HERITAGE COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT 2016-17 For the year ended In accordance with section 63 of the Financial Management Act 2006, I hereby submit for your 30 June 2017 information and presentation to Parliament, the Annual Report for the Heritage Council of Western Australia for the financial year ended 30 June 2017. The Annual Report has been prepared in Hon David Templeman MLA accordance with the provisions of the Financial Management Act 2006. Minister for Local Government; Yours sincerely Heritage; Culture and the Arts 7th Floor, Dumas House 2 Havelock Street WEST PERTH WA 6005 Anne Arnold Chair Heritage Council of Western Australia 11 August 2017 II Heritage Council ii Annual Report 2016-17 Contents 1.0 Overview ...........................................................................4 5.0 Significant Issues Impacting Operations .....................72 1.1 The Year at a Glance ..................................................5 6.0 Agency Performance – Outcomes, Services, 1.2 Executive Summary ....................................................7 Key Performance Indicators .........................................74 2.0 Operational Structure ......................................................9 6.1 Outcomes, Services and Key Performance Indicators ....74 2.1 Vision and Objectives .................................................9 6.2 Employees and Staffing Policies ...............................78 2.2 Heritage Council .......................................................10 7.0 Financial Disclosures, Governance 2.3 Organisational Structure ...........................................11 and Legal Compliance ...................................................79 2.4 Heritage Council Members .......................................12 7.1 Financial Disclosures and Capital Works ...................79 3.0 Performance Management Framework .......................18 7.2 Governance Disclosures ...........................................79 4.0 Agency Performance – Report on Operations ............23 7.3 Legal Compliance and Requirements .......................82 4.1 Agency Performance compared to Resource 7.4 Government Policy Requirements .............................88 Agreements Targets ..................................................23 8.0 Financial Statements .....................................................89 4.2 State Register of Heritage Places .............................25 8.1 Independent Auditor’s Report ...................................90 4.3 Government Heritage Property Disposal Process......30 8.2 Financial Statements ................................................92 4.4 Development of Heritage Places ...............................32 9.0 Appendices ...................................................................125 4.5 Heritage Agreements and Regulatory Orders ............36 9.1 Heritage Grants Program Allocation 2016-17 ........... 125 4.6 Assistance for Heritage Property Owners ..................39 9.2 Heritage Grants Program – 4.7 Heritage Revolving Fund – Heritage Works ...............44 Variations to previous year allocations .....................126 4.8 Fremantle Prison .......................................................48 9.3 Goldfields Earthquake Restoration Fund – 4.9 Supporting Local Governments ................................49 Final grants by funding stream by year ....................127 4.10 Strategic Projects .....................................................52 4.11 Education and Engagement ....................................56 4.12 Promotion .................................................................61 4.13 Ministerial Support ....................................................71 III Heritage Council iii Annual Report 2016-17 1.0 Overview Heritage is important in understanding the story of Western Australia – its history, identity and diversity. Heritage comprises places such as buildings and structures, ■ Revitalising vacant and under-utilised State or local monuments, gardens, cemeteries, landscapes and archaeological government owned heritage properties through the Heritage sites. Revolving Fund. As a community, we share the responsibility for identifing and ■ Assisting local governments with advice and assistance to protecting what is important, and passing these places on to manage local heritage places. future generations so they will understand what came before them. ■ Promoting best-practice conservation and enhancing the The Heritage Council, assisted by the Department of the State community’s understanding and appreciation of heritage Heritage Office, works with Western Australians to recognise, places. conserve, adapt and celebrate our State’s unique cultural heritage. The 2016-17 Annual Report provides an overview of the work Our work includes: and operations of the Heritage Council. Because we strive for professionalism and excellence, we welcome your feedback on ■ Advising State Government and its agencies on heritage- related issues. this report which can be provided by email or in writing. Please see the back page for our contact details. ■ Assessing and recommending places for inclusion in the State Register of Heritage Places – a statutory list of places that represent the history and development of Western Australia. ■ Managing change and adaptation of places to ensure that their heritage significance is maintained while encouraging contemporary use. 4 Heritage Council 4 Annual Report 2016-17 1.1 The Year at a Glance State Register of Heritage Places Revitalising Vacant Heritage Places ■ 8 places were entered in the State Register of Heritage ■ Conservation, repair and subdivision completed at the Places on an interim basis. Warders’ Cottages in Fremantle, supporting a successful ■ 9 places were entered in the State Register of Heritage staged sales process. Places on a permanent basis. ■ Conservation works and structure-planning completed ■ 1,361 places now entered in the State Register of Heritage at the former Coogee Hotel and Post Office, with its sale Places. underway. Development of Heritage Places Strategic Projects ■ ■ 936 development referrals were determined during the year. Mapping of heritage places in bushfire prone areas. ■ ■ Almost 94 per cent of development referrals were 112,000 visits to inHerit, the Department’s online heritage processed within 30 days. places database, with data linked to Landgate’s Property Interest Report. Assistance for Property Owners ■ 87 per cent of places on municipal inventories now ■ 28 projects shared in approximately $1.27 million of successfully mapped on inHerit, including all those in grant funding, contributing to more than $2.92 million in metropolitan areas. conservation works to State heritage-listed properties across Western Australia. Education and Training ■ ■ The completion of the last project from the $5 million Inaugural WA State Heritage & History Conference, Goldfields Earthquake Restoration Fund that allowed for with 375 delegates across the sectors from as far away conservation and restoration works to 65 heritage places as South Africa and the United Kingdom. damaged during the Goldfields earthquake. 5 Heritage Council 5 Annual Report 2016-17 The Year at a Glance continued Promotion th ■ Western Australian Heritage Awards celebrated its 25 year with 16 individuals and heritage projects recognised for heritage excellence. ■ Twitter followers up by 32 per cent to 764. ■ Heritage Matters eNewsletter subscribers up by nine per cent to 1,063 subscribers. Best Practice ■ In March 2017, the combined Heritage Council and State Heritage Office Annual Report won the Institute of Public Administration Australia’s WS Lonnie Gold Award for General Government Sector – Agencies with under 100 FTEs. 6 Heritage Council 6 Annual Report 2016-17 1.2 Executive Summary On behalf of the Heritage Council of Western Australia, I am delighted to present the 2016-17 Annual Report, detailing our activities during the past 12 months. This was a year for getting a few key projects over the line: The Council saw the After two years of conservation and restoration work on the conference as an excellent historic Warders’ Cottages in Fremantle, the Heritage Works platform for engagement Revolving Fund Program has delivered an excellent heritage and collaboration, where outcome with structural integrity now restored to the State representatives of the sectors Registered 1850s cottages. came together to share knowledge, experience and As part of the sales launch in November, a ‘demonstration cottage’ network. By all measures, the at No. 17 Henderson Street was completely fitted out to showcase conference was a resounding the restoration work and demonstrate how a heritage-listed place success with more than 375 could be successfully adapted for contemporary living. delegates from a broad range of backgrounds and disciplines A ‘Back to the Warders’ Cottages’ event brought together participating in around 80 discussions and presentations. It was ex-warders and their families who lived in the cottages over the also very pleasing to see greater accessibility to heritage for past decades. It was wonderful to see old neighbours excitedly WA’s Deaf community, thanks to Lotterywest’s funding of Auslan reminiscing, exchanging stories and piecing together their shared interpreters. history. The adaptation of heritage places for contemporary use continues This year, on the advice of the Heritage Council, the then Minister to be a feature of our State’s heritage scene. This past year has for Heritage made the decision to include