Community Representative for La Perouse Museum Trust

13 Sunday Oct 2013

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At it’s meeting on 27th August 2013 Randwick City Councillors unanimously agreed to enter into a lease agreement with the NSW State Government to manage the Cable Station and surrounding area (including the Laperouse Museum, Monuments, Macquarie Watchtower,  but excluding Bare Island).

A Trust is being established to oversee the management of the area and Randwick City Council are now calling for expressions of interest for the position of Community Representative with expertise in Heritage.  The other positions on the Trust will be held byRandwick City Council (Chair), 3 Councillors, Friends of La Perouse Museum, Local Aboriginal Land Council, NPWS, French Counsel General. Link to due diligence report prepared by Council and presented at the 27th August 2013 Meeting. 

 

Closing date 25th OCTOBER

From Randwick City Council:  
Position Number:   F2013/00520Randwick City Council is establishing a Trust to oversee and guide the management of the La Perouse Museum and the surrounding headland.The Trust will work closely with Randwick City Council who is in the process of taking over management of the site from the National Parks & Wildlife Service.

The Trust will be comprised of four Randwick Councillors (including the Mayor/representative) as well as representatives from the Friends of La Perouse Museum and the Local Aboriginal Land Council and a community member.

The Council is seeking nominations from a resident of Randwick City with skills and expertise in the field of heritage conservation.

Applicants for this role will need to demonstrate:

• understanding of local and state heritage issues
• understanding of and experience in conservation management and adaptive reuse of historic sites
• understanding of the State heritage and related legislation
• high level communication and negotiation skills; and
• experience in working within a Committee/Trust structure

Interested applicants should submit a written expression of interest addressing the above criteria for this role (maximum 2 pages) addressed to the General Manager, Randwick.

The successful applicant will be appropriately remunerated. The number of hours and workload of the Trust member are yet to be determined.
Further Information:  Contact Sima Truuvert, Director City Planning on 9399 0992.

How to Apply:  Submit your expression of interest addressed to the General Manager Randwick City Council. Applications can be emailed to general.manager@randwick.nsw.gov.au or posted to 30 Frances Street, Randwick NSW 2031.

Closing Date: Friday, 25 October 2013

Bastille Day 2014 celebrating the first postal flight between Melbourne and Sydney

11 Friday Oct 2013

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Flying 3The first official airmail carried in Australia was flown from Melbourne to Sydney in July, 1914, in a tiny Bleriot aircraft flown by Frenchman, Maurice Guillaux. More details about the Bleriot from Powerhouse Museum. 

Although the flying time for this historic trip was 9½ hours, Guillaux took two and a quarter days to cover the distance. He carried 1785 postcards, which had been sold for 2s. each.

This was not only the beginnings of Australia’s airmail system, but at the time it was the longest airmail flight in the world.

First FlightThe Aviation Historical Society of Australia (NSW) inc, Air Mail Centenary Commemoration Group are organizing the re-enactment and the landing at Moore Park will be part of the Bastille Day celebrations hosted by the Consul-General.  Special stamps will be issued by Australia Post. 

Flying 1The original route will form the basis of the re-enactment flight, but there will be slight alterations.  The original route was Flemington Showground (now racecourse), Seymour (possibly Mangalore), Wangaratta, Albury, Wagga Wagga, Harden, Liverpool ( Bankstown or Camden), then Moore Park. The take-off will be 9.12am on Saturday 12th July, landing Sydney 2.25pm on Monday 14th July.The basic mail load will be carried in a Jabiru, but other aircraft are very welcome to join in the flight, either for the whole journey or for one or two sections. There will be backup and support from larger aircraft, including a Caribou supplied by HARS, with expenses paid by Shell.  To be kept informed email:  guillauxcentenary@gmail.com .

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