Australia cooperates and connects with India across a myriad of issues and forums. Spectacular events, such as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi being feted in front of a crowd of some 50,000 at the fourth Australia-India cricket test in Ahmedabad, typically capture the headlines. Yet, the more nuanced cross-exchanges of ideas and principles also flourish…

Tuesday 14 March 2023  Time: 5:15pm - 6:30pm Location: Chisholm Theatre (305), Babel Building (139), The University of Melbourne See: https://events.unimelb.edu.au/arts/event/27965-conservation-in-thailand Join the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation for a public lecture from 2 of our visiting scholars from the Faculty of Science, Silpakorn University, Thailand. Dr Nattawan Worawannotai, Faculty of Science, Silpakorn University and Asst. Prof Dr Sutinee Girdthep, Faculty of Science, Silpakorn…

AusHeritage Board Member and ICOM Australia Vice-Chair, Alex Marsden, speaks out on the recent attacks on artworks, saying museums and galleries are custodians of objects and art held in trust for communities. Cultural organisations are also greatly concerned by climate change, and want to be allies with climate activists, not at loggerheads. Space between by Paul Summerfield See the full…

Australia’s international network for cultural heritage services welcomes our new national cultural policy as strengthening the framework for engagement in the Indo-Pacific region. The media statement can be found here: https://ausheritage.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/AusHeritage-Media-Statement-on-Australias-new-National-Cultural-Policy-13-Feb-2023.pdf

AusHeritage Chair Vinod Daniel with Australia's High Commissioner to India, Barry O'Farrell AusHeritage Chair Vinod Daniel has won the IABCA 2023 AUSTRALIA INDIA IMPACT AWARD. The Award is instituted by the India Australia Business Community Alliance (IABCA), a platform to strengthen the India-Australia relationship and its development through people-to-people links. This is the first time that IABCA has brought the annual…

Alex Marsden Recently AusHeritage Director and ICOM Australia Vice-Chair, Alex Marsden spoke to Daniel Browning of the Arts Show on Radio National about climate activists attacking artworks in galleries. Listen to the full interview here: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/the-art-show/imants-tillers-glenn-barkley-/14110754?utm_campaign=abc_radionational&utm_content=mail&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_radionational

This article is from the University of Melbourne website. The original article can be found here: https://about.unimelb.edu.au/news-resources/awards-and-achievements/awards-and-prizes/conservation-team-for-bendigos-imperial-dragon-win-australias-foremost-cultural-conservation-award Loong Conservation Project by Paul Burston A team working on conserving Loong 龍, the world’s oldest surviving intact Imperial processional dragon has been awarded the prestigious Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material (AICCM) Outstanding Conservation Treatment of the Year Award for…

Along with the Asian Academy for Heritage Management Secretariat at Southeast University, and the Beijing Cultural Relics Protection Association, UNESCO cordially extends to the public an invitation to join the international symposium, ‘The Next 50 Years: Challenges and Opportunities for World Heritage’, on 26-27 November 2022. Bringing together leading academics and practitioners to reflect on key challenges and opportunities for…

Join the AusHeritage Member Forum in 2022 as we explore the work of new and emerging AusHeritage Members. Current Board Members will also provide an update on activities. Speakers include Vinod Daniel, AusHeritage Chairman David Gole, Principal of Conrad Gargett Roger Beeston, Director of RBA Architects + Conservation Consultants and AusHeritage Board Member Meher Bahl, Architectural Graduate at RBA Architects…

AusHeritage member Dr. Keir Reeves to present a paper at the Building Rural Tourism Resilience symposium organised by the Australian Government and the Australia-Japan Foundation. The symposium brings together some of Australia and Japan's leading tourism leisure researchers to present cutting edge perspectives on how rural tourism can be positioned for greater resilience in times of rapid change and persistent…