KOORIE HERITAGE TRUST

ANNUAL REPORT 2012/13 Koorie Heritage Trust Inc ABN 23 407 505 528 295 King Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 (03) 8622 2600 (e) [email protected] (w) www.koorieheritagetrust.com

Warning | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this document may contain the names and/or images of people who have since passed away.

We acknowledge and pay our respect to the traditional owners of the land on which we are located.

Koorie Heritage Trust Inc 002 CONTENTS

005 | Wominjeka | Welcome: Vision and Purpose

006 | Chairperson’s Report

008 | &KLHI([HFXWLYH2ɜFHU·V5HSRUW

010 | Collections and Exhibitions

013 | Koorie Family History Service

017 | Education

018 | RTO

019 | Retail and Functions

021 | Collaborations and Partnerships

022 | Participation in Research

024 | Advocacy

025 | Media

028 | Our Supporters

029 | Donors

033 | Governance

034 | 6WDɛ

035 | Financial Results

003 Koorie Heritage Trust Inc 004 WOMINJEKA | WELCOME

Koorie Heritage Trust Inc

Our Vision To build a society where Aboriginal culture and history are respected and valued parts of Australian life.

Our Purpose To preserve, protect and promote the Aboriginal culture of south-eastern Australia and, in doing so, bridge the cultural gap between Koories and the wider community.

Our Motto Gnokan Danna Murra Kor-ki – Give me your hand my friend.

Our Commitment We embrace the principles behind reconciliation and actively work to bridge the cultural gap between Koories and the wider community. We value integrity and are committed to always working in an ethical, responsible, honest, transparent and accountable manner. We are proud of our cultural heritage and are committed to building strong identities with the communities we serve. We endeavour to be leaders in keeping our culture and heritage strong and vibrant in south- eastern Australia, ensuring the richness, diversity and integrity of our culture and heritage are safeguarded for present and future generations.

Our Work We care for the only public collection in Victoria dedicated solely to Koorie art and culture. We DOVRRɛHUDUDQJHRISURJUDPVLQFOXGLQJRXU.RRULH Family History Service, Indigenous Cross-Cultural Awareness Training, education programs and tours, and exhibitions. We are a Registered Training Organisation (RTO 21918).

Our Governanace :HDUHDQRWIRUSURÀW,QFRUSRUDWHG$VVRFLDWLRQ governed by the Trust’s Rules of Association and by a Board of Management.

005 Report of the Chairperson

ANGELA CLARKE

Wominjeka – Welcome I take great pleasure in presenting the Annual Report It was with great sadness that we learned of the IRU WKH ÀQDQFLDO \HDU HQGLQJ  -XQH  7KH SDVVLQJ RI 8QFOH -XPER LQ HDUO\  6LQFH KLV report outlines the activities and operations of the nomination to the Board of Management in August 7UXVWLQWKHPRQWKVIURP-XO\  XS WR KLV UHVLJQDWLRQ LQ  8QFOH -XPER·V 7KH SDVW \HDU KDV EHHQ D WLPH RI VLJQLÀFDQW JXLGDQFHDQGOHDGHUVKLSKDVJUHDWO\LQÁXHQFHGWKH change for the Trust including the resignation of our direction and strengthening of the Trust, and I am previous CEO, Sharon Paton. I wish Sharon the very extremely proud, privileged and humbled to have best and thank her for her hard work. I would like to been given the opportunity to continue his legacy. welcome our new CEO, Tom Mosby, who commenced 8QFOH -XPER EURXJKW WR KLV UROH DV &KDLU JHQXLQH LQWKHUROHRQ6HSWHPEHU7RPEULQJVZLWKKLP warmth and understanding, as well as skills and an expert blend of legal and art industry knowledge expertise that will continue to serve and guide the and experience, combined with a deep and personal Trust into the future. understanding and appreciation of the needs and A major focus for us this year has been securing the challenges faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait future of the Trust to ensure that we remain a relevant Islander communities. part of the Koorie and wider Victorian community. ,QWKH7UXVWIDUHZHOOHGWKHIROORZLQJ%RDUG :HUHÁHFWHGRQDQGH[SORUHGRSSRUWXQLWLHVWKDWEHVW members whose contribution over the years has been DOLJQZLWKRXUFXOWXUDOO\VLJQLÀFDQWDQGFUXFLDOFRUH WUXO\VLJQLÀFDQW programs: our collections and exhibitions program and our Koorie Family History Service. I am pleased • 8QFOH5REHUW -XPER 3HDUFH to report that we recorded a modest operating • 8QFOH-RKQ 6DQG\ $WNLQVRQ VXUSOXVRIDWWKHHQGRIWKH)LQDQFLDO • Trevor Huggard year. • Bernard Marin We have been fortunate to own the building • Catherine McDowell at 295 King Street. For many years however, we • Ricci Swart have ben aware that our physical location was a • Bob Weis major constraint in attracting visitors, growing the Ralph White • RUJDQLVDWLRQDQGXOWLPDWHO\LPSURYLQJRXUÀQDQFLDO stability and sustainability. Our longer-term business At the Annual General Meeting of the Trust in 'HFHPEHU  , ZDV IRUWXQDWH WR KDYH EHHQ strategy has been to relocate to a more visible and nominated to the role of Chair of the Trust’s Board of accessible location. Consultations over the years 0DQDJHPHQWYDFDWHGE\8QFOH-XPER KDYH LQGLFDWHG D VLJQLÀFDQW OHYHO RI LQSULQFLSOH 2QEHKDOIRIWKH%RDUGRI0DQDJHPHQWDQGVWDɛRI support for our relocation. After much deliberation, the Trust, I would like to acknowledge my predecessor the Board of Management made the decision this 8QFOH -XPER IRU KLV HQRUPRXV FRQWULEXWLRQ WR WKH year to sell the building with a two-year lease 7UXVW 8QFOH -XPER·V WHUP DV &KDLU IURP  WR EDFN :H KDYH DOUHDG\ VWDUWHG WKH SURFHVV WR ÀQG ZDVPDUNHGE\KLVPHWLFXORXVDQGFRQVLGHUHG alternative accommodation. stewardship. I am honoured to have had the opportunity during that time of serving under him as his Deputy.

Koorie Heritage Trust Inc 006 Although we look to the future with optimism, we acknowledge that this is a sad time for all our supporters and friends as we commence the process of saying goodbye to a building that has EHHQ RXU KRPH IRU QHDUO\  \HDUV +RZHYHU this is an opportunity for the Trust to grow, and create a streamlined and functional business that is responsive to the 21st century needs of all our stakeholders, especially the Koorie community of Victoria. The sale of the building gives us the opportunity to advance the organisation, delivering the best service and representing best practice. This LVDQRSSRUWXQLW\WRUHÁHFWRQRXUSDVWVXFFHVVHV review our business and draw back to our core aims. ,W HQDEOHV XV WR UHGHÀQH RXUVHOYHV DV D EROG DQG DGYHQWXURXV RUJDQLVDWLRQ RɛHULQJ DQ LQFOXVLYH DQG welcoming place for all. I would like to thank my fellow Board of Management members, the CEO, Tom Mosby, and the VWDɛIRUWKHLUKDUGZRUNGXULQJWKLV\HDURIFKDQJH I look forward to leading the Trust’s Board into the future.

007 Report of the Chief Executive O!cer

TOM MOSBY

I am pleased to report on the operations of the As we continue to advance the Trust, I am made .RRULH+HULWDJH7UXVW,QFIRUWKH²ÀQDQFLDO FRQÀGHQW RI RXU FDSDFLW\ E\ WKH ZHDOWK RI VNLOOV year. and expertise on our Board of Management and As the incoming CEO I wish to commence by DPRQJ RXU VWDɛ 7KHVH VNLOOV LQFOXGH FXOWXUDO gratefully acknowledging my predecessor Sharon knowledge, community and corporate experience Paten for her work. I also wish to acknowledge the and connections, collection management, and ODWH 0U 5REHUW -XPER  3HDUFH ZKR VDGO\ SDVVHG curatorial, education and research experience that DZD\LQHDUO\,DPSULYLOHJHGWRKDYHKDGWKH ZLOOVHUYHXVZHOOXSWRRXUWKELUWKGD\LQDQG RSSRUWXQLW\WRZRUNZLWK8QFOH-XPERDVFKDLURIWKH IRUWKHQH[W\HDUV 7UXVWIURPP\FRPPHQFHPHQWLQ6HSWHPEHU In order to ensure that we continue to share the XQWLOKLVUHVLJQDWLRQLQ'HFHPEHU:KLOH,KDYH VWRU\RI.RRULH9LFWRULDIRUDQRWKHU\HDUVLQ not had the pleasure of knowing and working with we sold our building as part of a strategic goal to 8QFOH -XPER DV ORQJ DV RWKHU SHRSOH , NQRZ WKDW VHFXUH RXU ÀQDQFLDO IXWXUH 5HJDUGOHVV RI WKH VDOH and while we seek new accommodation in a more KLV JXLGDQFH DQG OHDGHUVKLS KDV JUHDWO\ EHQHÀWHG desirable location, we will continue to innovate WKH IXWXUH GLUHFWLRQ RI WKH 7UXVW , DP MXVWLÀDEO\ and transition the development and delivery of and particularly proud of leading one of the oldest our services working with the Koorie and wider Aboriginal cultural organisations in Australia that communities.I am particularly keen to build on our has been established, nurtured, developed and led successes and deliver outstanding opportunities on a E\FRPPXQLW\HOGHUVVXFKDV8QFOH-XPER state, national and international level. I also wish to acknowledge the founders of the Anticipating and embracing advances in digital 7UXVW²8QFOH-LP%HUJ5RQ0HUNHO4&DQGWKHODWH technology, my aim is to develop and implement 5RQ&DVWDQ4&$0²IRUWKHLUZRQGHUIXOOHJDF\,DP best practice client service delivery and meaningful humbled to have been given the opportunity to lead engagement with the Koorie community as a an organisation that has been operating for 29 years. cornerstone of the future of all Victorians. I am pleased to advise that the Trust maintains its registration as a tax-deductible gift recipient. As D QRWIRUSURÀW RUJDQLVDWLRQ ZH UHO\ RQ WKH ZLGH network and generosity of our many friends and supporters whose support enables us to continue the important work we do to bridge the gap between Koories and the wider community, and contribute to the reconciliation agenda. I would also like to acknowledge our Moogji Club Members whose patience, generosity and support is invaluable. I would like to acknowledge and thank the members of the Board of Management, and I welcome and look IRUZDUGWRZRUNLQJZLWKWKHQHZ%RDUGLQ )LQDOO\,ZRXOGOLNHWRWKDQNWKHVWDɛRIWKH7UXVW IRU ZHOFRPLQJ PH DQG IRU WKHLU VXSSRUW  ² has been a time of change for the Trust in which we have begun to lay the groundwork for some truly monumental and exciting changes. In the year ahead we will continue to consolidate our strong position E\ÀQDOLVLQJDQGLPSOHPHQWLQJQHZVWUDWHJLFJRDOV including securing and relocating to a new home. I look forward to it with great anticipation.

Koorie Heritage Trust Inc 008 009 EXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTIONS

The Tribe, Totem, Trade exhibition, by Lee Darroch The major exhibition for the year was Ganagan -XQH-XO\ ZDVVKRZQLQWKHÀUVWÁRRU$XQW\ (Deep Water); Waterways in Koorie Life and Art (6 -R\FH -RKQVRQ *DOOHU\ DQG FRPSOHPHQWHG E\ D -XQH ²  6HSWHPEHU   0HOERXUQH :DWHU ZDV display of Lee’s works held in the Trust’s collections. WKH PDMRU VSRQVRU IRU WKLV H[KLELWLRQ ´*DQDJDQµ Victorian content from the Trust collections was is a Taungurung word meaning ”deep water”. The also displayed in the Indigenous Australians at War exhibition explored Koorie connections to lakes, H[KLELWLRQRQWKHJURXQGÁRRU -XQH$XJXVW  rivers and the sea. It encouraged visitors to see Our curator Kitty Owens worked closely with Victorian waters through Koorie eyes, celebrating Gunai/Kurnai man Uncle Lenny Tregonning (acting Koorie traditions and encouraging the continuing /LEUDULDQ$FFHVV 2ɜFHU XQWLO 2FWREHU   WR care of Melbourne’s life-sustaining waters. create a new display, Wominjeka, which provides Treasures on show from the Trust’s collections an introduction to the Trust’s collections. This LQFOXGHGFDQRHVHHOWUDSVÀVKLQJVSHDUVSDLQWLQJV GLVSOD\ IHDWXUHG D VLJQLÀFDQW QHZ VFXOSWXUDO ZRUN photos, and audio recordings of oral histories and E\/HH'DUURFKDQG'DYLG&ODUNPDGHZLWKSLHFHV creation stories. RI GULIWZRRG HDFK UHSUHVHQWLQJ WKH  WULEHV LQ Minister for the Arts Heidi Victoria MP launched Victoria.The display also includes one of the items Ganagan, which occupied all three galleries at WKDW LQVSLUHG 8QFOH -LP %HUJ WR VWDUW WKH 7UXVW·V WKH 7UXVW,W FRQWDLQHG RYHU  DUWZRUNV IURP WKH collections – a grinding stone. Uncle Lenny now 7UXVW·V FROOHFWLRQV LQ D UDQJH RI GLɛHUHQW PHGLD uses this display for tour groups to talk about how UHSUHVHQWLQJRYHUDUWLVWVDQG.RRULHFRPPXQLW\ the Trust was founded, its purpose and the types of members. items in its collections. 45FRGHVZHUHSULQWHGRQWKH:RPLQMHNDODEHOV 2012–2013 Snapshot Exhibitions which allow visitors to link to three audio-visual • /HH'DUURFK´7ULEH7RWHP 7UDGHµ UHFRUGLQJV D ZHOFRPH IURP $XQW\ -R\ :DQGLQ  WR Murphy; a description of how the Koorie Heritage ´,QGLJHQRXV$XVWUDOLDQVDW:DUµ 7UXVW EHJDQ IURP 8QFOH -LP %HUJ DQG D VSRNHQ • A Shrine of Remembrance touring example of a Kulin language word. This introduced spoken word and video content into the exhibition  H[KLELWLRQWR space. • 50,76WXGHQW6KRZ´.XXUQRQJ7XURQJµ 2XU +HDUWV DUH %UHDNLQJ ,QYDVLRQ &RQÁLFW  WR and Resilience, in the Darren Pattie-Bux Gallery • (OL]DEHWK/LGGOH´)ORUDDQG)DXQDµ 'HFHPEHU   UHÁHFWHG RQ WKH KHDUWEUHDNLQJ  WR history of Aboriginal Victoria, and celebrated the • Lowell Hunter, Tim Kanoa and Simon healing power of Koorie culture and connection to 3HQURVH´7ULSW\FK3KRWRJUDSK\6KRZµ Country. The exhibition showcased iconic works  WR by artists including Lorraine Connelly-Northey, Les • /RUUDLQH&RQQHOO\1RUWKH\´:DUDGMHULH Griggs, Treahna Hamm, Gail Harradine, Wally Lowe, Weaver” *D\OH0DGGLJDQ5DFKHO0XOOHWW-HQQ\0XUUD\-RQHV a Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery touring Mandy Nicholson and Ray Thomas. This exhibition  H[KLELWLRQ²WR OLQNHGWRWKH7UXVW·VSXEOLFDWLRQ´0HHUUHHQJ An Here is My Country”, and represented one of the • -DPHV+HQU\´5HÁHFWLRQVRI+DUPRQ\µ chapters of that book. A Multicultural Arts Victoria exhibition supported by the City of Melbourne in partnership with the Koorie Heritage  7UXVWWR

Koorie Heritage Trust Inc 0010 Some Statistics 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013

Number of new acquisitions (catalogued, digitised and housed according to 79   industry standard)

Number of temporary exhibitions/displays at the Trust 8  6

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Number of images reproduced through external requests (publications etc.)   

Number of people accessing the collection through behind-the-scenes tours*   

*Number of whom were Indigenous community members 187 165 168

There is also an online component for Ganagan Mimsy XG Database IHDWXULQJDUWZRUNVDQGWKUHHVKRUWGRFXPHQWDULHV 7KH ÀUVW KDOI RI  VDZ DOO 7UXVW FROOHFWLRQV enabling it to continue as a resource beyond the transferred onto our new database system Mimsy phsyical exhibition. Development of the online XG. All our collections are now managed through component was generously supported by the WKLVV\VWHP)URP-XO\WR'HFHPEHU7UXVWFXUDWRUV National Maritime Museum of Australia Project focused on cleaning up data across each of the Scheme. The Culture Victoria website hosts the online exhibition (cv.vic.gov.au/stories/ganagan) in collections to ensure accuracy of information on order to share Koorie stories with a wider audience. registered material. The curators also focused on The Trust curators are grateful for the support of learning how to adapt the database to meet the Eleanor Whitworth at Arts Victoria for making this unique needs of the Trust. possible. 7UXVW FXUDWRUV UHJLVWHUHG DQG KRXVHG  QHZ Over the last 12 months, the Collections program acquisitions, digitised and uploaded the information KDVSURFHVVHGUHTXHVWVIRUUHSURGXFWLRQRILWHPV and images onto the Mimsy database. from the collections, including arranging licences to cover copyright and cultural clearances. Twenty of these requests were from the Koorie community DQGIURPQRQFRPPXQLW\VRXUFHV$FFHVVWRWKH artefact and picture stores included behind-the- VFHQHVWRXUVIRUSHRSOHRIZKRPZHUHIURP the Koorie community. 2012–2013 Snapshot Collections • ´*DQDJDQµDPDMRUH[KLELWLRQRIDUWDQGDUWHIDFWVIURPWKH7UXVW·VFROOHFWLRQVIHDWXULQJRYHUZRUNVDQGUHSUHVHQWLQJRYHU Koorie community members. • ´2XU+HDUWVDUH%UHDNLQJµH[KLELWLRQRIZRUNVIURPWKH7UXVW·V&ROOHFWLRQ • Three short documentaries created and shared online through Culture Victoria and in the Trust’s gallery space during the Ganagan exhibition. • 6LJQLÀFDQWPHGLDFRYHUDJHRIWKH*DQDJDQH[KLELWLRQLQDUDQJHRIIRUXPVLQFOXGLQJQHZVSDSHUVUDGLRDQG79 • Completion of the RE Ross Trust photographic digitisation project. • Lisa Bellear photographic project underway. • .RRULH+HULWDJH$UFKLYHXSGDWHSURMHFWZHOOXQGHUZD\ WREHFRPSOHWHGLQVHFRQGKDOIRI  • ,QFUHDVHLQDFFHVVWRWKH7UXVW·VFROOHFWLRQVLQFOXGLQJEHKLQGWKHVFHQHVWRXUVFROOHFWLRQLWHPVUHSURGXFHGLQH[WHUQDO PHGLDÀYHORDQVRIRYHUDUWZRUNVDQGOLEUDU\UHTXHVWV

0011 Koorie Heritage Archive Library The Telematics Trust provided funding for an Access to the library was provided to over 159 upgrade of the Koorie Heritage Archive. This archive visitors. uses the software developed by Ara Irititja. The )ROORZLQJ WKH UHWLUHPHQW RI RXU /LEUDULDQ -XG\ 7UXVW RULJLQDOO\ XSORDGHG  LPDJHV IURP D :LOOLDPVLQ)HEUXDU\8QFOH/HQQ\7UHJRQQLQJ combination of sources (the Trust, State Library of took on the position as acting Librarian/Access Victoria, National Gallery of Victoria and private 2ɜFHU XQWLO 1RYHPEHU  8QFOH /HQQ\ KDV FROOHFWLRQV WRWKLVDUFKLYHDSSUR[LPDWHO\\HDUV extensive cultural knowledge and knowledge of the ago. Trust collections, and has been a great asset to the The Archive is extremely popular with Koorie FROOHFWLRQVWHDP7KH7UXVWZHOFRPHGEDFN-XG\DV community members, who can search, view and D YROXQWHHU LQ -DQXDU\  VXSSRUWLQJ DFFHVV WR print photographs of their family members using the the library’s collection. access computer in the Trust’s library. The project has allowed all existing material to be migrated to the updated version of the software. A visit from a Koorie community group gave it the ´WKXPEVXSµDVDPRUHXVHUIULHQGO\LQWHUIDFH

Oral History Aboriginal people of Australia have been sharing WKHLU VWRULHV RUDOO\ IRU DW OHDVW  \HDUV 7KH Trust’s Oral History program commenced in 1987 to capture knowledge and stories of culture on behalf of the Koorie community. This ongoing program is IXQGHG E\ WKH RɜFH RI$ERULJLQDO$ɛDLUV 9LFWRULD 7KHUHDUHFXUUHQWO\PRUHWKDQUHFRUGLQJVLQ the collection.

2012–2013 Snapshot Oral History • $\HDUROGRUDOKLVWRU\UHFRUGHGRQ&RXQWU\ZLWK%DQJHUDQJ(OGHU8QFOH6DQG\$WNLQVRQ • One new and two existing audio-visual documents of Victorian waterways in the Oral History collection shared in the Ganagan exhibition. • Eight existing Oral History recordings partly transcribed and shared through wall signage, panels and online for the Ganagan exhibition. • 15 Oral History recordings shared through direct access requests, reaching a mainly Koorie audience.

Koorie Heritage Trust Inc 0012 KOORIE FAMILY HISTORY SERVICE

The Trust’s Koorie Family History Service (KFHS) was 7KH .)+6 KDV D FRQÀGHQWLDO IDPLO\ WUHH GDWDEDVH HVWDEOLVKHGLQWRDVVLVWPHPEHUVRIWKH6WROHQ ZLWKRYHUHQWULHV,WJHQHUDOO\UHOLHVRQFOLHQWV Generations and the Victorian Koorie Community to to provide birth, death and marriage information for trace their family trees and family history. UHODWLYHVERUQDIWHUEXWFDQDOVRXVHWKH%LUWKV The KFHS is supported by the Victorian Deaths and Marriages index (and other resources) to Government through the Community Support Fund UHVHDUFKSHRSOHERUQSULRUWR7KLVSURFHVVFDQ WRSURYLGHDFRQÀGHQWLDOFOLHQWEDVHGJHQHDORJLFDO take months or years to complete for an individual research service. It supports clients in accessing entry on the database. SHUVRQDO DGRSWLRQ DQG ZDUG ÀOHV KLVWRULFDO 7KLV \HDUWKH .)+6 UHFHLYHG  QHZ UHTXHVWV documents and cultural information. By assisting for family history information. Where once the KFHS clients to piece together their family histories and received approximately one to three requests per strengthen their connection to their culture, the ZHHN VLQFH WKH $SRORJ\ LQ  WKLV QXPEHU KDV KFHS supports Stolen Generations survivors and VLJQLÀFDQWO\LQFUHDVHGDQGLWQRZUHFHLYHVEHWZHHQ their families with their healing journey. one and three requests per day, an average of EHWZHHQDQGQHZUHTXHVWVSHUPRQWK The KFHS provided a service to 772 clients. At WKHHQGRIWKH²ÀQDQFLDO\HDUWKHWHDPZDV actively researching 515 requests and had completed UHVHDUFKRQUHTXHVWV$IXUWKHUUHTXHVWVZHUH pending (these requests had not been activated, as their application forms were outstanding). Of the  UHTXHVWV EHLQJ DFWLYHO\ UHVHDUFKHG  ZHUH members of Stolen the Generations, 126 were family tree requests from Koorie community members,  ZHUH IDPLO\ KRVWRU\ UHTXHVWV IURP LQGLYLGXDOV wanting to trace possible Aboriginal heritage and WKHUHPDLQLQJZHUHIURPFOLHQWVLQFXVWRG\ Although the KFHS is receiving more requests than ever before, it is also completing and closing more requests. 7KH.)+6LVFRQWLQXLQJWRRɛHURXWUHDFKVXSSRUW to community groups and individuals. It conducts Koorie Heritage Trust Family History Service Requests 2009-2013 community visits and participates in events at least monthly. The KFHS also hosts community and school groups who have visited the Trust as part of a behind-the-scenes tour, providing family history information sessions. The KFHS provided family history information sessions to groups from Geelong (Wathaurong Co-op), Lake Tyers, Mooroopna (the Percy Green &HQWUH 0HQ·V *URXS  DV ZHOO DV VWDɛ IURP WKH Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) and DGHOHJDWLRQRI$ERULJLQDO&DQDGLDQVIURPWKH%DQɛ Centre, including Elder Tom Crane Bear.

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Koorie Heritage Trust Inc 0016 EDUCATION

The Trust’s Education programs were numerous in The Education program participated in the Arts ²7KH\LQFOXGHWKH,QWURGXFWLRQWR.RRULH Victoria/History Teachers’ Association of Victoria &XOWXUH D FXOWXUDO ZDON LQ WKH )ODJVWDɛ *DUGHQV professional development program History in Place. and The River Walk, a historical and cultural tour The program aims to build stronger partnerships along the Birrarung (Yarra River) and an exploration between primary schools and museums by utilising of the installations at Birrarung Marr (Common primary resources and digital devices such as iPads Ground). The program also conducted professional to convey stories about artworks from the Trust’s development sessions for pre- and in-service collections. teachers, and Indigenous Cross-Cultural Awareness The Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Training (ICCAT). ,QFRUSRUDWHG 9$($,  KDV UDWLÀHG ´7KH 7XFNHUEDJµ $SSUR[LPDWHO\  SDUWLFLSDQWV DWWHQGHG resource booklet, created by the Trust’s Curriculum  FXOWXUDO HGXFDWLRQ VHVVLRQV ,Q DGGLWLRQ WKH Development Coordinator. The Education program Education program provided further cultural support has a continuing relationship with VAEAI as a for community organisations from Shepparton, member of the consultative committee working %DOODUDW0RUZHOO0HOERXUQH)DU1RUWK4XHHQVODQG on the Framework for Embedding Koorie Cultures, Western Australia and Central Desert areas. Histories and Perspectives in Victorian Schools. ,QWHUQDWLRQDOJURXSGHOHJDWLRQVIURP.RUHD-DSDQ China, the UK and First Nations People, Canada, 2012–2013 Snapshot Education participated in cultural education programs. • SDUWLFLSDQWVDWWHQGHGFXOWXUDO The Education program worked closely with education sessions. the Collections program in promoting the Ganagan • Participated in the Arts Victoria/History exhibition. The Ganagan exhibition formed a Teachers’ Association of Victoria professional component of the professional development sessions development program History in Place. in the University of Melbourne’s Graduate School of • 5DWLÀFDWLRQRI´7KH7XFNHUEDJµUHVRXUFH Education. The two programs have also been working booklet. together to provide behind-the-scenes tours of our • Professional development sessions for pre- collection for community and VIP groups. and in-service teachers.

0017 REGISTERED TRAINING ORGANISATION

Certificate II in Retail Kooriez in da Hood 3 & 4 7KLVHQWU\OHYHOTXDOLÀFDWLRQLQWKHUHWDLOVHFWRUUDQ Kooriez in da Hood involves young Koories designing IURP0D\WR-XO\$OOVWXGHQWVZHUHPHQWRUHG and screen-printing their own, unique hoodie jackets throughout the course and each successfully gained focusing on their culture, family and interests. WKH TXDOLÀFDWLRQ $ VWURQJ IRFXV ZDV SODFHG RQ +RRGLH]  ZDV UXQ LQ 0HOERXUQH IURP -XQH WR outcomes for the students who have since gained 2FWREHU  FRQWLQXLQJ WKH VXFFHVVIXO GHOLYHU\ full- or part-time employment, or progressed to of this core program. It culminated in an exciting more formal education. evening launch at the Trust followed by an exhibition of the hoodies in the Gandel Family Foyer. Certificate III in Arts Administration A course video is available at www.youtube.com/ The RTO successfully transitioned from the expiring ZDWFK"Y O4\%/=G==5( &89&HUWLÀFDWH,,,LQ$UWV$GPLQLVWUDWLRQWRWKH +RRGLH]ZDVGHOLYHUHGIURP$SULOWR-XQH QHZTXDOLÀFDWLRQ&89 in Shepparton, in collaboration with the Koorie Education Unit of the Goulburn Ovens Institute of Koorie WebWise project, 2011–2013 TAFE (GOTAFE). Koorie WebWise was a peer-to-peer education The course catered for local students from program designed and facilitated by young Koories Shepparton and Mooroopna, and was conducted at DQG IXQGHG E\ WKH 2ɜFH RI

Koorie Heritage Trust Inc 0018 KOORIE PTY LTD AND FRONT OF HOUSE

Koorie Pty Ltd, the Trust’s retail outlet, provides a wide range of products for public purchase, including boomerangs, didgeridoos, artworks, weaving and ERRNVUHODWLQJWR.RRULHFXOWXUHVXFKDV´7KH3RZHU DQGWKH3DVVLRQµ´0HHUUHHQJDQµDQG´/DG\RIWKH Lake”, to name a few. Koorie Pty Ltd provides opportunities for Koorie artists to promote and sell their work and endeavors to support local Koorie artists and local products ZKHUHYHUSRVVLEOH$OOSURÀWVIURPWKHVKRSDUHSDLG to the Koorie Heritage Trust to support its programs. Venue hire is also an important source of income for the Trust and over the last 12 months the Trust’s two boardrooms have been booked regularly. Both are fully equipped with audio-visual technology 2012–2013 Snapshot KPL and FoH and have been hired by the corporate sector and a • Ongoing opportunities for Koorie artists to number of government departments. promote and sell local products. 7KH0RRJML/RXQJHRQWKHJURXQGÁRRUKDVEHHQ • Unique retail products sourced from used extensively throughout the year and the Gandel Indigenous communities and organisations. Family Foyer is a welcoming space that provides • XQLTXHVSDFHVDYDLODEOHIRUKLUHSURYLGLQJ the Trust with the perfect venue for launching organisations with a holistic immersion in exhibitions and shop products. Koorie culture.

0019 Koorie Heritage Trust Inc 0020 COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP

Link-Up collaboration, 2013 The Trust’s Koorie Family History Service (KFHS) is working with Link-Up Victoria on a Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate referrals and information sharing between the KFHS and Link-Up Victoria. Our VKDUHG YLVLRQ LV ´WR DVVLVW WKH 6WROHQ *HQHUDWLRQV and their families to reconnect to land, culture and community, and to improve their health and wellbeing”.

Aboriginal People and Family History, research guide, 2012–2013 7KH .)+6 VWDɛ DOO DVVLVWHG DQG FRQWULEXWHG WR WKH RQOLQHUHVHDUFKJXLGH´$ERULJLQDOSHRSOHDQGIDPLO\ history” for the State Library of Victoria. This guide is designed to assist Aboriginal people from all over $XVWUDOLDLQÀQGLQJLQIRUPDWLRQDQGOLQNVWRHQDEOH them to research their family history. This guide is available at the following website: http://guides. slv.vic.gov.au/aboriginalfamilyhistory

Cultural exchange with Canadian First Nations, 2012 Building on a relationship forged as part of the Indigenous Deep Listening project (a partnership EHWZHHQ 50,7 6LOFDU DQG WKH 7UXVW IURP ²  WKH7UXVWKRVWHGPHPEHUVRI&DQDGLDQ)LUVW 1DWLRQVGXULQJ/HGE\(OGHU7RP&UDQH%HDU the Canadian visitors were treated to a behind-the- scenes tour of the Trust’s collections and to special encounters with Victorian Koorie Elders.

Love to Read, 2012 ,Q  WKH 7UXVW VXSSRUWHG D SURMHFW DV SDUW RI the National Year of Reading, through Libraries $XVWUDOLD DQG 0XVHXP 9LFWRULD (PLOLH =RH\ %DNHU a poet, conducted a one-day intensive internship with the Trust’s Collections program. The material is published on the Love to Read website (a collaborative initiative joining public libraries, government, community groups and media): www. love2read.org.au/WritersWorking.cfm

0021 PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH

Coranderrk - Minutes of Evidence ARC William Thomas Journal support group, Project, 2010–2014 2010–ongoing This three-part project is based around the 1881 This project is led by Marguerita Stephens (University Coranderrk Inquiry and includes (a) a theatrical of Melbourne/independent researcher), with component involving a verbatim staged performance participation from Lindy Allen and Antoinette Smith, RI ´&RUDQGHUUN ² :H :LOO 6KRZ WKH &RXQWU\µ Museum Victoria; Paul Paton, Victorian Aboriginal extracted from the minutes from the Inquiry; (b) an Language Corporation; and Richard Broome, author/ education component, which includes developing historian. a comprehensive range of teaching materials that Miriam Troon, Senior Curator of the Trust will be included in the Victorian secondary school collections writes letters of support, provides curriculum and a re-development of the theatrical DGYLFHSDUWLFLSDWHVLQPHHWLQJVDQGVKDUHVÀQGLQJV show for a schools tour; and (c) a research with Koorie community members. FRPSRQHQW ORRNLQJ DW ´6WUXFWXUDO ,QMXVWLFHµ LQ Australian society in relation to Aboriginal people. Encounters Project, National Museum of 6R IDU WKH SURMHFW KDV SURGXFHG  FRQIHUHQFH Australia, 2011–2015 papers, eight book chapters, four journal articles, This is a research project leading up to a major three co-authored books and six presentations. This H[KLELWLRQLQDWWKH1DWLRQDO0XVHXPLQFOXGLQJ project has been funded by an Australian Research loans of Aboriginal items from the British Museum &RXQFLO $5& OLQNDJHJUDQWVLQFH in London. Community consultation is aimed at Partners in the project are: VicHealth, Department sharing information, returning cultural knowledge, of Education and Early Childhood Development giving voice to Aboriginal people and collecting (DEECD), Victorian Aboriginal Education Association contemporary objects. Inc (VAEAI), Ilbijerri Theatre Company, La Mama Chris Keeler, Project Co-ordinator and Miriam Theatre, State Library of Victoria, Arts Victoria, Troon, Senior Curator Collections provide advice Regional Arts Victoria, University of Melbourne and on object provenance and Koorie community the Wurundjeri Elders Council. connections and protocol. 'U-HQQLIHU%DWHV0DQDJHURIWKH.RRULH)DPLO\ History Service and Partner Investigator on the Coranderrk project, provides in-kind support by: facilitating engagement with Traditional Owners and other Koorie communities, as well as descendents of the original Coranderrk residents; participating in meetings with partner organisations; providing research advice; facilitating information sessions; and promoting the Coranderrk performances to the Koorie Community and descendents of Coranderrk residents.

Koorie Heritage Trust Inc 0022 Facilitating opportunities for external researchers The Collections program supports requests from external researchers on a regular basis. The Library assists hundreds of access requests every year. Access to material in the Library is free to Trust members and members of the Koorie Community. Non-members pay a daily research fee. 6RPHRIWKHPRUHVLJQLÀFDQWSURMHFWVVXSSRUWHG E\WKHFROOHFWLRQVVWDɛLQFOXGH6KDQQRQ)DXONKHDG and Karen Adams, Monash University - research into Revitalising Birthing Practices, funded through the 9LFWRULDQ:RPHQ·V7UXVW² Trust curators provide advice, contacts and facilitate research and use of the Trust’s collections to a broad range of community and non-community projects.

0023 ADVOCACY

Representation in networks, industry Museums Australia (Victoria) associations and forums FRQIHUHQFH5HLQYHQWLQJ0XVHXPV&ROODERUDWH 7UXVW VWDɛ DFWLYHO\ SDUWLFLSDWH LQ QHWZRUNV ,QQRYDWH 7UDQVIRUP industry associations and recognised national 'DWHV²$SULO and international forums for and on behalf of the Trust presenter: Miriam Troon, Senior Curator Victorian Indigenous Community. Collections

• $Q]DF&HQWHQDU\&XOWXUDO,QVWLWXWLRQV1HWZRUN NGARNGA YUMARRALA: To Hear, Understand Miriam Troon, Senior Curator Collections. & Share A one-day training session providing cultural &RPPRQ$FFHVV*XLGHOLQHV&RPPLWWHH • awareness training and cultural experiences  -HQQ\%DWHV0DQDJHU.RRULH)DPLO\ presented by Aboriginal educators for primary and History Service. secondary teachers. • .RRULH5HFRUGV7DVNIRUFH Partners: Koorie Heritage Trust, Bunjilaka  -HQQ\%DWHV0DQDJHU.RRULH)DPLO\ Aboriginal Cultural Centre, State Library of Victoria, History Service. Royal Botanic Gardens, Australian Centre for the • 1DWLRQDO $UFKLYHV RI $XVWUDOLD &RQVXOWDWLYH Moving Image and the National Gallery of Victoria. *URXS Resources: A full set of teachers’ resources  -HQQ\%DWHV0DQDJHU.RRULH)DPLO\ tailored to each year level have been developed by History Service. the Trust’s Curriculum Development Coordinator, • 9LFWRULDQ$ERULJLQDO$GYLVRU\*URXS see link: KWWSQ\SOFRPUHVRXUFHV  -HQQ\%DWHV0DQDJHU.RRULH)DPLO\ 'DWH 7UXVW SUHVHQWHUV )D\ -XQH %DOO 'HDQ 6WHZDUW History Service is the Deputy Chair and Pauline Sloane from the Education program. • 9LFWRULDQ &RPPXQLW\ +HULWDJH &ROOHFWLRQV 1HWZRUN Sabah International Folklore Festival, Miriam Troon, Senior Curator Collections. Malaysia • :HVWIDUPHUV $UWV ,QGLJHQRXV /HDGHUVKLS 'DWHV² 3URJUDPDWWKH1DWLRQDO*DOOHU\RI$XVWUDOLD Trust representative: Nicholas Boseley, Senior Hannah Presley, Curator Exhibitions Curator Exhibitions. attended this ten-day intensive • 6HOOLQJ

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Koorie Heritage Trust Inc 0024 MEDIA

Radio and TV AWAYE, Radio National, 23/03/2013 Tom Mosby, CEO KWWSZZZDEFQHWDXUDGLRQDWLRQDOSURJUDPVDZD\HWKHNRRULHKHULWDJHWUXVWVQHZFHR Jon Faine, ABC Melbourne, 23/12/2012 Tom Mosby, CEO Deadly Vibe, NITV, December 2012 Nicholas Boseley, Senior Curator Exhibitions interviewed regarding the launch of Hoodiez 2. Ganagan interview on 3KND – Arts program, 3/6/2013 *DQDJDQLQWHUYLHZZLWK1DWLRQDO,QGLJHQRXV79·V´$URXQGWKHWUDSVµSURJUDP Miriam Troon, Senior Curator Exhibitions *DQDJDQLQWHUYLHZZLWK3%6´%LJ0REµSURJUDP  Nerissa Broben, Senior Curator Collections Newspaper, journal and online articles Ganagan media coverage includes: • 7KH$JHQHZVSDSHU  • 6\GQH\0RUQLQJ+HUDOG  • 7KH.RRULH0DLO  • The National Indigenous Times • )LUVW1DWLRQV7HOHJUDSK  General Media Coverage: • ´2UDO+LVWRULDQYLVLWV/DNH7\HUV7UXVWµ%DLUQVGDOH$GYHUWLVHU  $UWLFOHDERXW(G6WRU\ Oral History Coordinator at the Trust collecting oral histories in Gippsland • ´.LQDZD\0HPEHULQ)RFXVWKH.RRULH+HULWDJH7UXVWµ%XVLQHVV([FHOOHQFH $XWXPQ

0025 Social media YouTube Kooriez in da Hood 3 3KRWRVDQGIRRWDJHIURPWKH.RRULH]LQGD+RRGSURJUDPLQFOXGLQJDUDSZULWWHQDQGSHUIRUPHGE\ participants. ZZZ\RXWXEHFRPZDWFK"Y O4\%/=G==5(

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%ODNWUDNV6KRUWÀOPV Bairnsdale to Melbourne by Darlene Balhas; Friendship by Kieran Stewart; Loud n Proud by Aden Hitchins; %HORZWKH6XUIDFHE\-RGLH%ULJJ7KH3DQGD6WRU\E\$QJHO%XFNODQG/LIHLQ0HOERXUQHE\5HP\6DOPRQ www.youtube.com/user/blaktraks

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Koorie Heritage Trust Inc 0026 0027 SUPPORTERS

The Koorie Heritage Trust is endorsed as a deductible gift recipient and continues to receive generous support from private donors, foundations and trusts, and from government grants and corporate sponsorship.

We would like to thank and acknowledge the following for their support.

State Government Arts Victoria, Department of Premier and Cabinet Department of Planning and Community Development Community Support Fund 2ɜFHRI$ERULJLQDO$ɛDLUV9LFWRULD'HSDUWPHQWRI3UHPLHUDQG&DELQHW Department of Human Services 'HSDUWPHQWRI-XVWLFH Victorian Training Guarantee, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development

Commonwealth Government Department of Industry, Innovation Science, Research and Tertiary Education Attorney General’s Department, Ministry for the Arts Australian National Maritime Museum, Maritime Museums of Australia Project Support Scheme

Corporate Supporters Lend Lease Melbourne Water

Trusts and Foundations Felton Bequest Gordon Darling Foundation Pratt Foundation RE Ross Trust Sidney Myer Foundation Telematics Trust VicHealth The Norma Gleeson Trust

Organisations GOTAFE Shepparton

Koorie Heritage Trust Inc 0028 DONORS AND BEQUESTS

Up to $200 BENTLEY, MAREE 5<$1-8',7+$ BLABER, DEB SCOTT, CATHY %58&(-8/,$ 6(9,25(/,=$%(7+ BRUCE, TOM SHARP, PAMELA BULLEN, MARGARET 6+$:-2< CARLSON, MARILYN SITKA, CHRIS CAROLINE CHISHOLM CATHOLIC COLLEGE SMITH, MOIRA &/$5.-2$11( 6287+&20%(',&. 6+,5/(< CLARKS CLEANERS PTY LTD SPONG, MARGARET &211,(652%(572 6$1'5$ STEWART, DEBORAH COOK, PAULINE SWEETLAND, SUSANNE M '$00(5<'$9,' 6$//< WADSWORTH, YOLAND DEAN, SANDRA :($7+(5,//-,0 DIBBIN, BARBARA :(,6=0,5,$0 '5(<)864&030$5. WEXLER, RUTH EDELSTEIN, KEN WHITE, RONALD ELLWOOD, A D WILLIAMS, ROBYN FAGGETTER, RACHEL ANN FISHER, BRUCE $200–$499 FRANCO, CANDIDA &$+,5721< 6$1'< GOTT, BETH FERNBACHER, SABIN GOVE, KEITH GODKIN, DAVID GRAINGER, PAT KEELER, CHRIS GRIGGS, DR MARGARET KING, CATHERINE GRILL’D PTY LTD /$1'<-0 GRUNFELD, HELENA LARAGY, CARMEL GUTHRIE ST PRIMARY SCHOOL MITCHELL, MERLE +$03721-8',7+ MOSBY, TOM +2**0$5*$5(7-8'< 3,772&.'5%$55,( ',$1$ -21(66+,5/(< RENARD, RALPH LANDON, CAROLYN SAPORTA, NAOMI LAURISTON GIRLS’ SCHOOL, ATT ANDREA WALTER TEAGUE, FELICITY MADDERN, MARIAN WOOD, SUSAN MAGUIRE, BOB McCULLOCH, SAMANTHA McLEAN, PHYLL 0,//(5-$1(7 MITCHELL, SALLY NICHOLAS, DIANE 2/,9(5)5$1. &+5,67,1( PLAYNE, MOIRA POCOCK, GAVIN RAMSAY, SHIRLEY FLOWER 5(1.,13(7(5 $11

0029 $500–$999 Bequests COLLINGWOOD, CHRISTINE The Koorie Heritage Trust gratefully acknowledges GUILLAUME, LEA those who have chosen to remember us in their LOVEGROVE, EDMUND Will. Their gifts have been invaluable to the ongoing LOVEGROVE, TED achievements of the organisation. MORISON, PENNY Ms Norma Gleeson McKERNAN AND ASSOCIATES PTY LTD Ms Lilian Renard McKERNAN, NOEL 0V-HVVLFD6FRWW:LOOV $1,000–$2,499 ANNAND, ANN GUILLAUME, RACHEL KORNHAUSER, BETTIE MITCHELL, RICK NEWMAN, BRIAN 67(:$57-2+1) SWART, RICCI 7851%8//12(/ -(11< $2,500–$4,999 Gorr, Leon $5,000–$9,999 6A FOUNDATION RAE AND PETER GUNN FAMILY FOUNDATION .$17250,&+$(/ 6,/9,$ 0(5.(/4&521 NORDIA FOUNDATION $10,000–$24,999 BELL CHARITABLE FUND /<21&$5(< &526%<-2$11(

Moogji Club 0RRJMLis an Aboriginal word which means mate or special friend.

Moogji Club members receive a range of privileges while at the same time support our programs. Working with us, members help to raise awareness and appreciation of the cultural diversity of Koorie culture and contribute to the broader goal of reconciliation for all Australians.

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Koorie Heritage Trust Inc 0030 BEQUEST SNAPSHOT THE NORMA GLEESON TRUST

7KH%RDUGDQG6WDɛRIWKH.RRULH+HULWDJH7UXVWZLVKWRDFNQRZOHGJHWKHJHQHURXVEHTXHVW of the Norma Gleeson Trust to support our Vision and Purpose. A bequest to the Trust is a JHQHURXVZD\RIPDNLQJDODVWLQJFRQWULEXWLRQWRRXUDFWLYLWLHVIRUWKHEHQHÀWRIWKH.RRULH and wider Victorian communities.

´6PDOOLQVWDWXUHPD\EHEXWVKHKDGWKHKHDUWDQGFRXUDJHRIDOLRQµ - Troy Austin

Norma Gleeson was passionate about Aboriginal rights and worked tirelessly for the Koorie FRPPXQLW\WKURXJKPDQ\UROHVRYHUKHUFDUHHULQFOXGLQJ$ERULJLQDO$ɛDLUVIURPWR 1996.

Bev Murray, former CEO of the Aboriginal Housing Board of Victoria, recalls working with 1RUPDLQKHUUROHDVWKHIRUPHU&(2RIWKH$ERULJLQDO+RXVLQJ%RDUGLQWKHODWHV ´7KHUHDUHDVPDOOQXPEHURISHRSOHLQJRYHUQPHQWZKRZHFDQQDPHDVEHLQJRXUJUHDWHVW VXSSRUWHUVLQRXUMRXUQH\EDFNWKHQDQG1RUPD*OHHVRQZDVGHÀQLWHO\RQHRIWKHPµ

Troy Austin remembers Norma fondly as a mentor and as a trusted friend. ¶1RUPDDSSHDUHG WREHDVWHUQJRYHUQPHQWZRUNHUZKRPDQ\FRQVLGHUHGWREHDWRXJKWDVNPDVWHU,QUHDOLW\ 1RUPDZDVDNLQGFRPSDVVLRQDWHDGYRFDWHIRURXUFRPPXQLW\DQG,RIWHQZLWQHVVHGKHU UHVROYHWRDFKLHYHDSRVLWLYHRXWFRPHIRUORFDORUJDQLVDWLRQVFRPPXQLWLHVWKDWVKHZDV ZRUNLQJZLWKµ

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0031 Koorie Heritage Trust Inc 0032 GOVERNANCE

BOARD MEMBERS 2012-2013

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0033 STAFF

2ɝFHRIWKH&KLHI([HFXWLYH 92/817((56 &KLHI([HFXWLYH2ɜFHU7RP0RVE\ Philanthropy Manager Gayle Henderson We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the people who have volunteered at the Koorie )LQDQFHDQG$FFRXQWV Heritage Trust over the last 12 months, your support Business Development Manager Ian Scott has been invaluable. $FFRXQWDQW-XOLHWD7HYHV Assistant Accountant Gayle Henderson Emily Allsop Grace Barker &ROOHFWLRQV3URJUDP Chris Keeler Senior Curator Nerissa Broben Kate McLaren Senior Curator Miriam Troon (maternity leave) Elise Marc Senior Curator Megan Cardamone (maternity leave Emma Neale replacement) Lara Odessa Curator Kitty Owens Oral History Coordinator Ed Story Peter Renkin Project Coordinator Chris Keeler -XG\:LOOLDPV

.RRULH)DPLO\+LVWRU\6HUYLFH 0DQDJHU-HQQ\%DWHV Researcher/Genealogist Lionel Bamblett Researcher/Genealogist Margaret Bates Researcher/Genealogist Olivia Slater Researcher/Genealogist Carol Yates

([KLELWLRQV3URJUDP Senior Curator Nicholas Boseley Curator Hannah Presley

(GXFDWLRQ3URJUDP Manager Dean Stewart Cross Cultural Coordinator Len Tregonning Curriculum Development Coordinator Pauline Sloane Cultural Education Coordinator Fay Ball (GXFDWLRQ2ɜFHU'RQQD%ODFNDOO (GXFDWLRQ2ɜFHU6WDFH\6DSRUL

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Koorie Heritage Trust Inc 0034 Financial Results

John Norman, Treasurer

7KHDXGLWHGDFFRXQWVRI.RRULH+HULWDJH7UXVWIRUWKH\HDUHQGLQJWK-XQHVKRZDVXUSOXVRI was achieved from ordinary activities, after deducting expenses of $2,592,779 from total revenues of 'XULQJWKH\HDUWKH7UXVWVROGLWVSUHPLVHVIRUDVPDOOSURÀWDVWKHÀUVWVWHSLQLWVVWUDWHJ\WR relocate its operations to a more appropriate commercial location in Melbourne. 7KH7UXVW·VQHWDVVHWVLQFUHDVHGIURPWRRYHUWKH\HDUSULPDULO\DVDUHVXOWRI a professional revaluation of the Trust’s collections. Copies of the audited accounts can be obtained by FRQWDFWLQJWKH7UXVWRQ

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSTION AS AT 30 JUNE 2013

2013 2012 CURRENT ASSETS $ $ Cash Assests   Receivables   Inventories -  Prepayments  - GST Recoverable - 

TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 6,446,583 481,145 NON-CURRENT ASSETS Investments   3URSHUW\SODQW HTXLSPHQW  

TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS  

TOTAL ASSETS 13,113,670 11,028,927 CURRENT LIABILITIES Payables   Provisions   Income in advance  552,568 Borrowings -  Future rental payments  - GST Payable  -

TOTAL ASSETS 2,531,062 1,566,226 NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES 0RUWJDJHKHOGE\$ERULJLQDO$ɛDLUV9LF   TOTAL NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES   TOTAL LIABLIITES   NET ASSETS 8,467,608 7,347,701 EQUITY 5HWDLQHGVXUSOXV GHÀFLW   Asset Revaluation Reserve  -

TOTAL EQUITY 8,467,608 7,347,701

0035 Design | Ikra Indra Editor | Anna Kelsey-Sugg Text | Judy Allsop, Jenny Bates, Nerissa Broben, Tom Mosby, Pauline Sloane, Miriam Troon, David Winslade Publication Co-ordination | Giacomina Pradolin All photographs by Steven Rhall (except p. 26)

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