After Macquarie - Conserving
Heritage Places
A one day symposium at 'Clarendon' |
Introduction
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Governor Macquarie's arrival in Australia, the National Trust of Australia (Tasmania), in conjunction with APT (Association of Preservation Technology) Australian Chapter recently held a one day symposium at Clarendon, a National Trust property near Launceston.
A broad range of renowned guest speakers provided engaging presentations exploring the evidence and preservation of early eighteenth century landscape, buildings, interior fittings and furniture in Australia.
The day was enjoyed by participants from as far away as Western Australia and New Zealand confirming the significance and importance of the National Trust of Australia (Tasmania)'s professional contribution to heritage within the national context.
For further details please contact the National Trust of Australia (Tasmania) Conservation Manager Linda Clark via our Contact Page
The Contributors
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Ian Boersma
Ian Boersma is the Works Manager of Heritage Tasmania. The son of Dutch immigrants, Ian grew up in Western Australia and from an early age developed a passion for history. He studied architecture at Curtin University, graduating with a bachelor of architecture in 1995.
At the beginning of 1996 he joined the firm of Palassis Architects where for the next four and a half years he focused on heritage conservation projects; much of this work being in connection with National Trust properties in that state.
In 2000 Ian moved to Tasmania to take up an appointment with the Port Arthur Historic Site, as the conservation project manager. He remained at Port Arthur for five years before transferring to Heritage Tasmania where he has been for the past five years.
Ian has a passion for those buildings that the pioneers of this country erected, which, by virtue of their blend of tradition and utility of form as well as their use of natural materials, have a deep affinity with the landscape. A favourite mode of recreation is the photography and preparation of measured drawings of these buildings.
Dr Donald Ellsmore
Donald Ellsmore is convener of the Australia Chapter of APT. He is a cultural heritage consultant specialising in conservation and heritage management. He is a graduate of Newcastle University with higher degrees in architecture from Bordeaux University and the University of York.
At different times in his professional career he has had responsibility for the conservation management of public buildings in Sydney, the national maritime collection, NSW state-owned railway heritage and a University lecturer in Architecture Conservation.
He is the heritage adviser to the Hawkesbury City Council in NSW where he advises on the conservation of Macquarie places. His long-term research interests include applied and decorative finishes and traditional painting methods.
Ian Jack
Ian Jack is Senior Fellow at St Andrew’s College in the University of Sydney and President of the Royal Australian Historical Society. He has retired from the Department of History in that university, where he was a co-founder of Historical Archaeology in 1974. His six-year stint on the Heritage Council of NSW ended in 2005.
He is author of Exploring the Hawkesbury; co-author of Australian Pioneer Technology, Industrial Archaeology in Australia, Regional Histories of New South Wales and Australia’s Age of Iron: History and Archaeology; and many articles and reports on heritage, local history and vernacular buildings in the rural landscape.
Miles Lewis
Miles Lewis AM is an architectural historian and professor of architecture at the University of Melbourne. He is an Honorary Life Fellow of the Comité International d’Architecture Vernaculaire, and has published extensively, including editing the international text Architectura (London and New York 2008).
Elisha Long
Elisha Long is an architect and did her post graduate study in conservation with the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) in the UK. She has worked in private practice in both England and Australia. In 2009 Elisha attended the ICCROM’s 16th International Course on Stone Conservation. Currently she manages technical conservation advice for the Heritage Branch, Dept of Planning (NSW) and continues private practice as Long Blackledge Architects, Sydney.
Colleen Morris
Colleen Morris specialises in the fields of garden and landscape history, cultural landscape assessment and conservation management.
She has prepared conservation plans for some of Australia's most significant historic gardens, including the botanic gardens of Adelaide and Sydney and Sydney’s Government House and Domain and is the author of Lost gardens of Sydney (2008).
She was instrumental in devising the Colonial Plants database for the Historic Houses Trust of NSW and has undertaken studies of colonial landscapes across the Sydney region. Colleen was the National Chair of the Australian Garden History Society from 2003-2009.
Warwick Oakman
Warwick Oakman is a third generation antique dealer based in Battery Pt. He is a past President of the Australian Antique & Art Dealers Association. He advises the Port Arthur Historic Site, Historic Houses trust of NSW and Tasmanian Museum on Colonial Furnishings and decorative arts.
Mary Ramsay
Mary Ramsay has lived in rural Tasmania for most of her life apart from some interstate education and two years in Papua-New Guinea. Her professional life was as a librarian but her main working life has been to raise five children, run a large household, work as a farmer's wife, and follow her hobbies of local history, reading and playing bridge.
She is the Tasmanian Farmers' & Graziers' Association representative on the Tasmanian Heritage Council. She has been an inactive member of the National Trust of Australia (Tasmania) for over 40 years.
David Young
David Young OAM is a heritage consultant specialising in building materials conservation. With a background in geology he has been involved in the diagnosis and repair of historic buildings and sites for over twenty five years, with a particular focus on those of stone. He also undertakes a range of teaching and training activities including running a summer school programme at the University of Canberra.
He has contributed to international courses on wood conservation in Norway, and has run short courses on building conservation in South Africa and New Zealand. He was convener of the Australia ICOMOS working group that undertook major revisions to the Burra Charter in 1995–1999. He has chaired a Heritage Advisory Panel for the Port Arthur Historic Site and the New South Wales Heritage Council’s Technical Advisory Group. He is a member of the Heritage Council of Victoria’s Technical Advisory Committee.
David is the author of the technical guide, Salt Attack and Rising Damp: a guide to salt damp in historic and older buildings, published by the heritage agencies of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and the City of Adelaide. He is currently preparing a technical guide on mortars and repointing of older buildings.
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