DEH Heritage Highlights 2007
Funds to care for State's HeritageThe State Government allocated more than $300,000 to over 50 projects to repair and restore State Heritage Places across South Australia. Funds were directed towards conservation and stabilisation works, particularly where the work would enhance the financial viability of a place. In 2007 four projects benefited from being the first to receive funding under the Program's new Special Grants Category (grants above $5,000). For details see: Grants
conserving Adelaide's heritage Armchair tour now possibleInteractive maps that allow you to point and click your way through each of South Australia’s 17 State Heritage Areas were added to the State Heritage Areas of South Australia website. To take a stroll along Petticoat Lane in Penola, or see the sunrise over the Arckaringa Hills, or to find out what makes the garden suburb of Colonel Light Gardens so special, go to the ‘Visiting’ page of the State Heritage Areas website. Heritage advice delivered directHeritage Advisers work closely with local Councils across a range of community heritage issues while providing advice and assistance to individual owners of heritage places. In 2007, the Heritage Advisory Service network expanded to include Walkerville and Copper Coast Councils. (See the full list of Advisers). Heritage Branch conservation architects who provide an advisory service to outback communities added to their understanding of the issues around conserving remote heritage places by getting out and about along the Oodnadatta Track and in the Gawler Ranges. Heritage PostcardsA partnership with the Channel 9 Postcards show inspired the 2007 Schools Heritage Competition theme Heritage Postcards: showcasing local places. The competition once again attracted a wide range of entries from across South Australia and culminated with the Minister for Environment and Conservation, Gail Gago, awarding prizes at a ceremony at Sunnybrae Farm, Regency Park. View the winning schools and entries. 'Possum' stirred on heritageIn 2007 one of DEH's regular 'Stirring the Possum' public forums focused on built heritage: Giving the Past a Future - Celebrating Heritage Architecture. Keynote speaker Victorian architect Kerstin Thompson joined fellow guests Mary Marsland, Megan Lloyd and George Kambitsis in a panel discussion led by DEH Chief Executive Allan Holmes. Heritage Conservation SeminarsA technical presentation about salt damp was held, involving Heritage Advisers and practitioners, contractors and heritage owners. The presentation was held ahead of the planned release of an updated version of the popular DEH publication on salt damp, in collaboration with the Adelaide City Council, the NSW Heritage Office and Heritage Victoria. Support for Local GovernmentOwners of local heritage places will benefit from Local Council incentive schemes, as councils share $140,000 of State Government funding, allocated through the Heritage Branch, to help identify and support the conservation of local heritage places during the 2007/08 financial year. Read more... SA Heritage CouncilThe Council and its Register Committee each met four times during the 2006-07 reporting period. See the 2007 Annual Report (850Kb PDF) of the South Australian Heritage Council. Research supportedFunding for the DEH SA Built Heritage Research Fellowship at UniSA was extended for a futher three years. The second recipient of this fellowship, Dr Adam Dutkiewicz, will present a seminar on his research on the architecture of Brian Claridge during SA History Week 2008. The current fellow, Dr Carol Cosgrove, will research Art Deco in South Australia. Read more... New State Heritage PlacesShady Grove Unitarian Church and Cemetery, Our Redeemer Lutheran Church of the former Koonibba Lutheran Mission, and the Former Wolseley Inland Aircraft Fuel Depot met one or more of the criteria for significance in the Heritage Places Act and had their entries in the South Australian Heritage Register confirmed. State Heritage Places accurately pinpointedThe mapping of metropolitan State Heritage Places was completed in readiness for releasing data to the public over the Internet in 2008. Sharing our knowledgeNumerous presentations were made in response to requests from a range of different interest groups with the aim of improving community understanding and appreciation of our built heritage. A combined Heritage Branch presentation was made to the 2007 History Conference around the theme of 'What is and isn't heritage?', and Senior Interpretation Officer Robyn Ashworth spoke on 'Capturing The Public Interest: Interpretation and Promotion of Ships’ Graveyards in South Australia' at the 'New Ground' Australasian Archaeology Conference 2007 held in Sydney in September. Maritime artefacts kept safeDEH acted to prevent the sale by auction of a number of unregistered historic shipwreck relics, negotiating with their custodian for their future safe-keeping. Keeping in touchAdvisers and practitioners involved with looking after heritage were kept up-to-date with heritage news and events from via the monthly SA Heritage E-News bulletin. The Heritage South Australia Newsletter delivered news and heritage stories to its 5,000 strong readership in March and September. Behind the scenesCompiling and maintaining accurate databases, monitoring the status of places, ensuring sensitive development (over 760 Development Applications relating to State Heritage Places were considered by DEH in 2007), assisting local councils, researching, recording and fieldwork. This work forms the foundation for heritage protection in this State. |
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