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Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales ANNUAL REPORT 2014–2015 HISTORIC HOUSES TRUST OF NEW SOUTH WALES Rouse Hill House & Farm. Photo © Douglas Riley 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 the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales for the year ending 30 June 2015. Yours sincerely Michael Rose Mark Goggin Chairman Executive Director The Historic Houses Trust of NSW, HISTORIC HOUSES TRUST 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 OUR ACHIEVEMENTS 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 30 4 Stability 40 5 Wellbeing 44 6 Knowledge 46 OUR ORGANISATION 50 Who we are 51 Our museums 52 Our collections 57 Endangered Houses Fund 58 Corporate governance 60 Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales 70 APPENDICES 72 HHT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 87 Contacts 168 Program supporters & partners 169 Index 170 Corporate Partners 172 1 . ANNUAL REPORT 2014–15 FROM THE CHAIRMAN At the heart of our vision, $4.2 million for reinvestment into the Endangered Houses Fund over the creating ‘A Future for the Past’, 40-year lease period. In March 2015 our work at Beulah homestead is the careful custodianship of saw the reconstruction of the bridge over Woodhouse Creek, providing our museums and our passion road access for major conservation works in 2016. The Foundation for engaging future generations also subsidised students from low socio-economic backgrounds to in a deep appreciation of our participate in How Does Your Garden Grow?, our colonial kitchen heritage. Over the past year garden experience at Vaucluse House. at the Historic Houses Trust As one her final duties as Governor of New South Wales, Her Excellency of NSW (HHT) we achieved Professor The Honourable Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO led the program to significant milestones in pursuit commemorate our first Governor, Arthur Phillip, on the bicentenary of his of this mission in two key areas: death, including the dedication of the Captain Arthur Phillip RN memorial enhancing our properties bust at the Museum of Sydney and an official reception at Government through effective conservation and interpretation, and better educating House. These events not only marked the farewell of one of the state’s schoolchildren across the state. most respected and admired Governors but also the formal transition This year, supported by $1.904 million in capital funding from the NSW in ownership of Government House from the HHT to the newly formed Government, we embarked on a major maintenance program. These Government House Sydney Trust (GHS) as the official residence of the funds represent the first year of a comprehensive 11-year capitalised Governor of New South Wales. I would like to thank Governor Bashir maintenance program valued at $30.8 million, marking a new era in for her generous and passionate engagement with the HHT over many heritage investment to secure our places for the next generation. So years, and our thanks to GHS. We look forward to working with GHS and far we have completed 45 individual projects focused on improving providing ongoing heritage expertise through the GHS Advisory Panel. public safety and accessibility, ensuring compliance with fire safety With support from the Elsa Dixon Aboriginal Employment Program, we and electrical codes, replacing ageing infrastructure, improving venue have created a new, dedicated role for Aboriginal Interpretation and facilities and ensuring our buildings are at their best for daily visitor use. Programming. To this new role we welcome Clive Freeman, a member In June 2015, to increase access for schoolchildren to our state’s most of the Wreck Bay Aboriginal community, from a family of Yuin, Eora and significant heritage sites, the NSW Government announced support Wirdjuri descent. Critical to understanding the history of our properties, of $1.091 million over the next two years for the Unlocking Heritage and the future positioning of our cultural landscapes, will be elevating program. Through targeted travel subsidies, this program will enable Aboriginal interpretation and community involvement across our primary school students from low socio-economic backgrounds and places in coming years. regional and rural primary schools across NSW to attend over 30 I would like to acknowledge Mrs Miriam Hamilton (nee Terry), one of the heritage, environment or history curriculum-linked programs at HHT last co-owners of Rouse Hill House and its collection, who passed away and NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service sites. To enable regional late last year. Mrs Hamilton was connected with Rouse Hill House & Farm, schools to visit the UNESCO World heritage-listed Hyde Park Barracks, as a descendant of the Rouse family, and the Thorburns of Meroogal. She a fully subsidised immersive convict-themed sleepover provides maintained a close association with Rouse Hill and HHT staff, and over overnight accommodation in authentic hammocks – a unique and many years generously provided access to her research and collections. memorable experience for any young child. The sheer scope of the outstanding work of the HHT is only possible For their generous support of these conservation and education through the strengths of the institution: the expertise and innovation initiatives, and their ongoing commitment to our institution, I would like of our talented staff; the experience and counsel of our Trustees and to acknowledge the NSW Government and, in particular, the Minister for committees; the dedicated work of 544 volunteers, delivering over Heritage, the Hon Mark Speakman SC MP, and the Minister for Planning 8000 hours of service; the generosity of our Governors’ Circle donors; & Environment, and former Minister for Heritage, the Hon Rob Stokes MP. the investment of our corporate and commercial partners; the creative In May 2015 we secured funds of $1.82 million from the federal efforts of our collaborative partners and the steadfast commitment of government, through the Protecting National Historic Sites Programme, the NSW Government. to undertake exciting new interpretation, archaeology, and activation This year our results demonstrate a strong, vibrant and financially of the Hyde Park Barracks and on the site of first Government House. sound institution that is well positioned to engage broader audiences This year our Foundation was successfully relaunched as the with a deep love of our unique heritage places. Governors’ Circle, engaging existing and new donors in conservation, I look forward to working with Trustees, the Executive team and staff, collection acquisition and innovative education. The Foundation funded the NSW Government, and our audiences and collaborative partners to craftsmen in the re-shingling of the roof of the dairy and larder at build on our achievements. Vaucluse House, using traditional methods, and a careful restoration of the barn at Rouse Hill. In October 2014 we finalised the conservation and long-term lease of Throsby Park, one of Australia’s finest colonial homesteads, to Tim Throsby, restoring ownership to the estate’s descendants and securing Michael Rose, Chairman Michael Rose Photo Scott Hill 2 INTRODUCTION FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Our purpose is to enhance the they are set to substantially increase the accessibility of curriculum- heritage values of our houses, linked heritage experiences to schools across the state. I would like museums and gardens for to reiterate our thanks to the Minister for Heritage, the Hon Mark current and future generations, to Speakman SC MP, and the former Minister for Heritage, the Hon Rob interpret our places with passion Stokes MP, for supporting this groundbreaking program, which will and creativity, and to instil a loyal be carefully evaluated during the two-year pilot program to assess its affection for heritage in a broad unique educational value. range of audiences. Indeed, Following the significant review of the institution’s business model capturing the power of the past conducted in 2013, we continued to implement the strategic is as much about memory and recommendations of that review through the Business Review Action emotion as it is about buildings Plan, aimed at modernising and financially revitalising the HHT. and collections. To this end, our success in visitation and digital engagement has been This year our evocative, interactive and meaningful programming attracted matched by strong financial outcomes, for a second consecutive year, loyal and new audiences, and increasingly engaged with young minds. with the institution’s net cost of service resulting in a surplus of $2.652 Imagine Sydney in the 1850s when over half the population was under 12 million, $1.177 million above budget. Self-generated revenue of $7.751 years of age. Ever a young city with a young population, Sydney has been million was a significant contributor to this result. Opening two new a backdrop to childhoods too numerous to count and the stories of children successful restaurants, Bistro Mint and The Governors Table, saw our are intertwined with our properties. This year we sought to engage with commercial leaseholds income increase by 38%. Strong visitation and young children through creative, interactive, emotional and conceptual major programs, such as Towers of Tomorrow and Sydney Open, saw play, based on architecture and history.
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