will be used to develop future workshops in NSW. Visits and training programs have had promising results, one being a successful exhibition in the Armidale Aboriginal Keeping Place, which was developed and installed with full community involvement. and another the well-attended meeting of the Aboriginal Keeping Place Network at Wallaga Lake, which expressed enthusiasm for the continuation of the current program of community visits and in-house training in conservation. There is a steady stream of enquiries from Aboriginal keeping places, indicating a growing awareness of the need for preventive conservation. As part of the provision of assistance to museums in the Pacific, the dtvision arranged a training course for fieldworkers and museum staff at the Cultural Centre, Port Vila, Vanuatu. The course, funded by the Australian High Commiss•on 1n Port Vila. prov1ded tra1nmg on Introductory preservation techniques and ass1stance 1n sett1ng up a d1splay In turn, the d1v1s1on ga1ned valuable 1nformat10n on construction techniques and materials for many sign•ficant objeCts held at the Australian Museum The division also gave ass1stance to the Nauonal Museum and Art Gallery, Papua New Gumea Insects are a major problem for museums. and a number of research projects are be1ng conducted to prov1de non-toxic alternat•ves tor pest control The potenual for long-term damage to artefacts due to freezing at -2oac IS being researched, as IS the use of h1gh temperatures for pest control wh1ch would be benef1C1al for Abongmal keepmg places and museums m the Pac1f1c The benefits of low oxygen storage on many of the geological collecuons IS the focus of another research pro1ect. 1n wh1ch meteomes and iron pymes are bemg used. I'\ S l C T S \ R t; ,\ The PhotographiC Serv1ces section looks after the sc1entific. public programs and promotional needs of the Museum. and prov1des ongmal black and wh1te. \I \ J U R PR 0 B I I· \1 and colour 1mages, documentauon of the Museum's galleries and collections. X-rad1ography, slide duplicat•on and electronic imagmg. The secuon manages I U R 'll' S F l \I S \ '\ D a collection of modern and historic photographs of Australian fauna. the \ '\ l \I R F.. R 0 I· landscape and the md•genous peoples of Australia and the Pac1f1c. RI SI \RCH PROH(TS The photographic services sect1on contmued to develop 1ts computer data entry and contact printing program for black and wh1te roll-f1lm negat•ves and ARF. BEING h•storic plate negatives. The program has •mproved storage, conservation and access to the photographic collection. C 0 :-; D l Cl E D T 0 The division of f,Jf·llllclfit 11 \I< m·e Integrates the Museum's I' R 0 \ I D E '\ 0 '\ I 0 :'\ I C information sections and systems to provide a shared focus and the best results for access and delivery of Information. lt handles information created SOl l TI O"'\S f'OR and disseminated in a vanety of media. and organ•ses, stores and preserves I' I ST CO'\ I ROI . 1t for easy referral. The sect1ons with1n the diVISIOn mclude the Museum's Archives. Local Area Network. Records Management, Research L1brary. and the science Information and resource centre, search & d1scover. Major projects for the Museum's Archives. wh1ch holds records created by the Museum from 1836, included the development of a photographiC archives database; and the registering of matenal arch1ves objects 1nto a series, complete with a description of each object. Work on the Histone Bird Photograph Collection continued. with a hst of all the individual groups which make up the Collecuon betng compiled. and deta1ls of all the historic lantern slides being collated on a database. The Museum's Local Area Network (LAN) completed several key projects includ1ng the addition of 50 new computers to the network, full access to the Internet for 50 staff members; the establishment of the Australian Museum's World Wide Web server, with the Australian Museum Home Page; the upgrading and extension of cabl1ng/LAN nodes to Museum s1tes such as the Anthropology Collection Storage. the Research Library, Educat1on, Fish. Evolutionary Biology, Herpetology, and Terrestnal Ecology; and the development of the f1rst test stage of a corporate Intranet. The Australian Museum's Research Library IS one of the country's ftnest and I 11 E \ l 'i I R \ I. I \ '\ oldest natural history libraries. hous1ng a s1gn1ficant rare book collect1on and a \ll S f- l \I S general collection of 35,000 monographs and 10,000 senal t1tles Its comprehensive and spec1allsed collections cover the Museum's matn RESl:ARCII LIBR,\RY activities - invertebrate and vertebrate zoology, taxonomy. environmental science. earth sciences, anthropology, matenals conservation. management. IS Q\,L Of· fliT: education and museology. COl \,JR'I S Fl\,1 ST The impact of new technologies on the Research L1brary's tnformation services has seen the use of World Wide W eb resources 1n answering Al\DOI. DISr reference and research enquines. and the mcreased del1very of f1ndi ngs in electronic format via LAN. NATLRAL IIISTORY LIBRARIFS The division's sc1ence information and resource centre. search & discover. which attracted more that 70,000 v1s1tors tn the past year. was established as IIO US I'l G A a centralised location for the Museum's many thousands of public scientifiC enquiries. Its role is also to promote Museum sc1ence and prov1de tndividuals and small groups with access to sc1ent1f1c expertiSe and resources through a range of technology and med1a BOOK COI.Lf'CTIO:\ search & discover routmely provides 1nformat1on to the general public. school \:\D ~ GE'\~RAL children. tertiary students. teachers. and staff from orgamsat1ons such as the NatiOnal Parks and Wildlife Serv1ce. the NSW Department of Agnculture. and COLlhC'I IO:\ Of- The Reader's Digest. InformatiOn about. and identification of. sp1ders is the J5.000 \10'\/0 AND 10.000 S l· R I A I ·r I T l [· S The Australian Museum now has Its own s1te on the World W1de Web (www austmus gov au) and the process of addmg material to 1t 1s constant The a1m •s to mclude the followmg: general museum mformauon on programs. staff. access deta1ls. m•ssion and pollc1es. sc•ence abstracts. research prorects, collaborative research. core data on collections. 1mages. mformauon and mterpretat•on; public relations releases. newspaper articles; abstracts of art1cles m museum publ1cat•ons; resources for teachers. mteractive learning resources; informat1on products from museum archives. research library and search & d1scover; museum shop catalogue, 1mages sales, sponsorship opportun1t1es. The /)< J'llllj J)inc!H 's (? jjif'c farewelled Dr Ha I Cogger who retired as Deputy Dnector •n 1 994/95 The pos1t1on of Acting Deputy Director was shared by Dr Doug Hoese and Dr J1m Specht. Followmg the report of the rev1ew of Museum management requ1sit1oned by the Prem1er's Department. the Div1s1on of Matenals Conservation was made accountable to the Deputy D•rector. S•gnif•cant changes and developments occurred at both State and nat1onal levels in the study and protection of b1odiversny, a f1eld in wh1ch the Museum has a maror role because of 1ts extens1ve collections of fauna. The Museum entered negotiations with the National Parks and Wildlife Service of NSW to establish a Memorandum of Understand•ng for collaborative work in th1s f1eld The Museum also began d•scussions along s1milar lmes w1th the Royal Botamc Gardens, Macquarie University and Sydney Un1vers1ty. During the year. the Threatened Species Conservation Act was passed by the NSW Parliament and the Museum took a place on the B1olog1cal D•versity Adv•sory Counc1l and the B•olog1cal Committee. The Museum continued to be represented on the Adv•sory Council of the National Parks and Wildlife Serv1ce. the Urban Bushland Biod•vers•ty Study, and the Non-Indigenous Ammals Adv1sory Committee One of the ma1n act1v1t1es for the Actmg Deputy Directors, 1n conjunction w1th the Director. was the Introduction of four research centres 1n sc1ence: the Centre for B•od1vers1ty and Conservation Research. the Centre for Evolutionary Research. the People and Place Research Centre. and the Centre for Geod•versity Research. The major Centre projects funded during the year were the Mandibulata project. examinmg the evolutionary relationships of 1nsects and Crustacea; the Western Corridors project study1ng the util1ty of comdors for fauna link1ng patches of isolated habitat; a study of early Aboriginal rock art m the East Kimberley: development of a plant starch atlas for studymg use of preh1stonc tools m Papua New Gumea; the applicauon of Laser Raman analyt1cal techniques to diamonds and zeohtes, studies of the ongm of gem stones m Australia and south-east As1a, and a pilot study for 1dentifymg the source of pum1ce in Aboriginal archaeological Sites m the Port Jackson area The Visltmg Fellowship scheme was rev1ewed and modified to create two streams· one supporting research centre projects and one supporting collect1on management projects. The Deputy Director's Office once again co-ordinated the nation-w1de Eureka Prizes to acknowledge and reward outstanding achievements in key areas of Australian science. Sponsors were: the ABC (Eureka Prize for the Promot1on of Science); POL (Eureka Prize for Environmental Research); the New Scienttst/Reed Books (Eureka Science Book Pnze); the Department of Environment. Sport and Territories (Peter Hunt Eureka Prize for Environmental Journalism); and the Australian Museum (the Eureka Pnze for Industry) The prizes were presented at the Museum on November 21 . REC O\I\11 ~I>\ J'IO'\S 01 1111· R ,\ D 0 R l: C l S 'I 0 D Y Initiatives have been undertaken by the Museum to implement recommendations of the Royal Commrssion mto Abongmal Deaths m Custody. specifically Recommendatron 56, whrch stated {in part): , s., to ecord and ake krown to both Abor1g nal and non Ahorrgrna peop e aspects 01 tha llrstor y tradlt ors .mcJ c ontempora•y culture of Abongmal SOCIOlY T e Co m c;s o" rec.of"'"r enos trat govem"'le' t a"d aPP'Oprrate ht!r .clge got dte w t Abor g na cor"m~..n tres a d o•ga sat ons r orde uc Abor g na n t t ves Activrties and initiatives in 1995-96 included: • Consultation for the new Aboriginal Gallery • Second year of the Museum's Aboriginal Outreach project • Further repatriation of Abongmal skeletal remams to appropriate Abonginal communitres • Establishment of the Aboriginal Heritage Unit • Publication of a catalogue rn the Museum's ongorng series for Aborigrnal communrtres • Varrous loans of artefacts to Abongrnal communrtres • A vanety of programs run by the Museum's Education Sectron armed at increasing the awareness and understanding of Aboriginal culture Committee involvement as follows: • Phrl Gordon represented the Australian Museum on the NSW Natronal Parks and Wildlife Servrce's Working Party on the Return of Cultural Property to Aboriginal Communrtres. • The Aboriginal Heritage Unit attended TAFE's reference group on Aborigrnal Cultural Heritage and Tourism Management. • Further development of storage systems for the Aboriginal collectr ons which provrdes greater access for Aboriginal people. commercial activities Museum as a Venue cont1nue to prov1de revenue support to the Museum by hiring out areas for commercial funct1ons The Level Two Exhib1t1on Space has become well-established and popular as a funct1on space for Christmas and other celebratory functions. The Terrace was closed 1n April for refurbishment, aft er which demand for the space Increased, especially as a venue for Friday and Sunday wedd1ng receptions This year. the Museum attracted a considerable number of conferences and meetings and the Theatrette was used more than 1n any past year. This pleasing result was due to lively sourcmg of busmess and partiCipation in advantageous trade shows such as 'Sydney On Sale'. 1 11 l:. Ml S LlM The Venues Section IS a member of the Sydney Convention and V1s1tors O PI·R·\TI-S Bureau, the Meetings Industry Association of Australia. the Restaurant and Catering Association of NSW, the Venue Managers Assocation (As1a and A i\ l., \1 B 1- R 0 F Pac1ficJ. the International Spec1al Events Society, and is founder of Sydney's C 0\1\.IhR C it\L Unique Venues Association. ENTERPRISES WIIICH The Museum Shop traded well in the last year, w1th b1olog1cal science publications and books providing 40 per cent and non-book merchandise 60 GENERATE per cent of gross sales. The Shop strategy was to link the publications, stock. and ambience to the Museum's functions and mission, where appropriate. As SUPPLEMENTARY a result. the Shop played an increased role in the ltfe of the Museum, providing improved customer relations and better service to members ot The INCOME FOR Australian Museum Society (TAMSl. The decision to open the Shop for evening TAMS lectures was a financial and social success. MUSEUM ACTIVITIES AND RESEARCH. The newly developed children's department, Fun Things For Kids, was the area of greatest growth, w1th substantially increased sales tn both books and THE MlcSEUM products. The positive response to Fun Things For Kids from Museum visitors, TAMS members and Museum staff has helped enhance the Shop's ALSO OFFERS ITS profile PROFESSIO:\ AL Ma1l orders once again generated healthy revenue, with new low-cost spec1alist book. lists fulfilling the commun1ty-w1de demand for information SERVICES Ol" A based publications and products. COMMERCIAL BASIS . A shop supervisor was appotnted to help w tth customer and mternal servtce processes. As a result, customer service and labour-savtng processes were upgraded. Towards the end of the year, the Shop acqutred a new potn t-of-sale computer system, which provides effective inventory and auditory tracing reports. not previously available. 1m1JIIl'llf., 1 j LlljJilrt pt·llcn/ (later/ lt• !l)( ( ljCfll s flfjt·· 11'1'111 7{ (•//(:, \('/I' e(/ fult•/1 ia In 1ts ftrst full year tradtng as Nature Australia. the magaztne continued to grow 1n 1nfl uence and ft nancial strength. The publtcation. wh1ch IS held 10 h1gh regard by both sc1entists and the general publtc. ts dtsttncttve 10 its abtlity to sa tt sfy the requirements of both these demandtng aud1ences · scientists need accurate. up-to-date research reports, and the general public requtres interesting. entertaining information presented in a v 1sually engag1ng format. Nawre Australia 's current readership makes it one of the Museum's largest public programs rn terms of audtence reach, as well as the only one w ith a regular Interstate and international aud1ence. The year was special since it marked the 75th year of conttnuous publication - a rare event in publtshing Editorial highlights include the Summer 1995 cover story on dingoes w hich was publtshed at a time when drngoes were in the headlines. The 1mmed1acy of the story helped increase newsagent sales and subscriptions. An engaging article on stick insects tn the Autumn 1996 issue attracted considerable attention. The cover story on foxes in the Winter 1996 issue created much rn terest and was followed up by Channel 9's Burke's Backyard program. VI\Tl RI· <\ US TR A L/1\ 'S CURR I NT Nature Focus, The Australtan Museum Photograph Agency, continued to be a source of high quality profess1onal photographs and doubled its sales in the R F. AD I RS HI P }.11\KLS year. The increase was due to targeted promotton. an 1ncreased database and specialised categories not available in other ptcture libraries. 11 0\i l OF III E The agency has grown in size with an extra 10,000 images added to the ~ll S b L \1 S L ·\ R G ! S T database. These addit1ons have extended the Australasian flora, fauna and landscape categories. A new computer software package, developed P t; B 1 I C P R 0 G R A \1 S spec1fically for the agency th1s year, w ill boost efficient filing. access and transaction processes. I ~ T 1: R \ I S 0 F Nature Focus supplied all the p1ctures tor t he Frogs exhibition, and Bill A lJ D I L \; C E R E ,\ C 11 • Rudman's rnformation d1sc on frogs, as well as supplying pictures for a series of children's books published by M useum Book Publishing. The agency extended 1ts chant base and supplied transparencies to manufacturers of posters, cards, books, CDs. calendars. diaries, slide presentations. stamps and telephone cards. Sctentif1c Publtcat1ons include Records of the Australian M useum, the Supplements. and the Technical Reports, all of which continued to provide Australian and internatiOnal scientists with an Important forum for publ1sh1ng taxonomic, anthropological and geological research relat1ng to the region. Records of the Australian Museum has attracted papers of high qualitY from - various Australian and fore1gn universities and academ1c mst1tutions such as the Un1vers11y of Adela1de, the Australian National Un1vers1ty, the University of Sydney, the Un1vers1ty of Aberystwyth (Dyfed. UK). the Un1vers1ty of Guelph (Ontano. Canada). Konmklili Museum voor M1dden-Afnka (Belgium). Sm1thson1an Institution (Washington, USA), Bermce P B1shop Museum (Hawaii) and ORSTOM (New Caledonia). as well as a number of independent and collaborative contnbut1ons from Australian Museum scientists. The Austral1an Museum circulates Records of the Australian Museum. the Supplements and Techntcal Papers to 723 llbranes 1n 89 countries around the world. e1ther on exchange (w1th 640 libranes) for other scientific publications or as donauons (to 83 libraries. includmg e1ght 1n As1a and South-East As1a, e1ght m South Amenca f1ve m Africa. and three m the M1ddle East) The estimated value of the JOurnals received m exchange by the Australian Museum is about $100,000 An additional $15,000 comes from the sales of back issues and extras. An electronic catalogue of available stock and pnce l1sts 1s now being offered over the Internet. Sales of the monographiC Supplements. to Japanese naturalists and professionals m particular. are mcreas1ng as advertisements are be1ng placed m specialist Japanese newsletters • corporate services During the year, the Museum partiCipated tn an evaluauon and companson of corporate services efficienc1es w1thtn the NSW Government budget sector. ThiS project was undertaken by the Prem1er's Department w1th the aim of costing corporate serv1ces aCtiVIttes, setting targets for savtngs (tn the cost of tndtvtdual Department's corpora te services); and identifying w ays to improve performance. Of the 69 agencies, the Museum ranked 14th lowest (percentage of corporate services costs to total costs). The arts institutions generally had a T il L CO I{P O RA TE lower ratio of expenditure on corporate services than other portfolio groupings. The report suggests that this may be due to arts institutions all SE R\I C LS DI V I S I 0 '-1 being centralised and operating tn an increastngly competitive envtronment. The Museum's costs of human resources. finance, Information technology, PR O \ ID E S management/administration and property management. as a percentage of total corporate service costs, are all under or at the averge for all the arts I'\'\ 0 \ ' A I I\ L .\' D institutions. PROACIIVE Funding of $375,000 was provided by the Treasury tn May 1996 to enable the Museum, in conjunction with Australian Energy Solutions. to tmplement fi"'A:-;CIAL , Australia's first performance contract for energy eff1ctency The project w ill PROPERTY, PEOPLE completely modernise the Museum's lighting and wtll introduce modern computerised monitoring systems to control heatmg, a1r condttiOntng, AND INFORMATION ventilation and water systems. Sav.ngs from these initiatives in reduced operation and maintenance costs will entirely pay for the project. MANAGEMENT. In February, the President and Director of the Museum discussed a detailed THROUG H H I G H submission concerning the need for development of the eastern end of the Museum site w1th the Prem1er and Mtntster for the Arts. Subsequently, QUALITY funding of $300,000 was prov1ded in 1996/97 for detailed studtes of the stte CO-OPERATIVE The Human Resource Servtces section conttnued to provide a focused SERVICES WHICH customer service to Museum staff A cont1numg project has been enterpnse bargaining. Highlights of negot1at1ons include a revtsed performance appratsal RESPO~O TO THF. system. an e1ght-level salary structure to cover all Museum staff. a sktlls based progression system, and a revised flex1ume system N E E 0 S 0 I· IT S Two new training and development courses w ere offered 1n med1a and CL'STOMERS presentation sktlls A customer service tram1ng package has been developed focusing on provtsion of customer serv1ce excellence to tn ternal as well as external clients, and managing customer service excellence. ' I' I I I I I I ,_- --- I \ \ I \ I \ I \ _ ....I \ \ I \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ '\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ I \ \ '\ \ \ \ \ I \ ' \ J ·'/)( t illl£'11 t/ l,u/lu.IJ ntlt if c. j1N11 tlu· . lll·clf ("JJw;J/1/(1// l(illcral et.l/ertit•l/ Human Resource Servaces an tends to implement a bench-markang program in con unctaon wath the Museum's Fa nance Secuon agaanst other cultural 1 anstitutaons. From thas. at as hoped that new procedures and standards wall be andentified and adopted by the Australian Museum whach wall amprove service to anternal and external clients. This is the final year of the five-year Asset Management Plan, with the Property Services section. The plan is innovatave and ambitious and brought new management methods and introduced new technology to the Museum's bualdang services A register of building equapment assets was established and life cycle/replacement dates have been developed, together with cyclic replacement/maintenance for floor coverings and re-paantang schedules. A new stategic plan for the building servaces and fabrac as being developed for the period up to 2001, and will include servace delavery and quality management systems. Contractual agreements for both statutory and peraodac maantenance requarements were further developed durang the year, whach have provided fixed costs for the servacang of the Museum's lifts. fare protection, mechanacal services and telecommunications. Restoration of the sandstone on the facade of the Lewas Wing and on the pedament of the Museum's maan entrance has been undertaken in 1995/6 at a cost of approximately $900.000. This is a continuation of a stonework conservation program being undertaken by the Department of Public Works and Services which commenced in 1992. In the Finance section, the Museum 's cash posataon has been carefully monitored throughout the year. The Museum' s hquadaty remains at a low level New reports have been developed and amplemented for management purposes. A number of occupational health and safety assues regarding the Fanance offace space were highlighted. These have been handled. where possable, wath a better environment for staff beang achaeved. The House Servaces sectaon is responsible for providing security, front-of house admassion and reception, and cleaning services. The Information Support Team, which was formed during the year to provide admissions services. maintained a high degree of professionalism and a quality servace. An overhaul of the electroniC surveillance and access control service 1s m its final stages. The Security Control Room has had a complete refit. and the reception area 1n the front entrance hall was moved to the Atrium and replaced by an information desk. ·y Hl! Al' STR \LTAN i\1 L SE U M B US I ' I" SS The Australian Museum Business Services section attracted over 159 projects during the year, exceeding its $1 .2 million target. The largest project SFRVICES 'ii·C'IIO\! awarded to AMBS was from the Olympic Co-ordination Authority for the conservation of the Green and Golden Bell Frog at the Homebush Bay Olympic site. DIS I I:>.GliSIII:\iG For the first time, almost all the commercial projects handled by AMBS were carried out. or project managed. by AM BS staff. The section is now ITSELF AS A distinguishing itself as a leader in the environmental and archaeological consulting arena in Australia. L l:. \DER IN 1 HE A Performance Planning and Review system was developed by the Ministry f::. ' VIRONMt:.NTAL for the Arts to measure the performance of the M useum's Senior Executive AND Staff, and was implemented during the year. There are three SES positions at the Museum. none held by female staff: Director, Des Griffin; Assistant ARCIIAC.OLOG I CAL Director, Geoff McKenzie: and Deputy Director, currently vacant. Some six consultants (under $30.000) were engaged by the Museum: Judith Bowler & Associates; Workcare Australia; ICOM Solutions; Internal Audit IN AUSTRAL I A . Bureau: Trinity People; and Berkeley Challenge. Recycling of waste was streamlined and a new contractor appointed. and the Museum continued its involvement with the Public Sector Risk Managers Association. Visitors to the M useum are encouraged to record their comments on public programs and facilities in a comments book placed at the admissions desk. The vast majority of comments recorded indicated a high level of satisfaction. All complaints were investigated, and all comments responded to where adequate detail was provided. The Australian Museum aims to provide appropriate access and employment opportunities to people w ith disabilities and aims to meet the needs of disabled people as both visitors to the Museum and employees of the M useum. The Museum's public areas were. and conunue to be. access1ble to disabled v1s1tors via a wheelchair ramp leadang to the W1lliam Street entrance from College Street. Parkang 1s available upon request for d1sabled v1s1tors. including m1m-bus parking fac1lit1es. W1th1n the Museum, access IS ava1lable to each floor via the lih. Situated w1than the Museum are toilets and public telephone access for disabled visitors. Wheelchairs are available from the College Street reception desk. Touch tables and hands-on sessions were, and cont.nue to be, arranged for special needs groups, and tours tatlored. maktng use of tra1ned staff and volunteers, to meet the spec1al needs of disabled tndlvtduals. A special tour for bhnd people has been developed and Implemented. Exhtbtttons at the Museum now 1nclude an audto element whtch also enhances blind VISitors' experience Freedom Of Information (FOil The Australian Museum IS comm1tted to the concepts embod1ed tn the Freedom of lnformat1on Act 1989 For the reportang penod, 1 July 1995 - 30 June 1996, the Australian Museum recetved one request for information under the FOI Act. lt did not carry over any requests from the prev1ous year. The Australian Museum publishes. as requ1red. both a Freedom of lnformatton Statement of AHa1rs and also a Summary of Affatrs Documents published by the Australian Museum: All of the Museum' s published books, senals, reports and documents are available through the Australian Museum Research Ltbrary, Monday to Friday, 9 am - 12.30 pm, 1.30 pm- 5 pm. Personnel Files: Staff do not need to use FOI to gain access to thetr personnel files. A request to access one's ftle should be dtrected to the Human Resources Section. Planntng and Policy Documents: These documents are all available through the Australian Museum Library, at the ttmes ltsted above. Archives: Access may be gatned through the Australian Museum Research Ltbrary at the ttmes listed above All other documents: To gatn access to all other records, applications in wrtttng must be made to the FOI Coordtnator. Australian Museum Research Library, 6 College St., Sydney, 2000. Applications may be made tn person at the Australian Museum Research Library. The Australian Museum has policies covenng the Code of Conduct and Commitment to Service. These polictes are avatlable on request from the Australian Museum Research Ltbrary. I () E p I· '\1 D F '\J T •\ u D I T R E p () R T To members of the New South Wales Parliament and Members of the Australian Museum Trust ScopE: I have audtted the accounts of the Australian Museum Trust for the year ended 30 June 1996 The preparation and presentation of the financ1al statements conststtng of the statement of ftnancial positton. operating statement and statement of cash flows. together with the notes thereto and the information contatned heretn. is the responstbthty of the Trust. My responsibility is to express an optnion on these statements to members of the New South Wales Parltament and Members of the Trust based on my audtt as required by sections 34 and 41 C(1l of the Public Fmance and Audit Act 1983. My responsibility does not extend here to an assessment of the assumpttons used tn formulattng budget figures disclosed in the financtal statements. My audtt has been conducted tn accordance with the provtstons of the Act and Australian Audtttng Standards to prov1de reasonable assurance as to whether the financtal statements are free of material misstatement My procedures tncluded examtnatton. on a test bas1s, of evidence supporttng the amounts and other dtsclosures tn the f1nanc1al statements. and the evaluation of accounttng po1tc1es and S1gntf1cant accounttng estimates. These procedures have been undertaken to form an optnton as to whether. tn all material respects. the ftnancial statements are presented fatrly tn accordance wtth the requ1rements of the Public Fmance and Audtt act 1983, Accounttng Standards and other mandatory professtonal reporttng reqwements (Urgent Issues Group Consensus Views) so as to present a view whtch tS conststent wtth my understandtng of the Trust's financtal posttion, the results of tts operations and tts cash flows. The audtt optnion expressed in this report has been formed on the above basts. Audit optnion In my optnton, the ftnancial statements of the Australian Museum Trust comply wtth secttons 41 B and 41 BA of the Act and present fatrly tn accordance w1th applicable Accounting Standards and other mandatory profess1onal reporttng reqUirements the ftnanctal posttton of the Trust as at 30 June 1996 and the results of tts operattons and 1ts cash flows for the year then ended. PRINCIPAL AUDITOR (duly authonsed by the Audttor-General of New South Wales under secuon 41C(1A) of the Act) SYDNCY t6 Ottt·l·t·' '''% financial statements ,\ l S I RA L I \ '\ \ll SE l \I T R l '> I S I \ I b \I I·:\ I I '\ \ C C 0 R D A '\ C L \\ IT 11 S l l I I 0 '\ .. I <: I I C ) 0 F P l B L I C F I '\ \ '\ C I: ·\ '\ U \ U D I I ,\ C I • I IJ S .I Pursant to Section 41 C(l Cl of the Public Fmance and Aud1t Act we state that: (a) The financial statements and notes thereon exh1b1t a true and fa1r view of the financial pos1t1on and transactions for the year ended 30 June 1996. (b) The financ1al statements have been prepared m accordance w1th applicable Australian Accounting Standards and other mandatory profess1onal reporting requirements (Urgent Issues Group Consensus V1ewsl. the requirements of the Public Finance & Audit Act 1983, Public Fmance and Audit (General) Regulations 1995. and the Financial Reporting Code Under Accrual Account1ng for Inner Budget Sector Entities. (c) There are no Circumstances wh1ch would render any particulars mcluded m the f1nancial statements to be m1slead1ng or inaccurate. AUSrRALIA'\. l\ll SlliM IRt....S I 0 P hR A 1 1 ~(i S 'fA 'I L· :\IF '\l T roR I 11 E Y L· \ R I '\ D I D ~OJL '\ [ 11) l) h Notes Actual Budget Actual 1996 1996 1995 $ '000 $ '000 $'000 Expenses Operattng Expenses Employee related 4 (a) 12,601 12,936 11.912 Other Operattng expenses 4 (b) 6,931 6,937 8.070 Matntenance 4 (c) 1,513 1,995 1.615 Depreciation 4 (d) 980 1,021 1,111 Grants & subs1d1eS 40 83 Other services 30 5 Total Expenses 22,095 22.889 22.796 Revenues User charges 5 4,568 4,893 6,185 Donations and tndustry con trtbuttons 6 1,580 1,454 1,507 Total Revenues 6,148 6.347 7,692 Net gain/(loss) on sale of exhtb•t (100) NET COST OF SERVICES (16,047) (1 6,542) (15,104) Government Contributions Consolidated Fund recurrent appropriation 14.450 14.450 12,386 Consolidated Fund capttal appropria tion 825 825 1,596 Acceptance by State of Museum Trust liabilities 2 1,21 4 1,300 1,109 Surplus/(deficit) for the year 442 33 (13) Accumulated surplus at the begmnmg of the year 2. 458 2.458 2.317 Transfer from Reserves 154 Accumulated surplus at the end of the year 2,9·oo 2.491 2.458 rhe accompanytng notes form part of these statements \ l <.; I R \I I ·\ '\ \I l S ~ l \I I R l :-, f S I \ I I· \11· ~ I 0 F f I' A'< I \ L P0'-;1110'\ \<; \1 10 Jl ~1. 1<196 Notes Actual Budget Actual 1996 1996 1995 $'000 $'000 $ '000 Current Assets 177 52 132 Cash 7 (a) 71 103 103 Investments 7 (b) 383 383 Rece1vables 7 (C) 309 120 120 lnventones 7 (d) 130 738 Total Current Assets 687 658 Non·Current Assets Property, Plant & Equipment etc 8 1~.5.327 124,925 Total Non-Current Assets 125,327 124,925 1~4.876 TOTAL ASSETS 126,014 125.583 125.614 Current Liabilities Borrowtngs 9 la) 100 392 106 Creditors 9 (b) 1,182 966 1,166 Provis1ons 9 (C) 962 864 914 Total Current Liabilities 2,244 2.222 2,186 Non Current Liabilities Borrowtngs 9 (a) 100 Total Non Current Liabilities 100 TOTAL LIABILITIES 2.244 2.222 2.286 NET ASSETS 1:..-:2:.:::3.:..:.· 7..:.;70~ _123,361 123.328 Equity Accumulated surplus 10 (a) 2,900 2.491 2.458 Reserves 10 (b) 120,870 120,870 120,870 TOTAL EQUITY 123.770 123.361 123,328 The acco1rpanymg notes form part of these statements \ l S I R \I I,\ r-.Jt SI· l \I I R l '\ I' 'i I A I 1:\1 h :\ T 0 I• C.\ S H I· I O \\ s 1 0 R I Ill \ ' I \ R I '\ I H : D J 0 Jl '\ I I 1J •1 h Actual Budget Actual 1996 1996 1995 $'000 $'000 $'000 Cash Flows from Operating A ctivities Payments Employee related 11,339 11,686 11.255 Other Operating expenses 6.915 7.137 7.228 Maintenance 1,513 1,995 1,615 Grants & subsid1es 40 83 Other serv1ces 30 5 HUi37 20,818 20.186 Rece1pts User charges 4,639 4,893 6,205 Donations and mdustry contnbutions 1,573 1.454 1,503 Interest Rece1ved 7 4 6,219 ?.:347 ,?.712. Total Net Cash outflow on Operaung Act1vit1es !see note 17bl (13.618) (1 4,4711 (12,4741 Cash Flow from Investing Activities Purchase of property, plant & equ1pment (889) (4951 (4771 Sale of Exh1b1ts 81 Proceeds from Inventory (10) 8 Purchase of Exh1biuons (7201 (565) (1,2221 Sale/(Purchasel of Investments 32 (30) Total Net Cash Outflow on lnvest1ng ActiVIties <1. 506) ... 'l'i. o6o'i n. 121 'i Net Cash Outflows from Operating & Investing Activities (15,1241 11.4.. 1~51 Government Funding Activities Consolidated Fund Recurrent AppropriatiOn 14,450 14,450 12,386 Consolidated Fund Capnal Appropnauon 825 825 1,596 New/(Repayment) of Loans from Treasury (100) (100) 200 Total Net Cash prov1ded by Government 15.175 15,175"" 1(18i' Net lncrease/(Decrease) in Cash 51 (356) (13) Opening Cash Balance 126 126 139 CLOSING CASH BALANCE 177 (2301 126 Tt'le accon'panymg notes form part oi these statements .-\ L <; 1 R A L I A'\ \ll1 S L l M T R L 5 T ".JOTl·S TO r\'\D 1 ORVIING PAR for- T i ll: PI!\ \ '\ CIAL STATEME:-.·rs r 0 R T 11 E Y E \ R E N D E D 3 0 J L 'J [: . I 9 9 6 1. THE MUSEUM TRUST REPORTING ENTITY The Australian Museum Trust compnses all the operating activities and entit1es under 1ts control. These entities include The Australian Museum Soc1ety, Australian Museum Foundation and the Lizard Island Research Station. it also encompasses funds which are restncted for specified purposes by the grantor or donor. but are nevertheless controlled by the Trust. All transactions and balances between the funds and entities comprising the Australian Museum Trust have been eliminated in the process of preparing the financial statements. 2. SUMMARY OF AC COUNTING POLICY The financial statements wh1ch are a general purpose financial report of the Australian Museum Trust have been prepared in accordance with the applicable Accountmg Standards and other mandatory professional reporting requirements (Urgent Issues Group Consensus Views). industry practices. the requirements of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 and Public Finance and Audit !General) Regulations, 1995 and Treasurer's Directions including the Financ1al Reporting Code under accrual accounting for Inner Budget Sector Entitles. a. Basis of Accounting Except for land and some buildings which are recorded at valuation and the Museum collections which are valued at $1 in accordance with previous Treasury Guidelines (see Note 8(e). the financial report is prepared in accordance with the historical cost convention. b. Insurance All potential liabilities including personal accident, workers compensation, fire. theft and damage, etc. are covered under the New South Wales Treasury Managed Fund. c. Annual and Extended Leave A calculation has been made of the total liability for both accrued extended leave for all employees with an entitlement based on five (5) or more years service and accrued annual leave at their rate of pay at balance date. The NSW Treasury, from 1 July 1991, has accepted the liability in respect of extended leave as an obligation of the State. The amount of this liability IS $ 1.939.580 ($1,799,105an 1994/95) and is not included in the Museum's Statement of Financial Position. The increase in extended leave liability for 1995/96 was $ 140.475 ($120,592 in 1994/95) and has been charged as an operating expense within the category Employee Related Costs and an offset corresponding amount included as a funding component- Acceptance by State of Museum Liabilities. Long Service Leave Entitlements are calculated at their nominal value. The accrued annual leave IS a liability of the Museum funded from future recurrent allocattons The $47,723 ($44.938 decrease 1n 1994/951mcrease m this years liability has been charged as an increase 1n operating expense w1th1n the category Employee Related Costs No l1abll1ty IS recogn1sed m the accounts for non vestlng SICk leave. as the Museum does not cons1der 1t probable that s1ck leave taken m the fu ture w111 be greater than the entitlements accrued 1n the future. d. Depreciatio n and Amortisatio n The buildings on Lizard Island are depreciated on a straight-line bas•s over their remam1ng esttmated l1fe of up to 27 years on the assumpt•on that the Museum's lease of land on the Island w1ll be renewed in 1998. The Museum believes that the l1fe of the Museum buildings (Sydney) •s mdetermmate but conservatively est1mate that the useful hfe of the buildmgs as a Museum would be m excess of 200 years prov1ded that the bu1ld•ng 1s sub1ect to normal mamtenance. Therefore the annual deprec•at•on expense to be applied to the bu•ldmg IS determmed to be immatenal. Deprec1at1on of Plant and Equ1pment is calculated on a stra1ght hne basis. Deprec1at1on rates for each asset category are as follows· Aud10 V1sual. Computers 20% Photography. Sc1ence and General 10% Veh1cles 15% lnd1v1dual assets acqu•red tor less than $500 are fully expended m the year of acqu1S1t1on and therefore not depreciated. Exhibitions are amortised on a straight-line basis based on the1r expected useful l1fe. with a maximum life for depreciation purposes not exceeding 9 years. e. Employee Superannuation Entitlements As from 1 July 1991 the Treasury accepted superannuation hab1ht1es m respect of Museum employees as an obligation of the State. The cost of superannuatiOn benefits IS calculated by usmg the accrued benefit calculation method These f1gures are not mcluded m the Museum's Statement of Fmanc1al Pos1t10n. lt has been agreed that where the Superannuatton llabll1ty of budget sector agenc1es has been assumed by the State. any changes m the liability from past serv1ce should only affect the State's Statement of Fmanc1al Position. The annual cost of the employer superannuation expense for 1995/96 IS $1.073,868 ($988,417 in 1994/95) and has been charged as an operatmg expense within the category Employee Related Costs and an offset amount 1ncluded as a funding component -Acceptance by State of Museum liabilities. 3. BUDGET REVIEW The actual net cost of services for 1995/96 was $495.000 less t han Treasury Budget Paper. ($481 ,000 more rn 1994/95). Budget vanances were due to The budget frgures as published 1n the Treasurers budget papers 1995/96 were subsequently revrewed and vaned to reflect more up to date Information and budget dec1s1ons. During the year there was a further change rn the expenditure m1x between butld1ng maintenance and other operating expenses. Wrth gallery revenue and shop 1ncome. rt was realised early that the targets were not achievable so some compensaung adJuStment to expendrture were made A new exhrbrt (Frogs) wh1ch was ongmally a temporary exhrbrt land thus expensed). but rs now expected to have a longer hfe because 11 is berng toured. The sucessful Gargantuan's exh1b1t life span has also been rncreased due to a proposed South East Asian Tour 4. EXPENSES 1995/96 1994/95 $ '000 $'000 a. Employee related expenses Compnsed the followrng nems: Salanes and Wages 10.472 10.008 Superannuation 1.074 988 Payroll tax and fnnge benefrt tax 729 671 Long Servrce leave 141 127 Annual Leave 48 (45) Workers compensation insurance 130 160 Other 7 3 12:6o1 1 1,912 b.Other Operating expenses Comprised the following rtems Rent 300 297 Freight 138 414 M otor Vehicles 47 49 Advenrsrng & Promotronal 728 566 Electricrty 491 492 Insurance 365 321 Postal & Telephone 294 301 Working Expenses 2,042 2,336 Tra ding· Shop 347 357 Australian Natural H1story 468 443 Specral Exhrbrts 83 1,292 Commerc1ahsation Project 839 438 Research Fac1htres 271 516 Printing 378 183 Marntenance Contracts 120 65 Other 20 6,931 8,070 1995/96 1994/95 $'000 $'000 c. Maintenance Compnsed the follow1ng 1tems: General 1,138 1.065 Energy Conservation Plan 375 Halon Replacement 393 PABX Replacement 157 U5~_ 5... d. Depreciation Deprec1at1on was charged as follows: Bu1ldmgs 20 18 Exhibitions 564 884 Plant and Equipment 396 209 ..~80 1,111 5. USER CHARGES User Charges compnsed Sales - Shop Trad1ng operations (note 5(all 493 535 The Australian Museum Society (note 5(b)) 305 315 Other Trading (note 5(c)) 3.770 5.335 : ~:.:~~:?. : :::::: :: :: :: ·: :::::· .. ::.:~. ~ -~~.:. : a. Shop Trading Operations Sales 493 535 Less: Cost of Sales Openmg Stock 120 129 Purchases 284 342 00 ...... 404 471 Less Closmg Stock 130 120 Cost of Goods Sold 274 351 Gross Profit 219 184 Stock has been valued at the lower of average cost price or net realisable value D1rect salanes and wages of $1 40,896 ($135, 132 in 1994/95) and measurable overheads of $63,000 ($13,385 in 1994/95) were also 1dent1f1ed against Shop Tradmg Operations. lt 1s not the Museum's pol1cy to cons1der and charge agamst the Shop Trad1ng Account mdirect costs. Expenditure mentioned above IS 1ncluded tn the appropnate expense 1tem 10 the Operating Statement. b. The Australian Museum Society ITAMS) The Socrety was established for the purpose of promotmg a greater knowledge of and concern tor the envrronment and to encourage communrty support for the work of the Museum. 1995/96 1994/95 $'000 $'000 Revenue Subscnptions 227 257 Functrons 70 50 Donatrons 2 4 Other 6 4 305 315 1995/96 1994/95 $'000 $'000 Expenditure Salanes 108 143 Workmg Expenses 158 146 Depreciatron 7 6 273 295 Net Revenue 32 20 Expendrture mentioned above rs mcluded m the appropnate expense rtem m the Operating Statement. c. Trading Operations • Other Revenue from Other Tradrng operatrons compnsed Australian Natural Hrstory Magazrne 614 530 Gallery Revenue 678 795 Specral exhibrts - Sydney 1.367 Spectal exhrbrts ·Touring (Gargantuans) 194 550 Commerctalisauon ProJects 1,459 1,219 Restaurant Activities 34 53 Venue Htre 151 173 Research Facilities - Lizard Island 455 474 Nature Focus Photographrc Agency 117 142 Mrscellaneous 68 32 3.770 5.335 6. DONATIONS AND INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTIONS 1995/96 1994/95 $'000 $'000 Revenue from Donauons and Industry Contnbut1ons compnsed Sc1enufic Research - Federal Government funds 550 930 Sc1enufic Research - Other 351 340 Grants - State Government 478 80 Foundation - Donauons 144 155 Other 57 2 1,580 1,507 The treatment of Grants m Advance m the F1nanc1al Reportmg Code under accrual accounting for Inner Budget Sector Entities recogn1ses Grants 1n Advance as revenue when the cash IS received 7. CURRENT ASSETS 1995/96 1994/95 $'000 $'000 a. Cash Cash at Bank 167 122 Cash on Hand 10 10 177 132 b. Investments Investments recorded at cost comprised: Bank Term DepOSi tS 71 103 Investments are brought to account at cost (Face value $70,426 as at 30 June 1996) c. Receivables At an aggregate value of $308.524 was recorded at balance date and compnsed. Tra de Debtors 294 380 Less Prov1 sion for Doubtful Debts ...3 .. ········ ... !? . 291 374 Accrued Revenue and Prepayments 1..~...... 9 309 383 The Trade Debtors are aged Less than 30 days 216 242 30 to 59 days 48 49 60 to 89 days 3 71 10 90 to 120 days 4 120 and over 23 8 ...... "":294': ...... 380 Bad Debts to the value of $1,249 ($1,325 in 1994/951 have been written off this year These debts related to tradmg operations. d. Inventories The value recorded at 30 June 1996 of $130,405 ($120.474 m 1994/95) represented stock m trade held m the Museum's shop outlets. Stocks were brought to account at the lower of average cost pnce or net realisable value 8. NON-CURRENT ASSETS a. Summary of Property, Plant & Equipment, Exhibition and Collections Land BU1Id1ngs Plant & ExhibitS Collections Total Equ1p $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $ '000 $ '000 Cost At July 1, 1995 59 1 2.936 5,877 9.404 Additions 246 643 720 1,609 D1sposals (3151 (708) ...... (1.0231 At June 30, 1996 837 3,264 5.889 9.990 Valuation At July 1, 1995 15,870 105,000 120,870 Increments Decrements At June 30, 1996 15.870 105.000 120.870 Cost and Valuation Depreciation At July 1. 1995 109 1,842 3,447 5,398 Charge for year 20 393 564 977 D1sposals (3 15) (527) ...... (8421 At June 30, 1996 i'29"" .. (920""' '3,484 5;·533 Net Book Value At June 30, 1996 15,870 105,708 1,344 2.405 125.327 At June 30. 1995 15,870 105,482 1,094 2.430 124.876 The Museum has a number of fully depreciated Exhibits The main Items mcluded 1n this category are: Aboriginal Gallery B1rds Gallery Insects Gallery Marine Gallery M1neral Gallery b. Land and Buildings The value recorded .n the Statement of Financ1al Pos1t10n covers the follow.ng Trust Property: 1995/96 1995/96 Total 1994/95 Land Buildings $'000 $'000 M useum Property- College and Wllliam Street, Sydney (at valuation) 10,000 10,000 10,000 Museum Property Yurong and W1lham Street, Sydney (at valuauonl 5,870 5,870 5,870 Museum Bu1ld1ngs - At above listed properues 105,000 105,000 105.000 Lizard Island Research Stauon Buildings (at cost) 837 837 591 Less Accumulated Deprec1at1on (129) (129) (1 09) ---,~5~.8~7~0~--~,0~5~.~70~8~--712~1~.~57~8~--712~1~35~2 The Valuer General's Department valued the land at a market valuation. The date of valuation was 30 June 1995 for College Street. The L1zard Island Research Station site is occup1ed by the Trust as lessee from the Queensland Government for a twenty five year period term.naung 1n 1998 at a nominal annual rental A deprec1auon charge of $20,022 against operations was brought to account 1n 1995/96, based on the assumpt1on that the lease will be extended. The Publ1c Works Department valued on 6 August 1991 the Museum Bu1ldmgs which are recogn1sed heritage assets of the State m Sydney at replacement cost. This valuation is for a replacement modern bu1ld.ng that has the same serv1ce capac1ty. lt does not represent the replacement, htstonc or .ntnnstc value of the ex1sting butld.ng 1995/96 1994/95 $'000 $'000 c. Plant & Equipment The book values are summarised as follows. Book value at 1 July 1,094 1,026 Addttlons 643 305 Delet1ons (28) 1,737 1.303 Less Depreciation 393 209 Book Value at 30 June 1,344 1,094 lt is considered that the market value of Plant and Equipment approxtmates the book va lue. d. Exhibitions The value of Exh1b1t1ons represents capualisauon of the development and establishment costs of exh1b1t1ons that w1ll cont1nue to generate revenue or prov1de a community service beyond the financ1al year or years 1n wh1ch these costs were Incurred. Development and establishment costs as capitalised mclude material and construction expenditure but do not mclude an assessment of the intrinsic value of collection items incorporated 1n an exh1b1t1on unless specifically purchased (and thus costedl for the purpose. Labour costs for permanent staff inputs to the development of exhibitions are reflected 1n employee related expenses and are not Included 1n the capitalisation of exh•bitions. 1995/96 1994/95 $'000 $'000 Book value of Exhibitions operational at 1 July 1995 2.430 2,092 Cap1talisat1on of Exh1b1t10ns developed in 1995/96 720 1.222 Net (loss) on sale of Shark! exh1b1t10n (1811 2,969 3:~3'14 Less Deprec•ation to Operaung Statement 564 884 Book value of Exhibitions at 30 June 1996 2,405 i ;430 e. Collections. Specimen and Other Acquisition The Museum is not requ1red to value its collections for the current year. AcqUISitions costs do not normally feature as a maJor component of operating costs. The costs so expended over the past 5 years are: $'000 1991/92 35 1992/93 330 1993/94 35 1994/95 79 1995/96 35 Expenditure mentioned above IS mcluded 10 the Operating Statement in the relevant year of purchase. The nature. size. quant1ty and quality of the collections held by this Museum is w1de ranging and are descnbed m the annual report. 9. CURRENT LIABILITIES 1995/96 1994/95 $'000 $'000 a. Borrowings Bank Overdraft - Current 6 Loans -Treasury 100 100 Total Current Borrowmgs 100 106 Loans - Treasury 100 Total Non-Current Borrowings 100 Th1s unsecured loan enabled the Museum to expand 1ts Busmess Serv1ces commercialisatiOn activities. Interest will be charged at the State Banks reference rate m force at the commencement of each calendar quarter. The remammg pnnc1pal repayment of $100.000 w 1ll be made no later than 1 May 1997. 1995/96 1994/95 $'000 $'000 b. Creditors Employee Related 193 97 Other operating expenses 989 1,069 ·1,182 1,166 c. Provision for Employee Annual Leave Entitlements Balance 1 July 914 959 lncrease/(decrease) in prov1s10n 48 (45) Balance 30 June ...... :::·s.~:~ ...... 9f4 10. EQUITY a. Accumulated Funds Ba~nceat30June 1995 2,458 2,317 Operatmg Result for Year 442 (13) Transfer from Reserves 154 Ba~nceat30June 1996 2,900 2,458 b. Asset Revaluation Reserve Net reserve at 30 June 120,870 124,114 Revaluation of Property (3.090) Transfer to Accumulated Fund (154) Balance as at 30 June 120,870. 11 COMMITMENTS FOR EXPENDITURE a. Goods and Services Commitments Purchase orders for goods and serv1ces contracted for at 30 June 1996 not otherwise accounted for 10 the Statement of Fmanc1al Position totalled $347.379 ($702.290 at 30 June 1995) of wh1ch $47.296 ($19,564 at 30 June 1995) represents cap1tal comm1tments. b. Lease Commitments The Trust has forward commitments for lease rentals w1th respect to three propert1es 1t occup1es as lessee. The aggregate lease expenditure contracted for at 30 June 1996 (subject to adjustments) compnses. $'000 Not later than 1 year 231 Later than 1 year & not later than 2 years Later than 2 years & not later than 5 years Later than 5 years 231 12. MATERIAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED AT NO COST TO THE TRUST Material assistance provided to the Museum for which payment was not made. (f1gures are not available as to the cost of these serv1cesl 10cluded Volunteer Services lndustnal Relations from the Department of Industrial Relat1ons Donation of ObJects for the Collections 13. AUDIT FEE The fee for the audit of the Museum's accounts and records. by the Audit Office of New South Wales was $31,000 ($28.000 in 1994/95). No other benefits were provided/paid 1n respect of the audit. Internal audit valued at $18,920 ($31 ,650 10 1 994/95) was prov1ded by the Internal Audit Bureau and paid by the Mm1stry for the Arts 14. MEMBERS FEES OR BENEFITS, ETC. Trust members do not rece1ve emoluments or other benefits oi off1ce There were no loans made to members or employees of the Trust. 15. RESTRICTED ASSETS The Museum receives grants for spec1fic purposes. If the expenditure 1s not mcurred 10 the manner specified or 1n terms of the conditiOns of the grants then the Museum has an obligat1on to return the funds advanced. The cash received IS therefore restricted in its applicatiOn. 16. CONTINGENT LIABILITIES The Trust was not aware of any conttngent liability relevant to 1ts funct1ons at 30 June 1996 17. NOTE TO STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS a. Reconciliation to Cash For the purposes of the statement of cash flows. cash 1ncludes cash on hand and m the bank accounts (mcludmg overdrafts). Cash at the end of f1nanc1al year shown in the cash flow statement is reconciled to the Items. Cash and Borrow1ngs in the balance sheet as follows 1995/96 1994/95 $'000 $'000 Cash 10 10 Salary Advance account 15 15 L1zard Island Advance account 9 17 Trust operatmg account 59 80 Australian Museum Foundation accounts 10 10 The Australian Museum Soc1ety accounts 72 (6) Peter Rankin Memorial fund 2 177 126 b. Re conciliation of net cash outflow on operating activities to net cost of services Net Cost of Services 16,047 15,104 AdJUStments for non-cash items Deprec1at1on (980) (1 '111) Provision for recreation leave (48) 45 Ga1n/(loss) on disposal of assets (100) Acceptance by the State of Museum liabil1t1es (1.214) (1, 109) 13,705 12,929 Increase m rece1vables (71) 7 (Increase) m cred1tors (16) (462) Total net cash outflow on operating act1vit1es 13,618 12.474 c. Bank Overdraft facility The Museum has a $403,000 bank overdraft fac1hty on 1ts operaung account 18. PROGRAM INFORMATION The Australian Museum operates under one program. The obtective is to increase understanding of, and influence public debate on, the natural environment. human societies and human interaction with the environment. appendices 1Rl51 PROFILFS The Australian Museum Trust conststs of nme trustees appotnted by the Governor on the nom1nat1on of the M tntster. A Trustee 1s appomted for three years but IS ehgtble for re-appointment. A Trustee 1S not to hold office for four consecutive terms The Prestdent of the Trust shall be nom1nated by the Mtmster The Governor may, on the nomtnatton of the Mtntster, appotnt a person to f1ll any vacancy that occurs for the residue of the term of off•ce of h1s or her predecessor The appo1ntment of a Trustee takes effect on 1 January of the year follow1ng that 1n wh1ch the appo1ntment 1s made. The Trustees must include at least one person who has a knowledge of. or experience 1n science. and at least one person who has a knowledge of. or expenence 1n education. Mr Malcolm Long LL.B was appotnted Managtng Director of the SBS CorporatiOn 1n February 1993. The Corporation 1s Australia's mult1cultural and multilingual broadcaster, operating a national televiSIOn network, rad10 services broadcasting 1n 68 languages and a range of related serv1ces Pnor to 10,01ng SBS. he was the Deputy Managmg Director of the ABC. He IS a graduate 1n law from the Umverstty of Western Australia, he has been a newspaper JOurnalist. a producer. executive producer, station and network manager 1n Perth, Sydney and Melbourne. He has worked 1n a range of sen1or executive posn1ons in broadcasting He IS currently vtce-prestdent of the International Institute of Communications (a leadmg orgamsatton which draws 11s membership from telecommun1callons. broadcastmg and 1nformat1on tndustry experts around the world) He 1s a member of the Board of the Nauonal Institute of Dramauc Art m Australia and a member of the Mus•ca V1va National Council He was appointed to the Museum Trust1n January 1995 and appointed Pres1dent1n January 1996 Professor Brian Low 1s PrcrV1ce Chancellor (Academtc) at the Un1versny of Technology, Sydney. He was born and educated 1n Queensland and has worked as a secondary school teacher 1n Queensland, and as an academ1c staff member 1n un•vers•t•es 1n New South Wales. His research Interests are 1n the areas of mathematical reasonmg. the educauon of mathematics teachers. and educauon policy. Professor Low JOined the Museum Trust 1n January 1990 and was elected Deputy Pres1dent 1n 1996. Ms Robyn Holt IS the CEO of Sanof1 Beaute Australia. a French company whose brands 1nclude Yves Sa1nt Laurent. Oscar de la Renta and Van Cleff & Arpels Robyn was the head of Yves Sa1nt Laurent in Australia for five years and is now responsible for all Sanofi brands in Australia. She began her career m the stockholding 1ndustry and has worked tn JOurnalism and film des1gn. She was editor of Vogue L1ving magazme for e1ght years and wrote a children's book 'Let's Do lt Together- Build a Cubby'. She 1s mamed w1th one daughter Robyn was appo1nted to the Australian Museum Trust in January 1993. Ms Lucy Hughes Turnbul holds a Bachelor's degree 1n law and an MBA from Sydney and New South Wales un1vers1t1es respectively She has worked as a sohcnor and mvestment banker s1nce 1986. spec1ahsmg 1n commercial, corporate, Insolvency and trade pract1ces law In Investment bankmg. she has worked m the corporate adv1sory area. mostly 1n 1nvestment evaluauon and financial statement analys1s. She 1s Cha1r of the Pnnce of Wales Ch1ldrens Hospital Appeal. and a director of the Pnnce of Wales Ch1ldrens Hosp1tal Foundat1on Ltd She 1s also a director of several companies. mcludmg Turnbull and Partners Hold1ngs Ltd She JOined the Australian Museum Trust in January 1995 Mr Aden Ridgeway IS a member of the Gumbayyngtrr Abong1nal people of northern New South Wales He IS Executive Director of the NSW Abongmal Land Counc1l He has extens1ve expenence In ISSues concernmg Abongtnal perspectives on land management, cultural property, Aborigmalland nghts and communitY plann1ng. He has been a consultant to Abongtnal organ1sat1ons on bus1ness plannmg and was a member of the team developtng the reg1onal plan for the soc1creconomic ~o~uons of Abongmal people 1n the Sydney regton. He has been an assessor (Abongtnal) at the CS Land and Environment Court. He •s an execut1ve member of the Sydney Reg1onal ATSlC ouncll and a counsellor to the GeographiC Names Board of NSW. He convenes the Trust Comm1 ttee for lnd1genous Issues He jo1ned the Trust 1n January 1993. Assoc1ate Professor Margaret Rose IS director of an1mal care for the Pnnce Henry, Pnnce of Wales and the Pnnce of Wales Chtldrens' Hosp1tals and an Assoc1ate Professor 1n the Chntcal School of the Umversuy of NSW whtch IS assoc1ated with that hospital group She IS a vetennanan w1th over 20 years expenence 1n b1omed1cal research. For most of that time, she has been 1nvolved 1n 1ssues relattnQ to sc1ence and public policy, particularly w1th regard to the use of an1mals 1n research and teachtng She IS Cha1rman of the An1mal Research Rev1ew Panel, the statutory body responsible for the overv1ew of an1mal use 1n sc1ence and teaching in NSW She also serves as a member of the NSW An1mal Welfare Adv1sory Council and IS a found1ng member of the Australian and New Zealand Counctl for the Care of Antmals tn Research and Teachmg She JOtned the Museum Trust 1n January 1995 or Nicola Ward graduated w1th honours 1n med1c1ne She spent several years work1ng 1n teach1ng hospitals before complet1ng her M BA. She JOined the Nucleus Group 10 years ago, 1nt11ally as clinical and markeung execut1ve for the Group, then transfernng to Cochlear Pty Ltd. world leader 1n cochlear 1mplants (the b1omc ear) as strateg1c planning execut1ve She 1s also a member of the Industry Research and Development Board and its Health, Food and B10-1ndustnes Comm1ttee. and the Adv1sory Counctl on lndustnal Property. She JOined the Trusttn January 1995 Professor Kathleen Bowmer IS Deputy V1ce-Chancellor of Charles Sturt Un1vers1ty 1n Wagga Wagga Professor Bowmer was Deputy Ch1ef, CSIRO D1vis1on of Water Resources and chtef research sc1enust Professor Bowmer IS currently a member of the Boards of the CRC for Freshwater Ecology; Murray-Darhng Freshwater Research Centre, Australian Centre for Water Quality Research and represents CSIRO on the ARMCANZ Water Resources Management Commlltee She was appo1nted to the Trust in January 1995 Mr Peter O'Connell1s Managmg Otrector of Hargraves Consultants Mr O'Connell has a BA (Hons) from Sydney Un1vers1ty and an LL.B from the Australian Nauonal Unrverstly He has extens1ve expenence as a commerc1al lawyer and 1n negouatlng 1nternat1onal defence contracts He has acted tor a number of Australian compan1es seeking to expand the1r commerc1al mterests 1n Chma and other parts of As1a S1nce 1993. Mr O'Connell has spec1alised tn adv1stng chants Interested tn deveJoptng overseas bustness and 1nvestment 1n multimedia, on-line serv1ces. and telecommun1cat1ons technology. Mr O'Connell JOtned the Trust1n January 1996 Ms Patricia Watson JOined the Museum Trust in 1992 and was Pres1dent from December 1993. Ms Watson reured from the Trust at the end of her term 1n December 1995 Or Malvin L. Eutick. OAM jotned the Museum Trust1n 1988 and was Deputy Pres1dent from 1989. Or Euuck rettred from the Trust at the end of hts term m December 1995. There were s1x meeungs of the Australian Museum Trust m 1995-96 Attendances were as follows: Mr Malcolm Long. Pres1dent. ntl apolog1es Professor Bnan Low. Deputy Pres1dent, ntl apolog1es Professor Kathleen Bowmer !appo1nted January 1996). 2 apolog1es Ms Robyn Holt, 1 apology Mr Peter O'Connell (appo1nted January 1996). 1 apology Mr Aden R1dgeway. 4 apolog1es Assoc1ate Professor Margaret Rose. 1 apology Ms Lucy Hughes-Turnbull, 1 apology Or N1cola Ward, n1J apolog1es Ms Patnc1a Watson (ret1red December 19951. ml apoJog1es Or Mal Eut1ck (ret1red December 1995). 1 apology \I \, \ G c \I E ' r '> T R l C' I l RI. /J \ ('"""' Anthmpology,I'· '"' H Earth'"" & Env1ronmental'r "' I '""' Sc1ences . lnformauon Sc1ence. Invertebrate Zoology, Vertebrate Zoology and Sc1ent1hc SeN1ces. Evolutionary B1ology Unit c,,. 11 l{, ,, Ill ,, Adm1n1strat1on. Busmess SeMces. F1nance. Human Resources. Building, House Services A y t 7,, /Jauu If Marketing, Merchandising. Public relations. Pubhsh1ng, Protocol. PhotographiC Agency, Venue, Market Development and Sponsorship ( ""'''' l/, l ,, ' Education SeN1ces. V1s1tor SeMces. Public Program Evaluat1on. Resource Serv1ces. Text Ed1t1ng, Mult1med1a Development (1/4 Ill J « I\ I ~~ Jll l ExhibitiOn Des1gn. Construction and Maintenance. GraphiC Des1gn, Exh1blt10n Tour Management Mult1med1a Development R CO R /Jm"/ J(,,,, /.,,,' Collection Conservation and Research. Photography A L S 1 R !\ L I A N M U S E U M S f t\ f· I· I N G I' I IH l: "' I 1\ G L ~ Museum Promotions 6% Senior Management 3% Exhibitions 11% Education 12% Science 36% Security/Cleaning 12% Clerical 19% l·Ql ,\1 1· \II'L The Australian M useum IS fully comm1tted to Equal Employment Opportunity IEEOl and has a management plan 1n place wh1ch outl.nes the Museum's ob1ec11ves and strateg1es for achievement 1n thiS regard Below are hsted the key red1stnbut1Ve factors, 1n tabular form. The f1gures cover all staff, both temporary and permanent work.ng full and part-t1me. Overall, the f1gures and proport1ons have not changed s1gn1f1camly s.nce last year Of total staff, the propOrtiOn of female employees IS 43 1 o/o; employees of Non-Enghsh Speak1ng Background (NESBJ 14.5%, Abong1nal employees 2.2%: employees w1th a phys1cal d1sabillty (PWPDJ 6.5% Table 1 Representation of EEO target groups within salary levels Table 2 RepresentatiOn and recru1tment of Aborigmal Employees and Employees with a Phys1cal Disability Table 1 1995196 1994/95 Salary Level Total Staff Women NESS (1) : Total Staff Women NESS Below CO 1 (2) 16 8 8 ·r 7 3 6 50.0% 50.0% 42.9% 85.7% CO 1 • Gd 1 (3) 52 19 6 52 22 6 36.5% 11.5% 42.3% 11.5% A&C Gds 1 • 2 46 31 6 56 34 11 67.4% 13.0% 62.5% 19.6% A&C Gds 3 • 5 63 33 14 71 35 9 52.4% 22.2% 49.3% 12.7% A& C Gds 6 • 9 69 22 5 63 24 3 31.9% 7.2o/o 38.0% 4.8% A&C Gds 10 • 12 19 5 1 16 3 1 26.3% 6.3% 18.8% 6.3% Above A&C Gd 12 11 1 0 11 0 9.1% 0% 9.1 o/o 0.0% Total 276 119 40 276 122 36 43.1o/o 14.5% 44.2% 13.0o/o ...... ; .. Table 2 1995/96 1994/95 TotaiStaff Aboriginal PWPD (4) TotaiStaff Abong1nal PWPD ~ People ··! P.eople TOTAL 276 6 18 276 6 17 EMPLOYEES 2.2% 6.5% 2.2% 6.2% 0 Recru1ted '" j' 38 2 0 29 0 0.0% 10 the year 5.3% 0.0% 0.0% ...... , ...... ······ ...... Legend (1) Non English speak1ng background (2) Employees on salanes below Clencal Off1cer Scale Grade 1. 21 year old rate (3) Employees on salanes from Ctencat Olf1cer Scale Grade 1 21 year old rate to below mm1mum Adm1n1strattVe and Clerical Scale Grade 1 (4) People wnh a phys1cal disability and Amcncas • s r ur I Walden BAIHonsJ Research ASSIStant • T (T) P Wh1te BAppSc11Cutt Hert•ge Man) Techn1cal Off1Cer Abong1nal PrOJeCt Off1cer m· Techrucal Off1cCr Abong1nal Hentage ProJeCt Officer M Wilson BAIHonJ Research AsSIStant ' (TJ DIRECTOR'S OFFICE Volunteers A Baker, S Bard, C Bass, D Bell, J Benton. D Griffin AM PhD D1rector L Charleston. R Conway, M Couzens, J Kasun1c, G McCarthy Personal Ass1stant to the D~rector T Sullivan BA IHonsl DtpEd GradDtp Adm1n S Lawrence. J Sm•ther The followmg people assrsted Val Arrenbrow m the Executive Officer on-gomg processmg and analyses ot excavated DEPUTY DIRECTOR'S OFFICE mateflals from the Port Jackson proJect throughout year: D Brown, M Holland, S Korne, P Pemberton, A Bean Executive ASSIStant M Se•gnor. F Smn, Cheryl S A Egan Executive AsSIStant (T} D Hoese BSc PhD Actmg Deputy D1rector 1/7/95 COMMUNITY RELATIONS 2319195 & 2110195- 19/11/95 S M aclntyre Executive Officer m M Atzemis Actmg Subscnpt1ons Manager. Nature J Specht MA PhD FAHA Acting Deputy D~rector Australia 25/9195 - 2919195 & 20/11195 - 30/6/96 P Barnes Shop Assistant· • J Barnett Head of DIVISIOn ANTHROPOLOGY J Bugden BA Mlin AsSIStant to Head Commun1ty V J Anenbrow BA IHonsl PhD Research Sc1ent1St. Relat•ons· Act1ng Head of Drvis100. 3-28 June 1996 G Carroll Mkt Cert Shop Superv1sor K Banks BA MA Techn1cal Off1cer ProjeCt Off1cer. H D1mond MIMA Marketing Manager. Nature Abongmal Collections m· Focus & Nature Austral1a P Black BAIHonsl Research AsSIStant " /' ITI A Ezzat BA Shop Ass1stant • L Bolton BAIHonsJ D1p Mus Stud1es MA PhD K Denny Shop Ass1stant • • Sc1en11flc Off1cer Sen1or Collect•on Manager· M F1eld BSc IHonsl Marketing & Sales Manager L Bonshek BA D1p Mus Stud1es MA Qual Nature Australia · Techmcal Off1cer, Acting Sen1or Collection T Gibson Public RelatiOns Manager· Manager F Gregory Public Relat•ons Ass•stantm L Brass BAIHons) Techn1cal Ofl1cer Spec1al D Greig Collecuon Manager. Book Publishmg · Collections Pro1ec1 Officer M de Hauteclocque Shop Assistant·· G Brinon BA (VIsual Arts), Cer Sc1en!lf1c G Hickey Bsc Sc•ent•hc Ed•tor. Nature Australia '· Photography Technical Officer (T) 0 Hyde Shop Manager Y Carrillo DIVISional Secretary S Jarvenpiiii Advert1S1ng Execut1ve, Nature L Charleston CerlArt & Design BA (Fme Arts) Australia ' Technical Officer Project Off•cer m C Karantonis Shop Ass•stant · • R Conway Techn1cal OH1cer Project Off1cer (T) • • P Klobe Clencal Off1cer M Darrell BA(Hons) Technical Officer ProJeCt K Lowe Photo Researcher, Nature Off1cer. Abong1nal CollectiOns (T) Australia · " /Ass•stant Manager Nature Focus S Florek MAIHonsl PhD Techmcal Off1cer W Matthews Venue Manager Documentation Officer. Abong•nal • • J McCallum BA Acung Manager. Nature Focus S Garling BAIHons) Techn1cal Off1cer (T) S F McEvey BSc (Honsl Phd FRES MAl Bioi AIMM N Goodsell BA Techmcal Off•cer; Documentation Producuon Ed•tor. Sc1en!lflc Publications Off•cer. Pac1f1c ·- . Actmg Collection Manager K McGinnis Shop ASSIStant· • fAfnca. As1a and Amencal January- June 1996 • • P Nolan Shop Ass•stant · • P Gordon Semor Techn1cal Off1cer Abong1nal M Pollinger BA {Honsl Markettng Ass1stant. Hemage Un1t. ProJeCt Off1cer Nature Australia · M Holland Techmcal Off1cer ·- (T) S Procter BA Public Relat•ons Ass1stant • K Khan BA!Honsl D1p Anthrop Sen1or Techmcal P Russell Shop Assistant· • Ofhcer G. Ryan BA Market Development Manager S Sedgwick BA Research AsSIStant • • f' (T) J. Saunders Bsc Ed1tor, Nature Austraha A Sonntag D•pRestoratlon MA Techn•cal Officer R. Strahan AM MSc FIB1ol FAIB101 FRZS Pac1flc ProJect Ofi1cer m FANSAAS Ed•tor 1n Ch1ef Book Pubhsh1ng · 8 South BA Grad D1pArts {Ab Stud1esl Techn•cal M . Stngas Shop Ass1stant • • Officer Tra1nee Abong1nal ProteC1 Officer m R. Tarigan Shop Ass•stant • • JR Specht MA PhD Sen1or Research Sc1enust L. Wilson BA BA!Comml Pubhc1ty Officer• Head of the DIVISIOn, Acting Deputy D1rector PS C Tacon BA{Hons) MA PhD Research Volunteers and Interns Sc1enust, Actmg Head of D1vis1on m1d November A Hagany, J Hurst, S Wemer, M Ktlhn, J. K•nsela. 1995 to end May1996 I Kokot. N Kosh, S We1ner, J Yeoman M Therin BAIHons) Techn1cal Officer m S Thomsett BA(Hons) Dip Mus Studies Technical Offtcer Project Officer, Pacific • • Z Wakelin-King BA(Hons) Art Cer Dip Ed Senior Technical Off1cer Collect•on Manager. Asia Africa CORPORATE SERVICES K Randall Securrty Officer D Read Securrty Offrcer Ass stan Drrector !Corporate Servrcesl OHrce R Sampson Securrty Off•cer L Berg BA !Honsl Protect Offrcer B Seears Securrty Off•cer G McKenzie CPA Assrstant D11ector A Sommer ReceptiOn Offrcer M Rieck Personal Assrstant M Yoldas Asst. 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S Whlllaker 0 Sweet ProJeCt Ofl,cor y Webster Ass1stant to Head of DIVISIOn Malacology A Wang Pro,ect Officer C Alien BSc Techn1cal Off1cer ··m R Weakley D1p !Des1gnl D1p IV1s Art) Pro,ect S Clark BAppSc Techn1ca1 0111cer ·m Manager P Colman Techmcal Off1cer Volunteers P Eggler BSc(Honsl Techn1ca1 Off1cer ' (T) J G11fen. I Dock1ng. F lgnacz. J Hughes. J Kelly BSc D1p Ed Technical Officer • '(T) D Dost1ne. I Loch Semor Techn1cal Off1ce1, CollectiOn Superv1sor INFORMATION SCIENCE A Miller BSciHonsl Techn1cal Off1cer R Abol ASSIStant L1brary TechntC1an (T) W Ponder MSc PhD DSc Pnnc1pal Research G Baker BAIL1bSclAALIA Head of DIVISion Sc1enttst J Brazier MA D1piM Manager, Arch1ves & W Rudman MSc PhD DSc Pnnc1pal Research Records. acung Manager Research Lrbrary Sc1en11st E Cameron BSc(Honsl MSc. Information Offtcer J Waterhouse BSc(Honsl Techn1cal Officer • • search & d1scover C Cantrell actmg Sen,or L1brary Techn1c1an Volunteers S Fenton BAppScUnformat1onl. Lrbranan J Beck, F Brown, P Burton. I Kokot. J F1sher. E Gray ,nformauon Officer search & diSCover - • m E Geenng, T Ireland, M McKellar, D Pearson, M Harvey BSciHonsl GrD,pSc,Com lnformauon J Ramsden, H Ronay. J W1se Qff,cer search & diSCOver m J HOWIO MA D1p L1b 1branan • Marine Invertebrates A McConochie BA Semor L1brary Techn1c1an • • S Ahyong BSc(Honsl Techn1ca1 Officer · M Martin Information Ofl1cer ··m K Attwood Techn1ca1 Off1cer G Ortega Montiel Information Off1cer IAdm1n & P Berents MSc PhD Sc1ent1f1C Offrcer. Collect1on Techl Manager B Pearson BA Grad D1p IM L1branan • ·m D Bray BA D1p Ed MSc Techn1cal Ofhcer • C Pyne Clencal Ass1stant • K Dempsey BSc BA GradD1pArt Techmcal Ofhcer • M Robertson BA Grad D1p IM, ArchiVISt m R Evans BSc(Hons) Techn1cal Officer • ·m M Shanahan ASSIStant Library TechniCian m L Ho BSc GradD1pArt Techmcal Officer A Skates BA D1p Teach Manager search & P Hutchings PhD DSc Pnnc1pal Research Sc1ent1st d1scover R Johnson BSc Techn1cal Off1cer m H. Slarke BA. MA(App H1stl Information off1cer J Lowry MA PhD Pnnc1pal Research Sc1enllst search & d1scover • ' (T) A Murray BSc Techmcal Off1cer Volunteers A Parker BSc(Hons) PhD Techmcal Off1cer •• (T) D Auenbrow. A Brown, E Carthew, J D1sney, R Springthorpe BSc Techn1cal Off1cer A Foster, J P1dcock H Stoddart BSc(Hons) Sc1enuflc Off1cer G Wilson MSc PhD Pnnc1pal Research Sc1ent1St INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY Volunteers S Cowan DIVISIOnal Clencal Off1cer P Blackwell, C Brown. P Colemg, M deii'Oro. M Haydon, S lrv1ne, I Kokot, D Lalld, K L1st, M Arachnology/Entomology McGahey, M O'Donaghue. B Oldmeadow. D Bickel PhD Research Sc1ent1st P Naif, A, S1ncla11 E S1lk, G Towner. W Walker, H C Brodgen BSc Techmcal Off1cer ··m Ward G Cassis PhDResearch Sc1ent1st F Christy BSciHonsl Techn1ca1 Otl1cer ··m LIZARD ISLAND RESEARCH STATION B J Day Techn1ca1 Officer A K Hoggett BSc (Honsl PhD D1rector M Gock BSc Technical ASSIStant m· B Lamb Ma,ntenance Eng1neer !TI R Harris BSc Techn1ca1 Off1cer ··m T Lamb Accommodat,on Officer ITI C Horseman Techmcal Off1cer • K O'Donnell m G S Hunt BSc D1p Ed PhD V1S1l1ng Research L Pearce Ma1ntenance Eng1neer Sc•enust M Pearce Accommodation Off1cer M R Gray MSc PhD Sc1enuf1c Ofl1cer. Head of L Vail MSc PhD D1rector D1v1S10n A Leask BScAgr Techn1cal Officer • ·m· Volunteers J F C Lee Techn1cal Officer .. m- D Adams. E Axelsson, R Beale. S Bullock, s M Lindsay BSc Techn1cal Off1cer • • m R Davres. T Dav1es, K D1ele, L Eccles. T Ford, M S Moulds TchC MSc Sc1ent1f1c OH1cer. F Glles. B Green, J Haggland. K Hawk,ns. Collectton Manager M Heenngen, K Hellyer. W Hormsen. R Hood. C Nancarrow Techn1cal Ass1stant ..m. L Hook. I Jackson. A Kmght. B Lamb. T Lamb. L Latlmore, J LeiS, C Melllcan. H Peltonen. C Ryan, D Smith BSc Techn1cal Off,cer • ' (TI U Salzmann, C Tommerup. C Wellington. L Wllson. H Smith BSc (Honsl Techn1cal Off1cer (T) m·J Thompson AssocD1pEnwStud Technical Othcer L Wilkie PhD Techn1cal Off1cer (T) 1 ·htt.yology MATERIALS CONSERVATION D Bray BA MSc D1p Ed Techmcal Off1cer m B Carson BSc Techn•cal Off•cer (T) Conservat•on A Hay BSc TechniCal Officer K Coote BA BSciHonsl ArchCons Sen•or m D Hoese BA PhD Sen•or Research Sc•enust. Head Conservator V Daniel MSc IChemEngl Sc•enuf•c Officer of Vertebrate DIVIs•on J Leis BSc PhD Sen•or Research Sc1enust T Duncan Museum Tramee D Horton-James BSC Head of D•v•s•on M McGrouther BSc (Hons) Collect•on Manager J Paxton BA MSc PhD Pnnc•pal Research M Kelly D•P F1ne Arts Ass•stant Conservator A Leculier BAppSc Conservator Sc•enttst C Macgregor BSc D•pArchCons Conservator J Pogonoski BSc Techn1cal Off1cer (T) ' H McPherson Paper Conservator'· s Reader BSc Techn•cal Off•cer M Pacheco Clencal Off1cer T Trnski BSc Technical Officer • A Roach Pest Control Off•cer G Scott BSc SocScConsCert Conservator Volunteers B Brunton, C Bunn, G Blatch. L Davis. M Driver. Volunteers D Emery, C Herlihy, S John, J Lee, D O'Connor G Denes. H Joynes, J Powys, V Ch1ang, H Tammura Mammalo"y p Ennis BSc. R G N Techn1cal Off•cer Photography ISc•enuf•cl • • C Bento Photographer T F Flannery BA MSc PhD Sen•or Research R Bolzan BA Manager, PhotographiC Serv•ces Sc•enust S Humphreys Photographer L Gibson Techmcal Off•cer (Sc•entlf•cl· J King Clencal Off1cer m ·· s lngleby BSc IHonsl Ph 0 Collect•on Manager M Ortega Photographer m . L Semoraro BSc Techn1cal Off1cer ISc•enuf,cl' • N Pacheco Clerical Off1cer m ' •• N Smith Clencal Off•cer m ·'' OrOIIhology C Ueltten Tra1nee Photographerm A Blackburn Curatonal AsSIStant m·. R Wallace Photographer m ·. W Boles BSE Sc•enuf•c Off•cer and Collecuon T Wickey Tra•nee Photographerm Manager G Fulton CuratOflal Ass1stant (T) • • Volunteers T lvison Curatonal ASSIStant m.. A Paynter, C Bowen, D Cousins P Rowland Curatonal ASSIStant m·. THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM SOCIETY Volunteer G Campbell C Bibby Executive Officer W Wilkins MA Project Officer A AI sop BD (VIs Comml Admin•stration Officer I' l " l l CA 'I l 0 i\ S M Alsop BA Adm1n1Strat10n Officer' F Shinn Accounts Administrator• • Anthropology J Biber BA (Hons) D1p Ed FACA C~rcles of Anenbrow, V.J., 1995 Angophora Reserve, by Natural H1story Manager• • Joseph1ne McDonald 1992 lbook rev1ewl Ausrral1an Archaeology 41 59·61 Volunteers Attenbrow, V.J., 1995. Port Jackson Archaeological J Miller. H Verge, J Ludlum, L Allard, C Stewart Pro,ect - Levels of Abong1nal mvolvement In: I. Dav1dson, C Loveii-Jones. R. Bancroft (eds) VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY ArchaeologiSts and Abong1nes Workmg Together. T. Goh DMs•onal Secretary and Assistant pp. 18-21 Arm1dale Unwers1ty of New England Press. Evolutionary B•ology Attenbrow, V.J., B Dav•d & J. Flood, 1995. G Avern BSc MSc Dip Ed Semor Techmcal Off•cer Mennge-ya 1 and the ong1ns of po•nts new •ns!Qhts S Brown BSc Grad D•P IASOSl m Techmcal mto the appearance of pomts •n the sem•-and zone Off1cer of the Northern Terntory Archaeology m Ocean/8 D Colgan BSc BEe PhD Senior Research Scienust 30 105-20 P Eggler BSc Techmcal Officer m Crowe, D., & R. Torrence, 1993119961 Adm•ralty S livingston BSc Sc1enuf•c Offtcer Islands spear decoratiOns Symmeuy· Culrure and A Mclauchlan BSc RN Techmcal Off•cer m Sc1ence 4 385-96 Volunteers Fullagar, R., 1996 Ownkan Prehistory The P Da Costa. L Ma1rs. N Smgh Archaeology of Abong•nal Art m S.E. Cape York Pen•nsula. by Morwood and Hobbs (edsl Herpetology Archaeology m Oceama 31( 1) 41 ·2. A E Greer PhD Pnnc1pal Research Sc•enttst Gordon, P.. & D. Donlon. 1995. The Australian R Sadlier Scient•f•c Officer Museum and Abong•nal Skeletal Rema•ns In: I. R Sadlier · Protect Off1cer Dav•dson, C. Loveii-Jones, R Bancroft leds). S Smith (T) ASSIStant Archaeologists and Abongmes Workmg Together, A Young (T) ASSIStant pp. 65·67. Arm•dale: UmversJty of New England Press Gordon. P.. & P Wh1te. 1995 Norrh Coasr Area of Earth and Env11onmental Sc1ence New Sou rh Wales Ausrrat.an Museum's Abongmal Adrain, J.M ., & G.D. Edgecombe, 1995 Bahzoma Col'ecr10ns Sydney Australian Museum. DMs1on of and the new genera Aegrotocatellus and Anthropology Peorehaedulus encrmu11d trilObites from the Douro Hiscock. P.• & V. Attenbrow . 1996 Backed 1nto a Formauon fSIIur1an. Ludlow) of the central Canad1an corner Ausrraltan Archaeology 42. 64-5. Arcttc Journal of Paleonto1ogy, 69 736-752 Specht. J . & C Maclullch, 1996. Changes and Adrai n, J.M .. & G.O. Edgecombe. 1995 S1lurran Challenges The Australian Museum and lndrgenous ca1ymemd tlllob1tes from eastern and Arcuc North Commumues In P McManus led.) Archaeological Amenca Palaeontological Assoc,auon Annual D1splays and rile Publtc, pp 27-49. London· Insmute Conference. Galway, Abstracts of Archaeology, Umvers1ty College Barron. B.J., A.D.C. Robertson & F.L. Sutherland. Szalay, A., & P.S.C. Tacon. 1995 Rocl< an warnors: 1996. OIIVIne 'leuc1t1tes·. tho11 xenohth and world's earliest pau111ngs of people at war GEO megacryst su1tes, Hosk1ngs Peaks, north 17(41 40·52 Queensland In F L Sutherland (ed.). The N1cholas Tayon, P.S.C .. 1996 lnd1genous modermsm· Rock Sympos1um: Alkaline rocks and their associated betw1xt and between or at the cuu1ng edge of m1neralisatron Australian Journal of Earth Scrences contemporary anl COMA 27 33·55 43, 231-244 Ta~on. P S.C & S Brockwell. 1995. Arnhem Land Barron, L.M .. S.R. Lishman, G.M. Oakes. B.J. prehistory 111 landscape. stone and pamt Anrrqwry Barron & F.L. Sutherland. 1996 SubduCtiOn model 691259) 676695 for the ong1n of some d1amonds 1n the Phanerozorc T a~on, P.S.C .. 1995. Abong1nal partiCipatiOn 1n of eastern New South Wales In F L Sutherland archaeological research 1991 In; 1. Dav1dson. C. led ) The N1cholas Rock Sympos•um Alkaline rocks Lovcii·Jonos and R. Bancroft (eds) Archaeologlsrs and the1r assoc1ated m1neral1sa!lon Australian and Aboflg,nes Workmg Togerher. pp 25-27 Journal of Earrh Sc1ences 43 257-267 Armrdale Unrvers1ty of New England Press Branagan, D.F., E. Holland & R.A.L. Osborne. Torrence, R.. 1995 Lukluk be~ long ta1m bepol Pasr 1996 The geology of the Jenotan Reg10n. In E 21 I 2 Hamrlton-Sm1th fed l 1996 Abstracts of Papers. Torrence. R.• & K.L. Victor 1995 The relatiVIty of Karst Stud1es Sem1nar Naracoorte Regohth dens1ty Archaeology m Oceama 30 (3) 121-31 Mapping. Ham11ton. V1ctona. 17 Chen. J.-y ., J. Dzi k, G.O. Edgecombe. L. Commun1ty Rclat1ons Ramsko ld and G.-q. Zhou. 1995. A poss1ble Early Gibson, T .. 1995 D1S11ncuve D1nners and Preh1stonc Cambnan chordate Narure 377 720-722 Part1es Muse. October-November 1995. Christy, M.T •• 1995 C<>-<>perauve care 1n the Gibson, T .. Australia's most Mystenous B11d. the Srng1ng Honeyeater Lichenosromus wescens Search Conunues. Muse. June-July 1996. Core/la 19(4) 115·117 Procter, S .• 1995 W1ldllfe photographer of the Year. Christy, M.T .• 1996 The eflicacy of usrng Pass1ve Muse, October-November 1995 Integrated Transponder (Ptn tags Without Procter, S .. 1995 Ausrralian Museum Annual anaesthetiC rn free-livrng frogs Ausr Zoo/ 30(2)· Reporr 1994-1995 139·142 Wilson, E .. 1995. A Gom of a D1scovery Muse. Coenraads. R.R., P. Vichit & F.L. Sutherland. August-September 1995 1995. An unusual sapphlle·zrrcon-magnellle xenohth Wilso n, E.• 1995 The Eureka Prizes. Muse. from the Chan1habun Gem Prov1nce. Tha1land. December 1995-January 1996 Mmeralogrcal Magazme 59 467-481 Wilson, E .. 1996 Search1ng For a Place to Call Edgecombe. G.D.. J.-y. Chon & L. Ramskold, Home Muse. February-March 1996 1995. At the base of the arthropod tree. clues from Wilson. E .. 1996 Frogs Muse. Apni-May 1996 the Early Cambnan AUSCOS·I and Boucot Wilson, E .. 1996. Frogs Hop onto Computer DISC. Symposium, Abstracts and Programme 34 Sydney. Muse. June-July 1996. Edgecombe. G.D., & L. Ramskold, 1996 Class1frcauon of the arthropod FwaanhUia Scrence D~rector·s office 272 748 Griffm. D.J.G .. 1995 Presenting Many V01ces Edgecombe. G.D.. & L. Ramskold, 1996 Early Muse June-July 1995 Cambnan arachnates cnhcal taxa for 1nfernng GnHin, D.J.G. & H.E. Stoddan 1995 Deep-water anhropod 1nter-relatronshrps InternatiOnal decapod Crustacea from eastern Australia lobsters Sympos1um on the Relauonsh1ps of Mator Anhropod of the fam1lies Nephrop1dae. Palinundae. Groups Programme and Abstracts: 9-10 London Polychelidae and Scvllandae Records of rhe Edgecombe, G.D., & L. Ramsk OCCLPATIO'\AL llfAITII Ai'.D Ross Pogson attended the M1neralogy and SAFETY COI'v1'v111'11·1· Museums 3 Conference 1n Budapest, Hungary 1n 1996 and presented a poster on the Albert The Austrahan Museum's Occupational Health and Chapman Mtneral Collection. Safety Comm1ttee has continued to meet on a regular monthly bas1s, wtth a workplace tnspecllon Ross Pogson collected mtnerals on post· earned out after each meeting conference excurs1ons tn Slovak1a and Romama The commmee has prov1ded each d1v1S10n wuh an Alex R1tch1e and Zenna Johanson gave talks on the OH&S 1::11 wh1ch Includes Canow1ndra fossil hsh at the Early Vertebrates and the Museum·s OH&S pohcy, a selection of Lower Vertebrates conference in Paris Zertna manuals on safe workmg pract1ces and detailS on Johanson also eo-presented a poster on lobe· further information available from WorkCover The fmned f1sh at th1s conference ktt 1s also part of the Museum's mductlon service for new employees. A Matenals Safety Data Sheet Alex Rttch1e lectured on the Canow1ndra fauna at Bulletin board has been set up on the Museum's the Sympos1um of Vertebrate Palaeontology and E-mail. allow1ng QUICk and easy access for staff to Comparative Anatomy tn Newcastle·upon-Tyne, tnformallon on the hazardous nature and ftrst a1d UK. reqwements for a range of chem1cals nomtnated by Museum staff L1n Sutherland and Gayle Webb attended the 25th lnternauonal Gemmo1og1cal Conference tn The commmee has also been 1nvolved wuh Bangkok. Thailand. 1n October 1995 They JOined management tn co-<>rd1nat1ng and 1mplementtng conference excurs1ons to sapphtre Sites tn the ftnd1ngs of a consultant s report, prov1d1ng a Northern and southern Thailand rev1ew of OH&S programs and 1ssues across the Museum Tra1ntng has been greatly 1ncreased by Education the Human Resources off1ce, w1th a selection of Sheryl Connors gave a paper at the World courses across a range of OH&S subJects avatlable lnd1genous Peoples conference tn Alberquerque, to all staff USA Invertebrate Zoology Dan Blckel spent three weel Vmod Damel attended three •nternauonal Val Attenbrow gave a sem1nar, Aborigmal conferences and gave papers at these; Preh•story of Port Jackson, to the Archaeology International Conference on B1odetenorat10n of Department, La Trobe University, Melbourne Cultural Property, Bangkok. Tha•land, lnd•an Assoc1at1on for the Study of Conservat•on of Val Attenbrow partiCipated m the Stone Artefacts Cultural Property, Bangalore. lnd1a. and, Workshop Technology Workshop held at the Australian on Pest Control at International Institute for Museum ConservatiOn - Canad1an Group: Annual Meeung Montreal, Canada. ' Val Attenbrow gave a semmar. New Holes 1n Port Jackson M1ddens. to the Preh•storic and Histone David Honon-James and Graeme Scott gave a Archaeology Depanment, Un•vers•ty of Sydney tra1mng course to fieldworkers and museum staff at the Cultural Centre '" Port Vlla. Vanuatu. Lossant Bolton attended lmportong Cultures Paul Tacon and Chnstopher Choppondale presented Regoonal Transformation on Myth and Rotualon the paper, The hostory of the atlatl on Australia through Western Hoghlands of Papua New Guonea, held on a geometncal study of liS depoctoon on rock an. to Brosbane The 53rd Annual Plaons Anthropologocal Conference, Laramoe, Wyomong, U SA Lossant Bolton attended the UNESCO second Pacofoc Regoon Museum workshop held on Port Vila. Paul Tacon and M Garde presented paper, Datong Vanuatu. as Australia's offocoal representative. beeswax rock an - the voew from central Arnhem land, The Forst Workshop on Australian Pocture Lossant Bolton organosed and partocopated on the Dating, ANSTO. Lucas Heoghts. Sydney, NSW, Women's Foeldworker Workshop. Ausiraloa. Lossant Bolton presented a lecture, Fabrocs to Chnstopher Choppondale and Paul Tacon presented Conture Woth, to The Australian Museum Socoew paper. From ancoent rock-an to contemporary portable paontongs on western Arnhem Land. New Lossant Bolton presented a semonar on a seroes at Abongonalotoes. an lnternauonal AMCAS the Caspoan Galleroes for the Asoan An Gallery. Conference at the Unoversoty of Exeter, UK Loz Bonshek attended lmportong Cultures. Regoonal Christopher Choppondale and Paul Tacon gave talk, Transformation on Myth and Rotualon the Western Australia's oldest rock paontlngs Ill. warners. Hoghlands of Papua New Guonea. held on Bnsbane. Raonbow Snakes and more ground breakong results, to The Australian Museum Socoety Stan Florek partocopated on and helped organose the Stone Artefacts Technology Workshop held Paul Tacon gave a talk. The changong nature of between 21 and 24 February at the Australian Arnhem Land rock an. at the Australian Museum Museum. for LeWJs and Clark College (Portland. U.SA) Rochard Fullagar presented four JOint papers (woth Robon Torrence and B Boyd presented a paper. V Attenbrow and C Szpak; J. Furby. M.Thenn and Peroodoc erosoon duration the Holocene and liS R Torrence. R Torrence and H Banon) to the possoble causes on Garua osland. West New Annual Conference of the Australian Archaeologocal Bntaon. PNG. to the Institute of Australian Assocoatlon. Gatton, Queensland. presented on Geographers. Annual Conference. Newcastle sessoon Use of Stone Artefacts on Australian Prehostory Robon Torrence. H. Banon, and Rochard Futtagar presented a paper, A study of starch graons on Rochard Fullagar presented a JOint paper woth Judy used and unused obsodoan flakes form Garua Furby to Socoew for Amencan Archaeology Annual Island, Melanesoa, to the Annual Conference of the Conference on New Orleans Australian Archaeologocal Assocoa tion. Gatton Nan Goodsell attended the Australian Regostrars Robin Torrence and B. Boyd presented a paper. Conference on Bnsbane. Peroodoc erosoon and human land use on Garua Island. PNG: A progress report. at the Annual Phol Gordon attended Creating Hentage Conference of the Australian Archaeologocal Pannershops, conducted by the Natoonal Museum Assocoauon. Gatton. of Australia on Canberra Peter Whote presented a paper. The Australoan Barrona South attended Creating Hernage Museum's New Aborogonal Australia Gallery at the Partnershops Conference organosed by Natoonal Conference of Museum Anthropologosts held on Museum of Australia. Canberra She also attended Armodale Conference of Museum Anthropologosts held at the Aborogonal Cultural Centre and Keepong Place at Peter Whote attended Second Museums Australia Armodate, the Museums Australia Conference on Conference held on Brosbane Bnsbane. and presented paper, Where do Aborogonal people stand on Australian Museums Community Relauons Employment. Exhobotlons and Educauon, at the Owen Hyde attended the Museum Shops Fourth World's lndogenous Youth Conference on Assoctatoon Conference on Ptttsburgh. USA. on Sweden May 1995 Jom Specht gave a lecture about the Museum's Grahame Ryan attended the 19th Australasoan Pacofoc tslands'cottectoons to the Oceanoc Arts Fundraosong Conference (Melbourne - Fundraosong Socoety of Sydney Institute of Australia Inc.); Communocatong Cultures (Brosbane- Museums Australia 1995 Nauonal Paul Tacon, Meredoth Wolson and Chrostopher Conference); Sponsorshop Marketing Summit Choppindale presented paper, The semootics of (Sydney- IIR Conferences), and the Annual Monong symboloc snakes: recognosong Raonbow Serpents. Industry Conference and Donner (Parliament theor sogns and associates in Arnhem Land rock an. House, Canberra - Monerals Councol of Australia). to The NEWS-95 lnternatoonal Rock Art Conference. Tunn. Italy. Andrew Dodds and a volunteer representatove Director Des Gnffon auended the Creaung Cultural Hentage attended the Museums Australia conference Pannershops. Museums Australia Conference and 'Ways of Seeong the CAMO Conference Or Gnffon also made a presentatoon to the Mt Ellza Management College Dawn Tombery attended the Abongonal Educauon Museum Management Course ASSIStants conference 1n Canberra Information Scoence Educatoon Mary Bell attended a conference. Creaung Gwen Baker vosned San Doego USA to attend Hentage Pannerships. on Canberra organosed by workshops and three conferences The theme of Natoonal Museum for local and regoonal museums, the workshops and conferences was Hypermedoa an galleroes and keepong places. and lnteracuvoty on Museums Mlnam Chapman attended a planmng meetong for An ne Skates made presentatoons to: the Women the Volunteers m Cultural lnstotutoons conference and Scoence Network (WISE NET); the Museum of in Bathurst. Voctona In Search of a Study Centre Workshop; the Postal Mocroscopy Club, and the Sydney Unoversoty Sheryl Connors attended an Abongonal Educauon Kooroe Centre/Dept of Geography Prorect Consultatove Group (AECG) conference on Taree. and spoke at a Cultural Centre Workshop held on Anne Skates also attended professoonal semonars Wollaga Lakes and at an Abongonal Studies on new developments on ABN/ World1. Ausinet lnservoce for the Department of School Educauon and Uncover Sheryl Connors presented a paper at the Aborogonal lnvertP.brate Zoology Studoes Assocoauon conference on October and Penny Berents parucopated on PLC Pymble s career also attended the State AECG conference and noght for secondary school students. gave a talk gave an update on museums on Australia and about marone onvertebrates to the Underwater ondogenous issues on October Research Group and conducted a tour of the collectoons for the Underwater Research Group Sheryl Connors. Brett Dunlop, Carolyn MacLulich and Maree Stenglin attended the Museums Moke Gray, Gerry Cass•s and Glenn Hunt Australia conference. partiCipated on the 2nd Invertebrate Boodoversoty Conference on Melbourne Sheryl Connors attended the Women's Councol for Aborog1nal Reconcil1atoon meetmg m November, Glenn Hunt attended the 13th International and gave a paper at the World lndogenous Peoples Congress of Arachnology conference 1n Alberquerque, USA. Marone Invertebrate Collectoon Management staff Brett Ounlop attended seminars on Customer attended relevant sessoons at the Australian Servoce Performance Measurement. Marone Scoence Assocoatoon conference. Wayne Earnshaw attended a Language of Max Moulds was guest speaker at meeungs of the lnteractivoty conference by the Australian Film Socoety for Insect Studies. the Entomolog•cal Commossoon on March, and the 1996 Macromedoa Socoety of New South Wales and Manly V1ew Club World Tour conference. Wonston Ponder gave talks to Marone Studoes Carolyn MacLuloch gave an onvoted seminar to the Group/Malacologocal Socoety. Voctoroan Branch, Museum of Contemporary Art staff on the Melbourne. and was onvoted speaker at a language of exhobotoon texts. symposoum on NE Tasmanoa on Launceston He also gave a number of semonars to varoous Carolyn MacLulich and Maree Stenglln gave a organosatoons oncludong Zoology Dept. Unoversoty of presentation and workshop to the NSW Museum Wollongong, Department of lntegrauve Scoences. Educauon Group on text wntJng 1n museums Unoversoty of Cahfornoa, Berkeley, and NPWS head offoce. and presented the openong plenary address Carolyn MacLuhch gave a seminar on learmng on to International Malacologocal Congress on Vigo. museums to the Sen1or Management Team. Spaon, and gave a paper at Invertebrate Boodoversoty and Conservauon, Melbourne Dr Tnsh McDonald, Sarah Ma1n, Todd Harns and Ponder was a member of orgamsong commottee for Jonathon Saunne attended the Interpretation and the 1995 AMSA meeung, and attended the the Getung of Wosdom conference on the ACT meetong and gave a paper He also particopated on where Trosh and Sarah presented papers on ' a workshop on marone endangered specoes and Interpretation at the Museum. ecosystems on Washington D C Helen Slarke attended the Second Australian Bill Rudman was Convenor of the Phylogeny and Cultural Doversny Doalogue conference. specoat1on of marone onvertebrates session of AMSA 95, the annual scoentofic conference of the Maree Stenglon. Beth Blaxland. Carolyn Macluloch, Australian Manna Scoences Conference held at the Brett Dunlop, Linda Ferguson, Lynda Kelly, Ond1ne Unoversity of Technology, Sydney Evans, Davod Bock. Sarah Maon. M~riam Chapman, Peter Serov presented results of h1s thesis paper. and presented an tnv1ted paper on work on research on the 1sopod family Stenetmdae at the larval ftsh behavtour at 8th lnternauonal Coral Reef AMSA conference. Sympostum held tn Panama Buz Wilson evaluated the phylogeny of a group of Doug Hoese and Mark McGrouther attended the 1sopod crustaceans (suborder Asellotal m a Manne Data Standards workshop and subsequent presentat1on at the Australian Manne Sc1ences Techmcal Advtsory Group on Man ne B1ology and AssoCiation lAM SAl conference Dr Wllson Fishenes in Hobart anended the 34th Congress of the Soc1ety for L•mnology, where he presented the talk 'Fnartucks Doug Hoese. Mark McGrouther and John Paxton (lsopoda Phreatotctdeal from the Blue Mounta•ns attended the Manne Btoregtonaltsatton Workshop and elsewhere: dtverstty and btology' He also organised by CSIRO and funded by Ocean Rescue anended an tnternattonal workshop examtntng the 2000 tn Coffs Harbour. tnfluence of scale on the pattern of spec1es dtverstty tn the deep sea. 'Deep·Sea Btodtvers•ty: John Paxton gave a lecture on the conservatton of Pattern and Scale' Workshop. funded by the US Australian ftshes to the Amateur Ftshermens Club. National Center for Ecosystem Analysts (NCEAS) and talks on the same subJeCt at the annual and Synthests conferences of the Australian Soctety for Ftsh B1ology tn Sydney, and the Amencan Soctety of Matenals Conservatton lchthyologtsts and Herpetologtsts tn New Orleans The Matenals Conservatton Dtvtston orgamsed two successfultra•n•ng courses on Museum Pest Tim Flannery was Keynote Speaker at the New Control Trte f•rst course was held at the Australian GUtnea Btolog1ca1 Soctety meetmg at Tabub1l, Museum, Sydney, the second course was held at Papua New Gutnea. where he dtscussed the Un1110rstty of Canberra conservation tn New Gutnea Or Flannery was also Karen Coote travelled to Amsterdam and Aberdeen Keynote Speaker (along w1th Davtd Suzuk1) at the to present workshops on the conservation of maugural meeting of the Australas•an Soc1ety of Abor.g•nal and Pac1flc Island matenal to a large Ecolog1cal Economtsts, held at Coffs Harbour number of protess1onal conservators lmda Gtbson attended the Annual Sctentlftc V•nod Dan•el attended three mternat1onal MeeliOg of the Australian Mammal Soctety held 1n conferences and gave papers at these Hobart tn July 1994 Th1s meeung also mcluded a lnternattonal Conference on Btodetenoratlon of spectal semtnar on ma11ne mammals She also Cultural Property. Bangkok. Thatland, lnd1an gave a number of talks throughout the year to Association for the Study of Conservation of public groups These tncluded general mammal Cultural Property. Bangalore, and Workshop on tdenttftcauon talks to WIRES personnel and a talk Pest Control at lnternattonal Institute for on whales and dolphms to a d•vtng club Conservatton • Canadian Group· Annual Meettng, Montreal, Canada,. Waiter Boles presented a paper at the annual congress of the Royal Australastan OrMhologtsts Staff tn Matenals Conservauon also coordtnated a Union on the "Australia's Earliest Songb11d". He meeung at the Australian Museum on Butlding also gave a paper at the meeung for the Society of Monttonng for Museums and Art Gallenes. Avian Palaeontology and Evolutton, co-authored with Tessa lvison, on 'A New Genus of Dwarf Venebrate Zoology Megapode (Aves. Galltformes from the Mtocene of Don Colgan was an tnvtted speaker at the 42nd Central Australia)', and attended the annual AGM of the Australian Genet•cs Soc1ety and meeung of the Soc1ety for the Preservation of chatred a sesston at that meettng Natural H1story Spectmens Mr Boles spoke to TAFE's Zoo Keeptng course, Centre for ConliOutng Sue L111mgston attended a course at ANGIS. Education's Ornithology course. and UntverstW of Newcastle's Wtldllfe lllustrauon course Geoff Avern gave a talk on 'Beetles. Bootle and g, 'boards' at the 14th Australian Conference for Electron Mlcroscopy Alien Greer gave two talks tn conJunction w•th Museum programs one on 'D•sappeanng Frogs' to TAMS. and another on 'Dtsappearing Frogs and the Consequences for Btodtverstty' to a group of Pflrnary teachers as part of the Educatton Department's lnservtce Tratn1ng. Jell Lets co-edited proceedtngs of the sympostum on Ontogeny and Relattonshtps of Fishes whtch was held at the lnternaltonal Larval Fish Conference. Sydney. 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