HERITAGE COUNCIL VICTORIA ANNUAL REPORT 2003/2004 Front Cover: Keith Haring Mural, Collingwood (H2055)

HERITAGE COUNCIL VICTORIA ANNUAL REPORT 2003/2004 Front cover: Keith Haring Mural, Collingwood (H2055).

Above right: Carlton Gardens.

Above far right: Close up Hochgurtel Fountain, Royal Exhibition Building. Photographs by Janusz Molinski. CONTENTS

02 Message from the Chair 03 The Statutory Role of the Heritage Council Victoria 04 Heritage Council Victoria Members 05 Heritage Council Victoria Meetings 06 Heritage Council Committees 07 Advisory Committees

08 OVERVIEW 10 Assessments 13 Projects 15 Maritime Heritage 17 Victorian Heritage Program 19 Local Government Assistance 20 Communications

22 STATE OF THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT REPORT 24 Knowing: Review of Heritage studies 24 Protecting: Ammendments to Heritage Act 25 Communicating: Strategy, Audience and Committee 26 Managing: State of Historic Environment Project

28 FINANCIAL REPORTS Financial Assistance 30 Victorian Heritage Program: Capital Works Projects 31 Heritage Fund: Assistance Status of Outstanding Projects Financial Statements Summary of Financial Results Disclosure Index Statement of Cash Flows Auditor General’s Report MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR

If rankings were to be assigned to exciting, landmark years for Victoria’s grant), helping to ensure the identification of places requiring protection and cultural heritage, then the past 12 months must surely be near the top of the acknowledgment for their cultural heritage significance under the local list. 2003/2004 was the year in which the World Heritage Committee met in planning scheme. China to make its final decision to inscribe the Royal Exhibition Buildings and Carlton Gardens onto the World Heritage List. This decision has given 2003/2004 also saw Victoria’s first local government authority making Victoria its first World Heritage Site. Australia has 15 places that are its heritage study available online using Heritage Victoria’s Local Heritage inscribed on the World Heritage List for natural values. Of these, two have Planning Database (LHPD). The City of Hobsons Bay is to be congratulated Indigenous cultural values as well. The inscription of the Royal Exhibition for enabling access to its heritage study online using the LHPD program, Building and Carlton Gardens means Australia now has its first purely meaning that access to up to date information on local heritage places is cultural World Heritage site, an appropriate outcome during 2004, the Year readily available from homes, schools, libraries, indeed anywhere with of the Built Environment. internet access.

The day of the announcement of this news was an emotional moment for Amendments to the Heritage Act were announced by the Minister for many people. I congratulate all who were involved in compiling the very Planning in April, 2004. One of the amendments enables the registration of detailed nomination and supporting materials over the past two years. This objects, giving people the ability to nominate moveable objects for the first has been a most successful collaboration across all three levels of time in their own right, regardless of any association with a heritage place. government - Federal, State and local. Congratulations too, to the former I would like to thank all members and alternates of the Heritage Council for Exhibitions Building Trustees who really took their past stewardship seriously. giving so generously of their time, passion, good ideas and analysis over The World Heritage Committee’s decision was based on the Royal Exhibition the year. I am sorry to say goodbye to retiring member Dr Geoff Sutherland Building and Carlton Gardens’ links to the International Exhibition Movement and alternate members Robert Dunster and Elizabeth Pemberton. I thank of the 19th and early 20th Centuries. Precious goods for Melbourne’s 1880 them all for their significant contributions, wish them well for the future and exhibition, for which the building and gardens were custom built, were hope that we can continue to draw on their good counsel from time to time. carried on the famously tragic Loch Ard, which sank near Port Campbell in I am very optimistic about the year ahead. It is now 30 years since Victoria’s 1878. The iconic bell from the Loch Ard, which had been in private first heritage protection legislation was enacted. In that time, our possession for almost 40 years after being salvaged from the wreck in the understanding and appreciation of cultural heritage has grown enormously. 1960s, was handed in to Heritage Victoria in late 2003. The bell has been Community enthusiasm for heritage is strong, providing a good setting for analysed at Heritage Victoria’s conservation laboratory. It created an excited our preparation of a new Victorian Heritage Strategy. response from media when they were invited down to the lab to view it and interview the Minister for Planning on future conservation treatment and its I would also like to thank the staff of Heritage Victoria. Without your efforts display. This has been a wonderful step forward in bringing a significant and support, the work of Council would not be able to happen. object out of private hands and back into the public domain.

The Victorian Heritage Program saw some 57 projects at recognised heritage places across regional and metropolitan Victoria receive grants for conservation works totalling $2.4 million. Funding for projects at publicly Chris Gallagher accessible heritage places, or places able to support communities to Chair, Heritage Council Victoria promote community identity and cohesion, were a focus of this year’s grants (pictured below) program. Funding was also provided for places at risk. 12 projects in metropolitan Melbourne shared $710,300, while 45 projects across regional Victoria shared in $1,719,700. Some of the recipients included St. Kilda’s Sacred Heart Mission ($100,000 grant), Queenscliff’s Cottage By the Sea ($46,300 grant) and Kirwan’s Bridge in Nagambie ($150,000 grant).

In addition to grants for repairs and maintenance to heritage buildings, $217,500 funding was also announced for heritage studies by local councils. Councils which received funding were Baw Baw ($30,000 grant), Gannawarra ($35,000 grant), Glenelg ($65,000 grant), Greater Bendigo ($30,000 grant), Murrindindi ($35,000 grant) and Wodonga ($22,500

2 THE STATUTORY ROLE OF THE VICTORIAN HERITAGE COUNCIL

The Victorian Heritage Council is an independent statutory authority • to liaise with other bodies responsible for matters relating to the established under the Heritage Act 1995. The Council comprises ten protection, conservation, management and promotion of Victoria’s members with ten alternate members, all appointed by the Minister for cultural heritage; Planning who is responsible for the Act. • to initiate and undertake programs of research related to the identification, The Heritage Council has a number of statutory functions set out in the Act conservation or interpretation of Victoria’s cultural heritage; as follows: • to report annually to the Minister on - • “to advise the Minister on the state of Victoria’s cultural heritage resources and on any steps necessary to protect and conserve them; (i) the carrying out of its functions under this Act; and

• to promote public understanding of Victoria’s cultural heritage and (ii) the state of Victoria’s cultural heritage; and develop and conduct community information and education programs; (iii) the operation of this Act;

• to develop, revise and publish from time to time the assessment criteria • to provide the Minister annually with a business plan of its proposed to be used in considering the cultural heritage significance of places and works and operations for the next year; and objects and determining whether those places or objects warrant inclusion in the Heritage Register; • to carry out any other functions conferred on the Heritage Council under this Act or any other Act.” • to add places or objects to the Heritage Register;

• to remove places or objects from the Heritage Register, or to amend the registration of an object or place;

• to hear appeals against decisions of the Executive Director relating to permits and applications for permits for undertakings or works affecting a registered place or registered object;

• to advise government departments and agencies and municipal councils on matters relating to the protection and conservation of places and objects of cultural heritage significance;

• to advise the Minister administering the Planning and Environment Act 1987 on proposed amendments to planning schemes which may affect the protection or conservation of places and objects of cultural heritage significance;

Below: Images of the Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens, by Janusz Molinski.

3 HERITAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS

HERITAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS 2003/2004 (FROM TOP LEFT) (PICTURED) CHAIR MS CHRIS GALLAGHER ALTERNATE MS LISA RIDDLE (PICTURED) DEPUTY CHAIR MR PETER HISCOCK ALTERNATE MS BRONWYN HIBBERT (PICTURED) ARCHAEOLOGIST MS KRISTAL BUCKLEY ALTERNATE DR ELIZABETH PEMBERTON (PICTURED) ARCHITECT MS MEREDITH GOULD ALTERNATE PROF. PHILIP GOAD (PICTURED) ENGINEER DR GEOFF SUTHERLAND ALTERNATE MR MALCOLM MACDONALD (PICTURED) HISTORIAN ASSOC. PROF. RENATE HOWE ALTERNATE MR DAMIEN CASH (PICTURED) LAWYER MS SUSAN BRENNAN ALTERNATE MS AMANDA JOHNS (PICTURED) NATIONAL TRUST DR JAN SCHAPPER ALTERNATE MR ROBERT DUNSTER (PICTURED) OTHER MEMBER MR PETER WILLIAMS ALTERNATE MS VICKI DAVIES (PICTURED) PROPERTY MR PETER BEAUMONT ALTERNATE MS JUDY NICHOLSON 4 HERITAGE COUNCIL MEETINGS

ATTENDANCE - HCV MEETINGS, TRIPS, WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS - JULY 2003 TO JUNE 2004

C. Gallagher 1110–2––––7 ––1–32 L. Riddle ––414–––9 – –7–32 P. Hiscock 972––9––––6263 2 B. Hibbert 2 ––––––––––- ––– R. Howe 5131––––2––––1– D. Cash 5 – 4 ––––––––7––1 M. Gould 10–33–8––6––––1– P. Goad – – 2 1 ––––––––––– K. Buckley 989–1––8––8 1–22 E. Pemberton2–1–8––5–––1––1 G. Sutherland 11–31–1051–7 –––32 M. Macdonald – – 2 –––4––––742 2 P. Beaumont 910–2–7––––––––2 J. Nicholson ––––7––––––7–31 S. Brennan 452––––––––1–3– A. Johns 5641––––––––––21 P. Williams 10–2– 11 –––4––––11 V. Davies –––1––3–9––––31 J. Schapper 5–––––––––10 –– –1 R. Dunster 4–2–109–––––––21 HERITAGE COUNCIL PROTOCOLS & PLANNING REGISTRATIONS PERMITS COMMUNICATIONS FINANCE INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING HERITAGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ARCHAEOLOGY ADVISORY COMMITTEE LOCAL GOVERNMENT PLANNING WORKING GROUP HISTORIC SHIPWRECKS ADVISORY COMMITTEE LANDSCAPE ADVISORY COMMITTEE STRATEGY COLLECTIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE HERITAGE COOUNCIL TRIPS WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS

5 HERITAGE COUNCIL COMMITTEES 2003/2004

REGISTRATIONS FINANCE

Role: To consider registration recommendations where submissions are Role: To monitor the state of the Heritage Fund. To consider proposals for made and to hold hearings and determine registrations on behalf of the the provision of assistance and to monitor the progress of assisted projects. Heritage Council. HCV Members: Peter Hiscock, Peter Beaumont, Geoff Sutherland, Robert HCV Members: All Heritage Council members and alternates. Dunster, Susan Brennan, Meredith Gould.

Chair: Kristal Buckley Chair: Peter Hiscock

PERMIT APPEALS PROTOCOLS & PLANNING

Role: To hear and determine appeals against determinations of the Executive Role: To provide the Heritage Council with policy advice. To develop Director, Heritage Victoria. protocols and procedures for Heritage Council processes. To consider and advise on broad heritage planning issues. HCV Members: All Heritage Council members and alternates. HCV Members: Chris Gallagher, Peter Hiscock, Kristal Buckley, Peter Chair: Chris Gallagher Beaumont, Susan Brennan, Amanda Johns and Renate Howe.

Chair: Peter Beaumont STRATEGY

Role: To steer the development of a new Victorian Heritage Strategy. COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE

HCV Members: Lisa Riddle, Damien Cash, Malcolm Macdonald, Judy Role: To recommend the adoption of strategies for the delivery of the Nicholson and Peter Hiscock. Heritage Council’s communications activities and the allocation of funds for Chair: Lisa Riddle these activities. HCV Members: Peter Williams, Judy Nicholson, Elizabeth Pemberton, LOCAL GOVERNMENT PLANNING WORKING GROUP Robert Dunster, Lisa Riddle.

Role: To consider issues about the administration of heritage controls at Chair: Peter Williams local government level.

HCV Members: Chris Gallagher, Lisa Riddle, Vicki Davies, Meredith Gould, Peter Williams.

Chair: Vicki Davies

Clothing fastner excavated from Camp Street, Ballarat. Plate excavated from Camp Street, Ballarat.

6 ADVISORY COMMITTEES

ARCHAEOLOGY HISTORIC SHIPWRECKS

Role: To provide the Heritage Council and Heritage Victoria with advice on Role: To advise the Heritage Council on matters pertaining to the historic archaeology issues. administration of the historic shipwrecks section of the Heritage Act and to advise the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria on the administration of HCV Members: Kristal Buckley, Elizabeth Pemberton. the Commonwealth Shipwrecks Act. To advise on any other maritime Other Members: Susan Lawrence, Alan Mayne, Peter Lovell, Sophie Curran, heritage issues. Gary Vines, Jane Lydon, Julia Cusack, Leah McKenzie and Jeremy Smith. HCV Members: Geoff Sutherland

Chair: Kristal Buckley Chair: Geoff Sutherland

Other members: Anthony Boxshall, Ivar Nelson, Tim Muir, Malcolm COLLECTIONS Venuroni, Matthew Churchward, Leonie Foster, Henry Hudson, Des Williams, Role: To provide the Heritage Council and Heritage Victoria with advice Geoff Hewitt, Paul Miller, Sen. Const. Kent Clifton-Bligh, Jane Bowman and on its involvement with heritage collections and their relationship to Sean O’Neill. heritage places. LANDSCAPE HCV Members: Peter Hiscock, Malcolm Macdonald.

Chair: Peter Hiscock Role: To provide the Heritage Council with advice on heritage landscapes, develop policies and approaches to the identification and protection of Other Members: Margaret Birtley, Jessica Frean, Chris Johnson, Michael cultural heritage landscapes. Nation, Helen Rayment, Nina Stanton, Liz Rushen and Amanda Bacon. HCV Members: Jan Schapper, Kristal Buckley and Peter Hiscock.

INDUSTRIAL/ENGINEERING HERITAGE Chair: Jan Schapper

Role: To provide the Heritage Council with advice on issues related to Other Members: Neville Wale, Michael Looker, Helen Page, Paul Fox, Tim historic industrial and engineering heritage, including mining sites. Hubbard, Juliet Bird, John Dwyer, Ray Tonkin and John Hawker.

HCV Members: Geoff Sutherland, Malcolm Macdonald and Vicki Davies.

Chair: Geoff Sutherland

Other members: Ivar Nelson, Chris Fraser, Matthew Churchward, Julia Lamborn, Peter Love, Charles Fahey, Roy Hardcastle, David Moloney, Gary Vines, Mike Gregson and Ray Osborne.

Camp Street, Ballarat excavation.

7 Above: Historic trams at Preston Tramway Workshop Above: St Kilda Bowling Club and above right Interior and above far right signage from the workshop. of St Kilda Bowling Club after bar removal. OVERVIEW ASSESSMENTS

NOMINATION STATISTICS- KEY ADDITIONS TO THE REGISTER VICTORIAN HERITAGE REGISTER After 30 years of heritage legislation in Victoria, a wide variety of places and Nominations Received for the more recently, objects, can now be considered for inclusion in the Victorian Victorian Heritage Register 115 Heritage Register. As the definition of cultural heritage has expanded, and the importance of maintaining many aspects of our heritage becomes more Recommendations by the Executive Director, broadly recognised, so too has the Victorian Heritage Register grown and Heritage Victoria to Add to the Register 45 diversified. Over the past year, the following places with ‘icon’ status have Additions to the Register by Heritage Council 36 been included in the Victorian Heritage Register.

Amendments to existing registrations by Heritage Council 5 Nylex Sign, Richmond (H2049) Planning Scheme Protection recommendations by Erected in 1961 on top of the No.2 Silos in Gough St, Richmond, the Nylex the Executive Director 40 Sign is a double sided sky-sign mounted on a cross braced frame of steel. Places Not Recommended for any protection by the Executive Director 6 The sign itself consists of the words NYLEX PLASTICS and is crowned by a thermometer display/clock. The Nylex sky-sign is of historical significance Executive Director Recommendations attracting submissions 33 as one of a collection of signs marking Victoria’s industrial heritage in Executive Director Recommendations involving Richmond. Richmond has the greatest concentration of surviving sky-signs hearings before the Heritage Council 9 in the State. Of these signs, which include the Skipping Girl, Victoria Bitter, Slade Knitwear and Pelaco signs, the Nylex sign is the most prominent. Interim Protection Orders issued These large sky-signs, which used to be an important feature of the by the Executive Director 1 Melbourne skyline, are increasing in rarity.

Bells Beach Surfing Recreation Reserve (H2032) PERMIT STATISTICS 2003/2004 Bells Beach Surfing Recreation Reserve is located about five kilometres southwest of Torquay. Swells from the southern ocean slow and steepen Total permits issued by the Executive Director, Heritage Victoria 416 over the reef strewn shallows to form consistent, rideable waves and the Appeals lodged with Council 2 surrounding environment provides excellent viewing from a natural amphitheatre. The roots of surfing in Victoria are in the Torquay/Surf Coast Appeals called in by Minister 0 area, beginning at Lorne in 1920. From as early as 1939 pioneer surfers Appeals determined *3 from the Torquay Surf Lifesaving Club (SLSC) struggled to the inaccessible Notes * this figure includes one appeal which was held over from the Bells Beach from the sea and the land until in 1960 Joe Sweeney, ex- 2002/2003 financial year. Olympic wrestler and Torquay SLSC member, organised the bulldozing of an access track. In January 1961 the first surfing event was held, and in 1962 the first annual Bells Beach Easter competition took advantage of the consistent Autumn conditions and the full moon high tides. Photographs of the six metre waves for the 1965 competition were widely distributed and established Bells Beach’s international reputation as a world class big wave Below: Australia’s internationally famous Bells Beach, venue. Since 1991 the Bells Beach Easter competition has been recognised home to the Easter Surfing Carnival, and below right as the world’s longest running surfing competition. surfers at Bells Beach.Photographs by Ross Anderson.

10 Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park (H2047) Former Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital (H2062) The Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park envelops a goldfield which The Former Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital (Hospital for the Insane) was was the catalyst for the Victorian gold rush of the early 1850s. In that constructed initially between 1906 and 1913 in the pavilion form of hospital tumultuous decade Victorian gold transformed the demographic, social, design. The parkland setting of the hospital, the remains of the former airing political and economic complexion of Australia. The gold won from Mount courts, the rear roadway and significant trees and plantings are important as Alexander (later renamed Castlemaine) and other early rushes such as part of the site’s history. The hospital is the earliest example, though Ballarat and Bendigo, mainly found its way to England as bullion where it significantly altered, of a hospital for the insane as distinct from a lunatic helped bankroll a spectacular period of world trade, and industrial and asylum, in Victoria. The alteration of the Lunacy Act in 1911 made possible a commercial expansion. The Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park is further change from Hospital for the Insane to Mental Diseases Hospital, significant because it includes an extraordinary mass of geological, allowing for the housing of (chronic) working patients apart from acute cases. geomorphological and cultural features relating to initial and subsequent periods of gold mining, from 1851 to the present day. Its uniqueness lies in It was the first psychiatric hospital to be established following the the authentic nature of the gold rush material evidence as compared to other introduction of the Lunacy Act of 1903 and was intended for the treatment of contemporary goldfields, its association with the momentous Mount patients with transient and recoverable disorders. The Receiving House and Alexander rush, and the intactness and diversity of the preserved mining Acute Wards were part of a wave of reform which emphasised early sequence over a period of 150 years. The integrity of the 1850s gold-rush diagnosis and swift hospital treatment for mentally ill patients. It is of landscape in the section south of Vaughan is particularly exceptional. The historical significance in the history of psychiatric care in Victoria, as the park also has some of the earliest remaining gold reef mining sites in place where research into the clinical use of lithium, discovered earlier by Australia. Many of the alluvial and reef mining sites are associated with Dr John Cade, and other treatments, took place. remnants of housing, which are significant both as evidence of historical The female attendants’ (staff) accommodation block (1907-09) was the first occupation of the goldfield and as archaeological resources likely to contain nurses’ home provided within Victoria’s mental hospital system, an initiative evidence which will cast greater light on ethnicity, mining and domestic life. aimed specifically at improving the professional standards of nursing in The land and its regenerating Box-Ironbark forest is important scientific psychiatric care. The remains of the airing courts attest to the daily routine evidence in its own right in demonstrating a spectacular event of of patients confined within a custodial institution and the belief in the transformation of the pre-gold rush environment. therapeutic value of garden surroundings.

Bickleigh Vale, Mooroolbark (H2053) Preston Tramway Workshops, Miller Street, Preston (H2031) Bickleigh Vale is a landscaped village of approximately 10ha created in the The first section of the Preston tramway workshops, built for the Melbourne 1920s by leading Australian landscape gardener and designer Edna Walling & Metropolitan Tramways Board in 1924-28, comprised a group of five large (1895-1973). Bickleigh Vale was developed around Walling's own brick industrial buildings for the manufacture and maintenance of an residence, ‘Sonning’, built in 1921 and her studio ‘The Cabin’. Walling lived expanding electric tram fleet. The Preston Tramway Workshops have long in the village for most of her working life, moving from ‘Sonning’ to ‘The been home to the iconic W Class trams. The Preston Tramway Workshops Barn’ in 1951, before moving to Queensland in 1967. Bickleigh Vale was are of historical significance as the sole surviving tramway workshop named after the village in Devon, England where Walling was raised. designed for the manufacture and maintenance of a large tram fleet - the fourth largest tramway network in the world and the largest outside Europe.

Below: Sonning, former home of Edna Walling, Bickleigh Vale Village. Photograph by Janusz Molinski. Below: In for a service at Preston Tramway Workshop.

11 12 Images: The Barn at Bickleigh Vale Village. Photographs by Janusz Molinski.

SUMMARY OF PERMIT APPEALS

Heritage Place Reason(s) for Appeal Status H1972 Freemasons Hospital, Against refusal of permit application P7428 for Clarendon St, East Melbourne construction of a nineteen level residential building. Withdrawn

H775 Halcyon Against refusal of permit application P7755 for 53 Acland St, St. Kilda construction of carport at front side of building. Decision upheld

H1875 Stanhill Against refusal of permit application P5813 34 Queens Rd, Melbourne for new openings to suite 801. Decision upheld

H879 Former Robin Boyd House Against conditions of permit P7030 for construction 664-666 Riversdale Rd, Camberwell of an extension to existing house for family accommodation. Decision Upheld

ARCHAEOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES IN VICTORIA where the remains of some of Melbourne’s earliest houses were uncovered.

In the 2003-2004 financial year the Executive Director issued 41 Heritage Victoria’s archaeologists conducted an excavation at the historic archaeological consents, consisting of 30 Consents to Damage and 11 1841 Portland Inn site, prior to the site’s inclusion in the Victorian Consents to Excavate. Heritage Register.

The Executive Director also issued 11 permits for archaeological work on The Collins Settlement site in Sorrento was added to the Heritage Register, places listed in the Victorian Heritage Register. in time to mark its 200th anniversary. The site, which was the location of the first official settlement in Southern Australia, is considered to have a high level of archaeological potential and significance. ARCHAEOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES

The number of archaeological survey projects conducted in the State during ARCHAEOLOGICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE the last year rose to 275, an increase of 27 from the 2002-2003 figures. The Archaeology Advisory Committee advises the Heritage Council of This year’s figures reflect the continuing growth of historical archaeological Victoria on issues of archaeological heritage. activity in Victoria. In the year 2000-2001, for example, only 138 survey projects were conducted. The amount of survey work conducted in Victoria This year, the committee has been considering ways to improve the has doubled over the last four years. knowledge of archaeological sites, particularly in historical regional centres. Archaeological management plans were commissioned for the Geelong and A number of significant excavations were conducted during the last year. A six Port Phillip areas. week long excavation was conducted at Jolimont Square in East Melbourne,

13 Images: The Barn at Bickleigh Vale Village. Photographs by Janusz Molinski.

SUMMARY OF PERMIT APPEALS

H775 Halcyon Against refusal of permit application P7755 for 53 Acland St, St. Kilda construction of carport at front side of building. Decision upheld

H1875 Stanhill Against refusal of permit application P5813 34 Queens Rd, Melbourne for new openings to suite 801. Decision upheld

H879 Former Robin Boyd House Against conditions of permit P7030 for construction 664-666 Riversdale Rd, Camberwell of an extension to existing house for family accommodation. Decision Upheld

ARCHAEOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES IN VICTORIA where the remains of some of Melbourne’s earliest houses were uncovered.

13 Right: Royal Exhibition Building with fountain at night. Below left and below right: Carlton Gardens. PROJECTS Photographs by Janusz Molinski. WORLD HERITAGE LISTING OF THE ROYAL EXHIBITION BUILDING AND CARLTON GARDENS

Only 788 places around the world are listed by UNESCO for their In June 2004, a delegation of officers from the Commonwealth and State outstanding universal values. The World Heritage List, which is determined governments and the City of Melbourne went to the World Heritage by the World Heritage Committee, on behalf of UNESCO, is a list of places Committee meeting in Suzhou, China, to present the case for inscribing the both natural and cultural which are of importance to the entire world. The list Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens in the World Heritage List. includes both familiar places, such as the Pyramids of Egypt, the Taj Mahal On 1 July, the World Heritage Committee determined to inscribe the place in India and the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. It also includes lesser known in the world Heritage list under criterion ii. Criterion ii is that the place: places, such as Robben Island in South Africa where Nelson Mandela was “exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or imprisoned for twenty years, and the Madara Rider in Bulgaria, a carved within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or relief figure of a knight triumphing over a lion with an inscription concerning technology, monumental arts, town planning or landscape design.” Bulgaria’s conversion to Christianity in the 9th Century AD. The Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens is not listed because it is Many countries seek to have places of importance to their nation placed on a magnificent building in a park in the centre of Melbourne, but rather the world heritage list. because it is a rare, surviving example of an international exhibition Palace of Industry, from one of the major international exhibitions of the 19th and early To gain a listing, whether the place is of cultural or natural significance, the 20th centuries. This significance is enhanced by its uniqueness, in that the country which has nominated the place needs to demonstrate to the World building still sits in its garden setting and because it continues to be used for Heritage Committee that the place has outstanding universal values, not just exhibitions such as the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show. great importance to the nominating country. This makes the process rigorous and lengthy. The great International Exhibitions, starting with the Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851, were the shopfront of the products and services of the Industrial Australia has 15 places inscribed in the World Heritage List for natural Revolution. The exhibitions promoted world-wide trade and exchange values, with a few, such as Kakadu and Willandra Lakes, having Indigenous of technology, ideas and culture, and foreshadowed the modern cultural values. international economy.

Until the decision was made to list the Royal The International Exhibition movement played a critical role in the Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens, no site development of the modern global society. Countries participated to in Australia was included in the World Heritage promote their nation and products, to seek further investment and to List for purely cultural reasons. compete for economic dominance. In the competitive environment of the Victoria and the ACT were the only places in the nation without a world late 19th Century, when major empires were being consolidated and issues heritage place. of nationalisation were being played out in Europe and elsewhere across the globe, the Exhibition movement served as a platform to assert political and In 1996, the City of Melbourne initiated an investigation to establish the nationalistic arguments without resorting to war. world heritage significance of the Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens. In 2001, the State Government announced its support for such a Melbourne in the 19th Century was the economic capital of Australia. Built nomination and in December 2002, the Commonwealth Government on the wealth which poured in from the Victorian goldfields, it was an submitted a nomination for World Heritage listing of the Royal Exhibition emerging economic powerhouse. Many of the grand buildings of Victoria Building and Carlton Gardens to the World Heritage Committee. The such as Parliament House, the Supreme Court and the Melbourne, Ballarat nomination and further information was prepared jointly by the Federal and Bendigo Town Halls, were built from this wealth. The Victorian colony Department of Environment and Heritage, Heritage Victoria, Museum was seen by European countries as an emerging market. Victoria and the City of Melbourne. 15 PROJECTS WORLD HERITAGE LISTING OF THE ROYAL EXHIBITION BUILDING AND CARLTON GARDENS

Each country appointed commissioners to run the exhibitions and to It has also staged other highly significant and historic national events, encourage other countries to participate. Many of the commissioners including the opening of the Federal Parliament in 1901 and housed the became well known as representatives of their countries. Victoria’s longest Victorian State Parliament from 1901 until 1927. The decorative scheme by serving commissioner was Sir Redmond Barry who used his connections John Anderson for the opening of Parliament in 1901 is of historical and and friendships with the French commissioners to secure the large French aesthetic significance and is among the finest public art works in Australia. contingent at the Melbourne International Exhibition of 1880. Given its role in the history of Australia it is most appropriate that it has Countries participated in these international exhibitions for a variety of become the first Australian place inscribed on the World Heritage List for its reasons, including increased trade and investment, justification of colonial non-indigenous cultural values. enterprise, improving industrial knowledge and techniques, prestige, to be seen as a player on the world stage, for national identity and The Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens is an important place, for nationalism, to increase knowledge of other races and cultures, technical different, but inter-twining reasons, it is important to the people of Victoria education and art education. (as a place where the two international exhibitions were held announcing the importance of the colony of Victoria), to the people of Australia (where the Victoria participated in international exhibitions in London (1851), Paris opening of the first federal parliament was held and the Australian flag was (1855), London (1862), Dublin (1865), Dunedin (1865), Paris (1867), first flown) and the people of the world as a surviving monument to the great Vienna (1873), London (1871-74), Philadelphia (1876), Paris (1878) and international and technological movement of the 19th Century. It truly is a Sydney (1879). One of Victoria’s best known exhibits was the gold pyramid place to be treasured. which represented the amount of gold mined in Victoria. It was first exhibited in London in 1851 and was sought as a draw card at other international exhibitions. Visitors flocked to see how the pyramid grew with For further information, please visit: each successive exhibition. Museum Victoria Hosting the Melbourne International Exhibition of 1880 was an opportunity http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/reb/index.asp for Victoria to showcase itself to the world. Victoria had previously hosted an inter-colonial exhibition in 1854 and hosted other major exhibitions in 1861, UNESCO World Heritage Centre 1866 and 1872. The Centennial Exhibition of 1888 was another major http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm international event. Dept of Environment & Heritage The Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens has outstanding universal http://www.deh.gov.au/heritage/worldheritage/sites/royal/index.html value as a rare surviving manifestation of this international exhibition phenomenon. It features the typical international exhibition architectural characteristics that made the exhibitions so dramatic and effective. These included an axially planned building, a dome, a great hall, giant entry portals, versatile display spaces, and complementary gardens and viewing areas. Surprisingly, the complex is the only surviving central exhibition hall with associated gardens from these major exhibitions.

Below: Royal Exhibition Building. Photo by Janusz Molinski.

16 CONSERVATION LABORATORY

ARTEFACT COLLECTION AND BONDS PROJECTS THE CASSELDEN PLACE CONSERVATION PROJECT

Artefacts from 14 land-based archaeological sites in Victoria were received During 2003/2004 work continued on the conservation of 67,000 artefacts at Heritage Victoria’s Conservation Laboratory in 2004. The conservation and excavated during the Casselden Place Archaeological Project in 2002/2003. curation of these objects were funded by the Conservation Bonds Program. As the value of an archaeological collection lies in the information an Many of these objects have been used in exhibitions and made available for assemblage reveals in its entirety, the Conservation Strategy applied to the research. Casselden Place Collection considered the excavated archive as a ‘whole’. Artefacts were generally grouped by material type permitting stabilisation processes to be executed en masse efficiently. Selected artefacts were MARITIME – LOCH ARD BELL treated individually when required. Conservation treatments included the The Conservation Laboratory continues to manage the treatment of important removal of damaging material, stabilisation via chemical treatment and the maritime artefact collections from State and Commonwealth shipwrecks. creation of safe long term storage environments using archival materials and packing designs that minimise handling, while rendering the collection As part of the Maritime Amnesty, in late 2003 the Loch Ard bell and other accessible. Collaboration with specialists enabled the common goals of artefacts from Victorian shipwrecks were delivered to the Conservation both archaeology and preservation to be met. In this way, the entire Laboratory. After preliminary examination, the Loch Ard bell will undergo assemblage received conservation input resulting in a stable collection that conservation treatment to remove damaging salts. is now accessible for interpretation, education, research and public display.

PROJECTS – EUREKA, RYE SHOES, NAPIER WALLER HOUSE PLACEMENTS, GREEN RESERVE & VOLUNTEERS

Eureka – The conservation of all artefacts from the Eureka site excavation, The Conservation Laboratory hosted three participants from Conservation including the Pepperbox Pistol, has been completed. The conservation of Volunteers Australia’s Green Reserve project in 2003/2004. These the Eureka objects was funded by the City of Ballarat and the Victorian participants have made a valuable contribution towards collection Heritage Program. It is planned to display some artefacts in the Eureka management, exhibitions and other Conservation Laboratory functions. Discovery Centre. The lab also hosted a number of work experience placements including Rye Shoes – The Rye Historical Society approached Heritage Victoria’s a secondary school work student from Marian College, Ararat and an Conservation Laboratory to undertake the treatment of a small pair of archaeology undergraduate from the University of Melbourne and a children’s shoes that had been discovered in the foundations of Whitecliffs post graduate conservation student from the Ian Potter Centre, University Cottage in Rye. The shoes possibly date from the early 1900s. The of Melbourne. deteriorated condition of the leather was stabilised and the shoes will be displayed at the Rye Historical Society in the future. The lab is supported by a large team of enthusiastic volunteers from diverse backgrounds who provide valuable assistance to its core activities. Napier Waller House – Heritage Victoria has been involved in the management of the Napier Waller House in Ivanhoe. The Conservation PUBLIC TOURS Laboratory was approached to undertake a salvage operation of the numerous art works on paper and canvas located in the stained glass studio. The Conservation Laboratory opened its doors to the community as part of a The artworks on paper were transferred to the Laboratory freezer to eradicate series of Public Lab Tours. In June 2004, members of the public attended insects and then carefully cleaned. tours to learn about artefacts and the processes used to conserve them. More tours are scheduled for the next financial year. The lab also hosted Below: Button and bottle from Camp Street, Ballarat dig. tours for National Archaeology Week and the Nautical Archaeological Society in May 2004.

VISITS

A delegation from the National Museum of Iran visited the lab to establish contact with other cultural institutions and learn about artefact conservation, land and maritime archaeology.

VICTORIAN HERITAGE STRATEGY 2005-2010

In May 2000, the former Minister for Planning, John Thwaites, launched the The areas which were seen as key areas are: Victorian Heritage Strategy 2000-2005. The Heritage Strategy was the first • Defining Heritage such document written in Australia. It provided direction for identification, • Heritage as a core government business protection, conservation, management and use of cultural heritage in • Heritage places and protection Victoria and identified goals and objectives. • Communities and Heritage • Communication, Education and Training The vision for cultural heritage in Victoria, reflected by the goals and • Culture, Arts and Heritage programs of the current Victorian Heritage Strategy, is: “Victoria’s diverse • Heritage and the Economy cultural heritage will be recognised as a key resource of the State, and will be managed in a sustainable way to maximise benefits for the Following the release of the discussion paper, consultation was undertaken whole community”. by Context Pty Ltd, on behalf of the Heritage Council, through a series of workshops, focus groups and submissions. There was a high level of One of the election commitments of the Government in 2002 was to create a enthusiasm by all participants and there are many valuable ideas to new Heritage Strategy to replace the current Victorian Heritage Strategy in be considered. July 2005. The Victorian Heritage Council, on behalf of the Government, and in consultation with the Minister for Planning, Mary Delahunty, is overseeing A draft Strategy to be released for public comment is being prepared. The the preparation of a new Heritage Strategy, which will articulate a vision for draft Strategy draws inspiration and focus from the key issues and possible cultural heritage in Victoria for the five year period 2005-2010. solutions identified through the community consultation. It has been developed in a context of local, state, national and international policies, It is anticipated that the new Heritage Strategy will have relevance for the strategies, charters and conventions relating to tourism, the arts and management of heritage across all government jurisdictions, including local communities, as well as to heritage identification, protection, interpretation government; and for heritage management in non-government spheres such and conservation. as the operations of the National Trust, small local museums, historical societies and other interest groups. In developing the new Victorian Heritage Strategy 2005-2010, the thorough and clear identification of target audiences has been a very important part of The discussion paper, Victoria’s Heritage 2010: Creating the new Victorian the process. In addition to predictable stakeholders, the emerging Heritage Strategy outlined key issues and challenges that the Strategy will document also includes a greater diversity of groups and individuals than need to address. previously. Stakeholders attended workshops to put forward their views and The discussion paper is divided into key areas of interface with heritage. feedback on the future of Victoria’s heritage. These were not seen as exhaustive but arose from the early consultation as Heritage Council’s inaugural breakfast discussion series enabled individuals to the key areas in which heritage has involvement. from various professional and community sectors to share their views and thoughts on Victoria’s heritage in an informal atmosphere over breakfast. The series is set to continue into the next financial year and has already enabled the fostering of closer ties with particular individuals and groups.

Left: Sign of life at Preston Tramway Workshop.

19 MARITIME HERITAGE

Heritage Council Victoria’s Historic Shipwrecks Advisory Committee (HSAC) LIAISON WITH EDUCATIONAL ORGANISATIONS continued to provide updates and advice to Council on Victoria’s major shipwreck issues during 2003/2004. The role of the HSAC is to also advise Field school the Executive Director, Heritage Victoria, on the administration of the Commonwealth Shipwrecks Act. Members of Heritage Victoria’s Maritime In February 2004 the MHU teamed up with the Archaeology Department of Heritage Unit (MHU) attended HSAC meetings to discuss the major projects Flinders University to conduct a two week field school at Portarlington for and items for the year, some of which are highlighted below: undergraduate maritime archaeologists. A team of about 30 students and staff was involved, including two staff from the University of Ulster, Ireland and two staff from the Western Australian Maritime Museum. Students MARITIME INFRASTRUCTURE ASSESSMENT PROJECT recorded shallow wreck sites in the Portarlington area and also surveyed the maritime infrastructure of the Clifton Springs spa complex. The Maritime Infrastructure Assessment Project was initiated this year. This project arose from the observation that increasing development in Victoria’s MHU staff presented guest lectures and seminars for Flinders University’s ports and along its coasts was making an impact on heritage sites, the maritime archaeology program, and provided assistance and direction to other majority of which had not been recorded by Heritage Victoria. university students from La Trobe, Flinders and Monash Universities preparing honours or masters theses on Victorian maritime archaeological topics. The project is designed to identify and provide basic listing information and historical background for maritime infrastructure sites in Victoria, and thus MHU staff continue to conduct regular Australasian Institute for Maritime enable Heritage Victoria to make informed and timely decisions on the Archaeology/ Nautical Archaeology Society (AIMA/NAS) training courses to management requirements of these sites. The initial phase of the project both divers and non-divers. The courses provide basic training in historic employed historian Jill Barnard to produce a thematic history of maritime shipwreck legislation, maritime archaeological principles and practices and infrastructure sites to provide background to allow informed assessment of are internationally recognised. the significance of sites located in the ensuing phases of the project. The links that the MHU has formed with Universities and the public through Maritime archaeologist Brad Duncan has been employed on a part-time the AIMA /NAS training courses serve to both focus academic research contract basis to conduct the study. So far the study has identified towards Victoria’s rich maritime heritage, and communicate the value and approximately 300 sites in the north end of Port Phillip and a further 250 in diversity of maritime heritage to the general public. the Geelong / Corio bay areas. All of these sites will be placed on the Victorian Heritage Inventory, a list of known archaeological sites in Victoria. Policy and Strategic Linkages Approximately seven of the sites discovered so far will be nominated by the The MHU has contributed to the development of the proposed Victorian Executive Director, Heritage Victoria, for inclusion on the Victorian Heritage Heritage Strategy 2005-2010, to achieve better integration of shipwrecks Register. The study is planned to continue to include the rest of Port Phillip and maritime heritage within the overall heritage strategy. The MHU has and regional centres such as Western District and Gippsland ports. provided input into the assessment and management of non-shipwreck sites, including Bells Beach. The Maritime Infrastructure Assessment Project has confirmed the importance and variety of maritime heritage other than shipwrecks.

Below: SS City of Launceston (prior to its wrecking in 1865).

20 MHU staff prepared a Memorandum of Understanding and Data Exchange Initiation of an oral histories recording project to gather information on Agreement with Parks Victoria which facilitates the shared management of wrecks from early divers and others who were involved with the discovery or maritime heritage sites within Victoria’s Marine National Parks, Marine salvage of these sites. Sanctuaries and Coastal Parks. The MoU has been in place for several months now and is working well. Amnesty Artefact Significance Assessment Project report to be delivered in 2004/2005. Fieldwork Publications Underwater survey work on the recently discovered Cheviot (1854) shipwreck off Wilson’s Promontory was continued in February 2004. A A monograph Surf Coast Wrecks: A guide to the historic shipwrecks small excavation was completed in early 2004 to determine the extent of a between Point Lonsdale and Cape Otway 1853-1940 by maritime possible try-works on the site. The bulk of the underwater recording and archaeologist Ross Anderson and historian Anne Cahir was launched in surveying of the site is now complete. The final report on Cheviot fieldwork August 2003 at Barwon Heads by Member for Geelong and Parliamentary will be published in the current year. Secretary for the Environment, Ms Elaine Carbines. The Commonwealth Historic Shipwrecks Program funded the research for this work while funding MHU staff inspected maritime infrastructure sites at Port Albert, Port for design and publication was from Heritage Victoria. Welshpool, Toora, Swan Bay, Port Franklin, Inverloch, Waratah Bay and Foster (Stockyard Creek Landing). The Underwater Historic Shipwreck Discovery Trail and artefact catalogues for the SS City of Launceston (1865) and PS Clonmel(1841) now appear on the Heritage Council website where they were put on-line by Swinburne Wreck Inspections University Industry Based Learning Program student Verity Tuck and Two inspections have been conducted on the recently reported wreck of the archaeologist Lucia Lancelotti. Columbine (1854) at Ocean Grove. Funding has now been received from the Commonwealth Government to conduct a detailed site survey and prepare a Management Plan for the site.

Commonwealth Shipwrecks Program The Executive Director, Heritage Victoria continues to act as the delegated Authority for the Commonwealth Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976.

Despite ongoing problems with the timing of grants, the MHU managed to maintain a high level of activity on Commonwealth shipwrecks projects. These projects included:

Preparation and delivery of online artefact catalogues of artefacts for the Historic Shipwrecks PS Clonmel(1841) and Loch Ard (1878).

Below: LochArd bell

21 HANDS ON HERITAGE

Since the beginning of Hands on Heritage as a one week pilot project in Right: Kirwans Bridge over the Goulburn River, Baileston December 2000, the program has proved to be a successful model that East. This photo was taken before maintenance works commenced. delivers cost effective assistance to heritage places across Victoria. Below: Tallarook Mechanics Institute gets a new coat The Hands on Heritage program is highly valued by owners who receive of paint by volunteers working for Hands on Heritage. additional labour to maintain their heritage properties. The program is funded by the Heritage Council and is undertaken by Conservation Volunteers Australia (CVA), who provide labour for additional projects from the Green Reserve program and funding from corporate sponsors.

The Heritage Council’s funding of $30,000 provided assistance to owners at 28 heritage sites. This translated to 971 days of support, an increase of 132 days from last year. Additional funding of $20,000 is provided to CVA to administer the program and employ a part time heritage facilitator.

Volunteers from the CVA’s Better Earth program undertook weed control, dry stone wall repairs, painting, path, and landscape works. Projects were undertaken at the St Kilda and Williamstown Botanic Gardens, Turkeith at Birregurra, Hawthorn Bank at Yarram, Lisle Gully Gold Mine at Maldon, Coriyule Homestead at Drysdale, Horatio Jones House at Tecoma, Glenara at Bulla, Strathfieldsaye at Stratford, Titanga at Lismore and the Castlemaine Courthouse and Campbells Creek Cemetery.

Two places, the Napier Waller House at Ivanhoe and Merriang Homestead at Myrtleford, received project support from CVA corporate sponsorship.

Green Reserve teams coordinated by CVA, who spend two days per week for six months, made a valuable contribution at the Queenscliff Maritime Museum, Heritage Victoria Conservation Laboratory, Campbells Creek and Tarnagulla Cemetery, Daylesford Railway Station, Buda at Castlemaine, Guilford Music Hall and Ballarat Mechanics Institute, as well as preparing the heritage urban design project for the City of Ballarat.

22 23 VICTORIAN HERITAGE PROGRAM

The $8 million Victorian Heritage Program for the years 2003-2005 For the first time in Victoria, a component of the program will specifically was announced in the State budget in May 2003. This program will target heritage places at risk, where urgent intervention is needed to prevent build on the highly successful Public Heritage Program which ran from the loss of an important heritage place. 1999- 2003. 57 projects were funded out of the main program this year, with another 6 Like its predecessor, the program will fund conservation of recognised funded from the urgent response category. heritage places throughout Victoria, and provide opportunities for communities to creatively use heritage assets for a variety of purposes such Some of the funded projects include: as providing new venues for community activities or sites for new Kirwan’s Bridge, Nagambie = $150,000 businesses. It will ensure that places important to local communities can continue to be used and valued. The program will also help local The 310 metres long Kirwan’s Bridge is situated over the Goulburn River at government identify, protect and manage heritage places through funding Bailieston near Nagambie. It was opened in 1890, and is still in use for heritage studies and by providing professional heritage advice. (one-way) motor traffic. The bridge features a dramatic mid-stream bend, and is also unique in its incorporation of two vehicle passing-bays. It is set In order to assist in the evaluation of the applications and measurement of at the northern arm of Lake Nagambie, a very popular boating and fishing outcomes, new evaluation indicators were built into the application process, venue close to Melbourne. The distinctive and imposing nature of the bridge including social/community cohesion, economic, cultural/heritage and has seen it feature in State-wide commercial and social promotions. environmental benefits. Of the environmental benefits, sustainability through the re-use of existing buildings, is a key outcome expected of the program. This bridge is now owned by the Strathbogie Shire Council and currently The re-use of heritage buildings encouraged by the program results in a carries approximately 600 vehicles per day. The structure had deteriorated reduced consumption of building materials through savings in construction over the last few years and its load capacity had been reduced from 13.9 to of new buildings, and waste through demolition. 5 tonnes.

The emphasis of the program is on local government and community The Strathbogie Shire Council committed $522,082 to the project and projects, and funding of other State Government agencies has been limited the grant of $150,000 from the Victorian Heritage Program contributed to to specialist conservation works. This reflects the gradual shift that had the overall project and allowed the bridge to be restored back to its 13.0 taken place through the years of the Public Heritage Program, where other tonne capacity. State Government agencies were encouraged to take responsibility for the management of their heritage assets. Cottage by the Sea, Queenscliff = $46,300

The demand for funding for churches continued to grow, with the Since 1895 Cottage by the Sea, a charitable organisation, has provided applications generally from small, ageing congregations with large building short term relief care in a holiday environment to children in need and also problems (slate roofs needing replacement, major stonework repairs, etc). provide care and accommodation for children recovering from illness. 600 Often these small congregations have spent a lot of volunteer hours trying children a year benefit form a seaside holiday. The current building to maintain the buildings over many years. Priority in funding has been replaces the original cottage and was constructed in 1938. It is listed on a given to projects with benefits to the wider community (for example, where Heritage Overlay. It receives no government funding for operations and a church is used for music events, or involved in the wider community in relies totally on donations. the provision of social services such as meals to the homeless), or where The project involved replacement of the roof tiles which had reached the end the building is under threat. There will need to be consideration of a of their lifespan, and are allowing water to enter the building. strategic approach in future years to this growing problem.

24 This project demonstrates a very clear community benefit through the It is of both cultural heritage and tourism importance to retain an original social services that the Cottage provides for the community, education and boat-oriented business like this on the Williamstown waterfront, particularly welfare sectors. when the owner is encouraging public access.

St Kilda Bowling Club = $25,500 URGENT RESPONSE The St Kilda Bowling Club (first known as the Prince Alfred Bowling Club from the Royal visit of 1868 until 1882) was formed in 1865. It is a small The urgent response category of the program has a budget of $100,000 with symmetrical timber frame and weatherboard pavilion designed by architect a maximum of $20,000 for any project. It is designed to allow a quick Sydney Smith and was built in 1876. It is the second oldest continuing response in case of emergencies. bowling club in the State and in Australia. The club has operated One of the six projects funded this year was : continuously on this site from 1865 until the present. The club has had a new lease of life with an influx of younger members and was re-named the Noble Street Uniting Church, Newtown = $20,000 – for urgent structural St Kilda Sports Club in 1993. The building suffered from lack of rectification works to failing roof members. maintenance during the period when membership aged and fell off, and along with some unsympathetic demolition/alteration, had left the building The Noble Street Uniting Church, Newtown was built in 1854 by Pile and with serious structural issues. Brimblecombe to replace an earlier structure. The church, built of bluestone in a Norman style but with the proportions of a classical temple, was A program of refurbishment is nearing completion and the Club has spent extended in 1876 by the addition of transepts. considerable funds re-stumping and repairing walls. The Noble Street Uniting Church is on the Victorian Heritage Register and is The painting forms part of a much larger project and has added a highly important at a state level for its historical associations with the Wesleyan visible ‘finishing touch’ to the project. Methodist Church in Victoria and is amongst the earliest of the churches built by the Wesleyan Church in the state. Blunts Boatyard and Slipway, Williamstown = $15,000 The church recently had to be closed because of sudden failure of part of The Blunt family’s boat building business began in Geelong in 1858 and the roof structure. A subsequent structural investigation revealed that the moved to Williamstown in 1880 where it has been operating ever since. roof needed major structural works to prevent further failure. The building is a rare, operating example of the many small scale boatbuilding and repairing businesses which have operated on the Williamstown The urgent response grant of $20,000 made a significant contribution to the foreshore from the 1850s. The owner is proud of the family business and project costs, which had not been foreseen. The works have been determined to continue operating on the present site. He allows public successfully completed. access for viewing of the boatbuilding operations, as a number of groups express interest in visiting the place. In recent times there have been several visits by school groups, two small boat shows (non profit), as well as artists and photographers.

The project involved the owner undertaking repairs to roofing, guttering and a wall, which, in conjunction with the grant for the floor, will enable safe Far left: Kirwans Bridge over the Goulburn River, Baileston East. public access. These photos were taken before and during maintenance works.

Below left and right: St Kilda Bowling Club (works in progress).

25 NEW PLACES AT RISK PROGRAM

This is a new component of the Victorian Heritage Program, dedicated to WINDERMERE FLATS, ELWOOD conserving the most threatened places on the Victorian Heritage Register. As part of the Victorian Heritage Program, it had a budget of $250,000 for Constructed in 1936, ‘Windermere’ (H911) is a small block of six flats in a the 2003/2004 financial year. It funded conservation works to places finely detailed ‘streamline moderne’ style. There has been an ongoing identified as being ‘at risk’ under criteria developed by Heritage Victoria. problem with cracking of the rendered brick structure caused by differential Classification of a place ‘at risk’ involves a formal process which includes a ground movements due to the original construction being on fill, site assessment and a risk calculation according to set criteria, based on the exacerbated by a leaking sewer. An engineer’s report commissioned by the English Heritage model, adapted by Heritage Victoria. A total of 25 places owners recommended that sections of the structure be underpinned. at risk were assessed for possible action and 14 projects funded in Traditional methods are invasive and costly and there are access problems 2003/2004. due to the constricted site. The owners explored the possibility of using ‘Uretek’ injection – a method whereby a resin is injected into the soil beneath the building. The method is cheap, involves only small holes drilled FRIEDENSRUH, DONCASTER into the soil, and claims to reinstate building elements to their original levels in a controlled way. As there is little experience with this technology Friedensruh (H376), dating from 1853, is probably the oldest surviving in underpinning historic structures, it was decided to fund a trial of the house in Doncaster. It was the home of the Thiele family, who played a method with a Financial Assistance grant of $10,000. The trial was rated a prominent role in the settlement of the Doncaster district. The owners success by the engineers and the initial grant was followed up by an interest responded to the State of the Historic Environment 2003 survey, and free loan of $30,000 to enable the owners to complete the project. indicated that the outbuildings at the property were at risk, particularly the stables. When inspected, the stables were in a state of deterioration, with one wall collapsing at the base, weather penetration at the junction of the CLEMSON HOUSE, KEW main and skillion roofs, and a failed interior timber structure. A $10,000 grant from the Places at Risk program (and a further $10,000 loan for The Clemson House (H2006) is an innovative work by architect Robin Boyd, another outbuilding) have enabled these important contributory buildings to recently added to the Register. Constructed in 1959/60, the main design be restored. Outbuildings are particularly vulnerable and form a major focus feature of the house is the dramatic roof which floats above and shelters of the Places at Risk program. simple cabin shaped dwelling enclosures below. The roof is supported on a series of 11 white “scissor” frames with square timber columns forming an open colonnade along the outside of the building. The design of the house results from its location, straddling a gully. The building suffers from severe structural problems related to the site and form of construction. The timber and joints in the timber super-structure are deteriorating, causing the entire house to move. A $55,000 grant/loan mix from the Financial Assistance program is enabling these and other elements to be repaired and drainage problems undermining the site to be addressed.

Below: Dig in progress, Camp Street, Ballarat.

26 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE

Local government in Victoria has a responsibility under the Planning and HERITAGE ADVISORS Environment Act 1987 “to conserve and enhance those buildings, areas or other places which are of scientific, aesthetic, architectural or historical The Heritage Council continues to provide assistance with the establishment interest, or otherwise of special cultural value”. The Heritage Council of Heritage Advisory services in local councils. A total of $320,000 was continues to provide advice to the Minister about assistance to local distributed to Councils in grant funding through the Victorian Heritage government to meet this obligation. Program in 2003/2004 for this purpose. In addition, professional development opportunities have been provided HERITAGE STUDIES for Advisors through bi-annual heritage workshops and the PlaNET training program. Grants were provided in 2003/2004 through the Victorian Heritage Program to the Shires of Baw Baw, Gannawarra and Murrindindi to enable these Other councils to undertake heritage identification studies. In addition, funding was provided to the Glenelg, City of Greater Bendigo and Wodonga Councils In August 2003 a forum on “The Design of New Buildings in Heritage Areas” to enable them to assess and document heritage places. was conducted in conjunction with the Royal Australian Institute of Architects and with the participation of heritage advisors, local government A “Review of the Heritage Studies Program” was completed for the Heritage planners and members of the community. The event proved very popular Council in January 2004. The aim of this project was to review the extent of and the discussions have been reported on the Heritage Council website. coverage of heritage studies across Victoria; to identify gaps and future needs; and to consider the track record in the translation of heritage studies Workshops were held at Port Phillip Council in November 2003 and into council planning schemes. A full report can be found on pages 32-33 Hobsons Bay Council in May 2004 with heritage advisors and local in the State of the Historic Environment Report. government planners. The Heritage Council made a submission to the Department of Sustainability LOCAL PROTECTION & Environment on proposals to streamline the planning permit process as part of “Better Decisions Faster“. Local government continues to play a major role in the protection of the State’s cultural heritage. The Heritage Council has identified concerns with the interface between ResCode and Heritage Overlays. Representations have been made on In 2003/2004, among the planning scheme amendments approved were this issue. heritage amendments to the Swan Hill, Wangaratta and Warrnambool planning schemes. In the case of Wangaratta, the amendment introduced The Heritage Council’s Local Government Planning Working Group began a protection for precincts and individual places in the urban area of the review of the draft 2000 document “Guidelines for the Assessment of municipality. In Warrnambool, the amendment applied to 18 places on the Heritage Planning Applications”. This work will continue during the fringe of the municipality. It is pleasing that these Councils have moved forthcoming year. rapidly to implement planning scheme protection following the completion of heritage studies.

The “Review of the Heritage Studies Program” has suggested that additional assistance may need to be provided to some rural councils to assist them to translate heritage studies into planning scheme protection due to the amount of work involved. The Heritage Council is sympathetic to this recommendation.

Finally, a Planning Panel report for the City of Ballarat’s proposed heritage Amendment C58 has raised a number of general issues concerning the conduct of heritage studies and the operation of Heritage Overlays. The Heritage Council intends to give consideration to these issues in the forthcoming year.

27 COMMUNICATIONS

WEBSITE: HERITAGE COUNCIL REGIONAL VISITS:

Work on the website redesign began with a complete restructuring and A one-day visit to Geelong was conducted in August 2003, and included the reindexing of the website’s voluminous data. The home page, the contents launch of the publication Surf Coast Wrecks, a meeting with the City of pages and the navigation systems have been redesigned. It is expected that Greater Geelong, and site visits to the Barwon Sewer Aqueduct, Christ the revamped website will be installed in the 2004/2005 year, and will Church and the Iron Store. In November, Council members visited become the primary place of publication and information, for both the Wellington Shire, East Gippsland, Alpine Shire and the Rural City of Heritage Council and Heritage Victoria. Wangaratta over three days. Some of the highlights included the Sale Swing Bridge, the Bairnsdale Pumping Station, Bindi Homestead, the Oriental Claims near Omeo, archaeological sites near Mt. Hotham, Bright, PUBLICATIONS: Wandiligong and the Glenrowan Heritage Precinct, as well as meetings with A number of publications were produced throughout the year and included: all local Councils. In June 2004, members visited Mildura, a first for the Heritage Council. Highlights included a lunch with the Mildura Rural Surf Coast Wrecks: A guide to the historic shipwrecks between Point Council, visits to Psyche Bend Pumping Station, the former Mildura Lonsdale and Cape Otway 1853-1940 by Ross Anderson, Maritime Hospital, RAAF graves in the Mildura Cemetery, Ned’s Corner Station (a Archaeologist and Anne Cahir, Historian, Heritage Victoria. Trust for Nature owned property) and Mungo National Park.

Summary of Seminar Proceedings - Establishing the Historical Significance of Gippsland’s Cemeteries and Lone Graves by Heritage Victoria and EXHIBITIONS: Heritage Network East Gippsland. Major Exhibitions – Lone Graves, a study and report by Rob Kaufman, co-funded by Heritage Victoria and DSE partners. This comprehensive report recorded known What Rubbish! Why do an archaeological dig? graves on both private and public land in Gippsland and detailed the stories behind the burials. An exhibition by Heritage Victoria and the National Trust Como Historic House, South Yarra Managing Our Heritage, a review of heritage place management in Victoria by Heritage Council Victoria. This review was undertaken at the request of April to November 2004 the Minister for Planning. A Heritage Council committee was formed, the Opened Wednesday 12 May 2004, by Chris Gallagher, Chair, Heritage Heritage Place Management Committee, with representatives from the Council Victoria. National Trust, Parks Victoria and the former Department of Natural Resources and Environment to examine the State’s portfolio of heritage In 2001, a gardener at the National Trust’s historic Como homestead, a State places, their condition and management arrangements and to advise on a heritage registered place, was preparing a garden bed for planting when his way forward. (Following the publication of this report, the Heritage Place shovel hit something hard. He found he had hit buried treasure - a fruit pit Management Committee is no longer meeting). that had possibly lain undisturbed since the 19th century. From oral histories, it is believed that the Armytages, who lived at Como from 1864- 1956, bottled their own fruit and, because storage was difficult in the small MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: kitchen and pantry area, the bottles were buried in a specially dug pit in the The year started off with reports on the registration of Bells Beach, including garden. When the family required preserved fruit, they asked the gardener to a half page spread and photo in the Herald Sun. Totally Wild, the Network fetch a bottle from the pit. The re-discovered fruit pit has been covered over Ten children’s program, went to air in September with two stories filmed on and the remaining preserving bottles remain beneath the ground awaiting site at Heritage Victoria’s laboratory. These stories focussed on the SS City professional excavation by a team of archaeologists. Raising awareness of Launceston shipwreck and its artefacts as well as the exhibition of about what archaeology can tell us about the past was the subject of this artefacts at Scienceworks. joint exhibition opened by the Heritage Council of Victoria and the National Trust at Como on Wednesday, 12 May, 2004. The exhibition The dominant heritage story of late 2003 was undoubtedly the loss of the focused on ‘finds’ from the Como garden as well as other Heritage Victoria iconic St. Kilda pier pavilion from fire. Numerous press, radio and television digs, such as those conducted at the Old Melbourne Gaol and on the stories on the loss were reported in the media, sparking discussion from a shipwreck Loch Ard. range of stakeholders in regards to the future of the site, and whether a replica building should take the place of the original (built in 1904).

Early in 2004, the Planning Minister, Mary Delahunty, announced several stories to the media which attracted a great deal of coverage, ranging from press and radio reports on projects funded under the Victorian Heritage Program, to TV coverage of the handing in of the Loch Ard bell to Heritage Victoria.

28 The Dirt on Archaeology – travelling display A Golden Heritage An exhibition by Heritage Victoria. July 2001– continuing The Heritage Council and Heritage Victoria created A Golden Heritage, • La Trobe Regional Gallery, Morwell (March 2004) to travel around Victoria to celebrate the discovery of gold 150 years ago. • Information Centre (DSE), 8 Nicholson Street, Melbourne (April 2004) It illustrates the effects that gold had on Victoria’s social, economic and architectural life, by focusing on the heritage we have today from the • InfraLib, Nauru House, Melbourne (May 2004) extraordinary era from 1851 to the 1880s. Accompanying the exhibition is a booklet of 5 short essays on the heritage of the gold era. From June 2003 The Dirt on Archaeology was a mini exhibition featuring artefacts recovered to June 2004 the exhibition was displayed at: and conserved under the Conservation Bond Program. Sites represented in • Beechworth O’Hara Burke Museum the display include Cohen Place and Casselden Place in Melbourne and the • Queenscliffe Maritime Museum Macmillan Homestead in Morwell. The range of objects demonstrates and • Leongatha Historical Society / Mechanics Institute contributes to an understanding of the historical importance associated with • Eden Killer Whale Museum (NSW) these sites. The Conservation Bond Program has been developed with the • Sorrento – Nepean Historical Society / Mechanics Institute collaboration and support of the Archaeology Advisory Committee of the Heritage Council. Underground / Underwater March 1998 – Feb 2004 College of Surgeons Artefact Display Leongatha Historical Society / Mechanics Institute. Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Spring Street, Melbourne An extensive selection of artefacts from the Heritage Victoria collection (April 2004). covering both shipwreck and land archaeology sites throughout Victoria. A selection of artefacts recovered from the excavations at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons was displayed as part of the opening of Shipwreck Artefact display the new extension. Dr Vincent Clark and Associates undertook the necessary Long term display research, testing and excavation of the site between 2001 and 2003 with Level 23 Nauru House, Reception Area. students from Monash and Latrobe universities. The site has archaeological significance for the below ground archaeological remains of the Model Cohen Place School built in the 1850s. The excavation recovered over 10,000 artefacts. This important assemblage provides valuable insights into such areas as Long term display childhood, adolescence and education. Chifley Hotel Foyer, Cohen Place, Melbourne. This consists of a selection of artefacts excavated from the site. Other Exhibitions: Shipwreck Showcase Melting Pot Long term display April – August 2003 Queenscliff Maritime Centre – artefacts and text about various shipwrecks. Royal Historical Society, A’Beckett Street, Melbourne (part of the Food and Wine Festival). 4 cabinets of artefacts and storyboards providing The Paddlesteamer Clonmel information on food and eating habits from Victoria’s Long term display colonial days. Port Albert Maritime Centre. Display of artefacts and interpretation panels Melting Pot (mini display) on the Clonmel. Oct 2003 – March 2004 Old Treasury Building – Melbourne. 2 cabinets from the original Melting Pot display.

National Archaeology Week May 2003 Melbourne Museum Infozone, in conjunction with seminar series. 4 panel display with 4 artefact boxes and a display case.

29 Above right: Lynton Lea, part of the Bickleigh Vale Village. Photo by Janusz Molinski. STATE OF THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT REPORT KNOWING

REVIEW OF THE HERITAGE STUDIES PROGRAM Method A list of all studies known to Heritage Victoria was updated and an For the past few years, the Victorian Heritage Program and its predecessors assessment made for each municipality on the extent of geographic have provided around $300,000 per annum to fund local government coverage and of the extent to which the recommendations from the study heritage studies across the State. These studies identify and document had been translated into the Heritage Overlay. places of cultural heritage significance and make recommendations for their inclusion in the Heritage Overlay of Planning Schemes or the Victorian Six studies by different authors undertaken at different times were examined Heritage Register. Recognising the significance of this investment, the and interviews conducted with the consultant and client. Heritage Council recently commissioned a review of the program. Interviews were then conducted with key stakeholders from local government, Planning Panels, heritage consultants and community organisations. THE REVIEW

The review provided the opportunity to gather together readily available FINDINGS information in a form that provides an overall picture of what the program has achieved to date and what remains to be done. Geographic Coverage It also throws some light on how studies are conducted and highlights a As the map opposite shows, the program has been very successful in number of difficulties in achieving comprehensive coverage. achieving coverage across the State. Of a total of 79 municipalities only 12 require a complete heritage study, 7 require the second (more detailed) It attempts to address some of these difficulties with a number of stage of a study to be completed and 6 require part of the municipality to recommendations and suggestions, at least one of which is likely to be covered. It is estimated that if the current level of funding continues, stimulate considerable discussion. complete coverage of the State could be achieved in eight years with continued funding. Objectives The Objectives of the Review were: Range of Places Covered

• to identify which areas of the State require a new heritage study, or a The examination of the six studies indicated that consultants generally had a review of an existing heritage study; very good understanding of the range of types of places that should be included. However the need to prioritise the research on places has meant • to establish whether the current heritage study brief results in satisfactory that some types of place, such as broadacre landscapes or sites of heritage studies and, if not, why not?; archaeological potential, might not be covered. • to establish whether the heritage studies are able to be translated Comprehensiveness satisfactorily into heritage overlays; and Despite the broad range of types of places covered, most studies were not • to establish the track record of the translation of studies into comprehensive, as not all places identified as significant could be Heritage Overlays. documented within the available budget.

Bickleigh Vale Village. St Kilda Bowling Club, original pavilion side after restumping.

32 Translation into the Heritage Overlay Recommendations While Planning Panels have raised some queries in recent months about These include the recommendation that the completion of the geographic amendments arising from heritage studies, the track record over past years coverage should continue to have priority, noting that a number of councils has been very good with most councils keen to go ahead, facing low levels have proceeded on their own initiative to address past deficiencies in of opposing submissions. Rural councils do find difficulty in accessing the documentation. Some detailed changes to the study brief are professional expertise and experience to develop amendments and recommended and a workshop for consultants undertaking heritage studies undertake consultation and this has caused delays. is proposed to discuss these changes and the study findings as a whole. Help for some rural councils to translate studies into the Overlay and the Suggestions funding of an ‘Implementation Stage’ is recommended. It is considered unlikely that study budgets will grow to the extent that This report is available at: would allow for the careful documentation of all sites of cultural heritage http://www.heritage.vic.gov.au/heritage_studies_review.html significance. At the same time panels and VCAT seem to demand increasing quality in the level of documentation. We therefore have to accept that there will be a continuing need to be selective about what can be documented. This process needs to be systematised.

It might also be possible to economise by not documenting places of individual significance in precincts and perhaps by documenting some individual places as ‘classes’ where they share a common reason for their significance.

33 PROTECTING

RECENT AMENDMENTS TO THE HERITAGE ACT 1995 College or the honour boards and furniture at the Jeparit Municipal Offices. New South Wales currently lists significant objects and both Tasmania and The Heritage Act 1995 received assent on 5 December 1995. One of its South Australia are considering listing significant objects in their State functions is to provide for the protection and conservation of places and Registers. The amendment to the Victorian Act enables the Government to objects of cultural heritage significance. In 2003-2004 two sets of officially recognize special objects that are important to all Victorians. amendments were made to the Act to improve its effectiveness. Like heritage places, objects provide historical information about people’s The first amendments reflected the Government’s election policy of experiences and ways of life. They also help us to learn about people who “Protecting our Suburbs”, which referred to enforcing tougher penalties for may have been left out of written historical accounts, such as women and those who breach heritage and planning permits. All penalties in the children, or migrant communities. They can prompt memories and reflect Heritage Act were increased. The new penalties are consistent with other family and community histories, or be associated with cultural groups, Victorian legislation and similar to provisions in other states of Australia. As communities or regions of Victoria. an adjunct to the increase in penalties, a court dealing with an enforcement action will be able to issue an order at the same time as a monetary penalty. Heritage objects may be an integral part of the cultural significance of Where a person has been found guilty or convicted of an offence under the heritage places or they can be significant in their own right. Heritage Act, the court may make an order to remedy or restrain the Only objects which are clearly of significance to the State of Victoria, and contravention. For example, the court can require demolition or removal of meet the criteria established by the Heritage Council, will be listed in the works, reinstatement or restoration to the condition it was in immediately Victorian Heritage Register. before the contravention. The order will enable the courts to order offenders to undertake repair works in addition to the fine. If, however, they have Heritage registration ensures that significant places and objects are destroyed or damaged a heritage place in a way which cannot be reversed, identified in order to provide adequate protection. Respect for our cultural the courts will be able to order the offender to publish their offence and/or heritage involves recognising, retaining and managing those objects that contribute to a community heritage project. A similar provision is in the have importance to us as a community. Environment Protection Act 1970.

One of the amendments will enable greater flexibility in Heritage Council ENFORCEMENT permit hearings. Appellants have frequently requested the Heritage Council to defer hearings to enable them time to prepare additional material for their Some offences have been made indictable and now carry a heavier penalty. case or enable the presence at the hearing of expert witnesses. Until these For example, a person who undertakes works to a place on the Victoria amendments were passed, the Heritage Council did not have the power to Heritage Register without the required permit is now liable for a penalty as adjourn the hearing. The Council is now able to adjourn a permit hearing at a high as $245,400 and/or 5 years imprisonment. For a body corporate, the reasonable request by the applicant for a period no longer than six months. penalty can be as high as $490,800. This is evidence of the seriousness in which the Victorian Government sees these offences.

HERITAGE LISTING FOR OBJECTS Prosecution of offences is generally only undertaken as a last resort. The Heritage Council believes that avoiding prosecution, in cases where In the first half of 2004, the Heritage Act was amended to enable the listing an owner or developer can reinstate a place, is a more successful way of of significant heritage objects in their own right. Previously, objects could dealing with breaches of the Act. be included in the Heritage Register, but only as part of the registration of a heritage place, such as the Walter Burley Griffin furniture at Newman

Right: Keith Haring Mural, Collingwood. Photo by Janusz Molinski. COMMUNICATING

35 COMMUNICATING

COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY: COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE:

The Heritage Council‘s new Communications Strategy, developed in The Communications Committee was officially named at the beginning consultation with the Communications Committee, was endorsed by of the 2003/2004 year. Its members include those who had previously the Council during the year. The document provides a strategy for attended the Education & Promotions Committee (EPC) of the Heritage communications for the next two years as well as providing a framework Council. The new name denotes the emphasise on communications and and rationale for activities and methods for successful delivery of heritage thus the development of the Communications Strategy. communications. A key part of the strategy is the Communications Work Plan for 2003-2004, which the Communications Committee, the Information Services Unit and others within Heritage Victoria, have since been implementing.

TARGET AUDIENCES:

The strategy embraces a wide range of audiences including the Minister for Planning, owners of heritage places, heritage professionals, conveyancing lawyers, the media, educational institutions and the general public.

A large amount of effort was devoted to identifying target audiences and the ways in which the Heritage Council and Heritage Victoria currently communicates with these audiences, or wishes to communicate with these audiences.

Below: Mustard jar from Camp Street, Ballarat excavation

36 MANAGING

The State of the Historic Environment (SHE) project continued in 2003/04 By the end of June 2004, the data collected revealed that of the places on a much smaller scale, although it still resulted in the gathering of surveyed, 31% were in good condition, 40% were said to be in fair condition important information about cultural heritage places in Victoria. and a total of 20% were in poor or very poor condition. The condition of 9% could not be determined due to inadequate data. This more comprehensive After the success of the project in 2002/03, it was determined that a follow data sample suggests that the ‘health’ of the historic environment in Victoria up project would ensue. Government owners who had not responded to the is in better shape than thought in 2002/03 when the sample suggested that initial request for information were targeted first, and in the months there were as many places in poor or very poor condition as there were in following, private owners who had also failed to respond to the initial good condition. information request were also contacted. Whilst the Heritage Council is aware that the data relates to the condition of Nearly 70% of owners who were contacted provided a response, and places at a point in time, the value of the information will have an on-going detailed information has been gathered about more than 40% of registered benefit and will hopefully assist the Council in attracting more funds for heritage places. conservation works in the future. The data assists both the Heritage Council While the methodology employed by the SHE project, (heritage place and Heritage Victoria in making decisions about funding for heritage places. owners are asked to provide condition data and current images), results in a self-selecting sample with the further consequence of a subjective interpretation of condition, it has nonetheless provided some very positive outcomes such as the enhancement of Heritage Victoria’s digital image collection which, in turn, has improved the quality of the Victorian Heritage Register Online. Less tangible outcomes have included developing good relationships with heritage place owners and managers.

It could also be argued that, by having owners/managers undertake the fieldwork and condition surveying, the project draws on those with the best knowledge of the place. This is particularly true of government agencies, whose building managers understand the particular issues confronting their places.

Below: Mounted police in front of stables, Camp Street, Ballarat, 1880s. Below: porcelain doll from Camp Street, Ballarat excavation Image provided by Harris House Photography

37 STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE COMPLIANCE

CONSULTANCIES WHISTLEBLOWERS PROTECTION ACT 2001

No consultancies were engaged during the reporting period. The Whistleblowers Protection Act 2001 came into effect on 1 January 2002. The Act is designed to protect people who disclose information about serious wrongdoing within the Victorian Public Sector and to provide MAJOR CONTRACTS a framework for the investigation of these matters.

The authority did not enter into any contracts during the reporting period. The protected disclosure coordinator for DSE acts as an agent for the Heritage Council Victoria to receive disclosures under the Act and applies NATIONAL COMPETITION POLICY DSE procedures in managing disclosures.

Competitive neutrality is a guiding principle of the National Competition Disclosures of improper conduct by the Council may be made to the Policy and requires that Government owned businesses should compete following: with private sector businesses on the same footing. Deidre Egan, Protected Disclosure Coordinator DSE, The Heritage Council Victoria is committed to the ongoing implementation PO Box 500, East Melbourne VIC 3002. of National Competition Policy and applies competitive neutrality policy to Phone: 9637 8575 Fax: 9637 8129 all significant activities where the benefits of competitive neutrality exceed Email: [email protected] the costs. The Ombudsman Victoria During the reporting period the Council ensured that goods and services Level 22, 459 Collins Street, procured were used safely, in an environmentally considerate way and were Melb VIC 3000 P purchased at the most competitive prices. hone: 9613 6222 Toll Free: 1800 806 314

OVERSEAS TRAVEL INFORMATION PRIVACY

One overseas visit was made during the reporting period by the Chair, The Council notes the Information Privacy Act 2000 (Vic). Heritage Council Victoria. She visited New Zealand in her duty as a member of the Chairs and Officials of Australasia Network and to discuss EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY latest industry best practice. The Heritage Council Victoria does not have any employees. CULTURAL DIVERSITY WORKFORCE DATA The Heritage Council Victoria, an independent, statutory authority created to promote and advise on the protection and conservation of Victoria’s non- The Heritage Council Victoria does not have any employees. indigenous cultural heritage, notes the State Government’s pledge to a whole of Government approach in relation to reporting on multicultural, OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (OH&S) women’s, youth and indigenous affairs. The Heritage Council Victoria does not have any employees, however BUILDING SAFETY members of the Council note the Department of Sustainability and Environment’s approach to OH&S. The Council’s approach to use of Department of Sustainability and Environment buildings has enabled the department to meet its obligations INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS in relation to compliance with the building and maintenance provisions of the Building Act 1993. No time has been lost during the year through industrial accidents or disputes. RENT ADVERTISING The Heritage Council Victoria does not pay rent. Its meetings are conducted in Department of Sustainability and Environment offices (Nauru House). The Heritage Council Victoria did not buy advertising in the 2003/2004 financial year. For further information: Please contact Heritage Council Victoria, 22 / 80 Collins St, Melbourne, 3000.

Right: Toothpowder lid from Camp Street, Ballarat excavation 39 Disclosure Index The Annual Report of the Heritage Council Victoria (HCV) is prepared in accordance with all relevant Victorian legislation. This index has been prepared to facilitate identification of the Council’s compliance with statutory disclosure requirements.

Legislation Requirement Page No. Ministerial Directions 3 Report of Operations 10-29 Charter and purpose 3 FRD 22 Manner of establishment and the relevant Ministers 3 FRD 22 Objectives, functions, powers and duties 3 FRD 22 Nature and range of services provided 3-7 Management and structure FRD 22 Organisational structure 4 Financial and other information FRD 22 Statement of workforce data and merit and equity 41 FRD 22 Summary of the financial results for the year 48 FRD 22 Significant changes in financial position during the year 48, 49 FRD 22 Operational and budgetary objectives and performance against objectives 48 FRD 22 Major changes or factors affecting performance 48 FRD 22 Subsequent events 48 FRD 22 Application and operation of Freedom of Information Act 1982 38 FRD 22 Compliance with building and maintenance provisions of Building Act 1993 38 FRD 22 Statement on National Competition Policy 38 FRD 22 Application and operation of the Whistleblowers Protection Act 2001 38 FRD 22 Details of consultancies over $100,000 Nil – HCV had none FRD 22 Details of consultancies under $100,000 Nil – HCV had none FRD 12 Disclosure of major contracts Nil – HCV had none FRD 22 Statement of availability of other information 38 FRD 22 Occupational health and safety 38 FRD 15 Executive officer disclosures HCV has nil employees FRD 10 Disclosure index 41 FRD 24 Reporting of office-based environmental impacts 38 FRD 25 Victorian Industry Participation Policy disclosures 38 FRD 8 Budget portfolio outcomes 48 Financial Statements Financial statements required under Part 7 of the FMA SD 4.2(c) Compliance with Australian accounting standards and other authoritative pronouncements 52 SD 4.2(c) Compliance with Ministerial Directions 60 SD 4.2(d) Rounding of amounts 52 SD 4.2(c) Accountable officer’s declaration 60 SD 4.2(f) Model Financial Report 50 SD 4.2(b) Statement of financial performance 48-50 SD 4.2(b) Statement of financial position 48-49 SD 4.2(b) Statement of cash flows during the year 50 FRD 9 Departmental disclosure of administered assets and liabilities 51-59 FRD 11 Disclosure of ex-gratia payments Nil – HCV had none FRD 13 Disclosure of parliamentary appropriations Nil – HCV had none FRD 21 Responsible person and executive officer disclosures 66 FRD 23 Superannuation liabilities and disclosure Nil – HCV had none. FINANCIAL

Kirwans Bridge over the Goulburn River, (H1886) Baileston East. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

VICTORIAN HERITAGE PROGRAM: CAPITAL WORKS PROJECTS 2003/2004

Project Name Organisation Allocated Funding Allansford, Memorial Pavilion Warrnambool City Council $3,000.00 Avenel, Royal Mail Hotel & Cottage Royal Mail Hotel & Cottage $10,000.00 Bairnsdale, Pumping Station East Gippsland Water $12,500.00 Bayswater, Wine Café Knox City Council $12,000.00 Bendigo, Beehive Building Complex Greater Bendigo City Council $85,000.00 Bendigo, Central Deborah Gold Mine Central Deborah Bendigo $160,000.00 Bendigo, Legacy House Legacy $16,000.00 Bendoc, Union Church Bendoc Progress Association $28,000.00 Bonegilla Hall Wodonga Rural City Council $90,000.00 Bright, Court House and Lock-up Parks Victoria $36,000.00 Buchan, Buchan Caves Reserve Parks Victoria (Buchan) $15,000.00 Buninyong, Holy Trinity Anglican Church Holy Trinity Anglican Church Buninyong $42,600.00 Canterbury, Canterbury Primary School Canterbury Primary School $5,000.00 Carlton, Trades Hall (Stage I) Trades Hall and Literary Institute $311,800.00 Castlemaine, Butchers Gully Chinese Camp Parks Victoria (Central Region) $10,000.00 Castlemaine, Christ Church Christ Church Castlemaine $8,000.00 Castlemaine, Tute’s Cottage Mount Alexander Shire Council $9,000.00 Ceres, Temperance Hall Ceres Blue Ribbon Society $37,300.00 Colbinabbin, Community Well Campaspe Shire Council $5,000.00 Deans Marsh, Football Pavilion Deans Marsh Community Cottage Inc $77,200.00 Fawcett, Mechanics Institute Hall Fawcett Mechanics Institute $63,100.00 Gabo Island, Lightstation Parks Victoria (Mallacoota) $50,000.00 Geelong West, Former Shearers Arms Hotel Geelong Art Society Inc $117,200.00 Geelong, Anglican Church of St Paul Anglican Church of St Pauls Geelong $75,000.00 Geelong, St Johns Lutheran Church St Johns Lutheran Church $32,300.00 Inglewood, 42 Brooke Street Loddon Shire Council $12,000.00 Inglewood, 46-50 Brooke Street Loddon Shire Council $38,000.00 Inglewood, 58 Brooke Street (Central Café) Loddon Shire Council $18,000.00 Ironbark, Hopetoun Brass Band Practice Hall Bendigo Woodturners Inc 12,100.00 Kingston, Grandstand Kingston Agricultural Society $33,000.00 Maryborough, Railway Station Central Goldfields Shire Council $45,000.00 Melbourne, Athenaeum Building Melbourne Athenaeum Inc $36,000.00 Melbourne, Forum Theatre Marriner Theatres $50,000.00 Melbourne, St Paul’s Cathedral Melbourne Anglican Trust Corporation $50,000.00 Mildura, Psyche Bend Pumping Station Sunraysia Steam Preservation Society 5,000.00 Mildura, Rio Vista Mildura Rural City Council $20,000.00 Mitcham, Christ Church Christ Church Mitcham $50,000.00 Murtoa, Mechanics Institute and Free Library Murtoa Mechanics Institute and Free Library $5,000.00

42 Project Name Organisation Allocated Funding Nagambie, Kirwans Bridge Strathbogie Shire Council $150,000.00 Nhill, Historical Centre Nhill Historical Society Inc $16,500.00

Nullawil, Auchmore Historical Museum Buloke Shire Council $11,800.00 Nyah West, Public Hall Nyah West Public Hall $30,000.00 Point Lonsdale, Lighthouse (Fog Horn Shed) Department of Sustainability and Environment PLM-HP $10,000.00 Port Fairy, Railway Station (Stage I) Moyne Shire Council $100,000.00 Queenscliff, Cottage by the Sea Cottage by the Sea $46,300.00 Rainbow, The Rainbow Archive Rainbow Archive and Historical Society $12,600.00 Southbank, Duke and Orr’s Dry Dock (Stage I) National Trust of Australia (Victoria) $35,000.00 St Arnaud, Botanical Hotel Northern Grampians Shire Council $12,500.00 St Arnaud, Kara Kara Shire Hall Northern Grampians Shire Council $120,000.00 St Kilda, Bowling Club St Kilda Sports Club Inc $25,500.00 St Kilda, Sacred Heart Church, Hall and Presbytery Six Degrees Architects Pty Ltd $100,000.00 Tallarook, Mechanics Institute Tallarook Mechanics Institute Committee of Management $7,200.00 Toongabbie, Mechanics Institute Toongabbie Mechanics Institute $11,000.00 Trentham, Police Complex Trentham Historical Society $12,000.00 Williamstown, Blunts Boatyard and Slipway C.Blunt Boatbuilder Pty Ltd $15,000.00 Williamstown, Cox Gardens Cottage Hobsons Bay City Council $20,000.00 Yarra Junction, Camp Eureka Camp Eureka Working Collective Inc $9,500.00 Sub-Total $2,430,000.00

Urgent Works Projects 2003/2004

Project Name Organisation Allocated Funding Carlton, Trades Hall Trades Hall and Literary Institute $15,000.00 Geelong, Noble Street Uniting Church, Newtown Noble Street Uniting Church $20,000.00 Glenhuntly, Greek Orthodox Church Intergral Desing Group $20,000.00 Healesville, Railway Station Complex Healesville Tourist Precinct Group $20,000.00 Sorrento, Cameron’s Bight Jetty Cameron’s Bight Boat Club Inc $17,500.00 Tecoma, Horatio Jones House Horatios Preservation Society Inc $7,500.00 Sub-Total $100,000.00 Total $2,530,000.00

43 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

HERITAGE FUND: ASSISTANCE APPROVED FOR REGISTERED PROPERTIES 2003/2004

PROJECT LOAN GRANT Richmond House, 58 Avoca Street, South Yarra $13,915.00 Belmont, Beaufort $18,000.00 Solar House, Roscoe Drive, Templestowe $5,350.00 Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Ceres $5,000.00 Windemere Flats, Broadway, Elwood 30,000.00 $10,000.00 Clemson House, Milfray Street, Kew 12,500.00 $42,500.00 Female Refuge/Laundry, Scott Parade, Ballarat 32,500.00 Lathamstowe, Gellibrand Street, Queenscliff 36,000.00 $10,000.00 Rupertswood, Sunbury $10,000.00 Iron Cottage, Brunswick $15,000.00 Labassa Conservatory, Manor Grove, Caulfield Nth 10,000.00 $15,000.00 Russell’s Corner Shop, King Street, Melbourne 40,000.00 Habbies Howe Homestead, Dropmore 10,000.00 Campaspe Park, Goornong $480.00 Jeffries House, Surrey Hills $8,500.00 Russell’s Old Corner Store, King St, Melbourne $10,200.00 The Royal Oaks, Taradale $1,500.00 Windemere Flats, Elwood 30,000.00 Brown Bros. Iron Store, Mercer Street, Geelong 40,000.00 Hands on Heritage Program 2004/05 $60,000.00

Former Rushworth Chronicle, Rushworth 10,000.00 $5,000.00 Mortuary Chapel, Bendigo Cemetery $25,000.00 Former Fuse Factory, Wattle Street, Bendigo $3,000.00 Smeaton House, Smeaton $8,000.00 Glenfine Homestead, Werneth $3,000.00 Griffith Island Lighthouse, Port Fairy $3,650.00 St Paul’s Cathedral, Myers St, Bendigo $14,000.00 Total 251,000.00 $287,095.00

44 Places at Risk Program Central Foundry, Bendigo $4,880.00 Ercildoune Homestead, Burrumbeet (Woolshed) $30,000.00 Timboon House. Old Geelong Rd, Camperdown $4,000.00 Friedensruhe, Waldau Court, Doncaster 10,000.00 $10,000.00 Former Bendigo Hotel, Broadway, Dunnolly $7,000.00 Burswood, Cape Nelson Rd, Portland $15,000.00 Criterion Hotel, Sale 42,500.00 $42,500.00 Coriyule Homestead, McDermott Rd, Drysdale $2,000.00 East Loddon Station, Serpentine $40,000.00 Bears Castle, Yan Yean $2,500.00 Fmr. Holy Trinity Church School, Ceres $70,000.00 Bridge over Hopkins River, Ellerslie $5,000.00 Bridge over Crawford River, Hotspur $5,000.00 Bridge over Burchett Creek, Caramut $20,000.00 Total 52,500.00 $257,880.00

45 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

Status of Outstanding Projects as at 30 June 2004

Year Property Approved $ Loan / Grant Balance $ 1997/98 Mortlake Mill & Chimney 50,000 Grant 13,675 1997/98 Murtoa Grain Store (Stick Shed) 246,000 Grant 246,000 1997/98 Barwon Sewer Aqueduct 65,000 Grant 16,213 1998/99 Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Williamstown 15,000 Grant 509 2000/01 Fmr Hands Butchery, 225 Barnard Street, Bendigo 9,526 Grant 700 2000/01 Napier Waller House, 9 Crown Road, Ivanhoe 20,000 Grant 2,731 2000/01 Sullivans Lime Kiln, Rye 9,720 Grant 4,470 2001/02 Hawthorn Bank, Yarram 15,000 Grant 12,418 2001/02 St Albans Homestead, Whittington 15,000 Grant 2,367 2002/03 Duke of Cornwall Mine, Fryerstown 25,000 Grant 8,000 2002/03 Wurlitzer Pipe Organ, City of Kingston Town Hall 7,480 Grant 7,480 2002/03 Plough Inn and Stables, Tarrawingee 4,000 Grant 4,000 2003/04 Windermere Flats, Elwood 10,000 Grant 10,000 2003/04 Belmont, Beaufort 18,000 Grant 18,000 2003/04 Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Ceres 5,000 Grant 5,000 2003/04 Clemson House, Milfray Street, Kew 42,500 Grant 42,500 2003/04 Rupertswood, Sunbury (Drill Hall) 10,000 Grant 10,000 2003/04 Iron Cottage, 189 Brunswick Rd, Brunswick 15,000 Grant 15,000 2003/04 Labassa Conservatory, Manor Gve, Caulfield Nth 15,000 Grant 15,000 2003/04 Jeffries House, Warwick Ave, Surrey hills 8,500 Grant 8,500 2003/04 Russell's Old Corner Store, King St, Melbourne 10,200 Grant 7,472 2003/04 Rushworth Chronicle 5,000 Grant 5,000 2003/04 Mortuary Chapel 25,000 Grant 25,000 2003/04 Fuse Factory (Ascension Bookshop) 3,000 Grant 3,000 2003/04 Smeaton House 8,000 Grant 8,000 2003/04 Glenfine Homestead 3,000 Grant 3,000 2003/04 Griffith Island Lighthouse 3,650 Grant 3,650 2003/04 St. Pauls Cathedral, Bendigo 14,000 Grant 14,000 2003/04 Hands on Heritage 60,000 Grant 60,000 1998/99 Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Williamstown 10,000 Loan 10,000 1999/00 Rupertswood Salesian College, Sunbury 14,074 Loan 9,862 2000/01 Alton, Mount Macedon 7,500 Loan 194 2001/02 St Albans Homestead, Whittington 35,000 Loan 35,000 2002/03 Plough Inn and Stables, Tarrawingee 34,000 Loan 34,000 2003/04 Clemson House, Milfray Street, Kew 12,500 Loan 12,500

46 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Year Property Approved $ Loan / Grant Balance $ 2003/04 Labassa Conservatory, Manor Gve, Calufield Nth 10,000 Loan 10,000 2003/04 Windemere Flats, Elwood C Moyle 5,000 Loan 5,000 2003/04 Windemere Flats, Elwood S Downey 5,000 Loan 5,000 2003/04 Windemere Flats, Elwood S Andrew 5,000 Loan 5,000 2003/04 Windemere Flats, Elwood R Spillane 5,000 Loan 5,000 2003/04 Windemere Flats, Elwood M Baker 5,000 Loan 5,000 2003/04 Windemere Flats, Elwood L Schmutter 5,000 Loan 5,000 2003/04 Brown Bros Iron Store, Geelong 40,000 Loan 40,000 2003/04 Central Foundry, Bendigo 4,880 Grants - P.A.R. 4,880 2003/04 Ercildoune, Burrumbeet 30,000 Grants - P.A.R. 30,000 2003/04 Timboon House, Old Geelong Rd, Camperdown 4,000 Grants - P.A.R. 3,350 2003/04 Bendigo Hotel, Broadway, Dunolly 7,000 Grants - P.A.R. 4,100 2003/04 Burswood, Cape Nelson Rd, Portland 15,000 Grants - P.A.R. 15,000 2003/04 Criterion Hotel, Macalister St, Sale 42,500 Grants - P.A.R. 42,500 2003/04 Coriyule Homestead, McDermott Rd, Drysdale 2,000 Grants - P.A.R. 275 2003/04 East Loddon Station, Serpentine 40,000 Grants - P.A.R. 40,000 2003/04 Bears Castle, Yan Yean 2,500 Grants - P.A.R. 2,500 2003/04 Ceres, Holy Trinity Church School 70,000 Grants - P.A.R. 70,000 2003/04 Hopkins River Bridge Ellersley 5,000 Grants - P.A.R. 5,000 2003/04 Crawford River Bridge Hot Spur 5,000 Grants - P.A.R. 5,000 2003/04 Burchett Creek Bridge Caramut 20,000 Grants - P.A.R. 20,000 2003/04 Friedensruhe, Waldau Crt, Doncaster 10,000 Loans - P.A.R. 10,000 2003/04 Criterion Hotel, Macalister St, Sale 42,500 Loans - P.A.R. 42,500 Total Outstanding 1,048,346

47 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL RESULTS Notes 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 Revenue 1 1,662 1,786 1,895 1,444 1,459 Expenses 2 1,397 1,978 1,816 2,108 1,797 Net Result 266 (192) 79 (664) (338) Total Assets 3 2,292 1,630 1,886 2,042 2,442 Total Liabilities 4 609 213 277 512 248

NOTES:

1. Operating Revenue has decreased from previous two years which included a ‘one off’ archaeological site contribution for Casselden Place in 01/02 and resources provided free of charge was also included in all prior years. 2. Decrease in Operating Expense due to the discontinuance of ‘Fee for Service’ charge from Department of Infrastructure. 3. Total Assets have increased due to transfers from Public Heritage for Places at risk and other various projects to be undertaken. 4. Total Liabilities have increased as a result of the higher level of payables and archaeological security deposits held.

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2004 Note 2004 2003 $$ REVENUE FROM ORDINARY ACTIVITIES Revenue from operating activities Revenue from government 2 1,393,000 623,000 Resources received free of charge 1(b), 14 - 600,260 Permit fees 78,456 84,934 Planning certificates fees 108,809 98,626 Archaeological security deposits retained 1(j) (50,341) 94,700 Sale of publications and reports 4,937 1,665

Revenue from non-operating activities Other income 68,181 241,737 Interest income 59,224 41,336 1,662,275 1,786,258 EXPENSES FROM ORDINARY ACTIVITIES Administration expenses 3 457,612 1,004,344 Heritage project expenses 4 553,750 508,262 Grants for historic property restoration 5 320,931 384,301 Members fees 16 60,488 80,858 Depreciation 67 800 Assets written off 3,733 - 1,396,582 1,978,566

Net result for the reporting period 12 265,693 (192,308)

Total changes in equity other than those resulting from transactions with Victorian State Government in its capacity as owner 12 265,693 (192,308) 48 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT 30 JUNE 2004

Note 2004 2003 $$ Current assets Cash assets 6 137,367 227,458 Investments 7 1,228,301 531,900 Loans 8 84,617 120,476 Receivables 177,221 28,889 Total current assets 1,627,506 908,723

Non-current assets Loans 8 664,472 717,450 Plant and equipment 9 - 3,800 Total non-current assets 664,472 721,250 Total assets 2,291,978 1,629,973

Current liabilities Payables 10 357,535 79,994 Archaeological security deposits 11 251,880 133,109 Total liabilities 609,415 213,103 Net assets 1,682,563 1,416,870

Equity Contributed Capital 12 1,530,013 1,530,013 Accumulated surplus/(deficit) 12 152,550 (113,143)

Total equity 1,682,563 1,416,870

49 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2004

Note 2004 2003 $$ Cash flows from operating activities Receipts from State Government 1,393,000 623,000 Receipts from other entities (incl. GST) 154,156 523,475 Payments to suppliers and employees (incl. GST) (812,838) (1,044,337) Interest income 59,224 41,336 Grants for historic property restoration (320,931) (384,301) Net cash provided by / (Used in) operating activities 6 472,611 (240,827)

Cash flows from investing activities Loans repaid 88,837 155,706 Security deposit received 44,862 50,607 Loans advanced - (30,000) Net cash inflow from investing activities 133,699 176,313

Net increase (decrease) in cash held 606,310 (64,514) Cash at the beginning of the financial year 759,358 823,872

Cash at the end of the financial year 6 1,365,668 759,358

50 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 1: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES This general-purpose financial report has been prepared in accordance with the Financial Management Act 1994, Australian Accounting Standards, Statements of Accounting Concepts and other authoritative pronouncements of the Australian Accounting Standards Board, and Urgent Issues Group Consensus Views. It is also prepared in accordance with the historical cost convention. The accounting policies adopted are consistent with those of the previous year, except where a change is required to comply with an Australian accounting standard or Urgent Issues Group Consensus View.

(a)Revenue Recognition Government contributions are recognised when the Council obtains control of the funds. All other revenue is recognised when controlled (ie. when received or receivable).

(b)Resources Received Free of Charge Prior to the 2003/2004 year a notional figure was included in both Income and Expenses for resources received free of charge. These resources in the form of services were recognised at their fair value and only recognised when a fair value could be reliably determined and the services would have been purchased if not donated. In the 2003/2004 year a fee for service arrangement was entered into by the Department of Sustainability and Environment and Department of Infrastructure whereby Department of Sustainability and Environment paid this fee on behalf of the Heritage Council.

(c) Receivables All debtors are recognised at the amounts receivable as they are due for settlement at no more than 30 days from the date of recognition. Collectability of debtors is reviewed on an ongoing basis. Debts which are known to be uncollectable are written off. A provision for doubtful debts is raised when some doubt as to collection exists.

(d)Loans Receivable Heritage Council provides grants and low interest loans to persons currently in the possession of buildings of historic significance, for restoration and maintenance. When a loan is provided, a signed contract is entered into to secure the Councils interest. Prior to 1991,the need for a Bank Guarantee was determined by the Council Finance Committee, based on the loan applicant's ability to repay the loan at that point in time. Subsequently the Council now requires that all loans be fully secured by a Bank Guarantee with the exception of loans provided to church authorities and Local and State Government Authorities.

(e) Depreciation Assets with a cost in excess of $1,000 are capitalised (2003 - $1,000) and depreciation has been provided on depreciable assets so as to allocate their cost or valuation over the estimated useful lives to the Council using the straight-line method. A full year's depreciation is charged against the value of assets except for the current year additions, improvements and disposals where depreciation commences or ceases in the month in which the asset is purchased or sold. In relation to the estimated life of assets, the following periods have been adopted: Plant and Equipment 10 Years The depreciation rates are the same as the prior year. The sole asset has been written off in 2003/2004.

(f) Valuation of Non Current Assets The cost method of accounting is used to measure Plant and Equipment in accordance with the Department of Treasury and Finance’s Policy Paper on ‘Revaluation of Non-Current Physical Assets’.

(g)Cash For purposes of the statement of cash flows, cash includes cash at bank and investments in 11am call deposits and short term deposits less than 90 days.

51 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(h)Investments Investments are valued at cost and classified as current assets with respect to the timing of redemption of each investment. Investments are funds invested with Treasury Corporation Victoria throughout the financial year. Interest revenue is brought to account when it is earned.

(i) Payables - Trade and Other Creditors These amounts represent liabilities for goods and services provided to the Council prior to the end of the financial year and which are unpaid. The amounts are unsecured and are usually paid within 30 days of recognition.

(j) Archaeological Security Deposits Security deposits are required for archaeological excavation permits and are disclosed under liabilities in the Statement of Financial Position. The deposits are kept in trust to ensure the site is returned to its former state and the proper cataloguing and conservation of any excavated material. Any balance is returned to the applicant on completion of the project. Security deposits retained are treated as revenue and used to meet expenses incurred.

(k) Employee Benefits (i) Staff Salaries and Associated costs The Heritage Council does not have any employees and no liabilities for employee entitlements exist. (ii) Council Member fees Council Members are remunerated for attending various Council meetings. (Refer Note 16)

(l) Goods and Services Tax Revenues, expenses and assets are recognised net of GST except where the amount of GST incurred is not recoverable, in which case it is recognised as part of the cost of acquisition of an asset or part of an item of expense. The net amount of GST recoverable from, or payable to, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is included as part of receivables or payables in the statement of financial position. The GST component of a receipt or payment is recognised on a gross basis in the statement of cash flows in accordance with Accounting Standard AAS 28 Statement of Cash Flows. Costs incurred to update existing systems or to design, develop and implement new systems to deal with the goods and services tax are charged as expenses when incurred, except where they result in an enhancement of future economic benefits and are recognised as an asset.

(m) Contributed Capital Consistent with UIG Abstract 38 Contributions by Owners Made to Wholly-Owned Public Sector Entities and Financial Reporting Direction No. 2 Contributed Capital, transfers that are in the nature of contributions or distributions have been designated as contributed capital.

(n)Rounding Off Rounding off to the nearest dollar has been adopted in the Financial Statements.

(o) Impacts of adopting AASB equivalents to IASB standards For annual reporting periods ending on or after 30 June 2004, AASB 1047 Disclosing the Impacts of Adopting AASB Equivalents to International Financial Reporting Standards requires narrative disclosure of how the transition process is being managed and an explanation of the key differences of accounting policies that are expected to arise from the transition to AASB equivalents to IASB pronouncements. For financial reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005, all Australian reporting entities are required to adopt the financial reporting requirements to the Australian equivalents to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS’s). Given the nature of the Heritage Councils activities the adoption of the requirements of the Australian equivalents to IFRS is not anticipated to have a material impact on the Heritage Councils financial position or financial performance.

52 NOTE 2: GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS 2004 2003 $$ Government Contributions during the year comprised:

State Government Contributions 1,393,000 623,000 Total government contributions 1,393,000 623,000

NOTE 3: ADMINISTRATION EXPENSES

Administration Expenses (including Resources Received Free of Charge in 02/03- see note 14) comprised the following:

Salaries and associated costs 0 658,828 Administrative costs 339,928 244,244 Advertising, publicity and information 110,885 94,913 Audit fees - Auditor General 6,800 6,360 457,612 1,004,344 NOTE 4: HERITAGE PROJECT EXPENSES

Project costs 471,282 389,386 Contractors Expenses* 82,468 118,876 553,750 508,262 *mainly relates to the hiring of contractors for Heritage building feasibility studies, education and training and conservation management plans.

NOTE 5: GRANTS FOR HISTORIC PROPERTY RESTORATION

The Executive Director with the consent of the Heritage Council, provided grants for the purpose of assisting with the conservation of any part of Victoria’s cultural heritage. 320,931 384,301

53 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 6: NOTES TO THE STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS 2004 2003 $$

Reconciliation of Cash For the purpose of the Statement of Cash Flows, cash includes cash at bank and investments at 11AM call deposits and short term deposits with less than 90 days settlement. Cash at the end of the reporting period as shown in the Statement of Cash Flows is reconciled to the related items in the Statement of Financial Position as follows:

Cash at Bank 137,367 227,458 Investments (refer Note 7) 1,228,301 531,900

Total 1,365,668 759,358

Reconciliation of net cash flows from Operating Activities to net result for the reporting period

Net result for the reporting period 265,693 (192,308) Increase/(Decrease) in Payables and Accruals 278,281 (19,770) (Increase)/Decrease in Receivables (149,072) 65,151 Archaeological Security Deposits Retained 73,909 (94,700) Bad and Doubtful Debts Depreciation 67 800 Assets written off 3,733

Net Cash (Outflow) from Operating Activities 472,611 (240,827)

NOTE 7: INVESTMENTS (ALSO REFER NOTE 6)

Treasury Corporation - Call Deposits 28,301 131,900 Treasury Corporation - Short-term Deposits 1,200,000 400,000

Total 1,228,301 531,900

Investments include Archaeological security deposits held.

54 NOTE 8: LOANS 2004 2003 $$

Heritage Council Loans Movements in this account are as follows:

Opening Balance 1 July 837,926 963,632 Less: Repayments 88,837 155,706 749,089 807,926 Add: New Loans 0 30,000 Closing Balance 30 June 749,089 837,926

Loans are disclosed as follows Current 84,617 120,476 Non-Current 664,472 717,450 749,089 837,926 The current portion of loans receivable is calculated as the total loan repayments due and receivable in the 12-month period after balance date.

NOTE 9: PLANT AND EQUIPMENT Plant and Equipment (Sea Anchor) at cost 0 8,000 Less: Accumulated Depreciation (4,200) 0 3,800

NOTE 10: PAYABLES Sundry Creditors 323,094 28,968 Accruals 34,440 51,026 357,535 79,994

NOTE 11: ARCHAEOLOGICAL SECURITY DEPOSITS Archaeological security deposits* (see note 1(j)) 251,880 133,109

* mainly represents deposits required for archaeological excavation permits.

55 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 12: EQUITY AND MOVEMENTS IN EQUITY 2004 2003 $$

(a) Contributed Capital Balance 1 July 1,530,013 1,530,013 Balance 30 June 1,530,013 1,530,013

(b) Accumulated Surplus / (Deficit) Balance 1 July (113,143) 79,165 Net result for reporting period 265,693 (192,308)

Balance 30 June 152,550 (113,143)

NOTE 13: COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

(a)Commitments to Pay Out Loans and Grants In addition to the loans and grants issued during the year, total approvals given by the Heritage Council up to 30 June 2004, provide for the issue of a further $1,048,346 (2003 - $569,611) in loans and grants in future years. These commitments are represented as follows, but are not reflected in the Statement of Financial Performance and Statement of Financial Position until the option has been taken up by the applicant.

Grant Commitments 814,290 480,555

Loan Commitments 234,056 89,056

Total 1,048,346 569,611

(b)Commitments for Operating and Finance Leases At report date, the Council has no operating or finance lease commitments.

(c)Commitments for Capital Expenditure At report date, the Council has no commitments for Capital expenditure.

(d)Contingent Liabilities At report date, there was one legal claim outstanding which the Council disputes.

56 NOTE 14: RESOURCES RECEIVED FREE OF CHARGE (ALSO REFER NOTE 1(B) & NOTE 3) 2004 2003 $$

The administrative support to the Council was provided by officers of the Department of Infrastructure. The cost of such support $50,050 rendered during the 2004 financial year was paid for by the Department of Sustainability and Environment. In 2003 it was $600,260 which formed part of total Administration Expenses (see note 3). This amount comprised: Salaries and associated costs 0 513,760 Administrative Costs 0 86,500 0 600,260

NOTE 15: FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

(a) Terms, Conditions and Accounting Policies The Council's accounting policies, including the term and condition of each class of financial asset and financial liability, both recognised and unrecognised at balance date are as follows:

Recognised Financial Instruments Accounting Policies Terms and Conditions

(i) Financial Assets Cash assets and investments Cash on hand and Term Deposits are carried at the Cash is invested, when available, at varying principal amount. interest rates between 4% - 5%.

Receivables Receivables are carried at nominal amounts due Generally normal credit terms are 30 days. less any provision for doubtful debts. Other receivables mainly relate to Government Estimated doubtful debts are based on examination Departments and agencies and as such the and assessment of each individual debt. credit risk is minimal.

Loans Loans are carried at their principal amounts. Loans have varying interest rates (Average 4%).

(ii) Financial Liabilities Payables Payables are recognised for amounts to be paid in Terms of Settlement are generally 30 days from the future for goods and services received whether the date of invoice in line with government or not billed by the supplier. policies.

Archaeological Security Deposits Security deposits are held in trust to ensure the Any balance is returned to the applicant on site is returned to its former state and the proper completion of the project. Security deposits cataloguing and conservation of any excavated retained are treated as revenue and used to meet material. expenses incurred.

57 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 15: FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (CONTINUED)

(b)Interest Rate Risk The Council's exposure to interest rate risk and effective interest rates of financial assets and financial liabilities both recognized and unrecognised at balance date are as follows:

Financial Instruments Variable Interest Non-Interest Bearing Weighted Effective Interest Rate 2004 2003 2004 2003 $$$$% Financial Assets Cash Assets 137,367 227,458 - - 5.1 Investments 1,228,301 531,900 - - 5.4 Loans 749,089 837,926 - - 4.0 Receivables - - 195,225 28,889 N/A

Total Financial Assets 2,114,757 1,597,284 195,225 28,889

Financial Liabilities Payables - - 400,539 79,994 N/A Archaeological Security Deposits - - 251,880 133,109 N/A

Total Financial Liabilities - - 652,419 213,103

(c) Net Fair Value Financial Instrument Total carrying amount as per the Aggregate Net Fair Value Statement of Financial Position 2004 2003 2004 2003 $$$$ Financial Assets Cash Assets 137,367 227,458 137,367 227,458 Investments 1,228,301 531,900 1,228,301 531,900 Loans 749,089 837,926 749,089 837,926 Receivables 177,221 28,889 177,221 28,889 Total Financial Assets 2,291,978 1,626,173 2,291,978 1,626,173

Financial Liabilities Payables 357,535 79,994 357,535 79,994 Archaeological Security Deposits 251,880 133,109 251,880 133,109 Total Financial Liabilities 609,415 213,103 609,415 213,103

58 NOTE 15: FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (CONTINUED) The following methods and assumptions are used to determine the net fair value of financial assets and liabilities: Recognised Financial Instruments: Cash on Hand and Term Deposits: The carrying amount approximates fair value. Receivables/loans: The carrying amount approximates fair value. Payables/archaeological security deposits: The carrying amount approximates fair value.

(d) Credit Risk Exposures The Council's maximum exposures to credit risk at balance date in relation to each class of recognised financial asset is the carrying amount of those assets as indicated in the Statement of Financial Position.

NOTE 16: DISCLOSURES RELATED TO RESPONSIBLE PERSONS In accordance with the Directions of the Minister for Finance under the Financial Management Act 1994, the following disclosures are made for Responsible Persons. Persons who held the above positions in relation to the Heritage Council at any time during the reporting period are: Responsible Ministers – The Hon. Mary Delahunty MP (Minister for Planning) – 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004 Directors – 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004: Alternate Directors – 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004: Chris Gallagher (Chair) Geoff Sutherland Lisa Riddle Malcolm McDonald Peter Hiscock Peter Beaumont Bronwyn Hibbert Judy Nicholson Peter Williams Susan Brennan Vicki Davies Amanda Johns Renate Howe Jan Schapper Damian Cash Robert Dunster Meredith Gould Kristal Buckley Philip Goad Elizabeth Pemberton Accountable Officer – Ray Tonkin – 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004

Remuneration of Responsible Persons (excluding the Ministers and the Accountable Officer) Income Between: 2004 2003 No No $0 - $9,999 19 19 $10,000 - $19,999 11 20 20 Total remuneration received, or due and receivable, by Responsible Persons $ $ from the reporting entity amounted to: 60,488 80,858

The relevant amounts relating to the Ministers and the Accountable Officer are reported separately in the Financial Statements of the Department of Premier and Cabinet and the Department of Sustainability and Environment respectively. The Council does not have any Executive Officers

Other Transactions of Responsible Persons and their Related Entities. The Accountable Officer was a member of the Yarra River Maritime Reserve Committee of Management which was the recipient of loans totalling $800,000 (2003 - $800,000) from the Heritage Council. The Accountable Officer is also a member of the former Royal Mint Committee of Management (Mint Inc). These transactions have been made at arms length on normal terms.

Other receivables from and payables to Responsible Persons and their Related Parties. There were no other receivables from or payables to Responsible Persons and Responsible Person related parties during the current year or in the previous year.

59 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT

ACCOUNTABLE OFFICER DECLARATION

We hereby certify that the financial report of Heritage Council comprising Statement of Financial Performance, Statement of Financial Position, Statement of Cashflows and notes accompanying the financial statements: a) present fairly the financial transactions occurring throughout the year 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004 and the financial position of the Heritage Council at 30 June 2004, and b) comply with the requirements of Australian Accounting Standards, applicable Urgent Issues Group Consensus Views, the Financial Management Act (1994) and ministerial directions issued thereunder.

As at the date of signing we are not aware of any circumstances which would render any particulars included in the financial statements to be misleading or inaccurate.

Signed in accordance with a resolution of the Board:

Chris Gallagher Chair Heritage Council Victoria

Ray Tonkin Accountable Officer

Dated: 30th September 2004

60 60

HERITAGE COUNCIL VICTORIA LEVEL 22 NAURU HOUSE 80 COLLINS STREET MELBOURNE VICTORIA 3000 AUSTRALIA TELEPHONE 03 9655 6519 FACSIMILE 03 9655 9720 WEB SITE www.heritage.vic.gov.au

Back and front cover: Photographs of Keith Haring Mural, Collingwood (H2055) by Janusz Molinski.