Victorian Museums & Galleries Conference 2016 Cowes | 6-7 October Museums Australia (Victoria) CONFERENCE HANDBOOK CONTENTS 02 WELCOME MESSAGES 03 GETTING AROUND & GENERAL INFORMATION 04 SESSION FORMATS & SOCIAL EVENTS 05 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS 06 PROGRAM – DAY ONE 07 PROGRAM – DAY TWO 08 ABSTRACTS 12 TRADE FAIR EXHIBITORS 13 SPONSORS & SUPPORTERS Victorian Museums & Galleries MA (Vic) Branch Committee Green Museum Project Manager: Conference 2016 Co-Chairs Ren Gregoric President: Lauren Ellis Office Coordinator: Sarah Craven Sarah Craven & Laura Miles Vice-President: Padraic Fisher Victorian Collections Project Secretary: Jim McCann Co-Managers: Cameron Auty & Victorian Museums & Galleries Treasurer: Ian Scott Belinda Ensor Conference 2016 Committee Ordinary Committee: Peter Abbott, Victorian Collections Lauren Bourke, Samantha Fabry, Bass Coast Shire Council: Frank Communications & Education Andrew Hiskens, Louis Le Vaillant, Angarane Coordinator: Brigid Moriarty Dr Nurin Veis Churchill Island Heritage Farm: Victorian Collections Operations Christine Grayden Coordinator: Frances Paterson MA (Vic) Staff Destination Phillip Island: Pauleen Boulton and Kim Storey Executive Director: Laura Miles Contact MA (Vic): Sarah Craven, Bridget Communications Manager: Raphaël MUSEUMS AUSTRALIA (VICTORIA) Forbes, and Laura Miles Fiorese PO Box 385 Phillip Island Nature Parks: Exhibition Services: Kitty Owens Carlton South VIC 3053 Nicoletta Giurgiu and Michael Taylor Events Coordinator: Bridget Forbes Telephone (03) 8341 7344 St Philip’s Catering: Pauleen Finance Officer: Meredith Windust Regional Freecall 1800 680 082 Leditschke INSITE Editor: Roisin O’Dwyer Fax (03) 8341 7333 Museum Accreditation Program email: [email protected] Co-Managers: Caroline Deighton & www.mavic.asn.au Rosemary Hanscombe MA (VIC) SUPPORTERS Cover image: Cadastral map: Western Port, Department of Lands and Survey, Melbourne, 1937. From the collection of State Library Victoria. Printed by Madman Printing, a certified Green Printer on 100% recycled paper. WELCOME MESSAGE FROM MUSEUMS AUSTRALIA (VICTORIA) On behalf of the Museums Australia Survival, the Bass Coast Heritage Group, (Victoria) staff and Board, we welcome Bass Coast Shire Council, Culture you to Phillip Island for our fourth Victoria, Destination Phillip Island, the Conference. We are delighted to Friends of Churchill Island Society, the showcase the wildlife and cultural Phillip Island Chocolate Factory treasures of this significant corner of (Panny’s), the Phillip Island & District Victoria. The 2016 Conference continues Historical Society, Phillip Island Nature our commitment to promote different Parks, and the catering team at St regions, following previous Conferences Philip’s. We hope you enjoy our two-day in Ballarat, Geelong, and Warrnambool. program of keynotes, discussions, This year we have been invited to lightning talks, and parallel sessions. explore Cowes by the team at Churchill Please help us improve future editions Island Heritage Farm, one of our 100 of the Conference by filling out our short organisations in the Museum online survey at: Accreditation Program. Our warmest http://tinyurl.com/mavic2016 thanks go to our Principal Partner, IAS Fine Art Logistics, and our other sponsors and supporters who have made Sarah Craven & Laura Miles this event possible: the Ministry for the Museums Australia (Victoria) Arts, Deakin University, the Museums Conference Co-Chairs Australia Education Network, Archival MESSAGE FROM THE BASS COAST SHIRE MAYOR Welcome to Bass Coast and Phillip Island On behalf of Bass Coast Shire Council, – Millowl in Boon Wurrung. I wish to thank you all for your In a ‘fast paced, must have, need it contribution to the arts, dedication to now’ society that can so easily entangle protecting our cultural assets, and us, the arts has the unique ability to curatorial flair in exhibition programming make us stop, look and listen; feel and that brings in new people of all ages to connect in with our self, with each other, appreciate the arts and keeps and with the art form itself on a myriad of challenging us and informing how we are levels. It is a discipline that gives you in the world. permission to simply sit and be. And importantly… wander into your imagination. Cr Jordan Crugnale If we had no visual representation, Mayor storytelling, music and dance coming Bass Coast Shire Council down ancestral lines, we would have no knowledge of the cultural heart from where we came, how that forms who we are and what we could imagine to be. Life would be very static and bleak. 2 MUSEUMS AUSTRALIA (VICTORIA) CONFERENCE VENUES Library: Room 2 Parish Hall: Catering Area & Trade Cowes Cultural Centre: Exhibition Main Hall & Room 1 Free parking available in Council car park Shuttle buses drop-off & pick-up point Map data @2016 Google GETTING AROUND If you booked for the Cocktail Dinner on Locations Thursday, you will be picked up from here Emergency Assistance The Conference will be held at the Cowes at 5pm for the trip to Churchill Island For emergency assistance call 000. Cultural Centre at 91 Thompson Avenue. Heritage Farm. The return trip to the There are two entrances to the Centre: Cultural Centre will depart from Churchill Mobile Phones from the front, and from the rear next to Island Heritage Farm at 8.30pm. Please make sure your phone is turned the (free) car park. Catering will be If you booked for the morning walk on off or on silent during presentations. served at the St Philip’s Parish Hall on Friday, the shuttle bus will collect you the opposite side of Thompson Avenue. from here at 7am for Swan Lake, and Wi-Fi Access drop you back at the Cultural Centre at Limited free Wi-Fi is available via the Accessibility 8.15am. ‘Phillip Island Free Wi-Fi’ network (up to Both the Cultural Centre and the Parish 150 MB per day per device). No password Hall have male, female, and accessible required. unisex toilets. All rooms are accessible. GENERAL INFORMATION Parking Twitter Registration Desk Follow the conversation: #mavic16 Free parking is available in the marked Foyer, Cowes Cultural Centre Official MA (Vic) account: @_mavic bays or the unsealed overflow car park 91 Thompson Avenue, Cowes 3922 next to the Cultural Centre. Exhibitors are This year, a number of Deakin’s Cultural entitled to park at the Parish Hall. Thursday 6 October: 10am - 4.45pm Heritage & Museum Studies students will Friday 7 October: 8.30am - 3.30pm be MA (Vic) guest tweeters during the Shuttle Buses Conference. The pick-up/drop-off point is directly Name Badges opposite the Cultural Centre on Church All delegates will be given a name badge Disclaimer street. on registration which is the entry pass to Museums Australia (Victoria) reserves all sessions and catering. the right to amend any aspect of the If you booked a place on one of the Conference program. Museums Australia shuttle buses, you will be dropped off (Victoria) will not accept liability for here on the evening of Wednesday 5 Speakers damages or losses sustained by October, and picked up from here at 4pm Please report to the Speaker Station in participants as a result of the Conference on Friday 7 October for the return to the foyer of the Cowes Cultural Centre or related events. Melbourne (Tullamarine) Airport or half an hour prior to your session. Melbourne city centre. VICTORIAN MUSEUMS & GALLERIES CONFERENCE 2016 3 SESSION FORMATS cultural heritage of the area and will Keynote Sessions Students & Emerging provide a personalised, engaging Our keynotes will speak for 30 minutes Professionals Networking introduction to the flora and fauna of with Q&A at the end of the session for Swan Lake. both speakers. Session Meet at the shuttle bus pick-up/drop-off Students and emerging professionals are point on Church Street (directly opposite invited to a careers and networking the Cultural Centre) at Thursday Lunchtime meet-up during the Thursday lunch 7am. Prior bookings required: break. Session www.mavic.asn.au/stateconference/ This timeslot is designed for networking MA (Vic) staff will personally introduce social-events between delegates, the trade exhibition, students and emerging professionals to and the special students/emerging friendly senior professionals who will professionals networking session. answer questions and provide helpful hints about careers. DISCOUNTS FOR All of these activities will take place at the Parish Hall, with the option of This highly popular session is not to be DELEGATES outdoor seating (weather permitting). missed and will take place in the Parish Hall Meeting Room. Phillip Island Nature Parallel Sessions Parks Discounts Our presenters will speak for 15 - 20 Thursday Night Cocktail All Delegates receive 50% off entry to minutes with Q&A at the end of the Dinner Phillip Island Nature Parks’ attractions session for all speakers. (not valid with any other offer; expires The Conference Cocktail Dinner will be 20/12/2016). held in the beautiful surrounds of Discussion Panel Churchill Island Heritage Farm on Present the voucher (found in your Thursday evening. Prior bookings Conference satchel) at any of the below This session links with the special required: www.mavic.asn.au/ attractions to redeem your discount: students/emerging professionals stateconference/social-events networking session to discuss career • Antartic Journey (Nobbies Centre) pathways and volunteering/pro bono Take the shuttle bus from the Cowes • Churchill Island Heritage Farm work which enriches individuals and the Cultural Centre (departs 5pm) and join us • Koala Conservation Centre sector. for a guided tour of the homestead and • Penguin Parade farm and meet the pig, sheep, mini goats • Wild Ocean EcoBoat Tour Lightning Talks and horses. Followed by a cocktail dinner with a This final session provides an endpoint to Destination Phillip Island selection of locally-sourced foods, drinks, the Conference with some 10-minute and live music. Featuring special guest, Discounts talks on challenges and opportunities writer and performer John Clarke (Clarke Refer to the Destination Phillip Island impacting on museums and galleries. & Dawe, The Games, Death in Brunswick, flyer in your conference satchel for etc.).