Aussie experts on Kolkata trip to raise awareness, 18 Jan 2010

Subhro Niyogi | TNN

Kolkata: Conservation experts from Australia believe its high time the civic authorities in Kolkata take up preservation of built heritage with all seriousness before it is lost to the onslaught of development.

Australia/India Heritage Week in Kolkata, 10 Jan 2010

The Victoria Memorial Museum, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, Loreto College and AusHeritage (Australia’s International Network for Cultural Heritage) will be partners for the four day Australia India Heritage Week, Kolkata, January 11-14, 2010.

Award for Australian Museum Official, 19 Nov 2009

‘The Hindu: Tamil Nadu News’
Special Correspondent.
CHENNAI: Peter Varghese, Australian High Commissioner in India, conferred the Indo-Australian Award for Meritorious Service 2009 on Vinod Daniel, branch head, Australian Museum, and Chairman, Aus-Heritage, at the silver jubilee and award function of the Indo-Australian Association here on Wednesday.

AusHeritage Chairman Vinod Daniel to receive Indo- Australian Award, 17 Nov 2009

Australian Cultural Heritage Champion Vinod Daniel, to receive Indo- Australian Award for 2009.
Vinod Daniel, Chairman, AusHeritage and Branch Head, Australian Museum, will receive the Indo-Australian Award for 2009 at the Silver Jubilee function of the Indo-Australian Association in Chennai on November 18, 2009. The annual award is given to an individual who has contributed substantially to the bilateral relationship between Australia and India.

Salzburg Declaration on the Conservation and Preservation of Cultural Heritage, 16 Nov 2009

On the occasion of the Salzburg Global Seminar session on Connecting to the World’s Collections 31 October 2009: Making the Case for the Conservation and Preservation of our Cultural Heritage, sixty cultural heritage leaders from the preservation sector representing thirty-two nations around the world shared experiences to address the sustainability of cultural heritage.

AusHeritage is a network of Australian cultural heritage management organisations, established by the Australian Government in 1996. The network aims to facilitate the engagement of practitioners and organisations for the Australian heritage industry in the overseas arena.

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