Annual 2017–18 Museums Board Report of Victoria Declaration of the Responsible Body

In accordance with the Financial Management Act 1994, I am pleased to present the Report of Operations for the Museums Board of Victoria for the year ending 30 June 2018.

Dr Rufus Black President Museums Board of Victoria 30 August 2018

This annual report has been produced in accordance with FRD 30C Standard Requirements for the Design and Production of Annual Reports, in order to minimise our impact on the environment.

Further information about Museums Victoria is available at museumsvictoria.com.au

ISSN 1835 3681

FRONT COVER People in the Beyond Perception exhibition; Photography by Benjamin Healley THIS PAGE (left to right, top to bottom) Inside Out exhibition; Photography by Daniel Mahon Ground Up exhibition; Photography by Fran Parker Museum Members’ Summer Party 2018; Photography by Bree Gaudette Chinese Lion Dance, Public Programs; Photography by Rodney Start Inside Out exhibition; Photography by Melissa Cowan Inside Out exhibition; Photography by Rodney Start Marramb-ik (I Am), Koori Comics exhibition, 2018; Photography by Jon Augier Chinese New Year projections; Photography by Robert Zugaro Wild - Amazing Animals in a Changing World; Photography by Heath Warwick Wild - Amazing Animals in a Changing World; Source/Photography by Cesur Sanli Outreach Program; Photography by Rodney Start British Migrants: Instant Australians? exhibition during Summer Courtyard - A Sides, event; Source/Photography by J Forsyth Nocturnal; Source/Photography by Cesur Sanli Little Kids Day In event, 2018; Photography by Rodney Star ii Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 Contents

Declaration of the Responsible Body ii First Peoples’ Acknowledgement 3 President’s Message 4 Chief Executive Officer’s Message 5 2017–18 Year in Numbers 6

About Museums Victoria 8 Vision 8 Mission 8 Values 8 Strategic Framework 9 Strategic Initiatives 2018–21 10

2017–18 Highlights and Achievements 13 Strategic Objective 1: Museums Victoria provides unmissable experiences for all audiences 13 Strategic Objective 2: Museums Victoria has the primary material collection that inspires and allows excellent enquiry into our region’s big contemporary and historical questions 16 Strategic Objective 3: Museums Victoria engages with, welcomes and celebrates all communities 18 Strategic Objective 4: Museums Victoria is a centre for technological and scientific expertise and fosters innovation to build economic value 20 Strategic Objective 5: Museums Victoria is a sustainable and thriving organisation 21

Future Priorities 23

Purpose, Function and Corporate Governance 24 Museums Board of Victoria 24 Committees 24 Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee 24 Audit and Risk Committee 25 Development Committee 25 Infrastructure Committee 25 Nominations, Remuneration and Governance Committee 25 Research Committee 25

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 1 Our Workplace 26 Organisation Structure and Functions 26 Staff Profile 28 Staff Development 30 Employee Relations 30 People Matter Survey 30 Public Sector Values 30

The Year in Brief 31 Key indicators 31 Financial Summary 31 Visitation 32 Environmental Performance 32

Statutory Reports 33 Accessibility Action Plan 33 Building and Maintenance Compliance 33 Carers Recognition Act 2012 34 Compliance with the Standing Directions of the Minister for Finance (2016) 34 DataVic Access Policy 34 Freedom of Information 34 Consultancies 36 Major Contracts 36 Government Advertising Expenditure 37 Health and Safety Incidents 37 Information and Communication Technology Expenditure 38 Local Jobs First – Victorian Industry Participation Policy 38 National Competition Policy 38 Protected Disclosures 39 Public Sector Code of Conduct and Employment Principles 39

Financials 42 Financial Overview of Operations 42 Financial Statements 43 Auditor General’s Report 88

Disclosure Index 90 Contacts 93

2 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 First Peoples’ Acknowledgement

Museums Victoria would like to acknowledge Melbourne’s Traditional Owners, the Woiwurrung and the Boon Wurrung of the Kulin Nation, and pay respect to their Elders, both past and present.

We also acknowledge the ongoing and significant partnership maintained between the Victorian Koorie community and Museums Victoria.

Together we share the stories of over 38 distinct language groups, celebrating the culture and history of Victoria’s First Peoples.

Above image Artists: Maree Clarke – Yorta Yorta/Mutti Mutti/ Boonwurrung/Wemba Wemba Peoples Len Tregonning – Gunnai/Kurnai Peoples Meeytmeet or Lean-now. Kangaroo tooth necklace, 2008 Kangaroo teeth, kangaroo sinew, kangaroo leather, emu oil, ochre, wattle gum. 35 x 35cm Museums Victoria. First Peoples Collection X 104908 President’s Message

The Museums Board of Victoria is pleased to present We begin the new financial year with the benefit of an the report of our operations, financial results and key important uplift in our base funding, and I would like to achievements for 2017–18. acknowledge here the outstanding support of the Victorian Government and particularly Martin Foley MP, Minister This year has marked the beginning of an exciting period of for Creative Industries. Their support, and that of all our transformation and reimagining for Museums Victoria. corporate partners, philanthropists and supporters, In September we saw the fruits of a robust and collaborative members and visitors, makes possible the increasingly process involving staff, Board and supporters with the valuable and innovative work delivered by Museums Victoria. delivery of Museums Victoria’s 2017–25 Strategic Plan. This year the Museums Board farewelled Professor Edwina The Plan sets out an ambitious vision for Museums Cornish AO after more than four years’ contribution. Victoria’s future impact as an international destination, Edwina brought her expertise in the higher education sector leading educator and centre for technological and scientific as Chair of the Research Committee and was instrumental expertise. The realisation of these strategic goals will see in diversifying Museums Victoria’s funding and partnership Museums Victoria greatly expand our social and economic opportunities, most memorably in the establishment of the impact and play a fundamental role in equipping Victorians Robert Blackwood Partnership with Monash University. for the challenges and opportunities of tomorrow. In expressing my sincere thanks to Edwina I’d like to also This year saw important steps towards these goals; the acknowledge the contributions of all my fellow members of expansion of our audiences with a range of new programs the Museums Board. Their commitment and enthusiasm, including the highly successful monthly Nocturnal at and that of the Chief Executive Officer, Executive Leadership Melbourne Museum, new initiatives relating to First Peoples Team and, of course, Museums Victoria staff has delivered and Digital Life, more of the State collection on view in new considerable accomplishments this past year and temporary exhibitions, and significant growth in both the positioned us well for the year ahead. Museum Members program and in our community of donors.

Professor Rufus Black President, Museums Board of Victoria

4 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 Chief Executive Officer’s Message

This year we built on the foundations of Museums Victoria’s Melbourne Museum had achieved record visitation, proud history for Museums Victoria’s future, as a catalyst exceeding 1.19 million visitors for the first time. A series of for innovation, a collaborator in the creative industries new initiatives aimed at engaging local and visiting Chinese and a growing contributor to the tourism and knowledge audiences also resulted in significant growth, with an economies. In an era of rapid change and unprecedented increase of more than 100% in Chinese visitors to challenges, we see a vital role for our museums that is Melbourne Museum. captured in our new vision of “People enriched by wondrous Our collections and research featured in a range of discovery and trusted knowledge” and “Society compelled exhibitions, from You Can’t Do That, presented in to act for a thriving future”. partnership with the Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion In September we launched our 2017–25 Strategic Plan, Festival, to British Migrants, Instant Australians?, an intimate with the ambition that Museums Victoria will take its place and moving exploration of an often over-looked chapter among the world’s top 10 museum organisations by 2025. of Australian migration history, and Inside Out, a unique Highlights from the last year demonstrate the steps we’ve and creative showcase of more than 350 objects from already taken towards achieving these goals. the collection. Pop-up exhibitions throughout the year showcased recent discoveries by Museums Victoria’s Our Strategy is underpinned by three Transformational scientists, including new species discovered during Themes that include a commitment to placing First Peoples’ research in Papua New Guinea and in the deep-sea off living cultures, histories and knowledge at the heart of Australia’s east coast. Museums Victoria’s practice. This will be guided by Yulendj, the Museum’s advisory group of elders and senior leaders We broadened our audiences and cemented our from the Koorie community, and will be delivered through leadership as a provider of STEM-based learning with two a broad range of initiatives including an emphasis on innovative new Museums Victoria developed exhibitions Indigenous recruitment. at Scienceworks. Ground Up: Building Big Ideas, Together and Beyond Perception: Seeing the Unseen, are designed to Our second Transformational Theme will see our three increase engagement in sciences and foster STEM-related museums united with a cohesive narrative that explores skills during the crucial early-learning and teen development the wonder of the Universe, the rich diversity of Life as it periods. Both exhibitions were made possible through the has evolved, and the Human story. Throughout the year Victorian State Government’s investment in the renewal these themes came to life in a broad range of programs of our long-term exhibitions. This strategic investment in and exhibitions across our museums – from the Victoria’s cultural infrastructure ensures Museums Victoria’s One Beat, One Love festival, celebrating Victoria’s experiences remain relevant, accessible and at the African communities at the Immigration Museum, to leading-edge of education and experience design. Women of the Land, an installation developed in partnership with Her Place Museum, honouring Victorian The breadth of what has been achieved in 2017–18 is women with a strong commitment to the land testament to the exceptional skill and dedication of our and the communities who rely upon it. staff and volunteers, and to these people – our greatest asset – I extend my sincere thanks for the successes of Our third Transformational Theme will significantly increase the last year. These achievements would not have been access to the extraordinary breadth of Museums Victoria’s possible without the support of our Board, led by President research, collections and programs, through a framework of Rufus Black, Creative Victoria and the Minister for Creative audience-centred digital experiences. Projects developed Industries, Martin Foley MP. I thank them and all by the Digital Life team this year included a spectacular our supporters for their commitment and enthusiasm Lunar New Year light projection on the Royal Exhibition during this exciting period of renewal and growth. Building and Collections Roulette, a motion-activated digital display of objects from the collection. These proof of concept projects targeted after-hours audiences and provided opportunities to trial agile methodologies.

Each of these themes supports our goal to position our museums as unmissable destinations for audiences of all ages from across Victoria, Australia and internationally. This year we achieved impressive growth in young adult Lynley Marshall audiences at each of our museums with new events Chief Executive Officer that included Nocturnal at Melbourne Museum, special late-nights at Scienceworks and an expanded schedule of programs at the Melbourne Planetarium. At year-end

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 5 The Year in Numbers 2,869,820 Visitors

1,191,862 481,037 Melbourne Museum Scienceworks + Planetarium

11 7,75 7 261,495 Immigration Museum IMAX

635,218 182,451 Royal Exhibition Building Outreach program

6 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 Audience snapshot 255,725 96% Education visits Visitor satisfaction

122,563 100% International visitors of Victorian Local Government Areas reached 29,216 5,192,921 Memberships Website

Collections and research snapshot 101 180 Research publications Collection items loaned to other institutions

17,000,000+ Items in the State collection

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 7 About Museums Victoria

Museums Victoria is Australia’s largest public museum organisation. We have been creating knowledge, entertaining visitors and building the State Collection since 1854. The rich collection is an invaluable record of Victoria’s environmental and cultural history, and has been inspiring a sense of wonder and awe in visitors for generations.

VISION People enriched by wondrous discovery and trusted knowledge Society compelled to act for a thriving future

MISSION VALUES

We create knowledge and experiences Strive – We are intrepid and enjoy a challenge that help us make sense of the world Embrace – We are a place where everybody belongs We exchange stories about culture, Explore – We passionately search for bold new history and science and fearlessly ideas and smarter ways of doing things discuss the big questions of life Respect – We walk in the shoes of those we meet We collect traces of time and place Illuminate – We ensure our knowledge, actions and that allow us to connect the past, decisions are visible, and welcome investigation present and future Sustain – We nourish and care for ourselves and the things we are responsible for We make captivating physical and virtual spaces that open minds and hearts

8 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 Strategic Framework

TRANSFORMATIONAL THEMES

1 Place First Peoples’ living 2 Develop a set of foundation 3 Develop an audience- cultures, histories and narratives that tell the story centred Digital Life that knowledge at the core of of the Universe, Life and delivers experiences Museums Victoria’s practice Humans beyond our walls

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

1 Museums Victoria 2 Museums Victoria has 3 Museums Victoria 4 Museums Victoria is a 5 Museums Victoria provides unmissable the primary material engages with, welcomes centre for technological is a sustainable and experiences for all collection that inspires and celebrates all and scientific expertise thriving organisation audiences and allows excellent communities and fosters innovation enquiry into our region’s to build economic value big contemporary and historical questions

BACKBONE FOR DELIVERY

Knowledge Spaces

World’s Melbourne Royal Research + Digital Scienceworks Immigration Digital oldest living Museum Bunjilaka Exhibition Outreach collections Life + Planetarium Museum platforms culture + IMAX Building

ENABLERS

People and culture Investment in technology Partnerships Leveraging our assets

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 9 Strategic Initiatives

Strategic Objective 1: Museums Victoria provides unmissable experiences for all audiences

Initiative 1.1 Introduce a layer of interpretation reflecting First Peoples’ history and culture to Museums Victoria’s experiences

Initiative 1.2 Create innovative and engaging experiences across all sites, platforms and channels that fulfil our Vision and Mission, connect to the foundation narratives and contribute to Museums Victoria’s sustainability

Initiative 1.3 Deliver unique and engaging content to audiences through Museums Victoria’s Digital Life Strategy

Initiative 1.4 Develop and implement a plan to grow international visitation

Strategic Objective 2: Museums Victoria has the primary material collection that inspires and allows excellent enquiry into our region’s big contemporary and historical questions

Initiative 2.1 Develop and implement a strategy to partner and collaborate with First Peoples to ensure a culturally respectful and appropriate approach to our collections and research

Initiative 2.2 Develop and implement a sustainable research and collections strategy

Initiative 2.3 Develop strategic partnerships that grow Museums Victoria’s external research funding base

Initiative 2.4 Develop a Sustainable Collections Storage Strategy to address collection preservation, access and storage needs

Initiative 2.5 Align Museums Victoria’s current Collection Digitisation Plan to Museums Victoria’s Digital Life strategy and future digital initiatives

Strategic Objective 3: Museums Victoria engages with, welcomes and celebrates all communities

Initiative 3.1 Transform the Immigration Museum to be a vibrant living multicultural centre for the exploration of identity and multicultural life in Melbourne and Victoria

Initiative 3.2 Develop and implement a strategy to increase Museums Victoria’s inclusiveness of under-represented audiences

Initiative 3.3 Develop a coordinated strategy that broadens and deepens engagement with regional and rural communities

Initiative 3.4 Strengthen Museums Victoria’s multi-lingual services

10 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 Strategic Objective 4: Museums Victoria is a centre for technological and scientific expertise and fosters innovation to build economic value

Initiative 4.1 Reposition and redevelop Scienceworks as a museum for the future

Initiative 4.2 Develop the strategic capability to rapidly deliver programs and exhibitions that respond to emerging opportunities and the world around Museums Victoria

Initiative 4.3 Establish an incubator that works with partners to seed, develop and fund new concepts that drive economic value and contribute to Museums Victoria’s sustainability

Initiative 4.4 Develop and launch a dedicated Learning Lab that facilitates learning for visitors from pre-school age through to retirement

Strategic Objective 5: Museums Victoria is a sustainable and thriving organisation

Initiative 5.1 Collaborate with First Peoples to develop and implement an employment strategy for First Peoples across all areas of Museums Victoria

Initiative 5.2 Develop a high-performing workplace that is diverse, innovative, responsive, inclusive, safe, and reflects Museums Victoria’s values

Initiative 5.3 Grow Museums Victoria’s sustainable funding base through new philanthropic and corporate sponsorship and by optimising government and non-government funding streams

Initiative 5.4 Refresh the Museums Victoria brand and strengthen marketing and promotion of Museums Victoria, the individual museums and their unique proposition

Initiative 5.5 Develop a performance measurement framework that enables tracking, reporting and analysis of performance of Museums Victoria, including performance against our environmental, social and economic impact

Initiative 5.6 Develop a strategic corporate services framework that enables forward-looking and results-based outcomes, through planning, delivering and reporting cycles

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 11 Facsimile editions of George Shaw’s Zoology of New Holland (1794) and Albertus Seba’s Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio (1734). First editions of each work are held in Museums Victoria’s Library, and have been digitised as part of the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) digitisation project. Photography by Cesur Sanli

12 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 2017–18 Highlights and Achievements Strategic Objective 1: Museums Victoria provides unmissable experiences for all audiences

Celebrating First Peoples’ living cultures Developed with guidance from Museums Victoria’s Yulendj at Bunjilaka community reference group, the installation tells the Bunjilaka is Australia’s leading Aboriginal Cultural Centre stories of frontier violence, massacre and resistance with and the custodian of one of the most significant Aboriginal authenticity and sensitivity, to enable all Victorians to move cultures collections in the world. In 2017–18 Bunjilaka forward in recognition and understanding of the truth continued to be the focus for Museums Victoria to walk in of past tragedy. partnership with our First Peoples, placing the richness, Turning the Museum Inside Out wisdom and depth of these histories and living cultures at the core of our experiences. Inside Out, a unique and ground-breaking exhibition of more than 350 collection objects, launched at Melbourne Bunjilaka is an important resource for the Koorie Museum in December 2017. Inside Out was a unique community, local visitors, students and tourists alike. In creative and fundamentally different museum experience 2017–18 we presented a series of exhibitions and programs that saw a number of collection objects on public display in collaboration with the Victorian Aboriginal community, for the first time – such as the first Black Box flight recorder honouring individuals and showcasing the diversity of prototype, the beautiful H.L. White collection of Australian First Peoples’ cultures. bird’s eggs, and a new taxidermy of a lioness. These objects were coupled with popular favourites such as internet meme A new exhibition, Marramb-ik – a Kulin nation phrase sensation, Sad Otter. meaning “I am” – celebrated the tradition of First Peoples’ storytelling through themes of creation and social politics. Inside Out connected visitors with the wonder and Featuring the works of Victorian Aboriginal artists Lin Onus, relevance of the State collection to successfully engage Jade Kennedy, Heidi Brooks and Cienan Muir, Marramb-ik a new, young-adult audience. A deliberate departure gave a voice and a stage to Aboriginal comic superheroes from existing approaches to exhibition development, the created by and for Aboriginal people. In partnership exhibition marked an important step in Museums Victoria’s with The Koorie Youth Council, the exhibition featured organisational renewal and cultural transformation. contemporary stories of the Victorian Koorie community Fundamentally, the exhibition project demonstrated through comic pop culture incorporating First Peoples’ the exceptional skill and creative talent within the identity, heroes and language. Museums Victoria team.

Bush Mechanics: The Exhibition, based on the popular Discovering the world of Australian television series, showcased the ingenuity of Vikings: Beyond the Legend outback mechanics, whose clever resourcefulness can turn Vikings: Beyond the Legend, a new international exhibition branches, spinifex and sand into tools and spare parts to from the Swedish History Museum, opened at Melbourne get cars back on the road. Museum. Combining the latest archaeological findings and Developed by the National Motor Museum, in close more than 450 artefacts from the Swedish History Museum collaboration with the Warlpiri community and PAW in Stockholm, Vikings: Beyond the Legend challenged Media, the exhibition was a light-hearted exploration stereotypes and revealed Vikings and their rich, of the importance of the car to life in the outback. Bush often-misunderstood culture in a fascinating, new light. Mechanics: The Exhibition drew on images, objects and Visitors to the exhibition discovered a nuanced portrait footage from the much-loved Bush Mechanics television of the Vikings as farmers, merchants, artisans and explorers. series to explore Indigenous knowledge and ingenuity, the Exploring six key themes, the exhibition shared insights importance of cars to remote communities, bush life and the into Viking people and their domestic life, religion, death humour of the outback. rituals and craftsmanship, as well as their raiding and Black Day, Sun Rises, Blood Runs, a multimedia installation trading culture. investigating the rarely-acknowledged history of violence Visitors were invited to further immerse themselves in and massacres of Aboriginal people on Australia’s frontier, Viking culture through a schedule of programs including was added to the permanent First Peoples exhibition a Viking encampment on the Museum’s north terrace at Melbourne Museum. and a Viking Long Table Feast, co-presented with Melbourne Food and Wine Festival.

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 13 Challenging the status quo in You Can’t Do That Fascinating new audiences at Melbourne The bold, celebratory fashion exhibition You Can’t Do That Museum’s Nocturnal at Melbourne Museum celebrated fashion designers who Nocturnal, a live music event initiated in 2017–18 attracted challenged the establishment, garments that rocked new 17,455 people, predominantly young adults, to 13 events markets and models who smashed the mould. at Melbourne Museum. Nocturnal couples emerging musicians with museum experiences — tours, curator Deepening our relationship with Virgin Australia Melbourne talks, and touch tables — to create a distinct style of event Fashion Festival (VAMFF), the co-presented exhibition that was recognised as Best New Experience in Concrete showcased the stories of influential Australian models Playground’s 2017 annual awards. and designers Stella Dare, Prue Acton, Lois Briggs, Jenny Bannister, Christopher Graf and Andreja Pejić, and showed The initiative has strengthened relationships with partners how, by defying convention, these fashion figures became including Music Victoria and the City of Melbourne, and the industry’s movers and shakers of their time. is aligned to contemporary music initiatives such as the Victorian government’s MusicCities conference, held in April. Inspiring tomorrow’s innovation leaders at Ground Up: Building Big Ideas, Together Connecting audiences to deepen their A brand new permanent exhibition at Scienceworks, experience at IMAX and Bug Lab Ground Up: Building Big Ideas, Together is an experience In partnership with the Melbourne Museum’s Bug Lab: for babies to five-year-olds where curiosity is rewarded, Little Creatures, Super Powers touring exhibition, IMAX and surprising and intriguing sights, sounds and touch Melbourne screened Bugs: Mighty Micro Monsters 3D, sensations are around each bend. adding another exciting and immersive element to the total Museums Victoria visitor experience. The combined The exhibition engages future aeronautical engineers exhibition and film package attracted more than 20,000 to design and construct flying contraptions; little sparks shared visitors from June to October in 2017. make patterns and pictures on a giant wall of colourful light switches; pint-sized problem solvers experiment and Creating great education experiences construct colourful three-dimensional puzzles and for all Museums Victoria’s major strategic education partnership the littlies who love to touch and experiment there is a giant, with the Department of Education and Training, to support colourful carwash to be engineered into action. the creation of engaging and accessible K-12 learning Building on the early childhood ‘learn through play’ programs for Victorian students, was renewed until standard set by the Pauline Gandel Children’s Gallery December 2020. These education experiences reach more at Melbourne Museum, Ground Up is a complementary than 54% of registered primary and secondary schools, and exhibition to Scienceworks’ young adult STEM experience schools from every local government area in Victoria visit Beyond Perception. ¹ one of our three museums on excursions. Our innovative WeSTEM education outreach program Sharing Koorie culture at Scienceworks with the Catholic Education Commission of Victoria was Scienceworks presented a First Peoples’-themed Little also renewed in 2018. This unique Scienceworks program Kids Day In, celebrating National Aboriginal and Islander combines teacher professional development, tailored Children’s Day, along with a new Indigenous astronomy support for participating schools and exciting problem‑ evening program for adults. Partnering with SNAICC2— solving student projects. In the inaugural two year pilot, National Voice for our Children, Scienceworks celebrated over 75% of the schools supported were classed as being with a special day dedicated to Koorie people, knowledge, of low socio-economic status. stories and culture. As part of the Discover Night Sky Series, Uncle Larry Walsh, Yulendj member, and Dr Duane Hamacher co-presented star stories from the Taungurung and Gamilaroi peoples.

1 Beyond Perception is a new exhibition experience at Scienceworks and a leading contributor to Strategic Objective 4: (page 22). 2 Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care

14 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 Revealing insights into Mahatma Ghandi’s life Bringing digital to life Mahatma Gandhi’s influence on India’s rich history is known Digital is often the first touchpoint with our museums and around the world. As the home to more people of Indian collections and we have an enormous opportunity to reach, descent than any other state in Australia, his migrant story is impact and grow audiences online, onsite and offsite using particularly significant in Victoria. The exhibition Mahatma digital channels. Gandhi: An Immigrant at the Immigration Museum explored The development of a strategic audience-centred digital key events that served as turning points in Gandhi’s life, and life has been identified as one of the key transformational which awakened him to the fight against social injustice. themes for Museums Victoria. Initiated through the Behind this fight was a complex man whose time in South establishment of a new leadership role and realignment of Africa was a period of particular personal transformation. resources, the Digital Life department was formed in the The exhibition comprised more than 1,000 photographs, second half of 2017-18. rarely seen archival footage, inspiring voice recordings of The newly formed Digital Life department delivered a speeches and other objects on loan from the Mahatma number of proof of concept digital-only experiences and Gandhi Digital Museum, enhanced further by objects trialled agile approaches to working, whilst undertaking from Museums Victoria’s collection. Featured events in the development of Museums Victoria’s Digital Life strategy. conjunction with the exhibition included the visit of Ela With the goal of reaching audiences beyond our walls, the Gandhi, renowned peace activist and granddaughter of establishment of a digital storytelling team will be the first Mahatma Gandhi. initiative implemented under the strategy. In 2018-19, the Mahatma Gandhi: An Immigrant was proudly supported digital storytelling initiative will equip Museums Victoria with by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, the skills, tools and resources to create and distribute story- as part of their India Strategy: Our Shared Future, and based content for existing and new digital audiences. Deakin University, which made history in 1996 as the first international university to open an office in India. Challenging stereotypes at British Migrants: Instant Australians? Fusing science and art at LightTime Seduced by promises of sun, surf and abundance — LightTime, the 2017 winter exhibition at Scienceworks, and cheap fares — almost 1.5 million Brits migrated to merged science with art to unveil some of the fascinating Australia in the decades following World War II with hopes intricacies of light, sound and optics and show the for a dream life. With all the supposed advantages of a connections between the beauty we experience and the shared language, culture and history, newcomers from science that enables it. Britain were expected to easily assimilate. The reality of migration is never that simple. LightTime featured artists including Kit Webster, creator of Axiom which wowed audiences at White Night; MindBuffer, The British Migrants: Instant Australians? exhibition at the animator of a massive laser display, and Skunk Control, a Immigration Museum explored the personal stories, social group of engineers and scientists from Victoria University history and contemporary impacts of this cohort of British who communicate science through art. migrants — whose backgrounds and experiences were more diverse than is often assumed — on Australian society.

The British who arrived in Australia between 1947 and 1981 were the largest migrant wave from any one place in Australian history. But with their sheer number and seeming absence of a separate ethnicity, British migrants were simultaneously visible and invisible, all-pervasive yet rarely identified. The exhibition’s narrative flipped stories and histories to show that the experience of British migrants, and the resulting impact on Australian identity, is far more complicated than people might imagine.

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 15 Strategic Objective 2: Museums Victoria has the primary material collection that inspires and allows excellent enquiry into our region’s big contemporary and historical questions

Strengthening University Partnerships through the Key changes under the Aboriginal Heritage Act (Vic.) have McCoy Project and Robert Blackwood Partnership seen the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council become Strategic research partnerships with both the University responsible for the management, return and protection of of Melbourne (through the McCoy Project, now into its fifth Aboriginal Ancestral Remains held within Victoria. Museums year) and Monash University (with the Robert Blackwood Victoria worked during the year to transfer responsibility Partnership, in its second year) saw external funding for all Victorian and non-Victorian Ancestral Remains to the provided for projects and postgraduate scholarships based Council. Ancestral Remains will continue to be held safely at on the Museums Victoria collections. Museums Victoria until they can be repatriated to country or stored elsewhere. Sustaining discovery with Australian Research Council Linkage Projects Museums Victoria completed a digital repatriation project involving 2,015 photographic images relating Museums Victoria participated in nine Australian to anthropologist Donald Thomson’s work with Yolngu Research Council – Linkage Projects run through major people in Arnhem Land in the 1930s to 1940s. Copies of the Australian universities: University of Melbourne, Monash photographs (on long-term loan to Museums Victoria from University, Deakin University, University of Adelaide, the Thomson Family) were presented to the Mulka Project and University of Queensland. (Yirrkala, NT) to enable the Yolngu people to access their One of these Linkage Projects, Invisible Farmer, a cultural heritage. collaboration between Museums Victoria, the University of Melbourne and other key partners that recognises the role Opening up the landscape of Australia of women in agriculture, was listed by social media network with digital field guides AgriEducate on their top-ten-list of Australian advancements Museums Victoria and the Gunditj Mirring Traditional and achievements in the agricultural space in 2017. Owners Aboriginal Corporation launched the Field Guide to the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape, a free smartphone Demonstrating our commitment to First Peoples and tablet app which presents 250 animal species found in history and collections the Budj Bim Cultural Heritage Landscape, a unique area Museums Victoria remains heavily committed to the of country in south-western Victoria. The names of over Indigenous Repatriation Program, with the return of three two-thirds of the species featured are given in the Dhauwurd ancestors to the Narrandera Local Aboriginal Land Council Wurrung language and their significance to the Gunditjmara (NSW) in April 2018, and transfer of 26 secret-sacred objects people explained. to the Strehlow Research Centre, Museum of Central Australia (NT) in July 2017. Collections inspiring research Research inspired by Museums Victoria’s collection The Aborigines Advancement League’s Hearse, held by ranging across Indigenous cultures, sciences, and history Museums Victoria, was used in the repatriation of 104 and technology led to 101 publications during the year by ancestors to Lake Mungo (NSW) in November 2017. The staff and associates. Among these studies, researchers Aboriginal Advisory Committee to Willandra Lakes Region sequenced the genome of the long-extinct Tasmanian tiger World Heritage Area and the NSW Office of Environment (Thylacinus cynocephalus) using DNA from one of the world’s and Heritage requested use of the Aborigines Advancement best-preserved thylacine specimens in the Museums Victoria League’s Hearse – a 1972 Chrysler Valiant station wagon, collection. Another study identified the strange “faceless acquired by Museums Victoria in 1989 – to repatriate so- fish” from collections made during a deep-sea expedition called “Mungo Man” (dated to 42,000 years) and 103 other off eastern Australia led by Museums Victoria researchers ancestral remains from Canberra-based institutions back aboard the RV ‘Investigator’ (Australia’s National Science to Lake Mungo in south-western NSW. Museums Victoria Facility ship). Both stories received widespread staff restored the Hearse to road-worthy certification, media coverage. and provided a Museum-staffed road crew to support the transportation. The Ancestral Remains were moved from Museums Victoria researchers were authors on three Canberra to Lake Mungo, accompanied by Traditional new specialist book titles: Australian Echinoderms Owners, and repatriation ceremonies took place to mark (CSIRO Publishing, 2017); Australian Bryozoa, Volume 1, their return home. Biology, Ecology and Natural History (CSIRO Publishing, 2018); and Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of the Kimberley (Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, 2018). These specialist publications served to showcase our expertise and improve our understanding of Australian biodiversity.

16 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 Interim collection storage Excelling in collection preservation Museums Victoria received additional funding from the Museums Victoria’s Collection Risk Assessment and State Government through Creative Victoria to assist Management Initiative was highly commended in the with critical interim collection storage issues and priority sustainability category at the 2018 Museums and Galleries collection registration. The funding provided over three National Awards (MAGNA) organised by Museums Galleries years will help to protect, preserve and provide access Australia. The award recognises the successful completion to collections. Museums Victoria continued to work with of a five-year plan to provide Museums Victoria with a Creative Victoria to develop a long-term plan for new powerful, strategic planning, investment and measurement collection preservation and access facilities based on a tool to best preserve the collections. sustainable collections strategy. Keeping up with the Curious? Revealing our innovation history with the Great Curious?, a new centre for visitors to engage more deeply Melbourne Telescope and CSIRAC with Museums Victoria’s collections, research and expertise, Support for research and collections activity was was launched in December 2017. Located near the entrance received through several philanthropic organisations, of Melbourne Museum, Curious? offers collection items, including the Ian Potter Foundation, Myer Foundation and digital tools, reading material, hands-on experiences and Copland Foundation for the development of a new optical access to expert staff for all visitors. In 2017–18 more than system — the next stage of the Great Melbourne Telescope 8,377 enquires from the general public were received by the restoration project. Public Information team, including 620 insect identification requests, 419 offers to donate items to the collection and CSIRAC (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research 335 requests to see collection items not currently on display. Organisation Automatic Computer), the only surviving first generation computer in the world, was placed on exhibition at Scienceworks with an interpretive display to put it in the context of Australia’s significant history of computer innovation.

Sharing wonder through collection loans In a major outward loan, fifteen parrying shields and broad shields from south-eastern Australia, held in Museums Victoria’s collection, were included in a proud massing of 19th century Aboriginal shields at the entrance to the Colony: Australia 1770–1861 exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria.

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 17 Strategic Objective 3: Museums Victoria engages with, welcomes and celebrates all communities

Connecting communities at the The Summer Courtyard A-Sides and B-Sides evening Immigration Museum events, in conjunction with the British Migrants exhibition, The Immigration Museum plays a critically important role welcomed many first‑time visitors to enjoy live music in the cultural and social life of Victoria. The need for a while exploring the vinyl record offerings of the museum that explores, enhances and illuminates our shared Melbourne Record Club. humanity has arguably never been greater. Ringing in the Lunar New Year across Melbourne During the year the Immigration Museum presented Museums Victoria celebrated the Lunar New Year across exhibitions, events and experiences exploring the stories of Melbourne Museum, Royal Exhibition Building and Melbourne’s diverse communities, including the Indonesian Immigration Museum throughout February 2018. The Film Festival, Winter Solstice Courtyard, and the exhibition program featured captivating projection art, a canine From Robes to Chinese Fortunes. fashion show, Feng Shui workshop and fortune telling, culminating in a parade by Sun Loong – the longest imperial Two notable events were features of our co-programming dragon of its kind in the world, on loan from the Golden with the African diaspora community. The One Beat One Dragon Museum in Bendigo. Love festival was the closing event for Cultural Diversity Week. The festival, a contemporary expression of culture The Sun Loong parade on the plaza of Melbourne Museum from across the African continent, welcomed more than on 11 February attracted more than 4,000 people, and 1,100 visitors to the community showcase that was by the end of the day well over 4,500 visitors had visited developed in partnership with the City of Melbourne, OZ Melbourne Museum. The subsequent installation of the Sun Africa TV and the Victorian Multicultural Commission. Loong imperial dragon along the entire length of the first- floor balcony of Melbourne Museum saw an influx of visitors, The #AfricanGangs: Beyond Politics and Media Headlines including a noticeable increase in Chinese tourists for the forum sought to address stereotypes and negative two-week period. perceptions of immigrants in Australia. The day-long seminar included leaders from the African community, Commemorating the Year of the Dog, the much-loved Monash University, Victoria Police, Scanlon Foundation, Australian Kelpie took centre stage at the Royal Exhibition Victorian Multicultural Commission and the Centre for Building with projected custom-designed animations by Multicultural Youth. local filmmakers Tim Stone and Aya Hatano (Gatherer Media), while the Immigration Museum welcomed four In partnership with Benevolence Australia and the Victorian legged doggy friends for a festival of food and culture. Multicultural Commission, the Immigration Museum hosted the first of what is anticipated to be an annual collaboration Creating music and community with for Ramadan, inviting members of the public to learn more the Federation Handbells about this holy month. The installation Spirit of Ramadan Regional and outer metropolitan Victorians now have featured weekly talks by Benevolence Australia founder regular and convenient access to the Federation Handbells Sister Saara Sabbagh, and the public were invited to be a thanks to the development of hubs in Whittlesea, Frankston, part of an inaugural Iftar dinner featuring food by Chef Hana Bendigo and Wangaratta. The development of these Assafari of Moroccan Soup Bar. partnerships with local libraries now offers opportunities Save the Date, a portrait exhibition featuring individuals, for Victorians to easily access these historic musical couples, families and groups who identify as LGBTQIA+, instruments. Creative workshops are also offered as part of was presented at the Immigration Museum in celebration the Hub program to inspire local communities to create their of the endorsement of changing the Marriage Act to include own musical experiences. same-sex couples. The exhibition was the second part of a two-part exploration of marriage equality, the first looking at Showcasing the cultures of sport in the history of the debate. Game Changers: Diversity in Football Sport’s effectiveness at breaking down barriers and creating Complementing the exhibition From Robe to Chinese change was celebrated with the Game Changers: Diversity Fortunes and part of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival, in Football display at Melbourne’s Immigration Museum. The Dim Sim Chronicles invited visitors to discover the Game Changers explored the way in which cultural and stories behind this iconic Australian snack. Renowned chef gender diversity are changing the world of football and Elisabeth Chong, daughter Angie Chong and granddaughter how the game has changed the lives of players. Presented Teresa Duddy Chong led discussions, tastings and in partnership with the Western Bulldogs Football Club, demonstrations in homage to this much-loved morsel and the starting point of the exhibition was the stories of two the lasting legacy of Chinese migration to the Australian Western Bulldogs players: Lin Jong, the first Australian of culinary landscape. East Timorese and Taiwanese descent to play in the AFL, and South African-born Jason Johannisen.

18 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 In addition to the powerful stories of these individual A partnership with the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival players, memorabilia from the 2016 and 2017 AFL Indigenous featured Hiakai Hangi, a traditionally prepared hangi feast and Multicultural Rounds and the inaugural Women’s event with culturally diverse chefs, and the Viking Long Competition was displayed. Table Dinner in conjunction with the Vikings: Beyond the Legend exhibition. Extending our impact with Outreach Museums Victoria’s Outreach Program engaged with over Welcoming diverse audiences 180,000 people across outer metropolitan and regional In 2017–18, Melbourne Museum extended our partnership Victoria, providing access to the museum’s collections with the deaf community and Vicdeaf by offering free for people who may find it difficult to visit the venues for Auslan classes for families, co-hosting a family day with reasons that include age and geographical distance. The interpreted activities, puppets, performances and further Museum in a Van program includes four presentations Auslan classes, and for the first time, working with Auslan incorporating natural science themes for kindergarten interpreters to provide Auslan tours of the Inside Out audiences, one immigration and social history program exhibition over summer. for primary students, and six presentations based on natural sciences and reminiscing experiences for aged care Our work with the autism community and partnership with audiences. These presentations provide access to museum AMAZE continued with Museums Victoria’s Autism Friendly objects through facilitated workshops, and engaged with Museum program. The program provides navigation, 26,888 people. The Kit Loans program comprises nine interpretation and information tools – including sensory learning kits and ten reminiscing kits, which are loaned maps and social stories – to assist parents and carers of out to education and community audiences, providing the children on the autism spectrum prepare for a museum visit. opportunity for hands-on self-guided engagement with Since launching in 2015, 34,402 people have accessed museum objects for 17,570 people. general tools and information offered by the program, and Our partnership with the Department of Education Early 4,850 have downloaded social stories. Years STEM unit provided the opportunity for early years Collaborating with AMAZE and drawing from evaluation educators to attend 16 STEM professional development and feedback from families, the program was extended this sessions throughout regional Victoria and outer- year to include the writing of the social story for the Pauline metropolitan Melbourne. Locations included Shepparton, Gandel Children’s Gallery, and the publication of the social Stawell, Torquay, Knox, Hoppers Crossing and Mernda. story for the Outreach program.

Partnering to increase our reach The impact and influence of this sector-leading accessibility Over the course of the past year a large number of diverse program was recognised with the programs tools added to programming opportunities were developed to further the collection of the National Museum of Australia; and the strengthen Museums Victoria’s commitment to the Victorian Government National Arts and Disability Strategy communities of Melbourne and Victoria. White Night and the Department for Health and Human Services Autism Melbourne again attracted enormous attendances – Plan included case studies of Museums Victoria’s program as estimated to be in excess of 120,000 on the Melbourne good practice examples. Museum Plaza and a year-on-year increase of visitors to the museum of more than 30%.

Museums Spaces worked with external providers to deliver Brickman: Awesome during March and April 2018 and Real Madrid World of Football on the Melbourne Museum Plaza in June.

The Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival (VAMFF) at the Royal Exhibition Building and Melbourne Museum Plaza in early March was again a great success with strong attendances and extremely positive media coverage. The collaboration with VAMFF was strengthened with events and programming supporting the exhibition You Can’t Do That, and a series of events at Immigration Museum including an International Women’s Day forum, An Evening With: Women In Media, and the Ideas Program Business Seminar.

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 19 Strategic Objective 4: Museums Victoria is a centre for technological and scientific expertise and fosters innovation to build economic value

Inspiring the STEM generation at In partnership with John Wardle Architects, the concept Beyond Perception master plan incorporates an architectural vision for the The ground-breaking Beyond Perception: Seeing the Unseen site across three scales of impact: building, campus and at Scienceworks, is a permanent exhibition co-created precinct. Advocacy for the Museum for the Future has by teens, for teens. From gravitational waves to invisible commenced with key government, local government, light, and turbulence to synchrotrons, this exhibition education, tertiary and science sector stakeholders. was developed in consultation with acoustic engineers, llluminating the sky at Scienceworks scientists and teenagers. Beyond Perception also explores the invisible waveforms in science and engineering. The Dark Lab series continues to be a major drawcard for adult audiences at Scienceworks. The series has Filled with large-scale immersive experiences, Beyond included Night Light, an opportunity for adults to explore Perception: Seeing the Unseen aims to inspire and intrigue the LightTime exhibition and Listening to the Universe, teens to engage with science, technology, engineering and presented in partnership with ABC Radio National, which maths (STEM) by taking them to its most fascinating and brought Western and Indigenous astronomy together to imperceptible corners. explore new ways of perceiving the cosmos.

Beyond Perception plays a key role in our aim to engage In Conversation with Astronauts allowed guests to meet with and prepare the next generation for a future in which an former NASA astronaut Dominic Antonelli and cosmonaut increasing number of jobs will rely on STEM skills of problem Dumitru Prunariu as they shared their stories of living in solving, hypothesising, experimenting and investigating. space, and Midnight Moon, welcomed 250 people to share the wonder of watching the lunar eclipse accompanied Building robots for the next generation by live Moon-inspired music from jazz identity As part of a Department of Education partnership, Museums Steve Sedergreen. Victoria created the exciting new initiative Future Innovators STEM for the Early Years. This new initiative included the Other events included the always popular Discover the development of a Coding and Robotics learning kit, as well Night Sky series, now in its tenth year, and the Grand Finale as professional development workshops. The Outreach of NASA’s successful Cassini mission to Saturn. For the workshops targeted early childhood educators and eighth year running, Melbourne Planetarium took part in concentrated on regional communities such as Stawell and the Melbourne International Film Festival with sell-out the Wimmera region, as well as outer urban areas such as sessions showcasing planetarium films from Japan, Canada Melton and Mernda. and Germany. In addition, the annual AstroLight Festival saw 1700 people enjoy an all-ages festival celebrating Continuing the tradition of innovation at astronomy and light, and featuring performances, Royal Exhibition Building stargazing, and talks by astronomers and scientists. The Royal Exhibition Building has been a site for the use of Planetarium Nights, a new initiative that turns the new technology and innovation since the 1880 Melbourne Planetarium into an adults-only zone on Friday evenings, International Exhibition. In March 2018, Museums Victoria launched in late 2017. The sell-out sessions have introduced partnered with American not-for-profit CyArk to digitise the a new audience to Melbourne Planetarium’s locally Royal Exhibition Building using LiDAR, photogrammetry produced astronomy shows and showcased the best of and drone photography. The 3D model of the building planetarium art films from around the world. created from this data will assist Museums Victoria with our proactive management and conservation of this UNESCO Inspiring innovation with the Facett hearing aid World Heritage listed site. It also opens up a range of exciting Museums Victoria staff collaborated with Leah Heiss (School opportunities for interpretation both onsite and online. of Design, and School of Architecture and Urban Design, RMIT University) and Australian hearing aid company Transforming Scienceworks for the Future Blamey Saunders hears, to develop ‘Facett’, the world’s first A new vision for the transformation of Scienceworks into modular hearing aid. The design of the device, including the the Museum for the Future has been developed into a colour, texture and form, was inspired by Museums Victoria’s preliminary business case with an accompanying concept mineralogy collection, and prototype elements from the masterplan. The Museum for the Future will be an incubator design process have been acquired into the State Collection and facilitator for creative thinking and innovative practice, as examples of Victorian innovation. working in collaboration with individuals and groups from diverse sectors and industries.

20 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 Strategic Objective 5: Museums Victoria is a sustainable and thriving organisation

Development Expanding our research capacity The Museums Victoria’s Annual Appeal program continues to Museums Victoria’s honorary appointments - 12 Curators grow with more than 1,000 donations contributing to a wide Emeritus and 120 Honorary Associates - continue to provide variety of projects across our Museums. A highlight was the specialist advice in research and collections areas. Two successful Summer Appeal that enabled the commissioning of our honoraries - Aunty Esther Kirby and Mr Philip Bock of a third Outreach Van for the Museums Victoria fleet. The - received Medals of the Order of Australia in the General van will allow us to significantly increase our engagement Division (OAM) for outstanding services, including their with Victorians in rural, regional and outer metro areas. valuable contributions to Museums Victoria. Our Patrons Circle members made significant and Adding value through partnerships invaluable contributions to developments at Scienceworks, The year saw us welcome Powershop, Australia’s greenest the restoration of the Great Melbourne Telescope, the power company (Greenpeace Electricity Guide 2015, 2016 continuation of the Invisible Farmer Project and our and 2018), as a partner. A membership sales promotion ran ‘I want to go to the Museum’ Access Program. throughout the year and in March, 130 Museum Members The Annual Supporters Thank You Event was held at the were treated to an excursion to the Mt Mercer Wind Farm to Moreland Collection Storage Facility in February, to recognise learn about renewable energy. and acknowledge the vital on-going support of our donors, As part of their local community programs in the West, Level grantors, supporters and partners. The engagement and Crossing Removal Authority and ExxonMobil both supported support of our community enables our successes and will the Easter school holiday program at Scienceworks, which be vital as we continue to implement the Museums Victoria’s included talks by engineers for visitors. Strategic Plan 2017–25. Building business links with MV Business+ Rio Tinto continued its generous support of the Dynamic MV Business+, Museums Victoria’s new corporate member Earth exhibit at Melbourne Museum and Sanbot Australia program, launched in March 2018. The program provides came on board as the presenting partner of Robotica 2017 business leaders with access to unique, museum-inspired at Scienceworks. networking events and offers employees of member organisations free general entry at Melbourne Museum, the Immigration Museum and Scienceworks.

Engaging Museum Members In 2017–18 Museums Victoria achieved the largest number of members in the program’s history, with more than 99,000 participating members enjoying unlimited free general entry at Melbourne Museum, Scienceworks and Immigration Museum, plus select discounts. The Museum Generation program, giving every baby born, fostered or adopted in Victoria a free six-month Museums Victoria family membership, continued its success, with 12,328 Museum Generation members activating their six-month membership in 2017–18.

Valuing our volunteers Volunteers are vital in supporting Museums Victoria’s vision. A pool of over 525 volunteers continue to donate over 40,000 hours annually to the organisation. The invaluable contribution of volunteers from the Sampling the Abyss research voyage was recognised with the presentation of the 2017 Victorian Premier’s Volunteer Champions Awards in the category of teamwork, for their contribution to furthering marine research and helping to discover new species.

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 21 Toddler interacting with a Customer Service Officer in the Pauline Gandel Children’s Gallery Photography by Benjamin Healley

22 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 Future Priorities

As the Initiation phase of the Strategic Plan 2017–25 evolves Immigration Museum Transformation: November into the Transform phase, Museums Victoria’s priorities will 2018 will mark 20 years since the establishment of the focus on pursuit of initiatives linked to audience and revenue Immigration Museum. The forthcoming anniversary has growth, and organisational sustainability. acted as a catalyst to reflect on the role the Immigration In 2018–19 Museums Victoria will deliver vital plans for Museum plays in the cultural and social life of Victoria, Transformational Themes and key business areas to and develop opportunities to transform the museum into develop capacity, ensure relevance, and expand our a contemporary exploration of our shared humanity. A audiences, including: re-envisioned Immigration Museum is scheduled to be launched in the latter part of 2018–19. First Peoples: A consultation framework will be finalised to embed inclusive, community-led consultation Museum for the Future: The transformation of and collaboration with local Koorie and Pacific First Scienceworks into a Museum for the Future will create a Peoples communities across Museums Victoria. The precinct where visitors can learn scientific, entrepreneurial importance of First Peoples history and living cultures will and STEM-related skills and equip themselves to confidently be further enhanced through the rollout of an Interpretation face the future. Immediate focus is on generation of a full Framework to ensure the forward program of exhibitions, business case and continued advocacy to build support for programs and experiences incorporates First Peoples’ this centre for technological and scientific expertise. content and interpretation. Exhibitions: To support our objective of providing Foundation Narratives: Museums Victoria’s first unmissable experiences for all audiences in 2018–19, translation of the exploration of the three Foundation Museums Victoria will deliver an expansive calendar of Narratives, Stories of the Universe, Life and Humans, will be audience activations and experiences. developed as an experience for Melbourne Museum. Museums Victoria developed and curated exhibitions will include: Digital Life: Digital Life’s major initiatives – Digital Life Strategy 2018–21, and creation of a Digital Storytelling • Myer Christmas Windows, in collaboration with Myer unit - will launch in 2018–19. The Digital Life Strategy will and Stage One at Melbourne Museum outline the roadmap to Museums Victoria becoming a • Love, in collaboration with Heide Museum of Modern Art, renowned digital innovator and sector leader. The Digital at Immigration Museum Storytelling Unit will initiate the transformation, by creating, producing and delivering high-quality, audience-focused • Kahlil Gibran: The Garden of the Prophet, in digital content and narratives that strategically enhance and collaboration with Gibran National Museum, at maximise audience experiences, engagement and visitation. Immigration Museum.

Research and Collections: A sustainable Research Collaborative and touring exhibition highlights will and Collections Strategy 2018–23 will guide activities also include: and establish clear objectives, performance criteria and timeframes. This will be complimented by an aligned • Mandela My Life: The Exhibition; the international launch First Peoples Research and Collections Strategy, of a Museums Victoria co-created touring exhibition at supporting a culturally respectful and appropriate Melbourne Museum approach to our research and collections. The new • Uncle Jim Berg in Bunjilaka at Melbourne Museum strategies will launch in 2018–19. • Museum of the Moon, an artwork installation at Scienceworks, incorporating story-telling and programming about the moon in the 50th anniversary year of the Apollo moon landing.

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 23 Purpose, Functions and Corporate Governance

Museums Board of Victoria Number of meetings during the financial year: 6 Museums Victoria is governed by the Museums Board of Victoria, a statutory body established under the Board member No. of meetings Museums Act 1983 (Vic.). It comprises a maximum of attended 11 members appointed by the Governor-in-Council, Professor Rufus Black (President) 5 and is subject to the direction and control of the Victorian Minister for Creative Industries. Mr Andrew Butcher 6

The Museums Board of Victoria is directly accountable Professor Edwina Cornish AO 0 (of 2) to the Victorian Government, through the Minister (to 1 December 2017) for Creative Industries, and works with Creative Mr Wilkin Fon 6 Victoria to deliver policy objectives. Mr Colin Golvan AM QC 4 The Board is responsible for maintaining the standards of management of Museums Victoria set out in the Museums Dr Alison Inglis 6 Act 1983, Section 23 has the following Statutory Functions: Ms Linda Bardo Nicholls AO 5 • control, manage, operate, promote, develop (from 1 August 2017) and maintain Museums Victoria Mr Peter Tullin 4 • control, manage, operate, promote, develop and (from 1 August 2017) maintain the exhibition land as a place for holding public Ms Annette Vickery 4 exhibitions and for the assembly, education, instruction, entertainment and recreation of the public Committees • develop and maintain the state collections of natural The Board has established a number of sub-committees sciences, Indigenous cultures, social history and science under the Act, to focus on specified matters within the and technology Board’s responsibilities and to advise back to the full Board. • exhibit material from those collections for the purposes of education and entertainment Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee The Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee • promote the use of those collections for scientific research advises the Board and Museums Victoria operations on all • promote the use of the museum’s resources matters relevant to Aboriginal cultural heritage. Its members for education in Victoria include representatives from Aboriginal communities throughout Victoria. • research, present and promote issues of public relevance and benefit Number of meetings during the financial year: 3 • act as a repository for specimens upon which scientific studies have been made or which may have special Committee member No. of meetings cultural or historical significance attended • provide leadership to museums in Victoria Ms Annette Vickery (Chair) 1 • advise the Victorian Minister for Creative Industries Ms Julie Andrews 3 on matters relating to museums and the coordination Professor Henry Atkinson 3 of museum services in Victoria. Ms Carolyn Briggs 3 Mr Colin Golvan AM QC 2 Ms Gail Harradine 1 Ms Diane Kerr 0 Mr Ricky Mullett 1

24 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 Audit and Risk Committee Nominations, Remuneration and Governance The Audit and Risk Committee maintains oversight of Committee Museums Victoria’s custodial responsibilities, strategic risk The Nominations, Remuneration and Governance matters, internal controls and governance processes. Committee maintains oversight of Museums Victoria’s human resources, remuneration, governance and Board Number of meetings during the financial year: 4 membership needs.

Committee member No. of meetings Number of meetings during the financial year: 3 attended Committee member No. of meetings Ms Linda Bardo Nicholls AO (Chair) 4 attended Mr Colin Golvan AM QC 2 Professor Rufus Black (Chair) 3 Mr Wilkin Fon 4 Mr Colin Golvan AM QC 3 Development Committee Ms Annette Vickery 0 (of 2) The Development Committee drives the planning and (from 1 November 2017) implementation of the Museum’s fundraising, philanthropy and partnership pipeline activities, to grow Museums Research Committee Victoria’s sustainable funding base. The Research Committee steers the development, conduct and management of research undertaken by Museums Number of meetings during the financial year: 4 Victoria. The committee oversees the Museums Board of Victoria’s Animal Ethics Committee, which was established Committee member No. of meetings in February 2007. attended Number of meetings during the financial year: 2 Mr Andrew Butcher (Chair) 3 (of 3) Mr Colin Golvan AM QC 1 (of 1) Committee member No. of meetings attended Dr Alison Inglis 4 Professor Edwina Cornish AO (Chair) 1 (of 1) Mr Peter Tullin 3 (of 3) (to 1 December 2017) Infrastructure Committee Professor Graeme Davison AO 1 (of 2) The Infrastructure Committee maintains oversight of (to 1 May 2018) Museums Victoria’s suite of strategic asset management Dr Alison Inglis 2 needs, infrastructure planning and capital project delivery. (Acting Chair from 1 January 2018) Number of meetings during the financial year: 4 Professor David Karoly 1 (of 1) (to 1 December 2017) Committee member No. of meetings attended Professor Lynette Russell 2 Mr Jim Cousins AO (Chair) 4 Professor Alistair Thomson 2 (external member co-opted by the Board) The Museums Board of Victoria is represented Ms Linda Bardo Nicholls AO 2 on the following committee:

Mr Peter Tullin 4 Donald Thomson Collection Administration Committee This committee was established to administer the legal agreement between the University of Melbourne, members of the Thomson family and Museums Victoria for the long- term loan of the Donald Thomson Collection to Museums Victoria.

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 25 Our Workplace

Organisation Structure and Functions Experience and Engagement: The Experience and Engagement Division is responsible for leading the Chief of Staff: Team led by the Chief of Staff, and under museums’ engagement with communities and individuals the direction of the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief of Staff online, onsite and offsite. Functions include exhibition has responsibility for Governance, Strategy, Planning and and experience development at Melbourne Museum, Reporting, and Corporate Communications. Scienceworks, Immigration Museum and Royal Exhibition Corporate Services: The role of the Corporate Services Building; Education and outreach programs Victoria wide for division, led by the Chief Operating Officer, is to support broad public engagement; and leadership in technical and the continued success of Museums Victoria by developing creative delivery of content and experiences. an agile, responsive and accountable organisation. The Digital Life: who are responsible for multichannel online division’s key areas of activity are Finance; Financial distribution and delivering experiences and content Planning and Analysis; Legal; Strategic Facilities virtually and digitally beyond our walls. Digital Life connects Management; Risk, Knowledge and Information Access people to Museums Victoria on their digital platforms and Management; Technology Strategy and Delivery. ours. Digital Life utilises established and emerging digital People and Culture: People and Culture is responsible for technology and behaviours to open up our places and all Human Resources and Occupational Health and Safety spaces; share our knowledge, research and collections; and functions and support, including Recruitment; Engagement reveal links to the past, the present and the future. & Retention strategies; Payroll; Workforce Planning; Learning Development: The Development department focuses and Development as well as ensuring Museums Victoria on growing and nurturing Philanthropic and Corporate complies with all relevant Occupational Health and Safety Partnerships, Museum Memberships, and Fundraising (OHS) legislation, Compliance Codes, Codes of Practice, income from individuals and the community to build a and relevant standards. healthy financial future for Museums Victoria. Melbourne Museum, Scienceworks and Marketing, Audience and Communications: Immigration Museum: General Managers at each of our The Marketing, Audience and Communications Department, museum locations are responsible for ensuring and enabling incorporating Brand and Marketing, Public Relations and the successful operation of each of our venues in order to Communications and Audience Insights, is responsible for provide a quality and engaging experience for all visitors, communicating the needs of our audiences and driving including oversight of Customer Service operations. Museums Victoria’s brand and positioning. Responsibilities The General Manager Melbourne Museum also has include publicity, marketing core product as well as special responsibility for leading our Commercial activities, exhibitions to achieve visitation targets at each venue and incorporating Museums Spaces, Retail Services, Car Park researching audiences and product development. and IMAX.

Research and Collections: Responsible for the development, conservation and promotion of the State collection of more than 17 million items through research and acquisition; providing access to the collections and associated information for museum visitors, scholars, community groups and national and international audiences; and conducts research to address local, national and international issues.

First Peoples: Provides strategic leadership to position First Peoples’ living cultures, histories and knowledge at the core of Museums Victoria’s practice. The First Peoples’ department manages, develops and promotes Museums Victoria’s Indigenous Collections through strategic oversight of Bunjilaka, Australia’s leading Aboriginal Cultural Centre, Australian First Peoples Curatorial, International First Nations Curatorial including Indonesia, Micronesia and Polynesia, and collection management.

26 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 Organisation Structure¹

Martin Foley MP Minister for Creative Industries

Richard Bolt Secretary Economic Development, Jobs Transport & Resources

Andrew Abbott Deputy Secretary Creative & Visitor Economies

Professor Rufus Black President of Museums Board of Victoria

Sandie Hall General Manager Development Gordon White Jodie Bennett General Manager Director Melbourne Museum Transformational & Commercial Projects

Nurin Veis Caro Llewellyn Acting Director Director Research & Experience & Collections Engagement

Genevieve Carmel O’Keeffe Grieves Head Head Digital Life First Peoples Lynley Marshall

CEO Natalene Muscat Rod Macneil General Manager Chief of Staff Marketing Audience & Communications

Jonathan Shearer Michael O’Leary Acting General Chief Operating Manager Officer / Scienceworks Corporate Services

Rohini Kappadath Sean Royal General Manager General Manager Immigration People & Culture Museum

1 As at 30th June 2018

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 27 Staff Profile Museums Victoria commenced 2017–18 with 492 full-time equivalent employees (FTE) and ended the period with 521. Ongoing Employees Fixed-term & Casual Total FTE* Employees Full-time Part-time (Headcount) (Headcount) (Headcount) FTE FTE FTE June 2018 427 285 142 375 146 521 June 2017 422 268 154 360 132 492

2017–18 2016–17 Fixed-term Fixed-term Ongoing & Casual Ongoing & Casual Employees Employees (Headcount) FTE FTE (Headcount) FTE FTE Gender Female 262 224 86 256 211 83 Male 166 149 49 166 149 49 Self-described** 0 0 0 NA NA NA Total 427 375 146 422 360 132 Age Under 25 0 0 21 1 1 12 25-34 97 84 60 81 66 58 35-44 123 109 33 119 102 36 45-54 111 96 20 116 99 16 55-64 70 64 11 80 71 9 Over 64 26 22 1 25 21 1 Total 427 375 146 422 360 132 Classification VPS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 VPS 2 157 121 84 165 118 64 VPS 3 103 96 23 102 94 23 VPS 4 87 79 23 77 72 27 VPS 5 62 61 7 63 61 9 VPS 6 17 17 4 15 15 4 VPS 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 Executive Officers 0 0 5 0 0 5 Total 427 375 146 422 360 132

*FTE = Full-time equivalent Note: Staffing numbers are as at the last pay cycle in the financial year. Employees have been correctly classified in workforce data collections. **Data was not collected for this category in 2016-17. In 2017-18 existing staff were invited to verify their details in the personal details section of Museums Victoria’s Employee Self Service (ESS) portal and the on-boarding processes for new employees allowed for capture of gender descriptor preferences. 28 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 Total number of Executive Officers, broken down by gender All Male Female Self -described* Classification No. No. No. No.

Executive Officer 1 0 0 0 0

Executive Officer 2 1 0 1 0

Executive Officer 3 4 1 3 0

Total 5 1 4 0

*Existing staff will be invited to verify their details in the personal details section of Museums Victoria’s Employee Self Service (ESS) portal and the on-boarding processes for new employees will allow for capture of gender descriptor preferences.

Reconciliation of executive movements throughout the year Classification 2018 2017 Executives* 7 5 Accountable Officer (CEO) 1 2 Less Separations 3 2 Total executive numbers at 30 June** 5 5

* Executives excluding Chief Executive Officer (CEO) ** Executives including CEO – Includes transitional outgoing and incoming Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operations Officer Note: Staffing numbers are as at the last pay cycle in the financial year. Employees have been correctly classified in workforce data collections. The following table discloses the annualised total salary for senior employees at 30 June 2017, categorised by classification. The salary amount is reported as the full-time annualised salary. Income band (salary) Executives Senior Technical Specialist >$160,000 0 0 $160,000 - $179,999 1 1 $180,000 - $199,999 0 0 $200,000 - $219,999 1 0 $220,000 - $239,999 0 0 $240,000 - $259,999 1 0 $260,000 - $279,999 1 0 $280,000 - $299,999 0 0 $300,000 - $319,999 0 0 $320,000 - $339,999 0 0 $340,000 - $359,999 0 0 $360,000 - $379,999 0 0 $380,000 - $399,999 1 0 Total Headcount 5 1

Note: The salaries reported above are at a full-time rate and exclude superannuation.

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 29 Staff Development People Matter Survey Museums Victoria’s learning and development framework In early May 2018, Museums Victoria participated in the is aligned to the professional and personal development People Matter Survey, designed for the Victorian Public needs of staff and focuses on core capabilities, critical Sector and run by the Victorian Public Sector Commission. skills and knowledge. A reasonable percentage (42%) of People Matter Surveys In 2017–18, the corporate learning and development were returned for Museums Victoria, compared with a 56% program provided a diverse selection of classroom sessions, result in 2016, and a 34% response rate for the Victorian e-learning modules and workshops. This enabled a variety Public Sector in that year. of learning preferences to be supported through face-to- face interactive sessions and online learning programs. Most of the results were received in June 2018 and were shared with the appropriate Department Managers and E-learning compliance modules continue to inform and the Executive Team for discussion and action with staff. educate the Museum workforce, whilst enabling consistent behaviours that are underpinned by respect, equal Museums Victoria fared well, on a comparison basis, with opportunity, and inclusivity. The e-learning modules assist respect to Human Rights, Responsiveness and Impartiality in defining clear behavioural expectations in keeping with values which were noted at 80%, 91% and 74% respectively. our values, in addition to promoting a positive and engaged The organisation also scored well with respect to attitudes work environment. towards diversity, with staff rating the organisation well for its culture, especially to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, In total, Museums Victoria offered 85 corporate learning disabled and LGBTI employees. and development sessions, representing 22 individual training programs. Additionally, 19 e-learning modules Areas that the Survey identified for further action and were completed (including the compliance e-learning review included bullying, avenues of redress and merit. project, which was completed by more than 72% of A program to eliminate bullying, including education, is all employees to date). already in place; addressing the newly emerged areas of concern has been given top priority by the Executive Team The majority of participants continue to rate their level and Department Managers. of satisfaction of learning programs offered at Museums Victoria as ‘high’ to ‘very high’. Public Sector Values During 2017–18, Museums Victoria once again hosted a Museums Victoria adheres to and upholds the Victorian successful International Women’s day. Indigenous women Public Sector Values and Code of Conduct (Public representing the First Peoples communities were celebrated Administration Act 2004). The Public Sector Values – across the organisation as an inspiration for all women. This Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, was further supported through another successful initiative Respect, Leadership and Human Rights – compliment focused on Women in Leadership. Museums Victoria’s organisational values – Strive, A range of workshops and briefings were also held across Embrace, Explore, Respect, Illuminate and Sustain. departments centring on performance development, leadership capability, building a constructive culture and enhancing positive work relationships. Further, a number of employees had the opportunity to attend both local and/or international seminars and conferences, undertake temporary assignments, and participate in mentoring programs and cross-divisional project opportunities.

Employee Relations Museums Victoria continues to maintain an excellent working relationship with staff and with the primary representative, the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU). Regular CPSU Consultative Committee meetings were held, as were constructive discussions regarding Museums Victoria’s most recent organisational realignment.

30 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 The Year in Brief

Key Indicators 2017–18 2016–17 2015–16 2014–15 2013–14 Collection stored to industry standard 74% 74% 75% 75% 77% Visitors satisfied with visit overall 96% 98% 99% 92% 94% Students participating in education programs 255,725 272,731 287,460 281,095 276,111 Volunteer hours 40,012 41,692 37,685 44,124 50,565 Memberships 29,216 20,307 16,295 16,368 17,496

Notes: The Members Program surpassed all expectations due to the popularity of the Pauline Gandel Children’s Gallery and Members joining via the Museum Generation initiative, which offered 6 months of free Membership to any family who welcomed a child into their family in the 2017 calendar year. There has been a reduction in back-of-house volunteer hours due to staff and departmental changes arising from the organisational realignment. These Key Performance Indicator results are part of the Victorian Government Budget Paper 3 (BP3) Measures. Financial Summary

2017–18 2016–17 2015–16 2014–15 2013–14 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 Revenue from government 85,799 86,474 84,152 84,377 85,848 Total income from transactions 137,009 125,047 123,472 114,971 123,129 Total expenses from transactions (133,753) (117,696) (117,297) (110,475) (116,940) Net result from transactions before depreciation 3,256 7,351 6,175 4,496 6,189 Net result from transactions after depreciation (26,126) (20,936) (11,369) (13,448) (12,715) Net result for the period (26,044) (20,577) (11,943) (13,510) (12,688)

Net cash flow from operating activities 12,414 4,469 1 16,363 6,572 6,139

Total assets 1,719,362 1,646,097 1,669,093 1,023,949 1,035,227 Total liabilities 30,798 23,955 26,367 17,344 15,112

Notes to Financial Summary: Revenue received from government was lower in comparison to the previous financial year, mainly from a decrease in capital funding for Exhibition Renewal projects. In accordance with government policy, a capital asset charge is included in revenue from government and disclosed separately as an expense within the financial statements. Total income includes donations and grants that are brought to account when received and not matched with expenditure, which may occur in subsequent financial periods. Overall total income increased due to a project income grant received from the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) for the Road Safety Education Complex, which offset a reduction in Exhibition Renewal Funding and science and research grants. Self-generated income increased mainly from the Vikings Touring Hall admissions and program/activity income generated from Nocturnal and Plano Nights. Total Expenditure includes increased salary costs due to the Staff Partnership Agreement (SPA), increase in FTE compared to the previous year and increased expenditure on the Road Safety Complex project. Net cash flow is significantly higher due to timing of government receipts and self-generated income. Museums Victoria receives a substantial proportion of its revenue from government, which does not fund the depreciation expense. The lack of depreciation funding may result in infrastructure that is no longer fit-for-purpose and may require significant future government investment. This does not impact Museums Victoria’s ability to operate as a going concern. Museums Victoria has continued to generate a positive net cash flow from operations.

1 This figure has altered since the 2016–17 Annual Report, due to an accounting change warranting the movement of $17,000 to Financing Activities.

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 31 Visitation 2017–18 2016–17 2015–16 2014–15 2013–14 Immigration Museum 117,757 122,574 116,024 122,662 123,877 Scienceworks 481,037 433,472 502,109 486,938 474,823 Melbourne Museum 1,191,862 1,140,618 991,132 828,379 955,838 IMAX 261,495 230,040 258,271 252,446 279,758 Total ticketed visitation 2,052,151 1,926,704 1,867,536 1,690,425 1,834,296 Outreach Program 182,451 134,318 440,450 135,881 112,049 Website 5,192,921 5,327,403 5,897,515 5,624,812 5,481,307 Total offsite visitation 5,375,372 5,461,721 6,337,965 5,760,693 5,593,356 Royal Exhibition Building 635,218 567,136 541,404 660,962 646,982 Total visitation 8,062,741 7,955,561 8,746,905 8,112,080 8,074,634

Notes: Museums Victoria exceeded its annual target by 11% (agreed target of 1,843,025 visitors), underpinned by the particularly strong performance of Melbourne Museum. This offset overall shortfalls against target across visitation categories and other sites. Melbourne Museum delivered a record result in terms of its General Admissions performance (excluding the Touring Hall) for 2017-18, exceeding 1 million visitors. The White Night all-night arts festival in February 2018 delivered record attendance for Melbourne Museum, with more than 38,000 people attending against a forecast of 20,000. The Touring Hall also hosted three exhibitions contributing to overall visitation: Bugs Lab, Inside Out and Vikings: Beyond the Legend. Scienceworks achieved its annual visitation target for 2017-18, though with notable variances throughout the year. The closure of the ongoing family exhibition Nitty Gritty Super City, from July to November had a stronger negative impact in visitation than forecast, however, the shortfall was offset by heightened visitation to Ground Up once opened, which continued across the Summer and Autumn school holidays. Ground Up also had a discernible impact on Members audiences, with overall 2017-18 attendance exceeding target by 57%. The Planetarium Late Night series event, running since August 2017, continued to sell out for the majority of events with an average of 300 additional visitors per week (roughly 13,000 additional visitors over the remainder of the year since opening). The Immigration Museum’s full year result of -12%, is largely due to a reduced Education offering, resulting from closure and refitting of long room. Outreach Program figures include participation in the programs activities and attendances at Federation Handbells performances. Strong Outreach results in 2015-16 are attributed to touring Federation Handbells performances at the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art, which attracted more than 300,000 attendees. Total Ticketed Visitation results are part of the Victorian Government Budget Paper 3 (BP3) Measures.

Environmental Performance 2017–18 2016–17 2015–16 2014–15 2013–14 Energy Total energy consumption (gigajoules) 61,728 100,100 130,181 151,747 141,774 Greenhouse emissions associated with energy use

(tonnes – CO2) 16,196 19,195 21,698 25,107 21,167 Waste Percentage of total waste recycled 45% 51% 55% 53% 44% Water Water consumption (kilolitres) 77,588 67,924 93,130 79,852 77,284

Notes: Museums Victoria engages in sustainable management practices under the State Government’s Energy Management Program. This is reflected in reduced energy consumption due to efficiency upgrades occurring across all Museums Victoria sites. These include the installation of energy- efficient exhibition lighting and improvements associated with the Energy Management Program. In Phase 1 of the Energy Management Program, Museums Victoria replaced the Chiller at Immigration Museum, installed new air-conditioning control systems at Immigration Museum and Melbourne Museum, optimised the existing mechanical plant and installed over 6,000 high efficiency LED fittings, which has led to a 38% reduction in energy consumption.

32 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 Statutory Reports

Accessibility Action Plan Building and Maintenance Compliance In 2017–18, Museums Victoria extended its partnership with As at 30 June 2018, Museums Victoria was responsible for six the deaf community and Vicdeaf by: government-owned buildings and also occupied premises at Swann House, Melbourne, as a tenant. Museums Victoria • continuing to offer free Auslan classes for families at complied with all provisions of the Building Act 1993. Melbourne Museum and Scienceworks All works undertaken by Museums Victoria during • co-hosting a family day with interpreted activities, 2017–18 complied with the Building Code of Australia and puppets, performances and further Auslan classes at with the relevant Australian Standards for building and Melbourne Museum maintenance works.

• working with deaf Auslan interpreters to provide Auslan Appropriate mechanisms are in place for the service, tours of the Inside Out exhibition at Melbourne Museum inspection, completion and monitoring of maintenance and over summer rectification works on existing buildings.

• consulting with Vicdeaf around accessibility for both the Major Works (more than $50,000) Ground Up and Beyond Perception Exhibitions. Melbourne Museum

Work with the autism community and partnership with • Roof membrane replacement AMAZE extended this year to include: • Energy management program upgrades

• 15,541 visitors accessed general tools and information Scienceworks offered by the program website, and 4,850 social stories • Installation of new lift in main exhibition gallery were downloaded • Installation of new toilets and baby change facilities in • the writing of the social story for the Pauline Gandel main exhibition gallery Children’s Gallery informed by evaluation and feedback from families Immigration Museum • Refurbishment of Coat of Arms on the Flinders Street • online publication of the social story for the building facade Outreach program Royal Exhibition Building • two state government departments invited Museums • Protection and Promotion Project Victoria to write case studies for use towards their publications – The Victorian Government National Arts Moreland Annexe and Disability Strategy and the Department for Health • Goods hoist installation in basement store and Human Services Autism Plan Building permits, occupancy permits and certificates • museum staff worked with post-graduate students at of final inspection RMIT and Macleay University to provide an understanding During 2017–18 the following were issued in relation to of the Autism Friendly Museum Project in action buildings owned by Museums Victoria: in museums. Building permits 12 The Disability Awareness course continued this year, with 44 staff members completing the course in 2017–18. Occupancy permits 0 Certificates of final inspection 15 Emergency orders 0 Building orders 0

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 33 Carers Recognition Act 2012 • Trove, the National Library of Australia’s portal, through which we share humanities collections data, with Museums Victoria recognises our responsibilities under the approximately 89,000 item and image records available Carers Recognition Act 2012 (Vic.). The following activities promote and implement the principles of the Act for our • Atlas of Living Australia, through which we share science staff and for people in care relationships: specimen data, with approximately 834,000 specimen records of which 16,330 of which have one or more • the Carer Card Program gives concession entry to our images, with a total of 25,870 images supplied. museums and IMAX • the Companion Card Program gives free entry to Freedom of Information cardholders when accompanying their care recipient The Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Commonwealth) entitles members of the public to obtain information, • flexible work arrangements for staff who are carers other than information that is exempt under the Act, • review of our Disability Action Plan and Disability Access held by Museums Victoria. For the 12 months ending Policy to ensure the principles of the Act are reflected in 30 June 2018, Museums Victoria received four Freedom our procedures and programs. of Information requests. Compliance with the Standing The information below must be published annually under part II of the Freedom of Information Act 1982. Directions of the Minister for Finance The information required under section 7(1)(a)(i) is (2016) located elsewhere in this annual report. I, Professor Rufus Black, on behalf of the Museums Board of Victoria, certify that the Museums Board of Victoria has Contacts complied with the applicable Standing Directions of the Principal Officer: Minister for Finance under the Financial Management Act Lynley Marshall (Chief Executive Officer) 1994 and Instructions except for the following Material Compliance Deficiencies: Freedom of Information Officer: Manager, Strategic Information and Risk • Direction 4.2.3, Asset Management Accountability Address: GPO Box 666, Melbourne VIC 3001 Framework Telephone: (03) 8341 7109 1. Create and Maintain Current Asset Register Fax: (03) 8341 7299 Email: [email protected] 2. Asset Information Management System

These two deficiencies are interlinked, as Museums Categories of Documents Victoria does not have an enterprise-wide fully functional Documents maintained in the possession of Museums Asset Information Management System. Addressing these Victoria include: deficiencies has high priority status in the remedial action • records pertaining to our buildings and other assets plan, with work commencing in August 2018. • records pertaining to objects in the Museums Victoria collection • Museums Victoria policies and procedures

Dr Rufus Black • records of divisional operations President, Museums Board of Victoria • records of Museums Board of Victoria meetings 30 August 2018 • finance and accounting records • volunteer records DataVic Access Policy • personnel and salary records Museums Victoria is committed to the principles of open access to public data and information. • Board member records

Museums Victoria makes more than 1.2 million collection • Museums Victoria member records. records freely available on the site Museums Victoria Collections and shares data with major national data aggregators, including:

34 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 Requests for Access to Documents • details of changes in prices, fees, charges, rates Access to documents (as defined in section 5 of the Act) may and levies charged by Museums Victoria only be obtained through a written request to the Freedom • details of any major external reviews carried out of Information Officer; a fax is sufficient. Each request should on Museums Victoria be accompanied by a $28.90 application fee. An applicant may request photocopies of documents or inspection of • details of major research and development activities specific documents at Museums Victoria, or other access undertaken by Museums Victoria arrangements as appropriate to the application. • details of overseas visits undertaken, including a Applications should be as specific as possible to enable summary of the objectives and outcomes of each visit Museums Victoria to identify the documents sought. • details of major promotional, public relations and Where a request does not sufficiently identify the marketing activities undertaken by Museums Victoria documents, the applicant will be advised and will be to develop community awareness of and engagement provided with an opportunity to consult with Museums with museum venues and the services we provide Victoria in order to redefine the request. • details of assessments and measures undertaken to Section 21 of the Act requires that all reasonable steps improve the occupational health and safety of employees be taken to notify the applicant of the decision concerning • a general statement on industrial relations within the release of documents as soon as practicable. It must Museums Victoria and details of time lost through be no later than 45 days after the date on which the industrial accidents and disputes request was received. • a list of major committees sponsored by Museums Charges Under the Act Victoria, the purpose of each committee and the extent to Section 22 of the Act outlines the principles for the levy which its purposes have been achieved to be paid by an applicant before access to a document • details of all consultancies and contractors, including is given, and for the waiver of charges. The application fee those engaged, services provided and expenditure is $28.90. Further charges may be levied for photocopying committed to for each engagement. and searching for documents, or for supervising access. Some charges may be waived in certain circumstances.

Availability of Additional Information The following information relating to Museums Victoria and relevant to the financial year is available to the Minister, members of parliament and the public on request: • a statement that declarations of pecuniary interests have been duly completed by all relevant officers • details of shares held by a senior officer as nominee or held beneficially in a statutory authority or subsidiary • details of publications produced by Museums Victoria about the museum, and the places where publications can be obtained

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 35 Consultancies In 2017–18, ten consultancies attracted total fees payable of $10,000 or greater. The total expenditure incurred during the year in relation to these consultancies is $775,064 as outlined in the table of consultancies below.

There were no consultancies during the year with fees of less than $10,000.

Consultant Purpose Total approved Expenditure Future project fee 2017–18 expenditure (excl. GST) (excl. GST) (excl. GST) Aalto Pty Ltd Facilities Management Plan and Operational $42,480 $42,480 $0 Funding Review Aalto Pty Ltd Asset Management Framework $16,500 $16,500 $0 Part 2A Development James Hampton Architectural Design Service $17,700 $17,700 $0 John Wardle Pty Ltd Museum for the Future Master $150,000 $150,000 $0 Concept Plan Development May Consulting Pty Scienceworks and Immigration Museum $29,606 $29,606 $0 Ltd trading as The Catering Tender Advice Maytrix Group Nous Group Pty Ltd Strategic Plan Development 2017 $86,692 $86,692 $0 Nous Group Pty Ltd Corporate and Business Plan $59,257 $59,257 $0 Development 2017 SGS Economics and Museum for the Future Business Case $39,188 $37,620 $1,568 Planning Pty Ltd SGS Economics and Audience Market Analysis Project 2018 $110,757 $39,057 $71,700 Planning Pty Ltd Lovell Chen Heritage Principal Consultancy Services (Consultancy $1,552,699 $296,152 $616,736 Consultants Team) Royal Exhibition Building Protection and Promotion Project

Disclosure of major contracts

In 2017–18, there were two major contractors that were of $10,000,000 or greater.

Party Project Name Purpose Total Value $ (excl. GST) $’000 Traffic and Accident Commission Transport Accident Exhibition Hosting 14,925 Commission - Road Agreement Safety Education Project Arrangements 2017 to 2028 MSS Security Security Services Services Agreement 18,000 2018 to 2028

36 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 Government Advertising Expenditure

Creative and Advertising campaign Research and Print and Other (media) development evaluation collateral campaign Name of expenditure expenditure expenditure expenditure costs campaign Campaign (excl. GST) (excl. GST) (excl. GST) (excl. GST) (excl. GST) Total Start/end date summary $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 Bug Lab To drive visitation June 2017 to to Melbourne 283 0 5 24 36 348 October 2017 Museum's touring exhibition Bug Lab Vikings: To drive visitation Beyond the to Melbourne Legend Museum's touring March 2018 exhibition Vikings: Ongoing Beyond the Legend 151 40 5 65 66 327

Notes: Information shown is for government advertising expenditure for campaigns of $100,000 or more. Research and evaluation was undertaken with existing internal resources. Campaigns crossed financial years; the figures above represent 2017–18 expenditure. Creative work for Museums Victoria communications is undertaken by an external design firm on a monthly retainer; the figures above are additional expenses for larger campaigns.

Health and Safety Incidents Visitors

Visitors Incidents Incidents per 100 visitors 2015–16 1,867,536 644 0.0344 2016–17 1,926,704 686 0.0356 2017–18 2,052,151 609 0.0296

Staff

Staff Incidents Incidents per 100 Lost time Lost time standard claims Average cost FTE staff members standard claims per 100 staff members per claim 2015–16 507 255 50.3 5 0.98 $101,498 2016–17 492 225 45.7 3 0.61 $36,091 2017–18 521 82 15.7 4 0.77 $29,194

Notes: Average cost per claim includes payments to 30 June 2018, and an estimate of outstanding claim costs advised by Xchanging, Museums Victoria’s insurer. The 2017–18 financial year saw a significant increase in resourcing for Museums Victoria’s OHS team from 1 to 2.5 FTE and implementation of a more accurate incident reporting and data mining tool, as endorsed by the Board. The significant decreases in reported staff-related incidents during this period compared to prior years can be attributed to greater accuracy in defining incidents driven by the parameters of the incident reporting tool. The more robust level of resourcing in the OHS team has also enabled a stronger, more proactive prevention approach compared to prior years.

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 37 Information and Communication Technology Expenditure For the 2017–18 reporting period, Museums Victoria had a total ICT expenditure of $4,526,079, with details shown below.

All operational ICT expenditure ICT expenditure related to projects to create or enhance ICT capabilities Business As Usual Non-BAU ICT expenditure Operational expenditure Capital expenditure (BAU) ICT expenditure $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 Total A+B A B Total 4,510 16 16 0

Local Jobs First - Victorian Industry Participation Policy (VIPP) The Local Jobs First - Victorian Industry Participation Policy Act 2003 requires public bodies to report on the application of the Victorian Industry Participation Policy (VIPP) to all tenders of more than $3 million in metropolitan Melbourne and $1million in regional Victoria.

There was one contract commenced or completed during the year to which the Local Jobs First - VIPP applies.

Details of contracts commenced during the year the VIPP applies to:

• One contract totalling $8 million in value (excluding GST), in metropolitan Melbourne.

The outcomes reported from the implementation of the policy where information was provided, were as follows:

• an average of 85.33 % of local content outcome was recorded • a total of 111 positions were created and 9 existing positions retained • 11 new apprenticeships/traineeships were created and 4 existing apprenticeships/traineeships retained.

National Competition Policy Museums Victoria continues to comply with the requirements of the National Competition Policy, in being committed to competitive neutrality principles, and ensuring fair and open competition. Many non-core activities have been outsourced, such as cleaning, food and beverage services, and security.

Protected Disclosures Museums Victoria is committed to the aims and objectives of the Protected Disclosure Act 2012 (Vic.). In particular, Museums Victoria does not tolerate improper conduct by staff or reprisals against those who come forward to disclose such conduct.

Museums Victoria is not a public body to which disclosures may be made. Disclosures of improper conduct or detrimental action relating to the museum should generally be made to the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC). Information about making such disclosures can be found on the IBAC website: www.ibac.vic.gov.au.

As required by s.58(5) of the Act, procedures for protecting people who make protected disclosures from detrimental action by Museums Victoria or its staff are available on the museum website: www.museumsvictoria.com.au.

38 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 Disclosures under the Protected Disclosure Act 2012 There were no disclosures made to Museums Victoria during 2017–18.

2017–18 2016–17 The number of disclosures made by an individual to Museums Victoria’s 0 0 Protected Disclosures Coordinator and notified to IBAC Assessable disclosures 0 0

Public Sector Values and Employment Principles During 2017–18, Museums Victoria complied with the Public Administration Act 2004. We recognise our obligation to make staff aware of the requirements of the code of conduct, policies and procedures. Key documents are made available to staff prior to their employment commencing, and our policies and procedures are explained through the induction program and are readily accessible through the Museums Victoria intranet. Staff are also required to complete regular additional online e-learning modules linked with key policies and procedures, including equal opportunity and workplace bullying.

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 39 Ground Up exhibition in Scienceworks Photography by Fran Parker

Financial Overview of Operations

Financial Overview of Operations Expenses

The net result from transactions before depreciation was a There was an increase in employee expenses of $3.4 million surplus of $3.3 million for the year ended 30 June 2018. from 2016–17. This increase was a result of i) progression payments to the majority of staff, ii) pay rises as part of The net result was a deficit of $26.0 million, which comprises: the Staff Partnership Agreement and iii) an increase in FTE employed. • Depreciation expense of $29.4 million; and • Other economic inflows included in the result Museums Victoria’s operating expenses increased by $12.7m, of $0.1 million. primarily due to: General Operations • Higher contractor and exhibition expenses from The decrease in net result from transactions before i) construction costs incurred for Road to Safety Complex depreciation from $7.4 million in 2016–17 to $3.3 million in on behalf of TAC ii) higher film royalties for Dunkirk and 2017–18 was due to an increase in income of $12.0 million, Star Wars, and iii) higher contractor costs relating to the offset by an increase in expenses of $17.1 million. implementation of Museums Victoria’s Strategic Plan. Offsetting these increases were (i) lower 2017–18 Touring Income Hall exhibition expenses compared to the higher costs in Self-generated increased following the recognition of 2016-17’s Jurassic World exhibition Touring Hall exhibition revenue from Transport Accident Corporation (TAC) for the costs, (ii) higher marketing and promotion costs from in- Road Safety Education complex. There was also an increase kind reciprocal marketing arrangements and (iii) general of $2.6 million in self-generated income mainly from increases in Touring Hall marketing costs. i) sponsorship which included in-kind marketing income as Depreciation increased by $1.1 million mainly due to the part of Museums Victoria’s sponsorship agreements; completion of Buildings driven by Phase 1 of Museums ii) increased admissions revenue (Touring Hall exhibitions) Victoria’s Energy Management Program. and programs/activities income (Nocturnal, Plano Nights etc); and iii) increased catering income.

42 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 Financial Statements Museums Board of Victoria

Declaration in the Financial Statements We certify that the attached financial statements for the Museums Board of Victoria have been prepared in accordance with Standing Direction 5.2 of the Minister for Finance under the Financial Management Act 1994, applicable Financial Reporting Directions, Australian Accounting Standards and other mandatory professional reporting requirements.

We further state that, in our opinion, the information set out in the Comprehensive Operating Statement, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity, Cash Flow Statement and Notes to the Financial Statements, presents fairly the financial transactions for the year ended 30 June 2018 and financial position of the Museums Board of Victoria as at 30 June 2018.

At the date of signing these financial statements, we are not aware of any circumstance which would render any particulars to be misleading or inaccurate.

We authorise the attached financial statements for issue on 30 August 2018.

Ms Linda Bardo Nicholls AO Treasurer, Museums Board of Victoria

Ms Lynley Marshall Chief Executive Officer

Mr Michael O’Leary Chief Financial Officer

30 August 2018

Dated

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 43 Financial Statements Table Of Contents Table Of Contents forFor The the Financial Financial Year Ended Year 30 Ended June 2018 30 June 2018

Museums Board of Victoria Museums Victoria as presented its audited eneral purpose financial statements for te financial year ended June in te folloin structure to provide users it te information about Museums Victorias steardsip of resources entrusted to it

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Comprehensive operating statement 46 Balance sheet 47 Cash flow statement 48 Statement of changes in equity 49

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 45 Financial Statements

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46 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 Balance Sheet as at 30 June 2018 otes

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48 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 Statement of Changes in Equity for the financial year ended 30 June 2018 ternally Physical Forein Accuulated Board Funded Asset urrency ontributions rust Funds otal eficit Reseres ecial Realuation edin by wner Proects urlus Resere otes

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Te above Statement of Canes in Euity sould be read in conunction it te accompanyin notes Reserve Balances and ccumulated Deficit ave been realined to provide better clarity Te canes include Annual Report 2017–18 Annual Report Victoria Museums 49

Notes to the Financial Statements

1. ABOUT THIS REPORT Museums Board of Victoria Museums Victoria is a Victorian overnment statutory autority of Creative Victoria, a division of te Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources

Its principal address is Museums Victoria icolson Street Carlton Victoria, ustralia

description of te nature of Museums Victorias operations and principal activities is included in te Report of operations, ic does not form part of tese financial statements

Basis of Accounting Preparation And Measurement

Tese financial statements are in ustralian dollars and te istorical cost convention is used unless a different measurement basis is specifically disclosed in te note associated it te item measured on a different basis

Te accrual basis of accountin as been applied in preparin tese financial statements, ereby assets, liabilities, euity, income and epenses are reconised in te reportin period to ic tey relate, reardless of en cas is received or paid

Consistent it te reuirements of SB Contributions, contributions by oners tat is, contributed capital and its repayment are treated as euity transactions and, terefore, do not form part of te income and epenses of Museums Victoria

dditions to net assets ic ave been desinated as contributions by oners are reconised as contributed capital ter transfers tat are in te nature of contributions to or distributions by oners ave also been desinated as contributions by oners

Judements, estimates and assumptions are reuired to be made about financial information bein presented Te sinificant udements made in te preparation of tese financial statements are disclosed in te notes ere amounts affected by tose udements are disclosed Estimates and associated assumptions are based on professional udements derived from istorical eperience and various oter factors tat are believed to be reasonable under te circumstances ctual results may differ from tese estimates

Revisions to accountin estimates are reconised in te period in ic te estimate is revised and also in future periods tat are affected by te revision Judements and assumptions made by manaement in applyin S tat ave sinificant effects

ll amounts in te financial statements ave been rounded to te nearest , unless oterise stated

Compliance information Tese eneral purpose financial statements ave been prepared in accordance it te Financial Management Act 1994 M and applicable ustralian ccountin Standards Ss ic include Interpretations, issued by te ustralian ccountin Standards Board SB In particular, tey are presented in a manner consistent it te reuirements of SB ole of overnment and eneral overnment Sector inancial Reportin SB

50 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 ere appropriate, tose Ss pararaps applicable to notforprofit entities ave been applied ccountin policies selected and applied in tese financial statements ensure tat te resultin financial information satisfies te concepts of relevance and reliability, tereby ensurin tat te substance of te underlyin transactions or oter events is reported

2. FUNDING DELIVERY OF OUR SERVICES

Introduction Te obective of Museums Victoria is to enric te lives of people trou ondrous discovery and trusted nolede sense of tis orld and foster reater understandin of te deep connections e ave to eac oter and to our environment

Museums Victoria meets its obectives from rants fundin, selfeneratin income and fundraisin activities Te rants comprised of Victorian overnment appropriation, capital fundin, researc and education rants

Structure

Summary of income tat funds te delivery of our services rants Selfenerated income ter income

2.1 Summary of income that funds the delivery of our services otes rants , , Selfenerated income , , ter income , , otal incoe fro transactions

Income is reconised to te etent it is probable te economic benefits ill flo to Museums Victoria and te income can be reliably measured at fair value

2.2 Grants otes Victorian overnment rants , , Commonealt overnment rants ter rants , otal rants

Victorian overnment appropriation and oter rants from Victorian overnment entities are reconised on receipt in accordance it SB Contributions rants from oter sources are reconised as income en Museums Victoria ains control over te underlyin asset

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 51 or reciprocal rants ie eual value is iven bac by Museums Victoria to te provider, Museums Victoria is deemed to ave assumed control en Museums Victoria as satisfied its performance obliations under te terms of te rant

or nonreciprocal rants, Museums Victoria is deemed to ave assumed control en te rant is receivable or received

2.2.1 Victorian government grants Museums Victoria received te folloin rants from te Victorian overnment otes Recurrent rant pplied to operations , , Capital sset Care , , otal recurrent rant

Capital undin , , ter rants from Victorian overnment Entities , , otal ictorian oernent rants Income from TC as been reinstated from ter rants from Victorian overnment Entities for financial year Tis adustment is also reflected in te Cas lo Statement

2.3 Self-Generated income otes ees and Cares , , Sales of oods and Services , , Rent Revenue , , Sponsorsip , Membersips , Income TC Road to Safety Education Comple , , otal selfenerated incoe

ees and cares consists of income received from admissions, education and community prorams, outreac services and onsite car parin facilities It is reconised at te time of attendance by visitors payin fees and cares

Income from sale of oods and services comprise mainly of retail sop sales at Melbourne Museum, Scienceors and Immiration Museum It is reconised upon delivery of te oods and services to te customer

Rental revenue at museum venues is reconised in te mont en te event is eld

Membersip fees are reconised over te membersip period tis financial year

Sponsorsip income represents te cas, oods and services received from sponsorsip contracts oods and services received free of care are only reconised en te fair value can be reliably determined and control is obtained over any oods and services provided

Income from TC is reconised en received and includes capital fundin for base build and fitout of te ne comple as ell as alloin for relocation of eistin Museum facilities

52 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 2.4 Other income otes Donations income Donated cultural assets at fair value Interest from inancial ssets Royalties Received Miscellaneous Income , , otal other incoe

Donations income are reconised on receipt

Donated cultural assets are reconised en te ift is accepted by Museums Victoria and control of te asset or rit to receive te asset eists Te donated cultural assets are recorded at fair value ic is determined by eiter independent valuations, for ors donated under te Cultural ifts Proram, or by curatorial or oter assessment by Museums Victoria

Interest income on sortterm deposits are reconised on a montly basis tain into account interest rates applicable to te financial assets

Miscellaneous income consists mainly of recoveries of event costs and trust income ll oter income for provision of oods and services is reconised en received or receivable

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 53 3. THE COST OF DELIVERING SERVICES

Introduction Tis section provides an account of te epenses incurred by Museums Victoria in deliverin its obectives In section , te funds tat enable te provision of services ere disclosed and in tis note te cost associated it te provision of services are recorded

Structure

Summary of epenses incurred in delivery of services Employee epenses Capital asset care peratin epenses

3.1 Summary of expenses incurred in delivery of services otes Employee epenses , , Capital asset care , , peratin epenses , , otal eenses fro transactions

3.2 Employee expenses

3.2.1 Employee expenses in the comprehensive operating statement otes Salaries and aes, annual leave and lon service leave , , Defined contribution superannuation epense , , Defined benefit superannuation epense Termination benefits , , otal eloyee eenses

Employee epenses include all costs related to employment includin aes and salaries, frine benefits ta, leave entitlements, termination payments and orCover premiums

Te superannuation amount reconised in te Compreensive peratin Statement in relation to employer contributions for members of bot defined benefit and defined contribution superannuation plans represents te employer contributions tat are paid or payable to tese plans durin te operatin period Te level of tese contributions ill vary dependin upon te relevant rules of eac plan Museums Victoria does not reconise any defined benefit liabilities because it as no leal or constructive obliation to pay future benefits relatin to its employees Instead, te Department of Treasury and inance DT discloses in its annual financial statements te net defined benefit cost related to te members of tese plans as an administered liability on bealf of te State as te sponsorin employer

54 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 Termination benefits are payable en employment is terminated before normal retirement date, or en an employee accepts an offer of benefits in ecane for te termination of employment Termination benefits are reconised en Museums Victoria is demonstrably committed to terminatin te employment of current employees accordin to a detailed formal plan itout possibility of itdraal or providin termination benefits as a result of an offer made to encourae voluntary redundancy Benefits fallin due more tan monts after te end of te reportin period are discounted to present value

3.2.2 Employee benefits in the balance sheet Provision is made for benefits accruin to employees in respect of aes and salaries, annual leave and lon service leave S for services rendered to te reportin date and recorded as an epense durin te period te services are delivered

otes urrent roisions Annual leae nconditional and epected to be settled itin monts , , nconditional and epected to be settled after monts , , on serice leae nconditional and epected to be settled itin monts nconditional and epected to be settled after monts , , Proisions related to eloyee benefit oncosts nconditional and epected to be settled itin monts nconditional and epected to be settled after monts , , otal current roisions for eloyee benefits oncurrent roisions Employee benefits Employee benefits oncosts otal noncurrent roisions for eloyee benefits otal roisions for eloyee benefits Te amounts disclosed are nominal undiscounted amounts Te amounts disclosed are discounted to present values

Reconciliation of movement in on-cost provisions

otes enin balance , , dditional provisions reconised Reductions arisin from payments nind of discount and effect of canes in te discount rate losin balance , , Current , , oncurrent otal oncost , ,

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 55 Wages, salaries and annual leave: iabilities for aes and salaries includin nonmonetary benefits, annual leave and oncosts are reconised as part of te employee benefit provision as current liabilities, because Museums Victoria does not ave an unconditional rit to defer settlements of tese liabilities

Te liability for salaries and aes are reconised in te balance seet at remuneration rates ic are current at te reportin date s Museums Victoria epects te liabilities to be olly settled itin monts of reportin date, tey are measured at undiscounted amounts

ll annual leave liability is classified as a current liability, as Museums Victoria does not ave a conditional rit to defer te settlement of te entitlement

Te components of annual leave liability are measured at

Employment oncosts suc as payroll ta, orers compensation and superannuation are not employee benefits Tey are disclosed separately as a component of te provision for employee benefits en te employment to ic tey relate as occurred

nconditional S is disclosed as a current liability even ere Museums Victoria does not epect to settle te liability itin monts because it ill not ave te unconditional rit to defer te settlement of te entitlement sould an employee tae leave itin monts

Te components of tis current S liability are measured at

Conditional S is disclosed as a noncurrent liability Tere is an unconditional rit to defer te settlement of te entitlement until te employee as completed te reuisite years of service Tis noncurrent S is measured at present value

ny ain or loss folloin revaluation of te present value of noncurrent S liability is reconised as a transaction, ecept to

3.2.3 Superannuation contributions

Museums Victoria is reuired to reconise all superannuation payments as epenses in its compreensive operatin statement Te Department of Treasury and inance sall reconise te areate unfunded superannuation liability relatin to employin entities in its financial statements of June as te Victorian overnment as assumed responsibility for tis liability

Belo are te maor employee superannuation funds and contributions paid or payable by Museums Victoria Te total amount of superannuation ecludes amounts paid under salary sacrifice arranements

Paid contribution for the ontribution utstandin at year year end State Superannuation und VicSuper Sceme , , State Superannuation und Revised Sceme & e ter funds , otal

56 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 3.3 Capital asset charge

Te capital asset care represents te opportunity cost of capital invested in te noncurrent pysical assets used in te delivery of service Te care is calculated on te budeted carryin amount of applicable property, plant and euipment assets

In accordance it overnment policy, tis care as been reconised as revenue itin te Victorian overnment rants and disclosed separately as an epense itin te financial statements

3.4 Operating expenses

otes Cost of oods Sold , , inance Costs acilities Epenses , , Consumables and Corporate Epenses , , Contractors and Eibitions , , Maretin and Promotion , , Collections Manaement otal oeratin eenses

peratin epenses enerally represent te daytoday runnin costs incurred in normal operations peratin epenses are reconised as an epense in te reportin period in ic tey are incurred

Cost of oods Sold is te cost of retail sop inventory sold in te reportin period en inventories are sold, te carryin amount of tose inventories sall be reconised as an epense in te period in ic te related income is reconised

Contractors and Eibitions epenses consist mainly of film royalties, eibition fees and construction costs Te sinificant increase in te financial year as due to construction costs incurred for te Road to Safety Comple on bealf of Transport ccident Corporation TC

Maretin and promotion is ependiture incurred on advertisin, public relations and maret researc In financial year , tere as increase in bot inind maretin and eneral maretin spend

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 57 4. KEY ASSETS AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT SERVICE DELIVERY

Introduction Museums Victoria controls assets tat are utilised in fulfillin its obectives and conductin its activities Tey represent te resources tat ave been entrusted to Museums Victoria to be utilised for delivery of services

ere te assets included in tis section are carried at fair value, additional information is disclosed in ote in connection it o tose fair values ere determined

Structure

Total property, plant, euipment, eibitions and collections Depreciation

4.1 Total property, plant, equipment, exhibitions and collections ross carryin aount Accuulated dereciation et carryin aount and at fair value , , , , Buildins at fair value , , , , , , Plant, euipment and , , , , , , veicles at fair value Eibitions at fair value , , , , , , or in proress at cost , , , , Collections at fair value , , , , et carryin aount Depreciation of collections is for ibrary nonrare assets

Initial recognition ll noncurrent pysical assets are reconised initially at cost and subseuently measured at fair value less accumulated

te date of acuisition

Subsequent measurement Property, plant, euipment, eibitions and collections are subseuently measured at fair value less accumulated

pysical restrictions imposed on te asset, public announcements or commitments made in relation to te intended use of te asset

Non-specialised land onspecialised land are valued usin te maret approac, ereby assets are compared to recent comparable sales or sales of comparable assets tat are considered to ave nominal value

Specialised land Te maret approac is also used for specialised land, altou it is adusted for te community service obliation CS to reflect te specialised nature of te land bein valued

58 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 Te CS is an alloance made to reflect te difference beteen unrestricted freeold land and land eld by te public sector ic is affected due to political, social and economic restraints Tis arises because te land is cron land and in a land

Buildings Buildins are valued usin a depreciated replacement cost metod adusted for te associated depreciations

Plant, equipment and exhibitions Items of plant, euipment and eibitions, are measured initially at cost and subseuently revalued at fair value less accumulated depreciation and impairment Te fair value of plant, euipment and eibitions is determined by reference to

enerally a reasonable proy for depreciated replacement cost because of te sort lives of te assets concerned

Collections Te fair value of te Collections tat Museums Victoria intends to preserve because of teir uniue istorical, cultural or scientific attributes, is measured usin a maret approac

4.1.1 Reconciliation of movements in carrying amount of property, plant, equipment, exhibitions and collections

Plant and Buildins uient hibitions P ollections otal ehicles enin balance dditions , , , , Disposals sset , , revaluation Transfers , , , Depreciation , , , , losin balance and revaluation increase is due to a Manaerial adustment Tis adustment is reuired as te compounded land value increased from independent valuation ic is ier tan te level reuired under RD

Plant and Buildins uient hibitions P ollections otal ehicles enin balance dditions , , , , Disposals sset revaluation Transfers , , Depreciation , , , , losin balance

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 59 4.2 Depreciation

Charge for the period otes Buildins , , Plant, Euipment & Motor Veicles , , Eibitions , , Collectionsibrary nonRare otal dereciation

ll buildins, plant and euipment and oter nonfinancial pysical assets tat ave finite useful lives, are depreciated Te eceptions to tis rule include land and collections includin library rare and i value boos

residual value, over its estimated useful life Typical estimated useful lives for te different asset classes for current and prior years are included in te table belo

Asset seful life years uln to 100 lant upent otor ele 1 to 20 ton 1 to olletonrar nonRare 0

Te estimated useful lives, residual values and depreciation metod are revieed at te end of eac annual reportin period and adustments are made ere appropriate Tere as no cane to te useful life and depreciation metods durin te financial year ecept for Buildins Te useful life for Buildins as been revised from to years due to te Enery Manaement Proram pase ors completed Te items capitalised included full replacement of eistin litin it an ED system for all sites ic carry a useful life of years

Indefinite life assets: and and Collections includin library rare and i value boos ic are considered to ave an indefinite life are not depreciated Depreciation is not reconised in respect of tese assets because teir service potential as not, in any material sense, been consumed durin te reportin period

Impairment: Property, plant and euipment are assessed annually for indications of impairment

tat it can be debited to an asset revaluation surplus amount applicable to tat class of asset

Te recoverable amount for most assets is measured at te ier of depreciated replacement cost and fair value less costs to sell Recoverable amount for assets eld primarily to enerate net cas inflos is measured at te ier of te present value of future cas flos epected to be obtained from te asset and fair value less costs to sell

60 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 5. OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

Introduction

Structure

Receivables Payables dvance from Creative Victoria ter nonfinancial assets

5.1 Receivables ontractual Debtors , , Provision for Doubtful Debts Interest receivable tatutory ST input ta recoverable otal receiables Reresented by Current receivables , ,

Contractual receivables reconised at fair value plus any directly attributable transaction costs Subseuent to initial measurement tey are measured at amortised cost usin te effective interest metod, less any impairment

Statutory receivables do not arise from contracts and are reconised and measured similarly to contractual receivables ecept for impairment, but are not classified as financial instruments

Doubtful debts: Receivables are assessed for bad and doubtful debts on a reular basis provision for doubtful debts is reconised en tere is obective evidence tat te debts may not be collected and bad debts are ritten off en identified In assessin impairment of statutory noncontractual financial assets, ic are not financial instruments, professional udement is applied in assessin materiality usin estimates, averaes and oter computational metods in accordance it SB Impairment of ssets

provision is made for estimated irrecoverable amounts from te sale of oods en tere is obective evidence tat an individual receivable is impaired Te increase in te provision for te year is reconised in te net result

Bad debts considered as ritten off by mutual consent are classified as a transaction epense Bad debts not ritten off, but included in te provision for doubtful debts, are classified as oter economic flos in te net result

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 61 Ageing analysis of contractual receivables

at ue ut not pare ot ast due arryin ess than Months and not Months ears aount Month ear iaired

Debtors , Interest Receivable otal Debtors , , Interest Receivable otal

Te averae credit period for sales of oodsservices and for oter receivables is days days Tere are no material financial assets tat are individually determined to be impaired

Tere are no financial assets tat ave ad teir terms reneotiated so as to prevent tem from bein past due or impaired, and tey are stated at te carryin amounts as indicated

62 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 5.2 Payables

otes ontractual Trade Creditors , , ter Payables , , nearned Income , ccrued Salaries , , tatutory Payroll Ta Car Par evy otal ayables , , Reresented by Current payables , ,

Payables consist of

Contractual payables, classified as financial instruments and measured at amortised cost ccounts payable represent liabilities for oods and services provided to Museums Victoria prior to te end of te financial year and ic are unpaid Contractual payables consist of trade creditors, unearned income, accrued salaries and payables ter payables include unused income from Road Safety Education Comple to be returned to Transport ccident Commission nearned income is made up of Royal Eibition Buildin events income and te deferral of membersip income Tese amounts are unsecured and usually paid itin days folloin te mont of reconition

Statutory payables, tat are reconised and measured similarly to contractual payables, but are not classified as financial instruments and not included in te cateory of financial liabilities at amortised cost, because tey do not arise from contracts

Maturity analysis Of Contractual Payables

Past Due ot ast due arryin ess than Months and not Months ears aount Month ear iaired

Trade Creditors , , ter Payables , , nearned Income , , ccrued Salaries , , otal Trade Creditors , ter Payables , , ccrued Salaries , , otal

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 63 5.3 Advance from Creative Victoria otes Adance fro reatie ictoria Represented by Current advance 1 1 oncurrent advance 1 Tese are unsecured loans ic bear no interest Te term of a loan is enerally areed by te Minister at te time te advance as provided

Tis advance as provided by Creative Victoria for te Enery Manaement Proram EMP to reduce utility costs and carbon emissions Te portion of EMP advance tat is not payable in te net financial year as been reflected as a noncurrent advance above

5.4 Other non-financial assets otes urrent other assets nentore repaent otal other nonfinancial assets

Inventories include oods and oter property eld eiter for sale or for distribution at ero or nominal cost in te ordinary course of business operations Inventories are measured at te loer of cost and net realisable value

Prepayments represent payments in advance of receipt of oods or services or tat part of ependiture made in one accountin period coverin a term etendin beyond tat period

64 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 6. HOW WE FINANCED OUR OPERATIONS

Introduction Tis section provides information on sources of finance used by Museums Victoria durin its operations

Structure

Cas and deposits eases Commitments for ependiture

6.1 Cash and deposits otes Sort term deposits , , Cas , otal cash and deosits

Cas and deposits, includin cas euivalents, comprise cas on and and cas at ban, sort term deposits at call it an oriinal maturity of tree monts or less, ic are eld for te purpose of meetin sortterm cas commitments rater tan for investment purposes, and ic are readily convertible to non amounts of cas and are subect to insinificant ris of canes in value

6.1.1 Reconciliation of net result for the period to cash flow from operating activities otes et result for the year , , oncash oeents oss ain on Sale of on inancial ssets Depreciation epense , , Moeents included in financin actiities inance costs Moeent in assets and liabilities DecreaseIncrease in Receivables , DecreaseIncrease in ter oninancial sset IncreaseDecrease in Payables , , IncreaseDecrease in Provisions et cash roided by oeratin actiities

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 65 6.2 Leases

6.2.1 Finance leases liabilities Miniu future lease Present alue of iniu ayents future lease ayents Finance eases inance leases are payable as follos ot loner tan year oner tan year but not loner tan years Miniu lease ayents ess future finance cares Present alue of iniu lease ayents Represented by Current finance lease liabilities otal Finance ease iabilities Finance leases relate to motor vehicles leased from Department of Treasury and Finance.

leased asset and liability are establised at te present value of minimum lease payments Te leased asset is accounted for as a nonfinancial pysical asset and depreciated over te estimated useful life of te asset Te lease payments are apportioned beteen te principal component of te lease liability and te periodic finance epense

6.2.2 Operating leases liabilities

peratin lease payments are reconised as an epense in te compreensive operatin statement in te periods in ic tey are incurred, as tis represents te pattern of benefits derived from leased assets Te leased assets are not reconised in te balance seet

66 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 6.3 Commitments for expenditure

Commitments for future ependiture include operatin and capital commitments arisin from contracts Tese commitments are recorded belo at teir nominal value and inclusive of ST ere it is considered appropriate and provides additional relevant information to users, te net present values of sinificant individual proects are stated Tese future ependitures cease to be disclosed as commitments once te related liabilities are reconised in te balance seet

6.3.1 Total commitments payable

ess than years otal year oinal aounts Capital ependiture commitments , , peratin lease commitments , , peratin ependiture commitments , , , otal coitents inclusie of ess ST recoverable otal coitents eclusie of

ess than years otal year oinal aounts Capital ependiture commitments , , peratin lease commitments , , peratin ependiture commitments , , , otal coitents inclusie of ess ST recoverable , otal coitents eclusie of

capital ependiture commitments relate mainly to arcitecture and consultancy services for Royal Eibition Buildin protection and promotion and Road Safety Education Comple Te capital ependiture commitments relates mainly to Enery Manaement Proram to reduce utility costs and carbon emissions

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 67 7. RISKS, CONTINGENCIES AND VALUATION JUDGEMENTS

Introduction

Museums Victoria is eposed to ris from its activities and outside factors s a result, it is often necessary to mae udements and estimates associated it reconition and measurement of items in te financial statements Tis section sets out financial instrument specific information, includin eposures to financial riss as ell as tose items tat are continent in nature or reuire a ier level of udement to be applied, ic for Museums Victoria related mainly to fair value determination

Structure

inancial ris manaement disclosures Continent assets and continent liabilities air value determination and impairment

7.1 Financial risk management disclosures

7.1.1 Financial risk management objectives and policies

of its financial performance

overnment policy parameters

Victoria manaes tese financial riss in accordance it its inancial Manaement and Ris policies

Cas investments are overned by an investment policy approved by te board of Museums Victoria Te policy restricts te types and terms of investments to overnment securities or overnment uaranteed securities and lo ris instruments it overnment approved financial institutions

68 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 7.1.2 Financial instruments: Categorisation 000 ontractual financial assetsliabilities ontractual ontractual desinated at fair financial financial alue throuh other assetsloans liabilities at corehensie and aortised incoe receiables cost otal ontractual financial assets Cas and deposits , , Receivables Sale of oods and services , , otal contractual financial assets ontractual financial liabilities Payables Supplies and services , , dvance from Creative Victoria , , inance leases liabilities otal contractual financial liabilities

ontractual financial assetsliabilities ontractual ontractual desinated at fair financial financial alue throuh other assetsloans liabilities at corehensie and aortised incoe receiables cost otal ontractual financial assets Cas and deposits , , Receivables Sale of oods and services , , orein ecane forard contract used for edin , , otal contractual financial assets ontractual financial liabilities Payables Supplies and services , , dvance from Creative Victoria , , inance leases liabilities orein ecane forard contract payable , , otal contractual financial liabilities Receivables & Payables ecludes statutory receivables & payables

7.1.3 Financial Risk: Credit risk Credit ris refers to te possibility tat a borroer ill default on its financial obliations as and en tey fall due Museums financial loss to Museums Victoria Credit ris is measured at fair value and is monitored on a reular basis

Te maimum eposure to credit ris on financial assets ic ave been reconised on te Balance Seet is te carryin amount, net of any provisions for doubtful debts Currently Museums Victoria does not old any collateral as security nor credit enancements relatin to any of its financial assets

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 69 Museums Victoria follos a process of reviein all trade debtors durin te year to identify doubtful debts or oter possible impairments Provision of impairment for contractual financial assets is reconised en tere is obective evidence tat Museums Victoria ill not be able to collect a receivable bective evidence includes financial difficulties of te debtor, default payments, debts tat are more tan days overdue, and canes in debtor credit ratins

Ecept as oterise detailed in te folloin table, te carryin amount of contractual financial assets recorded in te financial

Credit quality of contractual financial assets that are neither past due nor impaired Financial oernent institution aencies A A credit credit ratins ratins ot rated otal ontractual financial assets Cas and deposits , , , Receivables Sale of oods and services , , otal contractual financial assets

Financial oernent institution aencies A A credit credit ratins ratins ot rated otal ontractual financial assets Cas and deposits , , Receivables Sale of oods and services , , orein ecane forard contract used for edin , , otal contractual financial assets Receivables & Payables ecludes statutory receivables & payables

Ageing analysis of contractual financial assets aired arryin ot ast due and financial aount not iaired Past due but not iaired assets less than year years Cas , , Receiables Sale of oods and services , nestents and other contractual financial assets Sortterm deposits , , otal

70 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 aired arryin ot ast due and financial aount not iaired Past due but not iaired assets less than year years a 2 2 Receiables Sale of oods and services , , nestents and other contractual financial assets Sortterm deposits , , orein ecane forard contract used , , for edin otal Receivables & Payables ecludes statutory receivables & payables Sort term deposits are eld it te Treasury Corporation of Victoria a financial institution it credit ratin and million it te Commonealt Ban ic as credit ratin

7.1.4 Financial Risk: Market risk processes used to manae eac of tese riss are disclosed in te pararaps belo

Foreign currency risk ll forein currency transactions durin te financial year are brout to account usin te ecane rate in effect at te date of te transaction orein monetary items eistin at te end of te reportin period are translated at te closin rate at te date of te end of te reportin period

overseas Museums Victoria as a limited amount of transactions denominated in forein currencies and tere is a relatively sort timeframe beteen commitment and settlement, terefore te ris is minimal

ere oods and services purcased from overseas suppliers are in ecess of te euivalent of D , arise as a result of sinificant commitments to eibition or euipment suppliers overseas, Museums Victoria ill enter into forein ecane forard contracts to ede eposure to ecane rate movements ll edin is contracted it Treasury Corporation of Victoria TCV

orein ecane forard contracts are initially measured at fair value and desinated as cas flo ede trou oter economic flos ny attributable transaction costs are epensed as incurred Subseuently, any canes in fair value are also reconised in te net result as oter economic flos

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 71 Foreign exchange risk sensitivity $ '000 edin edin arryin et result urrency et result urrency aount Resere Resere Financial Assets orein ecane forard contract used for edin otal financial assets Financial iabilities orein ecane forard contract otal financial liabilities Financial Assets orein ecane forard contract used , for edin otal financial assets Financial iabilities orein ecane forard contract , otal financial liabilities

7.2 Contingent assets and contingent liabilities Continent assets and continent liabilities are not reconised in te balance seet but are disclosed and if uantifiable, are measured at nominal value

Continent assets and liabilities are presented inclusive of ST receivable or payable respectively

Contingent assets Museums Victoria is not aare of any uantifiable or nonuantifiable continent assets in financial year il

Contingent liabilities otes uantifiable continent liabilities eal proceedins and disputes otal ontinent liabilities In , , as accrued in ter Payables for leal claims Tere as also a continent liability of one personal inury claim tat is currently under leal proceedin ic may eventuate It ill be defended via Victorian Manaement Insurance utority VMI and maimum liability under insurance ecess is , continent liabilities consist of to personal inury claims tat are currently under leal proceedins ic are more liely to eventuate Tey are bot bein defended via Victorian Manaement Insurance utority VMI and maimum liability under insurance ecess is , for eac

72 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 7.3 Fair value determination and impairment air value determination reuires udement and te use of assumptions Tis section sets out information on o Museums Victoria determined fair value for financial reportin purposes air value is te price tat ould be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction beteen maret participants at te measurement date

Te folloin assets and liabilities are carried at fair value financial assets and liabilities at fair value trou operatin results land, buildins, plant and euipment, eibitions and collections

Museums Victoria determines te policies and procedures for determinin fair values for bot financial and nonfinancial assets and liabilities as reuired

Fair value hierarchy In determinin fair values a number of inputs are used To increase consistency and comparability in te financial statements, tese inputs are cateorised into tree levels, also non as te fair value ierarcy Te levels are as follos

measurement is directly or indirectly observable and measurement is unobservable

Museums Victoria determines eter transfers ave occurred beteen levels in te ierarcy by reassessin cateorisation based on te loest level input tat is sinificant to te fair value measurement as a ole at te end of eac reportin period

How this section is structured or tose assets and liabilities for ic fair values are determined, te folloin disclosures are provided air value determination of financial assets and liabilities and air value determination of nonfinancial pysical assets

7.3.1 Fair value determination of financial assets and liabilities

Te fair values and net fair values of financial instrument assets and liabilities are determined as follos

marets are determined it reference to uoted maret prices financial asset or liability, eiter directly or indirectly and discounted cas flo analysis usin unobservable maret inputs

Museums Victoria currently olds a rane of financial instruments tat are recorded in te financial statements ere te carryin amounts are at fair value, eiter due to teir sortterm nature or it te epectation tat tey ill be paid in full by te end of te reportin period

Tese financial instruments include

Financial assets Financial liabilities Cas and deposits Payables Receivables dvance from Creative Victoria orein ecane forard contract used for edin inance leases orein ecane forard contract payable

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 73 Financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value $’000 arryin aount as Fair alue easureent at end of at reortin eriod usin un eel i eel i eel i inancial assets at fair value trou ter economic

orein ecane forard contract used for edin inancial liabilities at fair value trou ter economic

orein ecane forard contract payable otal

arryin aount as Fair alue easureent at end of at reortin eriod usin un eel i eel i eel i inancial assets at fair value trou ter economic

orein ecane forard contract used for edin , , inancial liabilities at fair value trou ter economic

orein ecane forard contract payable , , otal

Tere ave been no transfers beteen levels durin te period

Te fair value of te financial assets and liabilities is included at te amount at ic te instrument could be ecaned in a current transaction beteen illin parties, oter tan in a forced or liuidation sale Te estimated fair value of forein

financial year end

74 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 7.3.2 Fair value determination of non-financial physical assets

Fair value measurement hierarchy arryin aount as Fair alue easureent at end of at reortin eriod usin un eel i eel i eel i on‑specialised land , , Specialised land , , otal and at fair alue Buildins , , otal Buildins at fair alue Plant, Euipment & Veiclesii , , otal Plant uient ehicles at fair alue Eibitions , , otal hibitions at fair alue Collections , , , otal ollections at fair alue

Fair value measurement hierarchy arryin aount as Fair alue easureent at end of at reortin eriod usin un eel i eel i eel i on‑specialised land , , Specialised land , , otal and at fair alue Buildins , , otal Buildins at fair alue Plant, Euipment & Veicles , , otal Plant uient ehicles at fair alue Eibitions , , otal hibitions at fair alue Collections , , , otal ollections at fair alue ote i In financial statements, te air Value measurement ierarcy included or at proress at cost and ecluded carryin value of motor veicles Te financial statements ave been amended to reconcile it te values in property, plant, euipment, eibitions and collections table in ote above ii Classified in accordance it te fair value ierarcy, see ote iii Tere as been no transfers beteen levels durin te financial year

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 75 onspecialised land are valued usin te maret approac, ereby assets are compared to recent comparable sales or sales of comparable assets tat are considered to ave nominal value

n independent valuation as performed by Valuereneral Victoria to determine fair value usin te maret approac Valuation of te asset as determined by analysin comparable sales and tain into consideration factors suc as land sie, location, onin and development potential rom tis analysis, an appropriate rate per suare metre as been applied to te land Te effective date of te valuation as June

To te etent tat nonspecialised land do not contain sinificant, unobservable adustments, tese assets are classified as evel under te maret approac

Since te last independent valuation in te financial year, Museums Victoria as performed annual fair value assessments on land in accordance it inancial policy and disclosure RD issued by te Minister for inance In financial year , te compounded land value increased since te independent valuation as s te increase as sinificant reater tan , a manaerial revaluation adustment as reuired Te revaluation increase as reconised in oter economic flos oter compreensive income and reserves under pysical asset revaluation surplus

Specialised land are valued usin te maret approac adusted for te community service obliation CS to reflect te specialised nature of te land bein valued

etent tat is also eually applicable to maret participants Tis approac is in lit of te iest and best use consideration reuired for fair value measurement and taes into account te use of te asset tat is pysically possible, leally permissible and financially feasible s adustments of CS are considered as sinificant unobservable inputs, specialised land ould be classified as evel assets

Te last independent valuation as performed by Valuereneral Victoria Te effective date of te valuation as June

Since te last independent valuation in te financial year, Museums Victoria as performed annual fair value assessments on land in accordance it inancial policy and disclosure RD issued by te Minister for inance In financial year , te compounded land value increased since te independent valuation as s te increase as sinificant reater tan , a manaerial revaluation adustment as reuired Te revaluation increase as reconised in oter economic flos oter compreensive income and reserves under pysical asset revaluation surplus

Buildins are valued under a depreciated replacement cost metod adusted for te associated depreciation s depreciation adustments are considered as sinificant, unobservable inputs in nature, specialised buildins are classified as evel fair value measurements

Te last independent valuation as performed by Donald Cant atts Core Te effective date of te valuation as June

Since te last independent valuation in te financial year, Museums Victoria as performed annual fair value assessments on buildins in accordance it inancial policy and disclosure RD issued by te Minister for inance In financial year , te compounded buildin value increased since te independent valuation as s te increase as not material reater tan , an adustment to te fair value as not reuired

Plant and euipment is eld at fair value ic as been determined usin te depreciated replacement cost metod s depreciation adustments are considered as sinificant, unobservable inputs in nature, Plant and euipment are classified as evel fair value measurements

76 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 Eibitions are eld at fair value ic as been determined usin te depreciated replacement cost metod s depreciation adustments are considered as sinificant, unobservable inputs in nature, Eibitions are classified as evel fair value measurements

Museums Victoria is reuired to undertae a compreensive revaluation of te State Collection and ibrary Collections every years under inancial Reportin Direction RD onfinancial pysical assets Te last compreensive revaluation of te Collection as completed in te financial year by Jones an aSalle dvisory formerly non as ustralian Valuation and certified by Valuereneral Victoria as meetin te relevant ustralian ccountin Standards and RD

Tere as approimately million items in te Collection or te year ended June , te Collection as valued on a stratified multistae samplin basis due to te uantities and diversity of te Collections Items determined to be of i value items it values more tan , and ibrary items ort more tan , ere valued on an individual basis Te remainder of te Collection items lo value items ere valued on a multistae samplin basis Te multistae samplin involves subdividin te lo value items into smaller, concentrated representative strata for valuation purposes and tain a sample from eac subcollection Te stratification reduces te variability of te samplin outcome

Te level of professional udement reuired by te Valuer to establis fair value for te i value items varies from item to item Due to various contributin factors, suc as condition, ae, rarity, sie, provenance and te maret place, te specialist Valuers ave ad to apply sinificant professional udement to determine fair value for several i value items Tese valuations ave been evaluated for reasonableness aainst maret and academic researc as ell as oter transactions of items it limited levels of comparability

Te process of etrapolatin te valuation results from eac of te lo value samples across te entire subcollection populations in order to determine te population values is considered to be a sinificant unobservable input to te valuation due to samplin and random adustment s te application of a statistical approac utilises averae values, all lo value sample based valuations are considered to be evel measurements

Collection items tat ere valued under maret approac by te independent valuer ere classified as evel fair value measurements under te fair value ierarcy Te maret approac uses prices and oter relevant information enerated by maret transactions involvin identical or comparable items Items classified as evel consist of i value eoloical items, meteorites and tetites Te collection items tat ere valued on a statistical approac ere classified as evel fair value measurements

Te overall fair value valuation as at June as calculated to be ,, it a relative standard error RSE of confidence interval for tis value as iven as ,, to ,,

In te financial years beteen compreensive revaluations, Jones an aSalle dvisory formerly non as ustralian Valuation Solutions as enaed to perform a materiality revie assessment as to te cane in te fair value for te Collection since te previous independent valuation nly a material cane reater tan could trier an adustment to te fair value of te Collections

te compreensive valuation and fair value assessment Tis as not considered to be material movement in value

Tere ere no canes in valuation tecniues trouout te period to June

or all assets measured at fair value, te current use is considered te iest and best use

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 77 Reconciliation of Level 3 fair value Plant and and Buildins uient hibitions ollections enin balance Purcases sales , , , Transfers in out of evel ains or losses reconised in net result Depreciation , , , Impairment loss ainsSubtotal or losses reconised in oter , , , , ,

income Revaluation , Subtotal , losin balance

Plant and and Buildins uient hibitions ollections enin balance Purcases sales , , Depreciation , , , losin balance ote i In financial statements, te Reconciliation of evel fair value included or at Proress at cost and ecluded carryin value of motor veicle Te financial statements as been amended to reconcile it te values in te air Value measurement ierarcy table in ote above

Description of significant unobservable inputs to Level 3 valuation

and aluation techniue inificant unobserable inuts Community service obliation CS Specialised land Maret approac adustment Depreciated Specialised buildins Direct cost per suare metre replacement cost seful life of specialised buildins Depreciated Plant and Euipment Cost per unit replacement cost seful life of plant and euipment Depreciated Eibitions Cost per unit replacement cost seful life of plant and euipment air value of i value items collection Collections items , ibrary items , Maret approac Statistical calculation based on etrapolation of sample valuations

Sinificant unobservable inputs ave remained uncaned since June

78 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 8. OTHER DISCLOSURES

Introduction Tis section includes additional material disclosures reuired by accountin standards or oterise, for te understandin of tis financial report

Structure

Eratia epenses Reserves Responsible persons Remuneration of eecutives Related parties Remuneration of auditors Subseuent events ustralian ccountin Standards issued tat are not yet effective

8.1 Ex-gratia expenses oriveness or aiver of debt Compensation of economic loss Compensation for early termination Total eratia epenses

Tese eratia epenses are reported in te peratin Statement as part of Employee, Consumables and Corporate Epenses

8.2 Reserves

8.2.1 Accumulated Deficit Balance at beinnin of financial year , , et result , , ransfers to Reseres Transfer tofrom Board Reserves , Transfer tofrom Trust unds , Transfer tofrom Eternally unded Special Proects , , Balance at end of financial year

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 79 8.2.2 Reserves Board Reseres Balance at beinnin of financial year et result Transfer tofrom ccumulated Deficit , Transfer tofrom Reserves , Balance at end of financial year Board Reserves consist of orin capital reserve, acuisition reserve and internally funded proects reserve

rust Funds Balance at beinnin of financial year , , et result Transfer tofrom ccumulated Deficit Transfer tofrom Reserves , Balance at end of financial year Trust unds consist of tose funds ic may be used by te Museums Board of Victoria for Museum purposes defined by te relevant Trust deed or ill

ternally Funded ecial Proects Balance at beinnin of financial year , , et result Transfer tofrom ccumulated Deficit , , Transfer tofrom Reserves , Balance at end of financial year

Eternally unded Special Proects consists of unepended overnment and oter rants tied to a specific purpose

Physical Asset Realuation urlus Balance at beinnin of financial year ,, ,, sset revaluation increases , Balance at end of financial year

Forein urrency edin Resere Balance at beinnin of financial year Canes in air Value of orein Currency edin Contracts Balance at end of financial year otal Reseres

Board Reserves Tis represents te orin Capital Reserve, cuisition Reserve and Internally unded Proects ic ave been establised over time trou te eneration of operatin surpluses Teir purpose is to ensure financial sustainability and development and custodiansip of collections of te entity Ependiture in te cuisition and Internally unded proects are recorded as an epense in te Compreensive peratin Statement and ill decrease te board reserve balances

Trust Funds Tis represents te balance of unepended funds from beuests and eternal trusts, it te proceeds brout to account as revenue upon receipt Subseuent ependiture is recorded as an epense in te Compreensive peratin Statement and ill decrease te trust fund

80 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 Externally Funded Special Projects Tis represents te balance of rants and oter eternal fundin received by te entity from various eternal entities for specific proects includin researc, public access, eibitions and capital it te proceeds brout to account as revenue upon receipt Subseuent ependiture is recorded as an epense in te Compreensive peratin Statement and ill decrease te reserve

8.2.3 Contributed Capital*** Balance at beinnin of financial year , , Capital Contribution , Balance at end of financial year

Contributed Capital consists of capital funds provided by te Victorian overnment for te Melbourne Museum, Scienceors, Immiration Museum and Royal Eibition Buildin Ministerial approval as been received for te treatment of tese amounts as Contributed Capital

Contribution by owners Consistent it te reuirements of SB Contributions, contributions by oners tat is, contributed capital and its repayment are treated as euity transactions and, terefore, do not form part of te income and epenses of te Department

dditions to net assets tat ave been desinated as contributions by oners are reconised as contributed capital ter transfers tat are in te nature of contributions to or distributions by oners ave also been desinated as contributions by oners

Transfers of net assets arisin from administrative restructurins are treated as distributions to or contributions by oners Transfers of net liabilities arisin from administrative restructurins are treated as distributions to oners

8.3 Responsible persons

Te folloin disclosures are made reardin responsible persons for te reportin period

Board Members Professor Rufus Blac President Mr ndre Butcer Professor Edina Cornis Mr ilin on Mr Colin olvan M C Dr lison Inlis Ms nnette Vicery Ms inda icolls Mr Peter Tullin

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 81 8.4 Remuneration of executives

Members of te Board act in an onorary capacity

mounts relatin to te Responsible Minister are reported in te financial statements of te Department of Parliamentary Services

Te remuneration of te ccountable fficers, o are not Members of te Board, durin te reportin period, as in te rane of , , , , in Te remuneration of te ccountable fficer is not included in note belo

8.4.1 Remuneration of Executive Officers includes ey Manaeent Personal disclosed in ote Sortterm employee benefits , , Postemployment benefits ter lonterm benefits Termination benefits otal reuneration otal nuber of eecuties otal annualised eloyee euialent A

Te total number of eecutive officers includes persons o meet te definition of ey Manaement Personnel MP of te entity under SB Related Party Disclosures and are also reported itin te related parties note disclosure ote

nnualised employee euivalent is based on te time fraction ored over te reportin period

82 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 8.5 Related parties

Museums Board of Victoria is a olly oned and controlled entity of te State of Victoria

ey manaement personnel of te Museums Board of Victoria include te Portfolio Minister, Board members and members of te Eecutive Team

Key Management Personnel Position Title Period on Martin oley MP Minister for Creative Industries Ms ynley Marsall Cief Eecutive fficer Professor Rufus Blac Board Member and President Mr ndre Butcer Board Member Professor Edina Cornis Board Member Mr ilin on Board Member Mr Colin olvan M C Board Member Dr lison Inlis Board Member Ms nnette Vicery Board Member Ms inda icolls Board Member Mr Peter Tullin Board Member Cief peratin fficer Ms Jodie Bennett Director Transformational Proect

Ms Roini appadat eneral Manaer Immiration Museum

Ms urin Veis eneral Manaer Scienceors

Ms urin Veis ctin Director, Collections and Researc

Mr ordon ite eneral Manaer Melbourne Museum Mr Rod Maceil Cief of Staff Ms Sandie all eneral Manaer Development Ms Caroline leellyn Director Eperience and Enaement Mr Sean Royal eneral Manaer People and Culture

Ms atalene Muscat eneral Manaer Maretin and Publicity

Ms enevieve rieves Manaer irst Peoples MrJonaton Searer ctin eneral Manaer Scienceors ead Diital ife Ms Carol Benson ctin Cief peratin fficer September January ctin eneral Manaer Immiration Ms Soo Taylor Museum

Ms Maryanne McCubbin ctin Director Researc and Collections July ctober

8.5.1 Remuneration of Key Management Personnel Sortterm employee benefits , , Postemployment benefits ter lonterm benefits Termination benefits otal reuneration ote tat MPs are also reported in te disclosure of remuneration of eecutive officers ote

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 83 84 8.5.2 Related party transactions

Annual Report 2017–18 Annual Report Victoria Museums Business transactions carried out it te folloin related party entities for ey Manaement Personnel ll transactions ere undertaen in te ordinary course of business and ere at

MP Relationshi ature of ransactions Reenue enditure Reenue enditure Storae Income, on Service eave Victorian rts Centre Trust Martin oley MP Responsible Minister entitlement, SI TP rant ational allery of Victoria Martin oley MP Responsible Minister Storae Income, Proram Partner ee

Professor Rufus Blac Deputy dmissions and utreac Income, rt or for Victoria niversity Board Member CancellorCouncillor Eibition

Professor Edina Provost and Senior Vice Monas niversity Cornis , Board Researc Proects president Member Professor Edina Researc Proect, Reportin services and CSIR Cornis , Board Board Member Publications Member lison Inlis, Board Venue ire and Scool Prorams, Scolarsips niversity f Melbourne MasterEmployee Member & Researc Proects on Eecutive airfa Media Ms inda icolls Event rental income, Copyrit & dvertisin DirectorSareolder Coounder and Manain Remi Summits Peter Tullin Venue ire, Conference costs Partner Volunteer Member of Scool Canterbury Primary Scool ordon ite dmissions Income Council rts ccess Victoria Rod Maceil Board Member Trainin and ter Services A

s at June , tere ere no amounts outstandin to Museums Victoria it related parties , 8.5.3 Significant Transactions with Government Related Entities

Museums Victoria carried out te folloin revenue and ependiture transactions it te belo overnmentrelated commercial terms

oernentrelated ntity ransactions Department of Education and Early Cildood Strateic Partnersip, Scienceors Star undin Development Department of Economic Development Jobs peratin undin & Capital sset Care , Transport and Resources Department of Economic Development Jobs Eibition Reneal & Cultural acilities Maintenance rant , Transport and Resources Transport ccident Commission Road Safety Education Comple Income , Treasury Corporation of Victoria Interest Income Victorian Manaed Insurance utority eneral & Specialised Insurance Transport ccident Commission Road Safety Education Comple Ependiture , Department of Treasury and inance Capital sset Care , Various overnment Departments ter Minor Transactions ter minor transactions are transactions less tan , Tese transactions relates to overnment rants offset by finance lease interest on motor veicles

oernentrelated ntity ransactions Department of Education and Early Cildood Strateic Partnersip, Scienceors Star undin Development Department of Economic Development Jobs peratin undin & Capital sset Care , Transport and Resources Department of Economic Development Jobs Eibition Reneal & Capital rant , Transport and Resources Transport ccident Commission Road Safety Education Comple undin , rts Victoria rant Eibition undin Treasury Corporation of Victoria Interest Income Victorian Manaed Insurance utority eneral & Specialised Insurance Department of Treasury and inance Capital sset Care , Various overnment Departments ter Minor Transactions ter minor transactions are transactions less tan , Tese transactions relate to overnment rants offset by finance lease interest on motor veicles

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 85 Belo are te amounts outstandin to and by Museums Victoria it overnmentrelated entities

utstandin oBy oernentrelated ntity Department of Education and Early Cildood Development Treasury Corporation of Victoria , Department of Economic Development Jobs Transport and Resources in to ter overnmentrelated entity otal utstandin o Museus ictoria Treasury Corporation of Victoria , Department of Treasury and inance Department of Economic Development Jobs Transport and Resources , , Transport ccident Commission , in by ter overnmentrelated entity otal utstandin By Museus ictoria et utstandin

8.6 Remuneration of auditors

udit of te financial statement otal reuneration of auditors

8.7 Subsequent events Museums Victoria is not aare of any material events after te reportin date ic ould affect tese financial statements – il

8.8 Australian Accounting Standards issued that are not yet effective Certain ne accountin standards ave been publised tat are not mandatory for te June reportin period Te Department of Treasury and inance assesses te impact of tese ne standards and advises Museums Victoria of teir applicability and early adoption ere applicable

Te folloin table outlines te accountin pronouncements tat ave been issued but are not effective for –, ic may result in potential impacts on public sector reportin for future reportin periods

86 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 Alicable for annual reortin tandard eriods act on Museus ictorias financial nterretation uary beinnin on stateents

Te ey canes include te simplified reuirements for te classification and measurement of financial assets, a ne edin Te assessment as identified tat te SB inancial accountin model and a revised amendments are liely to result in earlier Jan Instruments impairment loss model to reconition of impairment losses and at more reconise impairment losses reular intervals earlier, as opposed to te current approac tat reconises impairment only en incurred

Te core principle of SB reuires an entity to reconise revenue en te entity satisfies a performance obliation by transferrin a promised ood or SB ill affect te timin of revenue service to a customer ote tat reconition Eibition rant revenue ill be SB Revenue from amendin standard SB deferred and reconised at te openin of te Jan Contracts it Customers mendments to ustralian eibition Capital proect rant ill be deferred and reconised upon te completion SB for otforProfit Entities of te proect as deferred te effective date of SB for notforprofit entities from January to January peratin leases approac ill be restricted to leases it a term no more tan monts or Te ey canes introduced by te value of te underlyin asset is belo SB include te reconition of , i value leases assets , and SB eases most operatin leases ic are Jan above loner tan monts currently current not reconised on classified as operatin leases ill reuire te balance seet reconition of te ritofuse asset and lease liability upfront

Income reconition for donation or rant Tis standard replaces SB sould be deferred until te satisfaction of te Contributions and establises obliations to acuireconstruct te asset revenue reconition principles for Volunteer services received measured at fair SB Income of ot transactions ere te value ave to be reconised Volunteer Jan forProfit Entities consideration to acuire an asset services consumed en te services are is sinificantly less tan fair value acuired ill be epensed immediately to enable to notforprofit entity to Volunteer services contributed for te furter its obectives development of an asset and ill be included in te carryin amount of tat asset

Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 87 Auditor-General’s Report

88 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 89 Disclosure Index

This annual report has been prepared in accordance with all relevant Victorian legislation. The disclosure index has been prepared to facilitate identification of Museums Victoria’s compliance with statutory disclosure requirements.

Ministerial Directions Page Report of Operations Charter and Purpose FRD 22H Manner of establishment of the relevant ministers 24,27 FRD 22H Purpose, functions, powers and duties 24 FRD 22H Initiatives and key achievements 6–21 FRD 22H Nature and range of services provided 13–21

Management and structure FRD 22H Organisational structure 27

Financial and Other Information FRD 10A Disclosure index 90-91 FRD 22H Operational and budgetary objectives, and performance against objectives 10-23, 31-32 FRD 22H Employment and conduct principles 28-30, 33 FRD 22H Occupational health and safety 37 FRD 22H Summary of the financial results for the year 31 FRD 22H Significant changes in financial position during the year 31 FRD 22H Major changes or factors affecting performance 31 FRD 22H Subsequent events 86 FRD 22H Application and operation of Freedom of Information Act 1982 34-35 FRD 22H Compliance with building and maintenance provisions of Building Act 1993 33 FRD 22H Statement on National Competition Policy 38 FRD 22H Application and operation of the Protected Disclosure Act 2012 39 FRD 22H Details of consultancies of less than and more than $10,000 36 FRD 12B Disclosure of major contracts 36 FRD 22H Environmental performance 32 FRD 22H Government advertising expenditure 37 FRD 22H ICT expenditure 38 FRD 22H Statement of availability of other information 35 FRD 25C Local Jobs First - Victorian Industry Participation Policy disclosures 38 FRD 22H Statement of workforce data, and merit and equity 28-29, 37 SD 5.1.4 Management Compliance Attestation 34 SD 5.2.3 Declaration in the Report of Operations ii

90 Museums Victoria Annual Report 2017–18 Ministerial Directions Page Financial Statements Financial Statements required under Part 7 of the FMA SD 5.2.1(b) Statement of changes in equity 49 SD 5.2.1(b) Operating statement 46 SD 5.2.1(b) Balance sheet 47 SD 5.2.1(b) Cash flow statement 48 SD 5.2.1(a) Compliance with Australian accounting standards and other authoritative pronouncements 50 SD 5.2.1(a) Compliance with ministerial directions 34 SD 5.2.2 Accountable officer’s declaration 43

Other Disclosures in Notes to the Financial Statements FRD 10A Disclosure index 79 FRD 11A Disclosure of Ex gratia Expenses 79 FRD 21C Disclosures of responsible persons, executive officers and other personnel 81 (contractors with significant management responsibilities) in the financial report FRD 102A Inventories 64 FRD 103F Non-Financial Physical Assets 58-60, 75-78 FRD 106A Impairment of assets 60 FRD 110A Cash flow statements 48 FRD 112D Defined benefit superannuation obligations 56 FRD 114B Financial instruments – general government entities and public non-financial corporations 68-74 FRD 119A Transfers through contributed capital 81

Legislation Freedom of Information Act 1982 34-35 Building Act 1993 33 Protected Disclosure Act 2012 39 Carers Recognition Act 2012 34 Disability Act 2006 33 Financial Management Act 1994 42-89 Victorian Industry Participation Policy 2003 38 Public Administration Act 2004 30, 39

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Contents

Awards 2 Temporary Exhibitions 4 Touring Exhibitions 8 Externally Funded Projects 9 Research Supervision 12 Honorary Appointments 15 Publications 19 Lectures and Presentations 29

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Awards

2017 Australian Graphic Design Awards Distinction and Judges Prize: awarded for Pauline Gandel Children’s Gallery.

2017 Concrete Playground’s Best of 2017 Awards Best New Event: People’s Choice, Nocturnal.

2017 Hands On Award, International Association of Children in Museums Finalist: for Pauline Gandel Children’s Gallery.

2017 Melbourne Awards, City of Melbourne Winner, Contribution to Community by a Corporation: awarded for Pauline Gandel Children’s Gallery.

2017 Museums Australia (Victoria) Award Winner of Large Museums Category: awarded for Pauline Gandel Children’s Gallery.

2017 Premier’s Volunteer Champions Awards, Victorian State Government Winner, Teamwork category: awarded for Sampling the Abyss Volunteers.

2017 Victorian Premier’s Design Awards Best in Category, Communication Design: awarded for Pauline Gandel Children’s Gallery.

2017 Victorian Premier’s Design Awards Melbourne Award, Contribution to a Community by a Corporation: awarded for Pauline Gandel Children’s Gallery.

2017 Victorian Premier’s Design Awards Melbourne Awards, Contribution to Multiculturalism by a Community Organisation for the Immigration Museum and Behind the Wire: awarded for Behind the Wire: They Cannot Take the Sky.

2018 Australia Interior Design Awards, Design Institute of Australia and Artichoke magazine Finalist, Installation Design category: for Ground Up: Building Big Ideas, Together.

2018 Global Design Awards, Society for Experiential Graphic Designs Finalist, Exhibition category: for Ground Up: Building Big Ideas, Together.

2018 International Design Excellence Awards, Industrial Designers Society of America Finalist, Environments category: for Ground Up: Building Big Ideas, Together.

2018 Multimedia and Publication Design Awards, Museums Galleries Australia Highly Commended, Children’s Book (Level B) category: awarded for Where’s Dot?

2018 Multimedia and Publication Design Awards, Museums Galleries Australia Highly Commended, Exhibition Branding (Level B) category: awarded for Ground Up: Building Big Ideas, Together.

2018 Museums & Galleries National Awards, Museums Galleries Australia Winner, Permanent Exhibition or Gallery Fitout (Level 4) category: awarded for Ground Up: Building Big Ideas, Together.

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2018 Museums & Galleries National Awards, Museums Galleries Australia Winner, Temporary or Travelling Exhibition: awarded for Behind the Wire: They Cannot Take the Sky.

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Temporary Exhibitions

Immigration Museum

Game Changers 26 July to 15 October 2017 Celebrating the historic Grand Final win by the Western Bulldogs in 2016, this exhibition presented stories of cultural diversity in the Australian Football League, specifically the Western Bulldogs and recent Museums Victoria acquisitions from player Lin Jong and Jason Johannisen. The exhibition also featured football jumpers from the multicultural and indigenous rounds, and inaugural women’s competition.

From Robe to Chinese Fortunes 18 August 2017 to 2 April 2018 Delivering a ‘new view on an old story’, this exhibition reflected on immigration and social marginalisation in Australia during the gold-rush era and the significance of these events, not only in the past, but also today. The exhibition explored the motivation, spirit, hardships and legacies of thousands of Chinese men and women who journeyed to Australia in the hope of making their fortunes and bringing with them a wide range of skills and traditions.

Marriage Equality 25 September to 14 November 2017 A Museums Victoria developed display featuring iconic ephemera from the campaign for marriage equality in Australia as well as a selection of photographs from one of the Melbourne rallies for marriage equality.

Save the Date 15 November 2017 to 6 April 2018 In response to the national postal survey on marriage equality and the wider LGBTQIA+ rights movement in Australia, Save the Date explored what the historical vote meant for the LGBTQIA+ community and the future of Australia.

British Migrants: Instant Australians? 24 November 2017 to 15 April 2018 Developed by Museums Victoria, the exhibition explored post-World War II migration from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales to Australia. Nearly 1.5 million people migrated to Australia between 1947 and 1981. The exhibition explored the experiences of these people, who on the surface, had all the advantages of a shared language, culture and history, but who in reality, discovered that fitting in was never that simple.

Gandhi 5 April to 15 July 2018 An exhibition honouring the period of Gandhi’s stay in South Africa and his subsequent transformation from this exhibition. Gandhi’s history as a migrant lead to profound learnings that influenced both himself and India more broadly. The digital interactive exhibition featured film footage and audio recordings, bringing to life both Gandhi and a critical period of India’s rich history.

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Barangaroo Ngangamay 25 May to 5 August 2018 A multimedia exhibition honouring the Old Lady Barangaroo and celebrating strength, diversity and creativity of the Aboriginal women who come together for ceremony, healing and remembering.

Mao’s Last Dancer 16 June to 7 October 2018 An exhibition detailing the incredible journey of Mao’s Last Dancer, Li Cunxin, from poverty to world-famous artist. Li Cunxin’s inspiring story has been translated into a bestselling novel and award-winning film. The exhibition invited audiences to intimately discover both Li Cunxin’s moving personal narrative as well as his remarkable artistic achievements.

Scienceworks

LightTime 1 July 2017 to 15 April 2018 An immersive exhibition featuring eleven Melbourne artists who dramatically manipulate light, colour and shadow in a series of stunning installations where science and art merge. Visitors engaged their senses to explore the phenomena of light, sound and optics.

Ground Up: Building Big Ideas, Together Opened 2 December 2017 A Museums Victoria developed exhibition for babies to five-year-olds which immerses young children in an imaginative world of sensory discovery and construction play, aimed to ignite their lifelong engagement with science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).

Art of Science 16 February to 15 May 2018 Developed by the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI), this exhibition featured stunning images captured by scientists working to understand, prevent and treat cancer, infectious diseases and immune disorders. The best works from the Art of Science 2017, WEHI’s annual competition, seeking to experience the beauty of discovery.

Beyond Perception: Seeing the Unseen Opened 12 May 2018 A Museums Victoria developed long-term exhibition developed in consultation with scientists, acoustic engineers and teenagers. The exhibition explores the imperceptible worlds of science and technology, immersing teen audiences in large- scale experiences that reveal the invisible fields and forces which surround us, such as gravitational waves, invisible light, sound and aerodynamics and demonstrates current research which is continuing to uncover amazing hidden worlds around us.

Above and Beyond 9 June to 7 October 2018 An exhibition celebrating the power of innovation, where dreams take flight, this interactive aerospace exhibition features immersive flight simulations, design

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challenges and visionary concepts for the future with inspiring stories from game- changing innovators.

Melbourne Museum

Australian of the Year 5 August 2017 to 9 October 2017 An exhibition paying tribute to the eight extraordinary Australians chosen as Australian of the Year finalists. The exhibition featured personal objects selected by each of the finalists, which hold special significance to them and communicate something special about their lives and experiences.

Her Place: The Invisible Farmer Project 13 October to 23 November 2017 A Museums Victoria developed exhibition of objects and audio-visual stories that collectively make up the first official documentation of women’s contribution to Australian agriculture.

Inside Out 26 December 2017 to 11 February 2018 A Museums Victoria developed exhibition and a love song to the Museum’s collections. The exhibition was a one-of-a-kind audio-aesthetic experience which invited audiences to travel through time and explore forgotten histories and the things which lurk just outside of view.

Lunar New Year: Sun Loong 11 February to 1 March 2018 In celebration of the 2018 Lunar New Year, Melbourne Museum displayed the exquisite dragon Sun Loong from the Golden Dragon Museum, Bendigo. This was the first time Sun Loong was displayed in Melbourne, since his creation in 1970.

You Can’t Do That 1 March to 15 July 2018 A Museums Victoria developed exhibition celebrating moments in the careers of Melbourne fashion figures who proved their mettle, defied opposition and became fashion’s mover and shakers of their time.

Augmented Humans 7 March to 22 July 2018 A display celebrating Melbourne’s world leader status in biomedical design and featuring new medical design and technological innovation from Melbourne based research institutes and creative industries.

Top Designs 2018 17 March to 15 July 2018 The annual Top Designs exhibition showcasing the remarkably creative and innovative work of Victoria’s most exceptional VCE and VET students.

Vikings 23 March to 26 August 2018 Featuring the largest collection of Vikings artefacts ever displayed in Australia, the exhibition exposed the rich but often misunderstood Vikings culture, debunking stereotypes and providing fascinating insights into their lives, rituals and beliefs. The 6

exhibition was developed by the Swedish History Museum and showcased more than 500 treasures, dating as far back as 700 AD.

Ready Player One 28 March to 20 April 2018 Showcasing Museums Victoria’s incredible collection of 1980s technology, this display coincided with the release of Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One. The display highlighted Museums Victoria collections and brought awareness of the relationship between IMAX and Museums Victoria.

Bunjilaka

A Bit na Ta 22 September 2017 to 4 February 2018 A multimedia installation of transformative impressions of the Tolai people of Papua New Guinea’s East New Britain province. The exhibition blended music, new and archival footage to share the history and culture of our nearest neighbours. The exhibition was the culmination of thirty-years of spiritual collaboration between internationally renowned singer George Talek, musician David Bridie and historian Gideon Kakabin. The exhibition also included contemporary artworks by Tolai artist, Lisa Hilli.

Black Day, Sun Rises, Blood Runs Opened 11 November 2017 A new multimedia exhibit within the First Peoples exhibition, Black Day, Sun Rises, Blood Runs reveals the deep scars in the Victorian landscape caused by frontier conflicts during white settlement and for over a hundred years after first contact. Black Day, Sun Rises, Blood Runs explores a number of sites of violence through narratives of contemporary people – both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal.

Marramb-ik 1 December 2017 to 11 June 2018 Exploring the role of storytelling as a vital part of First Peoples culture, both today and since the beginning of time. To this day, stories of creation, social and political movements and ancestors are told. In partnership with the Koorie Youth Council, Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre developed this exhibition, celebrating storytelling through comic pop culture, incorporating identity, heroes and language.

Bush Mechanics 9 March to 15 July 2018 An exhibition featuring images, objects and footage from the television series Bush Mechanics. The exhibition explored indigenous knowledge and ingenuity, the importance of cars to remote communities, bush life and the humour of the outback.

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Touring Exhibitions

Alice’s Wonderland Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston 15 December 2017 to 29 April 2018

Cobb and Co Museum, Toowoomba 22 June 2017 to 28 January 2018

Above and Beyond Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum 9 June to 7 October 2018

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Externally Funded Projects

The following projects received external funding and commenced during the year under review.

Australian Capital Territory Government – Environment and Planning: for the project “Taxonomic revision of Tympanocryptis pinguicolla”.

Creative Victoria (Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources - Victoria): for a three-year project to assist with priority collection registration and critical interim collection storage issues.

Department of Education and Training Victoria: to contract one full-time Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) professional for 12 months for developing and delivering Early Years STEM and Numeracy education programs and professional development for Victorian Kindergartens.

Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (Victoria) – Biodiversity On- Ground Action – Icon Species Funding: for the project “Development of recognition software for Plains Wanderer song meters”.

Department of the Environment and Energy (Federal) – National Environmental Science Program (NESP): for the project “Expanding our spatial knowledge of marine biodiversity to support future best-practice reviews”.

Director of National Parks (Commonwealth of Australia) through the Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) and Bush Blitz: for Tactical Taxonomy Grant “Amphipod crustaceans from Mallacoota and Gabo Island, Victoria, including descriptions of four new species”.

Director of National Parks (Commonwealth of Australia) through the Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) and Bush Blitz: for Tactical Taxonomy Grant “Resolution, description and characterisation of two brittle star complexes, Ophionereis schayeri and Clarkcoma canaliculata”.

Heritage Victoria (Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning): for an historical archaeology project associated with a Conservation Management Sum (included in the ‘Consent to Damage’ issued by Heritage Victoria to ISPT Pty Ltd for proposed works at 271 Spring Street, Melbourne).

Highlands Foundation: to support the ‘Invisible Farmer’ project to study Australian women on the land.

National Geographic Society: for the project “Emerging infectious diseases in endemic small mammals of Sulawesi, Indonesia”.

The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund (Abu Dhabi, UAE): for the project “Emerging infectious diseases of critically endangered, endangered, and data deficient endemic rodents of Sulawesi, Indonesia”.

The Norman Wettenhall Foundation – Small Environmental Grants Scheme: for the project “Conservation, species diversity and ecological requirements of Uperoleia ‘toadlets’ in Gippsland, Victoria”.

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Zoological Parks and Gardens Board (trading as Zoos Victoria): for the project “Determining long-term Smoky Mouse camera-trap survey locations in the Central Highlands and Grampians/Gariwerd National Park”.

The following collaborative projects administered by other institutions received external funding and commenced during the year under review.

Australian Research Council – Linkage Grant: Funding to Monash University and Museums Victoria for a three-year project “Ecology, morphology and diversification of Australian lizards”. Grant administered by Monash University.

La Trobe University – Research Focus Area (RFA) Seed Grant Scheme: Funding to La Trobe University and Museums Victoria for the project “The camera at work: photographs of Melbourne manufacturing workers, 1870s-1970s”. Grant administered by La Trobe University.

Monash Asia Institute, Monash University: Migrant Diplomacy Project awarded to Professor Koichi Iwabuchi (Monash Asia Institute, Director) and Jan Molloy (Museums Victoria) to continue a cultural exchange project between the Immigration Museum, Melbourne, and cultural organisations in Tokyo. Grant administered by the Monash Asia Institute.

Monash University (through the Robert Blackwood Partnership to support collaborative projects with Museums Victoria): Funding to support a PhD Scholarship in the form of a Research Training Program Scholarship (RTPS) plus a top-up to support research project expenses, for the project “Evolution of southern hemisphere seals”. Funding administered by Monash University.

Monash University (through the Robert Blackwood Partnership to support collaborative projects with Museums Victoria): Funding to support a PhD Scholarship in the form of a Research Training Program Scholarship (RTPS) plus a top-up to support research project expenses, for the project “Peculiar Palorchestes: Describing, reconstructing and analysing the limb anatomy of Palorchestes azael”. Funding administered by Monash University.

Monash University: Robert Blackwood Partnership project to Laura Alfrey, Geraldine Burke, Clare Hall, Justen O’Connor (Monash University) and Nadya Tkachenko and Alex Price (Museums Victoria) to support a collaborative research project titled “Drawing intergenerational connections between museum and community for health and wellbeing: developing a pedagogy for restoration”. Grant administered by Monash University.

Road to Zero – road safety education complex: Victorian Government Young Driver Safety Package. Museums Victoria are development and service partners through concept, design and delivery of Road to Zero Exhibition and Learning Studios, including regional outreach. This 10 year project will reach 30,000 year 9, 10 and 11 students each year. Package administered by Transport Accident Commission.

The University of Melbourne (through the McCoy Project to support collaborative projects with Museums Victoria): Seed Funding to support the project “Rise of giants: quest for the origin of modern whales and ocean ecosystems”. Grant administered by the University of Melbourne.

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The University of Melbourne (through the McCoy Project to support collaborative projects with Museums Victoria): Seed Funding to support the project “Listening for conservation: building capacity for acoustic monitoring of Victoria’s critically endangered species”. Grant administered by the University of Melbourne.

The University of Melbourne (through the McCoy Project to support collaborative projects with Museums Victoria): Seed Funding to support the project “Research tools for understanding the role of food in war time”. Grant administered by the University of Melbourne.

The University of Melbourne (through the McCoy Project to support collaborative projects with Museums Victoria): Seed Funding to support the project “Enhancing student learning through school and museum engagement”. Grant administered by the University of Melbourne.

The University of Melbourne (through the McCoy Project to support collaborative projects with Museums Victoria): Seed Funding to support the project “Multilingual Melbourne: engaging digital natives in Melbourne’s linguistic diversity”. Grant administered by the University of Melbourne.

The University of Melbourne and Museums Victoria (through the McCoy Project to foster innovative and high impact research projects): Funding to support a PhD scholarship in the form of a Research Training Program Scholarship (RTPS), for the project titled “A framework for managing malignant plastics in museum collections”. Funding administered by the University of Melbourne.

The University of Melbourne: McCoy Project Seed Funding to Dr Natasha Ziebell (University of Melbourne) and Dr Elizabeth Suda (Museums Victoria) to support a collaborative research project entitled “Enhancing student learning through school and museum engagement”. Grant administrated by the University of Melbourne.

The University of Melbourne: McCoy Project Seed Funding to Dr Trish Eadie, Dr Sarah Young and Fiona McClure (University of Melbourne) and Dr Elizabeth Suda and Alex Price (Museums Victoria) to support a collaborative research project titled “Early childhood learning in the museum: mapping language and literacy content within storytelling and program experiences”. Grant administrated by the University of Melbourne.

The University of Melbourne: McCoy Project Seed Funding to Professor John Hajek FAHA Director of RUMACCC (Research Unit for Multilingualism and Cross-cultural Communication, University of Melbourne) and Jan Molloy (Museums Victoria) to support a collaborative research project titled “Multilingual Melbourne: engaging digital natives in Melbourne’s linguistic diversity”. Grant administered by the University of Melbourne.

The University of Melbourne: McCoy Project Seed Funding to Professor Gregor Kennedy, Dr Eduardo Araujo Oliveira and Paula de Barba (University of Melbourne) and Jonathan Shearer (Museums Victoria) to support a collaborative research project titled “Designing Reflection Interventions: Designing interventions to promote learning in museums”. Grant administrated by the University of Melbourne.

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Research Supervision

Blunden, Raf: MSc, School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne. Supervisors: Kevin Rowe, Andrew Pask. Project: Evolution of digestive enzymes in Indo-Australian rodents.

Bribiesca-Contreras, Guadalupe (Lupita): PhD, University of Melbourne. Supervisors: Timothy O’Hara, Heroen Verbruggen. Project: Phylodiversity and regional biogeography of ophiuroids.

Burns, Phoebe: PhD, University of Melbourne. Supervisors: Kevin Rowe, Ben Phillips. Project: Population structure and conservation of the New Holland Mouse in Victoria.

Camilleri, Tamara: PhD, Deakin University – Burwood Campus. Supervisors: David Holloway, Mark Warne, Guang Shi. Project: Mid-Palaeozoic Ostracoda of Victoria.

Chaplin, Kirilee: PhD, University of Melbourne. Supervisors: Jane Melville, Joanna Sumner [note: no external University of Melbourne supervisor]. Project: Conservation genetics of Earless Dragons (Tympanocryptis spp) in south- eastern Queensland.

Dong, Caroline: PhD, University of Melbourne. Supervisors: Adnan Moussalli, Devi Stuart-Fox. Project: Genomic patterns of speciation in the colour polymorphic tawny dragon lizard (Ctenophorus decresii).

Gaganos, Fotios: MSc, School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne. Supervisors: Kevin Rowe, Devi Stuart-Fox. Project: Evolution of morphological traits associated with diet of Indo-Australian rodents.

Gan, Lena: PhD, University of Melbourne. Supervisors: Richard Gillespie, Dianne Mulcahy. Project: Cultural Encounters of the Third Age: understanding the lived experience of cultural engagement for older museum visitors.

Grubb, Joshua: PhD, La Trobe University. Supervisors: Richard Marchant, Heloise Gibb, Nick Murphy. Project: Litter invertebrates in forests recovering from bushfire.

Huggett, Georgia: MSc, School of Biosciences, University of Melbourne. Supervisors: Karen Rowe, Kathryn Handasyde. Project: Developing a complementary survey method for arboreal marsupials using acoustic monitoring.

Lee, Ruthur: MSc, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, University of Melbourne. Supervisors: Karen Rowe, Kirsten Parris. Project: The influence of traffic noise on bird singing activity within a protected landscape.

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Missen, Owen: PhD, Monash University. Supervisors: Stuart Mills, Joel Brugger. Project: Geochemistry and microbiology of silver tellurides

Mitchell, Michela: PhD, Monash University. Supervisors: Timothy O’Hara, Raymond Norton. Project: Distribution, composition and venom evolution in endemic Australian sea anemones.

Naidoo, Nesha: PhD, University of Melbourne. Supervisors: Richard Gillespie, Julie Willis. Project: Parks, playgrounds, promenades, pageants and piazzas: the changing ideas of designed public spaces in Melbourne 1850-2000.

Parker, William: PhD, Monash University. Supervisors: Erich Fitzgerald, Alistair Evans, Justin Adams. Project: Reconstructing the lives of Australia's giant megafauna.

Perry, Sam: PhD, University of Notre Dame. Supervisors: Stuart Mills, Peter Burns. Project: Using hydrotalcites to clean uranium from wastewater.

Ramm, Till: PhD, joint enrolment at the University of Melbourne and Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin, Germany. Supervisors: Jane Melville, Christy Hipsley, Johannes Müller. Project: Shifts in lizard communities through time along the east coast of Australia with particular interest in dragon lizards.

Richards, Hazel: PhD, Monash University. Supervisors: Erich Fitzgerald, Alistair Evans, Justin Adams. Project: Peculiar Palorchestes: Describing, reconstructing and analysing the limb anatomy of Palorchestes azael.

Roycroft, Emily: PhD, University of Melbourne. Supervisors: Kevin Rowe, Adnan Moussalli, Andrew Pask. Project: Genomic approaches to understanding the evolution and conservation of Australo-papuan rodents.

Rule, James: PhD, Monash University. Supervisors: Erich Fitzgerald, Justin Adams, Alistair Evans. Project: Phylogeny and biogeography of austral seals in the family Phocidae.

Tasoulis, Theodouris: PhD, University of Newcastle. Supervisors: Joanna Sumner, Geoff Isbister. Project: A phylogeny-based comparative analysis of the venom proteome of Australian elapids.

Ustundag, Nell: PhD, University of Melbourne. Supervisors: Sione Francis, Andrew Jamieson. Project: Cross-cultural encounters: Pacific exhibitions and the making of meanings.

Whitelaw, Brooke: PhD, James Cook University. Supervisors: Julian Finn, Jan Strugnell.

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Project: The evolution of venom in the blue-ringed octopus Hapalochlaena species complex.

Wong, Shu (Sharon): PhD, University of Melbourne. Supervisors: Alice Cannon, Petronella Nel. Project: A framework for managing malignant plastics in museum collections.

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Honorary Appointments

Honorary Life Fellows Granted to individuals of high academic distinction or public standing, considered to have made a significant contribution to the intellectual standing or other significant development of Museum Victoria.

Emeritus Professor Daine Alcorn Professor Margaret Cameron AM Professor Edwina Cornish AO Mr Jim Cousins AO Mr Graham Cunningham Mrs Amanda Derham Mr Bob Edwards AO Mr Jack Ellis Ms Sylvia Falzon Ms Jill Gallagher AO Professor Margaret Gardner AO Mr Terry Garwood Professor Jennifer Graves AO Dr J. Patrick Greene OBE Dr Robin Hirst PSM Mr Peter Hiscock AM

Professor Rod Home AM Mr Steve Howard Dr Gael Jennings Professor Pookong Kee Professor Daryl Le Grew AC Ms Jenny Love Professor Janet McCalman AC Ms Tina McMeckan Dr Ray Marginson AM Dr Angus Martin Mr Harold Mitchell AC Mr Graham Morris Mrs Sarah Myer Ms Sheila O’Sullivan Emeritus Professor David Penington AC Mr Michael Perry Emeritus Professor Marian Quartly Mr Richard Searby AO QC Mr Ian Sinclair AC The Honourable Haddon Storey QC Mr Tim Sullivan Emeritus Professor James Warren Ms Deanne Weir Mr Bob Weis Mr Garry Woodard

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Curators Emeritus Granted to curators who retire after having given distinguished service to Museum Victoria for a minimum of 10 years and have made a distinguished contribution in an appropriate curatorial or research field.

Humanities Mr Martin Hallett PSM Mr John Sharples Dr Charlotte Smith Dr Ron Vanderwal Ms Elizabeth Willis

Sciences Dr William (Bill) Birch AM Ms Suzanne Boyd Dr Thomas Darragh Ms Joan Dixon Dr Chung-Cheng Lu Dr Mark Norman Dr Gary Poore

Honorary Associates Granted to individuals who can be called upon to provide specialist professional advice and assistance to the Board, management or staff on an honorary basis.

Humanities Associate Professor Harry Allen Ms Susan (Sana) Balai Professor Catherine Bennett Dr Anthony Birch Mr Maxwell Burnet Mr Eddie Butler-Bowdon Dr Liz Conor Ms Vicki Couzens Professor Joy Damousi Professor Kate Darian-Smith Dr Gwenda Davey AM Emeritus Professor Graeme Davison AO Ms Rhonda Diffey Dr David Dorward Mr Mark Dugay-Grist Dr Penelope Edmonds Dr June Factor Ms Rebecca Forgasz Dr Michael Green Mr Simon Greenwood Dr Diane Hafner Dr Louise Hamby Mr Geoffrey Holden Dr Colin Hope Professor Marcia Langton AM Dr Marina Larsson Ms Ruth Leveson

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Dr Helen Light AM Dr Martha Macintyre Mr Euan McGillivray Ms Judy McKinty Professor Ian McNiven Dr Andrew May Ms Laura Mecca Dr John Morton Professor John Murphy Professor Timothy Murray Dr Seamus O’Hanlon Dr Carla Pascoe Professor Nicolas Peterson Dr John Pickard Dr Gary Presland Mr Rhys Richards Emeritus Professor Bruce Rigsby Professor Lynette Russell Mr Edward (Ted) Ryan Dr Leonn Satterthwait Dr Gaye Sculthorpe Ms Sandra Smith Dr Nicola Stern Dr Jonathan Sweet Dr Benjamin Thomas Professor Alistair Thomson Professor Peter Thorne Dr Robin Torrence Dr Graham Willett Dr Sara Wills Ms Kerry Wilson Professor Andrea Witcomb Sciences Mr Ken Bell Mr Philip Bock OAM Mr Robert Burn OAM Dr John Chuk Mr James Cozens Dr Andrew Drinnan Dr Alistair Evans Dr Caroline Farrelly Dr Ross Field Professor Tim Flannery Mr Alan Henderson Dr Dean Hewish Ms Marilyn Hewish Dr Julian Hollis Mr Francis Holmes Associate Professor Jonathan (Jonti) Horner Dr Jean Just Mr John Kean Mr Rudie Kuiter Dr John Lewis Associate Professor Murray Littlejohn 17

Professor John Long Professor John Lovering Professor David Malin Mr Peter Marriott Mr Peter Menkhorst Mr Alan Monger OAM Mr John Neil Dr Gareth Nelson Dr Tim New Mr Ken Norris Mr P. Mark O’Loughlin Dr Robert Paddle Dr Joyce Richardson Dr Richard Schodde OAM Mr Luke Simpkin Mr David Staples Dr Roy Swain Mr Peter Swinkels Dr Anetta Szczykutowicz Emeritus Professor John Talent Ms Elizabeth Thompson Mr Alfons VandenBerg Professor Patricia Vickers-Rich AO Dr Jeanette Watson Dr Patricia Woolley Strategic Collection Management Ms Donna Fothergill

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Ms Eileen Alberts Ms Carolyn Briggs Ms Eileen Harrison Ms Lee Healy Ms Lisa Jones Mr Brendan Kennedy Ms Diane Kerr Ms Esther Kirby OAM Ms Justice Nelson Ms Rochelle Patten Ms Diana (Titta) Secombe Mr Larry Walsh

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Publications

Refereed Journals

Allen, L. 2018. Exhibition review. Kanalaritja – An Unbroken String: honouring the tradition of Tasmanian Aboriginal shell stringing. Australian Historical Studies, 49(1): 126-129.

Balasubramaniam, S., Mulder, R.A., Sunnucks, P., Pavlova, A. and Melville, J. 2017. MHC class II β exon 2 variation in pardalotes (Pardalotidae) is shaped by selection, recombination and gene conversion. Immunogenetics, 69(2): 101-111.

Birch, W.D. 2017. Mineralogy of the Silver King Deposit, Omeo, Victoria. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 129: 41-52.

Bragg, J.G., Potter, S., Bi, K., Catullo, R., Donnellan, S.C., Eldridge, M.D.B., Joseph, L., Keogh, J.S., Oliver, P., Rowe, K.C. and Moritz, C. 2017. Resources for phylogenomic analyses of Australian terrestrial vertebrates. Molecular Ecology Resources, 17(5): 869-876.

Brasier, M.J., Grant, S.M., Trathan, P.N., Allcock, L., Ashford, O., Blagbrough, H., Brandt, A., Danis, B., Downey, R., Eléaume, M.P., Enderlein, P., Ghiglione, C., Hogg, O., Linse, K., Mackenzie, M., Moreau, C., Robinson, L.F., Rodriguez, E., Spiridonov, V., Tate, A., Taylor, M., Waller, C., Wiklund, H. and Griffiths, H.J. 2018. Benthic biodiversity in the South Orkney Islands Southern Shelf Marine Protected Area. Biodiversity (published online, 20 Jun 2018, DOI: 10.1080/14888386.2018.1468821).

Bribiesca-Contreras, G., Verbruggen, H., Hugall, A.F. and O’Hara, T.D. 2017. The importance of offshore origination revealed through ophiuroid phylogenomics. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B, 284: 20170160 [7 pages].

Buono, M.R., Fernández, M.S., Cozzuol, M.A., Cuitiño, J.I., Fitzgerald, E.M.G. 2017. The early Miocene balaenid Morenocetus parvus from Patagonia (Argentina) and the evolution of right whales. PeerJ, 5: e4148 [48 pages].

Burns, P.A., Parrott, M.L., Rowe, K.C. and Phillips, B.L. 2017. Identification of threatened rodent species using infrared and white-flash camera traps. Australian Mammalogy (published online, 21 August 2017, DOI: 10.1071/AM17016).

Clemann, N., Stranks, T.N., Carland, R., Melville, J., op den Brouw, B., and Robertson, P. 2018. The death adder Acanthophis antarcticus (Shaw & Nodder, 1802) in Victoria: historical records and contemporary uncertainty. Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 77: 29-40.

Darragh, T.A. 2017. Further Mollusca from the late Eocene Pallinup Formation, Eucla Basin, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 32: 29- 100.

Darragh, T.A. 2017. Hermann Beckler: contributions on Australia made in Germany. Historical Records of Australian Science, 28: 140-145.

Dawborn-Gundlach, L.M., Pesina, J., Rochette, E., Hubber, P., Gaff, P., Henry, D.A., Gibson, M., Kelly, L. and Redman, C. 2017. Enhancing pre-service teachers' concept

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of Earth Science through an immersive, conceptual museum learning program (Reconceptualising Rocks). Teaching and Teacher Education, 67: 214-226.

Dubke, M., Hipsley, C.A. and Müller, J. 2018. Comparative skull osteology and preliminary systematic revision of the African lizard genus Heliobolus (Squamata: Lacertidae). African Journal of Herpetology (published online, 11 March 2018, DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2017.1422153).

Dworschak, P.C. and Poore, G.C.B. 2018. More cautionary tales: family, generic and species synonymies of recently published taxa of ghost and mud shrimps (Decapoda: Axiidea and Gebiidea). Zootaxa, 4394(1): 61-76.

Eldridge, R.A., Achmadi, A.S., Giarla, T.C., Rowe, K.C. and Esselstyn, J.A. 2018. Geographic isolation and elevational gradients promote diversification in an endemic shrew on Sulawesi. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 118: 306-317.

Eronen, J.T., Zohdy, S., Evans, A.R., Tecot, S.R., Wright, P.C. and Jernvall, J. 2017. Feeding ecology and morphology make a bamboo specialist vulnerable to climate change. Current Biology, 27(21): 3384-3389.

Feigin, C.Y., Newton, A.H., Doronina, L., Schmitz, J., Hipsley, C.A., Mitchell, K.J., Gower, G., Llamas, B., Soubrier, J., Heider, T.N., Menzies, B.R., Cooper, A., O’Neill, R.J. and Pask, A.J. 2017. Genome of the Tasmanian tiger provides insights into the evolution and demography of an extinct marsupial carnivore. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2: 182-192.

Gillespie, R. 2017. The rise and fall of cork model collections in Britain. Architectural History, 60: 117-146.

Gomon, M.F. 2017. A review of the tuskfishes, genus Choerodon (Labridae), with descriptions of three new species. Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 76: 1-111.

Gomon, M.F. and Psomadakis, P.N. 2018. Review of the Lepidotrigla gurnards (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes: Triglidae) in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea off Myanmar with a description of a new species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 66: 66-77.

Grey, I.E., Keck, E., MacRae, C.M., Glenn, A.M., Kampf, A.R., Nash, B.P., Mills, S.J. and Diego Gatta, G. 2017. Crystal chemistry of zinc incorporation in strunzite-group minerals containing zeolitic water. Mineralogical Magazine, 81(5): 1051-1062.

Hocking, D.P., Marx, F.G., Fitzgerald, E.M.G. and Evans, A.R. 2017. Ancient whales did not filter feed with their teeth. Biology Letters, 13(8): 20170348 [4 pages].

Hocking, D.P., Marx, F.G., Park, T., Fitzgerald, E.M.G. and Evans, A.R. 2017. Reply to comment by Kienle et al. 2017. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B, 284(1863): 20171836 [4 pages].

Hocking, D.P., Marx, F.G., Sattler, R., Harris, R.N., Pollock, T.I., Sorrell, K.J., Fitzgerald, E.M.G., McCurry, M.R. and Evans, A.R. 2018. Clawed forelimbs allow northern seals to eat like their ancient ancestors. Royal Society Open Science, 5: 172393 [11 pages].

Horton, T., Gofas, S., Kroh, A., Poore, G.C.B., Read, G., Rosenberg, G., Stöhr, S., Bailly, N., Boury-Esnault, N., Brandão, S.N., Costello, M.J., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Hernandez, F., Mees, J., Paulay, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B. and Vranken, 20

S. 2017. Improving nomenclatural consistency: a decade of experience in the World Register of Marine Species. European Journal of Taxonomy, 389: 1-24.

Jones, M. 2018. From catalogues to contextual networks: reconfiguring collection documentation in museums. Archives and Records, Journal of the Archives and Records Association, 39(1): 4-20.

Jones, M., Darian-Smith, K., Tout-Smith, D. and McCarthy, G. 2017. The Dorothy Howard Collection: revealing the structures of folklore archives in museums. Archives and Manuscripts, 45(2): 100-117.

Kampf, A.R., Mills, S.J., Nash, B.P., Dini, M. and Molina Donoso, A.A. 2017. Currierite, Na4Ca3MgAl4(AsO3OH)12·9H2O, a new acid arsenate with ferrinatrite-like heteropolyhedral chains from the Torrecillas mine, Iquique Province, Chile. Mineralogical Magazine, 81(5): 1141-1149.

Kampf, A.R., Mills, S.J., Rumsey, M.S. and Graham, I. 2017. The discreditation of girdite. Mineralogical Magazine, 81(5): 1125-1128.

Kearney, N. and Wallis, E. 2018. ‘DOI’ng the right thing: assigning digital object identifiers to legacy content. VALA2018 Conference Proceedings, 1 February. Online at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L3AMrJx4867xFsjVcjKWZ_rURkhoXz0-/view

Lyndon-Gee, F., Sumner, J., Hu, Y., Ciofi, C. and Jessop, T.S. 2018. Abundance and genetic diversity responses of a lizard (Eulamprus heatwolei) to logging disturbance. Australian Journal of Zoology (published online, 25 May 2018, DOI: 10.1071/ZO17051).

Marx, F.G., Lambert, O. and de Muizon, C. 2017. A new Miocene baleen whale from Peru deciphers the dawn of cetotheriids. Royal Society, Open Science, 4:170560 [22 pages].

Marx, F.G., Park, T., Fitzgerald, E.M.G. and Evans, A.R. 2018. A Miocene pygmy right whale fossil from Australia. PeerJ, 6: e5025 [15 pages].

McLennan, H.J., Lüpold, S., Smissen, P., Rowe, K.C. and Breed, W.G. 2017. Greater sperm complexity in the Australasian old endemic rodents (Tribe: Hydromyini) is associated with increased levels of inter-male sperm competition. Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 29(5): 921-930.

Melville, J., Haines, M.L., Boysen, K., Hodkinson, L., Kilian, A., Smith Date, K.L, Potvin, D.A. and Parris, K.M. 2017. Identifying hybridization and admixture using SNPs: application of the DArTseq platform in phylogeographic research on vertebrates. Royal Society, Open Science, 4(7): 161061 [14 pages].

Mills, S.J., Christy, A.G. and Favreau, G. 2018. The crystal structure of ceruleite, CuAl4[AsO4]2(OH)8(H2O)4, from Cap Garonne, France. Mineralogical Magazine, 82(1): 181-187.

Mills, S.J., Christy, A.G., Favreau, G. and Galea-Clolus, V. 2017. Multidimensional structural variation in the cyano•trichite family of merotypes: camerolaite-3b-F"1. Acta Crystallographica Section B, 73: 950-955.

Missen, O.P., Mills, S.J. and Petříček, V. 2018. Caesium neodymium sulfate, CsNd(SO4)2. IUCrData, 3: x180169 [3 pages]. 21

Missen, O.P., Mills, S.J., Welch, M.D., Spratt, J., Rumsey, M.S., Birch, W.D. and J. Brugger, J. 2018. The crystal structure of cesbronite, Cu3TeO4(OH)4: a novel sheet tellurate topology. Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, 74(1): 24-31.

Mitchell, M.L., Hamilton, B.R., Madio, B., Morales, R.A.V., Tonkin-Hill, G.Q., Papenfuss, A.T., Purcell, A.W., King, G.F., Undheim, E.A.B. and Norton, R.S. 2017. The use of imaging mass spectrometry to study peptide toxin distribution in Australian sea anemones. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 70(11): 1235-1237.

Morse, P., Kjeldsen, S.R., Meekan, M.G., McCormick, M.I., Finn, J.K., Huffard, C.L. and Zenger, K.R. 2018. Genome-wide comparisons reveal a clinal species pattern within a holobenthic octopod – the Australian Southern blue-ringed octopus, Hapalochlaena maculosa (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae). Ecology and Evolution, 8(4): 2253-2267.

Nasrullah, Q., Renfree, M.B. and Evans, A.R. 2018. Three-dimensional mammalian tooth development using diceCT. Archives of Oral Biology, 85: 183-191.

Newton, A.H., Spoutil, F., Prochazka, J., Black, J.R., Medlock, K., Paddle, R.N., Knitlova, M., Hipsley, C.A. and Pask, A.J. 2018. Letting the ‘cat’ out of the bag: pouch young development of the extinct Tasmanian tiger revealed by X-ray computed tomography. Royal Society Open Science, 5: 171914 [19 pages].

O’Hara, T.D., Stöhr, S., Hugall, A.F., Thuy, B. and Martynov, A. 2018. Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. European Journal of Taxonomy, 416: 1-35.

O’Loughlin, P.M. and Bribiesca-Contreras, G. 2017. New asterinid seastars from the Pacific Ocean (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 76: 121-132.

Okrugin, V., Favero, M., Liu, A., Etschmann, B., Plutachina, E., Mills, S., Tomkins, A.G., Lukasheva, M., Kozlov, V., Moskaleva, S., Chubarov, M. and Brugger, J. 2017. Smoking gun for thallium geochemistry in volcanic arcs: Nataliyamalikite, TlI, a new thallium mineral from an active fumarole at Avacha Volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. American Mineralogist, 102(8): 1736-1746.

Oliver, P.M. and Hugall, A.F. 2017. Phylogenetic evidence for mid-Cenozoic turnover of a diverse continental biota. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 1: 1896-1902.

Oudot, M., Crônier, C., Neige, P. and Holloway, D. 2018. Phylogeny of some Devonian trilobites and consequences for the systematics of Austerops (Phacopidae). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology (published online, 6 June 2018, DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2018.1471105).

Pahl, T., McLennan, H.J., Wang, Y., Achmadi, A.S., Rowe, K.C., Aplin, K. and Breed, W.G. 2018. Sperm morphology of the Rattini – are the interspecific differences due to variation in intensity of intermale sperm competition? Reproduction, Fertility, and Development (published online, 18 May 2018, DOI: 10.1071/RD17431).

Park, T., Fitzgerald, E.M.G. and Evans, A.R. 2017. The tympanal recess of the cetacean cochlea: function and evolution. Acoustics Australia, 45(2): 273-278.

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Pineda-Enríquez, T., Bribiesca-Contreras, G., Solís-Marín, F.A., Laguarda- Figueras, A. and O'Hara, T. 2017. New species of the genus Ophiolepis Müller & Troschel, 1840 (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Ophiolepididae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (published online, 14 September 2017, DOI: 10.1017/S0025315417001503).

Poore, G.C.B and Dworschak, P.C. 2017. Family, generic and species synonymies of recently published taxa of ghost shrimps (Decapoda, Axiidea, Eucalliacidae and Ctenochelidae): cautionary tales. Zootaxa, 4294(1): 119-125.

Poore, G.C.B. 2017. Synonymy and problematic species of Eiconaxius Spence Bate, 1888, with descriptions of new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea: Axiidae). Zootaxa, 4231(3): 364-376.

Poore, G.C.B. 2018. Burrowing lobsters from shallow coastal environments in Papua New Guinea (Crustacea: Axiidea: Axiidae, Micheleidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 77: 1-14.

Poore, G.C.B. and Dworschak, P.C. 2018. The Indo-West Pacific species of Neaxiopsis and Neaxius (Crustacea: Axiidea: Strahlaxiidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 77: 15-28.

Poropat, S.F., Kool, L., Vickers-Rich, P. and Rich, T.H. 2017. Oldest meiolaniid turtle remains from Australia: evidence from the Eocene Kerosene Creek Member of the Rundle Formation, Queensland. Alcheringa, An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 41(2): 231-239.

Poropat, S.F., Martin, S.K., Tosolini, A.-M.P., Wagstaff, B.E., Bean, L.B., Kear, B.P., Vickers-Rich, P. and Rich, T.H. 2018. Early Cretaceous polar biotas of Victoria, southeastern Australia: an overview of research to date. Alcheringa, An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 42: 158-230.

Rodrigues, H.G., Hautier, L. and Evans, A.R. 2017. Convergent traits in mammals associated with divergent behaviors: the case of the continuous dental replacement in rock-wallabies and African mole-rats. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 24(3): 261- 274.

Rowe, K.C. 2018. Book review. L.R. Heaney et al., 2016, The Mammals of Luzon Island: Biogeography and Natural History of a Philippine Fauna, Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. The Quarterly Review of Biology, 93(1): 57-58.

Sharp, A.C., Evans, A.R., Wilson, S.A. and Vickers-Rich, P. 2017. First non- destructive internal imaging of Rangea, an icon of complex Ediacaran life. Precambrian Research, 299: 303-308.

Suda, L. 2017. Learning through museums: Sharing our practice with schools. Museums Galleries Australia Magazine, 26(1) Spring-Summer 2017: 43.

Tan, M.H., Gan, H.M., Lee, Y.P., Poore, G.C.B. and Austin, C.M. 2017. Digging deeper: new gene order rearrangements and distinct patterns of codons usage in mitochondrial genomes among shrimps from the Axiidea, Gebiidea and Caridea (Crustacea: Decapoda). PeerJ, 5: e2982 [23 pages].

Tsai, C.H., Collareta, A., Fitzgerald, E.M.G., Marx, F.G., Kohno, N., Bosselaers, M., Insacco, G., Reitano, A., Catanzariti, R., Oishi, M. and Bianucci, G. 2017. Northern 23

pygmy right whales highlight Quaternary marine mammal interchange. Current Biology, 27(19): R1058-R1059.

Vickers-Rich, P., Soleimani, S., Farjandi, F., Zand, M., Linnemann, U., Hofmann, M., Wilson, S.A., Cas, R. and Rich, T.H. 2018. A preliminary report on new Ediacaran fossils from Iran. Alcheringa, An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 42(2): 230- 243.

Williams, A., Althaus, F., Pogonoski, J., Osterhage, D., Gomon, M., Graham, K., Appleyard, S., Gledhill, D., Bray, D., McMillan, P., Green, M., Doyle, S., Graham, A., Tanner, J. and Ross, A. 2018. Composition, diversity and biogeographic affinities of the deep-sea (200–3000 m) fish assemblage in the Great Australian Bight, Australia. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography (published online, 9 May 2018, DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2018.05.005).

Woodward, H.N., Rich, T.H. and Vickers-Rich, P. 2018. The bone microstructure of polar “hypsilophodontid” dinosaurs from Victoria, Australia. Scientific Reports, 8: 1162 [14 pages].

Zandawala, M., Moghul, I., Yañez Guerra, L.A., Delroisse, J., Abylkassimova, N., Hugall, A.F., O'Hara, T.D. and Elphick, M.R. 2017. Discovery of novel representatives of bilaterian neuropeptide families and reconstruction of neuropeptide precursor evolution in ophiuroid echinoderms. Open Biology, 7: 170129 [20 pages].

Non-refereed Journals and Reports

Cannon, A. 2018. PolyMuse and the problem with plastics. Insite Magazine, Museums Australia (Victoria), May-July 2018: 5.

Cannon, A. and Waller, R. 2017. Illuminating intuition with evidence: assessing collection risks within Museums Victoria’s exhibitions. AICCM Bulletin, Bulletin of the Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material, 38(1): 25-35.

Dale-Hallett, L. 2017. Invisible Farmer: shining a light on women on the land. Network, Victorian Rural Women’s Network e-newsletter, Issue 1 (Winter 2017), pages 5-6 (online at: https://extensionaus.com.au/VRWNetwork/wp- content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/VRWN-Newsletter-1A-compressed.pdf).

Dale-Hallett, L. 2018. Invisible Farmer reframing Australian rural narratives. Australian Society of Archivists, Victorian Branch Newsletter, February 2018: 6-8 (online at: https://www.archivists.org.au/documents/item/1225).

Dale-Hallett, L. 2018. Women in agriculture. Southern Gulf Links, Newsletter of the Southern Gulf NRM, Issue 16 (April 2018): 17 (online at: http://www.southerngulf.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/199571-SGC-Links- April18.pdf).

Fiedel, M. 2018. Iridomyrmex purpureus: meat ants on display. Victorian Entomologist, 48(1): 10-12.

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Gibson, L. and Forge, C. 2017. Invisible Farmer. Victorian Farmer, Magazine of the Victorian Farmer’s Federation, November 2017: 25 (online at: https://issuu.com/vicfarmer/docs/62064-vf_20magazine_20summer_20maga).

Hill, T. 2017. A look back at Cassini’s incredible mission to Saturn before its final plunge into the planet. The Conversation, 4 September 2017 (online at: https://theconversation.com/a-look-back-at-cassinis-incredible-mission-to-saturn- before-its-final-plunge-into-the-planet-83226).

Hill, T. 2017. Father and son: Saturn and Jupiter in the northern sky. The Conversation, 17 August 2017 (online at: https://theconversation.com/father-and-son- saturn-and-jupiter-in-the-northern-sky-82588).

Hill, T. 2017. It’s going to be a long summer’s day today, seriously. The Conversation, 22 December 2017 (online at: https://theconversation.com/its-going-to- be-a-long-summers-day-today-seriously-89491).

Hill, T. 2017. The beauty and mystery of Saturn’s rings revealed by the Cassini mission. The Conversation, 6 September 2017 (online at: https://theconversation.com/the-beauty-and-mystery-of-saturns-rings-revealed-by- the-cassini-mission-83492).

Hill, T. 2017. What Cassini’s mission revealed about Saturn’s known and newly discovered moons. The Conversation, 5 September 2017 (online at: https://theconversation.com/what-cassinis-mission-revealed-about-saturns-known- and-newly-discovered-moons-83430).

Hill, T. 2018. Look up! Your guide to some of the best meteor showers for 2018. The Conversation, 1 January 2018 (online at: https://theconversation.com/look-up-your- guide-to-some-of-the-best-meteor-showers-for-2018-86053).

Hill, T. 2018. The latest from Juno as Jupiter appears bright in the night sky. The Conversation, 8 May 2018 (online at: https://theconversation.com/the-latest-from- juno-as-jupiter-appears-bright-in-the-night-sky-96108).

Hill, T. 2018. The next Full Moon brings a lunar eclipse, but is it a Super Blood Blue Moon as well? That depends… The Conversation, 29 January 2018 (online at: https://theconversation.com/the-next-full-moon-brings-a-lunar-eclipse-but-is-it-a- super-blood-blue-moon-as-well-that-depends-90320).

Jakubec, K. 2017. Loans: the art of juggling access and risk. Australian Registrars Committee Journal, Winter 2017, 72: 41-48.

Kyriakou, D. with Forge, C. 2017. Shining a light on the Invisible Farmer project. Vegetables Australia magazine, November-December 2017: 28-29 (online at: https://ausveg.com.au/app/uploads/publications/Vegetables-Australia_November- December-2017_Web.pdf).

Marx, F.G. and Fitzgerald, E. 2017. Northern exposure: fossils of a southern whale found for the first time in the north. The Conversation, 10 October 2017 (online at: https://theconversation.com/northern-exposure-fossils-of-a-southern-whale-found-for- the-first-time-in-the-north-85254).

McFadzean, M. 2018. When donations are not enough: buying objects for museum collections. Insite Magazine, Museums Australia (Victoria), February-April 2018: 2-3. 25

Price, A. and Peoples, M. 2017. Interview: Cultural organisations in partnership with families. Early Years Exchange, 15, October 2017: 9-13.

Privett, H. 2017. Hazards in collections. Insite Magazine, Museums Australia (Victoria), November 2017 – January 2018: 2.

Walker, K. 2017. Book Review. A Field Guide to Spiders of Australia, by Robert Whyte and Greg Anderson. Victorian Naturalist, 134(4): 122.

Books and Book Chapters

Batty, P. 2018. Assembling the ethnographic field: the 1901-1902 expedition of Baldwin Spencer and Francis Gillen. Pages 37-63 in: Thomas, M. and Harris, A. (Eds), Expeditionary Anthropology: Teamwork, Travel and the 'Science of Man', Berghahn Books: New York.

Bonshek, E. 2017. Revaluing pots: Wanigela women and regional exchange. Pages 125-149 in: Hermkens, A.-K. and Lepani, K. (Eds), Sinuous Objects: Revaluing Women’s Wealth in the Contemporary Pacific, ANU Press: Canberra.

Byrne, M. and O’Hara, T.D. (Eds). 2017. Australian Echinoderms: Biology, Ecology and Evolution. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne and ABRS: Canberra. 612 pp.

Cannon, A. 2017. Data harvesting for art materials research: a case study using the Trove newspaper collection. In: Bridgland, J. (Ed.), ICOM-CC 18th Triennial Conference Preprints, Copenhagen, 4-8 September 2017, International Council of Museums: Paris [1 page].

Cannon, A., Churchward, M., Crotty, N., Leggett, D. and Fisher, K. 2017. Parts per item: using object weightings to achieve consistent estimates during the risk assessment of a historic sewerage treatment plant. In: Bridgland, J. (Ed.), ICOM-CC 18th Triennial Conference Preprints, Copenhagen, 4-8 September 2017, International Council of Museums: Paris [1 page].

Cannon, A., Privett, H., McCubbin, M. and Waller, R. 2017. Towards the ‘collectively subjective’: The challenges of estimating loss in value during collection risk assessments. In: Bridgland, J. (Ed.), ICOM-CC 18th Triennial Conference Preprints, Copenhagen, 4-8 September 2017, International Council of Museums: Paris [8 pages].

Gibson, J. 2017. ‘Only the best is good enough for eternity’: Revisiting the ethnography of T.G.H. Strehlow. Pages 243-271 in: Peterson, N. and Kenny, A. (Eds), German Ethnography in Australia, ANU Press: Canberra.

Henry, D.A. 2017. Letters to the land. In: Kristensen, A. (Ed.), Greater together: Bik Van der Pol, Antoinette J. Citizen and Courtney Coombs, Clark Beaumont, Céline Condorelli, Field Theory, Goldin+Senneby, C.T. Jasper and Joanna Malinowska, Patrick Staff (exhibition catalogue, Greater Together, 8 July-17 September 2017), Australian Centre for Contemporary Art: Southbank, Melbourne.

Henry, D.A. 2017. Rock of ages. In: Cruickshank, A. (Ed.), In One Hundred Thousand Years: The Complete Guide to Open Spatial Workshop, RMIT: Melbourne.

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Holloway, D.J. 2017. Trilobites of the orders Corynexochida, Lichida and Odontopleurida from the Silurian of northern Arkansas. Page 21 in: Pärnaste, H. (Ed), Abstracts: 6th International Conference on Trilobites and their Relatives, Tallinn, Estonia, 7-10 July 2017, Libris Est OÜ: Tallinn, Estonia [Abstract].

Jones, M. 2018. Linking items, connecting content: the Donald Thomson Collection. Pages 102-116 in: Angel, C.M. and Fuchs, C. (Eds), Organization, Representation and Description through the Digital Age: Information in Libraries, Archives and Museum, De Gruyter: Berlin, Boston.

McFadzean, M. 2017. British Migrants. Instant Australians? Making an Exhibition. Pages 38-41 in: British Migrants. Instant Australians? Exhibition catalogue. Museums Victoria Publishing: Melbourne.

O’Byrne, M. and O’Hara, T.D. (Eds). 2017. Australian Echinoderms: Biology, Ecology and Evolution. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne and ABRS: Canberra. xx + 612 pp.

Pereira, S., Holloway, D.J., Adrain, J., da Silva, C.M. and Sá, A.A. 2017. Panderiidae and Hemibarrandiidae (Trilobita): their affinities with Nileidae. Page 33 in: Pärnaste, H. (Ed), Abstracts: 6th International Conference on Trilobites and their Relatives, Tallinn, Estonia, 7-10 July 2017, Libris Est OÜ: Tallinn, Estonia [Abstract].

Shelley, J.J., Morgan, D.L., Hammer, M.P., Le Feuvre, M.C., Moore, G.I., Gomon, M.F., Allen, M.G. and Saunders, T. 2018. A Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of the Kimberley. Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory: Darwin. 262 pages.

Waller, R. and Cannon, A. 2017. Loss rules! Taking the measure of collection damage and loss scenarios. In: Bridgland, J. (Ed.), ICOM-CC 18th Triennial Conference Preprints, Copenhagen, 4-8 September 2017, International Council of Museums: Paris [1 page].

Other Publications

Dale-Hallett, L. 2018. Making meaning from ashes: the development of the Victorian Bushfires Collection. Responding Rapidly to Our Communities roundtable, History@Work, the National Council on Public History blog, 2 May 2018 (online at: http://ncph.org/history-at-work/the-development-of-the-victorian-bushfires-collection/).

Forge, C. with Mueller, E. 2018. 'Something magical about farming': 24-year-old Emily Mueller of Glenbrook Dairy, Murray Bridge, South Australia. Invisible Farmer Project blog, 31 May 2018 (online at: https://invisiblefarmer.net.au/blog/2018/5/30/something-magical-about-farming-24- year-old-emily-mueller-of-glenbrook-dairy-murray-bridge-south-australia).

Forge, C. with Williams, B. and O'Regan, M. 2017. The story of Stackelroth Farms: an all-female team producing Australia's Halloween pumpkins! Invisible Farmer Project blog, 31 October 2017 (online at: https://invisiblefarmer.net.au/blog/2017/10/30/the-story-of-stackleroth-farms-an-all- female-team-producing-australias-halloween-pumpkins).

Middleton, K. with Dale-Hallett, L. 2018. Making history: an interview with Liza Dale- Hallett, Invisible Farmer Project. Invisible Farmer Project blog, 9 January 2018 (online at: https://invisiblefarmer.net.au/blog/2017/7/25/making-history-to-create-

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lasting-change-an-interview-with-senior-curator-liza-dale-hallett-invisible-farmer- project).

Way, C. 2018. Coding and robotics kit. Outreach learning kit containing resources to support early years educators to introduce young children to coding and robotics in a playful, developmentally appropriate way. Online at: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/learning/outreach-program/learning-kits/coding-and- robotics/

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Lectures and Presentations

Conference Presentations

Allen, L. 2017. “We paint our country and ancestors”: negotiating meaning and significance in legacy collections from Arnhem Land. 11th Conference of the European Society for Oceanists (Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany, 29 June-2 July).

Allen, L. 2017. Makarrata: a model for reconciliation between museums and indigenous people. Tenth International Conference on the Inclusive Museum (Manchester Museum, Manchester, United Kingdom, 15-17 September).

Allen, L. 2017. Reconnecting, re-reading and re-interrogating the archival record. Critical Archives: New Practices, New Interpretations and New Lives for Archival Materials conference (Deakin University, Burwood Campus, 13-14 November).

Allen, L., Bonshek, E., Babister, S. and Goodall, R. 2017. Finding the signatures of glass beads in artefacts from Australia and the Pacific. Beads, Beading, Beaded: developing Australian Indigenous Bead Research conference (College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, 16-17 November).

Allen, L. and Hamby, L. 2017. ‘Where are our ancestors?’ Returning bones or narritjbal to Milingimbi: a new initiative. 116th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association (Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, DC, USA, 29 November-3 December).

Althaus, F., MacIntosh, H., Williams, A., Gowlett-Holmes, K., Tanner, J. and Loo, M. 2017. Benthic invertebrate megafauna of the deep Great Australian Bight. 2017 Conference, Australian Marine Sciences Association (Hilton Hotel and Darwin Entertainment Centre, Darwin, Northern Territory, 2-6 July).

Balasubramaniam, S. 2017. Non-psittacine reservoirs of beak and feather disease virus. 2017 Australasian Ornithological Conference (Deakin University, Geelong, 8- 11 November).

Balasubramaniam, S. 2018. It’s all about who you know: using social network analysis to understand the transmission of beak and feather disease virus by non- psittacine species. 5th Oceania Congress, Society for Conservation Biology Oceania (Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand, 3-5 July).

Balasubramaniam, S. 2018. Weaving a tangled web: using social network analysis to model the transmission of beak and feather disease virus. Victorian Biodiversity Conference (La Trobe University, Bundoora, 6-7 February).

Batty, P. 2017. The policeman and the Kurdaitcha: enforcing Australian law in an Aboriginal community with the power of monsters. Living with Monsters, 2017 Anthropology Symposium (Department of Anthropology, University of Sydney, 7-8 December).

Bock, P. 2017. Bryodiversity: biodiversity of Bryozoa. 2017 Biodiversity Symposium, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria (Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Club Hall, Blackburn, 19-20 August).

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Bonshek, E. 2017. Collecting the Pacific in Melbourne: a developing history. 11th Conference of the European Society for Oceanists (Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany, 29 June-2 July).

Bray, D. 2017. Species on the move and libraries of life. 2017 Biodiversity Symposium, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria (Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Club Hall, Blackburn, 19-20 August).

Brownbill, J. 2018. Conversational interfaces – how can they be used in our institutions? Agents of Change: Museums Galleries Australia National Conference (Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, 4 June).

Brownbill, J. 2018. Creating an Online Exhibition. Museums Australia (Victoria) Seminar (Creative Victoria, Melbourne, 24 May).

Brownbill, J. 2018. Easy 360 tour creation – make your own 360 tour in one hour! Agents of Change: Museums Galleries Australia National Conference (Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, 4 June).

Brownbill, J., Kelly, L. and Parry, M. 2018. Getting Digital Done. Agents of Change: Museums Galleries Australia National Conference (Meat Market, Melbourne, 7 June).

Burn, R. 2017. Sap sucking sea slugs. 2017 Biodiversity Symposium, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria (Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Club Hall, Blackburn, 19-20 August).

Burns, P. 2018. A song of mice and fire: testing time since fire associations for the threatened New Holland Mouse. Victorian Biodiversity Conference (La Trobe University, Bundoora, 6-7 February).

Cannon, A. 2017. Data harvesting for art materials research: a case study using the Trove newspaper collection. 18th Triennial Conference, International Council of Museums – Committee for Conservation (ICOM-CC) (Copenhagen, Denmark, 4-8 September) (poster presentation).

Cannon, A., Churchward, M., Crotty, N., Leggett, D. and Fisher, K. 2017. Parts per item: using object weightings to achieve consistent estimates during the risk assessment of a historic sewerage treatment plant. 18th Triennial Conference, International Council of Museums – Committee for Conservation (ICOM-CC) (Copenhagen, Denmark, 4-8 September) (poster presentation).

Cannon, A. and Lelyveld, M. 2018. Contemporary art, now and when: managing collection risk. Collecting the Now symposium (National Gallery of Victoria – International, Melbourne, 7-8 March).

Cannon, A., Privett, H., McCubbin, M. and Waller, R. 2017. Towards the ‘collectively subjective’: the challenges of estimating value loss during collection risk assessments. 18th Triennial Conference, International Council of Museums – Committee for Conservation (ICOM-CC) (Copenhagen, Denmark, 4-8 September).

Carland, R. and Meagher, Z. 2018. Turning the museum Inside Out. 2018 National Conference, Museums Galleries Australia (Meat Market, North Melbourne, 4-7 June).

Churchward, M. 2017. ‘Everything in good repair and equal to requirements’. The engineering behind Australia’s greatest quartz mine. 23rd Australasian Mining History 30

Conference (Federation University, Gippsland Campus, Traralgon, 25-29 September).

Churchward, M. 2017. White water and Nordic knowhow: the Kiewa Hydro-Electric Scheme. 19th Australian Engineering Heritage Conference (Visitors Centre, Mildura 9-13 October).

Creighton, A., Katakouzinos, L. and Phillips, K. 2017. Let’s go to the museum: Macquarie University national research collaboration. Growing Audiences: Engaging Children and Families Summit, Creative Victoria (ACMI, Melbourne, 21 November).

Dale-Hallett, L. 2018. Panel speaker. Re-framing women in photography. Loud and Luminous Conference, in conjunction with 2018 International Women's Day (Cretan Brotherhood Community Centre, Brunswick East, 8 March).

Dale-Hallett, L. 2018. The Invisible Farmer Project. Women in Agriculture: Past, Present, Future – 2018 Invisible Farmer Symposium (University College, University of Melbourne, Parkville, 16 March).

Dale-Hallett, L. 2018. The Invisible Farmer project: why your story matters. Inspire: Women in Farming Tasmania forum, Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association (Tailrace Function Centre, Riverside, Tasmania, 22 March).

Dale-Hallett, L. 2018. The Invisible Farmer project: why your story matters. 2018 Hort Connections, joint industry conference of AUSVEG and Produce Marketing Association Australia-New Zealand (Brisbane Convention Centre, 18-20 June).

Dale-Hallett, L., Forge, C., Molloy, J. and Suda, L. 2018.The Invisible Farmer: Uncovering the UNTOLD Stories of Australian Women in Agriculture. Agents of Change. Museums Galleries Australia, National Conference (Meat Market, Melbourne, 4 June).

Evans, A., Pollock, T. and Olah, A. 2017. Blade runner: functional performance of bladed teeth in Thylacoleo and Propleopus. 16th Conference of Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics (CAVEPS) (Skyline, Queenstown, New Zealand, 3-5 October).

Faithfull, A. 2017. The humanness of remains: Indigenous Australian hair in museum collections. 11th Conference of the European Society for Oceanists (Ludwig- Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany, 29 June-2 July).

Faithfull, A. 2017. The humanness of remains: perceptions of hair from Indigenous Australians in museum collections. 116th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association (Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, DC, USA, 29 November-3 December).

Fitzgerald, E. 2017. Fossils in the marine environment. 2nd Coastal Research and Development Forum. Corangamite Catchment Management Authority (Waurn Ponds Estate, Geelong, 26 July).

Fitzgerald, E., Francischelli, B., Gallagher, S., Marx, F., McCaffrey, J., McCurry, M., Park, T. and Ziegler, T. 2017. Marine tetrapods of the Oligocene-Miocene Torquay Group, Victoria, Australia. 16th Conference of Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics (CAVEPS) (Skyline, Queenstown, New Zealand, 3-5 October). 31

Forge, C. 2017. The Invisible Farmer: securing the history of Australian farm women. 2017 State History Conference, History Trust of South Australia (Immanuel College, Novar Gardens, South Australia, 6-8 October).

Forge, C. 2018. Documentary photography, feminism and re-framing rural narratives. Loud and Luminous Conference, in conjunction with 2018 International Women's Day (Cretan Brotherhood Community Centre, Brunswick East, 8 March).

Forge, C. 2018. The Invisible Farmer. Digital Farmers Conference, Australian Farm Institute (Doltone House, Pyrmont, New South Wales, 13-14 June).

Forge, C., Suda, L., Molloy, J. and Dale-Hallett, L. 2018. The Invisible Farmer: stories of Australian women in agriculture. 2018 National Conference, Museums Galleries Australia (Meat Market, North Melbourne, 4-7 June).

Gardner, H. and Gibson, J. 2017. Archives as a problem to be solved: nineteenth century ethnographic records. Critical Archives: New Practices, New Interpretations and New Lives for Archival Materials conference (Deakin University, Burwood Campus, 13-14 November).

Gomon, M. and Bray, D. 2017. Sampling the Abyss: discovering Australia’s greatest unknown. 2017 Biodiversity Symposium, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria (Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Club Hall, Blackburn, 19-20 August).

Goodall, R. 2017. Hidden hazards in the pharmaceutical collection at Museums Victoria. 9th International Congress on the Application of Ramen Spectroscopy in Art and Archaeology (University of Évora, Portugal, 24-27 October).

Hanna, B., Perkins, D., Morphy-Walsh, I. and Stevenson, M. 2018. Future Museums: Connecting People, Place, Time and Space. Melbourne Knowledge Week (Melbourne Museum, 8 May).

Henry, D. 2018. Geology of gold: the collection of Edward Dunn. 41st Annual Seminar, Joint Mineralogical Societies of Australasia (Mercure Hotel and Convention Centre, Ballarat, 9-12 June).

Hipsley, C. 2017. Phenotypic convergence of Tasmanian tiger and canids not reflected in protein-coding genes. 16th Conference of Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics (CAVEPS) (Skyline, Queenstown, New Zealand, 3-5 October).

Holloway, D. 2017. Trilobites of the Orders Corynexochida, Lichida and Odontopleurida from the Silurian of northern Arkansas. 6th International Conference on Trilobites and their Relatives (Gustav Adolf Gymnasium, Tallinn, Estonia, 7-10 July).

Huet, S., Thomsen, A., Ziegler, T., Garvey, J. and Asten, M. 2017. The Lancefield Swamp megafauna locality, Victoria: recent exploration and current research. 16th Conference of Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics (CAVEPS) (Skyline, Queenstown, New Zealand, 3-5 October).

Hugall, A. 2017. Crossing lines: steps towards synthesis. Systematics 2017: Integrating Systematics for Conservation and Ecology conference. Joint meeting of the Australasian Systematic Botany Society and Society of Australian Systematic

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Biologists Conference and the Invertebrate Biodiversity and Conservation Biennial Meeting (University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 26-29 November).

Iozzi, L., Gall, J., de Courcy, E. and Bram, J. 2018. The magic lantern in Australian collecting institutions. 2018 National Conference, Museums Galleries Australia (Meat Market, North Melbourne, 4-7 June).

Jones, M. 2018. Online collections, practical generosity, and participatory museums. 2018 National Conference, Museums Galleries Australia (Meat Market, North Melbourne, 4-7 June).

Kearney, N. 2018. ‘DOI’ng the right thing: assigning digital object identifiers to legacy content. VALA2018 Conference (Melbourne Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, 14 February). Online at: https://webcast.gigtv.com.au/Mediasite/Showcase/vala2018/Presentation/ca6459084 cd04733a66158b4f7a2034e1d#Presentation/55f28b09a0d6438b8040d7fa1dd428c5 1d

Kearney, N. and Wallis, E. 2017. Digital Preservation, VALA2018 L-Plate Series (December). Online at: https://webcast.gigtv.com.au/Mediasite/Showcase/vala2018/Presentation/ca6459084 cd04733a66158b4f7a2034e1d

Kearney, N. and Wallis, E. 2017. Sharing Our Collections and Taxonomic Resources: Biodiversity Heritage Library. Combined AGM of CHAH, CHAFC, HISCOM, FCIG and MAHC (The University of Melbourne, 16 October).

Kinsey, F. 2017. Panel speaker. Collecting and Archiving Family Photographs. Reframing Family Photography Conference, Toronto Photography Seminar group (University of Toronto, Canada, 21-23 September).

Kinsey, F. 2018. Chickens, cows, chemistry: Carlton United and Coburg Hill: the evolution of Melbourne’s Kodak Australasia factory sites, 1884-2017. 14th Australasian Urban History Planning History Conference (RMIT University, Melbourne, 31 January – 2 February).

Liu, M. 2017. Applying Digital Technologies to Real World Issues. DigiCon. Digital Learning and Teaching Victoria Annual Conference (Australian Catholic University, Melbourne 28 July).

Marx, F., Hocking, D., Park, T., McCurry, M., Ziegler, T., Evans, A. and Fitzgerald, E. 2017. Sucking up to the big boys: insights from a ‘missing link’ in the evolution of baleen whale feeding. 16th Conference of Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics (CAVEPS) (Skyline, Queenstown, New Zealand, 3-5 October).

McCubbin, M. 2017. Legal requirements for hazardous substances in collections. Legal Requirements for Collections Seminar, Museums Australia (Victoria) (Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists, Melbourne, 19 September).

Meagher, Z. and Carland, R. 2018. Turning the Museum Inside Out. Agents of Change: Museums Galleries Australia National Conference (Meat Market, Melbourne, 5 June).

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Measday, D. 2017. Anoxic microclimates for geosciences conservation. 2017 Conference, Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material (AICCM) (Carrington Hotel, Katoomba, New South Wales, 1-3 November).

Melville, J. and Moritz, C. 2017. Phylogenomics, cryptic diversity and evolution of north Australian lizards. Australasian Evolution Society and Phylomania (Theoretical Phylogenetics) Combined Meeting (University of Tasmania, Hobart, 4-8 December).

O’Hara, T.D. and Hugall, A.F. 2018. The high road and the low road: multiple processes lead to latitudinal diversity gradients across the seafloor. 16th International Echinoderm Conference (Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, 28 May – 1 June).

O’Loughlin, M. 2017. Sea star and sea cucumber reproduction enhancement strategies. 2017 Biodiversity Symposium, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria (Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Club Hall, Blackburn, 19-20 August).

Oliver, P., Laver, R., Matzke, N., Moritz, C. and Hugall, A. 2017. Crossing lines: a saurian perspective. Systematics 2017: Integrating Systematics for Conservation and Ecology conference. Joint meeting of the Australasian Systematic Botany Society and Society of Australian Systematic Biologists Conference and the Invertebrate Biodiversity and Conservation Biennial Meeting (University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 26- 29 November).

Pereira, S., Holloway, D., Adrain, J., da Silva, C. and Sá, A. 2017. Panderiidae and Hemibarrandiidae (Trilobita): their affinities with Nileidae. 6th International Conference on Trilobites and their Relatives (Gustav Adolf Gymnasium, Tallinn, Estonia, 7-10 July).

Phillips, K. and Gan, L. 2018. Mastery, curiosity and connection: understanding older visitors as a diverse and growing audience. 2018 National Conference, Museums Galleries Australia (Meat Market, North Melbourne, 4-7 June)

Poore, G. 2017. Global marine biodiversity: how many species are there and how to find out. 2017 Biodiversity Symposium, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria (Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Club Hall, Blackburn, 19-20 August).

Richards, H., Adams, J. and Evans, A. 2017. Description and preliminary functional analysis of the appendicular anatomy of Palorchestes azael Owen 1873 (Palorchestidae, Diprotodontia). 16th Conference of Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics (CAVEPS) (Skyline, Queenstown, New Zealand, 3-5 October).

Rovinsky, D., Evans, A. and Adams, J. 2017. Placing the thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) in comparative carnivorous morphospace using 3D geometric morphometrics. 16th Conference of Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics (CAVEPS) (Skyline, Queenstown, New Zealand, 3-5 October).

Rowe, Karen. 2018. Documenting species richness and acoustic activity patterns from soundscapes in a tropical biodiversity hotspot, Sulawesi, Indonesia. European Conference of Tropical Ecology (Centre International de Conférences Sorbonne Universités - CICSU, University Pierre-Marie Curie, Paris, France, 26-29 March).

Roycroft, E.J., Moussalli, A. and Rowe, K.C. 2017. Murid rodents as a model for decoding the genomic basis of adaptive radiations across Indo-Australia. Systematics 2017: Integrating Systematics for Conservation and Ecology conference. 34

Joint meeting of the Australasian Systematic Botany Society and Society of Australian Systematic Biologists Conference and the Invertebrate Biodiversity and Conservation Biennial Meeting (University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 26-29 November).

Rule, J., Fitzgerald, E., Scofield, P., Tennyson, A., Evans, A. and Adams, J. 2017. New fossil evidence on the evolutionary history of seals (Phocidae) in the southern oceans. 16th Conference of Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics (CAVEPS) (Skyline, Queenstown, New Zealand, 3-5 October).

Rule, J., Kool, L. and Fitzgerald, E. 2017. A carettochelyid turtle from the late Neogene of Victoria, Australia. 16th Conference of Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics (CAVEPS) (Skyline, Queenstown, New Zealand, 3-5 October).

Schmidt, R. 2018. Encrusting bryozoans: lost in the collections. Australia New Zealand Bryozoology Association Group symposium (Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, 8-9 February).

Stevenson, M. 2017. More love, less paperwork. 2017 Sporting Traditions Conference, Australian Society for Sports History (University of Technology, Sydney, 3-6 July).

Suda, L. 2017. Building Our School Museum: An Emerging Museum Education Practice, Best in Heritage Conference (Dubrovnik, Croatia, 26–28 September).

Suda, L. and McKernan, A. 2017. Difficult Histories: Learning with Affect in Museums History Teachers Association Victoria Annual Conference (Caulfield Racecourse, 21 July).

Tanner, J., Althaus, F., MacIntosh, H., Gowlett-Holmes, K. and Williams, A. 2017. Infaunal assemblage structure in the deep Great Australian Bight. 2017 Conference, Australian Marine Sciences Association (Hilton Hotel and Darwin Entertainment Centre, Darwin, Northern Territory, 2-6 July).

Trewin, K. 2017. Cockatoo screams suddenly useful. 2017 Australasian Ornithological Conference (Deakin University, Geelong, 8-11 November).

Walker, K., Hertzog, K., Connelly, C., Hansen, B., Nichols, C. 2018. Citizen Science: panel discussion. Victorian Biodiversity Conference (La Trobe University, Bundoora, 6-7 February).

Waller, R. and Cannon, A. 2017. Loss rules! Taking the measure of collection damage and loss scenarios. 18th Triennial Conference, International Council of Museums – Committee for Conservation (ICOM-CC) (Copenhagen, Denmark, 4-8 September) (poster presentation).

Watson, J. 2017. Hydroid biodiversity in southern Australia. 2017 Biodiversity Symposium, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria (Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Club Hall, Blackburn, 19-20 August).

Watson, M. 2017. In Their Voices: Collaborative Exhibition Development with People Who Have Sought Asylum. Tenth International Conference on The Inclusive Museum: Diaspora, Integration and Museums (Manchester Museum, Manchester, United Kingdom, 15-17 September 2017).

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Way, C. 2018. Make, Solve, Create. Moreland Early Years Conference (Moreland Civic Centre, Melbourne, 1 May).

Way, C. and Peoples, M. 2018. Future Innovators: creating STEM experiences for the early years. Early Childhood Education Conference (Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne, 26 May).

Way, C. 2018. Play-based STEM experiences for the early years. ECPD Inc. Dookie Early Childhood Conference (Dookie College, Shepparton, 30 May).

Williams, A., Graham, K., Gomon, M., Bray, D., McMillan, P., Pogonoski, J., Appleyard, S., Gledhill, D., Doyle, S., Graham, A., Osterhage, D. and Althaus, F. 2017. The deepest systematic collection of benthic fishes in Australian waters: continental slope and rise of the Great Australian Bight. 2017 Conference, Australian Marine Sciences Association (Hilton Hotel and Darwin Entertainment Centre, Darwin, Northern Territory, 2-6 July).

Lectures

Bacic, M. and Mulhall, C. 2017. Risky business: copyright in an open-access culture. Australian Society of Archivists – Victorian Branch seminar (Kathleen Syme Library and Community Centre, Carlton, 5 July).

Balasubramaniam, S. 2018. The life and adventures of beak and feather disease virus. Pint of Science Australia Festival (Richmond Bowling Club, Richmond, 16 May).

Batty, P., Iozzi, L. and Kinsey, F. 2017. Reel stories: a look at life through motion film. History, Culture and Collections lecture series, Humanities Department (Melbourne Museum Theatre, 9 August).

Bush, M. 2017. The astronomical lantern slide and the visual communication of popular science. History, Culture and Collections lecture series, Humanities Department (Melbourne Museum Theatre, 11 October).

Cannon, A. 2017. Running a collection risk management program at a multidisciplinary museum. Two seminars presented at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 19 September; and Natural History Museum, London, 21 September).

Carland, R., Pound, P., Finch, M. and Stevens, J. 2017. Why we collect. Patrick Pound: The Great Exhibition. NGV Festival of Photography (National Gallery of Victoria – Australia, Melbourne, 1 July).

Churchward, M. 2018. A million pounds and not a penny return: a Victorian gold mining saga. Museums Victoria – Lecture Series (Melbourne Museum Theatre, 13 June).

Dale-Hallett, L. 2017. Invisible Farmer: why your stories matter. Book launch for “Gulf Women: Voices from the Remote North West” by Bronwyn Blake. Morning Glory Festival (Burketown, 30 September).

Dale-Hallett, L. 2018. Life on the land: the Invisible Farmer project. South Australia's History Festival, History Trust of South Australia (Pinnaroo Institute, Pinnaroo, 10 May). 36

Dale-Hallett, L. 2018. The Invisible Farmer Project. 2018 Victorian AgriFutures Rural Women's Award (Melbourne Museum, 20 March).

Dale-Hallett, L. 2018. The Invisible Farmer Project. AgendHER project workshop (University of Melbourne, Parkville, 23 June).

Dale-Hallett, L. 2018. The Invisible Farmer Project: connecting plate to paddock. Larnook Ex-Students Association (Melbourne, 16 June).

Dale-Hallett, L. 2018. The Invisible Farmer Project. The Rangers (Benalla, 23 April).

Dale-Hallett, L. and Forge, C. 2017. Panel speakers. Invisible Farmer: everyday documents and Australian women’s history. Her Place Women’s Museum and Museums Victoria (Melbourne Museum, 9 November).

Dale-Hallett, L. and Forge, C. 2017. The Invisible Farmer: uncovering the untold stories of Australia’s women of the land. Victorian Collections Day, Museums Australia (Victoria) (Arts Centre, Melbourne, 14 November).

Dale-Hallett, L. and Forge, C. 2018. The Invisible Farmer Project: how to get involved, share your farm stories and use your networks to give greater visibility to women in agriculture. 2018 Victorian Women on Farms Gathering (Rosebud Memorial Hall, Rosebud, 16-18 March).

Dyson, M. and Flanagan, S. 2018. Weaving magic: the Orbweavers live. Museums Victoria – Lecture Series (Melbourne Museum Theatre, 9 May).

Forge, C. 2017. The Invisible Farmer: everybody has a story. Dairy South Australia Ladies Lunch (The Winehouse, Langhorne Creek, SA, 29 November).

Frost, D., Ustundag, N., and Carter, C. 2018. Exhibitions and loans in transit (Exhibitions Department, Arts Centre Melbourne, 28 March).

Gillespie, R. 2017. Curating the colosseum: makers, collectors, and exhibitors of cork models in eighteenth-century Europe. History Brown Bag Seminar (School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne, Parkville, 17 August).

Gillespie, R. and Mauger, S. 2017. The bionic ear: past, present and future. Early Education Program for Hearing Impaired Children (East Brighton, 24 August).

Gourley, B. 2017. Examination and investigation of the George Wilson Bridges Collection at Museums Victoria. Student presentation for confirmation of Master of Arts Research, Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation (University of Melbourne, 20 October).

Gourley, B. 2018. Surveying the rare book collection: conservation at the Museums Victoria Library. 2018 Melbourne Rare Book Week program (Melbourne Museum, 29 June).

Hanna, B., Perkins, D., Morphy-Walsh, I. and Stevenson, M. 2018. Future museums: connecting people, place, time and space. Melbourne Knowledge Week, City of Melbourne (Theatre, Melbourne Museum, 8 May).

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Henry, D. 2017. The providence of provenance: a ‘ripping yarn’ of gold, travellers and shipwreck. Field Naturalists Club of Victoria – Geology Group (Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Club Hall, Blackburn, 27 November).

Henry, D. 2017. The seven wonders of the mineralogical world, unravelling the history of life the universe and everything. University of the Third Age (U3A) Geelong (Melbourne Museum, 16 August).

Henry, D. 2018. Introduction to Sciences at Museums Victoria. Oceanic Responsibilities and Co-belonging: Collaborative and Creative Approaches to Climate Change workshop, convened by the Institute of Australian Geographers (Deakin Downtown, Melbourne, 5-6 February).

Henry, D. 2018. Teaching rocks! Guest lecture for Master of Education students, Melbourne Graduate School of Education (University of Melbourne, 20 March).

Hipsley, C. 2018. About the ECR Grant Scheme. Early Career Researcher Grants Scheme Workshop (University of Melbourne, 7 June).

Hipsley, C. 2018. About the ECR Grant Scheme: tips from a successful ECR applicant. Early Career Researcher Grants Seminar (University of Melbourne, Parkville, 7 June).

Hipsley, C. 2018. The Tasmanian tiger: secrets from beyond extinction. Museums Victoria – Lecture Series (Melbourne Museum Theatre, 20 March).

Hipsley, C. 2018. The Tasmanian tiger: secrets from beyond extinction. Native Australian Animal Trust seminar – Next Generation (University of Melbourne, Parkville, 13 June).

Iozzi, L. 2018. Caring for photographs and negatives. Workshop, Museums Australia (Victoria) (Melbourne Museum, 17 April).

Jocic, L. 2018. A stitch in time: Anne Trotter's needlework specimen book, 1840. Museums Victoria – Lecture Series (Melbourne Museum Theatre, 14 March).

Kinsey, F. 2017. Acquiring, registering and preserving the Kodak Heritage Collection at Museums Victoria. Guest lecture for Film and Photography Preservation and Collections Management (Master of Arts) students, Ryerson University (Toronto, Canada, 19 September).

Kinsey, F. 2017. Kodak Australasia and the Kodak Heritage Collection at Museums Victoria. The Photographic Historical Society and Rochester Association for Film Arts and Sciences (Preserving The Past, Rochester, New York, United State of America, 16 September).

Kinsey, F. 2017. Kodak Australasia’s history. George Eastman Museum (Rochester, New York, United States of America, 8 September).

Kinsey, F. 2017. The history of Kodak Australasia. Watsonia Probus Club (Watsonia, 3 November).

Mackenzie, M. 2017. The recent trip of the Investigator: sampling the abyss. Field Naturalists Club of Victoria – Marine Research Group (Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Club Hall, Blackburn, 9 October). 38

Mackenzie, M. 2018. Antarctic marine life: what lurks below? Museums Victoria – Lecture Series (Melbourne Museum Theatre, 5 June).

Mackenzie, M. 2018. Sampling the abyss. Geelong Field Naturalists Club (Geelong Botanic Gardens, 1 May).

Mackenzie, M. 2018. Science at sea. ABC Radio National -- Ockham’s Razor Live (Royal Society of Victoria, Melbourne, 19 April).

McCartney, E. 2017. Exhibition conservation at Museum Victoria: planning and management. Guest lecture for Masters of Cultural Materials Conservation students, School of Culture and Communication, Faculty of Arts (University of Melbourne, Parkville, 5 October).

McCartney, E. 2018. Exhibition conservation at Museum Victoria: planning and management. Guest lecture for Masters of Cultural Materials Conservation students, School of Culture and Communication, Faculty of Arts (University of Melbourne, Parkville, 15 May).

Meagher, Z. and Bawden, G., Maka, M. 2018. My Kind of Scene. (Panel conversation), Melbourne LIVE: Under the Skin (Arts Centre Melbourne, 31 May).

Meagher, Z. and Feagins, L., Orpin, B., Henderson, A. 2018. TDF Talks: Can Design Make Us Happy? (Panel conversation, National Gallery of Victoria – International, 22 March).

Melville, J. 2018. Insight into processes shaping the morphological diversity of Australia’s dragon lizards at different evolutionary scales: from continental-scale macro-evolution to the developmental genetics of limb morphology. Seminar Series, School of Biological Sciences (University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, 11 May).

Melville, J. and Sumner, J. 2018. From the bog to the Biobank: Victoria’s endangered frogs. Museums Victoria – Lecture Series (Melbourne Museum Theatre, 20 June).

Molloy, J., Sproul, L., and Watson, M. 2017. L-FRESH THE LION, Pung, A. 2017. Immigration Museum in Melbourne: Its History, Activities and Challenges. (Panel presentation), International Symposium “Immigration Museum: Australia-Japan Dialogue towards the Enhancement of Cultural Diversity” (Tokyo University of the Arts, Ueno Campus, 15 October).

Moulton, K. 2017. Seeing in Blak and White: on a scale of one to 1788 how authentic are you? 2017 In Colour Lecture Series, Institute of Modern Art (Brisbane, 26 September).

Museums Victoria live exhibits staff. 2018. Invertebrate husbandry. Workshop for Templestowe College secondary students (Melbourne Museum, 26 June).

Museums Victoria scientists. 2017. Field notes: discoveries from recent land and sea field trips. 2017 National Science Week program (Melbourne Museum, 18-19 August).

O’Hara, T. 2017. Ocean biodiversity and climate change. Ricketts Point Marine Care (Beaumaris Seniors Centre, Beaumaris, 17 December). 39

O’Hara, T. 2017. Sampling the abyss. Museums Victoria – Lecture Series (Melbourne Museum Theatre, 3 August).

O’Hara, T. 2017. The abyss, biodiversity and climate change. Bayside Climate Change Action Group forum (Uniting Church Hall, Sandringham, 25 October).

O’Hara, T. 2018. Expanding our spatial knowledge of marine biodiversity to support future best practice reviews. National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub – Theme D workshop (Hobart, 17 April).

O’Hara, T. 2018. Phylodiversity of Ophiuroidea in the Indo-Pacific. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle identification workshop (Marinarium de Concarneau, France, 5- 15 February).

Phillips, K. 2018. The resurgence of interest by seniors in Museums Victoria. Malvern Men's Probus Club (Church House, Malvern, 24 April).

Reason, M. 2018. Panel speaker. Gala Gowns: generations of risk (Melbourne Museum, 16 June).

Reason, M. 2018. Panel speaker. In conversation with Prue Acton. RMIT Design Archive (RMIT University, Melbourne, 26 April).

Reason, M. 2018. Panel speaker. You can fight fast fashion: the future of Melbourne fashion design. Melbourne Design Week forum (Melbourne Museum, 20 March).

Rowe, Kevin. 2018. Expedition Sulawesi: discovering new species in Indonesia’s mountain forests. Museums Victoria – Lecture Series (Melbourne Museum Theatre, 16 May).

Schmidt, R. 2018. Life’s great crises: new theories about mass extinctions since life began on Earth. Field Naturalists Club of Victoria – Geology Group (Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Club Hall, Blackburn, 27 June).

Siddons, E. 2018. Creative Women in Conversation series (Duldig Studio, 14 April).

Siddons, E. 2018. The Sound of Space. Keynote lecture for the Sound Tracking Melbourne Symposium (RMIT, 13 June).

Stevenson, M. 2018. If walls could talk: stories from the Royal Exhibition Building. Museums Victoria – Lecture Series (Melbourne Museum Theatre, 18 April).

Stevenson, M. 2018. Understanding significance and the Royal Exhibition Building. Guest lecture for Heritage, Development and Tourism in the Asia-Pacific Region unit (AIM 704), Master of Cultural Heritage course (Deakin University, Burwood, 21 March).

Stevenson, M., McFadzean, M. and Dale-Hallett, L. 2017. Curatorial conversation: behind the scenes stories on acquiring artefacts. History, Culture and Collections lecture series, Humanities Department (Melbourne Museum Theatre, 8 November).

Stevenson, M. and Treweeke, A.M. 2017. Preparing to roam the dome: stories from the Royal Exhibition Building. History, Culture and Collections lecture series, Humanities Department (Melbourne Museum Theatre, 13 September).

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Tout-Smith, D. 2017. Behind the scenes of Museum Victoria’s collections. Guest lecture at Brighton Cemetorians annual general meeting (The Lodge, Brighton General Cemetery, 6 August).

Tout-Smith, D. 2017. Exploring perspectives on war: Love and Sorrow. Remember, Research, Reflect: Victorian Stories of the First World War. History Teachers’ Association of Victoria professional learning day (Melbourne Museum, 28 August).

Tout-Smith, D. 2017. Love & Sorrow: an introduction. Guest lecture for Making History undergraduate course, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University (Melbourne Museum, 18 August).

Tout-Smith, D. 2018. An exhibition about war: Love & Sorrow. 2017-18 War Heritage Roadshow. Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet - Veterans Branch and the University of Melbourne - Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation (Melbourne Museum, 22 April).

Tout-Smith, D. 2018. Making a World War I exhibition. Writing the War: Stories from WW1 exhibition launch (CS Gallery at Caroline Springs Library and Learning Hub, Caroline Springs, 23 April).

Tout-Smith, D. 2018. The role of multimedia in the Love and Sorrow exhibition. Guest lecture for Virtual Heritage unit, Graduate Diploma of Museum Studies course, Deakin University (Melbourne Museum, 26 March).

Tout-Smith, D., Ziino, B. and McAuslan, J. 2018. Exhibiting Anzac. Cultural heritage research seminar, Cultural Heritage Asia-Pacific Group (Deakin University, Melbourne, 26 April).

Walker, K. 2018. Citizen science: the future of biodiversity data. Royal Society of Victoria (Melbourne, 22 March).

Walker, K. 2018. Native bees of Australia. University of the Third Age Banyule (U3A Hall, Ivanhoe, 16 May).

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