Let's Talk Recognition

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Indigenous Australia: Vienna to Sydney: Stephen Wurm Lecture: Events and Links: National Reconciliation Tim Bonyhady on Klimt, Prof Darrell Tryon on Australia-related Events in and NAIDOC weeks: Hoffmann and the story of Language and Society: Austria and the pages 1 to 3 his family: pages 4 to 5 pages 6 to 7 region: page 11 Let’s Talk Recognition Celebrating National Reconciliation and NAIDOC Weeks ach year, from 27 May to 3 June, Na- action towards a better relationship be- tional Reconciliation Week celebrates tween fellow Australians. National Reconcili- Ethe respectful relationships shared by ation week celebrates two important dates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia’s history. 27 May commemorates and other Australians. One month later, in the anniversary of the 1967 referendum, the first full week of July, celebrations are when Australians voted to remove clauses held across Australia to in the Australian Consti- celebrate the history, cul- tution that discriminated ture and achievements of against Aboriginal and Tor- Aboriginal and Torres Strait res Strait Islander people. Islander people during 3 June marks the historic NAIDOC week. “Mabo decision” of 1992, in which the High Court of June and July feature two Australia recognised the important events in ac- special relationship that knowledging and honour- Aboriginal and Torres Strait ing Indigenous Australia, Islander peoples have with namely National Reconcili- the land. ation Week and NAIDOC week, standing for Nation- The case centred on the al Aboriginal and Islander Murray Islands in the east- Day Observance Commit- ern part of the Torres Strait tee week. Islands between Australia and Papua New Guinea. National The Meriam people, led by Reconciliation Week Eddie Koiki Mabo, took the National Reconciliation action to the High Court week is a time for Australians to raise aware- to overturn the doctrine of “terra nullius” (or ness and knowledge of Indigenous history empty land). and culture. It is a reminder to encourage Continued on page 2. he verdict of the Court was that under tionally held in the first full week of July, is Australian law, Indigenous people have celebrated in the Indigenous community, Trights to land and that Australia was nev- as well as in increasing numbers of govern- er terra nullius when Captain Cook arrived ment agencies, schools, local councils and in Australia in 1788. This right is called native workplaces all across Australia. title. The “Mabo decision” stated that the “majority of the Court held that the com- This year’s NAIDCO theme is “Spirit of the mon law of Australia recognises a form of Tent Embassy: 40 years on”. It celebrates native title, where those people have main- the 40th anniversary of the Aboriginal Tent tained their connection with the land, and Embassy, residing on the lawn of Old Parlia- where the title has not been extinguished ment House in Australia’s capital Canberra. by acts of Imperial, Colonial, State, Territory It was established by four Indigenous Aus- or Commonwealth government.” tralians, Billy Craige, Bert Williams, Michael Anderson and Tony Coorey to advocate NAIDOC Week the political rights of Australian Aborigines The origins of NAIDOC week, on the other on 27 January 1972. The Embassy renewed hand, can be traced to the emergence of the spirit of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Is- Aboriginal groups in the 1920s that sought lander peoples and became a power- to increase awareness in the wider com- ful symbol of unity. For further information, munity of the status and treatment of In- please refer below.• digenous Australians. NAIDOC week, tradi-

National Reconciliation Week is a time for Australians to raise Image above: The 2012 National NAIDOC Poster was de- awareness and knowledge of Indigenous history and culture. signed by Australian artist Amanda Joy Tronc. The poster’s title is “Look at us now”. Asked about what inspired the artist Reconciliation is about building better relationships be- to create the poster, Amanda said that she was shocked to tween Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the realise that most people she knows have never heard of the wider Australian community for the benefit of all Australians. Tent Embassy before: “I knew it existed but never appreci- Reconciliation Australia’s vision is for an Australia that rec- ated what our people and my family had to fight for only 40 ognises and respects the special place, culture, rights and years ago. I researched the four men who founded the Tent contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples; Embassy, Billy Craige, Bert Williams, Michael Anderson and and where good relationships between First Australians and Tony Coorey and thought it was important to portray them in other Australians become the foundation for local strength my artwork along with their beach umbrella in front of Par- and success; and the enhancement of Australia’s national liament House. To respect their era, I painted them in black wellbeing. and white to give them a nostalgic look. 40 years on, the foreground shows what we have achieved today because Recognition comes in all sorts of ways and means different of the fruits of their labour.” Amanda goes on to explain the things to different people. Since European settlement, Ab- certain elements of the poster by saying that: “The woman original and Torres Strait Islander people have often been graduating and holding her degree shows our right to an treated unfairly by other Australians. The lack of recognition education. The football star represents our sporting achieve- still inhibits some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people ments. The nurse reflects a positive attitude towards health from feeling valued within the Australian community. and the qualifications earned through hard work and study. The man in his work clothes shows our right to earn a wage, progress and be successful. And finally, the family owning Reconciliation Australia’s programs, such as the Indigenous their home shows our right to buy or rent and live in a home. Governance Awards Project and the Reconciliation Ac- The nine circles throughout the painting show communities tion Plans, along with Reconciliation Australia’s advocacy and togetherness. The two white hands represent identity. and public education work, are about building sustainable The background colours represent the Aboriginal and Tor- frameworks for lasting change in Australia. For more detailed res Strait Islander flags to reflect NAIDOC week. The artwork information, please refer to shows that our history is behind us but our culture is a part of our people, not dwindling but getting stronger the more our www.reconciliation.org.au mob succeed and path the way for the future generations.” www.naidoc.org.au

Page 2 Indigenous Programs across the Australian Government - A Selection

The National Indigenous Languages Policy confirms the Australian Government’s commitment to keeping Indigenous languages alive, and Indigenous Languages Support funding provides funding for the maintenance, documentation, transmission and revival of Indigenous languages - OFTA. Website: www.arts.gov.au/indigenous/ils

The Indigenous Culture Support funding provides for the maintenance of Indigenous culture and the transmission of cultural knowledge across age groups -OFTA. Website: www.arts.gov.au/indigenous/ics

The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia stores, preserves and provides access to culturally re- stricted materials in accordance with its Indigenous Collections Management Protocols and Guidelines and in conjunction with Indigenous permissions and protocols. Website: http://nfsa.gov.au/site_media/ uploads/file/2010/12/09/Indig-Collection-Protocols-and-Guidelines.pdf

The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) manages the world’s most extensive collections of printed, audio and visual materials on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, history and societies. The goal of AIATSIS is to create further understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ cultures, past and present. Website: www.aiatsis.gov.au/

AIATSIS produces Guidelines for Ethical Research in Australian Indigenous Studies. These protocols incor- porate the research practice guidelines set by the Australian Research Council and the National Health and Medical Research Council – AIATSIS. Website: http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/research/docs/ethics.pdf

The Indigenous Repatriation Program aims to return secret sacred objects held in state and territory funded museums, to their communities of origin - OFTA. Website: www.arts.gov.au/indigenous/repatriation

The National Museum of Australia takes a leadership role in using Indigenous cultural material to interpret Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and engages with local and international visitors through a dynamic program of permanent and temporary exhibitions, publications, forums, workshops, online exhibitions, and collection visits. Website: www.nma.gov.au/history/aboriginal_and_torres_strait_islander_cul- tures_and_histories The Australia Council for the Arts provides presentation and promotion grants to support projects that promote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and their work regionally, nationally and internationally through publications, recordings, performances, exhibitions and international export. They also produce industry protocols including the Media arts: protocols for producing Indigenous Australian media arts and Protocols for producing Indigenous Australian visual arts. Website: www.australiacouncil.gov.au

The Public Awareness Program funds initiatives that raise awareness of Indigenous issues and culture and provides funding for NAIDOC (National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee) activities - FaHCSIA. Website: www.fahcsia.gov.au/sa/indigenous/progserv/engagement/Pages/public_aware- ness_program.aspx

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art collection at the National Gallery of Australia is the largest in the world, comprising over 7500 works. Website: http://nga.gov.au/COLLECTIONS/ATSI/

The Indigenous Art Code is an industry-led voluntary code of conduct that aims to ensure fair and ethical trade between Indigenous Australian visual artists and art dealers. The Code is administered by Indig- enous Art Code Limited, a public company limited by guarantee, and is overseen by a Board of Directors comprised of representatives from across the industry including Indigenous owned art centres, private dealers and galleries, peak bodies, and artists. Website: www.indigenousartcode.org Solid Arts is an initiative developed and funded by the former Cultural Ministers Council and delivered by the Arts Law Centre of Australia to increase awareness of Indigenous intellectual property as part of the COAG reconciliation framework. Solid Arts’ activities include a web portal providing information and educational resources for Indigenous communities, consumers and commercial operators on protect- ing and respecting Indigenous IP, and the delivery of an on-the-ground Indigenous education program. Funding for Solid Arts is administered by OFTA. Solid Arts is delivered as part of Artists in the Black, a free Indigenous legal service operated by the Arts Law Centre of Australia. Artists in the Black receives funding through OFTA’s IVAIS program. Website: www.solidarts.com.au

Page 3 Interview with Tim Bonyhady The Fortunes of the Gallia Family From Vienna to Sydney

ustralian arts writer and law pro- celebrated his 150th birthday in 2012, painted fessor Tim Bonyhady has a fasci- an internationally renowned portrait of Tim’s Anating story to tell. His ancestors, grandmother Hermine Gallia, now held at the the Gallia family, were important arts National Museum in London. As many as ten patrons of the Secessionist movement museums are commemorating the Klimt an- in Vienna at the turn of the last century. niversary with special exhibitions in Vienna. Tim’s recently published book “Good Liv- One of them, the Wien Museum, owns an ex- ing Street” is a compelling account of his ceptional Klimt collection, which went on pub- family’s history, which ranges from the lic display in its entirety for the first time on family’s early days in Vienna to their mi- 16 May. Tim, currently on a visit in Austria, gration and settlement in Australia after will be giving a lecture entitled “From Vienna 1938. Tim will be giving a lecture entitled to Sydney – the Fortunes of the Gallia Family” “From Vienna to Sydney – the Fortunes at the Wien Museum on 12 June. We want- of the Gallia Family” at the Wien Museum ed to learn more about Tim’s connection to on 12 June. Austria and his book, which is currently being translated into German and will be published Australian author Tim Bonyhady’s book “Good by Deuticke Verlag in 2013. Living Street” is a close-up look of turn-of- the-last-century Viennese culture and art, set Tim, can you please tell us about your family’s against the backdrop of a fading Habsburg connection with Klimt and his world famous Empire and the advent of Modernism. Vienna portrait of your grandmother, Hermine Gallia? and its Secessionist movement are the focus My grandparents, Moriz and Hermine Gallia, of an extraordinary portrait, the Gallia fam- were early patrons of the Secession, where ily, who were among the great patrons of ear- they met Klimt. In 1901 they commissioned ly-twentieth-century Viennese culture at its him to paint Hermine and the portrait was first peak. Austrian architect Josef Hoffmann de- shown at the one and only retrospective of signed the furniture of his ancestor’s apart- Klimt’s work in his lifetime, staged at the Se- ment in Wohllebengasse (literally translated cession in 1903. At that exhibition, Moriz and into English: “Good Living Street”) located in Hermine also bought a Klimt landscape, which Vienna’s fourth district. The furniture is now put them among Klimt’s biggest patrons at held at the Victorian National Museum in Mel- the start of the new century. But the connec- bourne. And Gustav Klimt, who would have tion did not stop there. More than a decade Page 4 later, Klimt was still attending We understand your family had dinners at the family apartment a close relationship with Dr Carl and, when he died, Moriz attend- Auer von Welsbach, one of Aus- ed his funeral. tria’s most eminent scientists? One of my most remarkable What inspired you to write the discoveries while working on book? the book was at the Auer von I started when my mother died Welsbach Museum in the small in 2003. I wanted to write about Carinthian town of Althofen. I her, but gradually I was drawn went there to learn more about back to write about earlier gen- Auer and to examine documents erations of the family, because about my great-grand-father the material was so rich and in- Moriz and great-great-uncle Ad- teresting including all the mate- olf who both worked for him. I rial about Klimt and Josef Hoff- was amazed to discover that the mann and Gustav Mahler. In the earliest surviving Austrian re- end, the book became focussed cordings on wax cylinders were on three generations of women made by Auer – and that they – my great-grandmother, Her- included both Moriz and Adolf. It mine; my grandmother Gretl, was extraordinary to hear their and my mother Anne. voices – particularly Moriz sing- ing the tune of the Triumphal Your family was able to flee to March from Verdi’s Aida. Australia in 1938 with some of their private collection of con- Last year’s “Vienna: Art & De- temporary Viennese art and design” exhibition at the National sign. When did you realise the Gallery in Victoria, Australia, true value of those treasures which included some of your and where are they now? family’s heirloom, was highly I began to appreciate their value successful. What was it like to in the 1970s when the Klimt re- help curate this exhibition? vival was taking off. The great I had the most wonderful time. bulk of the collection is in the Na- While I have been involved in a tional Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne. It has number of exhibitions in Australia, this was most of the commission that they gave Josef the first international blockbuster which I had Hoffmann to design the family apartment in worked on. It was fabulous to have the oppor- the Fourth District. But the portrait of Hermine tunity to work with the two Viennese curators, by Klimt is in the National Gallery in London Paul Asenbaum and Christian Witt-Dörring, and several other pictures are in the Leopold to bring to Australia for the first time a - ma Museum. jor show of the art of Vienna 1900 and to see my family’s collection put in such a wonderful When was the first time you visited Wohlle- context.• bengasse 4, a building commissioned by your great-grandparents, Hermine and Moriz Gallia, and where three generations, including your Lecture and Reading mother Anne, used to live? From Vienna to Sydney – the Fortunes of the Gallia Family I first visited the apartment in 1973 with my mother and brother. I had no idea what to ex- pect. For me the flat of my grandmother and 12 June 2012 - 6:30 pm great-aunt in Sydney had become the natu- Listen to Tim Bonyhady, Australian arts writer and professor ral home for all these things – despite being of law at the Australian National University, when he will talk about the fascinating story of his family, the Gallia family. Free utterly unsuited to them because it was so entrance. For more information please refer to small. For my mother, our visit to the Wohlle- bengasse was a hugely emotional experience. www.wienmuseum.at For her, it meant regaining access to the apartment where she had lived for almost all her life Venue: Wien Museum, Karlsplatz, 1040 Vienna until she was fourteen.

Page 5 Language and Society: Challenges in Governance and State Building in Small Pacific States Stephen Wurm Lecture n 3 July 2012, the University of decades or so. The major thrust of the pre- Vienna will be hosting a seminar sentation will be to attempt to explain the Oentitled “Governance and State multiplicity, diversity and social organisa- Building in Small States: Pacific and Eu- tion of these micro-cosmic Pacific societies, ropean Perspectives”. Australian lin- where more than 20 per cent of the world’s guist, Professor Darrell Tryon, will deliv- languages are spoken. er the “Stephen Wurm Lecture”, which is an initiative to formally mark the link What would you say are the main challenges between the Australian National Univer- when it comes to language in state building sity and the University of Vienna, with and governance in post-conflict societies, the aim of enhancing scholarly collabo- and can you briefly explain to our European ration between Australia and Austria. readers what the term “wantok” means and what it stands for? Professor Darrell Tryon is one The major challenges ema- of Australia’s most renowned nate from the fact that in this scholars in the field of linguis- region one’s primary identity tics. He will be speaking at the and loyalty is strongly linked University of Vienna holding to one’s mother tongue, thus a lecture entitled “Language the term “wantok” (one lan- and Society: Challenges in guage). A looser but still Governance and State Build- strong bond exists with one’s ing in Small Pacific States” home island (or region in the on 3 July. The seminar will case of Papua New Guinea), be co-hosted by the Univer- while the concept of nation sity of Vienna, the Australian is a much looser one. Inter- National University (ANU), group rivalry and the tra- the Australian Embassy, the ditional ways of achieving New Zealand Embassy, and “big-man” or leadership sta- the Austrian South Pacific So- tus make nation-building and ciety (OSPG). In addition to stable parliamentary democ- Prof Tryon, speakers at the seminar will in- racy difficult, especially in view of the low clude Prof Dr Hermann Mückler, University literacy and educational levels that prevail in of Vienna, Prof Paul Turnbull, University of these small island states. In reality, the term Queensland, as well as Mr Predrag Jurekovic, “wantok” means primarily one’s kinsmen, but Austrian Defence Academy, who will be talk- extends to include all who speak the same ing about examples of governance and state language or dialect and can be considered building from the Balkans. The Embassy in- part of the same broad social group. Rightly terviewed Prof Tryon to learn more about his or wrongly, the “wantok” system is blamed forthcoming lecture and the background and for all sorts of abuses of patronage, nepo- history of the Stephen Wurm lecture. tism and corruption in Melanesian societies. This is very much an over-simplification, as Professor Tryon, can you please elaborate on there are strong social obligations towards the title of your lecture? one’s family, clan and social group which are In my paper I will be concentrating mainly often at odds with Western mores. As tra- on the three Pacific Island states of Vanuatu, ditional Melanesian societies are impacted Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea, by the forces of globalisation and twenty- three island states which have been char- first century technologies, these societies acterised by political instability and major are gradually changing as Western ideas and problems of governance over the past two economies assume increasing prominence. Page 6 Do you think that Western modes of gover- in 1954, first to the University of Sydney and nance can easily be transferred to states in in 1957 to the Australian National University the Pacific region? in Canberra, where he remained for the rest This question has been the subject of much of his life. Stephen Wurm was an outstand- discussion. Many observers and scholars ing linguist, one of a handful of scholars who are of the opinion that Western systems of shaped the direction of linguistic research in governance are ill-adapted and inappropri- the Pacific in the decades after World War II. ate for Pacific states, especially in the region His major contributions were in establishing of Melanesia. However, a modified version of the nature and classification of the languages the Westminster parliamentary system was of Papua New Guinea, particularly the Pap- implanted in most states at the time of in- uan languages of the interior. In the early dependence (Samoa 1962, Fiji 1970, Papua 1960s he set up and headed the major pub- New Guinea 1975, Solomon Islands 1978, lication series Pacific Linguistics. Some 500 Vanuatu 1980) and has survived in spite of volumes have appeared under its imprint. the problems of instability associated with party politics in an area of the world where In the later stages of his career he became fragmentation and tenuous coalitions have the greatest linguistic cartographer of all. His become a way of life. first atlas (co-edited with Shiro Hattori) was the two-volume Linguistic Atlas of the Pacific Are there any lessons learned that you think Area (1981-83). He went on to mastermind can be transferred from the Asia Pacific re- four other linguistic atlases, including the gion to other post-conflict situations in the two-volume Linguistic Atlas of China (1988, world? 1991) and the three-volume “Atlas of Lan- At present, in view of the ongoing fragmen- guages of Intercultural Communication in tation of major parties and constant instabil- the Pacific”, “Asia and the Americas” (1995), ity of governments throughout Melanesia, it co-edited with Peter Muhlhausler and Dar- is difficult to see how current Pacific systems rell Tryon. The last atlas that Stephen pro- of governance could be profitably transferred duced was the smaller “Atlas of Languages from the Asia-Pacific region to other post- in Danger of Disappearing”, first produced conflict situations in the world. Even in the for UNESCO in the 1990s and substantially francophone Pacific, Melanesia and Polyne- revised in 2001. sia, changes of government have become in- creasingly frequent. The Stephen Wurm Lecture series was initi- ated as part of the Pacific Seminar in Vienna At this year’s seminar we will have the par- in 2010. The objectives are to formally mark ticular pleasure of welcoming Anna Appel, the link between the Australian National Uni- the sister of Stephen Wurm, who still lives in versity and the University of Vienna and to Vienna. Can you tell us about Stephen Wurm enhance scholarly collaboration between the and his achievements, and about the objec- two institutions, and more broadly between tives of the Stephen Wurm lectures? Australia and Austria. • Stephen Wurm (1922-2001) was Professor of Linguistics in the Research School of Pa- cific and Asian Studies at the Australian Na- Governance and State Building in Small tional University from 1968 until his retire- States: Pacific and European Perspectives ment in 1987. He was born in Budapest and was brought up mainly in Vienna, where he attended the Real-Gymnasium. In 1944 he Stephen Wurm Lecture was awarded his doctorate in linguistics and social anthropology at the University of Vien- 3 July 2012 - 2:00 pm na for a dissertation on a group of Uzbek dia- Free entry. For a detailed program of the seminar, please check the lects, based on data from informants whom Events section of the Australian Embassy website at the fortunes of war had brought to Austria. www.austria.embassy.gov.au closer to the date. From 1945 to 1951 Wurm taught at the Uni- Venue: University of Vienna versity of Vienna as a lecturer in Altaic lin- Institut für Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie, guistics. After a period at Oxford, Stephen Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG), Hörsaal A, Stiege 3, Wurm and his wife Helen moved to Australia 4th floor, Universitätsstr. 7 1090 Vienna

Page 7 ANZAC DAY 2012 Review On 25 April the Australian and New Zealand Missions hosted an ANZAC Day commemo- ration service in Vienna in the historic Karlskirche. Up to 170 people attended the 2012 Commemorative Service. The ceremony attracted a high level of representation from allied and partner countries and the Austrian Ministry for European and International Affairs and the Austrian Army, as well as Australians and New Zealanders from the local community and visitors. Wreaths were laid by Ambassadors from the United King- dom, the United States of America, Canada, Turkey, France, and by Australian and New Zealand school children. Held for the sixth time at Karlskirche church (one of Vienna’s most famous land marks, adjacent to the Australian Embassy), the Embassy’s ANZAC Day Commemorative Service has become an annual event. This year’s commemora- tion marked the 70th anniversary of two battles from the Second World War, namely the bombing of Darwin and the campaign in Kokoda, Papua New Guinea. Morning tea was served at the porch of Karlskirche after the ceremony.

Picture above left (l-r): Australian Ambassador HE Michael Potts reading from the bible at the ANZAC Day commemorative service. Picture above, right: Archdeacon Patrick Curran and Father Kevin Soars, as well as Ambassador Potts and New Zealand Ambassador HE Philipp Griffiths entering the church. Second row above, left: Lieutenant Colonel Michel Heroux, Military Advisor to the Canadian OSCE Mission, Mrs Lynda Potts, Ambassador Potts, and Ambassador Griffiths listening to Father Kevin’s welcome address. Second row below, right: The Ode of Remembrance was read (in alphabetical order) by: Ayu Barry, Hugh Boal, Ashton Burt, Grace Burt, Brayden Dalton, Matt Dalton, Fraser Divett, Thomas Divett, Mariead Doulgeris, Ruth Doulgeris, Gracie Ferguson, Henry Ferguson, Callum Frew, Grace George, Sam George, Patrick Gout, Paola Hepburn, Ben Nimac, Kristian Nimac, Anastasia Prendergast, Tom Prendergast, Rachael Sarelius, Nicholas Schilcher, Lawson Smart, McKenzie Smart, Caitlin West, Lily West, Clarie Woods, Laura Woods. All photographs © Australian Embassy/Srecko Rogulja

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First row, left: Turkish Ambassador HE Ayse Sezgin de- livering her speech. First row, right: New Zealand Am- bassador HE Philipp Griffiths addressing the audience. Second row, left: Vafa Ghazavi and Ambassador Mi- chael Potts laying a wreath. Third row, left: Ambassa- dor Griffiths, and George Hampton at the wreath laying ceremony. Third row , right: Father Kevin welcoming the audience. Bottom row, left: Lieutenant Colonel Michel Heroux and HE Canadian Ambassador John Barrett laying a wreath. Bottom row, right: HE French Ambassador Stephane Laurent Gompetz, Colonel Christine Pouss- ineau, laying a wreath.

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First row, right: HE Ambassador Simon Smith, United Kingdom, talking to HE Ambassador Philip Griffiths, New Zealand. Picture left: Peter Korcsek, Aus- trian Army, Wendy Barrett, British Embassy, Lieutenant Colonel Ian Stafford, British Embassy. Third row, left: Ali- son Winn, Spouse of Mohan Matthews (pictured in the middle), Australian Embassy, talking to a guest. Pic- ture below right (l-r): Hedi Agrebi, Mida Punongbayan, and Lisa Kirchebner, of the Australian Embassy. Picture bottom below left: Elizabeth Watson and Michelle Kay, Australian Embassy. Picture bottom below right: HE Ca- nadian Ambassador John Barrett talking to Gerry Mc- Guire, Deputy Head of Mission, Australian Embassy. © Australian Embassy/Srecko Rogulja

Page 10 Calendar of Events as at 8 June 2012

The Calendar does not claim to be exhaustive. If you know about upcoming Australia-related events, please send us an email at: [email protected]

Glenn Murcutt - Architecture for Place

Exhibition in Slovenia running until 10 June 2012

The “Architecture for Place“ exhibition will be on display at the Slovenian Museum of Architecture and Design in Slovenia‘s capital Ljubljana until 10 June 2012. Glenn Murcutt is one of Australia’s most renowned architects internationally. For further information and an interview with Glenn Murcutt, please refer to www.mao.si and www.ozetecture.org/ oze_NEW_portfolio_glenn.html

Museum of Architecture and Design, Grad Fužine, Pot na Fužine 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; E-mail: [email protected]; www.mao.si

Lecture and Reading: Tim Bonyhady

12 Jun - 6:30 pm

Listen to Tim Bonyhady, Australian arts writer and professor of law at the Australian National University, when he will talk about the fascinating story of his family, the Gallia family. Arts patrons of the Secessionist movement in Vienna at the turn of the last century, his ancestors knew Gustav Klimt and Josef Hoffmann in person. The latter, for instance, designed their apartment and its furniture in Wohllebengasse in Vienna‘s 4th district. The Gallias left Vienna for Australia in 1938 and the Hoffmann furniture is now held at the Victorian National Museum in Melbourne. Tim Bonyhady published an internationally acclaimed book entitled „Good Living Street“, a literal translation of „Wohllebengasse“.

Free entrance. For more information, please refer to www.wienmuseum.at Venue: Wien Museum, Karlsplatz, 1040 Vienna

Chris Schermer in Concert

15 Jun at 8:00 pm - Eboard-Museum, Klagenfurt, Carinthia 29 Jun at 6:30 pm - Generalihof, Graz, Styria 23 Jul at 7:00 pm - Murpromenade, Graz, Styria

Australian/Austrian singer-songwriter Chris Schermer will be performing live in Austria’s Carinthia and Styria provinces. For additional dates, venues and further information, please refer to ww.chrisschermer.com

Page 11 Mirror Brain: Exhibitions and Roundtable

Kuenstlerhaus: 18 Jun, 7:00 pm - Opening of Exhibition; exhibition running from 19 Jun - 8 Sep 2012 Galerie Michaela Stock: 26 Jun, 6:00 pm - Opening of Exhibition; exhibition running from 27 Jun - 25 Aug 30 Jun, 12:00 pm - Round Table discussion at Galerie Michaela Stock

Elisabeth Weissensteiner, an Austrian artist resident in Melbourne since 2003, will show her Mirror Brain installations at two venues in Vienna in late June 2012. Mirror Brain is an instal- lation of selected sculptures and images, and permits visitors to view the complexity of cognitive research through experimenting with art objects such as two Brain Shell sculptures. It is an attempt to build a dialogue between art and science, a dialogue which will be continued at a roundtable discussion. In addition to Elisabeth Weissensteiner, roundtable panelists will include Sydney doctor Tom Wenkart, CEO of Derma Medical Systems, and Dorothea Brueckner, Centre of Cognitive Sciences, University of Bremen.

For further information, please refer to: www.k-haus.at and www.galerie-stock.net

Venue: Kuenstlerhaus, Karlsplatz 5, 1010 Vienna; Ph: +43 - 1 587 9663; E-mail: [email protected] Venue: Galerie Michaela Stock, Schleifmuehlgasse 18, 1040 Vienna; Ph: +43 - 1 920 77 78; E-mail: [email protected]

Van-Anh Nguyen in Concert – “One Night Only”

19 Jun at 7:30pm

Born in Sydney, Vietnamese-Australian pianist Van-Anh will be performing works by Bach, Chopin, Rachmaninoff and others at the Festsaal der Bezirksvorstehung of Vienna’s 15th district on 19 June. Entry: by donation. For further information, please refer to www.vananh.com.au

Program: Part 1: Marcello/J.S Bach: “Concerto in D Minor”, Debussy: “L’isle Joyeuse”, Rachmaninoff: “Prelude #4 & #5 Op 23”, Chopin: “Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise Brilliante Op 22”. Part 2: Tchaikowsky/Pletnev: Selections from “The Nutcracker Suite”, Verdi/Liszt: “Rigoletto Paraphrase”, Piazzolla/Nguyen: “Adios Nonino”, “Libertango” and “Oblivion” for Piano and tape

Venue: Festsaal der Bezirksvorstehung, Rosinagasse 4, 1150 Vienna

Mutatis Mutandis Exhibition

28 Jun, 7:00 pm – Opening of Exhibition and summer party Exhibition running from 29 Jun to 2 Sep

Innovative Egypt-born Australian artist Hany Armanious, who represented Australia at the 2011 Venice Biennale, will be exhibitng some his sculptures as part of a group exhibition curated by Catherine David at the Wiener Secession from end of June to beginning of September. For further information, please refer to www.secession.at

Wiener Secession, Friedrichstraße 12, 1010 Vienna; www.secession.at

Page 12 Queensland Youth Orchestra

29 Jun, 11:00 am - Linz 29 Jun, 08:00 pm - Salzburg

Commemorating the 40th anniversary of their first European tour in 1972, the Queensland Youth Orchestra (QYO) will be on tour in Eu- rope this June. They will stop in Linz and Sal- zburg for performances. Their program in- cludes Strauss’ “Don Juan, Symphony no. 12” by Shostakovich, Beethoven’s “Emperor Con- certo” with piano soloist Jayson Gillham, and “Pines of Rome” by Respighi. On 29 June, a morning concert will take place in Linz in the famous Brucknerhaus concert hall in Linz. The orchestra will then perform an evening concert in Salzburg’s Mozarteum Concert Hall together with the Passadena Youth Orchestra from the US. For further information and tickets, please refer to: [email protected] for Linz and [email protected]

Stephen Wurm Lecture 2012

Governance and State Building in Small States: Pacific and European Perspectives

3 July 2012 - 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm

The University of Vienna will be hosting a seminar entitled “Governance and State Building in Small States: Pacific and European Perspectives” on 3 July. Australian linguist, Professor Darrell Tryon (picture right), will deliver the “Ste- phen Wurm Lecture”. The seminar will be co-hosted by the University of Vienna, the Australian National Univer- sity (ANU), the Australian Embassy, the New Zealand Em- bassy and the Austrian South Pacific Society (OSPG).

In addition to Prof Tryon, speakers at the seminar will include Prof Dr Hermann Mückler, University of Vienna, Prof Paul Turnbull, University of Queensland, as well as Mr Predrag Jurekovic, Austrian Defence Academy, who will be talking about examples of governance and state building from the Balkans. Free entry.

Please refer to an interview with Professor Tryon on pages 5 and 6 of the Embassy newsletter.

For a detailed program of the seminar, please check the Events section of the Australian Embassy website at www.austria.embassy.gov.au closer to the date.

Venue: University of Vienna; Institut für Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie, Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG), Hörsaal A, Stiege 3, 4th floor, Universitätsstr. 7, 1090 Vienna

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2 Jul - Conrad Sohm Club, Dornbirn, Vorarlberg 3 Jul - Arena, Vienna

Australian rock band, Wolfmother, winner of the 2007 ‘Best Rock Performance’ Grammy and 2006 ARIA awards for ‘Best Breakthrough Album’ and ‘Best Rock Album’, will play at the Conrad Sohm Club in Vorarlberg and Vienna’s Arena venue on 2 and 3 July. For further information, please refer to www.wolfmother.com Venue Vorarlberg: Conrad Sohm, Boden 1, 6850 Dornbirn; www.conradsohm.com Venue Vienna: Arena, Baumgasse 80, 1030 Vienna; www.arena.co.at

Live in Concert - Xavier Rudd

25 Jul, 08:00 pm

Xavier Rudd, Australian surf/roots musician, will be performing live at the Arena venue on 25 July. He lists a wide range of influences from Neil Young to the traditional music of Australia’s Indigenous people and uses a wide range of instruments in his shows, including the saxophone, clarinet, guitar and didgeridoo. For further information, please refer to www.xavierrudd.com

Save the Date – World Premiere Festival Maribor 2012 - Electrical Charges

10 Sep at 7:30 pm - Union Hall, Maribor; Slovenia

Save the Date – Into its fifth year, Festival Mari- bor has established itself as one of Europe’s prime festivals of classical and modern music. Australian Richard Tognetti will once again be the artistic director of the renowned festival. Join Richard Tognetti and his Australian Cham- ber Orchestra for the world premiere of Austra- lian composer Brett Dean’s “Electric Preludes” on 10 September. The composition was commissioned by the Australian Chamber Orches- tra and is dedicated to Richard Tognetti and Festival Maribor. Brett Dean will be in Maribor and conducting his new piece of music. We will report in further detail in the August and September edition of the Embassy Newsletter.

For further information, please refer to www.festivalmaribor.si

Page 14 Useful links and websites

Below links are provided for your information and convenience. The Embassy does not take responsibility, nor does it necessarily endorse the content of the websites listed below.

Business

www.austrade.gov.au Austrade - Australian Trade Commission www.austrade.de Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) Germany

www.firb.gov.au/content “Buying a Home in Australia” FIRB Foreign Investment Review Board

www.daff.gov.au/aqis Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service

www.daff.gov.au Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

www.asx.com.au Australian Stock Exchange

www.abs.gov.au/ Australian Bureau of Statistics www.daff.gov.au/agriculture-food/food Food Info Australia www.www.abie-germany.de Australian Business in Europe (ABIE) Germany

Culture

www.australiacouncil.gov.au Australia Council for the Arts www.dcita.gov.au Department of Communications, Information Tech- nology and the Arts www.indigenous.gov.au/ Australian Government Indigenous Portal www.ozarts.com.au Australian contemporary arts and culture www.aiatsis.gov.au Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Studies www.screenaustralia.gov.au Australian Film Commission http://archive.amol.org.au Australian Museums and Galleries Online www.nla.gov.au National Library of Australia www.nga.gov.au National Gallery of Australia www.naa.gov.au National Archives of Australia www.nma.gov.au National Museum www.screensound.gov.au National Film and Sound Archive

Page 15 Education www.dest.gov.au Department of Education, Science and Training www.studyinaustralia.gov.au Study in Australia www.aqf.edu.au Australian Qualifications Framework www.aei.gov.au Australian Education International

Government www.australia.gov.au Webportal of the Australian Government www.dfat.gov.au Department for Foreign Affairs and Trade www.aph.gov.au Parliament of Australia www.dpmc.gov.au Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet www.afc.gov.au Australian Film Commission www.immi.gov.au Department of Immigration and Citizenship www.aec.gov.au Australian Electoral Commission www.ausaid.gov.au Australian Agency for the International Develop- ment - AusAID www.ga.gov.au Geoscience Australia www.csiro.gov.au Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation www.fahcsia.gov.au Department of Families, Housing, Community Ser- vices and Indigenous Affairs www.economicstimulusplan.gov.au Australian Government’s Economic Stimulus Plan www.climatechange.gov.au Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency www.cleanenergyfuture.gov.au Clean Energy Future

Media www.newspapers.com.au Australian Newspapers Online www.abc.net.au Australian Broadcasting Corporation www.sbs.com.au Special Broadcasting Service www.theage.com.au The Age - Newspaper www.smh.com.au The Sydney Morning Herald - Newspaper www.theaustralian.com.au The Australian - Newspaper www.afr.com Australian Financial Review - Newspaper www.abyznewslinks.com ABYZ News Links

Page 16 Tourism www.australia.com Australia’s Tourism Webportal www.visitcanberra.com.au Australian Capital Tourism Cooperation http://de.travelnt.com Australia’s Outback Northern Territory www.southaustralia.com/de South Australian Tourism Commission www.sydney.com Tourism New South Wales www.queensland-australia.eu Tourism Queensland www.discovertasmania.com Tourism Tasmania

www.visitmelbourne.com Tourism Victoria www.westernaustralia.com Tourism Western Australia www.customs.gov.au Australian Customs Service www.daff.gov.au/agriculture-food/food Food Info Australia

Wine www.wineaustralia.com Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation www.gwrdc.com.au Australian Grape and Wine Research and Develop- ment Corporation

Other www.ozcon.at The Australian Connection in Austria (OzCon) www.australia-austria.at The Austria-Australian Society www.australien-info.de German Website with Information on Australia www.ausport.gov.au Australian Sports Commission www.webwombat.com.au Webwombat - Australian Search Engine www.whitepages.com.au Australian White Pages www.yellowpages.com.au Australian Yellow Pages www.lawyers.com.au An Australian legal services directory www.olympics.com.au Home of the Australian Olympic Team www.akg.edu.au Australia’s Knowledge Gateway www.australienstudien.org Association For Australian Studies in German-speaking countries

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