Richard Morrison

EXCAVATION NEWS: Triabunna Field school 2018

The 3rd field work season is to be undertaken by Dr Ash Lenton, ANU, for undergraduates from there but also from other Australian universities, 5-28 January 2018. It is to focus, as in previous seasons, on the investigation of a military barracks which serviced the adjacent Maria Island convict settlement in the 1840’s. Run by: […]

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State of the Environment Report Tabled

The 2016 Australia State of the Environment (SOE) Report (Overview) was tabled in Parliament in March 2017 to provide a basis for government policy makers to undertake more informed decisions about the environment. The SOE is a five-yearly series of authoritative, national environmental overviews (begun in 1996) and continues the ‘report card’ approach of assessments

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UPCOMING EVENT: (ir)replaceable Symposium, Canberra

Author: Centre for Creative and Cultural Research, University of Canberra, compiled by Richard Morrison The (ir)replaceable symposium – a discussion about heritage, conservation and future-making – will discuss what happens when conservation is envisioned as future-making rather than preservation. The symposium will be held in the Ann Harding Centre at the University of Canberra at

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Queen Victoria Market National Heritage Listing

A call for comment by COB 14 July 2017 on the proposed National Heritage listing of the Queen Victoria Markets in Melbourne has been made by the Australian Heritage Council. The Council’s initial assessment is that the Markets might have National Heritage values. A draft map and description of potential National Heritage values are available

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Extension of Historic Shipwrecks Protection

Author: Heritage Branch, Department of the Environment (Cwlth) The Minister, the Hon Josh Frydenberg MP, has announced that, this year, an extension to the current protection afforded only to shipwrecks, plane wrecks, Indigenous heritage sites and other underwater cultural sites, under the Historic Shipwrecks Act (1976), will be made under a new Underwater Cultural Heritage

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2016 John Monash Medal Awardee

Author: Engineers Australia, compiled by Richard Morrison 2016 John Monash Medal – Engineers Australia This national award was presented to Keith Baker, ACT resident, chartered professional electrical engineer, post-graduate qualifications in cultural heritage management and heritage consultant, in January 2017 for his ‘outstanding contribution in raising awareness and conservation of the ACT’s heritage, and providing

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EXCAVATION update, Triabunna, Tas

Author: School of Archaeology & Anthropology, ANU College of Arts and the Social Sciences, compiled by Richard Morrison Triabunna Field School, Tasmania As reported previously this 2nd field work season was to be undertaken by Dr Ash Lenton, ANU, for undergraduates from there but also from the University of Sydney, in January and February 2017.

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UPCOMING EVENT: Explore Red Hill Camp, ACT

Author: Canberra Archaeological Society, compiled by Richard Morrison Explore Red Hill Camp In 2016 Ngunnawal and Ngambri families worked with ANU archaeology students and local residents to uncover the Aboriginal history of a small park in Manuka. The upcoming Heritage Week event, Explore Red Hill Camp: Canberra’s ‘Last Ngunnawal Campsite’ will focus on the outcomes

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