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Appendix 4: Director and staff overseas travel

Helen ANU

Noumea, New Caledonia, 23–26/3/19: community consultation regarding preliminary Endeavour replica visit and research for First Peoples and the Pacific project

Em BLAMEY

Portsmouth, UK, 2–6/4/19: spoke at opening events for Horrible Histories® Pirates – the exhibition (funded by National Museum of the Royal Navy)

Peter BUCKLEY

Portsmouth, UK, 11–31/3/19; installed Horrible Histories® Pirates – the exhibition at National Museum of the Royal Navy

Dunedin, New Zealand, 9–28/6/19: installed James Cameron: Challenging the Deep at Otago Museum

Tanya BUSH

New Orleans, USA, 15–27/5/19: delegate at American Alliance of Museums Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo in New Orleans; attended meetings with various museums regarding digital transformation and site development

Hyewon CHANG

Xian, China, 5–9/11/18: attended Destination NSW Greater China Roadshow to promote the museum; 80 pre-scheduled meetings with travel agents from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan

John DIKKENBERG

Wellington, New Zealand, 9–11/9/18, Endeavour voyage navigation group meeting

Wellington, New Zealand, 20–22/11/18, Endeavour voyage planning

Auckland, New Zealand, 5–7/3/19, Endeavour voyage planning

New Caledonia, 22/4–20/5/19, Endeavour voyage return to Sydney from Noumea

Jeffrey FLETCHER

USA, 23–28 /9/18: presented a paper at the Historic Navy Ships Association Annual Conference: Connecting Youth with Heritage – War & Peace in the Pacific 75 in Bremerton, Seattle, and negotiated US involvement in the program; accepted an award for Gapu Monuk – Saltwater: Journey to Sea Country exhibition at the International Design & Communication Awards in Chicago

Alex GAFFIKIN

New York, USA, 22–26/11/18: attended conference on the future of storytelling London, UK, 28/12/18: Visited Natural History Museum to discuss Wildlife Photographer of the Year (self-funded)

Dr Stephen GAPPS

Madrid, Spain, 8–10/11/18: attended Madrid University conference (self-funded); Barcelona, Spain, 11–17/11/18: attended International Committee for Exhibition Exchange (ICEE) Conference

Stephen HAIN

Portsmouth, UK, 11–31/3/19; installed Horrible Histories® Pirates – the exhibition at National Museum of the Royal Navy

Dunedin, New Zealand, 9–28/6/19; installed James Cameron: Challenging the Deep at Otago Museum

Bill HARRIS

New Zealand, Wellington, 21–22/11/18: meetings with organising committee of Tuia Encounters 250 and New Zealand Ministry of Culture and Heritage

Michael HARVEY

United Kingdom and Singapore, April 2019: Portsmouth, 2–6/4/19: spoke at opening events for Horrible Histories® Pirates – the exhibition (funded by National Museum of the Royal Navy), and site visits and meetings at NMRN and Mary Rose; London, 7–13/4/19: site visits and meetings at Royal Museums Greenwich, SS Great Britain, British Museum, British Library, Garden Museum, Migration Museum, V&A Museum and Science Museum; Singapore, 14/4/19: site visits and meetings at National Museum of Singapore and Art Science Museum

Kieran HOSTY

Newport, Rhode Island, USA, 25/8–23/9/18: participated in maritime archaeology fieldwork with the Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project to locate and identify the shipwreck site of Lord Sandwich/HMB Endeavour

Bournemouth, England, 21–28/3/19: presented papers on the joint Indonesian/Australian archaeological conservation project on HMAS Perth (I) at Bournemouth University. Funded by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Jakarta and Banten Province, Indonesia, 2–17/5/19: participated in maritime archaeology survey of the HMAS Perth (1) shipwreck site. Funded by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Dr James HUNTER

Newport, Rhode Island, USA, 25/8–23/9/18: participated in maritime archaeology fieldwork with the Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project to locate and identify the shipwreck site of Lord Sandwich/HMB Endeavour

Auckland, New Zealand, 28/11–1/12/18: presented scholarly paper about AE1 at the annual joint conference of the Australian Archaeological Association and New Zealand Archaeological Association

Jakarta and Banten Province, Indonesia, 2–17 /5/2019: participated in maritime archaeology survey of the HMAS Perth (1) shipwreck site. Funded by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Beau JAMES

Paris, France, 7–12/5/19: meetings with institutions and the Australian Embassy in Paris to promote and secure possible venues for Gapu Monuk – Saltwater: Journey to Sea Country and Undiscovered: Photographs by Michael Cook exhibitions

London, UK, 3–23/5/19: attended Museum and Heritage Awards to accept award for Gapu Monuk – Saltwater: Journey to Sea Country; met with institutions and the Australian Embassy in London to promote and secure possible venues for Gapu Monuk – Saltwater: Journey to Sea Country and Undiscovered: Photographs by Michael Cook exhibitions

Emily JATEFF

Hong Kong, 13–17/11/18: attended World Ocean Council’s Sustainable Ocean Summit

Stefania KUBOWICZ

Wellington, New Zealand, 30/5–1/6/19: meeting with New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage to discuss Tuia 250 voyaging project and communications strategy

Matt LEE

UK and Spain, December 2018 and January 2019: London, UK, 27/–29/12/18: meeting with National History Museum and National Maritime Museum about travelling exhibition merchandise; Dundee, UK, 29–30/12/18: meeting with V&A Scotland to discuss possible Ocean Liners exhibition; Madrid, Spain, 7/– 9/1/19: product and supplier sourcing. Partially self funded

Paul McCARTHY

Ottawa, Halifax, Winnipeg, Ontario and Montreal, Canada, and New York City and Washington DC, USA, 17/6–3/7/19: presented at the Metropolis 2019 World Conference on Migration; visited various migration and human rights museums to observe and discuss best practice and inform the development of a business case to enhance migration storytelling in Australia

Cameron MCLEOD

Dunedin, New Zealand, 9–28/6/19; installed James Cameron: Challenging the Deep at Otago Museum

David PAYNE

Noumea, New Caledonia, 24–27/3/19: meetings with Musée Maritime de Nouvelle-Calédonie, Musée de Nouvelle-Calédonie, Australian High Commission, French Haut Commissariat in relation to potential cultural exchange and support for Endeavour visit in May 2019

Frances PORTOLESI

Noumea, New Caledonia, 2–10/5/19: coordinated visitors, voyage crew and professional crew of Endeavour replica while in port

Lucilla RONAI

New York, Uncasville, Rochester and Washington DC, USA, 5–29/5/19: attended and delivered poster presentation at the American Institute for Conservation (AIC) 47th Annual Meeting (New England) New Tools, Techniques, and Tactics in Conservation and Collection Care; visited various institutions and conservation laboratories to exchange ideas, procedures and techniques used to manage cellulose acetate and nitrate photographic and audio-visual collection material

Beijing, China, 29/10–7/11/18: attended and delivered poster presentation at the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works – International Training Centre for Conservation (ICC–ITCC) 2018 Beijing Paper Conservation Symposium at the Palace Museum

Agata ROSTEK-ROBAK

Dunedin, New Zealand, 9–28/6/19; installed James Cameron: Challenging the Deep at Otago Museum

Peter ROUT

Wellington, New Zealand, 29–30/8 and 20–23/11/2018: Endeavour voyage planning

Noumea, New Caledonia, 1–4/5/19, Endeavour voyage management

Adam SHERAR

New Caledonia, 2–10/5/19: Endeavour voyage support crew

New Zealand, 30/5/19: Meeting with Ministry of Culture and Heritage

Kevin SUMPTION PSM

China, 7–13 July 2018: Keynote speaker at Maritime Silk Road Conference – Sailing for more maritime culture held in Ningbo, China. Meetings followed the conference with the Director of the National Maritime Museum, China, in Tianjin to discuss possible collaborative opportunities and the Director of Lord Cultural Resources in Beijing regarding the possibility of touring ANMM exhibitions in China

UK and Berlin, 1–14 November 2018: Meetings in London with the High Commissioner of Britain and Donor of the William Bradley Logbooks; with directors of the Royal Museums Greenwich and Science Museum regarding the travelling exhibition James Cameron: Challenging the Deep; with director of SS Great Britain regarding Migration Heritage initiatives. Digital Branding Executive course at Cambridge University. Attendance and delivery of conference paper at the International Museums Construction Congress in Berlin

Singapore, 11–15 March 2019: Attended inaugural World Congress on Maritime Heritage and chaired Congress sessions examining heritage challenges facing Australian and Southeast Asia. Met with national cultural institutions concerning the travelling exhibition James Cameron: Challenging the Deep

USA 16 April – 1 May 2019: Attended American Friends of the ANMM fundraising event hosted by US Consul General to New York, Alastair Walton. Met with Kathleen Kennedy Townsend to progress loan discussions for the upcoming JFK exhibition and with the Director of the American Museum of Natural History concerning both incoming and outgoing travelling exhibitions. Meeting at the Canadian Museum of Immigration in relation to proposed ANMM Migration Heritage Museum. Field visit to Newport concerning RIMAP and HMB Endeavour investigation

Kim TAO

Estonia, 6–21/10/18: presented a paper at Re-imagining the Museum in the Global Contemporary at the Estonian National Museum in Tartu; research visits in Berlin, Dublin and London

Canada, 20/6–4/7/19: presented a paper at the International Metropolis Conference: The Promise of Migration: Inclusion, Economic Growth and Global Cooperation in Ottawa; research visits in Philadelphia and New York

Vanessa WEEDON

Boston and New York, USA, 16–29/8/18: to attend Property Council study tour on place-making and visit US museums

Ebony WILLIAMS

Wellington, New Zealand, 21–23 /11/18: meetings with organising committee for the Tuia – Encounters 250 program and Manatū Taonga: Ministry for Culture and Heritage