The Historic Houses Trust of NSW, incorporating Sydney Living Museums, cares for significant historic places, buildings, landscapes and collections. It is a statutory authority of, and principally funded by, the New South Wales Government. ANNUAL REPORT 2015–2016 HISTORIC HOUSES TRUST OF NEW SOUTH WALES The Hon Mark Speakman SC MP Minister for the Environment, Minister for Heritage, and Assistant Minister for Planning Level 15, 52 Martin Place SYDNEY NSW 2000 Dear Minister On behalf of the Board of Trustees and in accordance with the provisions of the Annual Reports (Statutory Bodies) Act 1984, the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 and the Public Finance and Audit Regulation 2015, we submit for presentation to Parliament the Annual Report of Sydney Living Museums under the statutory authority of the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales for the year ending 30 June 2016. Yours sincerely Michael Rose AM Mark Goggin Chairman Executive Director The Historic Houses Trust of NSW, SYDNEY LIVING MUSEUMS T 02 8239 2288 incorporating Sydney Living Head Office F 02 8239 2299 Museums, cares for significant historic The Mint E
[email protected] places, buildings, landscapes and 10 Macquarie Street TTY 02 8239 2377 collections. It is a statutory authority Sydney NSW 2000 (telephone for people of, and principally funded by, with hearing disabilities) the NSW Government. This report and all our programs are published on our website sydneylivingmuseums.com.au CONTENTS CONTENTS From the Chairman 2 From the Executive Director 3 OUR ACHIEVEMENTS 4 CORPORATE PLAN 5 PERFORMANCE 6 KEY ACHIEVEMENTS 7 1 Involvement 8 2 Access & enjoyment 16 3 Conservation & curatorship 36 4 Stability 48 5 Wellbeing 54 6 Knowledge 56 OUR ORGANISATION 64 Who we are 65 Our museums 66 Our properties 70 Our collections 71 Endangered Houses Fund 72 Corporate governance 74 Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales 86 APPENDICES 89 HHT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 105 Contacts 166 Program supporters & partners 167 Index 168 Corporate Partners 170 1 .