Donald Horne Institute for Cultural Heritage University of Canberra

Catherine Millikan

Australian National University

Vinod Daniel, President of AusHeritage, was interviewed by Shailaja Tripathi of the Hindu newspaper, on the museum renewal programme being undertaken by the Indian Ministry of Culture. Vinod feels that technological advancements and innovations should be employed by museums to better tell the story.

A comparative study tour facilitated by AusHeritage on benchmarking of conservation management and methodologies in Australia, was undertaken by Indonesian conservation experts and Ministry of Culture and Tourism representatives, from June 26 to July 3, 2011. The group attended lectures and presentations, took part in various dialogues with AusHeritage members and conservation specialists and visited sites in Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney.

An article by T. Ramakrishnan has appeared on the online Hindu newspaper site regarding the conservation of two Kamarajar Memorial Houses.

The AusHeritage internship exchange program to Madras Christian College was funded by the Australia India Institute.

The Chairman and Deputy Chairman of AusHeritage were recently in Virudhunagar, India, to visit the Kamarajar Memorial House, along with the Australian Consul General and Trade Commissioner for South India.

A draft conservation management plan (CMP) for the Kamarajar Memorial House in Virudhunagar has recently been prepared under the auspices of AusHeritage. Two AusHeritage member companies have been responsible for this project: RBA Architects and Conservation Consultants and IndHeritage. The site was visited by the RBA and IndHeritage representatives recently during January and February 2012, to undertake more detailed research.

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