Showcasing the

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MESSAGE FROM THE NSW MINISTER

FOR THE ARTS ................................................... 4

VISITATION AND PARTICIPATION ..................7

NSW GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT

IN ARTS DEVELOPMENT ................................ 12

ABORIGINAL ARTS AND CULTURE ............. 18

DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT................................ 24

STUDENT ACCESS ......................................... 31

CAPACITY BUILDING ..................................... 39

ACCESSIBLE COLLECTIONS ........................ 53

APPENDICES .................................................... 60

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The arts have the power to connect people beyond

geographic, social and cultural borders. In regional

and rural areas, a flourishing arts environment forms

an essential link in community life. Areas with a strong

cultural life are more attractive to both their resident

communities and visitors.

NSW Government support for arts in the regions ensures that regional

NSW now has more cultural and artistic opportunities and events than ever

before. Driven by committed workers and volunteers, and connected

through the NSW Regional Arts network, this report showcases the strength

of the arts in regional NSW across a variety of art forms and tracks its

continuing growth.

The NSW Government has taken a number of steps to increase support

and opportunities for regional artists and arts organisations in recognition

of the important role they play. In 2012-13, Arts NSW provided $11.8

million through its Arts Funding Program to support 193 arts and cultural

projects and programs in regional NSW. This included funding for 121

organisations and individuals located in regional communities.

The work being undertaken by the state cultural institutions in the area of

digital engagement is very exciting and complements their existing touring

and education programs. Programs such as the State Library of NSW’s

Digital Excellence Program, which will digitise 52 of the State Library’s

most valuable and iconic collections, and the Sydney Opera House’s

digital education program, give an exciting indication of what is possible

in the digital arena to benefit NSW communities, regardless of locality.

I congratulate the artists, communities and organisations whose

achievements are outlined in this report on a very successful 2012-13.

Hon. Troy Grant, MP

Minister for Hospitality, Gaming and Racing, and Minister for the Arts

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INTRODUCTION The NSW Government continues to invest in projects to increase participation in arts and cultural activities in rural and regional NSW through a range of programs. NSW 2021: A Plan to Make NSW Number One has committed to investing in regional arts and cultural development, particularly in areas of significant need.

Artists in regional communities play an essential role in developing and

reflecting our State’s cultural identity. Regional NSW boasts over 400

museums and galleries, over 235 local libraries, 20 Aboriginal keeping

places and cultural centres, 17 regional conservatoriums, writers’ centres,

a number of significant performing arts centres and innovative performing

arts companies. In addition, regional areas host significant annual events

and festivals such as the Tamworth Country Music Festival and Byron Bay

Bluesfest.

Screen NSW provides funds to regionally-based professional development

programs, regional tours of screen events, regional filming and also

promotes film locations throughout NSW.

The NSW Regional Arts Network services over 100 local government areas

covering more than 662,000 square kilometres, where more than 1.7

million people live. The Regional Arts Network comprises Regional Arts

NSW, Regional Arts Development Boards (RABs) and Regional Arts

Development Officers (RADOs).

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VISITATION AND PARTICIPATION

The state cultural institutions are committed to providing programming that

reaches across NSW. They play an essential role in ensuring that the

important collections and programs they present are accessible to people

living outside of metropolitan Sydney. This includes attracting regional

visitors to visit the institutions, providing extensive regional outreach

programs such as touring exhibitions, and developing local events.

Cultural activities and events highlights by NSW arts portfolio bodies in regional locations during 2012-13, including:

• The Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences organised 107 events in 42 regional locations that engaged 55 regional organisations and 15,885 people (not including travelling exhibitions)

• Screen NSW supported 34 activities, including production screenings and professional development events in more than 80 regional locations which involved 73,755 people

• Through its digital education program, the Sydney Opera House conducted 110 regional workshops that engaged 2,604 regional students at 68 schools

• As part of the Opera House’s Open House project with the Glasshouse Performing Arts Centre in Port Macquarie, five performing arts experiences were enjoyed by 1,250 attendees from the Mid North Coast region

• The Screen NSW Audience Development Fund has helped provide a wide range of public screenings, festivals and regional tours – including Flickerfest, the African Film Festival, the Persian International Film Festival, Little Big Shots International Film Festival for Kids, the Blue Heeler Film Festival, the Sydney Travelling Film Festival and the Young at Heart film festival tour. Funding was also provided to support the regional tour of digital media artists travelling to regional galleries through dLux Media Arts

• Over 29,000 regional visitors visited the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 2012-13. This included over 300 adult, primary and secondary access groups, over 19, 200 self guided adult, primary, secondary and tertiary groups and over 9,800 adult, primary, secondary and tertiary groups who experienced a program at the Gallery.

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Regional touring exhibitions in 2012-13:

• Highlights of the Australian Museum’s touring program included The Scott Sisters (29,673 in Dubbo and Murwillumbah), Supercroc (16,854), Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2012 (8,750) and Frank Hurley – Journeys into Papua (4,340)

• The Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences toured six exhibitions to nine regional NSW locations, attracting 66,561 visitors. Locations included The Science Centre and Planetarium (Wollongong), Western Plains Cultural Centre (Dubbo), Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery and Museum of the Riverina (Wagga Wagga)

• The Art Gallery of NSW organised a number of touring exhibitions in regional locations, including the Art Gallery of NSW’s Archibald Prize 2012 and 2013 (63,240 and 32,586 respectively), Christo: John Kaldor Family Collection artist room (19,246), Contemporary Australian drawing: 20 years of the Dobell Drawing Prize (6,257) and Whiteley on the water (25,632)

• The State Library has seven touring exhibitions displayed at 42 locations.

Regional visitors attending state cultural institutions during 2012-13:

• During 2012-13, 16,801 visitors from regional areas attended the Australian Museum’s Alexander the Great: 2000 Years of Treasures exhibition. This was just over 10% of total visitor numbers

• In 2012-13, there were 87,617 regional visitors at the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (includes Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Observatory and Powerhouse Discovery Centre)

• Over this period, 63,425 visitors to the Sydney Opera House were from regional NSW, including 3,128 people who undertook a tour of the building.

Website visits from regional NSW during 2012-13:

• Screen NSW (www.screen.nsw.gov.au) – 17,768

• Sydney Opera House (www.sydneyoperahouse.com) – 57,419

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CASE STUDY ONE: POWERHOUSE TOURING EXHIBITIONS – BROKEN HILL GEOCENTRE

Angela Bailey, Manager, Albert Kersten Mineral and Mining Museum (Geocentre), is a strong advocate for the benefits of receiving regional touring exhibitions:

Broken Hill is located in the Far west of NSW in an area which encompasses many of the state’s most socially disadvantaged towns, including Wilcannia, in Central Darling Shire. Broken Hill is ‘the cultural hub’ of the region and the only realistic player when it comes to providing qualified staff, suitable venues and associated costs to accept travelling exhibitions, so the Powerhouse is essentially providing an indirect delivery to residents living within Central Darling Shire.

During the period 2012-13 the Broken Hill City Council hosted two travelling exhibitions from the Powerhouse - The Odditoreum and Frock Stars. The benefits to my organisation are immeasurable. Our staff receive much needed professional training through contact with experienced staff from a major institution who, without exception, generously share their knowledge and expertise. This training is invaluable, and would not occur otherwise due to the prohibitive costs of sending staff to Sydney. These exhibitions also gave us opportunity to engage with community members who had not before visited. These included groups who provide care and stimulation to those with intellectual disabilities and/or limited mobility. Much joy was shared when the participants were provides with instant cameras to record their own ‘fashion parade’ and the museum is now on the agenda with these groups as a fun place to visit.

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FIGURE ONE: YOUNG VISITORS’ WORKSHOP AT THE POWERHOUSE MUSEUM’S ODDITOREUM EXHIBITION, BROKEN HILL. PHOTO COURTESY OF BROKEN HILL GEOCENTRE.

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NSW GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT IN ARTS DEVELOPMENT

In 2012-13, Arts NSW provided $11.8 million through its Arts Funding

Program towards 193 projects and programs in regional NSW. This

included $1.317 million to Museums and Galleries NSW and $523,315 to

Arts on Tour for activities across regional and metropolitan NSW.

As part of the 2012-13 Arts Funding Program, there were a number of

funding opportunities to support and develop arts and cultural activities

and infrastructure in regional NSW:

• Aboriginal Regional Arts Fund

• Performing Arts Touring

• Regional Capital

• Regional Conservatoriums

• Regional Partnerships

The NSW Government also boosted funding for the State’s 14 Regional

Arts Boards in 2012-13, with the Boards receiving a total of

$1.964 million. Together, these regional arts organisations provide

services to over 100 local government areas and more than 1.7 million

people.

During this period, the NSW Government contributed more than

$1.1 million to support the annual operations of 24 regional galleries,

museums and keeping places across NSW.

In the screen sector, total investment in screen production with some

regional activity in 2012-13 was more than $1 million, with an estimated

NSW expenditure of more than $31.5 million. During this period, Screen

NSW provided $372,876 to four screen projects through the Regional

Filming Fund, which leveraged over $7.6 million expenditure in Broken

Hill and surrounds, Murwillumbah and Northern NSW, Gosford, Picton,

and Rylstone.

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The Sydney Travelling Film Festival together with Industry Development and

Audience Development funded projects toured to a total of 83 regional

locations, reaching a total NSW audience of 73,755.

The Country Arts Support Program, managed by Regional Arts NSW on

behalf of the NSW Government, provided over $230,000 to 113 projects

taking place across regional NSW in 2013.

The network of NSW regional conservatoriums received $718,276 in

funding through the Arts Funding Program to help them to undertake a

diverse range of projects across the State, increasing the opportunity in

regional communities to participate in and engage with music from a

young age.

Regional arts and cultural infrastructure was also supported by the NSW

Government with a total of $701,738 provided to fund a range of projects

that increase access to purpose-designed and well managed facilities

across regional NSW. These projects range from small projects such as

$4,875 to Tamworth Community College to install skylights in a heritage

listed building and $29,478 provided to Illawarra Performing Arts Centre

to upgrade the centre’s sound system. Funding of $100,000 was provided

to Northern Rivers Performing Arts for a capital redevelopment of Lismore

City Hall, including an upgrade of lighting and seating to improve

audience experience and increase repeat visitation.

In recognition of the important role that cross-sector partnerships play,

more than $479,000 in funding was also provided for regional arts

partnerships across the State. The funding supports collaborations such as

the Reverberation project, a music and arts festival event showcasing youth

music culture in Deniliquin organised by the Outback Theatre for Young

People, Deniliquin Council and Deniliquin High School.

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CASE STUDY TWO: THE FIRE STATION ARTS CENTRE AN INITIATIVE OF ORANA ARTS IN DUBBO

FIGURE TWO: FIRE STATION ART STATION OFFICIAL OPENING NIGHT, 2013. PHOTO BY ALISTER DYSON-HOLLAND.

Orana Arts is one of 14 regional arts boards. Orana Arts services the LGA’s

of Dubbo, Gilgandra, Mid-Western Regional, Narromine and

Warrumbungle. Orana Arts is the peak arts and cultural organisation for the

Orana region and in 2012 received $104,345 as part of their 2013 Arts

NSW triennial program funding.

In 2013, together with the support of Dubbo Local Aboriginal Lands Council,

Orana Arts transformed a heritage listed fire station into a comprehensive

community arts centre. The Fire Station Arts Centre (FSAC) is now a multi-

arts creative hub and has quickly become an integral part of Dubbo’s

creative community. FSAC houses space for the presentation of

performances, studios, workshops for craft and design, offices, a

commercial gallery and a café.

As a regional arts initiative, FSAC connects Dubbo arts and artists with new

audiences, networks and opportunities. By providing space, presenting

programs and supporting new work, FSAC fosters a sustainable arts sector

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in the regions and provides a platform for the development of arts practice

and its audiences in the North Western district of NSW.

CASE STUDY THREE: CEMENTA: AN ARTS FESTIVAL LINKING METRO & REGIONAL ARTISTS WITH NEW AUDIENCES IN CENTRAL NSW

Launched in 2013, Cementa is a biennial arts festival located in the post-

industrial town of Kandos, Central NSW. In 2013 Cementa received

$80,000 from Arts NSW in program funding. The festival invites more than

30 metropolitan artists and 15 regional artists into Kandos to develop new

work.

Cementa aims to build ongoing networks between metro and regional

artists and in its ambitious approach, fosters the potential for innovative

contemporary art events in regional towns. Cementa celebrates diversity

and sustainability of the arts in the region and creates new opportunities

for connection between regional and visiting urban artists. Cementa has

also initiated new partnerships with Orange and Bathurst Regional Gallery,

WPCC and Parramatta Artist Studios, and is working closely with RADO’s

at Orana Arts and Arts Out West to develop a strong ATSI engagement

with the festival for 2015.

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CASE STUDY FOUR: REVERBERATE – OUTBACK THEATRE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

A music and arts festival showcasing youth music culture in Deniliquin – supported by $20,000 in Regional Partnerships funding from Arts NSW

In 2013 Outback Theatre for Young People partnered with Deniliquin

Council and High School to develop work for, and present,

`Reverberation’, a music and arts festival event showcasing youth music

culture in Deniliquin. The festival program lit up the town with live music

performances and 18 installations including interactive sound and video

works created by young people in collaboration with artists, and visual

artworks created by school students mapped onto the Town Hall Building.

CASE STUDY FIVE: FOUR WINDS CONCERTS INC CAPITAL REDEVELOPMENT

Capital redevelopment of the Four Winds Pavilion in Bermagui – supported by $249,500 in regional cultural infrastructure funding

In 2013, the capital development of the purpose built, indoor Four Winds

Pavilion, was undertaken as the second stage in creating Nature’s Concert

Hall. Designed by architect Clinton Murray, the Pavilion sports state-of-the-

art acoustics, lighting and staging. The Pavilion will provide a focus for a

range of activities including residences, workshops and performances,

engaging new audiences in the creation and appreciation of music.

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ABORIGINAL ARTS AND CULTURE

NSW has the largest Aboriginal population in Australia and a unique

contemporary Aboriginal arts and cultural sector. Contemporary NSW

Aboriginal arts and cultural practice continues to influence the wider arts

and cultural environment in NSW, across Australia and internationally.

Arts NSW’s Aboriginal Strategic Initiatives provides access to art and

cultural opportunities for NSW professional Aboriginal artists, and arts and

cultural organisations.

As part of the NSW Arts Funding Program, the Aboriginal Regional Arts

Fund supports arts projects that celebrate and promote diverse Aboriginal

cultural identities in regional NSW, providing opportunities for cultural

exchange, engagement and visibility across the broader arts and cultural

sector. A full list of funding recipients is included at Appendix B.

In 2012, there were eight Aboriginal Arts Officers (AAO) employed within

the Regional Arts Network: Arts Outwest (Central West), Arts Northern

Rivers, Arts North West, Wilcannia Arts and six through Outback Arts

based in Lightning Ridge, Walgett, Warren, Cobar, Coonamble and

Bourke. The network also involves representatives from Saltwater

Freshwater Arts Alliance in the mid north coast and Boolarng Nangamai

Aboriginal Corporation in the Shellharbour/Shoalhaven region.

REPATRIATION

In 2012-13, the Australian Museum returned ancestral remains to

Aboriginal communities in the Bourke, Coffs Harbour and Albury area of

the State. It also assisted the Aboriginal community in Cobar with the

reburial of ancestral remains formerly held in Museum collections. The

Museum provided assistance with the transfer of ancestral remains from

museums in Tasmania and Germany on behalf of NSW Aboriginal

communities. The Australia Museum’s repatriation program is supported

through the Ministry for the Arts, Federal Attorney General’s department.

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INDIGENOUS LEARNING

The Australian Museum is trialling the incorporation of Indigenous and

other languages into exhibition graphics and electronically layered

content, in collaboration with relevant communities, and is reaching

regional NSW and Indigenous communities through university social

inclusion units. Other Australian Museum Learning Services programs

include:

• Mini Explorers: Eora Explorers! – under 5s: An introduction to

Indigenous culture through music, art and Dreaming stories. Young

children learn about native Australian animals; explore Indigenous

artefacts; create their own animal mask to take home; and play

Aboriginal instruments and make music.

• Tiny Tots: Corroboree Kids – Under 5s: A simple introduction to

Indigenous culture through singing and sensory activities; learning

with songs, dance, coloured rice, hand painting, water and sand

play.

• Indigenous Australians Exhibition Tour – Years 3 -12: Students are

guided through the Indigenous Australians exhibition by a Museum

Educator. The tour covers spirituality and the Dreaming, traditional

technology, tools and weapons, archaeological evidence,

relationship to the land, land rights, social justice, Stolen

Generations and Freedom Rides. It can be customized to individual

groups.

• Video conferencing – Indigenous Totem workshop: Students learn

about lifestyles and beliefs of Indigenous Australians while creating

their own totem. Concepts and culture are demonstrated with real

artefacts and Aboriginal cultural material promoting understanding

of the knowledge and traditions of Indigenous Australians

(developed by Indigenous educators at the Australian Museum).

• Video conferencing – Indigenous Art workshop: Designed for Stages

1 – 4 of the curriculum, students in the workshop use symbols and

colour to create their own artwork. They explore Indigenous culture

and art from various regions of Australia. Students investigate the

traditional styles, symbols, materials and tools of Indigenous art

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around Australia. Indigenous art and cultural objects are a stimulus

for creativity.

• Aboriginal Studies Hands-on Session – Stages 1-3; 3-4: Students

have the opportunity to touch real artifacts and to explore the

language, dance, fighting, art, music and spirituality of Indigenous

Australians, as well as hunting and gathering bush tucker.

• Indigenous Art Workshops – Stages 1-4: Students explore

Indigenous visual culture and art and create an artwork of their own

using the traditional styles, symbols, materials and tools of

Indigenous art around Australia.

• Indigenous Cadetships: Under the commonwealth funded

Repatriation of Indigenous Property (RICP) program the Museum is

returning ancestral remains and secret sacred objects back to

Indigenous communities. We have appointed a grant funded

Indigenous cadet, Marino Smith, under this program to assist with

repatriation work. The cadet is exposed to a wide variety of

collection management and community engagement experiences

through this program which is aimed at increasing the number of

Indigenous museum professionals.

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CAREER DEVELOPMENT FOR ABORIGINAL SCREEN PRACTITIONERS

Screen NSW is a proud member of the Media Reconciliation Industry

Network Group (MediaRING), and is committed to its Reconciliation Action

Plan. Throughout 2012-13, Screen NSW actively supported Aboriginal and

Torres Strait Islander screen content creators. Screen NSW works closely

with regional Council officers to provide support and advice to Aboriginal

and Torres Strait Islander screen practitioners, as well as for people

working with Indigenous content.

Screen NSW supported the feature film, The Sapphires, (shot in a variety of

locations including Albury) which became the number one film in

Australia, taking more than $2.5 million on its opening weekend. The film

went on to be the highest grossing film at the Australian Box Office in

2012, winning 22 awards and screened at 41 festivals in Australia and

around the world.

The Screen NSW Audience Development Fund provided support to:

• dLux Media Arts, working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

youths in Dubbo through its Scanlines program to provide skills

development in digital media creation.

• Northern Rivers Screenworks for their Premiere Screenings Program,

which premiered Indigenous feature film Satellite Boy in Lismore with

special guest speaker, writer and director Catriona McKenzie.

The Screen NSW Strategic Opportunities Fund provided funding to:

• Northern Rivers Screenworks to support the Aboriginal and Torres Strait

Islander Capacity Building Program 2013. Based in Lismore, this

program increased opportunities in the screen industry for Aboriginal

and Torres Strait Islander storytellers.

• Metro Screen for Central West OnScreen, developed for Aboriginal

people living in Dubbo to provide skills development opportunities to

eight emerging screen practitioners in partnership with local agencies

and community organisations. The project will produce 8 x 2 minute

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short documentary films for potential inclusion on the ABC Open portal,

potential ABC TV broadcast and a community screening. A similar

workshop on the Central Coast was also supported through Metro

Screen where two places were reserved for Aboriginal and Torres Strait

Islander participants.

The Screen NSW Industry Development Fund provided funding to:

• Metro Screen for its Multicultural Mentorship Scheme which provided

filmmakers from diverse cultural and non-English speaking

backgrounds with an industry mentor, equipment, stock, post-production

facilities, and a $2,000 budget to assist in the development of a short

film project. Financial support also facilitated Metro Screen’s Lester

Bostock Introductory Program and Indigenous Training Scholarship.

A key initiative for the State Library in 2012-13 was the establishment of

an Indigenous Unit in April 2013 to further develop services for the

Indigenous community. The unit incorporates two existing Indigenous

Services Librarian positions and a newly appointed Coordinator. The unit’s

role is to liaise with Indigenous communities across NSW to retain and

manage Indigenous documentary resources and to promote the services

and collections of the State Library in consultation with communities.

The Indigenous Unit also provides advice about Indigenous matters to staff

and NSW public libraries. These matters include cultural protocols, policies,

collections, projects, exhibitions, reconciliation initiatives, priorities and

relationships with communities.

CASE STUDY SIX: STATE LIBRARY OF NSW’S INDIGENOUS UNIT

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DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT In a converged media environment, developing digital skills, NSW content

and intellectual property will make NSW businesses, screen practioners

and artists visible and competitive on a national and global level.

Digital programs have the benefit of being able to overcome geographical

barriers, allowing the state cultural institutions to reach out to a wider

audience and offer a more sustained and deeper engagement with

regional communities than was previously possible.

The cultural institutions are at the cutting edge of digital engagement,

capitalising on the strengths of the interconnected ICT, creative industries,

research and education sectors in NSW.

DIGITAL EDUCATION PROGRAM, STATE LIBRARY

One year into the Library’s Digital Excellence Program, significant progress

has been made in digitising collections and upgrading the State Library’s

digital infrastructure.

In 2012, the NSW Government awarded the State Library $32.6 million

for the initial four years of a 10-year digitisation program which will

transform the Library into a centre of digital excellence.

Under the program, the State Library will digitise its most iconic, at risk

and highly valued collections as well as undertaking a complete renewal of

underlying infrastructure and systems. This will permit people across NSW

and beyond to access images from their homes, workplaces and public

libraries.

The greatest initial benefit of the digitisation project has been large-scale

newspaper digitisation. At the end of 2012-13, there were 175 NSW

newspapers on Trove’s online repository, up from 59 at the end of the

previous year. 90 titles (2.4 million pages) have been scanned with 1.25

million pages converted to searchable text. In total, Trove now presents

more than 100 million searchable articles on over 10 million pages. The

impact is enormous. During the year, there were over 13.5 million page

views of NSW newspapers, with 30% of all the pages viewed on Trove.

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Titles were sourced from the State Library's microfilm printing masters as

part of the collaborative Newspaper Digitisation program with the

National Library of Australia. This year’s additions include rural

newspapers such as the Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder.

They have been warmly welcomed in regional areas where their

availability facilitates local and family history, and school projects.

The University of New England transferred 104 regional NSW newspaper

titles to the State Library this year. The State Library has taken responsibility

for collecting and preserving those titles still in print, while systematically

preserving the retrospective newspapers. This approach will enable the

eventual digitisation of in demand titles.

FIGURE THREE: STATE LIBRARY OF NSW, PHOTO BY MERINDA CAMPBELL

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DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM, SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

The Sydney Opera House launched its Digital Education Program in early

2012, in line with a key strategic priority to increase accessibility to Opera

House experiences and arts engagement through education and outreach.

The program consists of live videoconference experiences for primary and

secondary students and teachers, delivered to NSW state schools using the

Connected Classroom infrastructure.

The Sydney Opera House applies a performing arts approach to the

medium and delivers programs that are highly interactive and encourage

experiential learning through physical movement, discussion,

experimentation and collaboration.

The 2012-13 program consisted of the following activities:

• Discover the House, Yrs 3-6

• Discover the Stage, Yrs 3-6

• The Man Who Planted Trees, Yrs 2-6 (Streamed Performance)

• Staging Stories: A Digital Storytelling Workshop, Yrs K-2

• A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Digital Master Class, Yrs 7-10

• Teaching Music in the Primary Classroom (Teachers’ Professional

Development Program)

During the 2012-13 financial year the program reached over 5,450

students and teachers from 123 schools in NSW. 110 workshops were held

across 68 regional and remote schools attended by a total of 2,604

regional students. One professional development program, ‘Teaching

Music in the Primary Classroom’, was held and attended by 19 regional

teachers.

ARTEXPRESS CONNECTS OUTWEST, ART GALLERY OF NSW

This popular live video conferencing project developed by the Art Gallery

of NSW and the Arts Unit, and the Department of Education and

Communities, was offered again in 2013. 107 students from public

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schools benefited from the program, allowing them to hear valuable

insights from the curator, the arts unit coordinator and two exhibiting

artists about the exhibition. The videoconference allows students and

teachers in isolated areas to engage with the artworks in an environment

that is encouraging and supportive. Schools from four NSW regions

participated in the program, including:

• Glen Innes High School

• Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School

• Ashford Central School

• Walcha High School

• Port Macquarie High School

• Mullumbimby High School

• Scone High School

• Coleambally Central School

• Young High School

• Broken Hill High School

• Nygan High School

• Trundle Central School

• Wilcannia Central School

• Dubbo School of Distance Education

• Henry Lawson High School

RURAL TECHNOLOGY DATABASE, MUSEUM OF APPLIED ARTS AND SCIENCES

The Museum’s Rural Technology Project, an online resource comprising

information and images recording the manufacturers of farm machinery

from the 1850s to the 1960s world-wide, is being developed to support

research and documentation of regional collections.

In 2012-13 almost 4,000 agricultural items were added to the database

bringing it to a total of 23,500. About 1,000 photographs of agricultural

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engines and implements were taken to add to the database during

inspections of 12 museums in NSW, four in New Zealand and at four

engine rallies.

THE INTERACTIVE MEDIA FUND, SCREEN NSW

The NSW Government committed $3 million over two years (2011-12 and

2012-13) to the Interactive Media Fund (IMF), supporting the creation of new

digital content.

The fund was designed for commercially oriented projects destined for

distribution on the internet, wireless, mobile or other emerging platforms or

devices. The IMF had a focus on interactive content, with the ability to benefit

other sectors such as health, finance and education.

In 2012-13 mememe productions, based in the Northern Rivers region of

NSW, was supported with a grant of $249,260 to further develop the

dirtgirlworld universe with a multi-level interactive game for iPads, and

Ken's Stunt Arena which encourages creative play and activity in young

children. In May 2013 dirtgirlworld dig it all won the 2013 International

Digital Emmy® Award for Children and Young People.

The Interactive Media Fund was an initiative that concluded on June 30

2013, having consolidated this exciting new industry for NSW. Screen NSW

continues to actively support the progress and delivery of recently funded

projects and supports interactive projects through its development and

production funding programs.

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VIDEO CONFERENCING, AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM

Schools throughout the state are able to access the Museum's collections

and staff through an array of videoconferences. During 2012-13:

• 8,450 students were reached via video conferencing session at the

Australian Museum.

• 5,251 students interacted with Australian Museum content.

• 3,200 students had sessions from external content providers hosted by

the Australian Museum.

FIGURE FOUR: GEOLOGY ROCKS, AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. PHOTO COURTESY OF AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM

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STUDENT ACCESS

The NSW Government recognises that opportunities for arts and cultural

participation for students are not evenly distributed. For many regional

schools the cost of organising an excursion to see an exhibition or

participate in a program outside their region is prohibitive.

State cultural institutions are committed to ensuring that their education

programs are accessible, and have a range of programs that are delivered

locally to regional schools or that utilise digital technologies such as video

conferencing to reach students in regional and remote areas.

GREATER REGIONAL ACCESS TO MUSEUM PROGRAMS, AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM

The Australian Museum has reduced charges and costs for economically

disadvantaged schools with:

• Discounted charges for Museum in a Box

• Free or reduced cost videoconferencing during the annual Clickfest

educational video conferencing festival

• Reduced entry price for regional events.

FIGURE FIVE: AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM SCIENCE FESTIVAL, SOFALA PUBLIC SCHOOL, BATHURST. PHOTO COURTESY OF AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM.

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AUSTRALIAN BIOTA PROGRAM, AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM

This annual program with long-term partners at the Royal Botanic Gardens

and Taronga Zoo reached 3,867 HSC students in regional areas. The

program covers most of the syllabus topic in a single study day. It includes

investigations using real and cast specimens of modern and extinct

Australian biota and employs the expertise of educators from the three

institutions.

MUSEUM IN A BOX, AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM

Now in its 48th year, Museum in a Box is an outreach program providing

quality educational resources for students of all ages. The Museum loaned

545 boxes last year across regional NSW and outer urban areas, reaching

almost 73,500 students. This included:

• 59,320 students reached directly through Museum in a Box in their

school.

• 9,800 students who used Museum in a Box through other outreach

events including science events and festivals.

EDUCATION PROGRAM AT MAITLAND STEAMFEST, MUSEUM OF APPLIED ARTS AND SCIENCES

In partnership with Maitland Council, the Museum of Applied Arts and

Sciences Education team developed a program for the Hunter Valley

Steamfest 2013 Primary Schools Day. Over 300 students (a 50% increase

from 2011-12) learnt about steam in the ‘Full Steam Ahead!’ science show

and participated in the interactive show with Cogs, the Museum’s mascot.

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HSC STUDY DAYS, ART GALLERY OF NSW

During November 2012 the Art Gallery ran HSC Study Days that included

the involvement of students and teachers from low socioeconomic status

and regional school communities. Within the program 349 students and

41 teachers participated over three days from the following schools:

• Kincumber High School

• Northlakes High School

• Kariong Mountains High

School

• Kotara High School

• Callaghan College

• Jesmond Campus

• Merewether High School

• Lake Illawarra High School

• Nowra High School

• Warilla High School

• Griffith High School

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THE OPEN HOUSE PROJECT, SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

The Sydney Opera House Education Program works in partnership with the

Glasshouse, Port Macquarie to deliver exciting and innovative arts

education programs to schools located in the Mid North Coast Region.

Titled the Open House Project, the program was designed to increase best

practice cultural experiences in the Mid North Coast Region that

complements the Glasshouse’s current touring program.

During 2012-2013 a number of international and national best practice

performing arts experiences for school students were offered at the

Glasshouse, originating from seasons at the Opera House. A key

programming priority was to ensure that the local Mid North Coast

Aboriginal community also had access to leading Indigenous performing

arts experiences such as the Message Sticks Festival (now renamed

Homeground).

FIGURE SIX: ARTWORK AND STUDENT RESPONSES COMPLETED IN THE CLASSROOM FOLLOWING A DIGITAL EXCURSION - STUDENTS FROM WALLERAWANG PRIMARY SCHOOL

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CASE STUDY SEVEN: DISCOVER THE HOUSE TOUR SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

The Discover the House tour was designed for metropolitan and regional

student’s from years 3 – 6 with an interest in exploring the Opera House’s

heritage, architecture, design and functions. The tour was offered either as a

stand-alone activity or to complement other learning experiences such as

participation in a live-streamed performance or digital performing arts

workshop.

Years 4, 5 and 6 students from Bundarra Central School took part in the

Discover the House digital behind-the-scenes tour in May 2013. Regional

teachers, such as Mrs Louise McKinnon of Bundarra Central School are keen to

use technology such as interactive video conferencing to connect students to

new learning experiences:

“The entire experience was wonderful. . .The pacing of the tour, with the inclusion of the very informative videos, and the interactive nature of the excursion made it not only very informative, but extremely entertaining. Congratulations and thank you for offering such as amazing experience for our rural children. It really felt like we were there!”

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AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM SCIENCE FESTIVAL

The Australian Museum Science Festival (formerly Science in the City) saw

over 5,000 students participate in 212 workshops in August 2012. Science

on Saturday, open to the general public, attracted over 1,800 people,

while another 1,100 students attended regional events.

The Museum has reduced its fees and charges across a range of activities

for economically disadvantaged schools, and continues to work with social

inclusion units from major universities to cover the cost of disadvantaged

schools attending the Festival in 2013.

A further 1,100 students attended regional events (formerly Science in the

Bush) at Wagga Wagga and Narrabri, run in association with Charles Sturt

University, with presenters chosen from various science organisations.

These one-day events focus on electives for year 11 and 12 students and

include specialised workshops.

FIGURE SEVEN: AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM SCIENCE FESTIVAL, BATHURST: MET ORANGE STUDENTS AT THE EXPO. PHOTO COURTESY OF AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM.

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LEARNING SERVICES ON TOUR, STATE LIBRARY

The Far Out! Treasures to the Bush learning program saw 2019 students

from 29 schools in 18 rural towns engage with the State Library’s

collections.

The program, supported by the Caledonia Foundation, saw 2,019 students

from 29 schools in 18 rural towns visited by the State Library’s learning

staff. Learning programs were delivered to schools in Junee,

Cootamundra, Temora, Narranderra, Culcairn, Henty, Holbrook,

Tumbarumba, Molong, Canowindra, Manildra, Euchareena, Cumnock,

Cargo, Eugowra, Condobolin, Trundle and Peak Hill.

A program of workshops for teachers at rural and regional NSW schools,

Reaching Out, was expanded with 157 teachers from 57 schools

participating in workshops in Coffs Harbour, Wagga Wagga, Orange,

Armidale and Port Macquarie. The workshops focused on showing

teachers the wealth of material from the State Library that is online and

ready for immediate classroom use.

Videoconferences continued to provide opportunities for isolated schools to

engage in curriculum-specific learning programs with the State Library.

Thirty-two regional schools and 1,011 students enjoyed a range of

activities such as creating their own artworks through the Art Around the

Library series, developing creative writing skills with Anita Heiss, or

exploring the truth behind British colonisation.

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CAPACITY BUILDING

Capacity building is a long term and sustained investment in a community

that can include activities, resources and support that strengthen the skills

and abilities of community groups and individuals to take leading roles in

the development of their communities.

In practice, this includes offering training and internships, mutually

beneficial partnerships between state cultural institutions and regional

organisations and the professional development of volunteers.

Equally, the state cultural institutions are the beneficiaries of the expertise

of the regional communities and organisations they work in partnership

with.

VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS

As part of one of the Australian Museum’s volunteer programs, 152

volunteers in regional NSW provided field data to the Research and

Collections Branch.

The Art Gallery of NSW provides outreach support for regional galleries

that have programmed Art Gallery touring programs. Volunteer guides

and regional gallery staff have participated in a range of activities

including:

• Annual Learning Symposium

• Professional development days

• Support for volunteer training

• Teachers in-service for regional teachers

• Presentation of public program exhibition floor talks

• Access to online resources, videos and apps.

KNOWLEDGE SHARING

The Australian Museum’s Search & Discover information and resource

centre received and answered 479 enquires from regional NSW in

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2012-13. The majority of these were for assistance in identifying and

obtaining more information about specific specimens and artefacts.

TRAINING AND INTERNSHIPS

Five Museum Studies interns assisted in developing the education and

interpretive component for the Australian’s Museum’s Tyrannosaurs

exhibition and social inclusion program.

The Museum’s Archives Unit hosted three interns from regional area

during 2012-13 as part of their Museum Studies and Art Curatorship

degree requirements.

Eight internships at the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences included five

from regional NSW. Interns were provided with a specifically tailored

program of advice and training focusing on identified needs and interests.

Regional interns came from Albury City Council (2), Newcastle Museum (2)

and Uralla (1).

FIGURE EIGHT: REGIONAL INTERNS AT THE POWERHOUSE MUSEUM ON A COLLECTION TOUR. PHOTO COURTESY OF POWERHOUSE MUSEUM.

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CASE STUDY EIGHT: REGIONAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM MUSEUM OF APPLIED ARTS AND SCIENCES

Beth Anastasiou and David Hampton, Newcastle Museum, were both

awarded an internship placement at the Museum of Applied Arts and

Sciences (Powerhouse Museum) as part of the 2013 program. Beth works

as the Business Support Assistant coordinating venue hire and assisting

with museum administrative duties and David works as Public Programs

Assistant and Senior Visitor Services Officer:

‘Being accepted into the Regional Internship Program was a great privilege for us from a personal and professional perspective. During our three days with the Powerhouse Museum, we were exposed to a variety of informative talks by Powerhouse professionals. This included workshops on collection management, registration, conservation, public programs and other aspects of museum practice. “However, the highlight by far was being given the opportunity to explore the museum’s vast and extraordinary collection, both on-site in the Powerhouse basement, and at the incredible Powerhouse Discovery Centre at Castle Hill. Coming from a smaller museum, we were surprised at the sheer size and scale of the Powerhouse collection as well as its diversity. Going behind the scenes and discovering the “other” side of the PHM was an inspiring experience that we will never forget.’

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CASE STUDY NINE: PROFESSIONAL VOLUNTEERS IN REGIONAL MUSEUM SECTOR

In 2013, five applicants in NSW undertook the Professional Placement for

Volunteer Museum Workers initiative administered by M&GNSW. The

mentorships provided the opportunity for volunteer museum workers to

undertake short-term placements within professional collecting institutions

in regional NSW. Placements were held at the Albury Library & Museum,

State Records NSW, and Museum of the Riverina, Hurstville Library &

Gallery and Newcastle Regional Museum, and involved providing practical

support in areas including cataloguing and data management.

Participants reported that the mentorships equipped them with professional

skill development including access to better collections processes, new

networks and employment opportunities in the region. These mentorships

within professional institutions has improved museum standard practice

whilst building a healthy and vibrant volunteer culture in NSW regional

museums and galleries.

FIGURE NINE: ELAINE KALDY, AT THE MILLTHORPE & DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY WITH RACHEL VINCENT FROM MUSEUM OF THE RIVERINA, DISCUSSING COLLECTIONS DATABASES.

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CASE STUDY TEN: REGIONAL STAKEHOLDERS FORUM MUSEUM OF APPLIED ARTS AND SCIENCES

The Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences organises an annual regional

stakeholders forum designed to improve outcomes for regional heritage

organisations and support better service delivery and planning. It was

initiated by the Museum in 2009 and attendance has since increased. The

program has evolved to include a second day with the regional and state

based representatives attending a round table meeting held prior to the

full day of presentations and discussion.

A record number of participants attended in November 2012. On the first

day 31 representatives of state bodies, including the State Library,

Australian Museum, State Records, Museums and Galleries NSW and the

Office of Environment and Heritage, along with regional organisations,

took part in discussions at a round table meeting hosted by the Historic

Houses Trust which aimed to better integrate services to the regional

heritage community.

Over 90 people attended the second day at the Powerhouse Museum,

which focused on regional initiatives and listening to feedback on the

Museum’s Regional Services Program. Feedback from attendees included:

"A good balance of speakers, issues and lots of space for regional voices. A lot more people willing to ask questions and take part in discussions this year, a great development. Personally, as a professional development experience I give it 10/10!" "Thank you for financially supporting so many people to make it (to the event). Your dedication of inclusivity has helped me to transfer this to my region and I have rung many since I got back to share information.”

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Each year the Art Gallery of NSW plays host to a professional development

day for educators and curators from regional galleries who will exhibit the

Touring Archibald Prize exhibition. Organised in partnership with Museums

and Galleries NSW, gallery staff share their expertise across the range of

programming and resources that are produced annually for this popular

exhibition. The day program has successfully run for several years with

valuable sessions, and discussion exploring strategies for guiding the

exhibition, approaches for school education groups, and using the online

education material and programming ideas for public programs.

Following the success of the professional development days for regional

educators, the Art Gallery’s Education and Access coordinator has been

invited to deliver outreach training at Cowra Regional Gallery, Tweed River

Regional Gallery, Grafton Regional Gallery and Albury Regional Gallery,

including:

• An overview of exhibition works and history of the Dobell Drawing Prize

for staff and volunteers

• Public exhibition talk or guided tour

• Volunteer guide and educator professional development

• Specialist training in access guiding and community access programs

• Discussion of the use of exhibition resources and multimedia materials

• Exploration of the use of Art Gallery of NSW online educational

resources and multimedia channels in the gallery and classroom.

Making Connections is the Library’s foundation program for public library

staff. Each year it provides an opportunity for public library staff to visit

the State Library and spend a day engaging with Library staff about the

services and collections available to their local communities. The program

is offered six times a year and was attended by 180 public library staff

over 2012-13.

Screen NSW has supported professional development workshops in

interactive media, scriptwriting for Aboriginal writers, documentary

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production for emerging filmmakers and directing in northern NSW

through Northern Rivers Screenworks and the Australian Directors’ Guild,

and on the Central Coast and in the Central West through Metro Screen.

In 2012-13, three Industry Development funded projects and two Strategic

Opportunities funded projects took place in regional NSW. These projects

received total funding of $95,000 with an estimated NSW spend of

$481,315.

These professional development workshops and seminars reached 1,781

participants in Dubbo, Northern Rivers, Byron Bay, Newcastle, Gosford

and Wyong.

FIGURE TEN: YOUNG AT HEART FESTIVAL. PHOTO COURTESY OF SCREEN NSW.

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STATE LIBRARY SUPPORT SERVICES

The State Library’s leadership and support services have assisted NSW

public libraries to position themselves for this growth in demand. In 2012-

13, the State Library has assisted local government to promote, provide

and maintain public libraries through providing:

• $26.528 million in grants and subsidies

• consultancy and advisory services

• collection and service support including multicultural collection

development, and bulk loans of multicultural collections and alternate

formats such as talking books

• program support

• professional development programs.

Over this period, Library staff visited 133 libraries across regional, rural

and metropolitan NSW to provide consultancy, advice, needs assessments

and to represent the State Library at stakeholder association meetings and

community events.

Library reviews have been a focus of this year’s work. These are evidence

based and undertaken at the request of council/library management.

Library reviews were undertaken for Newcastle, Hawkesbury, Holroyd,

Blacktown (two reviews), Ku-ring-gai and Snowy River. A City of Sydney

review is underway. Building consultancy was provided to Hurstville,

Newcastle, Wingecarribee, Canada Bay and Warringah libraries.

The State Library’s visits and consultancies support Library Council’s

Objects and Duty 5(1)(a) under the Library Act 1939 to ‘make or cause to

be made careful inquiry into the administration and management of every

local library, and 5(1)(b) to ‘cause every local library to be inspected from

time to time’.

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CASE STUDY ELEVEN: PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE MUSEUM OF THE RIVERINA, WAGGA WAGGA & THE POWERHOUSE MUSEUM, SYDNEY

The Powerhouse Museum’s (Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences)

Regional Services Program

The Powerhouse Museum established its Regional Services Program in

2001 to assist individuals and organisations working with cultural heritage

in regional New South Wales. Services offered included advice on all

aspects of museum and collection management, site visits, workshops,

training and seminars, collection loans and travelling exhibitions.

The Museum of the Riverina, Wagga Wagga

The Museum of the Riverina is a vibrant social history museum. It

communicates the identity and history of Wagga Wagga and the Riverina

through stories that showcase unique people, places and rural landscapes.

The Museum manages a permanent collection of over 15,000 objects,

overseeing their conservation, research, sustainable growth and

interpretation. Reaching beyond Wagga Wagga, the Museum of the

Riverina operates as a ‘regional hub’, providing a Sector Outreach Service

for community museums in the region. Key to the delivery of this service is

the Museum’s close working relationship with the Regional Services

Program, delivered by the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.

Australian Dress Register

The Australian Dress Register was officially launched at the Museum of the

Riverina on 16 August 2011. The Powerhouse Museum and the Museum of

the Riverina continue to work with regional organisations and local

communities to build content for the Dress Register, a collaborative online

database featuring dress in New South Wales with Australian provenance

pre-1975. This work includes the delivery of training to volunteer-run

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museums on how to research, describe, photograph and enter garments

onto the database, as well as undertake significance assessments on their

collection holdings. The Dress Register website is a leader in its field, with

a growing number of entries from public and private collections that

capture the social history of the region.

The Australian Dress Register won the Level 3 Sustainability national award

of Museums and Galleries National Award (MAGNA) and was promoted

and demonstrated at workshops, conferences and meetings. The Register

website was upgraded and training sessions for regional volunteers

continued. 21 new entries went online (80 in 2011-12), bringing the total

to 137.

NSW Migration Heritage Centre

The Migration Heritage Centre is a virtual immigration museum that draws

on the Powerhouse Museum’s curatorial, technical, marketing and

educational expertise. The Migration Heritage Centre and the Museum of

the Riverina have a long history of collaborative working practice resulting

in projects that have a significant impact on volunteer-run museums in the

region and their local councils. Characterised by multiple partnerships,

clear strategic outcomes and a deliberately measured pace, these ethical

working relationships foster integrity and build environments of trust. An

example of this working practice is Tracking the Dragon: A History of the

Chinese in the Riverina, an exhibition exploring the history of Chinese

migration and settlement in the region from the mid-19th century. The

exhibition was funded by Wagga Wagga City Council, Arts NSW and the

Migration Heritage Centre.

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REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND TOURISM Screen NSW

Total investment in projects with some regional activity in 2012-13 was

more than $1 million with an estimated NSW production expenditure of

more than $31.5 million.

In 2012-13, large budget feature films in production in NSW included The

Great Gatsby, which resulted in a boost of more than $120 million for the

NSW economy, and more than 2,300 jobs for cast and crew, extras,

dancers, stunt work and in post-production and visual effects; and The

Wolverine, which created almost 2,000 NSW jobs for cast, crew and

extras, and spent more than $80 million in the State. The Wolverine

opened in the number one position in 100 countries around the world,

and was shot in Sydney and Lithgow.

Screen NSW provided support through its Production Finance Fund and

Regional Filming Fund to a number of projects including feature film

Backtrack, and the drama documentary, The Outlaw Michael Howe, which

together will inject more than $7.5 million into the NSW economy and

create an estimated 550 NSW jobs.

FIGURE ELEVEN: ON THE SET OF THE GODS OF WHEAT STREET. PHOTO COURTESY OF EVERY CLOUD PRODUCTIONS.

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Support of $100,000 was also provided from the Regional Filming Fund to

a new television series, The Gods of Wheat Street, an original concept by

Aboriginal screenwriter Jon Bell, who grew up in Wheat Street in the

regional NSW town of Casino. The stories and characters are fictional,

inspired by Jon’s own experiences and family stories. The project took

place in 2012-13 (the funding was committed in 2011-12), and was shot

in Casino and Northern Rivers. This project also received funding from the

NSW Jobs Action Plan. Support for The Gods of Wheat Street leveraged an

estimated NSW spend of $2,113,685 and created 165 jobs, many of them

for local people.

Support was also given to the drama series, The Code, which will film in

Queanbeyan and the far west of NSW, generating a NSW spend of more

than $6.9 million and 460 NSW jobs.

Camp, a new television series for the US market starring Rachel Griffiths

and filmed in the Northern Rivers region during 2013, injected more than

$14 million into the NSW economy and created more than 200 NSW jobs.

FIGURE TWELVE: THE CODE. PHOTO COURTESY OF PLAYMAKER MEDIA.

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Steamfest, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences

The Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences’ participation in the annual

Hunter Valley Steamfest involved Loco 3265, a fully booked Primary

Schools Day and a range of activities in the Powerhouse marquee

including talks, a display of models, a volunteer-staffed Steam touch

trolley and the seven winning images from the 2012 Trainspotting

photographic competition, attracting over 8,500 visitors.

FIGURE THIRTEEN: THE POWERHOUSE MUSEUM’S ‘STEAM SHOW’ AT STEAMFEST. PHOTO COURTESY OF POWERHOUSE MUSEUM.

“It is wonderful that the Powerhouse is involved with our celebrations both through their model display and the attendance of the steam locomotive 3265, but also through the recent initiatives for children developed by the Museum staff over the last few years, such as the Cogs Show and the Primary Schools day held on the preceding Friday, which was fully booked this year. These activities not only support the continuing growth of the event but also act to ensure its future by engaging the younger generations.” Cr Peter Garnham, Chairman Hunter Valley Steamfest.

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ACCESSIBLE COLLECTIONS

MUSEUM2YOU, AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM

Museum2you is a resource rich, science-based community environmental

education program for councils, libraries, regional museums, community

groups and organisations.

Museum2you has been displayed at 13 regional organisations around

NSW including:

• Blue Mountains City Council

• Hawkesbury Library Service

• Wagga City Council

• Weddin Landcare Steering Committee

• Parkes Shire Council - Library

• Wagga City Council

• Albury Library Museum

• Lake Macquarie City Council

• Wyong Shire Council

• Gosford City Library

• Science Unleashed - Narrabri

• Science Unleashed - Wagga Wagga

• Mid-Mountains Community Centre.

This year, 26 Museum2you modules were loaned to community centres

and reached 44,273 people. The Museum2you environmental education

program was also joint winner of a Museum and Galleries National Award

(MAGNA) in 2012 for best temporary exhibition. Other loans have been

provided to the Crawford House Museum, Warragamba Dam Visitor

Centre, Albury Art Gallery & Library Museum and Western Plains Cultural

Centre.

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EXHIBITIONS ON TOUR, STATE LIBRARY OF NSW

Treasures of Newcastle from the Macquarie Era, at the Newcastle Art

Gallery from 2 March to 5 May 2013, showed rarely seen artworks and

maps telling the fascinating story of the development of the early colony of

Newcastle. State Library conservators prepared and installed 32 items for

the exhibition including the recently discovered and acquired Wallis album,

with rare images of the Awabakal people, and the iconic Macquarie

Collector’s Chest, which returned to Newcastle for the first time in 195

years. Conservators returned fortnightly to reveal different panels of the

chest and page openings of the album. It was the first time this material

from the collections of the State Library and Newcastle Art Gallery had

been seen together and presented an opportunity for visitors to engage

with these significant artefacts.

The State Library toured a range of exhibitions, featuring original

collection items, reproductions and interpretative information as well as

accompanying talks by curators:

• Bush, Beach and Battlers: Jeff Carter showed photographs selected from

Carter’s remarkable, historically significant archive of over 50,000

works celebrating the lives of everyday Australians in rural, outback,

urban and coastal communities dating from the late 1940s through to

today

• Carved Trees displayed rare and original images of the carved trees of

western NSW held by the State Library

• Flashback revealed the glamorous story of Australian fashion

photography

• Lewin: The Blue Mountains Works featured John Lewin’s illustrations of

his 1815 journey across the Blue Mountains to coincide with the

bicentenary of the Blue Mountains

• TAL & Dai-ichi Life Collection Curator Tour, by Mitchell Librarian Richard

Neville, took examples from this prized collection to regional galleries

and museums throughout NSW

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• Macquarie the Governor, 1810 to 1821, a collaboration between the

State Library and Macquarie Group, featured more than 30 objects

from the Library’s collection including convict leg irons, a policeman’s

rattle and flintlock duelling pistol.

COLLECTIONS LOANS, MUSEUM OF APPLIED ARTS AND SCIENCES

There were 129 Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences collection loans to regional NSW during this period:

Commenced 2012-13:

• Alstonville Plateau Historical Society (1) for Platypus, Pioneers and

Progress: A Story of Changing Attitudes, 4 September 2012 - November

2012

• Blue Mountains Cultural Centre (1) for Into the Blue, 10 November

2012- November 2014

• Hunter Valley, Maitland (40) for Steamfest 2013, 11-14 April 2013

• Uralla Historical Society (1) for Trickett’s Triumph, 25 February 2013 -

25 February 2015

• 14th National Historical Machinery Rally (51) for National Historical

Machinery Rally, Mudgee 19 - 21 April 2013.

Long term loans continuing in 2012-13:

• Tumbarumba Historical Society (6) for Southern Cloud, commenced

2008

• Albert Kersten Mining & Minerals Museum, Broken Hill (22) for The Hill

that Changed the Nation, commenced 2008

• Lithgow Small Arms Factory Museum (1) for display, commenced 2009

• TAFE NSW Western Institute, Broken Hill (1) for Learning Common and

Exhibition Centre, commenced 2010

• Office of Rail Heritage, Thirlmere (1) for display at Trainworks,

commenced 2011

• Sydney Tramway Museum, Loftus (1), Tram no. 805 “Toastrack” for

display, commenced 2011

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• Newcastle Museum (2) for A Newcastle Story, commenced 2011

• Australian Motorlife Museum, Kembla Grange (1) for display, commenced 2012.

COLLECTIONS LOANS, AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM Ethnographic objects lent by the Australian Museum from its Indigenous collections included:

• Red Chief Local Aboriginal Land Council, Gunnedah – a collection of

37 items, including clubs, spears, shields, a cuirass, a nose ornament,

caps, conainers and more; commenced 1999

• Bathurst District Historical Society – a carved tree from the region;

commenced 1983

• Tibooburra Local Aboriginal Land Council, – a collection 23 items,

including boomerangs, spears, shields and axe heads; commenced

2003.

COLLECTIONS LOANS, ART GALLERY OF NSW Works lent by the Gallery for exhibitions at regional galleries included:

• Bathurst Regional Art Gallery for Ros Auld Ceramics, 28 Sep 2012 – 18

Nov 2012

• Blue Mountains Cultural Centre Gallery for Picturing the Great Divide:

visions from Australia’s Blue mountains, 17 Nov 2012 – 03 Feb 2013

• Tweed River Regional Art Gallery for It’s all about the light: works by

Margaret Olley from private collections, 11 Jan 2013 – 18 Apr 2013

• Newcastle Region Art Gallery for Illumination: The art of Philip

Wolfhagen, 22 Jun 2013 – 11 Aug 2013.

SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL, SCREEN NSW

Sydney Film Festival is an annual, two-week celebration of film; a highlight

of Sydney’s cultural and events calendar, and is one of the oldest

continuous running film festivals in the world.

The Travelling Film Festival presents highlights from the main festival and

tours across Australia and visited seven regional towns in 2012-13:

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Huskisson; Bowraville;Wagga Wagga; Dubbo; Wollongong; Tamworth and

Newcastle, to a total regional audience of 31,098.

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CASE STUDY TWELVE: TREASURES OF NEWCASTLE FROM THE MACQUARIE ERA, STATE LIBRARY

With the generous support of Noble Resources, many superb items from the

State Library’s collection were brought together with items from the Newcastle

Art Gallery for the major exhibition Treasures of Newcastle from the Macquarie

Era, held earlier this year at the Newcastle Art Gallery.

The Library’s famous Macquarie Collector’s Chest made a welcome return

to Newcastle, 195 years after its construction, to feature in the exhibition.

Richly decorated with scenes of Newcastle, the chest was a gift for

Governor Macquarie from Captain James Wallis, the Commandant of the

Newcastle penal settlement from 1816 to 1818.

Like the chest, many of the items in the exhibition were exhibited together

for the first time in their place of execution. On display was an

extraordinary 3.6 metre panorama of Newcastle, painted in 1821 by

Edward Close, now known as the father of Morpeth; Governor

Macquarie’s journal documenting his time in Newcastle; a letter by James

Wallis fondly recalling the beauty of the Newcastle district and his hunting

expeditions with Burigon, whose portrait is featured in the Wallis album

(acquired by the Library last year); Joseph Lycett’s seminal Corroboree at

Newcastle 1818, as well as the 1813 Skottowe Manuscript featuring

critical portraits by Richard Browne.

This was an important exhibition, particularly for the Awakabal people and

their descendants, as the drawings and documents on display are critical

records of their history in this area. A substantial catalogue by the curator,

former Mitchell Librarian Elizabeth Ellis, and key community and

educational events, accompanied the exhibition.

The people of Newcastle and the Upper Hunter received the exhibition most

enthusiastically – over 13,597 people visited it over 55 days; 1,226 school

groups participated in education tours; 1,286 family groups were involved in

school holiday and children’s activities; and 1,827 people attended via 79

tours. The exhibition also attracted considerable publicity.

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APPENDICES

APPENDIX A: 2012-13 ARTS FUNDING SUPPORT FOR REGIONAL NSW

RECIPIENT DESCRIPTION CATEGORY LGA FUNDING

3rd Space Mob

Aboriginal and

Torres Strait

Islander Corp for

Casino Women`s

Wake Up Group

‘Weaving a Way

Forward`

Aboriginal

Strategic Projects

Bellingen Shire

Council

$15, 000

Albury City

Council for

Albury Library

Museum

2013 annual

program funding

Programs Albury City

Council

$20, 000

Albury City

Council for

Albury Library

Museum

The design and

development of

a replica

monoplane

New Projects Albury City

Council

$19, 000

Armidale &

Region

Aboriginal

Cultural Centre &

Keeping Place

Year 3 of

triennial

program funding

(2011-2013)

Programs Armidale

Dumaresq

Council

$55, 990

Arts Mid North

Coast

Year 1 of

multiyear

program funding

(2013-2015)

RABS Coffs Harbour

City Council

$140, 000

Arts North West

Inc

Year 1 of

multiyear

program funding

(2013-2015)

RABS Glen Innes

Severn Council

$140, 000

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RECIPIENT DESCRIPTION CATEGORY LGA FUNDING

Arts Northern

Rivers Inc

`Connect`, an

industry and

market

development

project for

musicians from

the Northern

Rivers

Regional

Partnerships

Ballina Shire

Council

$30, 000

Arts Northern

Rivers Inc

Year 1 of

multiyear

program funding

(2013 - 2015)

RABS Ballina Shire

Council

$140, 000

Arts On Tour -

NSW Ltd

The annual

regional

performing arts

touring program

Performing Arts

Touring

Council of the

City of Sydney

$204, 935

Arts OutWest The `Silos

Project’, a large-

scale community

performance

outside Cowra

Regional

Partnerships

Bathurst

Regional

Council

$50, 000

Arts OutWest The Central West

Creative Lab

Aboriginal

Strategic Projects

Bathurst

Regional

Council

$15, 000

Arts OutWest Year 1 of

multiyear

program funding

(2013-2015)

RABS Bathurst

Regional

Council

$140, 000

63

RECIPIENT DESCRIPTION CATEGORY LGA FUNDING

Arts Upper

Hunter

Year 1 of

multiyear

program funding

(2013 - 2015)

RABS Dungog Shire

Council

$140, 000

Australian

Chamber

Orchestra

The NSW leg of

an ACO2

regional tour

Performing Arts

Touring

Council of the

City of Sydney

$40, 744

Bathurst Regional

Council for

Australian Fossil

and Mineral

Museum

The `Scattered

Bones’ science

and literacy

education

program

Young People Bathurst

Regional

Council

$25, 000

Bathurst Regional

Council for

Bathurst

Memorial

Entertainment

Centre

2013 annual

program funding

Programs Bathurst

Regional

Council

$30 ,000

Bathurst Regional

Council for

Bathurst

Memorial

Entertainment

Centre

The capital

redevelopment

of the Bathurst

Memorial

Entertainment

Centre

Regional Capital Bathurst

Regional

Council

$96, 203

Bathurst Regional

Council for

Bathurst Regional

Art Gallery

Year 3 of

triennial

program funding

(2011- 2013)

Programs Bathurst

Regional

Council

$71, 260

64

RECIPIENT DESCRIPTION CATEGORY LGA FUNDING

Bega Valley Shire

Council for Bega

Valley Regional

Gallery

2013 annual

program funding

Programs Bega Valley

Shire Council

$30, 835

Beyond Empathy

Ltd

Year 3 of

triennial funding

(2011-2013) for

the Better

Factory

Enterprise

Strategy,

Bowraville NSW

Aboriginal

Strategic Projects

Armidale

Dumaresq

Council

$100, 000

Beyond Empathy

Ltd

The ‘Illuminate’

project for

Euraba Artists

Regional

Partnerships

Armidale

Dumaresq Council

$50, 000

Big hART Inc Year 2 of

triennial

program funding

(2012 - 2014)

Programs Not in NSW $313, 035

Broken Hill City

Council for

Broken Hill

Regional Art

Gallery

The capital

redevelopment

of the Broken

Hill Regional Art

Gallery

Regional Capital Broken Hill

City Council

$39, 185

Broken Hill City

Council for

Broken Hill

Regional Art

Gallery

Year 3 of

triennial

program funding

(2011- 2013)

Programs Broken Hill

City Council

$45, 810

65

RECIPIENT DESCRIPTION CATEGORY LGA FUNDING

Broken Hill City

Council for

Broken Hill

Regional Writers’

Centre

2013 annual

program funding

Programs Broken Hill

City Council

$10, 000

Bundanon Trust `Life Raft’, a

multimedia

performance

and installation

made with

young people

from Nowra

Regional

Partnerships

Shoalhaven

City Council

$50, 000

Bundanon Trust Travel and ticket

subsidies for

2013 Regional

and Remote Arts

Enrichment

programs

Young People Shoalhaven

City Council

$9, 980

Byron Bay

Community

Association

2013 annual

program funding

Strategic support Byron Shire

Council

$10, 000

Byron Bay

Community

Association

The capital

redevelopment

of the Byron

Theatre

Regional Capital Byron Shire

Council

$20, 460

CDP Theatre

Producers

A tour of `Noel

and Gertie’ to

nine venues in

NSW

Performing Arts

Touring

Shoalhaven

City Council

$46, 054

66

RECIPIENT DESCRIPTION CATEGORY LGA FUNDING

CDP Theatre

Producers

A tour of the

children`s

production

`Room on the

Broom’

throughout NSW

Performing Arts

Touring

Shoalhaven

City Council

$34, 930

Central Coast

Conservatorium

The `Music for

All’ concert

series

Regional

Conservatorium

Gosford City

Council

$47, 260

Central West

Libraries for

Central West

Writers’ Centre

2013 annual

program funding

Programs Orange City

Council

$10, 703

Cessnock

Regional Art

Gallery Inc

2013 annual

program funding

Programs Cessnock City

Council

$15, 000

Circus Monoxide 2013 annual

program funding

Programs Wollongong

City Council

$50, 400

Clarence Valley

Conservatorium

A chamber

music concert

series

Regional

Conservatorium

Clarence

Valley Council

$30, 000

Clarence Valley

Conservatorium

Celebration

Concerts by

Clarence Valley

Conservatorium

teaching staff

Regional

Conservatorium

Clarence

Valley Council

$14, 000

67

RECIPIENT DESCRIPTION CATEGORY LGA FUNDING

Clarence Valley

Council for

Grafton Regional

Gallery

2013 annual

program funding

Programs Clarence

Valley Council

$50, 000

Coffs Harbour

Regional

Conservatorium

Inc

`Sunday

Soundscapes’

series of

afternoon

concerts

Regional

Conservatorium

Coffs Harbour

City Council

$37, 611

Cowra Shire

Council

The `Cowra-

Canowindra Arts

Project’

Regional

Partnerships

Cowra Shire

Council

$25, 800

Cowra Shire

Council for

Cowra Art

Gallery

2013 annual

program funding

Programs Cowra Shire

Council

$21, 390

Dr Victoria

Haskins

`ANZAC: Her

Story’

Fellowships and

Scholarships

Newcastle City

Council

$20, 000

Dubbo City

Council for

Leader in

Development

The creative

engagement of

Apollo housing

estate residents

in cross-artform

practice &

placemaking

New Projects Dubbo City

Council

$60, 000

Dubbo City

Council for

Western Plains

Cultural Centre

Year 3 of

triennial

program funding

(2011 - 2013)

Programs Dubbo City

Council

$66,170

68

RECIPIENT DESCRIPTION CATEGORY LGA FUNDING

Eastern Riverina

Arts Inc

‘8 Artists’ Arts and

Disability Projects

Wagga

Wagga City

Council

$20, 220

Eastern Riverina

Arts Inc

Year 1 of

multiyear

program funding

(2013-2015)

RABS Wagga

Wagga City

Council

$140, 000

Eastern Riverina

Arts Inc for

Patrick and

Shannon Ronald

The creative

development of

a site-specific

photo-media

installation

New Projects Wagga

Wagga City

Council

$29, 340

Fling Physical

Theatre Inc

`Cross the

Floor’; a

contemporary

dance project

targeting male

students at Bega

Valley high

schools

Young People Bega Valley

Shire Council

$20, 000

Fling Physical

Theatre Inc

2013 annual

program funding Programs Bega Valley

Shire Council

$60, 000

Fling Physical

Theatre Inc

The creative

development

and public

presentation of

`Socialsize Me`

New Projects Bega Valley

Shire Council

$10, 000

69

RECIPIENT DESCRIPTION CATEGORY LGA FUNDING

Flying Fruit Fly

Foundation Ltd

`Burranha Bila

Buraay’

(Bouncing River

Kids)

Aboriginal

Strategic Projects

Albury City

Council

$15, 000

Flying Fruit Fly

Foundation Ltd

Year 2 of

triennial

program funding

(2012 - 2014)

Programs Albury City

Council

$110, 000

Four Winds

Festival

The capital

redevelopment

of the Four

Winds Pavilion

Regional Capital Bega Valley

Shire Council

$249, 500

Gloucester Arts &

Cultural Council

Inc

2013 annual

program funding

Programs Gloucester

Shire Council

$25, 000

Gosford City

Council for

Gosford Regional

Gallery and Arts

Centre

2013 annual

program funding

Programs Gosford City

Council

$40, 000

Goulburn

Mulwaree

Council for

Goulburn

Regional Art

Gallery

2013 annual

program funding

Programs Goulburn

Mulwaree

Council

$50, 000

70

RECIPIENT DESCRIPTION CATEGORY LGA FUNDING

Goulburn

Mulwaree

Council for

Goulburn

Regional Art

Gallery

The capital

redevelopment

of the Goulburn

Regional Art

Gallery

Regional Capital Goulburn

Mulwaree

Council

$16, 245

Goulburn

Regional

Conservatorium

`Opera at the

Races!’

Regional

Conservatorium

Goulburn

Mulwaree

Council

$12, 910

Goulburn

Regional

Conservatorium

The `Goulburn

Oratorio’

project

Regional

Conservatorium

Goulburn

Mulwaree

Council

$50, 740

Greater Taree

City Council for

Manning

Regional Art

Gallery

2013 annual

program funding

Programs Greater Taree

City Council

$25, 000

Greater Taree

City Council for

Manning

Regional Art

Gallery

The creative

development

and public

presentation of

the `Live and

Loud’

streetscape

projection

project

New Projects Greater Taree

City Council

$10, 500

Griffith City

Council

The 2013 Arts

Project:

`Growing Our

Kids Culturally’

Young People Griffith City

Council

$22, 000

71

RECIPIENT DESCRIPTION CATEGORY LGA FUNDING

Griffith City

Council for

Griffith Regional

Art Gallery

2013 annual

program funding

Programs Griffith City

Council

$15, 000

Gunnedah

Conservatorium

Come, Meet the

Music concerts

Regional

Conservatorium

Gunnedah

Shire Council

$15, 150

Gunnedah

Conservatorium

The `Music That

Sustains’

residencies

project

Regional

Conservatorium

Gunnedah

Shire Council

$23, 150

HotHouse

Theatre Ltd

2013 annual

program funding

Programs Albury City

Council

$155, 000

HotHouse

Theatre Ltd

Black Border

Theatre

Aboriginal

Strategic Projects

Albury City

Council

$13, 900

Hunter Writers’

Centre Inc

2013 annual

program funding

Programs Newcastle City

Council

$20, 000

Illawarra

DisabilityTrust/

WorkAbility

Branch

`My Story My

Place’

Arts and

Disability Projects

Bega Valley

Shire Council

$32, 000

Kulchajam Inc A digital arts

symposium and

showcase in the

Northern Rivers

region

Regional

Partnerships

Byron Shire

Council

$29, 400

72

RECIPIENT DESCRIPTION CATEGORY LGA FUNDING

Kultour The `African

Caravan’

regional tour: a

journey through

the music and

dance of West

Africa

Performing Arts

Touring

Not in NSW $15, 645

Lake Macquarie

City Council for

Lake Macquarie

City Art Gallery

`Birabahn and

Threlkeld’

Aboriginal

Strategic Projects

Lake

Macquarie

City Council

$15, 000

Lake Macquarie

City Council for

Lake Macquarie

City Art Gallery

The Aboriginal

Leadership

position and

program

Aboriginal

Strategic Projects

Lake

Macquarie

City Council

$150, 000

Lake Macquarie

City Council for

Lake Macquarie

City Art Gallery

Year 1 of

multiyear

program funding

(2013 - 2015)

Programs Lake

Macquarie

City Council

$100, 000

Lismore City

Council for

Lismore Regional

Gallery

2013 annual

program funding

Programs Lismore City

Council

$60, 000

Lismore City

Council for

Lismore Regional

Gallery

Establishing the

`Peggy Popart

for Schools’

program

Young People Lismore City

Council

$28, 450

73

RECIPIENT DESCRIPTION CATEGORY LGA FUNDING

Lismore City

Council for

Lismore Regional

Gallery

The creative

development

and public

presentation of a

new work by

Bennett Miller

recreating an

Amish village at

Splendour in The

Grass

New Projects Lismore City

Council

$43, 000

Macquarie

Conservatorium

of Music

Incorporated

The visiting

artists and

performance

program

Regional

Conservatorium

Dubbo City

Council

$38, 250

Maitland City

Council for

Maitland

Regional Art

Gallery

Year 3 of

triennial

program funding

(2011- 2013)

Programs Maitland City

Council

$66, 170

Merrigong

Theatre

Company

`The Star

Project’

Arts and

Disability Projects

Wollongong

City Council

$35, 995

Merrigong

Theatre

Company

2013 annual

program funding

Programs Wollongong

City Council

$71, 500

Merrigong

Theatre

Company

The capital

redevelopment

of the Illawarra

Performing Arts

Centre

Regional Capital Wollongong

City Council

$29, 478

74

RECIPIENT DESCRIPTION CATEGORY LGA FUNDING

Merrigong

Theatre

Company

The public

presentation of

Alana

Valentine’s play,

`Dead Man

Brake’

New Projects Wollongong

City Council

$30, 000

Merrigong

Theatre

Company

Ticket and travel

subsidies to the

‘Passport to the

Performance’

program

Young People Wollongong

City Council

$10, 000

Merrigong

Theatre

Company

Year 3 of the

strategic industry

development:

the Artistic

Community

Projects

Coordinator

position

(2011- 2013)

Strategic Industry

Development

Wollongong

City Council

$27, 000

Miss Kellie

O`Dempsey

Participation in a

residency at

Draw

International

Research Centre,

Caylus, France

Quick Response Byron Shire

Council

$2, 670

75

RECIPIENT DESCRIPTION CATEGORY LGA FUNDING

Mitchell

Conservatorium

A collaborative

composition and

performance

project for young

composers and

musicians

Regional

Conservatorium Bathurst

Regional

Council

$15, 800

Mitchell

Conservatorium

Seven concert

performances by

visiting

Australian

artists/

ensembles

Regional

Conservatorium

Bathurst

Regional

Council

$24, 450

Moree Cultural

Art Foundation

Ltd for Moree

Plains Gallery

Year 2 of

triennial

program funding

(2012-2014)

Programs Moree Plains

Shire Council

$31, 500

Mr Danie Mellor Participation in the `Sakahan’ international survey of Indigenous art, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

Quick Response Wingecarribee

Shire Council

$3, 000

Mr Michael Philp ‘Caldera

Country’

Aboriginal

Strategic Projects

Lismore City

Council

$3, 000

76

RECIPIENT DESCRIPTION CATEGORY LGA FUNDING

Mrs Tamara

Klave

Participation in

the Supercyclers

exhibition at the

London Design

Festival 2012

Quick Response Wingecarribee

Shire Council

$3, 000

Ms Janie Gibson Participation in a

residency and

performance of

`Reflections of

Eurydice’, Teatr

Piesn Kozla,

Wroclaw, Poland

Quick Response Newcastle City

Council

$3, 000

Ms Naretha

Williams

The presentation

of `Shifter’ at the

19th

International

Symposium of

Electronic Art

(ISEA) in Sydney

Aboriginal

Strategic Projects

Byron Shire

Council

$2, 180

Murray Arts Inc Year 1 of

multiyear

program funding

(2013 -2015)

RABS Albury City

Council

$140, 000

Murray

Conservatorium

Botanic Gardens

Music Series

Regional

Conservatorium

Albury City

Council

$21, 300

77

RECIPIENT DESCRIPTION CATEGORY LGA FUNDING

Murwillumbah

Festival of

Performing Arts

Inc

2013

Murwillumbah

Festival of

Performing Arts

Strategic Support Tweed Shire

Council

$4, 000

Musica Viva

Australia

Year 2 of

triennial

program funding

for Musica Viva

in Schools

(2012 - 2014)

Federal

Partnership

Council of the

City of Sydney

$125, 000

Musica Viva

Australia

Year 2 of

triennial funding

for the

Newcastle series

(2012-2014)

Federal

Partnership

Council of the

City of Sydney

$16, 288

MusicNSW for

Life and Limb

and Hoodlum

Shouts

A tour by

rock/punk bands

Hoodlum Shouts

and Life and

Limb to Central

and Western

NSW

Performing Arts

Touring

Council of the

City of Sydney

$8, 204

National

Aboriginal &

Islander Skills

Development

Assoc.

The 2013 talent

identification

dance camp

Aboriginal

Strategic Projects

Gosford City

Council

$46, 160

78

RECIPIENT DESCRIPTION CATEGORY LGA FUNDING

National

Aboriginal &

Islander Skills

Development

Assoc.

The capital

redevelopment

of NAISDA’s

performance

space and

storage facility

Regional Capital Gosford City

Council

$74, 500

National

Aboriginal &

Islander Skills

Development

Assoc.

Travel and

accommodation

for 9 young

Indigenous

dancers to

participate in

`Hit the Floor

Together’ in

Canberra

Aboriginal

Strategic Projects

Gosford City

Council

$5, 820

National Young

Writers’ Festival

Inc

A professional

development

program for

young writers

and editors

New Projects Leichhardt

Municipal

Council

$24, 112

New England

Conservatorium

of Music

A series of

Chamber Music

concerts for

small

communities in

New England

and North West

NSW

Regional

Conservatorium

Armidale

Dumaresq

Council

$20, 369

79

RECIPIENT DESCRIPTION CATEGORY LGA FUNDING

New England

Regional Art

Museum

`Creating

Memories’:

intergenerational

visual art project

using artworks

from New

England

Regional Art

Museum

collection

Regional

Partnerships

Armidale

Dumaresq

Council

$27, 200

New England

Regional Art

Museum

2013 annual

program funding

Programs Armidale

Dumaresq

Council

$40, 000

New England

Writers’ Centre

Youth Online:

creative writing

workshops for

isolated young

people

Young People Armidale

Dumaresq

Council

$8, 650

New England

Writers’ Centre

2013 annual

program funding

Programs Armidale

Dumaresq

Council

$30, 000

80

RECIPIENT DESCRIPTION CATEGORY LGA FUNDING

Newcastle City

Council for The

Loft Youth Arts &

Cultural Centre

2013 annual

program funding

Programs Newcastle City

Council

$41, 502

Northern Rivers

Conservatorium

Creatives for the

development of

`The Return’

Regional

Conservatorium

Lismore City

Council

$11, 408

Northern Rivers

Conservatorium

A weekend

Choral Festival

in Bangalow

Regional

Conservatorium

Lismore City

Council

$14, 550

Northern Rivers

Performing Arts

Inc

2013 annual

program funding

Programs Lismore City

Council

$250, 000

Northern Rivers

Performing Arts

Inc

The capital

redevelopment

of Lismore City

Hall

Regional Capital Lismore City

Council

$100, 000

81

RECIPIENT DESCRIPTION CATEGORY LGA FUNDING

Northern Rivers

Performing Arts

Inc

The creative

development of

`The Gathering’,

a new work

inspired by

Bundjalung

culture

Aboriginal

Strategic Projects

Lismore City

Council

$49, 959

Northern Rivers

Performing Arts

Inc

The

development

and presentation

of the `My Radio

Heart’ project for

people living

with a disability

Regional

Partnerships

Lismore City

Council

$50, 000

Northern Rivers

Writers’ Centre

2013 annual

program funding

Programs Byron Shire

Council

$61, 589

Northern Rivers

Writers’ Centre

The

development of

`Project Cross

Over’, a joint

initiative of The

Byron Bay

Writers` Festival

and Southern

Cross University

Regional

Partnerships

Byron Shire

Council

$20, 000

82

RECIPIENT DESCRIPTION CATEGORY LGA FUNDING

Opera Australia Year 2 of

triennial

program funding

for Oz Opera in

Schools

(2012-2014)

Federal

Partnership

Council of the

City of Sydney

$65, 000

Opera North

West Ltd

2013 annual

program funding

Programs Inverell Shire

Council

$22, 000

Opera North

West Ltd

The creative

development

and public

presentation of

an original work

for orchestra

and didgeridoo

for The Opera

North West

concert series

New Projects Inverell Shire

Council

$8, 500

Orana Arts Inc Year 1 of

multiyear

program funding

(2013 - 2015)

RABS Gilgandra

Shire Council

$140, 000

Orana Arts Inc

for Kandos

Projects

The

establishment of

a biennial

contemporary

arts festival,

`Cementa’, in

Kandos

New Projects Gilgandra

Shire Council

$59, 532

83

RECIPIENT DESCRIPTION CATEGORY LGA FUNDING

Orange City

Council for

Orange Regional

Gallery

Year 3 of the

strategic industry

development:

Curatorial/Colle

ctions

Management

Position

(2011- 2013)

Strategic Industry

Development

Orange City

Council

$40, 000

Orange City

Council for

Orange Regional

Gallery

Year 3 of

triennial

program funding

(2011- 2013)

Programs Orange City

Council

$61, 080

Orange City

Council for

Orange Regional

Museum

The first arts

research and

development

phase of

`Villages of The

Heart’, a

Sustainable

Collections

Project

Regional

Partnerships

Orange City

Council

$36, 000

Orange Regional

Conservatorium

Inc

A chamber

music series

showcasing local

professional

musicians

Regional

Conservatorium

Orange City

Council

$18, 570

Outback Arts Inc Year 1 of

multiyear

program funding

(2013 - 2015)

RABS Coonamble

Shire Council

$140, 000

84

RECIPIENT DESCRIPTION CATEGORY LGA FUNDING

Outback Theatre

for Young People

`Reverberation’,

a music and arts

festival event

showcasing

youth music

culture in

Deniliquin

Regional

Partnerships

Deniliquin

Council

$20, 000

Outback Theatre

for Young People

2013 annual

program funding

Programs Deniliquin

Council

$80, 000

Outback Theatre

for Young People

The `Illuminate’

toolkit for young

theatre makers

Young People Deniliquin

Council

$20, 000

Performing Lines

Ltd for version

1.0 Inc

2013 National

Road Work tour

of version 1.0’s

`Table of

Knowledge’

Performing Arts

Touring

Council of the

City of Sydney

$49, 128

Port Macquarie

Hastings Council

for The

Glasshouse

2013 annual

program funding

Programs Port

Macquarie-

Hastings

Council

$40, 000

Port Macquarie

Hastings Council

for The

Glasshouse

The `Access For

All’ partnership

project to create

access

opportunities in

the mental

health and

disability sector

Regional

Partnerships

Port

Macquarie-

Hastings

Council

$17, 000

85

RECIPIENT DESCRIPTION CATEGORY LGA FUNDING

Port Macquarie

Hastings Council

for The

Glasshouse

The capital

redevelopment

of The

Glasshouse

Regional Capital Port

Macquarie-

Hastings

Council

$56, 100

RED Inc for

Sprung!!

Integrated Dance

Theatre

`Triple Bill’ Arts and

Disability Projects

Lismore City

Council

$37, 400

Regional Arts

NSW

Year 2 of

triennial

program funding

(2012 - 2014)

Devolved Council of the

City of Sydney

$250, 000

Regional

Development

Australia Central

Coast

Art Central - a

three-year

Central Coast

arts industry

support program

Strategic

Managed Funds

Wyong Shire

Council

$90, 000

Regional Youth

Support Services

Inc

2013 annual

program funding

Programs Gosford City

Council

$50, 000

Regional Youth

Support Services

Inc

The

`Impressability’

multimedia

project for young

people with a

disability

New Projects Gosford City

Council

$40, 000

Renew Newcastle

Limited

2013 annual

program funding

Programs Newcastle City

Council

$50, 000

86

RECIPIENT DESCRIPTION CATEGORY LGA FUNDING

Riverina

Conservatorium

A program of

classical and

contemporary

music concerts

Regional

Conservatorium

Wagga

Wagga City

Council

$42, 780

Riverina

Conservatorium

Performances by

the Riverina

Chamber

Orchestra

Regional

Conservatorium

Wagga

Wagga City

Council

$41, 792

Saltwater

Freshwater Arts

Alliance

Aboriginal

Corporation

An Aboriginal

storytelling and

design project

leading to

performances

Aboriginal

Strategic Projects

Coffs Harbour

City Council

$50, 000

Saltwater

Freshwater Arts

Alliance

Aboriginal

Corporation

Birpai Women`s

Community

Choir

Aboriginal

Strategic Projects

Coffs Harbour

City Council

$15, 000

Shoalhaven City

Council for

Nowra School of

Arts

The capital

redevelopment

of the Nowra

School of Arts

Regional Capital Shoalhaven

City Council

$6, 629

Shoalhaven City

Council for

Shoalhaven City

Arts Centre

The capital

redevelopment

of the

Shoalhaven City

Arts Centre

Regional Capital Shoalhaven

City Council

$8, 563

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RECIPIENT DESCRIPTION CATEGORY LGA FUNDING

Short and Sweet Year 1 of

multiyear

funding for the

NSW Regional

Program

(2012 - 2014)

Election

Commitments

Marrickville

Council

$375, 000

Song Company

Pty Ltd

The 2013

regional touring

program

Performing Arts

Touring

Council of the

City of Sydney

$14, 658

South Coast

Writers’ Centre

Inc

2013 annual

program funding

Programs Wollongong

City Council

$77, 000

South East Arts `My Story: Kin

and Country’

Aboriginal

Strategic Projects

Bega Valley

Shire Council

$13, 000

South East Arts An Aboriginal

Creative and

Cultural

Engagement

Officer for the

South East

region

Regional

Partnerships

Bega Valley

Shire Council

$49, 800

South East Arts Year 1 of

multiyear

program funding

(2013 - 2015)

RABS Bega Valley

Shire Council

$140, 000

South West Arts

Inc

Year 1 of

multiyear

program funding

(2013-2015)

RABS Deniliquin

Council

$140, 000

88

RECIPIENT DESCRIPTION CATEGORY LGA FUNDING

South West Music The Deniliquin

Concert Series

and Bush

Concert Project

Regional

Conservatorium

Deniliquin

Council

$49, 285

Southern

Tablelands Arts

(STARTS) Inc

The

development

and staging of

`Oratorio’, a

cross arts

performance in

Goulburn

Regional

Partnerships

Goulburn

Mulwaree

Council

$20, 000

Southern

Tablelands Arts

(STARTS) Inc

Year 1 of

multiyear

program funding

(2013 - 2015)

RABS Goulburn

Mulwaree

Council

$140, 000

Spaghetti Circus

Inc

2013 annual

program funding

Programs Byron Shire

Council

$25, 000

Sydney

Improvised Music

Association

Touring three

jazz ensembles

to regional NSW

Performing Arts

Touring

Council of the

City of Sydney

$38, 413

Tamworth

Community

College Inc

The capital

redevelopment

of the art

classroom at

Munro’s Mill

Regional Capital Tamworth

Regional

Council

$4, 875

Tamworth

Regional

Conservatorium

The 2013

subscription

series

Regional

Conservatorium

Tamworth

Regional

Council

$53, 758

89

RECIPIENT DESCRIPTION CATEGORY LGA FUNDING

Tamworth

Regional Council

for Tamworth

Regional Gallery

The creative

development

and public

presentation of

the `Australian

Landscape:

Women’s

Perspective`

exhibition

New Projects Tamworth

Regional

Council

$18, 000

Tamworth

Regional Council

for Tamworth

Regional Gallery

Travel subsidies

for students to

attend

ARTEXPRESS

2013 at

Tamworth

Regional Gallery

Young People Tamworth

Regional

Council

$6, 915

Tamworth

Regional Council

for Tamworth

Regional Gallery

Year 2 of the

strategic industry

development:

the Education

Officer position

(2012 - 2014)

Strategic Industry

Development

Tamworth

Regional

Council

$25, 000

Tamworth

Regional Council

for Tamworth

Regional Gallery

Year 2 of

triennial

program funding

(2012-2014)

Programs Tamworth

Regional

Council

$50, 000

Tantrum Theatre `Creating the

Self’

Arts and

Disability Projects

Newcastle City

Council

$35, 502

Tantrum Theatre 2013 annual

program funding

Programs Newcastle City

Council

$65, 000

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RECIPIENT DESCRIPTION CATEGORY LGA FUNDING

The Bell

Shakespeare

Company Ltd

Year 2 of

triennial touring

program funding

for regional

touring

(2012-2014)

Federal

Partnership

Council of the

City of Sydney

$144, 000

The Octapod 2013 annual

program funding

Programs Newcastle City

Council

$130, 431

The Wired Lab

Ltd

2013 annual

program funding

Programs Gundagai

Shire Council

$50, 000

Tulgeen Group ‘Stepping Out of

the Garage’

Arts and

Disability Projects

Bega Valley

Shire Council

$40 ,000

Tweed Shire

Council for

Tweed River

Regional Art

Gallery

Travel subsidies

to visit Tweed

River Regional

Art Gallery

Young People Tweed Shire

Council

$4, 800

Tweed Shire

Council for

Tweed River

Regional Art

Gallery

Year 3 of

triennial

program funding

(2011-2013)

Programs Tweed Shire

Council

$50, 900

Tyalgum Festival

Committee Inc

2013 Tyalgum

Festival of

Classical Music

Strategic support Tweed Shire

Council

$10, 000

91

RECIPIENT DESCRIPTION CATEGORY LGA FUNDING

Upper Hunter

Conservatorium

of Music

The 2013

visiting artists

series

Regional

Conservatorium

Muswellbrook

Shire Council

$17, 000

Wagga Wagga

City Council for

Mr Martin

Kinnane

The creative

development

and public

presentation of

Rebecca

Clarke’s play,

`Belongings’

New Projects Wagga

Wagga City

Council

$30, 000

Wagga Wagga

City Council for

Museum of the

Riverina

Year 2 of

triennial

program funding

(2012-2014)

Programs Wagga

Wagga City

Council

$70, 000

Wagga Wagga

City Council for

Wagga Wagga

Art Gallery

Year 1 of

multiyear

program funding

(2013-2015)

Programs Wagga

Wagga City

Council

$60, 000

Wagga Wagga

City Council for

Wagga Wagga

Civic Theatre

Ticket and travel

subsidies to live

performances at

Wagga Wagga

Civic Theatre

Young People Wagga

Wagga City

Council

$6, 350

Wagga Wagga

Writers Writers

Inc

2013 annual

program funding

Programs Wagga

Wagga City

Council

$45, 600

92

RECIPIENT DESCRIPTION CATEGORY LGA FUNDING

Watermark

Literary Society

Inc

Bringing six

writers to

Camden Haven

to undertake

author visits in

local primary

and secondary

schools

Regional

Partnerships

Port

Macquarie-

Hastings

$4, 600

West Darling Arts

Inc

Year 1 of

multiyear

program funding

(2013 - 2015)

RABS Broken Hill

City Council

$144, 000

Western Riverina

Arts

Year 1 of

multiyear

program funding

(2013-2015)

RABS Leeton Shire

Council

$140,000

Winifred West

Schools Ltd for

Sturt Craft Centre

2013 annual

program funding

Programs Wingecarribee

Shire Council

$25, 000

Wollongong City

Council for

Wollongong City

Gallery

Year 2 of

triennial

program funding

(2012-2014)

Programs Wollongong

City Council

$62, 500

Wollongong

Conservatorium

of Music Ltd

The 2013

chamber music

series

Regional

Conservatorium

Wollongong

City Council

$29, 500

Wollongong

Conservatorium

of Music Ltd

The 2013

Illawarra Music

Festival

Regional

Conservatorium

Wollongong

City Council

$33, 500

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RECIPIENT DESCRIPTION CATEGORY LGA FUNDING

Wollongong

Conservatorium

of Music Ltd

The 2013 jazz

series

Regional

Conservatorium

Wollongong

City Council

$23, 500

Wyong

Neighbourhood

Centre

2013 annual

program funding

Programs Wyong Shire

Council

$35, 000

Yarkuwa

Indigenous

Knowledge

Centre Aboriginal

Co

`Kolety:

Weaving The

River`s Story’

Aboriginal

Strategic Projects

Deniliquin

Council

$8, 000

Young Regional

School of Music

Inc

2013 concert

program

Regional

Conservatorium

Young Shire

Council

$31, 643

Department of

Education

Transfer of core

funding for

Regional

Conservatoriums

to the

Department of

Education and

Training

Regional

Conservatorium

Council of the

City of Sydney

$1, 472,968

TOTAL $11,810,31

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APPENDIX B: ABORIGINAL REGIONAL ARTS PROJECTS FUNDED IN 2012-13 INCLUDED:

ORGANISATION/ ARTIST

PROJECT AMOUNT

3rd Space Mob Aboriginal and Torres Strait

Islander Corp for Casino

Women’s Wake Up Group

`Weaving a Way Forward’

$15, 000

Armidale & Region,

Aboriginal Cultural Centre &

Keeping Place

Year 3 of triennial program

funding (2011- 2013)

$55, 990

Arts OutWest Inc. The Central West Creative

Lab

$15, 000

Beyond Empathy Ltd. Year 3 of triennial funding

(2011-2013) for the Better

Factory Enterprise Strategy,

Bowraville NSW

$100, 000

Beyond Empathy Ltd. The ‘Illuminate’ project for

Euraba Artists and

Papermakers, focused on

Aboriginal arts practice

$50, 000

Bundanon Trust Travel and ticket subsidies for

2013 Regional and Remote

Arts Enrichment programs

$9, 980

Dubbo City Council for

Leaders in Development

Creative engagement of

Apollo housing estate

residents in cross-art form

practice and place making

$60, 000

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ORGANISATION/ ARTIST

PROJECT AMOUNT

Flying Fruit Fly Foundation

Ltd.

Burranha Bila Buraay

(Bouncing River Kids)

Indigenous circus skills

workshops for young people

aged 10 and up, to promote

individual learning and

development

$15, 000

Gunnedah Conservatorium

Incorporated The ‘Music That Sustains’

residencies project

$23, 150

HotHouse Theatre Limited -

Black Border Theatre

HotHouse will provide 10 -

20 young Aboriginal people

with drama skills as well as

opportunities to write, design,

compose and acquire

technical theatre skills through

a yearlong workshop and

performance program

$13, 900

Lake Macquarie City Council

for Lake Macquarie City Art

Gallery

Aboriginal Leadership

position and program

$150, 000

Lake Macquarie City Council

for Lake Macquarie City Art

Gallery

‘Birabahn and Threlkeld’ -

The project will centre on the

19th century partnership

between the Aboriginal

leader, Birabahn, and the

Reverend Threlkeld

$15, 000

Moorambilla Voices Limited 2013 annual program

funding

$51, 450

Ms Naretha Williams Artist travel and support costs.

Presentation of `Shifter’ at the

19th International Symposium

of Electronic Art (ISEA) in

Sydney

$2, 180

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ORGANISATION/ ARTIST

PROJECT AMOUNT

NAISDA Limited Travel and accommodation

for 9 young Indigenous

dancers to participate in `Hit

the Floor Together’ in

Canberra

$5, 820

NAISDA Limited 2013 talent identification

dance camp

$46, 160

NAISDA Limited The capital redevelopment of

NAISDA’s performance space

and storage facility

$74, 500

Northern Rivers Performing

Arts Inc (NORPA)

Creative development of `The

Gathering`, a new work

inspired by Bundjalung

culture

$49, 959

Saltwater Freshwater Arts

Alliance Aboriginal

Corporation - Tobwaba

‘Ceramic Design Lab’ to

deliver a ceramics course led

by Aboriginal artists from the

Forster/Worimi area

$15, 000

Saltwater Freshwater Arts

Alliance Aboriginal

Corporation

Aboriginal storytelling and

design project, leading to

performances

$50 ,000

South East Arts (NSW) Inc. `My Story: Kin and Country’ $13, 000

Yarkuwa Indigenous

Knowledge Centre

Aboriginal Co

‘Kolety: Weaving The River’s

Story’

$8, 000

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APPENDIX C: REGIONAL MAP OF MUSEM2YOU AND MUSEUM IN A BOX, 2012-13

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APPENDIX D: SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE DIGITAL EDUCATION PROGRAM REACH, 2012 - 13

99

APPENDIX E: REGIONAL NSW ORGANISATIONS ENGAGED BY MUSEUM OF APPLIED ARTS AND SCIENCES, 2012-13

ORGANISATION LOCATION

Adaminaby Snowy Scheme Collection Adaminaby

Adelong Alive Museum Incorporated Adelong

Albury City Council Albury

Albury Regional Art Gallery Albury

Alstonville Plateau Historical Society Inc Alstonville

Armidale & Region Aboriginal Cultural Centre & Keeping Place Inc Armidale

Bathurst Regional Art Gallery Bathurst

Bingara District Historical Society and Museum Bingara

Roxy Museum Bingara

Boorowa & District Historical Society Inc Boorowa

Frank Partridge VC Military Museum Bowraville

Albert Kersten Geocentre Broken Hill

Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery Broken Hill

Clarence Town & District Museum Association Inc Clarence Town

Coffs Harbour Gallery and Museum Coffs Harbour

South Sea Island Museum Cooranbong

Western Plains Cultural Centre Dubbo

Dungog Museum Dungog

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ORGANISATION LOCATION

Gloucester Gallery Gloucester

Griffith Pioneer Park Museum Griffith

Technology Educators Association Hazelbrook

Kandos Bicentennial Industrial Museum Kandos

Blue Mountains Association of Cultural Heritage Organisations Katoomba

Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery Lake Macquarie

Eskbank House and Museum Lithgow

Lithgow City Council Lithgow

Maitland City Council Maitland

Hunter Valley Steamfest Maitland

NSW Department of Education (Southern Highlands District) Mittagong

14th National Historical Machinery Association Rally Mudgee

Murrurundi & District Historical Society Murrurundi

Tweed River Regional Museum Murwillumbah

Newcastle Museum Newcastle

Orange & District Historical Society Orange

Orange City Council Orange

Central West Astronomical Society Parkes

Parkes & District Historical Society Inc Parkes

Tocal Homestead NSW Agriculture Paterson

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ORGANISATION LOCATION

Port Macquarie Hastings Regional Gallery Port Macquarie

Port Macquarie Museum Port Macquarie

Temora Historical Society Inc Temora

Tenterfield Shire Council Tenterfield

Office of Rail Heritage Thirlmere

Trainworks Thirlmere

Pioneer Women’s Hut Tumbarumba

Tumut & District Historical Society (Tumut Museum) Tumut

Great Lakes Historical Co-operative Society Ltd Tuncurry

Tweed River Regional Museum Tweed Heads

McCrossin’s Mill Museum Uralla

Uralla Historical Society Uralla

Museum of the Riverina Wagga Wagga

White Cliffs Sports Club (Inc) White Cliffs

The Science Centre and Planetarium Wollongong

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APPENDIX F: MUSEUM OF APPLIED ARTS AND SCIENCES OUTREACH MAP, 2012-13

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APPENDIX G: STATE LIBRARY MAP: REVITALISING REGIONAL LIBRARIES, 2012-13