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Queensland Museum Annual Report 2002-03

The Honourable Matt Foley, MLA

Minister for Employment Training and Youth

and Minister for the Arts

Dear Minister,

I take pleasure in presenting to you the Annual Report of the Board of the Queensland Museum for the year ending 30 June 2003.

Yours sincerely

Anne Jones

ChairBoard of the Queensland Museum

Presented to Parliament

Queensland Museum South Bank

Corner Grey and Melbourne StreetsPO Box 3300, SOUTH BRISBANE, QLD, 4101Telephone: (07) 3840 7555Fax: (07) 3846 1918www.Qmuseum.qld.gov.au

Museum of Tropical Queensland

70-84 Flinders StreetTOWNSVILLE, QLD, 4810Telephone: (07) 4726 0600Fax: (07) 4721 2093www.mtq.qld.gov.au

Queensland Museum Hendra Campus

122 Gerler RoadHENDRA, QLD, 4011Loans ServiceTelephone: (07) 3406 8344Fax: (07) 3406 8355Geology StoreTelephone: 3406 8345 (46) (50)Cobb & Co. Museum

27 Lindsay StreetTOOWOOMBA, QLD, 4350Telephone: (07) 4639 1971Fax: (07) 4638 5791www.cobbandco.qm.qld.gov.au

WoodWorks: the Forestry and TimberMuseum

Corner Bruce Highway and Fraser RoadLocked Bag 13, Fraser RoadGYMPIE, QLD, 4570Telephone: (07) 5483 7691Fax: (07) 5482 1773

Lands, Mapping and Surveying Museum

Corner Main and Vulture StreetsPO Box 40WOOLLOONGABBA, QLD 4102Telephone: (07) 3896 3000Fax: (07) 3896 3275

The Workshops Rail Museum

North StreetPO Box 2234NORTH IPSWICH, QLD, 4305Telephone: (07) 3432 5100Fax: (07) 3432 5114www.theworkshops.qm.qld.gov.au

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11Our VisionThe Queensland Museum will berecognised as an innovative, exciting and accessible museum of science,environment and human achievements of international standing, reaching out to all Queenslanders.

Our MissionTo create a stimulating environment ofdiscovery and understanding. We willachieve this by —

• Working with and empowering ourcommunities

• Preserving and interpreting materialevidence and

• Telling the changing story ofQueensland and its place in the world.

Our ValuesIn fulfilling its mission, the QueenslandMuseum is committed to —

• Excellence in research underpinningall Museum programs

• The importance of the Museum’s roleas a generator and communicator ofknowledge

• Professional management and care ofthe State collection as a uniqueresource to be held in trust forpresent and future generations

• The relevance of all Museumendeavours to contemporaryQueensland society

• Community participation in thebusiness of the Museum

• High standards of access, customerservice, enjoyment and comfort for allvisitors

• The provision of lifelong learningopportunities for the wholecommunity

• High ethical standards in all Museumactivities

• Recognition of and respect for,biological and cultural diversity

• Working together and respecting eachother’s contributions.

Highlights and Achievements• The Queensland Museum celebrated

140 years of contribution to thecultural, social and intellectualdevelopment of all Queenslanders.

• The Workshops Rail Museum, Ipswich,opened on 1 September 2002 as thelargest Queensland Heritage TrailsNetwork project undertaken by theQueensland Government to celebratethe Centenary of Federation.

• A new organisational structure wassuccessfully implemented from 1 July2002 to better align the Museum’sstructure with the new vision andstrategy as a major player in theState’s knowledge industries.

• The visitor experience throughout theQueensland Museum network wasenhanced by providing over 5,182m2

of new long term exhibitions at theQueensland Museum South Bank andThe Workshops Rail Museum,including 216m2 of new exhibitionsfor regional museums at Barcaldineand Gayndah.

• The Sciencentre Roadshow presentedits unique school and communityservice programs to 26,339Queenslanders in 32 rural andregional towns and remotecommunities including Weipa,Napranum, Mapoon, Pormpuraaw and Kowanyama.

• The Museum’s Biodiversity Programsecured strategic research grants of$1.25 million.

• The Sciencentre closed in GeorgeStreet in late January prior torelocating to new facilities at theQueensland Museum South Bank.Project briefs were prepared for a newentry and new Sciencentre.

• Cobb & Co. Museum received anAustralian College of EducationExcellence in Teaching Award for itseducation programs.

• The Workshops Rail Museum hostedthe Queensland GovernmentCommunity Cabinet meeting inNovember 2002.

• The appointment of a new Director

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and Principal Scientist at Museum ofTropical Queensland reinforced theposition this Museum holds as NorthQueensland’s premier cultural tourismdestination and a centre of researchexcellence.

• The Museum established a MolecularIdentities Laboratory as a class 1 DNAfacility and achieved immediateresearch success.

• The Museum maintained itsreputation as a major contributor tothe Smart State with 163 researchpublications.

• 2002 Queensland Museum Medallistswere internationally renownedconservationist Mr Steve Irwin andrecently retired Senior Curator ofHerpetology Ms Jeanette Covacevich.Ms Covacevich also received the 2003Queensland Naturalist’s ‘Naturalist ofthe Year’ award and the 2003 PublicService Medal for her outstandingcontributions to knowledge andpromotion of Queensland fauna.

• Priority research themes werecollaboratively developed in eachProgram to focus the Museum’s long-term research into areas of relevanceand benefit to the people ofQueensland.

• The publication of the Museum’sDiscovery Guide to OutbackQueensland, in cooperation with theQueensland Heritage Trails Network,set a new benchmark in travel guides.

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Chair’s Report

Director’s Report

Board of the Queensland Museum

Organisational Structure andResponsibilities

Strategic Direction:

1. Statewide Museum Services

2. The Visitor Experience

3. Research and Scholarship

4. Caring for Collections

5. Information Management andInformation Technology

6. Marketing

7. Resources

8. Management

Appendices:

I Functions and Powers of theBoard

II Annual PerformanceIndicators

III Publications

IV Grants Won andConsultancies

V Overseas Travel

VI Temporary Exhibitions

VII Sponsorships

VIII Financial Statements

Contents

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cChair’s Report

For the first three months of 2002-2003,the Board of the Queensland Museum waschaired by Nerolie Withnall who made asignificant contribution to the presentstrategic direction of the Museum. Many,if not all, of the achievements of thisfinancial year were initiated while Neroliewas Chair. I am very grateful that sheremains part of the team as a Trustee ofthe Queensland Museum Foundation.

The major achievements of 2002-2003have been:

• a major organisational restructure

• establishment of the QueenslandMuseum Regional Services program

• opening of The Workshops RailMuseum in Ipswich

• acquisition and fitout of a multi-purpose facility at Hendra

• relocation of the Museum LoansService

• planning for the redevelopment ofSouth Bank campus including a newentrance and Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Cultures Centre

• establishment of the QueenslandMuseum Foundation

• sale of Museum property at Coomera.

Part of the redevelopment of QueenslandMuseum South Bank will be thereopening of the Sciencentre at thatcampus. The Sciencentre closed at GeorgeStreet in January 2003 and expects toreopen, revitalised in August 2004.

2002-2003 has been a time of significantchange for the Queensland Museum. Thischange gives Queensland Museum asound new base to pursue our vision asan innovative, exciting and accessiblemuseum of science, environment andhuman achievements.

Anne Jones

Chair, Board of the Queensland Museum.

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DThe financial year 2002-2003 was a time of growth and change for theQueensland Museum.

On 30 August 2002, the Premier ofQueensland The Hon. Peter Beattie opened the new $20 million WorkshopsRail Museum in Ipswich. This is the latestaddition to the Queensland Museumnetwork and was the largest QueenslandHeritage Trails Network projectundertaken by the QueenslandGovernment to celebrate the Centenary of Federation.

The appointment of a new Director and a Principal Scientist at the Museum of Tropical Queensland reinforced theposition this Museum holds as NorthQueensland’s premier cultural tourismdestination and a centre for research excellence.

Queensland Museum’s financial challenges were addressed through theimplementation of a seven point businessimprovement strategy. On 1 July 2002, anew organisational structure was adopted.This structure is based on a knowledgeindustry model and provides a moreeffective vehicle for the achievement of the Museum’s mission.

Sciencentre closed its doors in GeorgeStreet, Brisbane on 25 January 2003 inpreparation for the development of a newSciencentre at Queensland Museum SouthBank. Planning has commenced for thedevelopment of a new entrance, whichtogether with the Sciencentre is scheduledto open in August 2004. Initial work alsobegan on a new Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Cultures Centre due to openin 2005.

Research is alive and well at theQueensland Museum with 163 researchpublications and a new MolecularIdentities Laboratory established. TheMuseum secured over $1.5 million inresearch grants during 2002-03.

During the year almost 700,000 visitorsembarked on a journey of discoverythrough the State’s network of sevenmuseums. The museum website enjoyedits most successful year with over 2.7 million pages viewed, an increase of 35 percent over the previous year.The Museum’s reputation as the State’sleading publisher of quality guide bookswas further enhanced with the launch ofthe Museum’s Discovery Guide to OutbackQueensland.

The planning undertaken by the Boardover the past three years is now becominga reality. The year ahead will no doubt bechallenging but with the dedication of theBoard and the commitment of ourtalented staff the vision will be achieved.

Dr Ian Galloway,

Director and Chief Executive Officer, Queensland Museum.

Director’s Report


BBoard of the Queensland Museum

The Board of the Queensland Museum wasestablished in 1970 under the provisionsof the Queensland Museum Act 1970,although the Queensland Museum firstbegan its long history of service provisionto the Government and people of theState in 1862. The only substantialchanges to this Act came with the ArtsLegislation Amendment Act 1977. Thestatutory functions and powers of theBoard are detailed in Appendix I.

During the year Arts Queenslandundertook a review of the Acts governingstatutory authorities within its portfolioresponsibilities, including the QueenslandMuseum. New legislation will beintroduced to State Parliament in 2003-04that will provide an objective statementand set of guiding principles for theQueensland Museum, as well as addressminor amendments required to update thecurrent Act.

The Board is appointed by the Governor-in-Council on the recommendation of theMinister for the Arts. Under the currentamended Act, terms are for up to five years.

All members bring experience and specificexpertise to the Board, including a broadappreciation of the Museum’s major fieldsof endeavour.

The Board met eleven times during theyear, with all meetings being held at theQueensland Museum South Bank.

Board Members

Ms A. Jones, BDesSt Chair (from 1 October 2002)and Member (until 30 September 2002)

Mrs N. Withnall, BA, LLB Chairman (until 30 September 2002)

Dr R. Anderson OAM Vice Chairman

Lady Edwards AM, BA Member

Ms J.E. Richardson Member

Mr R. Heather, BA Member

Ms J. Carne Member

Mr G. Roberts, BA, DipTeach Member (from 1 October 2002)

Mr R. Frazer, BBus, CA Member (from 1 October 2002)

Mr L. Boccabella, BA, LLB Member (from 1 October 2002)

Mr H. Greenway, FCA, ACIS Member (until 30 September 2002)

Dr C.J. Mittelheuser , AM, BSc(Hons), PhD, HonDPhil Member (until 30 September 2002)

Mr P.J. Appleton, BA, DipEd, MMusStud Member (until 1 April 2003)

Dr I. Galloway, BSc(Hons), PhD, MAgSt Observer and Director

Ms M. O’Donnell, BSocStud Government Representative

Dr G. Potter, MSc(Hons), PhD, GradDipEd, JP(Qual) Observer and Deputy Director

Mr G. Innes, BCom Observer

Following a major review of theorganisational structure of the QueenslandMuseum during the previous year a newstructure was implemented in July toalign with the new vision and strategy forthe Museum as a major player in theState’s knowledge industries.

Core business of the Museum is expressedas knowledge generation (ResearchProgram), knowledge management(Information and Collections ManagementProgram) and knowledge dissemination(Exhibitions and Publications Program).

Core business is delivered via two majorvehicles: the seven campuses of theQueensland Museum and a coordinatedrange of regional services (RegionalServices Program).

A business management and growth areaincorporates the Business ServicesDivision and the Queensland MuseumFoundation.


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and Responsibilities

Deputy Director

DirectorRegional Services

KnowledgeGeneration

KnowledgeManagement

KnowledgeDissemination

DirectorQueensland

MuseumFoundation

Director

DirectorateSupport

MuseumDevelopmentOfficers

HeadGeosciences

ManagerQueenslandMuseum Loans

Head Cultures and

Histories

Head Science and

Technology inSociety

CoordinatorRoadshow

LandsMapping and

SurveyingMuseum

WoodWorksMuseum

ManagerPublications &

Photography

ManagerExhibitionDesign &

Construction

LearningAdvisor

AudienceEvaluator

ManagerPublic

Relations

ManagerBusiness

Development

ManagerStrategic

Marketing

ManagerFinance and

Administration

DirectorCobb &Co.Museum

DirectorMuseum ofTropicalQueensland

DirectorSciencentre

GeneralMangerSouth BankCampus

DirectorWorkshopsRail Museum

HeadBiodiversity

ManagerInquiry Centre

QM Librarian

HeadCollection

Management

HeadInformationSystems andTechnology

SeniorConservator

DirectorInformation and

CollectionsManagement

Director Research

QM NetworkDirectorBusiness ServicesDirector

Exhibitions andPublications


1. Statewide museum servicesThe Queensland Museum is committed tothe provision of an effective, statewide,museum service. This will enable thedevelopment of a coordinated museumindustry in Queensland, bringing a senseof identity and stability to our large andculturally diverse State from which allcommunities will benefit.

2. The visitor experienceThe Queensland Museum is committed tocontinually researching and improvingthe quality of the visitor experiences, andrecognises that the needs of its visitorsand other users are varied and changing.The Museum will provide lifelong learningopportunities that meet the needs andexpectations of its broad audience, at allstages of their lives.

3. Research and scholarshipThe authority with which the QueenslandMuseum communicates is based on theMuseum’s long-term commitment to highquality scholarship and research. Thisprovides credibility to the QueenslandMuseum’s public programs anddifferentiates the Museum from otherorganisations that provide education-based entertainment.

4. Caring for collectionsIn undertaking this central role, theQueensland Museum acknowledges itsduty of care and recognises that the issueof access is directly related to caring forthe collections. The Museum alsorecognises its responsibility to providesupport to other museums and tohistorical societies to care for thedistributed collections of Queensland.

5. Information management andinformation technologyThe Queensland Museum’s position in theknowledge industries depends on itsability to maintain and provide access tothe vast storehouse of information in thevarious Museum databases andcollections. The Queensland Museum willbe a communicator of authoritativeknowledge to local, national and globalaudiences through the innovative use ofnew technology in the presentation of itsprograms and the management of itscollections and knowledge bases.

6. MarketingThrough effective brand management,advertising and public relations, theQueensland Museum will be positioned asa provider of unique educationalexperiences that entertain and inform.Market research and audience evaluationwill ensure that Museum products andservices meet the needs and wants of itsvisitors.

7. ResourcesThe Queensland Museum’s current andfuture operations are critically dependenton the availability and allocation ofresources. A sustained effort is made toincrease the absolute quantity of resourcesavailable, while achieving optimumallocation to minimise waste, maximiseefficiency and provide the best fit withprioritised objectives.

8. ManagementThe commitment of Government, Boardand staff to the achievement of acommon vision is critical to the long-termperformance of the Queensland Museum.Leadership at all levels is required for thisto occur. The empowerment of staff, theirfinancial accountability and motivation toexcel in their appointed field are keypriorities for Museum management.

The Queensland Museum’s Strategic Plan outlines the vision and direction for thefuture. Eight areas are strategically important to the Museum:

Strategic Direction

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As the Queensland Government’sinstrumentality primarily responsible forthe State’s cultural and natural heritagecollections, the Queensland Museum iscommitted to the provision of an effective,statewide museum service. This will enablethe development of a coordinated museumindustry in Queensland, bringing a sense ofidentity and stability to our large andculturally diverse State from which allcommunities will benefit. The Museum alsostrives to deliver a memorable, enjoyable,educational experience to allQueenslanders no matter where they live.

GoalsTo ensure that all Queenslanders haveaccess to the services of the QueenslandMuseum irrespective of where they live inthe State.

To be the lead agency for the developmentof the museum industry in Queenslandand a major contributor to the museumindustry and profession in Australia.

Queensland Museum NetworkThe statewide delivery of museum servicesis facilitated through a network ofmuseums established under the approvalof the Governor-in-Council. There wereseven campuses of the QueenslandMuseum Network in 2002–2003.

Cobb & Co. Museum,ToowoombaThis was the first full year of theMuseum’s expanded operations andvisitor numbers and revenue from allsources exceeded expectation. More thanhalf of the Museum’s visitors were localresidents using their Toowoomba CityCouncil Cultural Card to achieve freeentry to the Museum.

The first Museum traineeship under theNational Training Package for the museumindustry was conducted at Cobb & Co.Museum. This was a successful partnershipbetween the Indigenous community,Toowoomba City Council and the SouthernQueensland Institute of TAFE.

From December 2002 to March 2003 theMuseum’s Groom Gallery was redecoratedas a scene from Ancient Egypt to housethe exhibition Egypt by Touch. Schoolprograms were conducted with 40 classesinvolving 1,058 children, while 1,673children attended the three separateholiday activity programs. For the secondtime the Museum was presented with anAustralian College of EducationExcellence in Teaching Award for itseducation programs.

The database, Coachbuilders ofQueensland, was completed. This isproving an asset when answeringenquiries about tradespeople associatedwith horse-drawn vehicles.

The Think Link tourism marketing projectfunded by the Commonwealth Departmentof Transport and Regional Servicesattracted a substantial increase in thenumber of international students to theMuseum’s Indigenous cultural programsand English language learningopportunities.

Volunteers continued to support theMuseum’s operations. Their help inassisting visitors, working with the loanskits and installing exhibits was especiallyappreciated. The 140th anniversary of theQueensland Museum wascelebrated at Cobb & Co.

Museum on 6 December with thevolunteers’ Christmas Party andpresentation of service awards. Inaddition, 33 education students from theUniversity of Southern Queenslandworked with the Museum’s schoolprograms and holiday activity sessionsduring the year.

Outlook for 2003–2004

• Work with the community to developan exhibition, Toowoomba: fromSwamp to Garden City, to celebratethe Centenary of Toowoomba as aCity during 2004.

• Appoint a second Indigenous traineefor the Binangar Centre and maintainthe partnership with the Indigenouscommunity, Toowoomba City Counciland the Southern Queensland Instituteof TAFE.

• Pilot a museum internship with theUniversity of Southern Queensland.

• Coordinate holiday activity programsrelating to the International Year ofFresh Water and develop a newprogram for children aged 3-6 years.

• Construct and interpret a saddler’sshop within the Museum’s VehicleGallery.

• Celebrate the 150th anniversary ofCobb & Co. operations in Australia.

• Develop and promote the Museum’scommercial activities to maximiserevenue.


Statewide Museum Services1

Lands Mapping and SurveyingMuseum, BrisbaneThis joint initiative of the Department ofNatural Resources and Mines and theQueensland Museum collects andinterprets significant aspects of thesurveying and mapping of Queensland.

Two new displays were prepared. Anexhibition on Mapping During World War II was showcased in various townsthroughout the State, and a History ofTopographic Mapping in Queensland wasexhibited at Queensland Museum SouthBank during Queensland Resources Week.

Museum of Tropical Queensland,TownsvilleFurther structural reformrecommendations from the 2001Operational Review of the Museum ofTropical Queensland were implementedduring the year and achieved a significantshift in direction with greater emphasis onthe management and marketing of acultural tourism facility.

Measures included a review andsubsequent refinement of Visitor Servicesstaff rostering and the redesign of theentry and gift shop to improve trafficflow through an enlarged retail space.Cleaning and catering contracts werereviewed and new strategies were put inplace to improve results in these areas.

The operational improvements allowed forthe redirection of funds to addressoutstanding issues identified in theOperational Review relating to car parking,pedestrian access and signage and providelong term improvements for the facilityand its operations. These activities were ‘inhouse’ refinements that will allow forresource allocation during subsequentyears to be directed towards increasingvisitor numbers, satisfaction and yield.

Visitation totalled 49,066. This representsan 11 percent decline from the previousyear. This visitation pattern is typical ofthe post ‘honeymoon’ period following theopening of such a large attraction.

The 2002 State Budget provided a 40 percent increase in recurrent fundingfor the Museum, increasing the annualallocation from $1.5 million to $2.1million. This will provide greater financialstability for the Museum.


• Implement the newly-developedthree-year marketing strategy.

• Strengthen awareness and supportwithin the local market through


innovative programming to achievean 'ambassador' role for locals.

• Establish an exhibition developmentplan that will ensure utilisation ofexisting research resources andachieve ongoing audience appeal.

• Continue to review operationalefficiencies, with development of'business units' within appropriatedepartments.

Queensland Museum South Bank, BrisbaneAs part of the organisational restructure anew campus, Queensland Museum SouthBank, was established to provide a morestrategic and focussed perspective on theprovision of high quality visitorexperiences at the flagship venue. Thenew team incorporated staff from theSciencentre, which was relocated to SouthBank from George Street in January 2003,as well as staff previouslyorganisationally located in other sectionsof the Museum.

A major priority was the commencementof planning for the development of a newentrance as part of the Millennium Arts

project. Root ProjectsAustralia wascontracted to workwith Museum staff toproduce a campusstrategy and sitemaster plan to guidefuture development,including a newSciencentre on Level1 of the Museumbuilding. RobinGibson and Partnerswas appointedarchitect for thisproject. The Museumestablished a staffproject team todesign and producethe new Sciencentre.The conceptual briefwas finalised in June2003.

Planning andconsultation for thedevelopment of anAboriginal and TorresStrait IslanderCultures Centre alsocommenced.

The exhibition program at QueenslandMuseum South Bank was enhanced by theopening of a new long-term exhibitionDiscover Queensland in December 2002and the presentation of a diverse programof twenty-seven temporary exhibitions.These included: 140 Years of QueenslandMuseum Collecting, Two WheeledWarriors, Native Title Business, Mabo:Sharing Country, Vietnam Voices,Singsing Bilong Pasifik (musicalinstruments of the Pacific from theMarson collection) and the Dame MaryDurack Outback Craft Award.

The Museum continued to remain the pre-eminent cultural attraction for families andschools in the South Bank arts precinctwith in excess of 458,000 visitors. A strongemphasis was placed on programs for thefamily and schools audience, includingtemporary exhibitions such as a children’sactivity space to complement theblockbuster Terrorsaurus exhibition,Sciencentre interactives, and an interactivespace for Singsing Bilong Pasifik.

Programs offered for schools included:Animal classification, Life in the past,Prehistoric Australia Dinosaurs,Prehistoric Australia - Megafauna, Underthe Sea, Bugs and Beasties and a range oftalks, tours and introductions to displays.Education staff completed the jointQueensland University ofTechnology–Museums research projectinto early childhood learning in museums.

The blockbuster exhibition Terrorsaurusran from 9 April to 31 July. Even thoughit was Terrorsaurus’ fourth presentation inthirteen years, admissions income was 35percent above target, highlighting thetremendous appeal of dinosaurs amongstthe Museum’s primary family market.


• The appointment of a GeneralManager for Queensland MuseumSouth Bank.

• Project manage the Museumredevelopment including a newentrance and state-of-the-artSciencentre.

• Present Chinese Dinosaurs as a majoreducational exhibition.

• Plan and implement a new campusexhibitions and visitor experiencestrategy.

QueenslandSciencentre,BrisbaneThe majorachievement this yearwas maintaining aviable Sciencentrethat continued tomeet visitorexpectations whileplanning for itsclosure in January2003 and relocationto QueenslandMuseum South Bank.

Visitor numbersremained high, withmore than 90,000people enjoying theinteractive displaysand two specialexhibitions presentedduring the period Julyto January. TheMysterious andWonderful World ofGraeme Base was aretrospective exhibition of 40 works bythis noted children’s author andillustrator, while Mission Earthlingexplored the nature of being human.

The Sciencentre continued to developprograms to enhance the quality andbreadth of experiences available tovisitors. Do and Discovery school holidayprograms (on three themes) were wellattended during the year, and dailyscience shows for both preschooler andolder audiences were presented.

A new partnership was developed betweenthe Sciencentre, Education Queenslandand The Courier-Mail to produce tenweekly features explaining the science of new technologies. Sciencentre staffresearched and wrote the features, andEducation Queensland staff identifiedcurriculum links for the material. Inaddition, The Courier-Mail againpublished a Sciencentre teacher’s resourcekit featuring 40 activities for class orfamily exploration.

The Sciencentre was well served by a verycapable and dedicated team of 120volunteers who contributed 1,651 days ofvoluntary work, mainly in the exhibitiongalleries as Explainers. This extensivecommunity support is very muchappreciated by staff who, without the

contribution of volunteers, would beunable to deliver the breadth and qualityof service expected by visitors.

The conceptual brief for the newSciencentre at Queensland Museum SouthBank was finalised and significant progresswas made towards the draft design of thenew exhibition and programs. The newSciencentre is scheduled to open in August2004 and will include both interactiveexhibits and historical and contemporaryobjects that will inform and contextualisethe visitor experience.

The Sciencentre closed for the final timein George Street on 25 January 2003. Theofficial farewell for current and previousstaff and volunteers was held thefollowing day, with 197 in attendance. All Sciencentre staff were transferred intonew positions within the South Bankcampus or corporate areas of theQueensland Museum. Decommissioning ofthe Sciencentre occurred during February.Exhibits for reuse in the new Sciencentreor for sale were relocated to storage.Furniture and other equipment wererelocated to Museum facilities. Allinternal structures were removed from the building which was handed back tothe Department of Public Works on 28 February for subsequent fit out.


In its thirteen year life in William andGeorge Streets, the Sciencentre had:

Visitors 1,695,000

School children 572,000

Teachers 80,000

Feature Exhibitions 36

Volunteer Explainer hours 122,350 (i.e. 81.6 employee full-time equivalents)


• Plan, design and construct a new1,250m2 Sciencentre including bothinteractive exhibits and museumobjects, to open at QueenslandMuseum South Bank in August 2004.

WoodWorks: The Forestry andTimber Museum, GympieWoodWorks: The Forestry and TimberMuseum is the oldest regional campus ofthe Queensland Museum network and ismanaged as a joint initiative of the Boardof the Queensland Museum and theQueensland Department of PrimaryIndustries.

A new Management Committee wasappointed during the year to betterrepresent senior input from the QueenslandMuseum and the Department of PrimaryIndustries. A major item of discussioncentred upon future directions for theWoodWorks campus, with the pivotal datefor establishment of new directions beingthe twentieth anniversary of WoodWorks’establishment, 23 March 2004.

WoodWorks staff continued liaison andparticipation with local Gympiecommunity organisations concentratingon social and cultural heritage issues. TheUturn for Boys program (blacksmithtraining and personal development)concentrating on ‘at risk’ youth within theeducation system returned successfuloutcomes throughout the year and wasextended to a twice-weekly program.

A total of seven working steam sawmilldemonstration days were held throughoutthe year. These demonstration days hostedan average attendance of 138. Theoperation days were strongly supportedby members of the Gympie and DistrictWoodworkers Club who providedadditional working displays.


• Develop and implement the newstrategic direction for WoodWorks.

The Workshops Rail Museum,IpswichThe Queensland Museum networkexpanded on 30 August 2002 with theopening of The Workshops Rail Museumby The Hon. Peter Beattie, Premier ofQueensland and Minister for Trade in thepresence of The Hon. Matt Foley, Ministerfor Employment, Training and Youth, andMinister for the Arts.

The Workshops Rail Museum was thelargest Queensland Heritage TrailsNetwork project undertaken by theQueensland Government to celebrate theCentenary of Federation. It recognises thesignificant contribution of rail to thehistory and development of Queensland.Developed in collaboration withQueensland Rail (QR), The Workshops RailMuseum is an international standard railmuseum, providing a unique visitorexperience incorporating 5,000m2 ofexhibition space and tours of the adjacentQR operating railway workshops wheremaintenance work and restoration of theQR heritage fleet is undertaken.

As part of the opening celebrations, theMuseum hosted a Workers Reunion whichattracted 3,500 former workers and theirfamilies back to the site. In November2002 the Museum hosted a StateGovernment Community Cabinet meetingthat provided an opportunity for allMinisters to view the attraction.

It was all aboard for theJanuary school holidayperiod with theintroduction of historicrailmotor rides betweenThe Workshops andIpswich Station, recreatingthe workers’ train thatoperated for many years.These short trips werecomplemented from Aprilby the introduction of

steam train excursion trips from centralBrisbane direct to The Workshops RailMuseum. Both train trips provided aunique enhancement to the visitorexperience and fulfilled visitor demandfor a real train experience.

Regular public programming commencedwith the introduction of the RailwayReminisces lecture series focusing on thesite and people who worked there, TrainTalk for rail enthusiasts, Wheel in Reels amonthly program of rail and trains inmovies, Nippers Play and Learn preschoolprogram and the Education on Trackprogram for primary and secondaryschools. Over 2,000 people joined themembership program which offers a rangeof benefits including the quarterlymagazine Big Noise and annual free entryto all Queensland Museum campuses.

The long term preservation and care ofthe Queensland Rail (QR) collection ofobjects, photographs, maps, plans anddocuments was enhanced by theirrelocation and re-housing into purposebuilt facilities at the Museum.Negotiations continued with QR for thetransfer of this collection.

The Workshops Rail Museum AdvisoryCommittee was established in June 2003with representatives from the community,rail and tourism sectors, to assist with theongoing operation and furtherdevelopment of the Museum.


• Host the first Friends of Thomas eventplanned for the September/Octoberschool holiday period.

• Publication of Locomotives in theTropics, Volume 3 in conjunctionwith the Australian Railway HistoricalSociety, Queensland Division.

• Introduction and establishment of TheWorkshops Rail Museum VolunteerProgram.

• Completion of the transfer of thecollection from Queensland Rail.

• Continued expansion of publicprograms to attract new and repeatvisitors and enhance the visitorexperience at The Workshops RailMuseum.


Regional Services

Queensland Museum Regional Services isa new program established as part of theorganisational restructure to bettercoordinate the delivery of the Museum’sstatewide services including travellingexhibitions, the Museum Resource CentreNetwork, Queensland Museum Loans,Magnet Schools project, the ScienceRoadshow and Science Outreachprograms. The Regional Services Programensures that all Queenslanders have accessto the services of the QueenslandMuseum irrespective of where they livein Queensland. It takes a lead role indeveloping the museum industry inQueensland and making a majorcontribution to the museum industry.

RoadshowThe Sciencentre Roadshow, staffed byfour science communicators, toured 32centres during the year. Far westernQueensland communities were includedin the tour, which attracted 26,339participants.

Since the closure of the Sciencentre inJanuary 2003, the Roadshow wasadministered by the Regional Servicesprogram based at the Cobb & Co.Museum. This year Roadshow included atotally new program that included theStar Lab inflatable planetarium,workshops and a drama program for earlychildhood and primary students.

The Courier-Mail continued its in-kindsupport of the Roadshow with freeadvertisements. Others supporters includedTarong Energy and Energex, while a FreshWater competition was conducted inpartnership with AgForce.

In addition, special science outreachprograms were conducted in the Cape andGulf regions during 2002. Centres visitedincluded Doomadgee, Mornington Island,Napranum, Mapoon, Lockhart River andKowanyana. In total 2,174 students andtheir parents and teachers attendedworkshops and shows in 15 centres. Thisprogram was supported by theCommonwealth’s Priority Country AreaEducation Program.

Outreach science programs were alsoconducted with 7,748 students in theBrisbane metropolitan area. This programwill continue until the Sciencentrereopens at Queensland Museum SouthBank in 2004.

Queensland Museum LoansIn January 2003, the Queensland MuseumLoans service relocated from Grey StreetSouth Bank to the Museum’s new facilityat Hendra. After being closed during Term 1, the service reopened in new air-conditioned premises. During the pastyear, 973 schools and 156 otherorganisations borrowed items from theLoans service. In total 9,180 transactionswere undertaken. In regional Queensland1,588 loans were transacted through the 33Country Loans service distribution centres.

Queensland Museum Loans was againawarded a National Trust John HerbertHeritage Award, for its Hands-On-Heritage program developed for theCentenary of Federation.

A series of 60 new kits on Skins, Pins andAncient Things was prepared for theCountry Loans service. A grant from theANZAC Day Commemorative Committeewill enable the production of 33Queensland Remembers kits for the CountryLoans service over the next four years.


Queensland Museum Loans would not beable to operate without the enormousassistance provided by the 100 or morevolunteers throughout the State who assistwith the distribution of the Country Loanskits from regional centres, process requestsfor loans from Hendra, or are constantlyrepairing items and creating new kits.

Museum Magnet SchoolsThe Museum Magnet Schools project is acollaboration between the QueenslandMuseum, Education Queensland, theDepartment of Premier and Cabinet andthe Smithsonian Institution in WashingtonDC. The pilot project was set up for threeyears to experiment with object basedlearning techniques in both the classroomand museum environments. A review wasundertaken during the year with fourschools taking part in the pilot phase ofthe project. Recommendations from thisreview process include extending theproject to school clusters across the Statewhich will involve community museumsas well as the major campuses of theQueensland Museum.

Museum Resource CentreNetworkThe Museum Resource Centre Networkoperates in partnership with ArtsQueensland and local government fromfive regional centres in Queensland andprovides professional support for a rangeof cultural heritage organisations.Museum Development Officers servicelarge areas of the State from their basesin Cairns, Townsville, Rockhampton,Noosa and Toowoomba.

Projects and organisations supported by the Museum Development Officersincluded:

• Warwick Art Gallery’s exhibitionprogram, bringing together visualartists, historical societies, familyhistory groups, railway heritagegroups, schools and the communitiesfrom Allora, Warwick and Killarney.

• Medical and military archives inToowoomba, Rockhampton andTownsville.

• Conservation of artefacts for theChinese community in Cairns.

• Environmental Protection Agency andlocal government with conservation,preservation and interpretation ofhistoric buildings and mine sites atRavenswood and Charters Towers.

• Isisford streetscape program.

• Joskeleigh South Sea IslanderCommunity.

• Various Indigenous communities in Far North Queensland.

• Local libraries with historicalartefacts, photographs and archives.

• Supervision of museum studiesstudents in remote areas.

Travelling ExhibitionsTwo Queensland Museum travellingexhibitions toured during the year. EllisRowan: A Flower-Hunter in Queensland waspresented at Artspace Mackay from 23 Mayuntil 20 July and attracted over 10,000visitors. Women of the West was displayedat Redcliffe Museum from 24 January until14 April, attracting 3,400 visitors.

Work continued on developing thetravelling exhibition Parasites: IntimateAliens, including completion of conceptand draft design and external audience

evaluation. Further development work on low-cost travelling exhibitions hasbeen deferred until 2006 as Exhibitionsstaff are fully committed to projects at Queensland Museum South Bank.

Outlook for2003–2004• Undertake a review of

the Museum ResourceCentre Network inconjunction with ArtsQueensland.

• Develop partnershipswith other statutorycultural authorities,EnvironmentalProtection Agency,National Trust and othercultural heritage serviceproviders to maximiseassistance to regionalcommunities.

• Reinvigorate theQueensland MuseumLoans service andprovide marketingsupport for coordinatorsof country distributioncentres.

• Expand the MuseumMagnet Schools projectto include additionalschool clusters workingwith communitymuseums.

• Continue to provide science outreachprograms for schools while theSciencentre is being redeveloped.

Queensland Museum InquiryCentreDuring the year the Queensland MuseumInquiry Centre investigated ways ofreaching regional areas, particularly usingthe Internet. Inquiries from the public via the Museum’s web site represented 16 percent of the total inquiries, with thisnumber doubling approximately every 18months. The increasing availability ofdigital cameras and the ability to sendimages via the Internet make email a veryeffective tool to confirm identifications,especially of venomous spiders.

Staff from the Inquiry Centre commencedconsultation with other governmentagencies and educational institutions to

better coordinate and rationalise responsesto inquires from the public concerningvertebrate and invertebrate wildlife.

Displays of artefacts from Aboriginalpeople, Torres Strait Islanders andSouthwest Pacific peoples were upgradedor replaced during the year. In addition,many of the labels accompanying animalspecimens were brought up to date and adrawer display of pistols was completed.


• Extend the service offered by theInquiry Centre into regional areasparticularly via the Internet.

• Expand cooperation with othergovernment agencies such as theEnvironmental Protection Agency and Department of Primary Industries to coordinate andrationalise services to the public.


Policy DevelopmentAs the Government’s major provider ofmuseological services covering all areas of science, the natural environment andcultural heritage, the Queensland Museumcontinued to provide input to assist ArtsQueensland with the implementation ofCreative Queensland.

Guides to QueenslandThe latest addition to the QueenslandMuseum’s successful niche guides, theDiscovery Guide to Outback Queensland,was launched by the Minister for the Artsin February 2003. Produced in partnershipwith the Queensland Heritage TrailsNetwork and assisted by theEnvironmental Protection Agency, initialsales of the Guide have been positive.

Brisbane City Council provided $35,000 as sponsorship for a new guide, WildPlants of Greater Brisbane, scheduled forproduction in late 2003. Discussions wereheld during the year with theEnvironmental Protection Agencyregarding assistance to produce a guide to Fraser Island. Discussions alsocommenced with Queensland Railconcerning their support of a guide tocoastal Queensland, and with the GreatBarrier Reef Marine Park Authorityconcerning the provision of images for a possible Wild Guide to the Great Barrier Reef.

LeadershipDuring the year, the Queensland Museumcontinued to share its expertise throughpartnerships with museums and culturalfacilities operated by local and stateauthorities. The Museum initiated astatewide conference of stakeholders toconsider the long term future of theQueensland Heritage Trails Network.

In addition, the Director and staffmaintained active roles in the Council ofAustralian Museum Directors andcontributed to relevant national forums and professional associations.

Web SiteNew web content was developed forQueensland Museum Loans, the Roadshowand Cobb & Co. Museum. The webcontent for the Guides series ofpublications was updated and expanded.Project proposal and developmentprocesses were reviewed to enable greatercapacity to present web based knowledgeproducts developed from the Museum’spriority research themes.

TrainingTraining was provided for volunteersserving in community museums, galleries,keeping places and historical societies byQueensland Museum staff in the areas ofconservation, collection management,computer cataloguing, exhibition displayand labelling, oral history, publicprograms and volunteer management.

Sesquicentenary CelebrationsInitial plans were formulated for possibleSesquicentenary Celebrations during2009. Regional communities workedwith their Museum Development Officerto investigate the feasibility of projectssuitable to celebrate the 150thanniversary of Queensland statehood.


2The Visitor Experience

A visit to the Queensland Museum may beundertaken in a variety of ways. It canincorporate a virtual visit via the Museum’sweb site, making a telephone or faxinquiry to the Inquiry Centre, reading aMuseum publication, watching a Museumdocumentary on television, using a loankit or visiting one of the seven campusesof the Queensland Museum. In all cases,the Museum seeks to create a stimulatingexperience with a learning outcome.

A visit to the Queensland Museum willtypically include interplay ofcontemplative moments, excitement,active and passive involvement,instructive and experiential opportunities.A primary objective of the Museum is tobecome a ‘theatre of learning’, providingeducational opportunities that meet theneeds and expectations of its broadaudience at all stages of their lives.

The Museum is committed to continuallyresearching and improving the quality ofthe visitor experience, and recognises thatthe needs of its visitors and other usersare varied and changing.

GoalTo create an experience that takes QueenslandMuseum visitors on a lifelong Journey ofDiscovery… ‘destination understanding’.

Exhibition program developmentOver recent years, Queensland Museumexhibition development has focused onindividual campuses of the network on acyclical basis. Following considerableinvestment in The Workshops Rail Museum,Cobb & Co. Museum and the Museum ofTropical Queensland, emphasis during theyear turned to the South Bank campus.

After the complete exhibition installationat The Workshops Rail Museum and theopening of South Bank’s DiscoverQueensland, produced in partnership withQueensland Heritage Trails Network andTourism Queensland, staff focused ondeveloping master plans, design briefs andstrategies for the redevelopment of theSouth Bank campus.

Root Projects Australia was commissionedto draft project briefs for theredevelopment of Queensland MuseumSouth Bank including the relocation ofthe Sciencentre and the provision of anew main entry. Planning and design ofthe new Sciencentre and initialconsultation for the development of anAboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderCultures Centre commenced.

Temporary exhibitionsQueensland Museum campuses aredynamic theatres of learning thatcontinued to present a diverse rangeof quality temporary exhibitions aspart of their public programs.Exhibition space is also provided tocommunity groups as part of theMuseum’s community access program.Temporary exhibitions at eachcampus are noted in Appendix VI.

Education programsThe Queensland Museum is one ofthe State’s foremost educationalinstitutions, offering uniqueopportunities and resources forstudents from preschool touniversity, as well as for teachersand the general public. During theyear the range of educational

services included ‘hands-on’ workshops,fun filled activity sessions, special-interesttalks and in-service presentations forteachers.

Work continued on the development of acoordinated approach to educationprograms across all campuses and arevision of the Museum’s Education andLearning Policy. At the same time,education officers based at each campuscontinued to develop and implement adiverse range of programs and initiativesin line with the Museum’s draft policy.

The Workshops Rail Museum’s Educationon Track was introduced in February2003. A teacher in-service and orientationprogram attracted a record response andhad to be repeated. The Education onTrack program included a series ofworksheets and activities available eitherat the campus or via the web.

Education staff based at the Sciencentreand Queensland Museum South Bankcompleted a collaborative research projectwith Queensland University of Technologyinto early childhood learning in museums.As an extension to this project, theMuseum was successful in obtaining agrant from The Australia Council for the


Arts to develop resources for youngchildren of Chinese and Aboriginalbackgrounds. Queensland Museum SouthBank also implemented a successfulprogram of early childhood workshops.

Education staff at the Museum of TropicalQueensland developed a Seafarer’s Ticket(children’s education program) that will bepresented at other Queensland Museumcampuses during 2003-04. The programattracted over 3,500 children during the2002 summer holiday break.

For the second time, Cobb & Co. Museumwas presented with an Australian Collegeof Education Excellence in TeachingAward for its education programs. Schoolprograms based on the Egypt by Touchexhibition were conducted with 40 classesinvolving 1,058 children, while 1,673children attended the three separateholiday activity programs.

Audience evaluationQueensland Museum campuses increasedtheir audience focus. A program ofaudience evaluation was developed duringthe year to determine audience needs,wants and interests. Evaluation andassociated market research wasundertaken for the travelling exhibitionParasites: Intimate Aliens and for theredevelopment of the Queensland MuseumSouth Bank campus.

TechnologyTo further enhance the visitor experience,Queensland Museum conducted researchto identify engaging and affordablemultimedia and other technologies forvisitor communication.

Touch screen information kiosks in theDiscover Queensland exhibition were wellreceived by visitors. The QueenslandHeritage Trails Network assisted withproviding information about its projectsfor another interactive kiosk.

Research commenced on suitablemultimedia for the new Sciencentre.

SciencentreResearch, concept development and draftexhibition design commenced during theyear to reposition the new Sciencentre asa science museum that incorporatesinterpretation of elements of theQueensland Museum’s heritage collectionwhile retaining the Sciencentre’sinteractive appeal.

Lifelong learningThe Queensland Museum aims to retainvisitors for life by providing learningexperiences relevant to their different lifestages. Queensland Museum exhibitionsprovided targeted information, displaymaterial and education trails to engage allage groups.

Attendance to the Museum by 3 to 8 yearolds increased during the year with thedevelopment and strategic marketing ofearly childhood workshops and shows.New resource units for QueenslandMuseum South Bank early childhoodaudiences, called What’s Inside?, weredeveloped to target this age group.

An understanding of learning inmuseum environmentsQueensland Museum education staff have expertise in formal and informalmuseum learning experiences relevant to different age groups. Staff wereencouraged to share their expertise andtake part in training workshops.

Queensland Museum South Bank and Sciencentre staff and volunteers received training in the evaluation of early childhood learning programs. A comprehensive manual was developedto ensure that the project outcomes wereavailable to other museum practitioners.


3Research and Scholarship

The authority with which the QueenslandMuseum communicates on a variety ofsubjects is based on the Museum’s long-term commitment to high qualityscholarship and research. This providescredibility to the Queensland Museum’spublic programs and differentiates theMuseum from other organisations thatprovide education-based entertainment.

The Museum plays a unique role in theState’s knowledge industries and is amajor contributor to the ‘Smart State’.

GoalTo increase understanding and appreciationof Queensland’s natural and culturalheritage through original research, withparticular reference to the State collections.

Strategic FocusPriority themes were developed to focusthe Queensland Museum’s long-termresearch into areas of relevance andbenefit to the people of Queensland. A framework was established in alignmentto Federal and State Government researchpriorities in order to strategically positionthe Museum’s research initiatives tomaximise funding opportunities.

A high priority was placed on externalfunding partnerships, sponsorships andcontract research in strategic areas.Exceeding previous years, $1.25 millionwas raised by the Biodiversity Program tofund a variety of research projects. Keypartnerships were developed with local,state and federal government agencies,international agencies and industry.

With funding from Fisheries Research &Development Corporation and New SouthWales State Fisheries, a moleculardiagnostic tool for industry to proactivelydetect, identify and track parasiticdiseases of aquatic organisms wasdeveloped. This project was a catalyst forestablishing the new DNA facility and forprovision of advice on the development ofaquatic disease diagnostic capacity inSouth-east Asian countries.

Natural Products Discovery (NPD,formerly AstraZeneca R&D, GriffithUniversity) and the QueenslandMuseum celebrated a decade ofcollaboration. During this time, NPD hasfunded research and collection projectsvaluing approximately $2 million, withsignificant biodiversity outcomes forthe Museum (e.g. collection of morethan 3,500 species of sessile marineinvertebrates and terrestrialinvertebrates, many new to science).

A number of significant insectdiscoveries were made during a jointAustralian – French expedition to thesummits of Mt Humboldt and MeMaoya in New Caledonia. Preliminaryanalysis identified a new genus of achrysomelinid leaf beetle, previouslythought to be absent from the islandalthough megadiverse in Australia.Four papers by external collaboratorsdescribing some of these NewCaledonian collections appeared in thecurrent volume of the Memoirs of theQueensland Museum.

Ants became a major research focusfollowing the recent introduction of theRed Imported Fire Ant and subsequentlythe increasing recognition of ants asbioindicators of ecosystem health. Apartnership with Queensland NationalParks investigated the relationshipbetween key indices of biodiversity (antsand beetles), land condition and grazingpressure in the rangelands of westernQueensland. Over 700,000 ants from 360pitfall traps belonging to 141 species werecollected and identified from the previouslypoorly sampled Charleville area.

In partnership with the Brisbane CityCouncil, the Museum undertook baselinesurveys to monitor changes ininvertebrates from a range of Brisbanebushland reserves including remnantwoodland patches. A significant numberof new species were discovered from thenine sites surveyed to date.

The Gold Coast City Council continued tofund a collaborative study with theMuseum and the Environmental Protection

Agency on the status, conservation andnesting strategies of the threatened FalseWater-rat at Coomera Waters. For the first time since 1997, a significant andcatastrophic decline in the population was noted this year against a backdrop of intensive coastal development, and anew strategy was developed to provide artificial nesting mounds as a valuablemanagement tool to attract the speciesback into areas previously renderedunsuitable due to coastal development and degradation of habitat.

A survey of North Stradbroke Island,funded by Consolidated Rutile Limited,discovered 263 species of spiders, ofwhich only 81 species could be identified,with 34 definitely new to science and theremaining 148 species either new orunidentifiable on the basis of existingknowledge. This finding illustrates howrudimentary our knowledge still is of ourbiodiversity, particularly at a local levelwhere the Museum has been collecting forover 140 years.

Other significant collaborative researchprojects engaging the community,industry, national and international


agencies included: collection andidentification of baseline marine faunain all Australian ports and harbours;insect surveys of Queensland’spreviously unsampled ‘dry rainforests’on unusual volcanic substrates ofUndara National Park; research onophthalmia nodosa (inflammatoryresponse of the eye) caused by contactwith abdominal scales from the Bag-shelter moth; Poisons Information Centreat the Royal Children’s Hospital andRoyal Brisbane Hospital; publication of achecklist of 6,600 species of crabsworldwide; development of a permanentdisplay in Gayndah on the QueenslandLungfish; a unified taxonomy ofAustralian funnelweb, trapdoor andtarantula spiders across all museums inAustralia; medically important spiders;palaeoecology and extinction ofmegafauna on the Darling Downs;excavations of the Mt Etna caves fossildeposits and researching the Plio-Pleistocene faunal record and its responseto climatic variation.

The Cultures and Histories Programcontinued research into preserving,extending and maintaining the integrity ofthe Museum’s collections. Research wasundertaken to preserve a Janet Walker ballgown, the Marson Musical Collection oftraditional Pacific instruments and the DonWalter’s collection at Boggo Road Goal.

The Cultures and Histories Programdeveloped a model for collaborativeresearch and collection developmentacross four campuses providing a strategicfocus to the projects undertaken andcontinued to forge strong links with otherorganisations engaged in cultural heritageresearch.

The Museum contributed to the researchof two Queensland Heritage TrailsNetwork projects, the exhibition in theRockhampton Custom House and anexhibition at the Australian WorkersHeritage Centre at Barcaldine.

Planning commenced for the Aboriginaland Torres Strait Islander Cultures Centreat the South Bank campus to be openedin 2005. Research work and collaborationwith Indigenous groups continued in thearea of identifying ancestral remains,burial goods and secret sacred objects.The work resulted in the return of 46ancestral remains and objects toIndigenous communities throughoutQueensland during 2002-03.

QualityPeer-review remains the single mostimportant criterion for monitoring thequality of research outputs, with 103papers published during the year.Similarly, client satisfaction remainscrucial in the Museum’s role as a serviceprovider and external contractor andconsultant to industry, governmentagencies and other clients.

The Museum, under the provisions of theAnimal Care and Protection Act 2001,established an Animal Ethics Committeeconsisting of three members of thecommunity under the chairmanship of asenior Museum representative with therole of overseeing the quality assurance ofanimal research.

Research environmentThe Queensland Museum strives toencourage innovation and excellence inall its scientific and cultural researchendeavours, providing strategic researchoutputs that are relevant and focussed.

The Museum established a MolecularIdentities Laboratory as a Class 1 DNAfacility funded predominantly by theBoard and with major contributions fromNatural Products Discovery GriffithUniversity and the Fisheries Research andDevelopment Corporation. Three initialprojects were commenced: moleculardiagnostics of oyster parasite diseases;unravelling the phylogenetic relationshipsof bioactive marine sponges; and trackingthe invasion of the common Asian housegecko, its evolutionary genetics andadaptive differentiation. A majormilestone was completed with the

development of an Australia & NewZealand Standard Diagnostic Procedurefor disease in commercial rock oysters.

Using more traditional techniques andsome clever detective work, the Museummade an historic discovery that theBurrowing Bettong, previously unknownin Queensland and now extinct on theAustralian mainland, clearly lived inWestern Queensland. A number of oldunregistered skins and skulls werediscovered in Museum collections thatwere traced back to a collecting trip madeby Museum collector, Kendall Broadbent,to Charleville in 1885. A contemporaryexpedition made to the Charleville regionto investigate recent possible sightings ofbettongs reported by locals documentedunoccupied burrow complexes. Furtherexpeditions are planned during 2003-04.

Ms Jeanette Covacevich, formerly SeniorCurator of Herpetology and a recentretiree from the Museum, was awardedthe Queensland Museum Medal, theQueensland Naturalist’s ‘Naturalist of theYear’ award for her outstandingcontributions to knowledge (andpromotion) of the Queensland fauna, andthe Public Service Medal (one of only sixQueensland Public Servants to win theaward in 2002-03).


Collection developmentIn the Biodiversity Program, collectiondevelopment matched external fundingopportunities, building on the strengths ofkey marine and terrestrial faunas andpalaeontological discoveries. Collectionsof over 40,000 specimens of animals andfossils were made from a number ofimportant ecosystems throughout theState and neighbouring Pacific islands.

The Museum acknowledges the numerousvolunteers, students, Honorary, researchand collection staff who continued toprovide invaluable services through amultitude of tasks such as collectionmaintenance, donation of specimens andother forms of technical, research andcollection assistance. In addition,relocation of the Geology andPalaeontology collection from the SouthBank building was assisted by participantsof the federally funded Work for the Doleproject who contributed (on average) fiftyperson-days per week.

Biodiversity research staff participated infour major expeditions in partnership withother agencies:

(1) The Royal Geographical Society ofQueensland Flinders 2002 Bicentenaryexpedition visited Sweers Island in theGulf of Carpentaria, one of the majornorthern Australian collection sites duringMatthew Flinders’ circumnavigation ofAustralia in 1802. In addition to itshistorical value the area is biologicallyimportant as it represents a major gap inbiodiversity knowledge and an importantbiogeographic transition zone whereeastern, north-western and New Guineafaunas meet.

(2) Natural Products Discovery GriffithUniversity funded a marine biologicalexpedition to the far northern GreatBarrier Reef, where more than 400 speciesof sponges were collected for biodiversityand biodiscovery studies.

(3) The NORFANZ expedition, jointlyfunded by the New Zealand Ministry ofFisheries and the Australian NationalOceans Office, collected deep sea animalsliving on the Norfolk Ridge and LordHowe Rise seamount communitiesbetween Australia and New Zealand.These ancient submarine volcanoes onceformed part of the coastline of the ancientsouthern supercontinent of Gondwanaand have existed in one form or anotherfor over 70 million years. The complexbiological communities living on theseamounts, between 200-1500m deep,consist of fragile long-lived species, manyover 100 years old, seem unchanged fromtheir ancestors tens of millions of yearsago. They contain some rare and uniquespecies confined to single seamounts,along with other more widely distributedspecies that belong to the ‘biologicalhighway’ connecting New Zealand andNew Caledonia. This research is pivotal toconservation assessment and regionalmarine planning under Australia’sNational Oceans Policy and will underpinthe sustainable management andconservation of these fragile ancientcommunities.

(4) New discoveries of dinosaurscontinued to excite the community withthe highlight being excavations of ‘Elliot’,Australia’s largest dinosaur, near Winton.New fossil insects and plant discoveriesnear the site greatly enhanced theinterpretation of the time and space inwhich ‘Elliot’ lived. An AustralianResearch Linkage Grant to the Universityof Queensland and the QueenslandMuseum facilitated uncovering andinterpreting this and other fossil dinosaursites throughout western Queensland.

The Cultures and Histories Program placedhigh priority on the review of collectiondevelopment and management policiesincluding accessioning, de-accessioning,loans, access and preventativeconservation.

Promotion of researchThe Queensland Museum continued toeffectively highlight its role as a generatorof new knowledge and to successfullyobtain recognition for achievements andtheir value to the community.Implementation of a corporatecommunications media strategy resultedin increased media coverage of Museumresearch activities. Museum curators werefeatured in national and statewide media,the popular science press and severalspecialist and national television shows.

Staff continued to present workshops andlectures for students and the public, whichalso contributed to the promotion ofresearch.

Five senior research staff participated inthe inaugural State Government ‘Sciencemeets Parliament’ Day, each meeting withdifferent Members of Parliament toexplain the Museum’s Biodiversity andGeosciences Programs’ relevance andimportance to Queensland and itscontribution to the State Government’s‘Smart State’ strategy. One staff memberattended the Federal Government ‘ScienceMeets Parliament Day’, both as arepresentative of the Museum and as amember of an Executive Council of aprofessional society.

The Queensland Centre for Biodiversitycontinued to promote the institution’sactivities at a professional level. Existingpartnerships included: Natural ProductsDiscovery Griffith University, Gold CoastCity Council, Consolidated Rutile Limited,University of Central Queensland,Department of Primary Industries(Fisheries), the Australian HeritageCommission and several governmentagencies and universities; and three newpartnerships: Australian MarineInvertebrate Taxonomists Network,Brisbane City Council, and the NationalOceans Office.

The Museum’s extensiveBiodiversity and Geoscience’scollection was available to ahost of clients. External loansnumbered approximately7,500 items and visitingresearchers physicallyworking at the Museumnumbered in excess of 150,with ten working oncollections in situ for morethan three months duration.


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Palaeotourism continued to be a popularmedium for promoting interest in andappreciation of Queensland’s naturalenvironment, particularly dinosaurdiscoveries in Western Queensland.Significant support from the Winton Shire Council, Land Rover Australia,Queensland Rail, Department of NaturalResources and Mines and other sponsorsensured that interest in palaeontologicalexcavations will continue for a number of years to come, including the ‘Elliot’dig, Lark Quarry and Mount Morgan Clay Caverns.

The Queensland Museum continued toprovide undergraduate and postgraduatetraining in Biodiversity and Geosciences,with several biological courses taught inaddition to two Doctoral, one Masters andone Honours degree candidatescompleting their studies.

The Museum co-hosted two professionalconferences during the year:

(1) Conference of Australasian Vertebrate& Evolution Palaeontology & Systematicsinvolving approximately 70 delegates forfour days of talks, a technical discussionand field excursion to the fossil fields ofthe Darling Downs.

(2) The Australian Marine SciencesAssociation Annual Conference,AMSA2003 ‘Biocomplexity’, co-convenedwith the Department of Zoology andEntomology, University of Queensland,attended by over 350 delegates, mostlypostgraduate students, a healthy sign forthe future of Australian marine sciences.

To promote the role and collections of theMuseum, Cultures and Histories staff

contributed to events associated with the75th anniversary of Hinkler’s flight toAustralia; International Women’s Day;National Archaeology Week; NAIDOCWeek; the Punyahra MulticulturalFestival; History in our own Back Yardexhibition at the Queensland StateArchives; Resources Week display withDepartment of Natural Resources andMines; and the Queensland BiennialFestival of Music’s film documentary of Kalkadoon Man.

Research outputsThe Queensland Museum is committed tothe communication of research results ina variety of media and forums appropriateto the content and to the target audience.

Staff published 163 contributionsconsisting of 103 peer-reviewed researchpapers, 36 popular articles and technicalreports, and 24 conference abstracts andbook reviews.

Three of these publications were highlysignificant in their contribution tointernational scientific literature. The firstwas the second volume of a two partwork on the Australian Crustacea:Malacostraca, published by CSIROPublishing for the Australian BiologicalResources Study in their series ZoologicalCatalogue of Australia that documents1,215 species of crabs, hermit crabs andtheir allies from Australian Territorialwaters. This will be a crucial text forfisheries workers and managers,environmental consultants and researchersspecialising in Crustacea. The second wasa two volume treatise on sponges,Systema Porifera. A guide to theclassification of sponges, published byKluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers,New York, defining, describing andillustrating 680 genera in 127 families, 25orders and three classes of living sponges,and approximately 1,000 fossil genera in245 families, 30 orders and six ‘classes’.This will become the standard text bookfor sponge researchers. The third was aninteractive spider identification guide onCD ROM, published by CSIRO Publishingand titled Spiders of Australia. InteractiveIdentification to Subfamily. This too wasfunded by the Australian BiologicalResources Study and is the first spideridentification tool of its kind in the world.

Research staff continued to provideauthoritative input into the Museum’spublic programs with the development of

11 curatorial briefs. New Museum Loankits were developed, including themes onthe deep sea and insect defence, and anumber of projects were developed for theMuseum Magnet School program onvarious aspects of museum researchincluding entomology, mammals andmarine biology. Workshops and publictalks were presented to community groupsand Museum visitors.

The Memoirs of the Queensland Museumcontinued to be an important medium forthe publication of Museum researchresults. A volume of the Memoirsfeaturing archaeology and materialculture of the Torres Strait is underdevelopment for publication in 2004.

Cultures and Histories staff curated theSingsing Bilong Pasifik exhibition thathighlighted the Pacific component of the830 items in the Marson MusicalCollection. An accessioning program forthe non-Pacific component of thecollection commenced with assistancefrom the Queensland Conservatorium ofMusic, Griffith University.

The Cultures and Histories Programprovided curatorial direction to theQueensland Heritage Trails Networkprojects A Lot on her hands – the historyof Australian working women at theAustralian Workers’ Heritage Centre atBarcaldine, and the interpretation of theRockhampton Customs House.

Outlook for 2003–2004• Implement the long-term strategic

research plan through priorityfunding for projects that contributemost to the development of a 'Smart State'.

• Promote and increase current andnew partnerships and collaborationsto maintain high levels of externalfunding for research and collectionsdevelopment.

• Establish a Microbial SymbiontsLaboratory that uses microbiologicaland molecular techniques to furtherinvestigate the world of‘hyperdiversity’ (the diversity within),with infrastructure and operationalsupport from external collaborations.

• Implement a process that will providewider and more rapid accessibility tokey research and collection data usingdigital techniques.

4Caring for Collections

Under the Queensland Museum Act 1970,the Board is responsible for the controland management of the State collectionsin its care. In undertaking this centralrole, the Queensland Museum recognisesthat the issue of access is directly relatedto caring for the collections. The Museumalso recognises its responsibility toprovide support to other museums and historical societies to care for thedistributed collections of Queensland.

GoalTo account for, preserve, safeguard andprovide access to the collections andassociated information in the care of theMuseum, balancing long-term preservationwith use and available resources.

Collection careA five-year conservation plan for theMuseum was developed and is in theprocess of being implemented.Conservation staff provided remedialconservation, stabilisation and treatmentof objects for display with conservation ofnon-display items receiving lower priority.Treatments included removing corrosionand stabilising metal components of aniron lung; humidifying and reshapingbaskets from the Anthropology collection;repairing rigging on the pearl lugger‘Paua’; and stabilising and deactivating anearly style fire extinguisher for theCultures and Histories collection.

Other Conservation projects included thepacking and preparation of Aboriginaland Torres Strait Islander ancestral andsecret sacred objects for repatriation;remedial treatment to objects from theMarson musical collection including aheaddress, dance mask, flute and drum;conservation assessment of the DonWalter’s collection at Boggo Road Goalprior to its transfer to the QueenslandMuseum; and restoration of a JanetWalker ball gown before being displayedat the Queensland Performing ArtsMuseum.

Integrated Pest Management continues tobe a priority for the optimum care of theMuseum’s diverse collections and wasgreatly assisted by the commissioning oftwo walk-in freezers located in theloading bay area of Queensland MuseumSouth Bank. The freezers were utilised tocontrol pest outbreaks in theAnthropology bark painting collectionand specific objects from the MarsonMusical Collection.

Approximately 10 percent of all biologicalcollections, all type collections, and theentire Geological and Palaeontologicalcollections (several million objects) wereinspected during the year through regular collection maintenance. Collectiondatabases continued to be built, with data entry funded by several externalsources such that a number of collectiondatabases are essentially 100 percentdigitised. Collaborations with a number of agencies saw the repurposing ofmuseum collection data for national andstate conservation and bioregionalplanning and management uses, naturalheritage nominations and environmental impact assessments.

Portions of the Biodiversity collections(corals, cetaceans) were relocated to thenew offsite storage facility at Hendra,including a rare acquisition, the fullskeleton of an adult Cuvier’s BeakedWhale that stranded near Gladstone.

A major focus at the Museum of TropicalQueensland was the sorting and registrationof wet biological collections as well asaccessioning items from the wreck of thePandora. With the help of some trainedvolunteers, about 75 percent of the 6,300plus Pandora items have now beencatalogued, packed and stored correctly.

Collection managementProgress was made towards theestablishment of a Collection ManagementDepartment to address and coordinatestrategic, across-collection issues andactivities. The appointment of a CollectionManager in the Cultures and Historiesprogram was a significant step towards

this achievement. Assistant CollectionManagers and Research Technicianscontinued to provide care andmaintenance related activities.

The long term preservation and care ofthe Queensland Rail (QR) collection ofobjects, photographs, maps, plans anddocuments was enhanced by theirrelocation and re-housing into purposebuilt facilities at The Workshops RailMuseum. Negotiations continued with QRfor the transfer of this collection.

Collection storageMillennium Arts project funding enabledthe alteration and refurbishment of amajor offsite storage facility at Hendra,which has relieved space problems in theQueensland Museum South Bank buildingand removed the need for rentedwarehouse space. Museum staff relocatedlarge collections from the West End andCoomera stores and established theinfrastructure required for their safestorage at the new facility. Relocation of the Geology and Palaeontologycollections from the South Bank buildingwas commenced with assistance fromparticipants of the federally-funded Workfor the Dole project.

Policies and proceduresA review of collection policies andprocedures has commenced to ensure thatcollections are managed in accordancewith international best practice and,where appropriate, in accordance withrelevant cultural mores.

A uniform service fee structure for accessto and use of collections and collectionrelated data was established, and will besubject to annual review.

RepatriationThe return of ancestral remains, burialgoods and secret sacred objects remaineda high priority for the Museum. Progresswas monitored and informed by theQueensland Museum Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander ConsultativeCommittee (QMATSICC).


Some 46 ancestral remains and secretsacred objects were repatriated during thisyear. This was relatively low compared to the previous year due to a nine-monthsuspension of the program whileCommonwealth Government funding wasnegotiated. Community Elders andrepresentatives from the communities ofLockhart River, Mer Island - Torres Strait,Giru Dala Council of Elders and theGudjuda Reference Group Bowen, Jagera,Yuggera, Yagerapul and Juggera peoplesfrom west of Brisbane were involved inrepatriation of items. With the support of QMATSICC and in accordance with arequest from the community, the Museum worked with the Museum ofWestern Australia to consolidate Western Australian secret sacred objectsin the collection for transfer to Perth and subsequent identification and repatriation by local Aboriginalcommunity representatives.

AccessThe Queensland Museum continued itsongoing program of facilitating access tothe collections for research and study,with a large number of national andinternational researchers either visitingMuseum facilities or borrowing materials.Disruptions to access during relocation ofcollection items to the Hendra store werekept to a minimum. Up to 200 behind thescenes tours of collections were conductedacross the Museum. From January 2003public access to The Workshops RailMuseum’s collection and information wassignificantly improved through theopening of a public reading and accessroom. Further enhancement of this facilityis planned over the coming year.

Outlook for 2003-2004• Complete the relocation of Geology

and Palaeontology collections to theHendra offsite storage facility.

• Commence an audit of the relocatedWest End and Coomera collectionsand ensure that items areappropriately cared for and organisedto provide access and security.

• Commence relocation of the recentlyacquired Geology and Palaeontologycollections from the University ofQueensland and the GeologicalSurvey of Queensland.


5Information Management and InformationTechnology

The Queensland Museum’s position inthe knowledge industries depends on itsability to maintain and provide accessto the vast storehouse of information inthe various Museum databases andcollections. The Queensland Museumwill be a communicator of authoritativeknowledge to local, national and globalaudiences through the innovative use ofnew technology in the presentation ofits programs and the management of itscollections and knowledge bases.

GoalTo enhance the Queensland Museum’scapabilities and regional servicedelivery through the creation of adigital technology environment thatwill facilitate rapid access to theMuseum’s knowledge and collectiondatabases and position the QueenslandMuseum as an authoritative informationprovider to a global audience.

Strategic partnershipsThe Queensland Museum formed severalkey partnerships to promote virtualaccess to the Biodiversity collectiondata, especially online. These included:

• AZCOL (Australian ZoologicalCollections Online), incorporatingdata from the Western AustralianMuseum, Queensland Museum andMuseums & Art Galleries of theNorthern Territory. This database ispublicly accessible, allowingdynamic mapping of Reptiles,Frogs, Mammals and Birds acrossnorthern Australia.

• OZCAM (Online ZoologicalCollections of Australian Museums)aims to link all Australian museumsto deliver collection basedinformation from a single portaldealing firstly with all the typecollections held by the museums.The Queensland Museum suppliedpreliminary data for a pilot study(Reptiles, Frogs, Mammals, Fish andDung Beetles) to raise communityawareness about biodiversity,

museum collections and therelevance of museum data forbioregional resource assessment.

• The Biodiversity Library project, apilot database involving Queenslandbiodiversity collection agencies wascompleted during the year. Itinvolved collaboration between theQueensland Museum as lead agencyand the Queensland Herbarium,Environmental Protection Agency,Department of Primary Industries(DPI) Agency for Food and FibreSciences, DPI Plant PathologyHerbarium, Queensland Departmentof Natural Resources and Mines, the Department of Innovation andInformation Economy and TheUniversity of Queensland. Thisproject is an integrated whole-of-government approach that promotesmore coordinated and effectiveaccess to biodiversity informationheld by individual agencies.

All three projects – each with a specialpurpose but essentially using the samecollection data – have the potential tolink directly to current internationalinitiatives, such as the Census of MarineLife, Ocean Biodiversity InformationService and the Global BiodiversityInformation Facility.

IT planningThe Information and Technology StrategicPlan was reviewed and updated. The Planencompasses all aspects of informationmanagement and delivery to state,national and global audiences, andoutlines strategies for the development ofa network to support the Museum’spresent and future information andtechnology needs. Major infrastructureupgrades are planned to occur in 2003-04.

Information servicesWhile existing systems allow flexibilityin data manipulation and wide access toknowledge in the databases, a decisionwas taken to unify the systems andstreamline maintenance and access. The

strategic importance of informationservices was reflected in the neworganisational structure providing aplatform for growth. Recruitmentcommenced on staffing and will befinalised in the coming year.

A draft strategy to make the InquiryCentre an across-campus informationservice was developed.

Information systemThe Working Knowledge informationmanagement initiative was advancedthrough several pilot programs and thedevelopment of important underlyingtechnical infrastructure, including theWide Area Network.

Pilot programs assessed ways of optimisingand better organising file storage, dataretrieval and indexing. Development of apilot project to digitise, catalogue andelectronically deliver photographiccollections was commenced. Developmentof templates and systems for managinginformation in publication projects,including the web site, was also commenced.A project plan for the selection andimplementation of an integrated collectionmanagement system was developed.

Web siteOngoing upgrades and maintenancewere undertaken on the Corporate andQueensland Museum South Bank site.This site served 2,714,026 pages in2002-03, an increase of 35 percent on the previous year.

A new web site was established for theCobb & Co. Museum. It went live inOctober 2002 and is the first in a strategyto integrate navigation across all Museumsites. It delivers a common look and feelidentifying with the corporate site andshares technical infrastructure.

Business systemsThe corporate Intranet site was furtherdeveloped as a medium for collaborationand access to Museum policies andinformation. Access to the Intranet site


6Marketingwas extended to staff across all campuses,enabled by the development of a WideArea Network (WAN) providing broadbandlinks among all campus Local AreaNetworks. The WAN was a keydevelopment, providing underlyinginfrastructure for sharing and integrationof systems and information across thestatewide campus network.

IT trainingThe Professional Development Committeeidentified IT as a priority area fortraining. Information Systems staffcontinued to provide staff training in bothformal and informal modes, including on-demand training in the IT and multimedialab, and training staff from Marketing andthe Inquiry Centre in technical aspects ofdeveloping materials for the web site.

SecurityA high level risk analysis of networksecurity was undertaken. New firewallswere installed at all campuses toenhance network security. Antivirusstrategy and infrastructure wasreviewed, as were backup procedures.

Network and infrastructureIT staff continued to develop a scalable,affordable and reliable network thatsupports the Museum’s needs for businesssystems, knowledge management andpresentation through evaluation andworking to the Working Knowledge strategy.

Web site development

IT continued to oversee and develop theMuseum’s web site, incorporatingimprovements in navigation and design.Considerable work and resources arestill required to implement this fully.

More work is also required to establishthe Queensland Museum web site as apreferred site for Queensland students,through the development of highquality, curriculum based, knowledgeproducts and partnerships withEducation Queensland. IT staff willwork with Museum education staff todevelop a strategy for this during thenext year.

MultimediaExtensive new multimedia installationswere completed for The Workshops RailMuseum and the Discover Queensland

exhibition at Queensland MuseumSouth Bank. Significant enhancementsto display multimedia capability wereoutlined in the South Bank campusmaster planning process.

In-house digital multimedia productioncapability was enhanced, and severalolder display multimedia systems wereconverted and upgraded to digitalstandards.

Outlook for 2003–2004• Significant network infrastructure

developments are planned includingupgrades to workstations andservers and the Exchange emailsystem and its expansion to the lastremaining campus, the Museum ofTropical Queensland.

• Enhancements to Museum web sitesincluding expansion of content anddevelopments to better integrateMuseum sites.


With effective brand management,advertising and public relations, theQueensland Museum will be seen as aprovider of unique educational experiencesthat entertain and inform. Through itsinvestment in research and scholarship theMuseum will be recognised as a voice ofauthority and a quality brand in thecultural tourism industry. The Museumwill be positioned as a unique knowledgeprovider and a major contributor to the‘Smart State’. Market research andaudience evaluation will ensure thatMuseum products and services meet theneeds and wants of its visitors.

The establishment and nurturing ofstrategic partnerships will continue to beat the heart of the Museum’s marketingstrategies to increase public awarenessand reinforce the values of theQueensland Museum.

GoalTo position the Queensland Museum as aprovider of enjoyable, stimulatingeducational experiences and as theQueensland Government authority oncultural and natural heritage.

Brand managementThe Queensland Museum progressed theadoption of a corporate approach to brandarchitecture that will benefit the Museumthrough more efficient and compellingbrand communication and the building ofa single powerful brand over time.

In line with Government policy, newbranding for the Queensland Museum was developed subject to Governmentapproval. All branding strategies aredesigned to attract attention, buildfamiliarity and trust and ensure that allcampuses are recognised as part of theQueensland Museum network.

Understanding the audienceDevelopment commenced on acomprehensive annual market researchprogram of both Museum visitors andnon-visitors. The results when collatedand analysed will provide Queensland

Museum with quantitative and qualitativedata for comparison across campuses andagainst national benchmarks, while takinginto consideration national andinternational trends.

Public relationsA Manager, Corporate Public Relations wasappointed in October 2002. A corporatecommunications strategy based around sixkey strategies was developed andimplemented. Response from media waspositive and the Museum’s key messages,unique strengths and reputation as acredible authority on Queensland’s naturaland social heritage has been enhanced.

Community and stakeholderawarenessThe Museum’s QM2006 – A Vision forthe Queensland Museum in the ‘SmartState’ was developed as a majorcommunication tool for stakeholders. Thecorporate communication and marketingplans complement the vision and willensure that community and keystakeholders are aware of the Museum’skey messages and future directions.

Surprising the audienceCreation of a welcoming environmentwith a major focus on customer servicewas reinforced at all campuses. VolunteerExplainers were introduced at QueenslandMuseum South Bank in February 2003and training continued with front ofhouse staff and volunteers at eachcampus. Increased media coverage helpedpromote awareness of the QueenslandMuseum campus network and its diverseexhibitions and products.

The Museum as a centre fordebate on contemporary issuesEach campus presented a number ofpublic talks and workshops during theyear to raise awareness of contemporaryissues and facilitate informed debate anddiscussion. A highlight was the Reef Talksseries presented by world-renownedexperts on the Great Barrier Reef at theMuseum of Tropical Queensland.

Museum media starsA Communications Strategy wasdeveloped that included media training for curators and other Museumspokespersons before interviews. Regularmedia channels were established for theseskills to be utilised and promotionalstrategies were implemented thathighlighted the Museum’s role as a generator of new knowledge, ensuring appropriate recognition for its achievements and value to the community.

Cross marketing opportunitiesQueensland Museum campuses continuedto cross promote exhibitions and raiseawareness of the strong statewide networkof venues and services. Visitor Servicesstaff were made aware of events in othercampuses and endeavoured to bring theseto the attention of visitors.

Queensland Museum South Bankmarketing staff established a strongrelationship with the South Bank BusinessAssociation and Brisbane Marketing tohighlight the Museum. Cross promotionalopportunities were actively sought forexhibitions, and included the successfulcollaboration with Morgan and Wacker(Queensland Harley-Davidson dealership)during the Two Wheeled Warriorsexhibition.

The Museum of Tropical Queenslandinitiated and maintained promotionalalliances with neighbouring attractionsincluding Reef HQ and IMAX as well aswith Billabong Sanctuary and Sunferries.

The Cobb & Co. Museum worked closelywith the Toowoomba City Council topromote the Cultural Card to localresidents. More than half of all visitors toCobb & Co. Museum received free entryon presentation of their Cultural Card.

New Audiences New audiences were attracted to theQueensland Museum network followingthe opening of The Workshops RailMuseum. The Museum also worked tofoster and develop positive relationshipswith Indigenous and ethnic communities.Australia Council for the Arts fundingenabled the development of resources foryoung children of Chinese and Aboriginalbackgrounds, resulting in eight What’sInside? discovery units.

Outlook for 2003–2004• Implement the Corporate Strategic

Marketing Plan.

• Introduce new corporate visualidentity standards.

• Generate a body of research toexamine audience perceptions,preferences and satisfaction levels.

• Implement the Journey of Discovery…‘destination understanding’ marketingcampaign across all QueenslandMuseum campuses.


The Queensland Museum’s current andfuture operations are critically dependenton the availability and allocation ofresources. The challenges in this areainclude a sustained effort to increase theabsolute quantity of resources availablewhilst achieving optimum allocation tominimise waste, maximise efficiency and provide the best fit with prioritisedobjectives. The Queensland Museum willdevelop a strong business orientation and forge strategic partnerships withorganisations that can further the aims of the Museum.

GoalTo increase and optimise the resourcesavailable to the Queensland Museum.

Business oversight anddevelopmentA Business Services Program wasestablished to oversee and coordinate allof the Museum’s business activities andbusiness development opportunities.Appointing a Manager, BusinessDevelopment was deferred due to budget constraints.

The seven-point business strategyapproved by the Minister for the Arts inApril 2002 was successfully implemented.The Queensland Museum’s property atCoomera was sold and with QueenslandTreasury’s approval, the full proceeds ofthe sale were retained to provide thecapital for exhibition redevelopment at theSouth Bank campus and the integration ofexisting collection databases into a singlegeneric system. The latter initiative willcommence in early 2003-04.

Facility hireA venue-hire operations manual wasproduced for Queensland Museum SouthBank campus and a review of the currentfee structure and drafting of Users policycommenced. Technical services for venuehire clients were outsourced and a draftvenue-hire marketing policy was prepared.

A review of facility hire at the Museum ofTropical Queensland highlighted

opportunities to link this function withthat of the day time catering services,thereby creating an improved cateringtenancy package.

The Workshops Rail Museum provided awide range of opportunities for functionsand venue hire. Events held throughoutthe year included a State GovernmentCommunity Cabinet meeting, the dinner aspart of the Queensland Arts CouncilAnnual Conference and the signatureevent of the Ipswich Festival, the Mayoral Ball.

Education/Training programsProcedures were developed to ensure thatMuseum education and training programsoperated in profit or on the basis of cost recovery.

At the Museum of Tropical Queensland twomajor workshops on coral identificationwere held. Participation fees covered allrequired resources and the development of manuals for each workshop.

Sale of imagesOver six hundred ‘most saleable’ images ofbiological, environmental or culturalheritage objects were selected andscanned. Thumbnail images of each willbe posted on the Museum’s web site andtheir availability will be widely advertised.

Blockbuster exhibitionsIn order to better evaluate the potentialprofit or loss from blockbuster exhibitions,a new forecasting tool was developed thatoutlines at least four scenarios for eachexhibition proposal.

Business planningProfit centre management accountingprocedures were progressivelyimplemented across the QueenslandMuseum network through a realignmentof cost centre structures to the revisedorganisational structure. This, togetherwith the design and implementation of animproved budget preparation process,resulted in a more accurate division of

expenditure into core activities andspecific projects. In addition, seniormanagement gained a betterunderstanding of budget requirements,which led to a considerable improvementin the efficiencies and accuracy of budgetplanning and associated decision-making.

Galvanising GovernmentSupportDuring the year the Queensland MuseumDirector met with the Minister for the Artson a quarterly basis to brief him on issuesof importance to the Museum and toencourage his involvement in Museumevents and activities. The Hon. Matt Foleyofficiated at twelve events in theQueensland Museum network.

The Museum’s QM2006 – A Vision for theQueensland Museum in the ‘Smart State’was developed to provide a clear blueprint incorporating memorable descriptorsthat can be used by the Minister whenreferring to the Queensland Museum.

Gaining corporate sponsorshipThe Queensland Museum Foundation wasestablished under the Chairmanship ofMajor General Peter Arnison AC CVO withall essential infrastructure developed by aPlanning Committee Chaired by Mr RobertBryan. Trustees were identified and theirappointment awaited the formal launch ofthe Foundation in August 2003.

MembershipFollowing extensive research and amanagement forum, a strategy for anintegrated membership structure across theQueensland Museum network was developed.It will be progressively implementedacross all campuses during 2003-04.

ConsultanciesThe Museum continued to maintain acentralised coordinating system to support staff in their efforts to attract and manage consultancies. Details of consultancies sourced or undertaken are detailed in Appendix IV.


7Resources

Retail salesAnalysis of the strengths and weaknessesof each of several point of sale packagescurrently in use across the QueenslandMuseum network commenced. Theobjective is to identify and implement onecommon point of sale system to achieveefficiencies and economies of scale for theMuseum while optimising data collectionand analysis to improve future planning.

A review of retail sales and operationalexpenses at the Museum of TropicalQueensland led to a redevelopment projectfor the front counter, shop and foyer. Thecompletion of the project in late 2003 willsee the retail space relocated to the foyerwith rerouted traffic flow ensuring visitorsmust exit via the retail space.

Retail activities at The Workshops RailMuseum were implemented in accordancewith the business plan established prior toopening. An extensive array of brandedproduct was developed using TheWorkshops Rail Museum’s colourfulimagery. Sales of this range representapproximately 40 percent of salesturnover. Further product developmentwas undertaken throughout the year withthe development of a souvenir video, TheRebirth of a Queensland Icon – TheWorkshops Rail Museum.

Cobb & Co. Museum focussed ondeveloping its gift shop during the secondhalf of the year. This resulted in the shopachieving gross sales 25 percent overbudget for the year.

Popular publications andmerchandisingThe Museum’s Publications Sectioncontinued to develop high standardpopular publications that expandedprofitability, reputation and awareness of the Museum generally and was asignificant component of the Museum’sknowledge delivery service to the community.

The Discovery Guide to OutbackQueensland, produced in partnership withQueensland Heritage Trails Network andassisted by the Environmental ProtectionAgency, was launched by the Minister forthe Arts in February 2003.

The Brisbane City Council provided$35,000 as sponsorship for the new guideWild Plants of Greater Brisbane,scheduled for production in late 2003.

CateringThe catering contract at QueenslandMuseum South Bank was extended on aninterim basis until building developmentplans are finalised.

The Museum of Tropical Queenslandreviewed the existing catering contractand developed a new approach thatcombined daytime café catering withevening functions. This should result in amore profitable arrangement for both thecaterer and the Museum.

The catering arrangement at The WorkshopsRail Museum is to be reviewed early in2003-04 in the context of the first year’soperational outcomes.

GrantsA grants register and a centralisedcoordinating and reference system wasdeveloped to support Museum staff. A formal process for applying for grantswas adopted that should maximise returns for the next financial year.

Outlook for 2003–2004• Publish Wild Plants of Greater

Brisbane in late 2003

• Commence photography and research for Wild Guide to the Great Barrier Reef

• Publish Kangaroos of Queensland.


8Management

The commitment of Government, Boardand staff to the achievement of a commonvision is critical to the long-termperformance of the Queensland Museum.The structural and cultural changesrequired to achieve this vision must beimplemented with the understanding andsupport of management and staff.Leadership at all levels will be required forthis to occur. The empowerment of staff,their financial accountability, andmotivation to excel in their appointed fieldare key priorities for Museum management.

GoalTo create an empowering managementenvironment in which the long termdirection of the Museum is clearlycommunicated and appropriate resourcesare allocated to achieve the identifiedstrategic priorities.

Management environmentA staff survey was undertaken thatmeasured workplace morale andorganisational stress. In terms of workplacemorale most measures were in the neutralrange with only ‘professional growth’ belowneutral. Measures of ‘job satisfaction’ and‘professional interaction’ were rated mostpositively. Measures of organisational stresswere also in the neutral range with theexception of workplace stress which washigher. Quantitative results for morale haveremained consistent with the 2001 survey.Results for organisational stress weresubstantially more positive than forindividual stress, less positive for workplacestress and consistent for the 2001 resultsfor excessive workload.

Strategies including mentoring andempowerment of middle management willbe progressively introduced to address thekey issues identified by the staff survey.

Organisational structureA new organisational structure developedin consultation with staff and approved bythe Board was implemented on 1 July2002. This structure was based on aknowledge industry model and provides amore effective vehicle for the achievement

of the Museum’s vision. All positiondescriptions were reviewed and wherenecessary positions were re-evaluated. Themanagement accounting systems have beenaligned to the new structure to betterenable appropriate sorting and aggregationof accounting data to facilitate budgetarycontrol, accountability and reporting.

CommunicationFull staff meetings were held at allQueensland Museum campuses and withinprograms at least monthly to ensure timelycommunication and discussion of emergingissues and ensure efficient two-way flow ofmanagement information within andbetween campuses and programs.

Project managementA project management system wasimplemented during the year to cover allmajor Museum projects and developments.Ongoing training will be provided to staff toensure that project management principlesare progressively applied to all projectsirrespective of budget or complexity.

Change managementA training program to assist managers andsupervisors to lead and manage theorganisational changes within their areaswas not fully implemented, and will requirefurther effort during 2003-04.

Managing performanceA personal performance planning programwas developed with extensive staff andmanagement input, and will beimplemented for all Museum employeesfrom 1 July 2003. Generic performancestandards were negotiated, and acomprehensive guide and training packagewere developed to assist implementation.

GovernanceThe Queensland Museum Board met eleventimes during the year.

A review of Governance handbooksavailable in other States was undertaken. Itwas determined that the current handbookin use in Queensland was sufficient ifcomplemented with a “Code of Conduct forthe Queensland Museum Board”. This codewill be developed in 2003-04.

Developing corporate capabilityA Professional Development Committee wasestablished to ensure that a more strategicand coordinated approach to training could

be undertaken. The Personal PerformancePlanning Program will provide a mechanismto ascertain individual training needs.

Strategic directionThe Queensland Museum’s Strategic Plan2003-2007, Operational Plan 2003-2004,and Information and Technology StrategicPlan 2003-2007 were received and approved by the Minister during the year.The long-term vision for the QueenslandMuseum was captured in a documententitled QM 2006 – A Vision for theQueensland Museum in the ‘Smart State’.This document was widely circulated to theMuseum’s diverse stakeholders, andstrategies were implemented to obtain widecommitment to the vision and strategic plan.

Managing ongoing changeSenior management regularly reviewedboth short and long term planning in order to identify and respond to changinginternal and external environments through its fortnightly meetings and as an ongoing part of the Museum’s strategicplanning process.

Equal opportunity in publicemploymentThe Queensland Museum statement ofEqual Opportunity in Public EmploymentAct compliance for 2002-03 was lodged asrequired, the EEO Management Plan for theperiod 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003 wasimplemented and a new EEO ManagementPlan for 2003-05 was prepared.

Freedom of InformationDuring 2002-03 the Queensland Museumreceived no requests for documents underthe Freedom of Information Act 1992.

Whistleblowers Protection Act 1994No disclosures were received under thislegislation during the period 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003.

Outlook for 2003–2004• Operational plans that seek to

achieve the goals outlined in theQueensland Museum’s Strategic Planwill be developed for all programsand campuses.

• The Personal Performance Planningprogram will be implemented for all staff.



Appendices

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Queensland Museum Act 1970

12 Functions of board

(1) The functions of the board shall be—

(a) the control and management of the museum and of all natural history, historical and technological collections, and other chattels and property contained therein; and

(b) the maintenance and administration of the museum in such manner as will effectively minister to the needs and demands of the community in any or all branches of the natural sciences, applied sciences, technology and history, associated with the development of the museum as a museum of general science and to this end shall undertake—

(i) the storage of suitable items pertaining to the study of natural sciences, applied sciences, technology and history, and exhibits and other personal property; and

(ii) the promotion of scientific and historical research; and

(iii) the provision of educational facilities through the display of selected items, lectures, films, broadcasts, telecasts, publications and other means; and

(iv) the operation of workshops for the maintenance and repair of exhibits and other things; and

(v) any other action which in the opinion of the board is necessary or desirable; and

(c) the control and management of all lands and premises vested in or placed under the control of the board; and

(d) the management, operation and control of the aerodrome constructed or to be constructed at the Queensland Museum branch, Coomera; and

Members of Board Sub-Committees

Queensland Museum Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Consultative Committee

Dr R. Anderson, OAM Chairperson (ATSIAB Chairman until December 2002, representing Brisbane Elders Committee, Qandamooka Land Council, Quandamooka Elders)

Mrs P. O’Connor, BA Secretary(representing Yugambeh Museum, Beenleigh)

Mr M. Williams, MPhil (Qual) Member (ATSI Studies Unit, Qld University)

Ms J. Richardson Member (representing TSI)

Ms I. Ryder Member (representing Nalingu Aboriginal Corporation)

Mr R. Sandy Member

Ms P. Thompson Member (ATSIC Commissioner)

Mr I. Delaney Member (ATSIC Councillor)

Mr T. Robinson Member (representing QIWG)

Ms C. Wall Observer (Department of the Premier)

Ms A. Jones, BDesSt exofficio (from 1 October 2002) Member

Mrs N. Withnall, BA, LLB exofficio(until 30 September 2002) Member

Dr I. Galloway, BSc(Hons), officioPhD, MAgStexofficio Member

Queensland Museum Audit Committee

Ms A. Jones, BDesSt Chair (from 1 October 2002) and Member (until 30 September 2002)

Mr H. Greenway, FCA, ACIS Chair (until 30 September 2002)

Mr R. Frazer, BBus, CA Member (from 29 October 2002)

Dr I. Galloway, BSc(Hons), PhD, MAgSt Observer

(e) to perform the functions given to the board under another Act; and

(f) to perform functions that are incidental, complementary or helpful to, or likely to enhance the effective and efficient performance of, the functions mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e); and

(g) to perform functions of the type to which paragraph (f) applies and which are given to the board in writing by the Minister.

(2) In performing the function mentioned in subsection (1)(b), the board is to have regard to the desirability of providing for the storage of items and the promotion of research relating to Queensland.

(3) Before giving a function for subsection (1)(g), the Minister must consult with the board about the function.

14 General powers

(1) For performing its functions, the board has all the powers of an individual and may for example—

(a) enter into arrangements, agreements, contracts and deeds; and

(b) acquire, hold, deal with and dispose of property; and

(c) engage consultants; and

(d) appoint agents and attorneys; and

(e) charge, and fix terms, for goods, services, facilities and information supplied by it; and

(f) do anything else necessary or desirable to be done in performing its functions.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the board has the powers given to it under this or another Act.

(3) The board may exercise its powers inside and outside Queensland, including outside Australia.

(4) In this section— “power” includes legal capacity.

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Sir Bruce Watson, BE(Elec), BCom, HonDEng. Member

Dr G. Potter, MSc (Hons), PhD, GradDipEd, JP (Qual) Secretary/Director

WoodWorks: The Forestry and Timber Museum, Gympie

Mr T. Willett, DipFor, BSc(For) Chairman

Dr D. Robinson, BSc(Hons), PhD Vice-Chairman

Cr M. Venardos Member

Mrs D. Horne Member

Mr G. Smith Secretary/Manager


Hon David Hamill, BA(Hons), MA Chairman

Dr I. Galloway, BSc(Hons), PhD, MAgSt Vice Chairman

Ms D. Brassington, B.Ed, DipT Member

Mrs R. Buchanan, B.Sc. Member

Mrs R. Cooper Member

Cr D. Hanly, MAICD, Com.Dec Member

Mr V. O’Rourke, AM, BEcon, FCPA, FCIT,FAIM, FFTA Member

Mr A. Smith Member

Mr A. Taylor, BSc(Hons), MIProdE, CertEng, GradCert Member

Mr A. Moritz, MBA, GradDipMusStud, GradDipTour Secretary/Director

Museum of Tropical Queensland, Townsville

Professor B. Moulden, BA(Hons), PhD Acting Chairman

Dr I. Galloway, BSc(Hons), PhD, MAgSt Vice-Chairman

Professor M. Kingsford, BSc, MSc, PhD Member

Ms G. Mackay, BA(Hons) Member

Mr N. Gertz Member

Mr M. Stoneman Member

Mr J. Lyons, BEc, FCPA, FTIA, FAICD, AFAIM, ACA Member

Mr A. Linning Member (to July 2002)

Mr H. Choat, Member BSc(Hons) PhD (to July 2002)

Ms S. Lewis, BEd, GradCert (IHE), GradCert (Museology) Secretary/Director (from Jan 2003)

Queensland Sciencentre, Brisbane

Professor D. Nicklin, BScApp, BEcon, PhD, AO Chairman

Dr I. Galloway, BSc(Hons), MAgSt, PhD Vice-Chairman

Mr R. Bryan, BSc(Hons) Member

Mr I. Hiley, BCom, AAUQ, FCA Member

Professor A. Lister, MA, DipCompSci, CEng, FACS Member

Professor I. Lowe, BSc, DPhil, AO Member

Dr B. Piscitelli, MEd, PhD Member

Mr T. Sherman, BE Member

Mr R. Smith (QAO) Observer


Mr W. Leaver (CAA) Observer

Mr M. Linnane (CAA) Observer

Mr M. Wakefield Observer

Queensland Museum Foundation Steering Committee

Dr I. Galloway, BSc(Hons), PhD, MAgSt Chairman

Lady Edwards, AM, BA Member

Mr H. Greenway, FCA, ACIS Member (until 30 September 2002)

Dr C.J. Mittelheuser, AM, BSc(Hons), PhD, HonDPhil Member (until 30 September 2002)

Mr K. Jackman Observer


Members of Campus Management Advisory Committees

Cobb & Co Museum, Toowoomba

Mr W. O’Brien, OBE Chairman

Dr I. Galloway, BSc (Hons), PhD, MAgSt Vice-Chairman

Ms M. Andersen Member

Ms A. Cardell, BA, MA Member

Mr G. Healy Member

Mr T. Schwenke, JP (Qual), MEd, BEd, DipT, ADEng, OMIE Aust Member

Mrs D. Tranter, OAM, BA, MLitSt, CT(Sec), GradDipCEd Secretary/Director


2002-2003 2001-2002 2000-2001

A. Access1. USE OF SERVICES

(a) Queensland Museum South Bank

Gallery visitors 403,649 353,489 314,858

Group visitors (schools) 54,392 40,834 38,661

Venue Total 458,041 394,323 353,519

(b) Queensland Sciencentre

Gallery visitors (up to 25 January 2003) 65,998 96,485 111,830


Venue Total 90,587 133,366 145,340

(c) Museum of Tropical Queensland



Venue Total 49,066 54,779 72,842

(d) Cobb & Co.



Venue Total 38,509 28,106 18,486

(e) Woodworks


Group visitors (schools) 579 1,820 1,699

Venue Total 5,380 5,915 6,497

(f) Lands, Mapping and Surveying

Gallery visitors (est) 600 1,020 840

Group visitors (schools) 100 100

Venue Total 600 1,120 940

(g) Museum of North-Western Queensland

Visitors (up to March 2002) 7,868 12,290

(h) Workshops Rail Museum

Gallery visitors 49,196

Group visitors (schools) 1,297

Venue Total 50,493

Total Museum Visitors 692,676 625,477 609,914

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2002-2003 2001-2002 2000-2001

2. USE OF ALL SERVICES

All Venues

Visitors to QM Travelling displays 68,308

Public inquiries 29,802

Professional inquiries 10,001

Loans audience 9,439

Website page views 2,714,026

Web sessions 655,688

Object-based Outreach Services 3

Activity-based Outreach Services 6

Object-based Outreach Service Visitors 740,807

Activity-based Outreach Service Visitors 30,600

Total Units of Service 3,602,983 2,896,469 2,579,552Note: Service usage was aggregated in previous years; details not previously reported.

3. EXPENDITURE PER UNIT OF SERVICE

All Venues

Per unit of service costs relating to: $ $ $

Government Grant 4.49 3.80 4.20

Total Expenditure 6.22 5.48 6.05

4. NUMBER OF NEW LOANS MADE All Venues

Scientific Users 7,424 12,227 23,777

Educational Users 9,180 9,731 5,534

Library Users 2,028 1,286 1,624

Total New Loans 18,632 23,244 30,935

5. VOLUNTEER INVOLVEMENT - ALL VENUES Number of volunteer person days 7369 7,480 7,573

Honorary staff appointed as:

Hon. Associates 17 12 13

Hon. Research Fellows 29 27 28

Hon. Consultants 17 21 19

Hon. Docents 205 240 228

Hon. Administrative Assistants 22 2 11

Hon. Technical Assistants 316 289 277

Hon. Medical Officer 1 0 1

Hon. Dive Master 1 0 1

Total Honorary Staff 608 591 578

6. PUBLIC GROUP USAGE - ALL VENUES

Learned societies 119 358 167

Community education 935 575 289

Business 91 407 62

Other 310 256 35

Total 1,455 1,596 553


2002-2003 2001-2002 2000-2001

B. Visitor CareVISITOR SATISFACTION - ALL VENUES

% planning revisit 82 89 91

Frequency of visits (%):

first visit 26 56 56

one previous 24 19 18

two previous 27 13 13

> two previous 23 12 13

Visit duration > 2 hours 45 48 46

C. Display DISPLAY PROJECTS COMPLETED - ALL VENUES

Permanent displays opened (sq metres) 5,410 487 347

Number of temporary displays 53 31 23

Temporary displays (sq metres) 6,337 8,167 3,877

D. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT1. INCOME GENERATION - ALL VENUES $ (%) $ (%) $ (%) Entrance fees 1,346,525 (+15.4%) 1,167,000 (+5.7%) 1,104,000 (+30.65)

Interest 241,400 (+18.9%) 203,000 (+13.4%) 179,000 (-31.9)

Shop receipts 1,025,773 (+48.9%) 689,000 (+01.3) 680,000 (+9.5)

Research grants 652,207 (+44.9%) 450,000 (+0.4%) 448,000 (+57.7)

Cash donations/Sponsorships 172,179 (-55.0%) 383,000 (-28.8%) 538,000 (-6.9)

Consultancy 1,231,452 (+92.4%) 640,000 (-1.1%) 647,000 (+15.9)

Café lease 35,192 (+20.0%) 44,000 (+46.7%) 30,000 (-22.4)

Temporary exhibitions 407,755 (+6.1%) 434,000 (+193%) 148,000 (-34.2)

Other* 3,088,239 (+99.6%) 1,547,000 (-10.5%) 2,482,000 (+108.9)

Total 8,200,722 (47.57%) 5,557,000 (-11.2) 6,256,000 (+36.0)

Notes * Includes $1,719,00 grant from QHTN for construction of Cobb & Co. Museum extensions in 2000-01 and $1,370,631 from the gain on sale of

Coomera in 2002-03.

2. SHOP INCOME $ $ $ Queensland Museum South Bank* 0 394,050 352,190

South Bank Explorer Shop* 439,120 0 0

Wholesale Distribution* 140,528 0 0

Queensland Sciencentre 80,634 115,762 103,908

Museum of Tropical Queensland 97,186 108,378 144,501

Cobb and Co.** 113,241 30,863 25,254

WoodWorks 17,014 17,271 14,427

Workshops Rail Museum*** 135,062 0 0

North Western Queensland**** 2,988 22,772 39,518

Notes * Wholesale and Retail outlets at South Bank were combined in 2000-01 and 2001-02 and separated in 2002-03.

** Includes Shop and Café Income for 2002-03.

*** First year operations.

**** Closed May 2002.


2002-2003 2001-2002 2000-2001

3. SHOP INCOME PER VISITOR $ $ $ Queensland Museum South Bank 0.96 1.00 1.00

Queensland Sciencentre 0.89 0.87 0.71

Museum of Tropical Queensland 1.98 1.98 1.98

Cobb and Co. 2.94 1.10 1.37

WoodWorks 3.16 2.92 2.22

Workshops Rail Museum 2.67 0.00 0.00

North Western Queensland n/a 2.89 3.22

4. SELF-GENERATED INCOME % of non-capital grant 44.6 41.8 39.7

5. RELATIVE EXPENDITURE ON SALARIES Salary as % of non-capital grant 77.6 81.8 85.0

Salary as % of total expenditure 58.1 54.3 57.1

E. COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT Increase in value of collections $7,954,424 $8,238,242* $9,955,000

Purchase cost of new collections $0 $0 $42,304

Number of items conserved 7,225 2,228 1,698

Number of items audited 41,376 117,428 251,749

Number of items accessioned 49,643 57,005 45,251

Notes * The figure of $3,090,375 reported in the 2001-02 Annual Report did not include CPI adjustment in collection valuation.

F. SCHOLARSHIP1. RESEARCH PROJECTS Number of research publications 164 124 137

Pages of Memoirs produced 741 1,055 790

Number of published acknowledgments 123 151 133

Number of learned staff presentations 800 207 224

Localities investigated 459 353 458

Research programs commenced 33 38 42

Research programs completed 32 49 24

Species or items yielding new information 29,342 43,765 28,781

2. SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS MOVEMENT Memoirs volumes exchanged 920 1,000 1,404


2002-2003 2001-2002 2000-2001

G. HUMAN RESOURCES

1. PERMANENT : TEMPORARY STAFF (ALL VENUES) AND % OF TOTAL PAID STAFF IN:

Directorate 4:0 (2%) 2:0 (0.8%) 2:0 (1%)

Biodiversity Program 21:9 (13%) 27:17 (17%) 32:18 (18%)

Cultures & Histories Program 8:1 (4%) 10:11 (8%) 19:6 (9%)

Museum Services 46:40 (32%) 46:38 (31%)

Exhibitions and Publications 25:2 (12%)

Information and Collection Management 17:1 (8%)

Business Services 7:1 (3%) 6:0 (2%) 7:0 (3%)

Regional Services 10:6 (7%)

Campuses 93:25 (50%) 30:37 (25%) 27:40 (25%)

Marketing 21:19 (15%) 12.24 (13%)

Museum Foundation 1:2 (1%) 0:1 (0.4%)

Total 185:48 142:125 145:126

2. HONORARY STAFF - ALL VENUES Number of paid staff : honorary staff 233:608 267:591 271:578

% paid staff : honorary staff 28:72 31:69 32:68

3. PERMANENT STAFF TURNOVER Biodiversity Program 1 5 2

Cultures & Histories Program 0 6 2

Exhibitions and Publications 0 5 7

Business Services 0 1 0

Information and Collection Management 0

Regional Services 0

Campuses 16 1 2

Marketing 5 3

4. ABSENTEEISM Sick leave occasions 784 551 454

Hours of sick leave 8,455 8,250 6,353

Hours of workers compensation 1,996 145 153

5. TRAINING % of gross salary expenditure 0.4 0.4 0.4


2002-2003 2001-2002 2000-2001

H. Building Maintenance COSTS- Building maintenance and running costs $ $ $

Queensland Museum South Bank 1,719,839 1,690,428 1,635,312

Queensland Sciencentre* 453,325 637,772 612,235

Museum of Tropical Queensland 493,527 533,566 507,029

Cobb and Co. 82,550 61,753 39,033

Coomera 7,733 15,600 24,391

North Western Queensland 1,211 15,373 15,807

75 Grey Street* 81,982 117,384 157,423

Workshops Rail Museum 217,109 0 0

Hendra Campus 73,599 0 0

West End Store** 83,200 168,902 167,595

Notes: *Vacated February 2003. **Vacated October 2002.

I. Decentralisation - All Venues Number of travelling displays 8 2 3

Venues serviced regionally 35 51 7

Days of field work 795 1,308 827

J. Building ManagementWORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY

Number of accidents - (Staff / Public):

Queensland Museum South Bank 8/7 17/15 6/3

Queensland Sciencentre 0/16 1/23 2/14

Museum of Tropical Queensland 0/8 0/0 2/0

Hendra Campus 0/0

Workshops Rail Museum 4/19

Cobb & Co. 0/0 0/0 1/0

K. Administrative Functions - All Venues DELAYS IN RESPONDING

Ministerial/departmental letters unanswered after 2 weeks 0.15% 0.10% 0.10%

Accounts unpaid after 4 weeks 2.9% 3.0% 3.5%


Magazine March-April 2003: 28-41.

WILSON, S.K. 2002. Putting out the Fire Ant. Australian Geographic 68: 68-77.

WILSON, S.K. 2003. Reptiles of the Southern Brigalow Belt. (Threatened Species Network, World Wide Fund for Nature & Natural Heritage Trust Publication).

WOLSTENHOLME, J., WALLACE, C. & CHEN, C. 2003. Species boundaries within the Acropora humilis species group (Cnidaria; Scleractinia): a morphological and molecular interpretation of evolution. Coral Reefs 22: 15-166.

Refereed PapersADLARD, R.D., PEIRCE, M.A. & LEDERER, R. 2002. New species of Leucocytozoon from the avian families Otidae, Podargidae and Threskiornithidae. Journal of Natural History 36: 1261-1267.

ALVAREZ DE GLASBY, B. & HOOPER, J.N.A. 2002. Family Axinellidae Carter, 1875. pp 724-747. In Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York).

ARNOLD,P., BIRTLES, A., MATTHEWS, M. & DUNSTAN, A. 2002. Gulping behaviour of rorquals: preliminary underwater observations and their relevance to evolution of feeding in mysticete whales. Paper presented at Third Conference on Secondary Adaptation to Life in Water, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, December 2002. (pp 1-2; abstract only).

BAEHR, B. 2003. Three new endemic genera of the Asteron-complex from Australia (Araneae, Zodariidae): Basasteron, Euasteron and Spinasteron. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 49(1): 1-27.

BAEHR, B. 2003. Tropasteron gen. Nov. of the Asteron-complex (Araneae, Zodariidae) from tropical Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 49(1): 29-64.

BEASLEY, I., ARNOLD, P. AND HEINSOHN, G. 2002. Geographical variation in skull morphology of the Irrawaddy dolphin, Orcaela brevirostris (Owen in Grey, 1866). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 10: 15-34.

BIRTLES, R.A., ARNOLD, P.W., VALENTINE, P. BARNETT, B., AND DUNSTAN, A. 2003. Sustainability indicators and other information need to assess sustainability of dwarf minke whale-swimmer interactions. Paper SC/55/WW11 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee, 55th meeting of

lending services that defies the tyranny of distance. Museum National 11(3): 5.

STANISIC, J. 2002. How critical is habitat loss? A snails’s tale. Wildlife Australia 39(2): 32-33.

STANISIC, J. 2002. The secret life of slaters: runners, rollers and lumbering tanks. Wildlife Australia 39(4): 32-33.

STANISIC, J. 2003. Same slug different angle. Wildlife Australia 40(1): 38-39.

STANISIC, J. 2003. A snaile-at-snail existence. Wildlife Australia 40(2): 42-43.

STANISIC, J., BURWELL, C., RAVEN, R., MONTEITH, G. & BAEHR, B. 2003. Terrestrial invertebrate fauna study: Enterprise project, North Stradbroke Island. Report for Consolidated Rutile Limited. (Queensland Museum: Brisbane).

STEMMLER, R. 2002. Getting Kids Involved Education Handbook for Small Museums (Cobb & Co. Museum: Toowoomba).

TRANTER, D. 2002. Binangar Listening Place. ARTery 8-9.

VAN DYCK, S. 2002. Bishops of a finer cloth. Australian Bird Keeper 15(4): 202-205.

VAN DYCK, S. 2002. Goannas, first-class monitors. Nature Australia 27(6): 24-25.

VAN DYCK, S. 2003. True blue-heeler? Nature Australia 27(7): 22-23.

VAN DYCK, S. 2003. Kamikaze Cuckoo. Nature Australia. 27(8): 24-25.

VAN DYCK, S. 2003. Thumbs down to the sewer rat. Nature Australia 27(9): 20-21.

VENKATARAMAN, K, SATYANARAYANA, C. & WOLSTENHOLME J. 2003. Handbook of the Corals of India. Zoological Survey of India.

WALLACE, C. C. 2003. Journey to the heart of the centre – Origins of high marine faunal diversity in the central Indo-Pacific from the perspective of an Acropologist. Proceedings of the 9th International Coral Reef Symposium, Bali 2000: 1:33-40.

WALLACE, C. C., PAULAY, G., HOEKSEMA, B. W. H., BELLWOOD, D. R., HUTCHINGS, P., BARBER, P., ERDMANN, M. & WOLSTENHOLME, J. 2003. Nature and origins of unique high diversity reef faunas in the Bay of Tomini Central Sulawesi: the ultimate ‘centre of diversity’? Proceedings of the 9th International Coral Reef Symposium, Bali 2000. 1:185-192.

WALLACE, C.C. 2003. What lies beneath? The state of our reefs. Asian Geographic

Popular publications and technical reportsBEUTEL, E. & SCHUTT, F. 2002. The Indispensable Goat: Queensland pioneers and their goats. Central Queensland University Press: Rockhampton.

CROZIER, B. 2002. The Workshops Rail Museum, Ipswich, Queensland. Museum National 11(2): 33-34.

CZECHURA, G.V. 2002. Scratchings and Rustlings. Wildlife Australia 39(3): 30-31.

CZECHURA, G.V. 2002 Scratchings and Rustlings. Wildlife Australia 39(4): 30.

CZECHURA, G.V. 2003. Scratchings and Rustlings. Wildlife Australia 40(1): 17.

CZECHURA, G.V. 2003. Scratchings and Rustlings. Wildlife Australia 40(2): 40.

ILLIDGE, P. 2002. The Tahitian Mourner’s Costume: a description of use, composition and relevant artefacts from HMS Pandora. Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology Bulletin 26:65-74.

MCKAY, J.M. 2002. ‘Postcard from Washington’. Artefact 7(2): 23-34, 27.

MCKAY, J.M. 2002. Entries on Kathleen McArthur, war memorials, Ellis Rowan, Vera Scarth-Johnson & Estelle Thomson in Richard Aitken & Michael Looker, The Oxford Companion to Australian Gardens. (Oxford University Press: South Melbourne).

MCKAY, J.M. 2003. The Flower-Hunter: Ellis Rowan, exhibition review, Museum National 11(3): 28-29; Australian Historical Studies 121: 178-179.

MONTEITH, G.B. 2002. Report on insects collected in New Caledonia, Oct 31 2001 - Feb 9 2002. (Queensland Museum: Brisbane).

O’BRIEN, E. 2002. Volunteers with Special Needs. Museum National 11: 16.

RAVEN, R.J. 2002. Keeping tarantulas: issues for the pet trade. Pet Industry News 12(2): 16-28.

RAVEN, R.J. 2002. Untangling the Australian Miturgidae: Gordian knots, bananas or onions. Biologue, the Australian Biological Resources Study. 27: 5-6.

RYAN, M. (Ed) 2003. Discovery Guide to Outback Queensland. (Queensland Museum: Brisbane).

SHERIDAN, R. 2003. Queensland Museum Loans: The Statewide Community-based lending Service. Incite 24 (1-2): 112-113.

SHERIDAN, R. 2003. Queensland Museum Loans: The Statewide Community-based

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GROSS, H., KEHRAUS, S., KÖNIG, G.M., WÖRHEIDE, G. & WRIGHT, A.D. 2002. New and biologically active Imidazole Alkaloids from two sponges of the genus Leucetta. Journal of Natural Products 65: 1190-1193.

HOCHBERG, R. & CANNON, L.R.G. 2003. Magnetia queenslandica, a new genus and new species of typhloplanid flatworm (Platyhelminthes, Rhabdocoela) from Magnetic Island in north Queensland, Australia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51: 1-6.

HOCHBERG, R. & LITVAITIS, M.K. 2003. Organisation of muscles in Chaetonotida paucitubulatina (Gastrotricha). Meiofauna Marina 12: 47-58.

HOCHBERG, R. 2002. Two new species of Dactylopodola (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyida) from the islands of eastern Australia. Meiofauna Marina 12: 37-45.

HOCHBERG, R. 2002. Two new species of Turbanellidae (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida) from a high-energy beach on North Stradbroke Island, Australia. New Zealand. Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research 36: 311-319.

HOCHBERG, R. 2002. Two new species of Pseudostomella (Gastrotricha) with scaled triancres from Australia. New Zealand. Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research 36: 571-579.

HOCKNULL , S.A. 2003. Etnabatrachus maximus gen. et. sp. nov. a new Plio-Pleistocene frog from Mount Etna, central eastern Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 49(1): 327-330.

HOOPER, J.N.A. & MALDONADO, M. 2002. Astrophorida incertae sedis. pp 165-168. In Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York).

HOOPER, J.N.A. & SOEST, R.W.M. VAN (eds.) 2002. Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York).

HOOPER, J.N.A. & SOEST, R.W.M. VAN 2002 Annotated list of unrecognisable sponge taxa and unavailable names. pp 1701-1706. In Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York).

HOOPER, J.N.A. & SOEST, R.W.M. VAN 2002. Class Demospongiae Sollas, 1885. pp 15-18. In Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York).

HOOPER, J.N.A. & SOEST, R.W.M. VAN 2002. Family Spirasigmidae Hallmann, 1912. pp 102-104. In Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York).

CARROLL, A.R., PIERENS, G.K., FECHNER, G., DE ALMEIDE LEONE, P., NGO, A., SIMPSON, M, HYDE, E., HOOPER, J.N.A., BOSTRÖM, SL., MUSIL, D. & QUINN, R.J. 2002. Dysinosin A: a novel inhibitor of Factor VIIa and Thrombin from a new genus and species of Australian sponge of the family Dysideidae. Journal of the American Chemical Society 124(45): 13340-13341.

CASTRO, P. & DAVIE, P.J.F. 2003. New records of palicid crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura, Palicidae) from Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 49(1): 153-157.

COUPER, P.J., COVACEVICH, J.A. & AMEY, A.P. 2002. Backfilling of a burrow entrance by a subadult V. gouldii. Herpetofauna 32(1): 47-48.

COVACEVICH, J. 2002. First formal Australian record of a tree kangaroo: Aboriginal, not European. Aboriginal History 26: 220-222.

COVACEVICH, J.A. & COUPER, P.J. 2002. Dead but not buried: a perspective on museum specimens and the conservation of frogs and reptiles in Queensland. pp 112-116. In Franks, J.A., Playford, J & Shapcott, A. (eds.) Landscape Health of Queensland. (The Royal Society of Queensland: Brisbane).

DAVIE, P.J.F. 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Eucarida (Part 2: Anomura, Brachyura). In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.3b. (CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne).

DAVIE, P.J.F., NG, P.K.L., KAENPHET, A. & AUNGTONYA, C. 2002. Annotated checklist of Brachyura (Crustacea: Decapoda) obtained during the Bioshelf and other Surveys off Western Thailand from 1996–1998. In Proceedings of the ‘International Workshop on the Biodiversity of Crustacea in the Andaman Sea and Island of Phuket, Thailand’, held from 29 November to 20 December 1998. (DANIDA–PMBC Scientific Cooperation Programme: Phuket, Thailand).

DAVIES, V.T. 2002. Tasmabrochus, a new spider genus from Tasmania, Australia (Araneae, Amphinectidae, Tasmarubriinae). Journal of Arachnology 30: 219-226.

DAVIES, V.T. 2003 Tangana, a new spider genus from Australia (Amaurobioidea: Amphinectidae: Tasmarubriinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 49(1): 251-259.

DAVIES, V.T. 2003. Barahna, a new spider from eastern Australia (Araneae: Amaurobioidea). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 49(1): 237-250.

DETTMANN, M.E. & CLIFFORD, H.T. 2003. Miocene palynofloras from subsurface sediments in the Bundaberg district. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 49(1): 261-267.

the International Whaling Commission: Berlin, May 2003.

BLIECK, A. & TURNER, S. 2003. Global Ordovician vertebrate biogeography. In: Servais, T., Alvaro, J.J. & Blieck, A. (eds.) Early Palaeozoic Palaeo(bio)geographies of Europe and North Africa. Palaeogeogr., Palaeoclimat., Palaeoecol., Special Issue. Palaeo Paper 3072. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 12 Feb. pp 1-26. Online Elsevier.

BRUCE, A.J. 2002. Notes on some Indo-Pacific Pontoniinae, XLV. Palaemonella foresti sp. nov., a new pontoniine shrimp from Western Australia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae), with a review of the Indo-West Pacific species of the genus Palaemonella Dana 1852. Crustaceana 75(3-4): 277-298.

BRUCE, A.J. 2002. A new species of Palaemonella (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pontoniinae) from East Africa. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 18: 15-18.

BRUCE, A.J. 2003. The Pontoniine shrimp fauna of Hong Kong and the South China Sea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae). pp 209-257. In Morton, B. (ed.) Perspectives on marine environment change in Hong Kong and Southern China, 1977-2001. Proceedings of an International Workshop Reunion Conference, Hong Kong 21-26 October 2001. (Hong Kong University Press: Hong Kong).

BRUCE, A.J. 2003. Further information on two pontoniine shrimps from ascidian hosts, Dasella brucei Berggren, 1990 and Pseudopontonia minuta (Baker, 1907) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 49(1): 111-114.

BRUCE, A.J. 2003. Periclimenes species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pontoniinae) from Far North Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 49(1): 115-122.

BRYAN, S.E., FIELDING, C.R. HOLCOMBE, R.J., COK, A. & MOFFIT, C.A. 2003. Stratigraphy, facies architecture and tectonics implications of the Upper Devonian to Lower Carbinoferous Campwyn Volcanics of the New England Fold Belt. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 50: 377-401.

BURWELL, C.J. & EDWARDS, E.D.2003. The identity of Sir Joseph Banks’ “wrathfull militia”: the larvae of Doratifera stenora Turner (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae). Australian Entomologist 30: 39-43.

BURWELL, C.J. & THEISCHINGER, G. 2003. New distribution records and notes on the larva of Urothemis aliena Selys (Odonata: Urothemistidae). Australian Entomologist 30: 57-64.


LÜTER, C., WÖRHEIDE, G. & REITNER, J. 2003. A new thecideid genus and species (Brachiopoda, Recent) from submarine caves of Osprey Reef (Queensland Plateau, Coral Sea, Australia). Journal of Natural History 37: 1423-1432.

MASCHWITZ, U., GO, C., DOROW, W.H.O., BUSCHINGER, A. & KOHOUT, R.J. 2003. Polyrhachis loweryi (Formicinae): a guest ant parasitizing Rhytidoponera sp. (Ponerinae) in Queensland, Australia. Insectes Sociaux 50: 69-76.

MOTOMURA, H., JOHNSON, J.W. & IWATSUKI, Y. 2002. A taxonomic assessment and redescription of Polydactylus multiradiatus (Gunther, 1860), with a synopsis of other Australian species in the genus (Perciformes: Polynemidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 50(3): 267-279.

NEWMAN, L.J. & CANNON, L.R.G. 2002. The genus Cycloporus (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida) from Australasian waters. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 50: 287-299.

NEWMAN, L.J.& CANNON, L.R.G.2003. Marine Flatworms – the world of Polyclads. (CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne).

NG, P.K.L. & DAVIE, P.J.F. 2002. A checklist of the Brachyuran crabs of Phuket and Western Thailand. In Proceedings of the ‘International Workshop on the Biodiversity of Crustacea in the Andaman Sea and Island of Phuket, Thailand’, held from 29 November to 20 December 1998. (DANIDA–PMBC Scientific Cooperation Programme: Phuket, Thailand).

OTTO, J.C. 1999. Corallihalacrus chilcottensis, a new genus and species of marine mite from the Coral Sea (Acarina: Halacaridae). Zoological Science 16: 839-843.

OTTO, J.C. 1999. Four new species of Agaue (Acarina: Halacaridae) from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Cah. Biol. Mar. 40: 273-281.

OTTO, J.C. 1999. Halacarid fauna of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea: the genera Agauopsis and Halacaropsis (Acarina: Halacaridae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 43(2): 797-817.

OTTO, J.C. 2000. Six closely related species of the Copidognathus gibbus group (Acari: Halacaridae) from north-eastern Australia. Cah. Biol. Mar. 41: 223-232.

OTTO, J.C. 2000. Seven new species of Arhodeoporus (Acari: Halacaridae) from the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Hydrobiologia 436: 1-16.

OTTO, J.C. 2001. A new species of Mictognathus (Acari: Halacaridae) from the Great Barrier Reef. Pacific Science, 55: 43-46.

OTTO, J.C. 2001. Two new species of Copidognathus tricorneatus (Arachnida: Acari: Halacaridae) from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Species Diversity, 6: 347-354.

HOOPER, J.N.A. 2002. Suborder Microcionina Hajdu, Van Soest & Hooper, 1994. pp 409-411. In Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York).

HOOPER, J.N.A., SOEST, R.W.M. VAN & DEBRENNE, F. 2002. Phylum Porifera Grant, 1826. pp 9-14. In Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York).

HOSKIN, C.J., COUPER, P.J. & SCHNEIDER, C.J. 2003. A new species of Phyllurus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) and a revised phylogeny and key for the Australian Leaf-tailed geckos. Australian Journal of Zoology 51: 153-164.

ISBISTER, G.K., SEYMOUR, J.E., GRAY, M.R. & RAVEN, R.J. 2003. Bites by spiders of the family Theraphosidae in humans and canines and human. Toxicon 41: 1-6.

JELL, P.A. & ADRAIN, J.M. 2003. Available generic names for trilobites. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48(2): 331-551.

JOHNSON, J.W. 2002. Naso mcdadei, a new species of unicornfish Naso (Perciformes: Acanthuridae), with a review of the Naso tuberosus species complex. Australian Journal of Zoology 50(3): 293-311.

KEHRAUS, S., KÖNIG, G.M., WRIGHT, A.D. & WÖRHEIDE, G. 2002. Leucamide A: a new cytotoxic Heptapeptide from the Australian sponge Leucetta microraphis. Journal of Organic Chemistry 67: 4989-4992.

KELLY, M., HOOPER, J.N.A., PAUL, V., PAULAY, G., SOEST, R.W.M. VAN & DE WEERDT, W. 2003. Taxonomic inventory of the sponges (Porifera) of the Mariana Islands. Micronesica 35-36: 100-120.

KHAN, R.N., BECKER, J.H.A., CROWTHER, A.L. & LAWN, I.D. 2003. Sea anemone host selection by the symbiotic saddled cleaner shrimp Periclimenes hothuisi. Marine and Freshwater Research 54: 653-656.

KLEEMAN, S.N., LE ROUX, F., BERTHE, F & ADLARD, R.D. 2002. Assessment of the cross reactivity (species specificity) of PCR and in situ hybridisation assays designed for detection of Marteilia sydneyi and M. refringens. Parasitology 125: 131-141.

LISTARMITAGE, S.E. & HOOPER, J.N.A. 2002. Discovery of Petromica Topsent in the Pacific Ocean: a revision of the genus with a new subgenus (Chaladesma subgen. nov.) and a new species (P. (C.) pacifica sp. nov.), (Porifera: Demospongiae: Halichondrida: Halichondriidae). Invertebrate Systematics 16(5): 813-835.

HOOPER, J.N.A. & SOEST, R.W.M. VAN 2002. Family Trachycladidae Hallmann, 1917. pp 268-274. In Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds.) Systema Porifera Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York).

HOOPER, J.N.A. & SOEST, R.W.M. VAN 2002. Introduction. pp 1-3. In Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds.), Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York).

HOOPER, J.N.A. & SOEST, R.W.M. VAN 2002. Order Astrophorida Sollas, 1888. pp 105-107. In Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York).

HOOPER, J.N.A. & SOEST, R.W.M. VAN 2002. Order Hadromerida Topsent, 1928. pp 169-172. In Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York).

HOOPER, J.N.A. & SOEST, R.W.M. VAN 2002. Order Poecilosclerida Topsent, 1928. pp 403-408. In Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York).

HOOPER, J.N.A. 2002. Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. pp 412-431. In Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York).

HOOPER, J.N.A. 2002. Family Desmoxyidae Hallmann, 1916. pp 755-772. In Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York).

HOOPER, J.N.A. 2002. Family Hemiasterellidae Lendenfeld, 1889. pp 186-195. In Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York).

HOOPER, J.N.A. 2002. Family Microcionidae Carter, 1875. pp 432-468. In Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York).

HOOPER, J.N.A. 2002. Family Raspailiidae Hentschel, 1923. pp 469-510. In Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York).

HOOPER, J.N.A. 2002. Family Rhabderemiidae Topsent, 1928. pp 511-514. In Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York).


VAN OPPEN, M.J.H., WÖRHEIDE, G. & TAKABAYASHI, M. 2003. Nuclear markers in evolutionary and population genetic studies of scleractinian corals and sponges. pp 131-138. In Moosa, K. (ed.) Proceedings of the 9th International Coral Reef Symposium, Bali. (Indonesian Institute of Sciences & State Ministry for Environment: Jakarta).

WHIPPS, C.M., ADLARD, R.D., BRYANT, M.S. & KENT, M.L.2003. Two unusual myxozoans, Kudoa quadricornis n. sp. (Multivalvulida) from the muscle of goldspotted trevally (Carangoides fulvoguttatus) and Permulticapsula scomberomori n. gen., n. sp (Multivalvulida) from the muscle of Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) from the Great Barrier Reef, Australian Journal of Parasitology 89:168-173.

WHIPPS, C.M., ADLARD, R.D., BRYANT, M.S., LESTER, R.J.G., FINDLAY, V., & KENT, M.L. 2003. First report of three Kudoa species from eastern Australia: Kudoa thyrsites from Mahi mahi (Coryphaena hippurus), and Kudoa amamiensis and Kudoa minithyrsites n. sp. from sweeper (Pempheris ypsilychnus). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 50: 215-219.

WÖRHEIDE, G. & HOOPER, J.N.A. 2002. Calcareous sponges (Porifera: Calcarea) provide clues for conservation biology of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. ABRS Biologue 26: 10-11.

WÖRHEIDE, G. & HOOPER, J.N.A. 2003. New species of Calcaronea (Porifera: Calcarea) from cryptic habitats of the southern Great Barrier Reef (Heron Island and Wistari Reef, CapricornBunker Group, Australia). Journal of Natural History 37: 1-47.

WÖRHEIDE, G., DEGNAN, B.M., HOOPER, J.N.A. & REITNER, J. 2003. Phylogeography and taxonomy of the Indo-Pacific reef cave dwelling coralline demosponge Astrosclera willeyana new data from nuclear internal transcribed spacer sequences. pp 339-346. In Moosa, K. (ed.) Proceedings of the 9th International Coral Reef Symposium, Bali. (Indonesian Institute of Sciences & State Ministry for Environment: Jakarta).

WÖRHEIDE, G., HOOPER, J.N.A. & DEGNAN, B.M. 2002. Phylogeography of western Pacific Leucetta ‘chagosensis’ (Porifera: Calcarea) from ribosomal DNA sequences: implications for population history and conservation of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (Australia). Molecular Ecology 11: 1753-1768.

YEATES, D.K., BOUCHARD, P. & MONTEITH, G.B. 2002. Patterns and levels of endemism in the Australian Wet Tropics rainforest: evidence from flightless insects. Invertebrate Systematics 16: 605-619.

SOEST, R.W.M. VAN & HOOPER, J.N.A. 2002. Order Halichondrida Gray, 1867. pp 721-723. In Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York).

SOEST, R.W.M. VAN & HOOPER, J.N.A. 2002. Order Agelasida Hartman, 1980. pp 817-818. In Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York).

SOEST, R.W.M. VAN & HOOPER, J.N.A. 2002. Order Haplosclerida Topsent, 1928. pp 831-832. In Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York).

SOEST, R.W.M. VAN & HOOPER, J.N.A. 2002. Suborder Haplosclerina Topsent, 1928. pp 833-834. In Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York).

SOEST, R.W.M. VAN & HOOPER, J.N.A. 2002. Suborder Petrosina BouryEsnault & Van Beveren, 1982. pp 891-892. In Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York).

SUZUKI, H. & DAVIE, P.J.F. 2003. A new cavernicolous shrimp in Pycnisia Bruce, 1992 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Atyidae) from northwestern Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 49(1): 447-451.

THULBORN, R.A. & TURNER, S. 2003. The last dicynodont; An Australian relict. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London (B) 270: 985-993.

VACELET, J., PEREZ, T. & HOOPER, J.N.A. 2002. Demospongiae incertae sedis. pp 1099-1101. In Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York).

VAN DYCK, S. & GYNTHER, I. 2003. Nesting strategies of the Water Mouse Xeromys myoides in South-east Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 49(1): 453-479.

VAN DYCK, S., JANETZKI, H. & GYNTHER, I. 2003. Artificial nesting mounds for the Water Mouse Xeromys myoides. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 49(1): 480.

OTTO, J.C. 2001. Halacarida from the Great Barrier Reef lagoon and Coral Sea: Halacarellus and Halacarus (Acarina: Halacaroidea). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46(2): 691-716.

PAN HUAZHANG & COOK, A.G. 2003. Early Devonian gastropods from the Zhusilengenghaierhan regions, western Inner Mongolia, China. Journal of Paleontology 77(1): 31-43.

POPPLE, L.W. & EWART, A. 2002. Cicadas Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadidae. In Horton, H. (ed.) A Brisbane bush-land the history and natural history of Enoggera reservoir and its environs. The Queensland Naturalists’ Club Inc., Brisbane. Handbook No. 3, 113-118.

RAHAYU, DWI L. & DAVIE, P.J.F. 2002. Two new species and a new record of Perisesarma (Decapoda: Brachyura: Grapsidae: Sesarminae) from Indonesia. Crustaceana 75(3-4): 597-607.

RAVEN, R.J. & STUMKAT, K.S. 2003. Problem solving in the spider families Miturgidae, Ctenidae and Psechridae (Araneae) in Australia and New Zealand. Journal of Arachnology 31: 105-121.

RAVEN, R.J., BAEHR, B.C., HARVEY, M.S. 2002. An Interactive Key to Australian Spider Subfamilies. (Australian Biological Resources Study, CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne).

REITNER, J. & WÖRHEIDE, G. 2002. NonLithistid fossil Demospongiae - Origins of their palaeobiodiversity and highlights in history of preservation. pp 52-68. In Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York).

RIX, M.G. 2003. Blastobasine coleophorid moths as prey for the Australian araneid spider Celaenia calotoides Rainbow. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 49(1): 28.

SANDLER, J.S., COLIN, P.L., HOOPER, J.N.A. & FAULKNER, D.J. 2002. Cytotoxic _-Carbolines and cyclic peroxides from the Palauan sponge Plakortis nigra. Journal of Natural Products 65(9): 1258-1261.

SHEARER, T., VAN OPPEN, M.J.H., ROMANO, S.L. & WÖRHEIDE, G. 2002. Slow mitochondrial DNA sequence evolution in the Anthozoa (Cnidaria). Molecular Ecology 11: 2475-2487.

SOEST, R.W.M. VAN & HOOPER, J.N.A. 2002. Family Samidae Sollas, 1886. pp 99-101. In Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York).

SOEST, R.W.M. VAN & HOOPER, J.N.A. 2002. Family Calthropellidae Lendenfeld, 1906. pp 127-133. In Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York).


Conference abstracts & book reviewsBITTER, P.H. VON, RUDKIN, D. & TURNER, S. 2002. Abstract. Life and death in a sunny Silurian lagoon – fossil sharks, sea scorpions, polychaete worms and conodonts in 420 million year old rocks at Hepworth, Ontario, Canada. Royal Ontario Museum Colloquium abstract, November.

BLIECK, A. & TURNER S. 2002. Abstract. Global Ordovician vertebrate biogeography. pp 18-19. In Brock, G.A. & Talent, J.A. (eds.) 1st International Palaeontological Congress, IPC2002, Sydney July 6-10. (Geological Society of Australia).

BURROW C. J. & TURNER, S. 2002. Abstract. Unusual preservation of vertebrate remains from the Carboniferous of north Queensland. p 193. In Brock, G.A. & Talent, J.A. (eds.) 1st International Palaeontological Congress, IPC2002, Sydney July 6-10. (Geological Society of Australia).

GARVEY, J., WARREN, A. & TURNER, S. 2002. Abstract. Taphonomy of a Tournaisian fossil fish locality near Mansfield, Victoria. P. 63. In Brock, G.A. & Talent, J.A. (eds.) 1st International Palaeontological Congress, IPC-2002, Sydney July 6-10. (Geological Society of Australia).

GARVEY, J., WARREN, A. & TURNER, S. 2002. Abstract. Taphonomy and palaeoecology of a Tournaisian fossil fish locality near Mansfield, Victoria, Australia. p 16. In Norman, D. & Upchurch, P. (eds.) SVPCA 50 Cambridge 2002, University of Cambridge Old Schools. (The Reprographics Centre: Cambridge).

GARVEY, J., WARREN, A. & TURNER, S. 2002. Abstract. Taphonomy and palaeoecology of an Early Carboniferous fish locality, Australia. SVP Abstracts, Norman Oklahoma, October 6-12, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (Supplement).

KEMP, N.R. & TURNER, S. 2002 Abstract. Cretaceous chondrichthyan biodiversity in Early Cretaceous seaways of Queensland. pp 226-227. In Brock, G.A. & Talent, J.A. (eds.) 1st International Palaeontological Congress, IPC2002, Sydney July 6-10.

(Geological Society of Australia).

KYNE, P.M., PIERCE, S.J., PILLANS, R.D., JOHNSON, J.W. & BENNETT, M.B. 2002. Poster. The elasmobranch fauna of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia: ecology, threats, conservation, management and research. Sixth European Elasmobranch Association Conference, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.

PARKER, K.E., WARREN, A.A., WEBB, J.A. & TURNER, S. 2002. Abstract. Australian Lower Carboniferous tetrapod site: taphonomy and geology. p 254. In Brock, G.A. & Talent, J.A. (eds.) 1st International Palaeontological Congress, IPC-2002, Sydney July 6-10. (Geological Society of Australia).

SCHLACHER, T.A., SCHLACHERHOENLINGER, M.A., RICHER DE FORGES, B. & HOOPER, J.N.A. 2003. Abstract. Elements of richness and endemism in sponge assemblages on seamounts. 10th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium, Coos Bay, Oregon, August 25-30. (Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, University of Oregon: Oregon).

TURNER, S. 2003. 30th anniversary of IGCP. IUGS e-bulletin Jan. 2003.

TURNER, S. 2002. Book Review. Horowitz, Aharon ed. 2001. The Jordan Rift Valley. A.A. Balkema Lisse [US$160] with contributions from colleagues at the Hebrew and Tel Aviv universities. The Australian Geologist 125: 55-56.

TURNER, S. 2002. Book Review. Melted Moments of Mystery: review of McCall, Joe-GJH 2001. Tektites in the Geological Record. Showers of Glass from the Sky. Geological Society Earth in View Lond, p 256 etc. The Australian Geologist 123: 34.

TURNER, S. 2002. Book Review. Spineless fossils at your fingertips - Paleobase Macrofossils Part 1, McLeod ed. The Australian Geologist 123: 35-36.

TURNER, S. 2002. Abstract. Fish kills; a new database for Gondwana. pp 287-288. In Brock, G.A. & Talent, J.A. (eds.) 1st International Palaeontological Congress, IPC-2002, Sydney July 6-10. (Geological Society of Australia).

TURNER, S. 2002. Abstract. Stages in the evolution of vertebrates: evidence from actual fossils. SVP Abstracts, Norman Oklahoma, October 6-12, 2002. Journal of

Vertebrate Paleontology (Supplement).

TURNER, S., BURROW, C.J. & WARREN, A. 2002. Abstract. Gyracanthides versus Gyracanthus: new gyracanthidid remains from the Carboniferous of Queensland. pp 158-159. In Brock, G.A. & Talent, J.A. (eds.) 1st International Palaeontological Congress, IPC-2002, Sydney July 6-10. (Geological Society of Australia).

TURNER, S. & HARRINGTON, L. 2002. 30th anniversary of IGCP. The Australian Geologist 123: 31-32.

TURNER, S. & HARRINGTON, L. 2002. 30th anniversary of IGCP. UNESCO News. Australian National Commission Newsletter p 8.

WARREN, A. & TURNER, S. 2002 Abstract. Ducabrook tetrapod: 2002. pp 170-171. In Brock, G.A. & Talent, J.A. (eds.) 1st International Palaeontological Congress, IPC-2002, Sydney July 6-10. (Geological Society of Australia).

WARREN, A. & TURNER, S. 2002. Abstract. Australian stem tetrapod. P. 44. In Norman, D. & Upchurch, P. (eds.) SVPCA 50 Cambridge 2002, University of Cambridge Old Schools. (The Reprographics Centre: Cambridge).

WÖRHEIDE, G., HOOPER, J.N.A. & DEGNAN, B. 2002. Abstract. Nested clade analysis and phylogeography of western Pacific Leucetta ‘chagosensis’ (Porifera: Calcarea): clues for conservation of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (Australia). 6th International Sponge Conference, University of Genova, Genova, Italy, September-October 2002.

WÖRHEIDE, G., HOOPER, J.N.A. & REITNER, J. 2003 Abstract. Origin and diversification of ‘living fossil sphinctozoan’ sponges (Vaceletia spp.). Did they come from the deep? p 166. In Hooper, J.N.A., Hall, N. & Degnan, B.M. (eds.) Marine Biocomplexity. Proceedings of the 2003. meeting of the Australian Marine Sciences Association (July 9-11, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia). (Australian Marine Sciences Association: Brisbane).

WRIGHT, S. 2003. A recent collecting trip to New Caledonia. News Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Queensland 31: 8-13.


IVGrants Won

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Grantee Project From AmountBiodiversity Program To develop a disease zoning policy

for marteiliosis to support sustainable production, health certification and trade in the Sydney Rock Oyster (continuing)

Fisheries Research & Development Corporation & Fisheries Resource Research Fund

$100,000

Biodiversity Program Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: Validation of DNA-based (PCR) diagnostic tests suitable for use in surveillance programs for QX disease of Sydney rock oysters (Saccostrea glomerata) in Australia

Fisheries Research & Development Corporation

$64,755

Biodiversity Program Australian Ant Spiders (Araneae, Zodariidae, Storeninae): biodiversity of the Australian fauna, taxonomy, systematics and phylogeny of Australian species

Australian Biological Resources Study $40,000

Biodiversity Program A revision of Australian Freshwater Crabs (Austrothelphusa spp.), using morphological and molecular approaches


Biodiversity Program Mangrove ecology field work, Singapore National University of Singapore $3,100Biodiversity Program New spiders (Araneae: Amaurobioidea) from

Australian forestsAustralian Biological Resources Study $10,000

Biodiversity Program Ichthyological Research Natural History Museum, London $5,000Biodiversity Program Taxonomic studies of Ascidians Australian Biological Resources Study $17,500Biodiversity Program A monograph of, and automated

identification system for, the Australian Ground spiders of the family Prodidomidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea)


Biodiversity Program Conservation biology of the False Water Rat Gold Coast City Council $18,000Biodiversity Program Biodiversity of the Great Barrier Reef

calcareous spongesAustralian Biological Resources Study $15,000

Cobb & Co. Museum Think Link Project Department of Transport & Regional Services

$44,099

Cobb & Co. Museum Subsidised entry for local residents Toowoomba City Council $50,000Cultures and Histories Program Repatriation of Cultural Property Program Department of Communications,

Information Technology and the Arts$265,000

Cultures and Histories Program Conservation of ball gown Estate of Dr Elizabeth Marks $4,000Exhibitions and Publications Program

Plants of Greater Brisbane book Brisbane City Council $15,000

Geosciences Program AAS/CAS travelling fellowship to China Xinjiang Province and Nanjing, Institute of Palaeontology

$6,200

Geosciences Program Palaeotourism Tourism Queensland $5,000Dr J.N.A. Hooper Keynote address, 6th International Sponge

Conference, Rapallo, ItalyUniversity of Genoa, Italy EU1,260

Museum of Tropical Queensland, Cultures and Histories

Historic Shipwrecks Program 2002-03 Environment Australia $48,186

Queensland Museum Loans Interpretative and promotional materials for Country Loans

Gambling Community Benefit Fund $25,000

Queensland Museum Loans Queensland Remembers Loan Kits Year ANZAC Day Commemoration Committee Inc

$28,000

Queensland Museum South Bank Discovery units for young children Australia Council for the Arts $45,000Regional Services Support for travel for Roadshow Energex $5,000Regional Services Roadshow visit to Indigenous Communities

in Far North QueenslandE. Robert & Alison L. Hayles Charitable Fund

$10,000

Regional Services Roadshow visit to Indigenous Communities in Far North Queensland

Samuel & Eileen Gluyas Charitable Trust

$5,000

Regional Services Program Free entry to Roadshow for South Burnett students

Tarong Energy $20,000


IVConsultancies

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Dr C.J. Burwell Identification of insects associated with lanatan

Department of Natural Resources & Mines

$1,000

Dr C.J. Burwell & Dr G. Monteith Expert identification of selected insect groups from Charleville Biodiversity Survey

Environmental Protection Agency $16,000

Mr G.V. Czechura Vertebrate fauna assessments of 9 sites Sunshine Coast and Blackall Range

Caloundra City Council $2,574

Mr P.J.F. Davie Identification of decapod crustaceans from bycatch of commercial prawn and scallop fisheries

Queensland Fisheries Service, Department of Primary Industries

$1,600

Exhibitions and Publications Program

Construction of exhibitions for Rail Museum Queensland Rail $268,549

Exhibitions and Publications Program

Consultant Editor Queensland Heritage Trails Network $10,000

Dr J.N.A. Hooper Identification of sessile marine invertebrates from bycatch of commercial prawn and scallop fisheries

Queensland Fisheries Service, Department of Primary Industries

$8,891

Dr J.N.A. Hooper Biodiversity Library Project Agency for Food & Fibre Sciences, Department of Primary Industries

$5,000

Dr J.N.A. Hooper Biodiversity Library Project Department of Innovation & Information Economy

$2,000

Dr J.N.A. Hooper Taxonomy training workshop Aquenal Pty Ltd $200

Mr J. Johnson Fish Bioregionalisation project National Oceans Office $4,800

Mr J. Johnson Queensland Noxious Fishes Committee Qld Fisheries Service $3,485

Mr J. Johnson Data searches, certifications & identifications various $863

Mr R.J. Kohout Organisation of Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, collection of Polyrhachis

Harvard University, Boston, Ernst Mayr Grant 2002-2003

$US 3,900

Dr G.B. Monteith Supply of point data for Australian dung beetles

Australian Heritage Commission $41,770

Dr G.B. Monteith Supply of point data for butterflies and beetles


Dr G.B. Monteith Compilation of literature records of Australian dung beetles


Dr G.B. Monteith Attribution analysis of Australian dung beetles


Dr G.B. Monteith Taxonomy training as part of PNG Oribius weevil project

Australian Centre for International Agriculture Research

$12,100

Dr G.B. Monteith Insect workshops Brisbane Forest Park $90

Dr G.B. Monteith Food contaminant identification Food Spectrum $150


Garantee Project From Amount

Dr G.B. Monteith Food contaminant identification. Golden Circle Ltd $350

Dr G.B. Monteith Contribution to New Caledonian field work Harvard University $920

Dr G.B. Monteith Contribution to New Caledonian field work University of Arizona $545

Dr G.B. Monteith Contribution to New Caledonian field work University of Nebraska $450

Dr G.B. Monteith & Dr C. Burwell Supply of 216 insect biodiscovery samples Natural Product Discovery, Griffith University

$45,231

Dr R.J. Raven Identification of Tasmanian World Heritage Spiders

Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries & Environment

$9,000

Dr R.J. Raven Identification of seized spiders Environment Australia $300

Dr R.J. Raven Identification of spiders for industry various $121

Dr R.J. Raven Identification of spiders for students University of Queensland, PhD project $900

Dr R.J. Raven Information on Australian spiders Discovery Channel $540

Dr R.J. Raven Database on Mygalomorph spiders Environment Australia $12,000

Dr J. Stanisic Terrestrial Invertebrate Status Review, Brisbane City

Brisbane City Council $37,117

Dr J. Stanisic Land snail database enhancement Environment Australia $19,222

Mrs D. Tranter National Cultural Heritage Committee Environment Australia $2,700

During the year the Queensland Museum engaged the following consultants.

Consultant(s) Project Cost($)

Blake Dawson Waldron Lawyers Provision of legal services to the Workshop Rail Museum $12,165

Mr J. Carew Development of business strategy for The Workshop Rail Museum $1,375

Mr J. Carew Facilitation of Biodiversity Program strategic planning $1,500

Mr J. Carew Facilitation of Cultures and Histories Program strategic planning $1,400

Mr J. Carew Facilitation of Queensland Museum South Bank strategic planning $1,375

Mr J. Carew Facilitation of Exhibition and Publications Program strategic planning $1,375

Environmetrics Pty Ltd Development of ticketing and pricing strategy for The Workshops Rail Museum $9,300

Mike Dricsoll & Associates Tender Management for catering contract at The Workshops Rail Museum $12,000

Museum Marketing Pty Ltd Development of retail and merchandising strategy for The Workshop Rail Museum $20,000

Volunteering Queensland Inc. Development of volunteer program for The Workshop Rail Museum $2,500

VOverseas Travel

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Country Visited Period Purpose of Visit Costs

Queensland Museum

Other

Mr A. Viduka USA, Canada, Denmark, Sweden, UK

25 August – 6 November To undertake research on methods used by large institutions specialised in the conservation of wet archaeological materials.

Nil $16,000 Scholarship from The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust

Dr S. Turner UK, Canada 6 September – 7 October Attendance at 50th Vertebrate Palaeontology Conference in UK & research/consultation/field work at various museums and sites in UK and Canada.

Conference Fee $242

Self-funded

Dr A. Cook Nanjing, China 15 September – 15 October Invitation to cooperate with geologists of the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences to conduct joint research on common fossil elements of the Chinese and Queensland Geological Provinces.

$8,000 Field work costs in Xinjiang Autonomous region

$1,800 Australian Academy of Science & $6,200 Chinese Academy of Sciences

Dr J. Hooper Germany, Italy 20 September – 10 October To complete research projects and deliver guest lectures to the University of Gottingen, Germany and to address the 6th International Sponge Conference in Genoa, Italy

Nil $5,400 Funded by AstraZeneca R&D Griffith University & University of Genoa, Italy

Dr G. Monteith

Dr C. Burwell

Mrs S. Wright

New Caledonia 2 – 24 November

2 – 17 November

2 – 24 November

To undertake field sampling of insects on Me Maoya and Mt Humboldt to gain understanding of the evolution and origin of Queensland’s fauna which is similar to that of New Caledonia. The work is part of a collaboration with the New Caledonian Department of Natural Resources regarding inventory and interpretation of their conservation reserves.

Nil $545 University of Arizona; $920 Harvard University; $6,775 E.C. Zimmerman

Mr P. Smith USA 28 January – 1 June Internship – Smithsonian Institution. To participate in the casting of a Stegosaurus Stenops dinosaur skeleton by the Department of Paleobiology in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. The skills, techniques and products used in this project will make an extensive contribution to the skills base of the Museum of Tropical Queensland and Queensland Museum.

Nil $20,000 Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History; $230 Self Funded



Name of Officer

Country Visited Period Purpose of Visit Costs

Queensland Museum

Other

Dr P. Davie Singapore 27 January – 16 February Invitation to work at the National University of Singapore with Assoc. Prof. Peter Ng to continue work on a World List of Brachyura (Crabs).

$475 $3,100 National University of Singapore

Dr C. Wallace Taiwan & Palau 23 February – 11 March To participate as guest speaker/participant in a Symposium on Phylogeography & Biodiversity of the Western Pacific” and to discuss collaborative research on gene markers and population genetics of staghorn corals; to undertake field research in Palau.

$1,389 $4,400 Academia Sinica of Taiwan

$3,500 University of Florida Museum

Ms Z. Richards India 29 April – 12 May To be an instructor in an AusAID funded program for capacity building for Indian coral taxonomy. This program aims to educate the Indian Government in coral reef management.

Nil $10,160 AusAID (through Australian Marine Science and Technology Ltd)

Ms M. Richer de Forges (NDE)

New Zealand & Lord Howe Island

8 May – 8 June To participate in an international deep-sea collection expedition (NORFANZ cruise) on board the RV “Tangaroa” (ex Wellington, NZ) to sample marine invertebrates of the seamounts of the Norfolk Rise, Lord Howe Island and the Southwest Pacific. Specimens will be used for taxonomic identification and DNA analysis.

$300 $1,427 Natural Products Discovery, Griffith University through the Sponge Diversity Project

Dr P. Davie New Zealand & Lord Howe Island

21 May – 7 June To participate in an international deep-sea collection expedition (NORFANZ cruise) on board the RV “Tangaroa” (ex Wellington, NZ) to sample marine invertebrates of the seamounts of the Norfolk Rise, Lord Howe Island and the Southwest Pacific. Specimens will be used for taxonomic identification and DNA analysis. To undertake research on deep sea crabs at the Museum of New Zealand, Wellington.

$1,773 Nil

Dr I. Galloway USA, UK and France

16 May – 7 June To attend 98th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Museums in Portland; to attend 64th Session of the Advisory Committee of the International Council of Museums in Paris; to visit a number of outstanding museums in Portland, New York, London and Paris that have undertaken recent developments relevant to the future direction of the Queensland Museum.

$17,125 Nil


VITemporary Exhibitions

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Cobb and Co. Museum

Off the Highway 14 July – 1 August Year of the Outback photographic display by three Toowoomba photographers.

Toowoomba Ambulance 100 Years

29 August – 7 October Display celebrating 100 years of the Ambulance Service in Toowoomba.

The Light Horse: You will know him by the feather in his hat

10 September – 20 November Special exhibition developed by the Light Horse Queensland.

50 Years of Carnival of Flowers Parades

16 September – 6 October Photographic display and video presentation on the Carnival of Flowers.

Egypt by Touch 6 December – 26 March Hands-on exhibition designed especially for visually impaired visitors.

Not Red but White 28 February – 30 June Local story about growing up in the Solomon Islands in the 1930s.

Images of Us 3 March – 11 April Photographic exhibition from the Red Cross of recent migration experiences of women from the Horn of Africa.

Red Cross Calling 1 – 31 March Display celebrating 100 years of the Red Cross on the Darling Downs.

International Year of Fresh Water 26 May – 9 June Department of Natural Resources display.

Outback Queensland Photographic Exhibition

7 April – 18 June Queensland Museum travelling exhibition of Outback photographs. A unique collection of photographs taken as part of a major publishing project by the Queensland Museum for Discovery Guide to Outback Queensland.

Diprotodon skull and bones 2 May – 30 June Display from Kings Creek at Clifton.

Making Sense of Science 23 June – 11 July Hands on exhibits from the Roadshow.

Museum of Tropical Queensland

Refined White 26 June – 28 July Travelling exhibition from the Australian Sugar Museum. The story of how South Sea Islanders were brought to Queensland to cut sugar cane in the 19th Century and made history refining the White Australia policy.

Matthew Flinders 1 August – 1 September A travelling display for the State Library of New South Wales marking the Bicentenary of Mathews Flinders epic circumnavigation of Australia between 1801-1803.

Parliament Moves North 26 August – 15 September Historic and ceremonial objects from the Premier’s office exhibited whilst Parliament was sitting in Townsville.

Science: at work in the bush 2 September 27 October An internal exhibition to celebrate National Science Week.

One Tree Exhibition 1 November – 15 December Exhibits created by Tasmanian artists from one ‘useless tree’ converted into furniture, objects and artworks now valued at more than $10,000.

Mclachlan Doll Collection 16 December 2 February Display on loan from the Townsville Museum. A collection of dolls from all over the world started in 1937 by Millie Mclachlan.

Two Wheeled Warriors 24 March – 25 May National Motor Museum Exhibition – a history of Harley-Davidson motorcycles in Australia.

Beyond the Reef 28 May – 29 June Stunning photographic images of plankton, stunning images of the microscopic life that inhabits the surface layers of the oceans.



Queensland Museum South Bank

Native Title Business 1 July – 11 August 56 Indigenous artists’ works that collectively inform the general public about Native Title and the continuing dynamic change and growth in the contemporary Indigenous visual arts movement.

Yunga undee Gunggari – Unyan dhagul Yugambeh Our country – our language

1 July – 11 August Photographic exhibition highlighting the languages of the Gunggari region of Southwest Queensland and the Yugambeh region of Southeast Queensland.

The Elliot Hunters return 23 July Elliot material and the Dino Defender were set up in the foyer for the Elliot Media Conference.

Viet Nam Voices 1 August – 29 September Touring exhibition from Casula Powerhouse of photos, paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, costumes, home movies, propaganda posters and person testimonies from those who were personally touched by the Viet Nam War.

Fresh Fossil Finds 17 – 25 August Queensland Museum display for National Science Week.

Brainwaves Festival 22 – 25 August Exhibition for National Science Week.

Brisbane River Festival Riverprize 30 August – 8 September An exhibition of nine short listed entries submitted to this year’s Riverprize national and international competition.

Riverprize 30 August – 8 September An exhibition of nine short listed entries submitted to this year’s Riverprize national and international competition.

Riverkids exhibition 9 September – 20 October Display of winning entries in the Wearable Art Awards. The award celebrating river creatures, water and bridges.

Traditional musical instruments from around the world

7 September – 6 October Small display of slit drums and other instruments from Marson Musical Collection.

Vanishing Wild 7 – 27 September Queensland Parks and Wildlife Services co-hosted a threatened species art exhibition.

Belonging – Century celebrated 12 October – 8 December Touring exhibition with images and objects from the National Archives of Australia, the National Library of Australia, the State Library of New South Wales and the State Library of Victoria. Belonging is about how we define ourselves and how we relate to others. It is also about how we perceive others, include or exclude them and identify them permanently or temporarily as one of ‘them’ or as one of us.

Dame Mary Durack Outback Craft Awards

19 October – 24 November Popular annual craft awards display from The Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame.

Queensland Museum’s 140 Birthday

18 October – 31 March Display of 140 Queensland Museum objects.

Golden Threads 18 October – 31 March Touring exhibition from New England Regional Art Museum, looking at the lives and contributions of Chinese–Australians between 1850 and 1950.

Discover Queensland 14 December The inside guide to the State outside, colourful, quirky and unashamedly parochial exhibition produced by the Queensland Museum.

Two Wheeled Warriors 21 December – 10 March Touring exhibition from the National Motor Museum. A history of Harley-Davidson motorcycles in Australia.

Sciencentre February – March Interactive science exhibits from the Sciencentre.

Australian National Wildlife Collection

13 March – 7 April Touring exhibition from CSIRO – ANWC. The national reference collection of Australia’s vertebrate wildlife – birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians.

Terrorsaurus 9 April – 31 July Touring exhibition from Questacon. Lifelike robotic dinosaurs that sway and roar.

Who Laid That? 10 April – 8 May Display of eggs and egg like objects from the Queensland Museum’s South Bank collections.



Working at the “Abs” – Workers of the Cannon Hill Meatworks

1 May – 15 June History of the Cannon Hill Meat Works – photographic exhibition.

Queensland Resources Week 10 May – 1 June Display from the Department of Natural Resources and Mines.

Queensland Biennial Festival of Music

Singsing Bilong Pasifik 28 June – 31 July Exhibition of traditional instruments from West Papua, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Cook Islands, Niue and Hawaii from the recently donated Charles and Kati Marson Musical Instrument Collection.

Crafted in Queensland 28 June – 31 July An exhibition of musical instruments handcrafted by Queensland members of the Australian Association of Musical Instrument Makers.

Kalkadoon Man 20 July – 31 August World premiere documentary and live didgeridoo performance by William Barton, one of Australia’s brightest young composers. Didgeridoo and documentary on display.

Travelling Birds June – July Small display of birds to promote the film of the same name.

Sciencentre

The Mysterious and Wonderful World of Graeme Base

25 September – 18 December A retrospective exhibition of 40 works including Animalia, The Discovery of Dragons, Jabberocky, My Grandma lived in Gooligulch from well known children’s author and illustrator Graeme Base.

Mission Earthling 7 October – 25 January An interactive human biology exhibition developed by Scitech Discovery Centre.


Outback Queensland Photogaphic Exhibition

1 September – 2 February Unique collection of photographs taken as part of a major publishing project by the Queensland Museum for the Discovery Guide to Outback Queensland. Bruce Cowell, Gary Cranitch and Jeff Wright capture the essence of outback Queensland.

Final Gauge 1 September – 2 February An exhibition from Global Arts Link, developed by Robyn Buchanan and Lyle Radford. The exhibition contains nostalgic glimpses into the history of the Ipswich Railway Workshops and tells the story of railways in Queensland.

Diecast Miniatures: the magic of models

5 April – 25 May An extensive display of rare, exclusive and valuable diecast models of planes, trains and automobiles.

A Legacy of the Revolution: China Steam

7 June – 10 August An exhibit of work by prominent Brisbane-based photographer Charles Page featuring superb images of steam trains in China taken during the last 20 years.


VIISponsorships

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The Queensland Museum acknowledges with gratitude the past and/or continuing support of the following donors of cash, product, or services.

Patrons (donations $100,000 or more)BHP Community Trust

Centenary of Federation

Channel 7

Network Ten

Queensland Rail

University of Queensland

Major Sponsors ($50,000 $99,000)Arts Queensland

Brisbane City Council

The Courier-Mail

Energex

Griffith University

Land Rover Australia

Queensland University of Technology

Tarong Energy

Toowoomba City Council

Sponsors ($10,000 $49,999)4KQ

4BC

AgForce

ANZ — Seaworld Trust

Australian Society of Parasitology

A. & P.N. Bartholomai

C & PA Vanguard Investments

Carlton United Breweries

Christopher Memorial Charitable Trust

The Dive Bell

E.R. & A.L. Hayles Charitable Trust

G. James Australia Pty Ltd

Industrial Health and Safety

Inflatable Boat Centre

Kellogg (Australia)

Oceaneering Australia

Port of Brisbane Corporation

QBuild Project Services

Seaworld Properties

Unesco — IUGS Scientific Committee

Perpetual Trustees

Supporters (Corporate) ($5,000 $9,999)Access Ed

Australian Geographic Society

Australian Institute of Marine Science

BOC Gases

Boral

Brisbane River Management Group

Briz 31 Television

Caltex Refineries (Qld)

Channel Nine

Diamantina Outback Tours, Winton

Dingo Mini Diggers

Environmental Protection Agency

Final Trim Magazine

Finlayson Timber & Hardware

Graphic Skills

Heritage Building Society, Toowoomba

Ian Potter Foundation

Kintetsu International Express

McGuigans Wines

Moreton Bay Whalewatching

Pioneer Australia Pty Ltd

Prestige Lithographic

Radio 4EB

Rural Industries Research & Development Council

Siemens Ltd

Singapore Airlines

Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE

Spicers Papers

The Sunday Mail

Telstra Country Wide

The Greek Club and Convention Centre

Toowoomba & Golden West Regional Tourist Assoc.

Toowoomba Turf Club

Tourism Queensland

Uniquest Ltd

University of Southern Queensland

University of Sydney

Winton Shire Council

Pandora Foundation Sponsors and Donors

BenefactorTownsville City Council

Thuringowa City Council

Townsville Port Authority

Ergon Energy Corporation Ltd

Ansett Australia

Ten Queensland (Telecasters Australia Ltd)

Governing MemberBHP Cannington

Breakwater Island Trust/Jupiters Townsville Hotel & Casino

British Petroleum (BP)

Coca Cola Amatil North Queensland

North Queensland Newspaper Company

Pasminco Century Mine

Suncorp~Metway Ltd

Trust Company of Australia

Fellowship MemberBoulton, Cleary & Kern Solicitors

Brazier Motti Pty Ltd

Centra Townsville

Chapman, George & Margo

E. Robert & Alison L. Hayles Charitable Fund

Loloma Investments Pty Ltd


Payless Chemists

Samuel & Eileen Gluyas Charitable Trust

Suthers & Taylor

Telecasters North Queensland

The Dive Bell

Townsville Enterprise Limited

Townsville Resorts Pty Ltd

Trinity Consolidated Ltd

Wilson, Ryan & Grose

MemberBarker, Fay & Ron

Carmichael Ford

Carmichael, David & Family

Ferry Property Management

Fodico Pty Ltd

Geoff Pickering Motors

Hermit Park Bus Service (Jones Family)

James Cook University

Lancini, Laurence & Sharon

Mak Advertising

Maunsell McIntyre Pty Ltd

MVO Industries

Parry Nissan/Suzuki

Philip Leong Investments Pty Ltd

Plante Holdings Pty Ltd

Price Waterhouse Coopers

Queensland Rail

Rider Hunt Queensland Pty Ltd

Roberts, Leu & North Lawyers

Rotary Club of Townsville

Seagulls Resort

Shorts Properties, (Max Short & Merv Short, OAM ED)

Tony Ireland Townsville

FriendAustralian Economic Consultants (AEC Group)

Bairstow Promotions Pty Ltd

C.E. Smith & Co

Colbran Holdings Pty Ltd

Commonwealth Bank

Connolly Suthers

Douglas Stark Pty Ltd

Galloway & Lando

Goicoechea Group

Harvey World Travel Townsville

Honeycombes Pty Ltd

John Gribbin Realty

Leanda Drilling

Markwell Rockbreaking

MB Travel

Menkens, Mike & Trish

Mike Carney Toyota

Northern Insurance Brokers Pty Ltd

Northwest Construction Pty Ltd

Ray White, Kirwan

Reichhold, Enterprise Pty Ltd

Retireinvest

Roberts (CBE), George V.

The J.F. Gleeson Family Trust

Townsville Slipways

Townsville Thuringowa Water Supply Board

Wilkins, L.E.

DonorBadgery, R.M.

Brazier, Keith & Jennifer

Broomhead, Richard & Rose

Butler, Trevor & Margaret

Byte Centre

Crossland, Chris & Jan

Curtain, Michael & Jennifer

Edwards, Wendy

Goodsell, Mary

Gro Sea Pty Ltd

Hoff, Barbara

Hooper, Max & Palm

Hugh E Urquhart Real Estate

Kipco Pty Ltd

Lyons, John

MacCallum & Partners

McArthur, Jon & Margaret

Nadicprint Services Pty Ltd

Paul, Stephen & Mary

Pearse, Elizabeth

Pickard Associates

Power, Richard & Gillian

Pure Pleasure Cruises

Ray White Kirwan

Ringwell Pty Ltd

Roberts, Susan

Santalucia Group of Companies

Short, Jan & Warren

Talbot, Frank & Suzette

Toohey, Robyn

Townsville Trade Waste Pty Ltd

Turl, Peter & Michele

Wallace, Carden

Walters, Barry & Shirley

Watson, Sir Bruce

Zell, Len

SupporterAustin Glass

Coral Air Whitsunday

Core, Jennie

Dasenbrock, Mary

Guazzo, Dr Eric

Hartley, Dru

Illidge, E.J.

Ingersoll-Rand (Australia) Ltd

Knight, Alexa

Magnetic Island Community & Commerce Association

Noble, W.W.

Prestige Litho Pty Ltd

Rocsol Pty Ltd

Rowlands Surveys Pty Ltd

Schaumburg, Mr & Mrs Denis

Slaney, Mr & Mrs Hal

The Navigation Centre

Townsville Chamber of Commerce

Trinity Anglican School Year 4/5B (1998)

Wall, Ben & Gwyn


VIIIFinancial Statements

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Board of the Queensland Museum Notes 2003 2002STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE $000 $000For period ended 30 June 2003

Revenues from ordinary activities

User charges 3 4,388 3,348

Grants and other contributions 4 17,584 14,904

Other 5 2,407 730

Total revenues from ordinary activities 24,379 18,982

Expenses from ordinary activities

Employee expenses 6 11,540 11,130

Supplies and services 7 7,888 6,311

Depreciation and amortisation 8 1,982 902

Other 9 996 955

Total expenses from ordinary activities excluding borrowing costs expense 22,406 19,298

Net surplus (deficit) 1,973 (316)

Non-owner transaction changes in equity

Net increase in asset revaluation reserve 19 20,399 9,788

Net amount of each revenue, expense, valuation or other adjustment not disclosed above recognised as a direct adjustment to equity 19 8,712 4

Total revenues, expenses and valuation adjustments recognised directly in equity 29,111 9,792

Total changes in equity other than those resulting from transactions with owners as owners 19 31,084 9,476

This Statement of Financial Performance should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

Board of the Queensland Museum Notes 2003 2002STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION $000 $000At 30 June 2003

Current assets

Cash assets 10 3,856 2,910

Receivables 11 9,340 1,289

Inventories 12 509 491

Other 13 14 1

Total current assets 13,719 4,691

Non-current assets

Property, plant and equipment 14 219,345 198,263

Intangibles 15 269 –

Total non-current assets 219,614 198,263

TOTAL ASSETS 233,333 202,954

Current liabilities

Payables 16 1,250 454

Provisions 17 988 808

Unearned revenue 18 1,236 2,039

Total current liabilities 3,474 3,301

TOTAL LIABILITIES 3,474 3,301

NET ASSETS 229,859 199,653

Equity

Contributed equity 19 2,745 3,642

Retained surpluses 19 28,649 17,945

Asset revaluation reserve 19 198,465 178,066

TOTAL EQUITY 229,859 199,653

This Statement of Financial Position should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.



Board of the Queensland Museum Notes 2003 2002STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS $000 $000For period ended 30 June 2003

Cash flows from operating activities

Inflows:

User charges 4,426 3,393

Grants and contributions 17,052 15,436

GST collected on sales 385 370

GST input tax credits 891 772

Interest received 241 203

Other 795 527

Outflows:

Employee costs (11,195) (11,320)

Supplies and services (7,603) (6,948)

GST paid on purchases (974) (690)

GST remitted to ATO (375) (386)

Other (628) (89)

Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities 20 3,015 1,218

Cash flows from investing activities

Inflows:

Sales of property, plant and equipment 17 –

Outflows:

Payments for property, plant and equipment (1,208) (195)

Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities (1,191) (195)

Cash flows from financing activities

Outflows:

Equity withdrawal (878) –

Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities (878) (195)

Net increase in cash held 946 1,023

Cash at beginning of financial year 2,910 1,887

Cash at end of financial year 10 3,856 2,910

This Statement of Cash Flows should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

56 Queensland Museum Annual Report 2002-03 57Queensland Museum Annual Report 2002-03

Board of the Queensland MuseumNOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTSFor period ended 30 June 2003

1. Objectives of the OrganisationThe Queensland Museum will be recognised as an innovative, exciting and accessible museum of science, environment and human achievement, of international standing, reaching out to all Queenslanders.

The mission of the Queensland Museum is to create a stimulating environment of discovery and understanding. This will be achieved by:

» Working with and empowering communities

» Preserving and interpreting material evidence

» Telling the changing story of Queensland and its place in the world

The Museum is predominantly funded for the outputs it delivers by Parliamentary appropriations. It also provides the following services on a fee for service basis.

» admission charges; and

» consultancy services

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

(a) Basis of AccountingThe financial statements are a general purpose financial report and have been prepared in accordance with the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1977, the Financial Management Standard 1997, Australian Accounting Standards, Statements of Accounting Concepts, Urgent Issues Group Abstracts and other prescribed requirements. Except where stated, the financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the historical cost convention.

The accounting policies adopted are consistent with those of the previous year, with the exception of the capitalisation of exhibitions expenditure, as per Note 2 (h).The accrual basis of accounting has been adopted for all transactions and balances.

(b) Non-collection Grants and Other Contribution Revenue Noncollection grants, donations and gifts

which are nonreciprocal in nature are recognised as revenues.

(c) Cash AssetsFor the purposes of the Statement of Financial Position and the Statement of Cash Flows, cash assets include all cash and cheques receipted but not banked as well as deposits at call with financial institutions. It also includes liquid investments with short periods to maturity that are convertible readily to cash on hand at the Museum’s option and that are subject to a low risk of changes in value.

(d) ReceivablesTrade debtors are recognised at the nominal amounts due at the time of sale or service delivery, settlement on trade debtors generally being required within 30 days from the invoice date. The collectability of receivables is assessed periodically with provision being made for doubtful debts. All known bad debts have been written off.

(e) InventoriesInventories represent stock on hand for sale through the Museum shop operations. Inventories on hand are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value. Cost is based on a weighted average cost method.

(f) Acquisitions of AssetsActual cost is used for the initial recording of all acquisitions of assets, other than collections, controlled by the entity.

Assets acquired at no cost or for nominal consideration are recognised at their fair value at date of acquisition in accordance with AAS21 - Acquisition of Assets.

Cost is determined as the value given as consideration plus costs incidental to the acquisition, including all other costs incurred in getting the assets ready for use, including architect’s fees and engineering design fees.

(g) Property, Plant and Equipment, IntangiblesAll items of property, plant and equipment with a cost, or other value, in excess of $2000 are recognised in the financial statements in the year of acquisition. The threshold for the recognition of Intangibles is $50,000.

Items with a lesser value are expensed in the year of acquisition.

Land, although ownership is retained

by the Crown, is administered by the Queensland Museum. The economic benefits of this land accrue to the Queensland Museum. The Queensland Museum cannot dispose of this land without the prior approval of the Governor in Council.

(h) Change in accounting policyCapitalisation of exhibitions expenditure.In prior years, the cost of construction of exhibitions for campuses of the Museum have been expensed in the financial year in which such costs were incurred. The Board of the Queensland Museum, following consultation with representatives of the Queensland Audit Office, has decided that expenses relating to the construction of exhibitions at each campus exhibition will be capitalised, effective from 1 July 2002. Each exhibition will be depreciated on a straight line basis over its estimated useful life to more correctly record the progressive diminution of its value to the Museum. It is not intended to assign any capital value to existing exhibitions developed in previous accounting periods for which costs have been expensed.

(i) CollectionsThe Museum Collections are recorded in the financial statements at a value adopted by the Board of the Queensland Museum. The valuation of the Museum Collections is based on an in-house professional assessment in accordance with the Fair Value methodology and represents current replacement cost. The valuation is conducted by the Director of the Museum in consultation with curatorial staff, who are considered experts in their field, and is accepted by the Board.

The valuation policy was initiated in 1996 and is largely based on curators providing expert valuations of items deemed to be worth more than $1,000. All assets below this amount are given an average value as nominated by the valuation schedule. The average values in the schedule were developed by the Queensland Museum and Queensland Treasury.

The Museum Collections are considered to have an indeterminate useful life. Comprehensive asset revaluations are performed every five (5) years, with an annual indexation between the full revaluations at CPI. The last full valuation was carried out at 30 June 2001 and will be due again by 30 June


2006. Additions to the collections by search, gift, bequests, etc are not initially recognised at the date of acquisition, but are incorporated in the valuation process at year end.

Asset revaluations are effected by applying a methodology agreed to in 1996 under the deprival value methodology by the Board of the Queensland Museum, Queensland Treasury and the Queensland Audit Office. This methodology was proposed on the basis of mutual agreement between these three parties that usual valuation methods were not appropriate in relation to the majority of Collection items held.

The Museum Collections comprise in excess of seven (7) million and three (3) hundred thousand natural history and cultural heritage items respectively. The Board believes it would be neither practical nor economically viable to carry out a full independent stock take of the Collections. The cost of employing experts in the numerous disciplines applicable would be significant.

The Board further believes that a dollar valuation however arrived at does not accurately reflect the nature and true worth of the Collections, the true value of which flows from the vast store of scientific and cultural knowledge available from this invaluable research resource, carefully assembled by the Museum over the past 140 years. (Refer to Note 14 for balances).

(j) Amortisation and Depreciation of Property, Plant and EquipmentLand is not depreciated as it has an unlimited useful life.

Depreciation on property, plant and equipment is calculated using the diminishing value method (except for Exhibitions), so as to write off the values of each depreciable asset, less its estimated residual value, progressively over its estimated useful life to the entity.

Any expenditure that increases the originally assessed capacity or service potential of an asset is capitalised and the new depreciable amount is depreciated over the remaining useful life of the asset to the entity.

For each class of depreciable asset the following depreciation/amortisation rates were used:

Class Depreciation/Amortisation Rates

Buildings 1%-7%

Plant and equipment:

Computers 30%

Motor vehicles 22.5%

Scientific equipment 15%

Exhibitions 10%

Intangibles 14%

(k) Revaluations of Non-Current Physical AssetsLand and buildings are measured at fair value in accordance with AASB 1041, Revaluation of Non-Current Assets and Queensland Treasury’s Non-Current Asset Accounting Guidelines for the Queensland Public Sector.

Other non-current assets, principally plant and equipment, are measured at cost.

For 2001-02, a comprehensive revaluation of land and buildings, other than the off-site collection store at Hendra, was undertaken by R.N. Mullins LLB FAPI of the Australian Valuation Office. Land was revalued to provide the current market value, based on the analysis of real property sales, and buildings on the basis of fair value. For 2002-03, the Australian Valuation Office revalued land at current market value and replacement indices were provided for the buildings. The valuation was certified by R.N. Mullins LLB FAPI.

The Hendra site was acquired during 2001-02 as part of the Millennium Arts program. The acquisition cost of the buildings is still considered to represent current fair value as at 30 June 2003. However, land was revalued by the Australian Valuation Office.

The Workshops Rail Museum buildings and exhibits were transferred to the Museum from Queensland Rail at nil value. Museum management have revalued these assets to reflect the cost of creating these assets.

Separately identified components are measured on the same basis as the assets to which they relate.

For revaluation of collections see note 2(i).

In 2003, land and infrastructure at

Coomera was sold and land and infrastructure at Mt Isa was transferred to the Mt Isa City Council. The amounts in the Asset Revaluation Reserve relating to these assets were transferred to Retained Surplus, as the revalued assets were no longer held by the Queensland Museum.

(l) LeasesA distinction is made in the financial statements between finance leases, that effectively transfer from the lessor to the lessee substantially all the risks and benefits incidental to ownership, and operating leases under which the lessor effectively retains substantially all risks and benefits.

Where a non-current asset is acquired by means of a finance lease, the asset is recognised at an amount equal to the present value of the minimum lease payments. The liability is recognised at the same amount. Lease payments are allocated between the principal component and the interest expense.

Operating lease payments are representative of the pattern of benefits derived from the leased assets and are expensed in the periods in which they are incurred.

(m) Other Financial Assets-Investments Financial assets are brought to account at the lower of cost and recoverable amount and are disclosed at the fair values indicated in Note 25.

Interest revenues are recognised as they are accrued.

(n) Payables Trade and other creditors are recognised upon receipt of the goods or services ordered and are measured at the agreed purchase/contract price gross of applicable trade and other discounts. Amounts owing are unsecured and are generally settled on 30 day terms.

(o) Employee EntitlementsWages, Salaries and Annual LeaveWages, salaries and annual leave due but unpaid at reporting date and recognised in the Statement of Financial Position include related on-costs such as payroll tax, WorkCover premiums and employer superannuation contributions. Salary and on-costs have been calculated to include a 3.8% increase from an enterprise bargaining agreement that is anticipated to come into effect from 1 June 2003.


Long Service LeaveUnder the State Government’s long service leave scheme a levy is made on the Museum to cover this expense. Amounts paid to employees for long service leave are claimed from the scheme as and when leave is taken.

No provision for long service leave is recognised in the financial statements, the liability being held on a whole-of-Government basis and reported in the financial report prepared pursuant to AAS31 - Financial Reporting by Governments.

SuperannuationEmployer superannuation contributions are paid to QSuper, the superannuation plan for Queensland Government employees at rates determined by the State Actuary.

No liability is recognised for superannuation benefits in the financial statements, the liability being held on a whole-of-Government basis and reported in the financial report prepared pursuant to AAS31 - Financial Reporting by Governments.

(p) TaxationThe Museum’s activities are exempt from Commonwealth taxation except for fringe benefits tax and Goods and Services Tax (GST). As such, input tax credits receivable and GST payable from/to the Australian Tax Office are recognised and accrued.

(q) InsuranceThe Museum carries insurance cover in the areas of Property (including items on loan), General Liability (incorporating Directors & Officers liability), Professional Indemnity, Personal Accident, Marine Hull and Motor Vehicles. Insurance coverage (excluding motor vehicles) is with the Queensland Government Insurance Fund and includes coverage for the State Collection.

(r) Resources Received Free of Charge or For Nominal ValueContributions of services are recognised only if the services would have been purchased if they had not been donated and their value can be measured reliably. Where this is the case, an equal amount is recognised as a revenue and an expense.

(s) Corporate Administration AgencyThe Corporate Administration Agency (CAA) was established on 1 July 1997,

as a unit of Arts Queensland. The Arts Legislation Amendment Act 1997 transferred the assets and liabilities of the Queensland Cultural Centre Trust (QCCT) that was abolished in December 1997 to the State and the CAA became the manager of the Cultural Centre precinct. The Board of the Queensland Museum had a signed lease agreement with the QCCT and the lease has been assumed by the State of Queensland (Section 85(2) of the Act). While the State does not charge rent on the premises occupied by the Museum, the museum does make a contribution to the continued maintenance of the building occupied. The provision of the building and items of fitout, including infrastructure plant and equipment, forms part of this agreement.

(t) Rounding and ComparativesAmounts included in the financial statements have been rounded to the nearest $1,000 or, where that amount is $500 or less, to zero.

Comparative information has been restated where necessary to be consistent with disclosures in the current reporting period.

(u) The Harry West TrustThe Board of the Queensland Museum has been appointed as the trustee of “The Harry West Memorial Fund”, a testamentary trust established in accordance with the last will and testament of Henry (Harry) Thomas West (deceased). Assets of the Trust comprise nine Brisbane residential properties. All income from the Trust is applied to the benefit of the Museum and is included as miscellaneous income.

(v) Contributed EquityNon-reciprocal transfers of assets and liabilities between wholly-owned Queensland public sector entities, including as a result of machinery-of-Government changes are adjusted to ‘Contributed Equity’ in accordance with UIG Abstract 38 Contributions to Owners Made to Wholly Owned Public Sector Entities. Appropriations for equity adjustments are similarly designated.

(w) Board RemunerationRemuneration of board members was as follows:

$0-9,999 12 members

Total remuneration paid to all members: $25,023


Board of the Queensland MuseumNOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 2003 2002For period ended 30 June 2003 $000 $000

3. User chargesAdmission charges

General 1,347 1,167

Special exhibitions 408 434

Consultancy 1,231 640

Sales revenue - shops 1,026 728

Subscriptions 130 157

Functions/Venue hire 90 44

Other 156 178

Total - User charges 4,388 3,348

4. Grants and other contributions Grants - State Government recurrent * 15,302 * 12,505

Grant - State Government special - 300

Grant - State Government funding ** 878 -

Donations 145 357

Industry contributions 27 26

Commonwealth government grants 185 138

Local government contributions 50 50

Grant - Workforce Restructure - 581

Grants - Other 997 947

Total - Grants and other contributions 17,584 14,904

* 2003 includes $2.039m operational funding for The Workshops Rail Museum.

** Represents funding for the depreciation expenses relating to The Workshops Rail Museum.

5. Other revenuesInterest 241 203

Gain on sale of property, plant and equipment * 1,371 -

Goods received below fair value 10 54

Miscellaneous 785 473

Total - Other revenues 2,407 730

* 2003 includes gain on sale of the property at Coomera



2003 2002

$000 $000

6. Employee expenses/Number of employeesEmployee expenses:

Wages and salaries 9,286 8,152

Employer superannuation contributions 1,114 984

Long service leave levy 148 131

Annual leave expenses 728 607

Employee costs capitalised - Exhibitions *(446) -

Other 710 **1,256

Total - Employee expenses 11,540 11,130

*Represents the portion of employee cost that was capitalised on the Discover Queensland Exhibition.

**2002 includes one-off severance and incentive payments totalling $0.658m to staff who accepted Voluntary Early Retirement packages during the year.

Number of employees:

The number of employees includes both full-time employees and part-time employees measured on a full-time equivalent basis.

199 194

7. Supplies and servicesCorporate services charges 778 727

Consultants and contractors 270 216

Materials 475 350

Repairs and maintenance 314 119

Contribution to Queensland Cultural Centre facilities 1,713 1,690

Special Exhibitions 228 136

Cost of goods sold 474 546

Non-employee costs capitalised – Exhibition *(225) -

Operating expenses **3,861 2,527

Total - Supplies and services 7,888 6,311

*Represents the portion of non-employee costs that were capitalised on the Discover Queensland Exhibition.

**2003 includes 10 months of operation for the Workshops Rail Museum which opened to the public on 1 September 2002.

8. Depreciation and amortisation Plant and equipment 826 279

Buildings 1,120 623

Amortisation - Computer software 36 -

Total - Depreciation and amortisation *1,982 902

*Increases in 2002-03 relate to the transfer of The Workshops Rail Museum assets from Queensland Rail which took effect from 1 September 2002.



2003 2002

$000 $000

9. Other expensesProperty lease and rental 525 852

External audit fees 21 13

Bad debts expense 20 -

Goods and services supplied below fair value 10 32

Losses from the disposal of non-current assets *368 14

Other 52 44

Total - Other expenses 996 955

*Trusteeship of the property at the Museum of North Western Queensland in Mt Isa, was transferred to the Mt Isa City Council ($0.349m).

10. Cash Assets24 hour at call deposits 3,669 2,653

Cash at bank and on hand 171 249

Imprest accounts 16 8

Total - Cash assets 3,856 2,910

11. ReceivablesCurrent

Trade debtors 667 392

Less: provision for doubtful debts - -

667 392

GST receivable 164 81

Less: GST payable (49) (39)

Long service leave reimbursements 15 230

Grant - workforce restructure - 581

Sale of Coomera land 8,502 -

Other 41 44

Total - Current receivables 9,340 1,289

12. InventoriesInventory held for resale

Shops 509 491

13. Other Current AssetsPrepayments 13 -

Other 1 1

Total - Other current assets 14 1



2003 2002

$000 $000

14. Property, plant and equipmentLand:

At Museum Board valuation - -

At independent valuation 3,060 7,874

Hendra - At cost - 1,004

3,060 8,878

Buildings:

At Museum Board valuation 25,738 -

At independent valuation - 24,384

Hendra - At cost 1,553 1,553

Workshops Rail Museum - At Museum Board valuation 14,769 –

Less: Accumulated depreciation (3,314) (2,074)

38,746 23,863

Heritage and cultural assets:

Museum Collections at Museum Board valuation 172,341 164,802

172,341 164,802

Plant and equipment:

At cost 5,303 2,367

Less: Accumulated depreciation (777) (1,647)

4,526 720

Projects under course of construction:

Exhibitions - at cost 672 -

Total - Property, plant & equipment 219,345 198,263

At 30 June 2003, land and buildings include the sites of the Cobb & Co Museum, the Museum of Tropical Queensland, the Workshops Rail Museum and the Hendra Off-site Annex. Property owned by the Queensland Museum at Coomera was sold, and trusteeship of the property associated with the Museum of North Western Queensland was transferred to the Mount Isa City Council.



14. Property, plant and equipment (cont)ReconciliationReconciliation of the carrying amounts of each class of property, plant and equipment at the beginning and end of the current reporting period.

Land

2003$000

Buildings

2003 $000

Heritage & cultural assets2003$000

Plant & equipment

2003$000

In course of construction

2003$000

Total

2003$000

Carrying amount at start of year 8,878 23,863 164,802 720 - 198,263

Acquisitions (Exhibitions) - - - 536 672 1,208

Collection acquired during the year at Board valuation - - 1,936 - - 1,936

Disposals (6,264) (921) - (1,729) - (8,914)

Accumulated depreciation written-back on disposal

- 177 - 1,696 - 1,873

Revaluation increments 446 17,044 5,603 4,129 - 27,222

Accumulated depreciation written-back on revaluation

- (297) - - - (297)

Depreciation for period - (1,120) - (826) - (1,946)

Carrying amount at end of year 3,060 38,746 172,341 4,526 672 219,345



2003 2002

$000 $000

15. IntangiblesNon-current

Computer software

At cost 305 -

Accumulated amortisation (36) -

Total - Intangibles *269 -

*Relates to the capitalisation of custom designed software for The Workshops Rail Museum.

16. PayablesCurrent

Trade creditors 336 244

Long service leave levy payable 41 36

Commission payable on Coomera sale 523 -

Other 350 174

Total - Current payables 1,250 454

17. ProvisionsCurrent

Employee entitlements

• Annual leave 988 808

Total - Current provisions 988 808

18. Other current liabilitiesUnearned revenue *1,236 2,039

*Unspent portion as at 30 June 2003 of grants and other revenues received in advance.



Contributed Equity Retained Surpluses Asset Revaluation Reserves

2003 2002 $000 $000

2003 2002 $000 $000

2003 2002 $000 $000

19. Changes in equity

Balance 1 July 3,642 1,081 17,945 18,261 178,066 168,278

Net surplus (deficit) 1,973 (316)

Restatement of provision for annual leave (36)

Equity withdrawal (878)

Non-owner changes in equity recognised on the face of the Statement of Financial Performance:

Increase in asset revaluation reserve

Museum Collection – revaluation 5,603 5,149

Museum Collection – acquisitions 1,936 3,090

Land 446 133

Buildings 16,747 1,416

Other Plant & Equipment (Workshops Rail Museum) 4,434

Transaction with Owners as Owners:

Net leave liabilities transferred to (from) other entities (19) 4

Transfer of Hendra property from Arts Qld. 2,557

Transfer from Asset Revaluation Reserve to Retained Surpluses 8,767 (8,767)

Balance 30 June 2,745 3,642 28,649 17,945 198,465 178,066

Closing balance of Asset revaluation reserve by class:

Land 1,682 8,413

Buildings 19,827 4,568

Heritage & Cultural Assets 172,522 164,984

Plant & Equipment 4,434 101

Total – Asset Revaluation Reserve* 198,465 178,066

* The distribution of the asset revaluation reserve by class, was incorrectly recorded in 2002 and has been corrected in these accounts.

The decrease in the class of land relates to the disposal of property at Coomera and Mt Isa.



2003 2002

$000 $000

20. Reconciliation of net surplus to net cash provided by/(used in) operating activitiesSurplus from ordinary activities 1,973 (316)

Non-cash items:

Depreciation expense 1,982 902

Bad debts expense 20 -

Loss (Gain) on sale of property, plant and equipment (1,478) 14

Net leave liabilities transferred (19) 4

Restatement of annual leave provision (36) –

Changes in assets and liabilities

(Increase)/decrease in net receivables (8,071) (897)

Movement in receivables for sale of assets 8,502 -

(Increase)/decrease in inventories (18) 260

(Increase)/decrease in prepayments (13) 27

Increase/(decrease) in payables 796 (71)

Increase/(decrease) in employee provisions 180 (3)

Increase/(decrease) in other liabilities (803) 1,298

Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities 3,015 1,218

21. Non-cash financing and investing activitiesAssets and liabilities received or donated/transferred by the Museum and recognised as revenues and expenses are set out in Notes 5 and 9 respectively.

22. Commitments for Expenditure(a) Non-cancellable operating lease commitmentsCommitments under operating leases at reporting date are inclusive of anticipated GST and are payable as follows:

Not later than one year 8 155

Later than one year and not later than five years 2 12

Later than five years - -

10 167

Operating leases are entered into as a means of acquiring access to office accommodation, storage facilities and certain office technologies necessary for effective operations. Accommodation and storage leases at South Brisbane and West End respectively were vacated during 2003, resulting in a significant reduction in lease commitments.



22. Commitments for Expenditure (contd)

Technology LeasesLease payments are generally fixed. However, where the owner is affected by any future increase or decrease in the cost of hiring out the equipment, due to a change in law or regulation, the Museum must pay to the owner, by way of increased instalments, an amount which represents the increased cost or reduced amount payable. Variations may also occur due to any late instalment payment by the Museum, in the form of a penalty.

This penalty is indexed to the official Reserve Bank of Australia’s daily cash rate. No renewal or purchase options exist in relation to technology leases, and they do not contain any restrictions on financing or other leasing activities.

Property LeasesLease payments are negotiated and reviewed to market every two years. No renewal or purchase options exist, and there are no restrictions on financing or other leasing activities within current agreements.

Commitments have reduced significantly in this area due to the change in arrangements for the Museum’s facilities at Montague Road, West End and Grey Street, South Brisbane, whereby the premises were vacated during 2003, on the expiration of the leases.

23. Post balance date events

Hendra Off-site Collection Store Land and buildings at Hendra were acquired as part of the Millennium Arts Program and transferred to the Board’s control prior to 30 June 2002. Renovations and additions on this site continue as part of the Millennium Arts Program, with costs incurred being capitalised. These assets will be transferred to the Board during the 2003-04 financial year.

The Workshops Rail Museum, Ipswich - Transfer of land This new addition to the Queensland Museum Network has been constructed on land currently owned by Queensland Rail. This development comprises part of the Queensland Heritage Trails Network project. Queensland Rail has advised that legal title to the land will be transferred to the Board of the Queensland Museum during 2003-04.

Queensland Rail authorised Queensland Museum to enter into possession of The Workshops Rail Museum site from 1 September 2002. Improvements carried out on the site to the buildings and exhibitions both funded by the Queensland Heritage Trails Network grant have been capitalised, and reflected in the Museum’s accounts for 2002-03.

Following transfer of this asset to the Board of the Queensland Museum, an independent valuation will be undertaken.

24. Controlled entities

The following entity is controlled by the Queensland Museum:

Name of Controlled EntityQueensland Museum Foundation Trust

Audit ArrangementsAuditor-General of Queensland

The Board of Queensland Museum established the Queensland Museum Foundation Trust in June 2002. The Trust’s assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses have not been consolidated in these financial statements, as they do not materially affect the reported financial position and operating result.

The Board of Queensland Museum agreed to fund the first two years of operation of the Foundation. During the 2002-03 year, the Foundation received a range of services totalling $0.205 million from the Queensland Museum, free of charge, including, salaries and wages and general operating costs associated with the office of the Foundation Director. The foundation was dormant for 2001-02.

Financial results of the Queensland Museum Foundation

2003 $’000

Revenue 211

Expenses 205

Net Surplus 6

Assets 6

Liabilities 0

Net assets 6



25. Financial InstrumentsInterest Rate Risk ExposureThe Board of the Queensland Museum is exposed to interest rate risk through its investments in the Queensland Treasury Corporation (QTC) Cash Fund. Cash Fund earnings are credited daily based on the market value of the Cash Fund. At balance date the interest rate was 4.91% (2002 - 4.7%), however the rate changes daily based on the change in market yields.

Contractual Repricing/Maturity Date

Floating Interest

Rate$000

1 year or less

$000

1 to 5 years

$000

Greater than 5 years

$000

Non Interest Bearing

$000

Total

$000

Weighted Average

Rate%

Financial Assets

Cash 187 - - - - 187 n/a

Queensland Treasury Corporation

3,669 - - - - 3,669 4.91

Receivables - - - - 9,340 9,340 n/a

Total 3,856 - - - 9,340 13,196 n/a

Financial Liabilities

Payables - - - - 1,250 1,250 n/a

Total - - - - 1,250 1,250 n/a

* Floating interest rate represents the most recently administered market rate applicable to the instrument at 30 June 2003.


Board of the Queensland MuseumSTATEMENT OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCEFor year ended 30 June 2003

25. Financial Instruments contdCredit RiskThe maximum exposure to credit risk at balance date in relation to each class of recognised financial asset is the carrying amount of those assets, net of any provision for doubtful debts, as indicated in the Statement of Financial Position.

Net Fair ValueThe net fair value is determined as follows:The net fair value of cash and cash equivalents and non-interest bearing monetary financial assets and financial liabilities approximate their carrying amounts.

The net fair value of other monetary financial assets and financial liabilities is based on market prices where a market exists, or is determined by discounting expected future cash flows by the current interest rate for financial assets and liabilities with similar risk profiles.

Financial Instruments Total Carrying Amount Net Fair Value

2003 2002 2003 2002

$000 $000 $000 $000

Financial Assets

Cash 187 257 187 257

Receivables 9,340 1,289 9,340 1,289

Queensland Treasury Corporation 3,669 2,653 3,669 2,653

Financial Liabilities

Payables 1,250 454 1,250 454

26. Pandora Foundation

The Pandora Foundation Limited was established during 1995 for the purpose of assisting the Museum in the HMS Pandora project. Although there were no donations received from The Foundation during 2002-03, unspent donations held over from previous periods continue to be recognised as unearned revenue at balance day, pending matching expenditure being incurred.

27. Contingencies

a) Native Title claims over Museum land

As at 30 June 2003, no native title claims have been made on Museum land

There were no other known contingent assets or liabilities at 30 June 2003.

INDEPENDENT AUDIT REPORT To the Board of the Queensland Museum Matters Relating to the Electronic Presentation of the Audited Financial Statements The audit report relates to the financial statements of Queensland Museum for the financial year ended 30 June 2003 included on Queensland Museum web site. The Board of the Queensland Museum are responsible for the integrity of the Queensland Museum’s web site. The Board of the Queensland Museum are responsible for the integrity of the Queensland Museum’s web site. The audit report refers only to the financial statements identified below and does not include a review of the integrity of this web site or provide an opinion on any other information which may have been hyperlinked to/from the financial statements. If users of the financial statements are concerned with the inherent risks arising from electronic data communications they are advised to refer to the hard copy of the audited financial statements, available from the Queensland Museum to confirm the information included in the audited financial statements presented on this web site. These matters also relate to the presentation of the audited financial statements in other electronic media including CD Rom. Scope The Financial Statements The financial statements of the Board of the Queensland Museum consist of the statement of financial position, statement of financial performance, statement of cash flows, notes to and forming part of the financial statements and certificates given by the Board and officer responsible for the financial administration of the Board of the Queensland Museum, for the year ended 30 June 2003. The Board’s Responsibility The Board is responsible for the preparation and true and fair presentation of the financial statements, the maintenance of adequate accounting records and internal controls that are designed to prevent and detect fraud and error, and for the accounting policies and accounting estimates inherent in the financial statements. Audit approach As required by law, an independent audit was conducted in accordance with QAO Auditing Standards to enable me to provide an independent opinion whether in all material respects the financial statements present fairly, in accordance with the prescribed requirements, including any mandatory financial reporting requirements as approved by the Treasurer for application in Queensland Audit procedures included - examining information on a test/sample basis to provide evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in

the financial statements, assessing the appropriateness of the accounting policies and disclosures used and the reasonableness of

significant accounting estimates made by the Board, obtaining written confirmation regarding the material representations made in conjunction with the audit,

and reviewing the overall presentation of information in the financial statements.

Independence The Financial Administration and Audit Act 1977 promotes the independence of the Auditor-General and QAO authorised auditors. The Auditor-General is the auditor of all public sector entities and can only be removed by Parliament. The Auditor-General may conduct an audit in any way considered appropriate and is not subject to direction by any person about the way in which powers are to be exercised. The Auditor-General has for the purposes of conducting an audit, access to all documents and property and can report to Parliament matters which in the Auditor-General’s opinion are significant. Qualification

The reported value of Heritage and Cultural assets - Museum Collection $172,341M, as disclosed in note 14 of the financial statements, represents 79% of the Non Current assets held by the Queensland Museum. The Financial Management Standard 1997 s.45(d) requires verification of the existence of assets on a regular basis. Due to the unique nature of the Collections as described in note 2(i), the Museum has not been able to verify the existence of the Museum Collections on a regular basis. This represents a non-compliance with the prescribed requirements and consequently I am unable to express an opinion on the reported value of the Museum Collections disclosed in the financial statements. Qualified Audit Opinion In accordance with section 46G of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1977, (a) I have received all the information and explanations which I have required; and, (b) in my opinion - except for the matter referred to in the qualification paragraph and the effect, if any, on

the financial statements. (i) the prescribed requirements in respect of the establishment and keeping of accounts have been

complied with in all material respects; and (ii) the Statements have been drawn up so as to present a true and fair view, in accordance with the

prescribed accounting standards, of the transactions of the Board of the Queensland Museum for the financial year 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003 and of the financial position as at the end of that year.

L J SCANLAN, FCPA Queensland Audit Office Auditor General of Queensland Brisbane

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