Annual - Museums Victoria
AnnualReport2018–19Museums Boardof Victoria
Declaration of theResponsible BodyIn accordance with theFinancial Management Act 1994,I am pleased to present theReport of Operations for theMuseums Board of Victoria forthe year ending 30 June 2019.Mr Leon Kempler AMPresidentMuseums Board of Victoria28 August 2019This annual report has beenproduced in accordancewith FRD 30C StandardRequirements for the Designand Production of AnnualReports, in order to minimiseour impact on the environment.Further information aboutMuseums Victoria is availableat museumsvictoria.com.au.ISSN 1835 3681FRONT COVERLOVE Exhibition, Immigration Museum;Rodney Start, PhotographyTHIS PAGE (left to right, top to bottom)Melbourne Museum collection store; BenjaminHealley, PhotographyJan Juc coast field work; Rodney Start,PhotographyMandela My Life Exhibition, Melbourne Museum;Rebecca Davies, PhotographySchool Holiday Program, Melbourne Museum;Rodney Start, PhotographyFirst Peoples’ Little Kids Day In, 2018; RodneyStart, PhotographyKahlil Gibran - The Garden of the ProphetExhibition, Immigration Museum; Jon Augier,PhotographyEarthlight - Lunar Hub, Scienceworks; BenjaminHealley, PhotographyLittle Kids’ Day In 2018, Scienceworks; RodneyStart, PhotographyFashion Redux Exhibition, Melbourne Museum;Benjamin Healley, PhotographyOtways Bioscan 2019; Benjamin Healley,PhotographyKahlil Gibran - The Garden of the ProphetExhibition, Immigration Museum; Rodney Start,PhotographyLOVE exhibition, Immigration Museum; BenjaminHealley, PhotographyDr Erich Fitzgerald & baleen whale fossils; ThomasHolloway, PhotographyDr Ken Walker, Otways Bioscan 2019; RodneyStart, Photography
ContentsDeclaration of the Responsible BodyiiFirst Peoples’ Acknowledgement3Message from the President4Message from the Chief Executive Officer and Director5About Museums Victoria6Strategic Framework72018–21 Initiatives82018–19 Year in Review10Strategic Objective 1: Museums Victoria provides unmissable experiences for all audiences10Strategic Objective 2: Museums Victoria has the primary material collection that inspires andallows excellent enquiry into our region’s big contemporary and historical questions12Strategic Objective 3: Museums Victoria engages with, welcomes and celebrates all communities14Strategic Objective 4: Museums Victoria is a centre for technological and scientific expertise andfosters innovation to build economic value15Strategic Objective 5: Museums Victoria is a sustainable and thriving organisation16The Year in Brief18Visitation18Key Indicators18Financial Summary19Environmental Performance20Future Priorities21Purpose, Functions and Corporate Governance22Museums Board of Victoria22Committees24Our Workplace26Organisation Functions26Organisation Structure27Staff Profile28Staff Development30Employee Relations30Museums Victoria Annual Report 2018–191
Statutory Reports31Building and Maintenance Compliance31Carers Recognition Act 201231Accessibility Action Plan31Compliance with the Standing Directions of the Assistant Treasurer (2018)32DataVic Access Policy32Freedom of Information32Consultancies34Disclosure of major contracts34Government Advertising Expenditure35Health and Safety Incidents35Information and Communication Technology Expenditure36Local Jobs First – Victorian Industry Participation Policy (VIPP)36National Competition Policy36Protected Disclosures36Disclosures under the Protected Disclosure Act 201237Public Sector Employment Principles37Public Sector and Museums Victoria Values37Financials40Financial Overview of Operations40Financial Statements41Auditor General’s Report88Disclosure Index90Contacts932Museums Victoria Annual Report 2018–19
First Peoples’ AcknowledgementMuseums Victoria acknowledges the Woi Wurrung (Wurundjeri) and Boonwurrung peoples of theeastern Kulin Nations where we work, and First Peoples language groups and communities acrossVictoria and Australia.Our organisation, in partnership with the First Peoples of Victoria, is working to place First Peoples’living cultures and histories at the core of our practice.Above imageSilent Witness photographic exhibition of Scar Trees by Jim Berg, Gunditjmara Elder.Birrarung Gallery, Bunjilaka.;Benjamin Healley, PhotographyMuseums Victoria Annual Report 2018–193
Message from the PresidentIt gives me great pleasure to present this report of ouroperations, financial results and key achievementsfor 2018–19.This year Museums Victoria has been imbued with a senseof renewal. Importantly, we have progressed towardsthe ambitious goals of our Strategic Plan 2017–25, tosubstantially expand our broad engagement with Victoriansof all ages and walks of life at our museums, across digitalplatforms and through activities delivered across the State.A particular focus has been on developing organisationalcapacity in two key strategic areas, First Peoples and DigitalLife. An expanded First Peoples department extendedprograms that foster cultural awareness among ourvisitors, and provided greater community access to theFirst Peoples collections. Additional resources for digitalcontent creation will increase multi-channel access andengagement, as outlined in the Digital Life strategy, whichlaunched in December.New initiatives to broaden Museums Victoria’s visitor baseand address audience gaps saw encouraging results,most notably with the often difficult to engage teenageand young adult demographics. In order to develop theseaudiences sustainably, it is critical that our museumsremain relevant to today’s audiences. Accordingly, as ourfacilities and long-term exhibitions reach maturity, we aredeveloping masterplans for future experiences, drawingon extensive audience research. The provision in theState Budget of an additional year’s funding for our longterm exhibition renewal program starts us on that journey,and I would like to acknowledge the support of the VictorianGovernment and particularly Martin Foley MP, Minister forCreative Industries.This year the Museums Board farewelled two long-servingboard members, Annette Vickery and Colin Golvan AM QC.Both Annette and Colin have made substantial andmeaningful contributions, in particular as members of theAboriginal Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee (ACHAC),and on behalf of all the board, I give my sincere thanks fortheir dedication and passion for Museums Victoria.This year was my last as President of the Museums Boardof Victoria. I am delighted to welcome Leon Kempler AMas incoming President, knowing that he will bring hisconsiderable expertise and deeply held enthusiasm forMuseums Victoria to the role.It has been both a great honour and immense pleasureto have worked with this wonderful and esteemedorganisation over the past three years. I would like tosincerely thank my fellow board members for their support,and acknowledge the exceptional Museums Victoria team,led by Lynley Crosswell, Director and Chief Executive Officer.Their dedication, and that of all the volunteers, members,partners, sponsors and other supporters, assure a positivefuture for Museums Victoria.Professor Rufus BlackPresident, Museums Board of Victoria4Museums Victoria Annual Report 2018–19
Message from the Chief Executive Officer and DirectorThis has been an important year for Museums Victoria, andI am delighted to provide this report as Chief ExecutiveOfficer and Director.Museums Victoria continues to be a major contributor tothe rich cultural life of the state. This year we connectedwith more than 8 million people at our museums, acrossour digital platforms and via our outreach programs to allparts of Victoria, with strong growth in visitation acrossour museums.2018–19 was the first full year of implementation of theMuseums Victoria Strategic Plan 2017–25, and the increase invisitors in part reflects new initiatives to broaden audiencesat our museums. At the Immigration Museum we havebegun a process of transformation, re-imagining our roleas a champion of diversity in ways that are relevant tocontemporary audiences. This fresh approach took shape inLOVE, an exhibition and program series created with HeideMuseum of Contemporary Art, which explored love as afundamental experience shared across all cultures.LOVE was one of a series of creative industries collaborationsthat included the Fashion Redux exhibition, developed withthe Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival (VAMFF) andour partnership with the Department of Environment, Land,Water and Planning (DELWP) to create From the Heart, anintimate and heartfelt commemoration of the 2009 VictorianBushfires. The monthly Nocturnal at Melbourne Museumfeatured collaborations with a wide range of partnersincluding the Melbourne Jazz Festival, Midsumma and theMelbourne Writers Festival.We also saw growth in international tourism, with acontinuing increase in Chinese visitation bringing overallgrowth in this market to 83% over two years. This increasein cultural tourism to Museums Victoria has been supportedby strategic marketing and new partnerships including theChinese New Year United, AirAsia and Air China.Our long and short-term exhibitions remain a primarydriver for visits to our museums, and this year I have beenespecially proud of those developed in house by ourtalented staff: Fashion Redux; Make Believe: The Story of theMyer Windows; Gut Feelings; LOVE; Silent Witness; and Riverof Language, developed in partnership with the VictorianAboriginal Corporation for Language (VACL). Exhibitions atMelbourne Museum, Scienceworks and the ImmigrationMuseum were recognised with a number of national andinternational awards including top honours from the AsiaPacific Network of Science and Technology Centres and theAustralian Museum and Gallery Association.Museums Victoria’s scientists were also recognised withseveral major discoveries receiving extensive nationaland international media attention. These included thediscovery of fossil teeth from a 25 million-year-old megashark discovered in the Jan Juc region, and new researchinto species evolution in marine environments from theequator to Antarctica. This year research activities atMuseums Victoria included nine Australian Research CouncilLinkage Projects with major universities across Australiaand an important partnership with Parks Victoria tocontinue critical research into biodiversity within Victoria’sstate and national parks. Another significant project builton a biodiversity study of the Budj Bim National HeritageLandscape, working closely with the Gunditj MirringTraditional Owners Corporation in support of the successfulUNESCO World Heritage bid.On behalf of all staff I would like to thank Martin Foley MP,Minister for the Creative Industries and Andrew Abbott,Deputy Secretary, Creative, Sport and Visitor Economy fortheir ongoing support and leadership of Victoria’s vibrantcreative industries sector. I would also like to acknowledgethe commitment and contribution of our First PeoplesYulendj Group and the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage AdvisoryCommittee (ACHAC), and the Te Pasifika CommunityAdvisory Group who are such important partners as wework together to re-imagine our museums.My sincere thanks to all of our board members for theirdedicated leadership throughout the year, and to our manysupporters and donors for their generosity and supportof our activities. And I would like to especially thank ouroutgoing Board President, Professor Rufus Black, whoseinsight and strategic leadership over the past three yearshave been invaluable.Finally, I would like to thank all my colleagues at MuseumsVictoria for their expertise, creativity and commitment.As always, this year I have been deeply impressed by theirpassion and professionalism as we work together to buildan exciting future for this wonderful organisation.Lynley CrosswellChief Executive Officer and DirectorMuseums Victoria Annual Report 2018–195
About Museums VictoriaMuseums Victoria is Australia’s largest public museum organisation.Founded in 1854, we are the major custodian of the State collectionof scientific and cultural heritage, an invaluable record of Victoria’shistory. Our museums present unique and exceptional experiencesfor nearly 2 million visitors each year, who come from all overAustralia and around the world to be inspired and to learn aboutthemselves and the world we inhabit.VISIONPeople enriched by wondrousdiscovery and trusted knowledgeSociety compelled to act for athriving futureMISSIONVALUESWe create knowledge and experiencesthat help us make sense of the worldStrive – We are intrepid and enjoy a challengeWe exchange stories about culture,history and science and fearlesslydiscuss the big questions of lifeExplore – We passionately search for bold newideas and smarter ways of doing thingsWe collect traces of time and placethat allow us to connect the past,present and futureIlluminate – We ensure our knowledge, actions anddecisions are visible, and welcome investigationWe make captivating physical and virtualspaces that open minds and hearts6Museums Victoria Annual Report 2018–19Embrace – We are a place where everybody belongsRespect – We walk in the shoes of those we meetSustain – We nourish and care for ourselves andthe things we are responsible for
Strategic FrameworkTRANSFORMATIONAL THEMES1 Place First Peoples’ livingcultures, histories andknowledge at the core ofMuseums Victoria’s practice2 Develop a set of foundationnarratives that tell the storyof the Universe, Life andHumans3 Develop an audiencecentred Digital Life thatdelivers experiencesbeyond our wallsSTRATEGIC OBJECTIVES1 Museums Victoriaprovides unmissableexperiences for allaudiences2 Museums Victoria hasthe primary materialcollection that inspiresand allows excellentenquiry into our region’sbig contemporary andhistorical questions3 Museums Victoria4 Museums Victoria is aengages with, welcomescentre for technologicaland celebrates alland scientific expertisecommunitiesand fosters innovationto build economic value5 Museums Victoriais a sustainable andthriving organisationBACKBONE FOR DELIVERYKnowledgeWorld’soldest livingcultureResearch collectionsSpacesDigitalLifeMelbourneMuseum IMAXScienceworks ImmigrationMuseum hDigitalplatformsENABLERSPeople and cultureInvestment in technologyPartnershipsLeveraging our assetsMuseums Victoria Annual Report 2018–197
2018–21 InitiativesStrategic Objective 1Museums Victoria provides unmissable experiences for all audiencesInitiative 1.1Introduce a layer of interpretation reflecting First Peoples’ history andculture to Museums Victoria’s experiencesInitiative 1.2Create innovative and engaging experiences across all sites, platformsand channels that fulfil our Vision and Mission, connect to the foundationnarratives and contribute to Museums Victoria’s sustainabilityInitiative 1.3Deliver unique and engaging content to audiences through Museums Victoria’sDigital Life StrategyInitiative 1.4Develop and implement a plan to grow international visitationStrategic Objective 2Museums Victoria has the primary material collection that inspires and allowsexcellent enquiry into our region’s big contemporary and historical questionsInitiative 2.1Develop and implement a strategy to partner and collaborate withFirst Peoples to ensure a culturally respectful and appropriate approachto our collections and researchInitiative 2.2Develop and implement a sustainable research and collections strategyInitiative 2.3Develop strategic partnerships that grow Museums Victoria’s externalresearch funding baseInitiative 2.4Develop a Sustainable Collections Storage Strategy to addresscollection preservation, access and storage needsInitiative 2.5Align Museums Victoria’s current Collection Digitisation Plan toMuseums Victoria’s Digital Life strategy and future digital initiativesStrategic Objective 3Museums Victoria engages with, welcomes and celebrates all communities8Initiative 3.1Transform the Immigration Museum to be a vibrant livingmulticultural centre for the exploration of identity andmulticultural life in Melbourne and VictoriaInitiative 3.2Develop and implement a strategy to increase Museums Victoria’sinclusiveness of under-represented audiencesInitiative 3.3Develop a coordinated strategy that broadens and deepensengagement with regional and rural communitiesInitiative 3.4Strengthen Museums Victoria’s multi-lingual servicesMuseums Victoria Annual Report 2018–19
Strategic Objective 4Museums Victoria is a centre for technological and scientific expertise andfosters innovation to build economic valueInitiative 4.1Reposition and redevelop Scienceworks as a museum for the futureInitiative 4.2Develop the strategic capability to rapidly deliver programs and exhibitions thatrespond to emerging opportunities and the world around Museums VictoriaInitiative 4.3Establish an incubator that works with partners to seed, develop and fund newconcepts that drive economic value and contribute to Museums Victoria’s sustainabilityInitiative 4.4Develop and launch a dedicated Learning Lab that facilitates learning for visitorsfrom pre-school age through to retirementStrategic Objective 5Museums Victoria is a sustainable and thriving organisationInitiative 5.1Collaborate with First Peoples to develop and implement an employmentstrategy for First Peoples across all areas of Museums VictoriaInitiative 5.2Develop a high-performing workplace that is diverse, innovative, responsive,inclusive, safe, and reflects Museums Victoria’s valuesInitiative 5.3Grow Museums Victoria’s sustainable funding base through new philanthropicand corporate sponsorship and by optimising government and non-governmentfunding streamsInitiative 5.4Refresh the Museums Victoria brand and strengthen marketing and promotion ofMuseums Victoria, the individual museums and their unique propositionInitiative 5.5Develop a performance measurement framework that enables tracking, reportingand analysis of performance of Museums Victoria, including performance againstour environmental, social and economic impactInitiative 5.6Develop a strategic corporate services framework that enables forward-lookingand results-based outcomes, through planning, delivering and reporting cyclesMuseums Victoria Annual Report 2018–199
2018–19 Year in ReviewStrategic Objective 1: Museums Victoria providesunmissable experiences for all audiencesMuseums Victoria presents a compelling, year-roundprogram of contemporary experiences that are diverse,inspiring and globally relevant.Exhibitions from external partners included:Our exhibitions and programs are the cornerstone of ouraudience engagement, drawing a demographically diverselocal, national and international audience to our museums.In 2018–19 this included 203,720 visitors from regionalVictoria; 141,217 from interstate and 167,799 from overseas.Through our education programs, exhibitions and events,Museums Victoria is a key contributor to Victoria’s cultural,tourism, education and economic aims. Above and Beyond, Boeing’s interactive flight exhibitHighlights from 2018–19 include exhibitions developed byMuseums Victoria: Make Believe: The Story of the Myer Christmas Windows,produced in collaboration with Myer and Stage One(Melbourne Museum). LOVE, developed in partnership with Heide Museum ofModern Art (Immigration Museum). Kahlil Gibran: The Garden of the Prophet, in collaborationwith Gibran National Museum and with support from theCouncil for Australian-Arab Relations of the Department ofForeign Affairs and Trade (Immigration Museum). Gut Feelings, an exhibition about the ways in which ourmicrobes, minds and bodies interact and featuring theMuseum’s very own ‘fatberg’ courtesy of Yarra Valley Water(Melbourne Museum). Fashion Redux, in collaboration with leading Melbournefashion designers and VAMFF (Melbourne Museum). Because of Her, We Can! which highlighted theachievements of twelve extraordinary Victorian FirstPeoples women, presented as part of Museums Victoria’sNAIDOC Week celebrations (Bunjilaka AboriginalCultural Centre). Mandela My Life: The Exhibition, co-created with theNelson Mandela Foundation, International EntertainmentConsulting (IEC) and TEG Live (Melbourne Museum). From the Heart, curated in collaboration with ParksVictoria, the Victoria Police Museum, and DELWP to markthe tenth anniversary of the 2009 Victorian bushfires(Melbourne Museum). Silent Witness in partnership with Uncle Jim Berg (Bunjilka). Revolutions: Records and Rebels, from the Victoria & AlbertMuseum, London.produced in collaboration with Smithsonian’s National Airand Space Museum. Museum of the Moon, a luminous sculpture of the moon,seven metres in diameter, by UK artist Luke Jarram. Midawarr: Harvest, featuring the art of Mulkun Wirrpandaand John Wolseley, from the National Museumof Australia. For Country, For Nation, an exhibition about AustralianAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander military service fromthe Australian War Memorial.Initiatives to engage new and under-represented audiencesacross our museums included several new experiences foryoung adults and teenagers: Road to Zero TAC Road Safety Education Complex atMelbourne Museum, opened in August 2018 by MinisterDonellan, Minister for Roads and Road Safety. Nocturnal at Melbourne Museum, now in its secondsuccessful year, attracted 13,527 guests, 17%1 of whichwere first time visitors. These night-time events featuredcollaborations with VAMFF, Midsumma Festival, theMelbourne International Jazz Festival, and artists andperformers Mick Harvey, Ngaiire, Electric Fields, PennyIkinger & The Silver Bells, Disco Faith Sunshine Choir,Cut Copy and the Avalanches. Three Sync after-hours events grew teenage audiencesfor Scienceworks and the Beyond Perception exhibition.Featuring live music, virtual reality, science activationsand more, Sync attendance more than doubled, from135 visitors at the first event in September 2018 to 406in June 2019. The event is a partnership initiative withMinus18, a youth-driven network for LGBTIQA youth. Taking inspiration from the LOVE exhibition, I Feel LOVE inImmigration Museum’s courtyard celebrated Australia’svibrant queer community, artistic expression and love inall its guises. 617 young adults attended this after-hoursevent co-curated by Kelly Lovemonster (Swagger Like Us)and featuring LGBTQIA artists of colour Bhenji Ra and theHouse of Slé, performance art duo The Huxleys, and FirstNations drag queen and host Zodiac.1 As at May 201910Museums Victoria Annual Report 2018–19
Expanding reach and engagement beyond museum walls is apriority in the Museums Victoria Strategic Plan 2017–25. TheOne Digital Life strategy, launched in December 2018, outlinesour ambition to grow audiences via curated digital contentand expanded digital platforms. The first key initiative of thestrategy, MV Stories, launched in April 2019 with the releaseof several versions of the What is a Fatberg? story. By the endof May, this story had reached more than 150,000 users viaMuseums Victoria’s digital channels (YouTube, IGTV, Twitter,Facebook and EDMs) and beyond, including appearing onYarra Valley Water and ArtsHub channels.Another area of growth was international tourism, increasing37% on the previous year. This growth was supported inpart by Lunar New Year celebrations at Melbourne Museumand the Immigration Museum presented in partnership withChinese New Year United. These now annual events arepart of a broader campaign targeting growth in the Chinesevisitor market that has increased visitors of Chinese origin bymore than 80% in two years.Museums Victoria’s excellence in programming wasrecognised in national and international awards includingfrom the Australian Museum and Gallery Association,Asia Pacific Network of Science and Technology Centres,Victorian Premier’s Design Awards and the Giant ScreenCinema Association.Midnight Moon, Scienceworks; Tiny Empire Collective,Source & Joel Checkley, PhotographyMuseums Victoria Annual Report 2018–1911
Strategic Objective 2: Museums Victoria has the primary materialcollection that inspires and allows excellent enquiry into our region’sbig contemporary and historical questionsIn 2018–19 Museums Victoria reviewed the scope, nature andimpact of its wide-ranging research activities and collectingpractice to develop new strategic directions that maximisethe potential and opportunities of our diverse disciplinesand expertise. This review informed the development ofthe Research and Collections Strategy 2019–25, which willtransition Museums Victoria to adopt an interdisciplinaryand collaborative model to explore our region within acontext of change.This year work also commenced on a First Peoples Strategythat will best enable Museums Victoria’s to placing FirstPeoples cultures, histories and knowledge at the heartof our practice. The strategy will outline the approach tostrengthen Museums Victoria’s leadership in increasingunderstanding and exchange between all Australians andproviding greater representation and inclusion of Australia’sFirst People in all parts of the organisation.Museums Victoria continued its critical work connectingcommunity with the collections through the IndigenousRepatriation Program. In 2018–19 Museums Victoria, inliaison with the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council,arranged for the return of ancestral remains to the BalranaldLocal Aboriginal Land Council (LALC) and Dareton LALC inNew South Wales. Museums Victoria is also actively workingon several overseas repatriations, including an importantcloak, Korowai, to a Maori community on the north islandof New Zealand, and a cultural collection to the Yaghancommunity in Chile.Museums Victoria’s role as custodians and developers ofthe State collection continued in 2018–19 with a number ofsignificant collection acquisitions. Highlights included: A rare 17-kilogram stony meteorite discovered atMaryborough by a local gold prospector. Several sets of fossilised teeth from the Giant JaggedNarrow-Toothed Shark and Sixgill Shark, recoveredfrom the Jan Juc coastline. Items from the estate of beloved Melbourne artist MirkaMora including unfinished artwork, an inscribed noveland materials from her artist’s studio. Protest material from Melbourne’s #schoolstrike4climateprotest in September 2018. Items discovered beneath the Royal Exhibition Buildingduring excavation works for the current Protection andPromotion project.The collections were further developed through a widerange of research projects, many with external partners: An international team of scientists from Museums Victoria,Monash University, Natural History Museum (London) andRoyal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (Brussels) used3D scans of a fossilised whale ear bone in the MuseumsVictoria collections to make new discoveries into theevolutionary origins of the pygmy right whale. Collaborative research between Museums Victoria, CSIROOceans and Atmosphere, University of Tasmania, andUniversity of Melbourne has revealed that new marinespecies are evolving fastest in Antarctica. The researchwas published in the high profile scientific journal, Nature. A team of scientists from Museums Victoria, LouisianaState University, and Museum Zoologicum Bogoriensein Indonesia described a new species of climbing shrewfrom Sulawesi. This is the latest in a series of importantbiological discoveries made in partnership withlocal communities. Key discoveries around Australia’s extinct and endangeredfauna, including projects on the Tasmanian Tiger,New Holland Mouse and Smoky Mouse in associationwith the University of Melbourne; and the PlainsWanderer biodiversity fellowship supported by theIan Potter Foundation.Museums Victoria researchers honoured in 2018–19 included: Dr Jane Melville (Senior Curator, Terrestrial Vertebrates) –awarded a Fulbright Fellowship, to enable her to continueimportant research into the conservation of Australia’sunique reptile fauna with colleagues in the USA. Dr Thomas Rich (Senior Curator, VertebratePalaeontology) – awarded the Robert Etheridge Jr Medalfrom the Geological Society of Australia, in recognition ofhis lifetime contribution to Australasian palaeontology. Dr Timothy O’Hara (Senior Curator, Marine Biology) andDr Maria Byrne (University of Sydney) – won the 2018Whitley Medal from the Royal Zoological Society of NSWfor their landmark publication Australian Echinoderms:Biology, Ecology and Evolution.Additionally, several new zoological and geological specieswere named in honour of Museums Victoria staff members: A new squat lobster species, Corralliogalathea joae(named for Dr Joanne Taylor, Manager, NaturalScience Collections) A new wasp species, Aulacus walkeri (named afterDr Ken Walker, Senior Curator, Entomology) A new mineral species, Millsite (named for Dr Stuart Mills,Senior Curator, Mineralogy).12Museums Victoria Annual Report 2018–19
Museums Victoria’s impact and capacity in research andcollections is supported through a number of importantfunding partnerships. This year Museums Victoria receiveda grant of 600,000 over four years from Creative Victoria tocontinue the Great Melbourne Telescope (GMT) RestorationProject. This significant contribution, along with previousmajor philanthropic funding from the Ian Potter Foundation,Myer Foundation and Copland Foundation, will help see theGMT reinstalled at the former Melbourne Observatory site atthe Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne.Museums Victoria renewed its partnership with ParksVictoria and undertook the first in a new series ofbiodiversity surveys in the Great Otway National Park.Museums Victoria also collaborated with the Gunditj MirringTraditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation in south-westernVictoria to support the successful bid for the area’s UnitedNations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s(UNESCO) World Heritage listing. The bid drew from theknowledge generated by previous partnership initiativesincluding the Field Guide to the Budj Bim CulturalLandscape and a Bush Blitz sur
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