Showing posts with label aboriginal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label aboriginal. Show all posts
October 29, 2014
September 25, 2014
September 2, 2014
Report on CTC of MA workshop 16 Aug 2014
Central Tablelands Chapter N.S.W of Museums Australia
A very successful workshop on Aboriginal protocols for Museums was held by the Central Tablelands Chapter of Museums Australia on Saturday 16th of August at the Golden Memories Museum in Millthorpe and was hosted by the Millthorpe and District Historical Society.
The leading Presenter was Phil Gordon the Aboriginal Heritage Project Officer Anthropology Research at the Australian Museum in Sydney.
Phil Gordon preparing the Power Point Presentation
before the workshop began
Phil presentation covered the many issues facing museums on how to display, store and handle Aboriginal objects that museum’s may have in their collections.
The workshop also focused on Developing a Community Practice: Museums and Reconciliation in Australia from the book Museums, Society, Inequality by Lynda Kelly and Phil Gordon.
Museum’s Australia’s Aboriginal Protocols Titled “Continuous Cultures, Ongoing Responsibilities was made available to members
This document is on the Principles and Guidelines for Australian Museums working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Heritage.
A copy of this document is available on the Museum’s Australia wed site or by contacting Elaine Kaldy at hazelgrove@sharpdsl.com.
In support of the Workshop a committee of 7 People from The Orange Local Aboriginal Land Council attended the workshop. This Committee was lead by Neil Ingram whom performed a touching Welcome to Country ceremony.
Left to right front row John Gerard and Doug
Sutherland. Back row Greg Ingram Terry McLean
Uncle Pat Neil Ingram, members of Orange Local
Aborigine Land Council
Phil Gordon, Aboriginal Heritage Project Officer Anthropology Research at the Australian Museum in Sydney. Elaine Kaldy President of Central Tablelands Chapter of Museums Australia and Brain Turnbull from the Orange Local Aboriginal Land Council
A very successful workshop on Aboriginal protocols for Museums was held by the Central Tablelands Chapter of Museums Australia on Saturday 16th of August at the Golden Memories Museum in Millthorpe and was hosted by the Millthorpe and District Historical Society.
The leading Presenter was Phil Gordon the Aboriginal Heritage Project Officer Anthropology Research at the Australian Museum in Sydney.
Phil presentation covered the many issues facing museums on how to display, store and handle Aboriginal objects that museum’s may have in their collections.
The workshop also focused on Developing a Community Practice: Museums and Reconciliation in Australia from the book Museums, Society, Inequality by Lynda Kelly and Phil Gordon.
Museum’s Australia’s Aboriginal Protocols Titled “Continuous Cultures, Ongoing Responsibilities was made available to members
This document is on the Principles and Guidelines for Australian Museums working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Heritage.
A copy of this document is available on the Museum’s Australia wed site or by contacting Elaine Kaldy at hazelgrove@sharpdsl.com.
In support of the Workshop a committee of 7 People from The Orange Local Aboriginal Land Council attended the workshop. This Committee was lead by Neil Ingram whom performed a touching Welcome to Country ceremony.
Phil Gordon, Aboriginal Heritage Project Officer Anthropology Research at the Australian Museum in Sydney. Elaine Kaldy President of Central Tablelands Chapter of Museums Australia and Brain Turnbull from the Orange Local Aboriginal Land Council
After lunch an inspection and a talk was given by Elaine Kaldy about the Golden Memories Museum’s Display WIRADIJURI DREAMING and the Museum’s collection of Aboriginal objects.
This was followed by a presentation of the Dabee project which is being funded by the Department of Heritage and Conservation and Moolarben mine.
Presenters were Lyne Syme and Colin Jones Project managers.
This display is planned as a travelling exhibition so that local schools and Museums can host this exhibition that relate to the early Aboriginal occupation and history of Dabee Wiradijuri people’s.
For details of the touring display contact Colin Jones on the following link oldcuriosityshopmud@bigpond.com
July 17, 2014
A workshop about Indigenous protocols - Millthorpe
You are invited to join us in a workshop about Indigenous protocols you need to observe when displaying or accepting Aboriginal objects and storage protocols.
The workshop is being hosted by the Golden Memories Museum Park St Millthorpe on the 16 th August next.
This workshop is under the auspices of the Central Tablelands Chapter of Museums Australia and deals with important issues relating to Museums and indigenous artefacts.
The presenter will be Phil Gordon Australia’s most prominent Aboriginal Museum Officer.
Phil Gordon is currently Head of the Australian Museum’s Indigenous Heritage. Phil is a leading person in the development of Museum’s policies and procedures, dealing with indigenous cultural issues and the development of public programs at the Australian Museum’s along with other important Indigenous cultural heritage issues.
The subjects Phil Gordon will cover include .Discussions of policies. Continuing ongoing responsibilities of Museums where indigenous objects are held. The implications for and your museum
Phil Gordon will also be discussing with you, your collection or your Museum’s Collection of Indigenous Objects.
Presentation of Photographs or Indigenous Objects from your museum’s collection or your private collection, to followed by a open discussion .
After lunch a Parks and Wild life’s Paul Histonson wild explain the Current Federal Heritage Law.
This workshop is free.
There is a catering cost of $18 to Millthorpe and District Historical Society for morning tea and lunch. Morning, tea with homemade scones. Lunch Soup Sandwich’s and slices.
Please advise Phil Stevenson on 0263623257 mobile 0402412188 or email ibiswines@bigpond.com before the 1st of August for catering requirements and you
Kind regards to you all
Elaine Kaldy Workshop Coordinator
December 4, 2013
June 16, 2013
Kandos Museum - $12,000 grant
Article in Mudgee Guardian 31/5/13
By LAUREN STANFORD
The Kandos Museum received a $12,000 Aboriginal Heritage Grant last week that will enable them to develop a Dabee Travelling Cultural History Exhibition in partnership with the Aboriginal people of Kandos.
"The grant will help us with site identification, the building of the travelling exhibit on the Dabee people and the creation of a small introductory exhibition at the Kandos Museum,” Colin Jones, Curator at the Kandos Museum said.
"The project is about recognising family ancestors of the Dabee people. The exhibition itself will identify individual North-Eastern Wiradjuri people and their ancestors that contributed to the creation on Kandos and the culture in the region today," Mr Jones said.
Lyn Syme, Native Title Cultural Heritage Officer at Moolarben Coal, was instrumental in getting the exhibition off the ground. Ms Syme put forward the initial $12,000 and it was with that money the Kandos Museum was able to apply for the "dollar-for-dollar" Aboriginal Heritage Grant.
The exhibition will travel around to schools, other museums and cultural centres in order to educate people on the historic significance of the Dabee people in the local area.
"In the local area, people are under the assumption that there are not any Dabee people left anymore. This exhibition will help show them that this assumption is not at all true,” Ms Syme said.
The exhibition will include photographs, stories and artefacts and will also include information about the descendants of these Dabee ancestors who were a large part of the Kandos area. Member for Orange Andrew Gee said the grant was one of nine Aboriginal Heritage Grants that were announced by the Minister for Environment, Robyn Parker.
"I am sure the proposed project will provide a valuable history of the Wiradjuii and Dabee people in the region," he said.
The grant is part of the NSW Heritage Grants program that provides grants to help bring state and local heritage buildings and places back to life, fund emergency repairs and care for Aboriginal places.
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| With the Aboriginal Heritage Grant the Mid-Western Council has just received, the Kandos Museum will be able to put together a Dabee Travelling Cultural History Exhibition. |
The Kandos Museum received a $12,000 Aboriginal Heritage Grant last week that will enable them to develop a Dabee Travelling Cultural History Exhibition in partnership with the Aboriginal people of Kandos.
"The grant will help us with site identification, the building of the travelling exhibit on the Dabee people and the creation of a small introductory exhibition at the Kandos Museum,” Colin Jones, Curator at the Kandos Museum said.
"The project is about recognising family ancestors of the Dabee people. The exhibition itself will identify individual North-Eastern Wiradjuri people and their ancestors that contributed to the creation on Kandos and the culture in the region today," Mr Jones said.
Lyn Syme, Native Title Cultural Heritage Officer at Moolarben Coal, was instrumental in getting the exhibition off the ground. Ms Syme put forward the initial $12,000 and it was with that money the Kandos Museum was able to apply for the "dollar-for-dollar" Aboriginal Heritage Grant.
The exhibition will travel around to schools, other museums and cultural centres in order to educate people on the historic significance of the Dabee people in the local area.
"In the local area, people are under the assumption that there are not any Dabee people left anymore. This exhibition will help show them that this assumption is not at all true,” Ms Syme said.
The exhibition will include photographs, stories and artefacts and will also include information about the descendants of these Dabee ancestors who were a large part of the Kandos area. Member for Orange Andrew Gee said the grant was one of nine Aboriginal Heritage Grants that were announced by the Minister for Environment, Robyn Parker.
"I am sure the proposed project will provide a valuable history of the Wiradjuii and Dabee people in the region," he said.
The grant is part of the NSW Heritage Grants program that provides grants to help bring state and local heritage buildings and places back to life, fund emergency repairs and care for Aboriginal places.
September 6, 2012
Smashed Arts in Bathurst
A new Bathurst program, Smashed Arts, aims to circumvent the
negative choices of young people by providing inspiration and
opportunity to express themselves as well as entertainment options that
don’t include drinking. Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre’s
(BMEC) Local Stages Program secured a $495,000 grant from the Federal
Department of Health and Ageing for the two-year Smashed Arts program.
The program began during the July school holidays with free workshops
for young people in dance, circus, beat boxing and film making.
Building on BMEC’s existing Aboriginal Performing Arts Program, these
first workshops targeted young Aboriginal people through three days of
activity at the centre. Read the full article from the Western Advocate here.
Ref: Regional Arts NSW E-newsletter - 3 Sep 2012
March 15, 2012
2012 Community Heritage Grants Now Open
Applications for the 2012 Community Heritage Grants are now open. Grants of up to $15,000 are available to community groups around the country to help preserve and manage locally held, nationally significant cultural heritage collections of documents and objects for future generations.
Projects supported include significance assessments, preservation needs assessments, conservation activities and collection management. Representatives from historical societies, museums, public libraries, archives and Indigenous and migrant community groups are encouraged to apply.
Image: Mark Arbuz, Spray and Steam Iron Horse, 1981. Image from the Craft Australia National Historical Collection
Image Bank, CHG recipients in 2010
January 5, 2012
Heritage Grants Program
NSW Heritage Grants aim to improve the physical condition of NSW heritage items, assist communities to care for their heritage and supports local government in its role as manager of the majority of heritage items in NSW.
The new Heritage Grants webpage at http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/02_subnav_07.htm provides a sample of interesting and innovative projects, including the restoration of the Millthorpe Newsagency and Store and the restoring of early buildings by Main Street Make-overs.
September 28, 2011
Keeping Places & Beyond: building cultural futures in NSW
Keeping culture strong through communities was a central theme of the M&G NSW organised Keeping Places & Beyond: building cultural futures in NSW summit, held at CarriageWorks on September 19/20 2011.
In bringing together, for the first time, over 150 people from across the Aboriginal arts, community & professional organisations, NSW cultural institutions, government agencies, the education sector, small business, Elders groups and individuals, the summit’s main aim was to discuss and shape the future for NSW Aboriginal cultural practice, local knowledge, heritage and language. This blackfella/whitefella meeting has been hailed a huge success by nearly all who attended.
People traveled from throughout NSW. Those who arrived on the Sunday could sample Barani Barrabugu, the city’s new heritage walking trails of significant Aboriginal sites or use their complimentary entry to the Australian Museum. Many travelers caught up with the city mobs at the welcome BBQ, put on by the City of Sydney, at Redfern Community Centre in the evening.
The Smoking Ceremony and Welcome Dance in the CarriageWorks main foyer started proceedings on Monday morning. Uncle Max Eulo conducted the ceremony which was followed by a culturally strong performance from the Doonooch Dancers, Yung Nooky (on didj) and boys from the East Nowra Public School. The dancers then led delegates into the meeting place. Delegates were welcomed to country by Auntie Millie Ingram, from the Wyanga Elders Group, Redfern. The cultural program was threaded throughout the two days, with a boomerang demonstration by Laddie Timbery, and performances by The Stiff Gins, Yung Nooky and Emma Donovan and her band.
As for the summit program, it featured presentations from a range of authoritative and informative speakers including; Professor Bob Morgan, Russell Taylor, Djon Mundine, Keith Munro, Beryl van Oploo, Phil Gordon, Dr Sandy O’Sullivan and artist, Jenny Fraser among others. Bob Morgan spoke about cultural identity and emphasized a theme that was to run through other presentations and conversations - that of the importance of self determination, of Aboriginal communities being sufficiently empowered to perform their own cultural maintenance, art form development and dissemination.
I certainly appreciated the opportunity to sit and listen as did many others. Those engaging or looking to engage in the sector made many useful contacts and like-minded approaches to build partnerships. A range of recommendations and suggestions to progress and build on momentum were discussed and agreed upon in the final sessions. They ranged across areas such as Heritage, Digitization, Art & Design, Community Engagement and ongoing connections to Government and other stakeholders. The summit’s reference committee will now give some further thought to these and their final report to Arts NSW will prioritise and chart a way forward. I do think it’s a great testament to the value of the conference that participants were keen to develop an ongoing network to continue to explore the ideas and opportunities raised over the two days, and that there was an expressed desire to meet again in a couple of years time to re-thread the picture with the work and developments in the interim.
The summit was organized and convened by Museums & Galleries NSW with core funding from Arts NSW. It was supported by Aboriginal Affairs NSW and NSW Aboriginal Land Council.
All Photos by Mervyn Bishop
Source: Museums and Galleries NSW- Alert! 28 September 2011
In bringing together, for the first time, over 150 people from across the Aboriginal arts, community & professional organisations, NSW cultural institutions, government agencies, the education sector, small business, Elders groups and individuals, the summit’s main aim was to discuss and shape the future for NSW Aboriginal cultural practice, local knowledge, heritage and language. This blackfella/whitefella meeting has been hailed a huge success by nearly all who attended.
People traveled from throughout NSW. Those who arrived on the Sunday could sample Barani Barrabugu, the city’s new heritage walking trails of significant Aboriginal sites or use their complimentary entry to the Australian Museum. Many travelers caught up with the city mobs at the welcome BBQ, put on by the City of Sydney, at Redfern Community Centre in the evening.
The Smoking Ceremony and Welcome Dance in the CarriageWorks main foyer started proceedings on Monday morning. Uncle Max Eulo conducted the ceremony which was followed by a culturally strong performance from the Doonooch Dancers, Yung Nooky (on didj) and boys from the East Nowra Public School. The dancers then led delegates into the meeting place. Delegates were welcomed to country by Auntie Millie Ingram, from the Wyanga Elders Group, Redfern. The cultural program was threaded throughout the two days, with a boomerang demonstration by Laddie Timbery, and performances by The Stiff Gins, Yung Nooky and Emma Donovan and her band.
As for the summit program, it featured presentations from a range of authoritative and informative speakers including; Professor Bob Morgan, Russell Taylor, Djon Mundine, Keith Munro, Beryl van Oploo, Phil Gordon, Dr Sandy O’Sullivan and artist, Jenny Fraser among others. Bob Morgan spoke about cultural identity and emphasized a theme that was to run through other presentations and conversations - that of the importance of self determination, of Aboriginal communities being sufficiently empowered to perform their own cultural maintenance, art form development and dissemination.
I certainly appreciated the opportunity to sit and listen as did many others. Those engaging or looking to engage in the sector made many useful contacts and like-minded approaches to build partnerships. A range of recommendations and suggestions to progress and build on momentum were discussed and agreed upon in the final sessions. They ranged across areas such as Heritage, Digitization, Art & Design, Community Engagement and ongoing connections to Government and other stakeholders. The summit’s reference committee will now give some further thought to these and their final report to Arts NSW will prioritise and chart a way forward. I do think it’s a great testament to the value of the conference that participants were keen to develop an ongoing network to continue to explore the ideas and opportunities raised over the two days, and that there was an expressed desire to meet again in a couple of years time to re-thread the picture with the work and developments in the interim.
The summit was organized and convened by Museums & Galleries NSW with core funding from Arts NSW. It was supported by Aboriginal Affairs NSW and NSW Aboriginal Land Council.
All Photos by Mervyn Bishop
Source: Museums and Galleries NSW- Alert! 28 September 2011
June 3, 2011
Regional Aboriginal Arts Workshops with Desert Pea Media
June 24-26 - Wellington
July 1-3 - Condobolin
The Central West Aboriginal Arts event Marramaraa ‘make, create, do’) draws closer. Arts OutWest and Desert Pea Media will present film making and hip-hop workshops for young Aboriginal people in Orange, Condobolin and Wellington. In Wellington they’ll be joined by Wellington’s own Bruce Carr, who's now making waves in the Sydney dance scene. Participants are welcome from across the Central West region. The Orange workshops will be held on June 22-23 & 29-30 at OCTEC Learning Connections, Condobolin from Friday July 1- Sunday July 3 and in Wellington from Friday June 24-Sunday June 26 at the Wellington Senior Citizens Centre. Contact Arts OutWest on 6338 4657 or artsoutwest@csu.edu.au or talk to Aboriginal Arts Development Officer Ted Budd on 0428 041 108 or ted@artsoutwest.org.au
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