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6About M&G NSW and M&G QLDMuseums & Galleries of NSWMuseums & Galleries of NSW (M&G NSW) is the key supportagency for the museum and gallery sector in NSW. A not-forprofit company established in 1999, the strong relationshipsM&G NSW has established within metropolitan and regionalcommunities enable the organisation to contribute significantly tothe development of the sector throughout the state.Through the provision of advocacy, assistance and informationservices, M&G NSW plays a pivotal role in nurturing sustainablemuseums and galleries within their community ensuring theongoing provision of enjoyable, enriching experiences for thepeople of NSW.M&G NSW receives core funding from the NSW Governmentthrough Arts NSW, with additional funding from project grants.M&G NSW is also assisted by the Federal Government through theAustralia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.Museums & Galleries QueenslandMuseums & Galleries Queensland (M&G QLD) is the peakprofessional body for Queensland’s public museum and gallerysector which includes more than 290 museums, 150 historicalsocieties and 80 regional galleries.M&G QLD promotes, supports and provides services to fosterexcellence in museums, galleries and keeping places. M&G QLDstrives to ensure a future where museums, galleries and keepingplaces are relevant, accessible and valued by their communities.The organisation achieves this by providing a range of programsand services in the areas of sector development: training andprofessional development, exhibition development and touring,and information and referral services, and by promoting theachievements of Queensland galleries and museums throughactivities that profile and recognise their activities.Museum and Gallery Services Queensland, trading as Museums& Galleries Queensland is a non-profit company, limitedby guarantee, and jointly owned by the Regional GalleriesAssociation of Queensland and Museums Galleries Australia(Queensland).M&G QLD is supported by the Queensland government throughArts Queensland and is assisted by the Visual Arts and CraftStrategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and TerritoryGovernments and by the Commonwealth through the AustraliaCouncil its arts funding and advisory body.

72016 Standards ProgramOverviewIn 2016, three museums participated in the NSW StandardsReview Program and three museums and three galleriesparticipated in the Queensland Standards Review Program.The feedback from all participants has been very positive.Through participating in the program, the museums were able tostep back and evaluate their role in the community and considerhow they might improve their museum practice to ensure theirongoing sustainability.Key areas of focus included: significance assessment, strategicplanning, collection management, conservation, communication,education, volunteer engagement / management and successionplanning. Each organisation was able to identify areas of focusspecific to their institution.The Standards Review Committee (NSW) and StandardsReviewers (QLD) provided support and guidance throughout theProgram and were deemed to be incredibly valuable in assistingeach museum to achieve the goals they had set at the beginningof the Program.2016 NSW Australian Golf Heritage MuseumBathurst District Historical Society MuseumHenry Kendall Cottage2016 Western Downs & Maranoa QLD Chinchilla Historical MuseumGallery 107 @ DalbyLapunyah Art Gallery, ChinchillaMiles Historical Village Museum (Standards 2)Roma on Bungil GalleryTaroom Museum

8M&G NSW reviewers, support and fundingThank youThe significant outcomes of the M&G NSW Standards Programcould not have been achieved without the outstanding contributionof the Standards Review Committee members. M&G NSW wouldlike to sincerely thank all members of the committee for theirtime, expertise and dedication to supporting community museumsthroughout NSW, since the Program’s inception in 2002.Standards ReviewersStandards Reviewers for the M&G NSW Standards ReviewProgram from 2002 - 2016 include:Julie Baird - Assistant Director, Newcastle MuseumDr Pamela Bell - Independent Curator and Art ValuerSuzanne Bravery - Former General Manager Programs andServices, Museums & Galleries NSWSarah Jane Brazil - Independent Industrial Heritage ExpertSheryl Connors-Young - Manager Indigenous Programs, LearningServices, Australian MuseumKerrie Ruth - Secretary, Queanbeyan MuseumDr Morgan Sant - President, Lady Denman Heritage ComplexMatthew Scott - Museum ConsultantKen Smith - President, Hambledon CottageBarrina South - Acting Regional Program Coordinator, Far WestDepartment of Environment & Climate ChangeDr Peter Stanbury - Museums, Collections and Heritage,Macquarie UniversityMargot Stuart-Smith - Museum Programs and CollectionsCoordinator, Museums & Galleries of NSWJosh Tarrant - Former Acting Collection Manager, The WorkshopsRail Museum, Queensland MuseumFiona Tennant - Principal Collections Manager, InternationalConservation ServicesMyfanwy Thompson - Curator, Old Courthouse MuseumStephen Thompson - Curator, Parks Service Division, Departmentof Environment and Conservation NSWRebecca Turnbull - Hawkesbury Regional MuseumLouise Douglas - Associate, Centre for Historical ResearchNational Museum of AustraliaSally Watterson - Former Senior Museums Curator, Tweed RiverRegional MuseumGlenn Ferguson - Exhibitions Manager, Public Programmes,Australian MuseumKeri Whiteley - Manager Cultural Services, Hawkesbury CityCouncilYaël Filipovic - Public Engagement Manager, Museum ofContemporary ArtLocal governmentSandra Florance - Research Officer, Bega Pioneers MuseumJackie Green - Tumut Historical SocietyM&G NSW would like to thank all the local government agencies andMuseum Advisors who have supported the program in their regions.Susan Hutchinson - Former Director, Fairfield City Museum &GalleryFunding and supportMargot Jolly - Museum ConsultantM&G NSW receives core funding from the NSW Governmentthrough Arts NSW, with additional funding from project grants.M&G NSW is also assisted by the Federal Government through theAustralia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory board.Lisa Jones - Curator, Queensland Police MuseumRebecca Jones - Sydney Living MuseumsDesmond Kennard - Museum ConsultantTamara Lavrencic - Museum Programs and Collections Manager,Museums & Galleries of NSWSam Malloy - Former Manager, Chifley HomeKent Mayo - Director, McCrossin’s Mill MuseumEllie McFadyen - ConservatorPip McNaught - Former Curator, National Museum of AustraliaRichard Mulvaney - Former CEO, NSW Rail Transport MuseumLibby Newell - Museum ConsultantJoanna Nicholas - Curator, Sydney Living MuseumsRebecca Pinchin - Museum and Heritage Support Officer, OrangeCity CouncilSarah-Jane Rennie - Former Manager Sector Development,Museums & Galleries NSWDan Robinson - Former Director, Cultural Heritage Program,Queensland MuseumHelena Robinson - Lecturer, Museum of Heritage StudiesProgram, University of Sydney

9M&G QLD reviewers, support and fundingThank youM&G QLD would like to acknowledge the significant contributionof Standards Reviewers over the past twelve years of the M&GQLD Standards Review Program. They have played a vital role inproviding professional advice and assistance to 86 organisations,devoting their time, free of charge, often over a number of years.Some Reviewers have also worked across both the M&G QLDand the M&G NSW Standards Review Programs. The StandardsReview Program would not be possible without their commitmentand expertise.Standards ReviewersStandards Reviewers for the M&G QLD Standards ReviewProgram from 2005 - 2016 include:Elizabeth Bates – Museum and Gallery ConsultantJustin Bishop – Director, KickArts Contemporary ArtsRoss Bower – Then President, Redland MuseumKen Brooks – Manager, Brennan & Geraghty’s Store MuseumSteve Chaddock – Heritage and Museum ConsultantJoolie Gibbs – Then Coordinator, Gympie Regional GalleryDavid Gibson OAM – Then Director, Newstead HouseAudrey Hoffmann – Past Director, Warwick Art GalleryChristine Ianna – Conservation ConsultantIan Jempson – CEO, Queensland Maritime MuseumLisa Jones – Curator, Queensland Police MuseumLeanne Kelly – Then Program Manager, Museum of BrisbaneRichelle Leane – Then Inquiry Centre Supervisor, QueenslandMuseum NetworkJan King – Past Director, The Queensland Energy MuseumTamara Lavrencic – Then Collection Manager, Historic HousesTrust NSWDr Geraldine Mate – Principal Curator, History, Information andTransport, Queensland Museum NetworkDavid Mewes – Curator, The Workshops Rail Museum,Queensland MuseumSusi Muddiman – Director, Tweed River Art GalleryMaggi Solly – Past Director, Yarra Ranges Regional MuseumChristopher Salter – Then Marketing Audience DevelopmentManager, Museum of BrisbaneMatthew Scott – Museum ConsultantRoss Searle – Art ConsultantKen Smith OAM – Past President, Hambledon CottageJosh Tarrant – Then Acting Collection Manager, The WorkshopsRail Museum – Queensland MuseumSally Watterson – Then Senior Museums Curator, Tweed RiverRegional Museum, Tweed Shire CouncilMary-Louise Williams – Past Director, Australian NationalMaritime MuseumLocal governmentM&G QLD would also like to thank all the local governmentagencies and Museum Development Officers who havesupported the Program in their regions.Specific fundingIn some years of extensive travel, specific funding has beenobtained from other sources including:Cooktown & District Historical Society Inc and the Regional ArtsDevelopment Fund made it possible for M&G QLD to take theprogram to Cooktown in 2011.Mareeba Historical Society Inc and the Regional ArtsDevelopment Fund made it possible for M&G QLD to take theProgram to the Tablelands in 2011.Longreach Regional Council and the Regional Arts DevelopmentFund made it possible for the Program to go to Longreach in2013.Winton Shire Council and the Regional Arts Development Fundmade it possible for the Program to go to Winton in 2013.Central Highlands Regional Council and the Regional ArtsDevelopment Fund made it possible for the Program to go toEmerald and Springsure in 2013.Blackall-Tambo Regional Council and the Regional ArtsDevelopment Fund made it possible for the Program to go toBlackall and Tambo in 2013.Denise Neville – Then Museum Industry Trainer and ConsultantRichmond Shire Council and the Regional Arts Development Fundmade it possible for the Program to go to Richmond in 2014.Dawn Oelrich – Then Gallery Curator, University of the SunshineCoast GalleryMackay Regional Council and the Regional Arts DevelopmentFund made it possible for the Program to go to Mackay in 2015.Shelley Pisani – Director, Creative RegionsWestern Downs Regional Council and the Regional ArtsDevelopment Fund made it possible for the Program to go toDalby, Chinchilla and Miles in 2016.Helen Pithie – Then Museum Development Officer, QueenslandMuseum NetworkSarah-Jane Rennie – Head of Collections Care, Sydney LivingMuseumsDr Andrew Rozefelds – Head of Ancient Environments,Queensland Museum NetworkDan Robinson – Past Director, Cultural Heritage Program,Queensland Museum NetworkBronwyn Roper – Senior Cultural Development Producer, NationalTrust of Australia (Victoria)Maranoa Regional Council and the Regional Arts DevelopmentFund made it possible for the Program to go to Roma in 2016.The Regional Arts Development Fund is a QueenslandGovernment and Regional Council partnership to support localarts and culture.

2016 New South Wales10Australian Golf Heritage Society MuseumStandards profileThe Australian Golf Heritage Museum has a diverse andfascinating collection of golfing artefacts dating back to the earlydays of golf in Australia in the second half of the 19th century.Highlights of the collection include golf clubs by Old Tom Morris,1930s film footage of Don Bradman receiving golf training, FrankEyre trophies, a driver owned and used by Jack Nicklaus and a‘periscope’ golf seat.Test your putting skills with a range of heritage putters. Golfhistorians and writers are welcome to use our extensive researchlibrary (by appointment).The museum is proud to offer a travelling display of golf clubs,balls, trophies and other artefacts, for golf clubs in Sydney to hostfree of charge (donations welcome). The display was nominatedin the 2015 Imagine Awards. We endeavour to include an objector information specific to the history of the host club and willdeliver, install and pack down the display. For more information,please contact us (museum@australiangolfheritage.org.au).The museum offers talks to golf clubs and historical societies andcan help golf clubs organise their own hickory golf day. Advicecan be provided on collecting, restoring and preserving old orantique golf clubs and other golfing artefacts.Image: Displays at the Australian Golf Heritage Museum.Details4 Parramatta Rd, Granville NSW02 9637 liangolfheritage.org.auOpening hoursSunday 10am - 4pm and by appointmentContactVicki Stanton0433 990 982museum@australiangolfheritage.org.au

2016 New South Wales11Bathurst District Historical Society MuseumStandards profileThe Bathurst District Historical Society Museum and Archives islocated in a wing of the heritage classified courthouse, designedby Colonial Government Architect James Barnett in 1880.Formed in May 1947 the Society’s first collections documentimportant regional developments such as the growth of thegarrison town, contact with explorers and surveyors, the firstgold discovery in NSW, the formulation of Cobb and Co., and theregion’s colourful bushranging history.It is home to the Penzig Collection a large collection of materialrelating to bushrangers and in particular, Ben Hall, andcomprises paintings, pictures, drawings, objects and costumesamassed by renowned bushranger enthusiast, collector, author,actor, and cartoonist Edgar Penzig, and his wife over a lifetime ofcollecting.Additionally over 65,000 photographic images, glass platenegatives, and other related ephemera form a significant part ofthe collection.There are also two carved trees or dendroglyphs in the collectionwhich are a unique feature of traditional Australian indigenousculture. The Wiradjuri carved ceremonial tree was found nearO’Connell about 25 kilometres east of Bathurst and is thought tohave marked a ceremonial site or grave.The second carved tree is a River Red gum that once stood atthe mouth of the Mandagery Creek at the junction of the LachlanRiver. In June 1815, explorer and surveyor George Evans markedthis tree to show he had reached the furthest westward point ofany British explorer at the time.There is also a collection of militaria from various theatres of warinvolving Bathurstians, discrete collections of objects that havebeen donated to the Society, such as a collection of bird’s eggs,and a collection of stuffed and mounted birds, furniture fromhistoric and heritage buildings and properties in the Bathurstdistrict, two scale models of landmark sites in Bathurst, an earlyX-ray machine developed by a Roman Catholic priest in Bathurst.Image: Displays at the Bathurst District Historical Society MuseumDetailsEast Wing, Bathurst Courthouse, Russell St, Bathurst NSW02 6330 .org.auOpening hoursTuesday - Friday, 10am - 4pmSaturday - Sunday, 11am - 2pmClosed Mondays, Good Friday and Christmas DayContactSamantha Friend, President02 6330 8455info@bathursthistory.org.au

2016 New South Wales12Henry Kendall Cottage and MuseumStandards profileHenry Kendall Cottage and Museum is located at West Gosford.The Cottage is the second oldest surviving building in the GosfordDistrict. Convict Peter Fagan arrived in 1821 from Ireland andpurchased 24.28ha of land at West Gosford. The Cottage wasbuilt using convict labour c1836-1840. It was known as the RedCow Inn and a short time later as Cooranbean. In the late 1870s,the Fagan brothers befriended the celebrated poet Henry Kendallwho lived for a short time in the cottage while working for thefamily.The museum is undertaking a full reinterpretation of thepermanent collection display. The extensive collection includeslocal artefacts and a memorabilia, capturing life as it once was,including an old printing press, a bullock dray and unique items,salvaged from local shipwrecks. Also featured is a 19th centuryrelocated local slab shed that holds a significant collection ofartefacts from the thriving timber getting, ship building and citrusindustries.We hold regular temporary exhibitions, open days and excursions.We are also developing our school excursion and public programcontent in partnership with other venues in the region. TheMuseum is set in over two acres of peaceful park-like groundswith picnic tables and electric barbecue facilities. Parking is alsoavailable in the grounds.Henry Kendall Cottage Museum is owned and operated by theBrisbane Water Historical Society. In 1959 the Society purchasedthe cottage and worked to ensure its preservation. In 1961 theCottage museum opened dedicated to the pioneers of BrisbaneWater. A second museum building opened in 1983.In 2014 we celebrated the 175th anniversary of the building ofthe Cottage, as well as the birth of Henry Kendall in 1839. Overa thousand visitors attended. The Museum was presented withthe Gosford City Council Award for Interpretations Projects andHeritage Events in 2015.DetailsImage: The exterior of Henry Kendall Cottage.25-27 Henry Kendall St, West Gosford NSW 225002 4325 lcottage.org.auOpening hoursWednesday, Saturday and Sunday, 10am - 3pmClosed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Good FridayOpen other days for groups by appointmentContactKreenah Yelds, Curator0409 664 325kreenahyelds@bigpond.com

2016 Western Downs & Maranoa QLD13Chinchilla Historical MuseumStandards profileCome to the Chinchilla Historical Museum and stand in the placewhere the fight against the scourge of prickly pear was instigated,read about the development of the experimental station and thefirst plant killed by the larvae of the cactoblastis moth.Find the unique, local petrified wood called Chinchilla Red, whichcan be dated to the Jurassic Period (140 - 180 million years ago)and learn about the local timber industry at the Cyprus PineInterpretive Centre.Discover the perils of country policing and see one of the onlyremaining, fire damaged police cells in Australia. See manyexamples of historical machinery including a unique Mogultractor. An extensive collection of family and local historyinformation, photographs and newspaper articles can be found inthe Kathleen Emmerson Library, which is located in the museumgrounds and can be visited by making an appointment.Come for a ride on the mini train and get a fabulous view ofthe entire museum grounds or just bring a picnic and relax inpeaceful surroun

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