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Australian Museum Volunteers July 1984-June 1985 - The Trust and staff of the Australian Museum have pleasure in thanking the following organisations and individuals who provided financial assistance through research grants or donations during the year. Benefactors Caltex Oil (Australia) Pty. Ltd. Mrs Jean McK Moriarty (Sydney NSW) Westpac Banking Corporation Ltd. Mr Stan G. Moriarty (Sydney NSW) Dick Smith Electronics Pty. Ltd. Unilever Australia Pty. Ltd. Bushell Trust Suntory Ltd/Japan Foundation Bernaxd Van Leer Foundation Mr W.O. Cudlipp and Mrs P.B. Cudlipp State Bank of New South Wales The Australian Museum Society Sir John Proud (Sydney NSW) Utah Foundation Mr William Bowmore (Newcastle NSW) The Sydney City Council Mr Henry Loomis (Washington USA) Commonwealth Banking•Corporation of Australia Mr Peter Bridge (Carlisle WA) Castlemaine Tooheys Ltd. James N. Kirby Foundation Esso Australia Ltd. The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd. Bayer Australia Ltd. Or Charles H. Watman (Sydney NSW) Donors Australian Bureau of Flora and Fauna Queens Fellowship Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Readers Digest Services Pty. Ltd. Australian Research Grants Scheme Smithsonian Institution (Washington DC, USA) Council of Australian Museum Directors State Rail Authority of New South Wales Or Bruce Errey Sir Edward Stewart James Cook University of North Queensland UNESCO Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation Zoological Board of Victoria Marine Sciences and Technologies Grants Scheme NSW Board of Fire Commissioners National Employment Scheme for Aboriginals Lizard Island Donors Esso Australia Ltd. Jean Rentoul Philip Bushell Foundation KA & OA Petrie Queensland National Parks and Wildlife Service Readers Digest Services Pty. Ltd. James Cook University, Townsville G.J. O'Neil R.H. Smith Winserve The Japan Foundation Repco Administration & Finance Ltd. Dr & Mrs B. Goldman Applied Industrial Plastics Pty. Ltd. Mr B.W. Weisener Boral Besser & Masonry Limited Dr C.H. Warman George Alexander Foundation Sir John Proud 6 College St, Sydney, NSW 2000. Report available 31110185 I The Australian Museum TrU Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 1985 The Australian Museum President K.K. Klugman MA Deputy President J. Landels Director D.J.G. Griffin MSc PhD Director Emeritus J.W. Evans MA SeD DSc Contents Page Benefactors, Donors & Lizard Island Donors 1 Business Philosophy 3 Highlights for the year 4 The Australian Museum Trust 5 Organisational Chart 6 President's Report 7 Director's Report 9 Anthropology Division 11 Earth Sciences Division 12 Invertebrate Division 14 Vertebrate Division 18 Administration Division 20 Database Manager 21 Financial Report Insert Ethnic Affairs & EEO 22 Education Division 23 Exhibition Division 25 Aboriginal Gallery - Special Report 27 Materials Conservation Division 29 Community Relations Division 30 Library 31 Lizard Island Research Station 32 National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife 33 The Australian Museum Society 34 Australian Museum Volunteers 35 Staff 36 Publications 39 R€search Associates & Associates 42 2 A Museum for the Future to be responsive to the fundamental policies of govern­ Mission ment. he mission of the Australian Museum is to We see financial and moral support for the Museum as a increase and disseminate knowledge about responsibility of the private citizen and the commercial and encourage understanding of, our natu­ sector, as well as of government. The Museum must be ral environment and cultural heritage, espe­ active in gaining and strengthening that support: we ITJcially in the Australian region. Acquisition . and seek an obligation to account for that support and how it preservation of collections are central to the achieve­ has advanced the Museum's objectives. We believe that it ment of the mission. is also appropriate that the Museum undertake commer­ cial enterprises relevant to its objectives; we seek to Philosophy recover costs of services where the consumer has a capacity to pay. he Australian Museum intends to continue to grow and develop as an organisation We seek to be, and be seen as, a stimulating and respon­ based in Sydney providing services to the sive organisation to work in by providing appropriate public principally throughout New South career and personal development opportunities, and ITJWales, but with an active involvement in all of Australia opportunities for individual staff to be involved in set­ and its neighbouring regions. We are determined to ting the Museum's objectives. Those responsible for maintain our place as one of the world's major natural managing programs will be delegated authority for allo­ history museums. cation of staff and financial resources. In seeking to encourage others to understand and Above all, we intend that the Museum be seen by those appreciate the world around us we shall continue who pay for it, those who use it and those who work in scientific/scholarly studies generally relevant to the col­ it, as progressive,entrepreneurial, relevant, contributing lections, pursue effective educational programs and exhi­ to the community, credible, friendly, reliable, ethical and bitions, where appropriate with others, and exciting. communicate with our audiences. In acquiring and managing collections we will emphasise foreseeable opportunities for research and communi­ Priority Objectives cation to the public. We also intend to preserve our col­ he objectives set in the Corporate Plan sit lections and the information we have gained about them alongside the functional objectives already for the benefit of future generations. forming the basis of the programs of each We intend that all people may have access to the ITJ museum division. Reviews of the perfor­ Museum and its facilities and the opportunity to share mance against those functional objectives is a stated its accumulated knowledge. objective of the corporate plan. Amongst the priorities We intend to focus our resources on distinct programs set within the corporate plan were: and projects: evaluation of the success of these programs -Better visitor services will be a central feature of management. - Increase in public awareness of the Museum In pursuing our objectives we will respect the rights and - Improvement in corporate and government relations wishes of the people whose knowledge and material cul­ - The attraction of mot·e funding and improved manage- ture forms the basis of oul' cultural resources, not need­ ment of financial resources lessly affect the environment and will consciously abide -Improvement in technical and physical resources by legislation and conventions protecting wildlife and -Development of collection acquisition policies cultural heritage. - The introduction of staff development and appraisal schemes As a major institution established by government and - Two new Galleries underway for the new building: a attract~g ~ncre~sing public interest and participation semi-permanent exhibition, 'Human Cultures' and the and achievmg h1gh standards of performance we will temporary 'Pacific Cultures' for 1988 see greater financial support by government. We intend - Four new Aboriginal field documentation projects. 3 Highlights of the Year he completion and opening of the Abori­ ginal Australia Gallery, sponsored by BHP. Approval of major new building develop­ ITJ ment. Final conversion of all accounting and staff records from manual systems to computer. Purchase of collection of opalised fossils including oldest known platypus/echidna like animal, dinosaur remains and freshwater animals. Opening of new Insect Gallery sponsored by Bayer Aus­ tralia. Acquisition of additional computer and word processor capability. Development of a new 'self-guided' visit program for schools. New laboratory opened at Lizard Island Research Station. Planning process improved with formulation of an exhi­ bition philosophy and of the exhibition program to 1992. Commencement of planning for special exhibitions for the 1988 Bicentennial. New corporate planning process commenced. 4 Trustees of the Australian Museum 1. Mrs Kristine Klugntan BA MA 6. Mr Colin Bull AM BSc has been has administrative and teaching Chairman of Directors of Johnson experience in the Associate Diploma ~nd John?on Pty. Ltd. since 1982. He of Justice Administration at Mitchell IS a D1rector of Manufacturers College. Bathuxst. In 1982 she was Mutual Insurance Co. and Clyde appointed by the Governor of New Industries ~nd has been a Trustee of South Wales as Deputy President of the Conuruttee for Economic Devel­ the Board of Fire Commissioners of opment in Australia. He was Presi­ New South Wales. She was appointed dent of the Chamber of to the Trust in 1978 and elected Manufacturers of New South Wales President in 1984. from 1981 to 1982. He joined the Australian Museum Trust in 1985. 2. Mr J ohn Landels is a graduate in Chemical Engineering from Melbourne University. Since 1952 he 7. Mr Mike Lit tle BSc was Chair­ has worked for Caltex, becoming a man of Unilever Australia from 2ard Dit·ector in 1967 and Chief Executive March, 1977 to 31st December, 1983. and Managing Director of the Caltex He attended Rhodes University Col­ Group of Companies in Australia in lege at the University of South 1977. and was elected to the Austra­ Africa and joined Lever Bros South lian Museum Trust in 1980 and Arrica in 1952 becoming Managing appointed to it by the Premier in Du·ector of the Lever Division Brazil 1982. in 1974. He joined the Trust in 1984. 3. Professor Derek Anderson BSc PhD has been active on various com­ 8. Mrs Lorna McClelland was an mittees and councils such as the New Interior Designer and has been inter· South Wales National Parks and ested in natural science and land­ Wildlife Advisory Council, Ecological scape for many years. She finds there Society of Australia and the Austra­ is a progression from an interest in lian Conservation Foundation. He fossils, rocks and minerals to a con­ has lectured at the University of cern for the environment and an Sheffield, the University of Sydney appreciation of landscape. As wife of and the University of New South the Honourable Douglas McCielland, Wales as well as the Australian President of the Senate, she visits National University and the Univer­ many overseas museums on her sity of the South Pacific.
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