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< REGISTER OF CULTURAL HERITAGE MANAGEMENT TRAINING PROVIDERS

Department of the Premier and Cabinet, Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation Division

Training provided

Non-accredited training delivered
Principles of cultural heritage management (Burra Charter basics) Legislation Management planning - process & key steps Developing conservation and management strategies Site recording and documentation Mapping skills and techniques	Identifying management issues Identifying and recording evidence of threats and deterioration Identifying and describing cultural materials Using databases to manage cultural information

Trainers

Departmental staff delivering training are non-Indigenous, and experienced in delivering training to Indigenous people.

Qualifications

The team has the following relevant qualifications and experience:

• Peter Birt: Senior Heritage Officer and qualified archaeologist. Bachelor of Arts (Honours), PhD (incomplete). Peter has worked with the department for six years, and has lectured, demonstrated and tutored at tertiary level. He has delivered or assisted in the delivery of 16 departmental site recording workshops since 2006.
• Heidi Crow: principle Heritage Officer and qualified archaeologist. Bachelor of Arts (Honours). Heidi has worked with the department for 15 years, and has been a regular guest lecturer at Flinders University. She has delivered or assisted in the delivery of 10 departmental site recording workshops.

Other departmental staff, including GIS professionals, participate on an as-needed basis.

Training experience

The Department of the Premier and Cabinet, Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation Division (DPC-AARD) administers the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988. It has delivered 18 site recording workshops to Aboriginal communities in South Australia since 2006, and one to SACE teachers as part of curriculum development. The department has an agreement with the Flinders University who have assisted in the development of the workshops and participated in eight.

The workshops are designed as an introduction and a practical grounding to the South Australian Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988, site recognition, basic archaeological site recording, mapping and site conservation planning. Participants undertake exercises and record sites, but are not assessed. The workshops originated from a request from one community in 2006, and were developed initial in-house, and with later input from Flinders University.

Workshops have been delivered in the south-east, Riverland, Flinders Rangers, far north and on the Murray River to Aboriginal communities on a request basis. The intended audience is Aboriginal people just starting in heritage, but elders and other experienced community members usually participate. Workshops are usually run over two or three days, and include in-class discussion, presentations and fieldwork.

Both Heidi Crow and Peter Birt were instrumental in the development of the workshops, and have had continuous involvement with them. Both have extensive experience in working with Aboriginal people, both in the workshops and in wider work roles.

Recent experience

DPC-AARD staff have delivered cultural heritage management training to an Indigenous group within the last 12 months (valid at October 2011).