Australia

AWARD NEWS: Judy Birmingham NSW National Trust Award

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Judy Birmingham, prominent archaeologist, has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Heritage Award from the NSW National Trust for her various contributions to the discipline, including her teaching role at University of Sydney and co-writing the conservation guidelines for the NSW Department of Planning. For more about Judy Birmingham, her various achievements, and other Heritage Awardees […]

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ASHA NEWS: 2017 Conference Dates

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Travelling Stories: connecting people and landscapes is the first joint conference of Interpretation Australia and the Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology. It aims to bring together people to create a greater understanding for all of the environments in which we live. This will be a conference with a difference, a traveling conference from Launceston to

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ASHA NEWS: New Editorial team for AHA

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Earlier this year, a new editorial team was assembled to take over the editorship of Australasian Historical Archaeology beginning with the 2018 issue (the 2017 issue is being guest edited by Katherine Watson). The team consists of Annie Clarke and James Flexner from the University of Sydney, and Penny Crook and Sarah Hayes from La

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Labor’s Five Point Plan for Heritage Protection

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Supplied by Penny Sharpe, Shadow Minister for Environment and Heritage This is just a short note to thank those of you who were able to attend the forum this week celebrating World Heritage Day and the 40th anniversary of the NSW Heritage Act. Opposition Leader Luke Foley outlined Labor’s Five Point Plan for Heritage Protection,

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UPCOMING EVENT: Australian National Archaeology Week

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It is nearly National Archaeology Week – third week in May. Please tell everyone you know, and come along to at least three events in each state. We are posting events as the details come through, so keep an eye on the website and Facebook page: http://www.archaeologyweek.com https://www.facebook.com/National-Archaeology-Week-179612978799261/ If you have something planned for NAW,

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National Heritage Listing of Centennial Park, Sydney

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Supplied by Department of Environment and Energy, Australian Government The Australian Heritage Council is assessing Centennial Park, Sydney, for potential inclusion in the National Heritage List. The National Heritage List recognises places that are of outstanding heritage value to the nation for their natural, Indigenous and/or historic heritage values. Please provide any written comments on

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UPCOMING EVENT: AIMA Training

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The Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology and Heritage Victoria are running an Introduction to Maritime Archaeology course on 22-23 April 2017. More details regarding the course (Part 1) can be found at http://www.aima-underwater.org.au/parts-i-iv/ For more information, please contact Peter Harvey: [email protected] .  

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UPCOMING EVENT: SHAP tickets now available

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Tickets are now on sale for the Sydney Historical Archaeology Practitioner’s Workshop (19 May 2017). Tickets will be on sale until 15 May 2017 unless sold out earlier – book now to avoid disappointment. The one day workshop is an opportunity for practitioners, students and those interested in historical archaeology to explore best practice, innovations

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Extension of Historic Shipwrecks Protection

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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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