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HISTORIC HOUSES TRUST OF NEW SOUTH WALES

ANNUAL REPORT2013–2014

View from the upstairs hall into the bedroom with the big balcony, Meroogal. Photo © Nicholas Watt

The small bedroom at Meroogal. Photo © Nicholas Watt

The Hon Rob Stokes, MPMinister for the EnvironmentMinister for HeritageLevel 15, 52 Martin PlaceSYDNEY NSW 2000

Dear Minister

On behalf of the Board of Trustees and in accordance with the provisions of the Annual Reports (Statutory Bodies) Act 1984, the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 and the Public Finance and Audit Regulation 2010, we submit for presentation to Parliament the Annual Report of the Historic Houses Trust of NSW for the year ending 30 June 2014.

Yours sincerely

Michael Rose Mark GogginChairman Director

The Historic Houses Trust of NSW, incorporating Sydney Living Museums, cares for significant historic places, buildings, landscapes and collections. It is a statutory authority of, and principally funded by, the New South Wales Government.

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CONTENTS

CONTENTS

From the Chairman 2

From the Director 3

OUR ACHIEVEMENTS 4

CORPORaTE PlaN & PERFORMaNCE 5

KEY aCHIEvEMENTS 7

1 Involvement 8

2 access & enjoyment 12

3 Conservation & curatorship 22

4 Stability 32

5 Wellbeing 36

6 Knowledge 38

OUR ORGANISATION 40

WHO WE aRE 41

Our museums 42

Our collections 47

Endangered Houses Fund 50

Corporate governance 52

Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales 62

APPENDICES 64

Thank you to our volunteers 78

HHT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 79

Contacts 160

Thank you to our program supporters and partners 161

Index 162

Sponsors 164

2 Michael Rose Photo Scott Hill © HHT

FROM THE CHAIRMAN

ANNUAL REPORT 2013–14

The past year has been an important period of consolidation and growth for the Historic Houses Trust. It has also been a year in which some significant changes have taken place.

In order to provide future sustainability for the institution, the Trustees commissioned a significant strategic review of the HHT’s business model and have been working with the Director and senior management to respond to the broad-ranging recommendations arising from that review. This work has been undertaken with the ongoing support of Government, including the Minister for Heritage, the Hon Rob Stokes MP, and the former Minister for Heritage, the Hon Robyn Parker MP. We are particularly grateful for the personal interest that Minister Stokes has taken in the activities of the HHT and the time he has devoted to attending events at our properties.

It has been a successful year in terms of our cultural mission, with strong visitor numbers at our properties, exhibitions and travelling exhibitions. This success has been matched by a strong financial outcome, with the HHT’s net costs of service for 2013–14 resulting in a $6 million surplus. This excellent outcome is the result of several one-off events, including the negotiation of an easement adjoining the Justice & Police Museum, completion of the Government House refurbishment and transfer project and receipt of the generous Ruth Pope Bequest. The Ruth Pope Bequest, the HHT’s second largest bequest, was received from Ms Ruth Caroline Pope, an Australian teacher who taught both in Scotland and Turkey and whose great loves were education, history, decorative arts and archaeology.

The HHT knows better than anyone that not every significant historic building can, or should, be a museum. Through our Endangered Houses Fund, enabled by the generous support of our Foundation, we continue the careful restoration of endangered properties and their return to private ownership. This year saw the sale of Glenfield and the completion of conservation at Throsby Park. We went to market to secure the long-term lease of Throsby Park in the autumn. This year the restoration of Exeter Farm was recognised by UNESCO with the Award of Merit under its 2014 UNESCO Asia–Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation Program. This was a well-deserved accolade.

In November the HHT concluded its relationship with the Friends of the Historic Houses Trust Inc. The HHT took this action following an independent audit into the operations of the Friends. We have developed a new membership program, which will be launched later this year. We are confident that the attractive benefits of this program will enable us to reach new audiences and build a strong and loyal community of members and supporters.

In the coming year we look forward to better connecting the intertwined histories of our properties. Our projects will include the interpretation of the Story of Sydney, the development of a commemorative program for the upcoming bicentenaries of the former ‘Rum’ Hospital (now The Mint) and the Hyde Park Barracks, and the development of a new strategic plan to take us through to 2020.

I would like to acknowledge the Hon Neville Wran AC QC who passed away earlier this year. During his time as Premier, he played an important role in preserving our State heritage through various initiatives including the creation of the HHT. He was a great believer in the importance of history and, through his work in preserving key elements of our past for future generations, he has left a lasting legacy.

I would like to thank the HHT’s Trustees, noting in particular the important contributions of retiring Trustees Peter Tonkin, Bruce Hambrett and Roderick Simpson. I also welcome newly appointed Trustees Siobhan Toohill, Naseema Sparks and Alastair Baxter.

On behalf of my fellow Trustees, I would like to thank the HHT’s generous partners, enthusiastic visitors and supporters and, of course, its dedicated volunteers and staff. The success of the HHT is made possible by its 221 staff and 150 volunteers, all of whom bring great energy and enthusiasm to their work. It is through them that we extend our invitation and our welcome to those who visit our historic properties.

Michael Rose, Chairman

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INTRODUCTION

Mark Goggin Photo © Stuart Miller

FROM THE DIRECTOR

As custodians of the State’s most precious, significant and evocative heritage places, our core purpose is to enhance the heritage values of our houses, museums and gardens for current and future generations. This purpose underpinned a year that focused on two tasks: fresh thinking about our future sustainability and engaging our audiences, both existing and new, with passion and creativity.

With rigour and research we considered how to secure our future as an institution. In January we completed an independent whole-of-organisation business model review, conducted by consultants Bendelta. From this thinking we generated a new strategic framework, focused on our economic sustainability. The resulting Business Review Action Plan, which will be implemented over two years, seeks to modernise, financially strengthen and revitalise our museums.

To this end, this year we achieved a record level of self-generated revenue of $9.1 million, representing 28% of our total revenue and demonstrating our strong commercial acumen. In May, as we moved with the Office of Environment & Heritage from the Premier & Cabinet cluster to the Planning & Environment cluster, we secured urgent capital funds for heritage maintenance: $4.39 million over the next three years. We welcome the NSW Government’s commitment to and critical investment in our national heritage.

This year has been a significant turning point for the Historic Houses Trust of NSW (HHT), as our audiences and the institution embraced our new brand: Sydney Living Museums (SLM). The new brand captures our aspiration to keep our places and collections alive and relevant by having them loved, visited and enjoyed.

In this report we showcase several ‘whole-of-organisation’ projects that define this new era for our audiences. The SLM website, launched in January, delivered compelling, rich and layered digital content showcasing our stories and collections. In a very real way our digital platforms build a bridge between the past and the future.

We developed holistic curatorial themes that underpinned an integrated approach to our exhibitions and events across our museums. Over nine months SLM Food successfully tapped into the culinary stories and tastes of our collections, delivering a delicious array of events across our 12 museums. In April 2014 we launched SLM Home & Architecture, a series of exhibitions and events exploring our domestic spaces that positions SLM as central to the architectural conversations of this city.

Our audience response has been very encouraging. We welcomed 804,792 people to our museums, exhibitions, public programs, commercial events, touring exhibitions, library, cafes, restaurants and gardens – a 12.4% increase over 2013. Notably, we grew our audiences consistently across our properties, and our public and education programs. In addition, we saw extraordinary growth in our digital audiences, including subscribers, website visitors and social media followers.

The achievements of the HHT are generated and delivered by the efforts of our remarkable people: the intelligence and generosity of our Chairman, Michael Rose; the stewardship and dedication of our Trustees; the talent, energy and professionalism of our remarkable staff; the hard work and loyalty of our volunteers; and the generosity of our Foundation, donors, partners and supporters.

I thank this devoted group of individuals who embody our reputation as Australia’s leading place-based cultural institution. Collectively, we are driven by the passionate belief that drawing meaningfully on the past does enrich and revitalise the lives of people today, and the lives of our children and future generations.

Mark Goggin, Director

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OUR ACHIEVEMENTS

4 ANNuAl RePoRT 2013–2014

OUR Achievements

CORPORaTE PlaN

CORPORaTE FRaMEWORKThe Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales Corporate Plan 2010–2015 is underpinned by six key aims and objectives, each supported by a list of actions that drives our strategic direction.

STabIlITYThe HHT becomes a more resilient organisation with a secure future.

WEllbEINgThe wellbeing of our staff improves.

KNOWlEDgEWe use our knowledge and expertise, and work with others, to change the way people think about heritage and the past.

aCCESS & ENjOYMENTWe provide more people and a wider range of people access to our properties, collections, programs and knowledge.

CONSERvaTION & CURaTORSHIPOur properties and collections are handed on to future generations in good heart.

INvOlvEMENTA wider range of people are involved in understanding, interpreting and caring for the past.

VisionA future for the past

mission To care for significant historic places, buildings, collections and landscapes with integrity, and enable people to enjoy and learn about them

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VISITaTIon

PERFORMaNCE

Notes:* Includes $2.85 million Sir Stamford easement grant and a $0.6 million

bequest received from the estate of Ruth Caroline Pope.

July 2011 – June 2014

$9.102 million$26.542 million $244.543 million

62% Personnel services 23% Other operating costs 6% Maintenance 4% Services provided free of charge 3% Depreciation 1% Contract staff 1% Insurance

45% Donation and sponsorships 23% Commercial services*

16% Admissions 5% Retail 4% Investments 4% Special activities 3% Other income

* Commercial services include venue hire, catering, rental income from commercial leases, and hire of properties for filming and photography.

82% Land and buildings 12% Collection assets 5% Cash and cash equivalents 1% Other assets†

* Total Assets includes $12,192 restricted asssets which represent bequests and donations held by the Trust to be used in acccordance with the deed of trusts, caveats and other documents governing these funds. In 2013–14, the Government House property and its collections of $100 million were transferred to the Department of Premier and Cabinet.

† Other assets include capital work in progress $486k, intangible assets $534k, trade and other receivables $1,392k, inventories for $141k and plant and equipment $578k.

ExpEndITurE 2013–14 ToTal aSSETS aS aT 30 JunE 2014*SElf-gEnEraTEd rEVEnuE 2013–14

SElf-gEnEraTEd rEVEnuE*

July 2011 – June 2014

2011

–12

2011

–12

2012

–13

2012

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$9.102m*

$7.457m

$6.474m

684,785715,937

804,792

2013

–14

2013

–14

Travelling General

OUR Achievements

1 INvOlvEMENT

• In April we launched our 12-month Home & Architecture program, which celebrates the history, distinctiveness and experience of living in Australian homes.

• Our exhibition Celestial City: Sydney’s Chinese Story, and associated programming, brought the story of Sydney’s Chinese community to a wide audience and attracted international press. Former Premier of New South Wales Barry O’Farrell launched the exhibition with the words, ‘this exhibition demonstrates … the wonderful contribution that our cultural diversity … has made to the development of our society …’

• To facilitate the growth of our engagement with and reach to schools, we developed a three-year strategy, 2013–2015, for the provision of curriculum-related education programs.

• 49,705 schoolchildren participated in curriculum related education programs. Programs covered a broad range of syllabus areas, from Human Society and its Environment (HSIE) and Food Technology to Visual Arts and Legal Studies.

• We undertook a comprehensive review of HHT volunteering, including research and consultation across our volunteer corps and all areas of the HHT’s businesses, to identify strengths as well as areas for improvement. This year 150 volunteers provided 5000 hours of service to our organisation.

2 aCCESS & ENjOYMENT

• Our Sydney Living Museums Food program, launched at the Museum of Sydney with Eat Your History: A Shared Table, connected this exhibition with events across our museums and gardens – dinners, a pop-up cooking school, an artisan Christmas food market, talks, school-holiday activities and a pop-up champagne bar – and our blog The Cook and the Curator.

• 157,176 visitors in regional NSW and across Australia enjoyed our touring exhibitions, which included The Force: 150 Years of NSW Police, Smalltown, and Margaret Olley: Home.

• Open days at Elizabeth Farm and Rouse Hill House & Farm attracted more than 4000 people. Visitors participated in lessons in the Rouse Hill schoolhouse, sewing lessons, kite flying, colonial games and food workshops, and attended presentations by our curators.

• We received two major grants for our regional programs. Visions of Australia funding of $82,000 was granted by the Australia Council for the Iconic Australian Houses exhibition to tour to eight venues nationally. The HHT is the major institutional partner for Orange City Council’s Villages of the Heart project, which secured a major Arts NSW Regional Partnership of $140,000.

• In January, to deepen and widen our engagement with our audiences, we launched our new Sydney Living Museums website, which resulted in a 25% increase in visitation.

• Since June 2013, subscriptions to our monthly eNews have increased from 13,202 to 45,203, our Facebook ‘likes’ have increased from 6931 to 17,101, and our Twitter followers have increased from 1062 to 1610.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

3 CONSERvaTION & CURaTORSHIP

• We completed restoration and conservation work at Exeter Farm, our Endangered Houses Fund (EHF) property at Glenwood, and returned it to private ownership. The project has since won a UNESCO Award of Merit for conservation.

• We also found a new owner for our EHF property at Glenfield.• On 4 May 2014 we welcomed 355 visitors to an open day

at another of our EHF properties, Throsby Park, in the Southern Highlands.

• We supported the NSW Government to re-establish Government House, Sydney, as the residence of the Governor of New South Wales. The house was refurbished, and its ownership transferred to the new Government House Sydney Reserve Trust.

• We concluded negotiations with the operator of the Sir Stamford Hotel, adjoining the site of the Justice & Police Museum, for the granting of an easement of air and light over part of the museum.

4 STabIlITY

• In November 2013 we launched the Sydney Museums Pass, which provides one general entry to each of our four city-based museums. As at 30 June 2014, 3489 passes had been sold at our museums.

• To tie in with the launch of our new brand in April 2013, which draws on the motif of the ‘key’ as a powerful symbol of welcome to unlock our properties and their stories, in autumn 2014 we released the first edition of Unlocked: The Sydney Living Museums Gazette.

• We appointed Restaurant Associates as our hospitality partner to The Mint (restaurant and events) and Justice & Police Museum (events). After a major refurbishment, Bistro Mint opened for business in June 2014.

• Fresh Catering took up the cafe lease and catering licence at the Museum of Sydney. The Governors Table Bar & Dining opened for business in June 2014.

5 WEllbEINg

• As at 30 June 2014 the last phase of our restructure was completed, with 89 recruitments during the year.

• HHT staff undertook almost 3000 hours of training, including workshops on ethical and respectful behaviour in the workplace, disability awareness and visual impairment awareness, and TRIM records management training.

• The HHT implemented a new Performance Development Plan (PDP) framework for all our staff, which was successfully completed for 93% of our employees.

6 KNOWlEDgE

• Threads of Connection, a new online project, brought together 100 collection stories from across our museums, connecting objects as diverse as pocket watches, hats, jewellery, daguerreotypes, toys and sheet music with their connected stories of love, loss and lives lived.

• The Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection acquired a collection of highly significant furnishing textiles made by celebrated textile designer Michael O’Connell through the generosity of the SCM Foundation.

• Our Rooms in the House lecture series showcased the knowledge and expertise of HHT staff and enabled our audience to examine rare items, including books, photographs and trade catalogues.

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1 INvOlvEMENT

A wider range of people are involved in understanding, interpreting and caring for the past.

Our mission is to develop opportunities for people to become involved with the Historic Houses Trust of NSW (HHT) through a range of programs. Encouraging involvement with and participation in our museums and programs ensures that the museums that we manage on behalf of the people of NSW are well maintained, visited and enjoyed by all our visitors. Key areas of development during this year were in volunteering, building partnerships and focusing our energies on programs that encouraged involvement with our museums.

REvIEW TO bUIlD aND IMPROvE OUR vOlUNTEER PROgRaM

Volunteering is crucial to the HHT’s ability to deliver meaningful experiences of our museums and collections to the people of NSW. Whether it’s providing an interpretive tour as a volunteer guide, undertaking research into our collections as a project volunteer, or providing labour for the maintenance of our gardens as a garden volunteer, volunteer roles provide a deeper level of engagement for those who want to contribute their time and knowledge to the fulfilment of our mission. This year 150 volunteers, in a variety of roles, from guiding to delivery of events and specific projects to gardening, provided 5000 hours of service to our organisation.

Our volunteers increase public knowledge and enjoyment of, and access to, those buildings, places, objects and materials that we manage on behalf of the people of NSW. This year, to honour and secure the future of volunteering at Sydney Living Museums, we undertook a comprehensive review of our practices and procedures. This process, which included research and consultation across our existing volunteer corps and all areas of the HHT’s business, has identified our strengths as well as areas for improvement. In considering volunteering at the HHT, the review has taken into account current and best practice in volunteering in NSW (we consulted the Way2Go Toolkit for Volunteer Management, produced by the Albury Wodonga Volunteer Resource Bureau Inc based on the National Standards for Volunteer Management, and endorsed by the NSW Government), and the new staffing structure and new brand. The results of the review will allow us to increase opportunities for more people to volunteer with the HHT in more ways, and will ensure that both existing and new volunteers will be well managed and recognised for the extraordinary contribution they make to our work.

CElESTIal CITY: SYDNEY’S CHINESE STORY

Celestial City, a new exhibition at the Museum of Sydney (29 March to 12 October 2014), shared the fascinating story of Sydney’s early Chinese – market gardeners, cabinet-makers, goldminers, merchants and diplomats – and celebrated the pivotal role the Chinese community played in shaping modern Australia. Working in collaboration with the Chinese Heritage Association of Australia and NSW Farmers’ Federation, and with financial support from the City of Sydney, the HHT developed a Chinese-style market garden on First Government House Place, which became the focus of interpretive and public programs that involved the community over the life of the exhibition. The public planting and harvesting days drew 1346 participants, who were able to meet fourth-generation market gardeners John and Dexter Choi, help to plant

seedlings and learn more about plants and practices used in Chinese market gardens. The program of activities also included education programs for Stage 5 (Years 9 & 10) and Stage 3 (Years 5 & 6) Human Society and its Environment (HSIE) and History, free talks, tours and a dinner.

CRIME

At both the Justice & Police Museum and Museum of Sydney, there has been a range of programs and exhibitions throughout the year focused on aspects of our criminal history. Two new exhibitions – Suburban Noir at the Museum of Sydney, and City of Shadows, a return of the highly successful 2008 exhibition, at the Justice & Police Museum – formed the basis of these programs designed to involve our visitors. Both were curated by Peter Doyle, well-known crime writer and regular collaborator on HHT projects. Suburban Noir provided an insight into 1950s and 60s postwar Sydney through the eyes (and lenses) of NSW police photographers working at that time. In its display of recently discovered photographs from the NSW Police Forensic Photography Archive, and captivating contemporary artworks, the exhibition did not shy away from the day-to-day reality of policing at the time, providing a true representation of crime-scene photography.

Several sell-out public programs related to crime were held throughout the year. One of these was Mayhem, a one-night-only event presented in partnership with The Festivalists. This featured a full program of interactive experiences with an interrogation room, crime confession cell, courtroom sketch artists, and short-filmmaking with Kino Sydney. Another was Discovering Eugenia, a special event produced for the 2014 Mardi Gras festival, in which playwright Lachlan Philpott and author Mark Tedeschi presented different creative and academic interpretations of the significance of the story of Eugenia Falleni and how it revealed changing attitudes to sexual identity.

Above Former Premier Barry o’Farrell (right), former Minister for Heritage the Hon Robyn Parker MP (left) and special guest Josh Quong Tart, grandson of merchant Quong Tart (Quong Tart featured prominently in the exhibition) at the opening of Celestial City at the Museum of Sydney. Photo © James Horan

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OUR Achievements

REaCHINg NEW SCHOOl aUDIENCES

A three-year strategy was developed for the provision of curriculum-related education programs to facilitate the growth of our engagement with and reach to schools. Some of the recommendations include: that a cross-portfolio high-school program to grow audiences at our Sydney CBD sites be developed; that the development and implementation of booking systems for education programs be prioritised as part of the wider business-systems review; that a new fee model and increase be implemented to bring the fees charged for HHT education programs into line with those of other providers; and that a Teacher Advisory Group be established both to inform programming to meet the needs of audiences and to explore the viability of providing professional development for teachers who take part in HHT education programs.

After a hiatus in 2013, we offered the Archaeology in The Rocks program again in 2014. This seasonal event was run over ten days in March and was more than 97% booked this year – close to 700 Stage 6 students attended the full-day program. Run in partnership with Sydney Learning Adventures (SHFA) and the Big Dig, this program teams students of Ancient History with a professional archaeologist and gives them access not only to Susannah Place Museum and The Rocks Discovery Museum but also to archaeological sites in The Rocks.

ExHIbITIONS 2013–14

TITlE locaTIon ExhIbITIon daTES

Public Sydney: Stop, Look, Live! Museum of Sydney 30 Mar – 8 Sep 2013

52 Suburbs Around the World Museum of Sydney 20 Jul – 24 Nov 2013

Eat Your History: A Shared Table 1788-1950 Museum of Sydney 28 Sept 2013 – 9 Mar 2014

Suburban Noir Museum of Sydney 30 Nov 2013 – 6 Apr 2014

Celestial City: Sydney’s Chinese Story Museum of Sydney 29 Mar – 12 Oct 2014

Iconic Australian Houses: An Exhibition by Karen McCartney

Museum of Sydney 12 Apr – 17 Aug 2014

Irish Orphan Girls Hyde Park Barracks Museum 18 Oct 2008 – 15 Jun 2014

Convict Sydney Hyde Park Barracks Museum 11 Sep 2010 – ongoing

The Past Unchained: Australian Convict Sites on the World Heritage List

Hyde Park Barracks Museum 30 Oct 2010 – ongoing

Female Immigration Depot 1848–1886 Hyde Park Barracks Museum 28 Jun 2014 – ongoing

City of Shadows: Inner-city Crime and Mayhem 1912–1948 Revisited

Justice & Police Museum 1 Jul 2013 – ongoing

Following the introduction of the new mandatory History syllabus for the Australian Curriculum, the Education team has developed two new Stage 5 History programs – ‘Perish or Prosper’ at the Hyde Park Barracks Museum, and ‘Perish or Prosper’ at Elizabeth Farm. The complementary programs link directly to one of the depth studies, ‘Movement of People’, and address the same syllabus outcomes and objectives through different content. The Barracks program focuses on the convict and immigrant women’s stories, while the Elizabeth Farm program focuses on the experiences of Elizabeth and John Macarthur.

SlM HOME & aRCHITECTURE

across the year the hhT works with a broad number of partners to produce a calendar of programs for multiple audiences. a prime example of this partnership in practice was the home & architecture 12-month program launched in april across our 12 museums. focused on bringing the history, distinctiveness and experience of australian homes to our visitors, the programming is the result of a major interdisciplinary project across our properties. The program included four major exhibitions, new displays, a major public program, night light tours of our museums, a talks series and other activities, such as the opportunity for visitors to work with our soft-furnishing volunteers on the second friday of each month.

PaRTNERS

The whole program was coordinated, with specific events timed for our program partners – heritage Week, Sydney Writers’ Week, Vivid Ideas and Sydney architecture festival – to maximise our reach to the widest audience. Each project was also developed with a range of financial partners, including austral bricks, Seidler architectural foundation, Stormtech, architecture foundation australia, habitus and the nSW architects’ registration board.

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Left Home & Architecture website

Above, clockwise from top left The Hildebrand House (detail), Robinson Chen architects; The Kempsey House (detail), architect Glenn Murcutt; The Gottlieb House (detail), architect Wood Marsh; The Marshall House (detail), architect Bruce Rickard. Photographs © Michael Wee

Right exterior view of The Buhrich House II, designed and built by Hugh Buhrich, 1972. Photo © Michael Wee

Above Home & Architecture brochure

ExHIbITION

The exhibition that led the program was Iconic australian houses at the Museum of Sydney, which brought together 30 of the best australian houses built in the past 50 years, including the work of architects glenn Murcutt, richard leplastrier, harry Seidler, hugh buhrich, robin boyd and russell Jack. curated by leading design guru and best-selling author Karen Mccartney, the exhibition was presented in partnership with the architecture foundation australia.

SIgNaTURE PROJECT

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2 aCCESS aND ENJOYMENT

We provide more people and a wider range of people access to our museums, collections, programs and knowledge.

This year we built an audience strategy and digital strategy as the frameworks for developing and growing our programming and new platforms to enable us to reach our audiences.

OPEN DaYS IN WESTERN SYDNEY

During August, 3500 people over five weekends took part in activities at Rouse Hill House & Farm to celebrate 200 years of life along the Windsor Road. Visitors were able to take tours of the house, stables and outbuildings, take a lesson at the schoolhouse or a sewing lesson, meet a farmhand, fly kites, purchase a vintage tea basket, and play colonial games. The event received considerable media attention, including a major story in The Sydney Morning Herald.

As part of the Sydney Architecture Festival in November, 526 people attended an open day at Elizabeth Farm. Our visitors experienced Elizabeth Farm as it may have been in the early 1800s, enjoying food workshops, presentations by curators, walking tours and access to the roof space.

aWaRDS

The HHT gained several awards during the year for a number of access and participation projects in 2013–14, as follows:

• IMAGINE Award in the Education and Audience Development category (for organisations with over 20 staff) for its multilingual audioguide with Auslan translation for deaf and hearing-impaired visitors at the Hyde Park Barracks Museum

• National Trust Award for Education & Interpretation (Government) 2014 for the book Public Sydney: drawing the city by architects Philip Thalis and Peter John Cantrill

• 2014 Bates Smart Award for Architecture in the Media, National Award, for the book Public Sydney: drawing the city.

abORIgINal RESEaRCH

We continued our work with Aboriginal heritage specialists Leanne Watson (a Darug descendant) at Rouse Hill House & Farm, and Michael Ingrey (a Dharawal man) at Vaucluse House to implement interpretation and programming and to strengthen our connections to communities in both Western Sydney and La Perouse. We also commissioned an in-depth study of Aboriginal connections to our properties. Historian Michael Bennett, of Native Title Services, undertook a study of the Aboriginal history of Elizabeth Farm, which has begun to inform both our liaison with the Aboriginal community and new interpretation at the site.

An Aboriginal Employment Strategy research project was undertaken this year to provide an in-depth study and analysis of the HHT’s needs for Aboriginal expertise, the state of Aboriginal employment in the Sydney cultural sector and funding opportunities to enable Aboriginal employment at the HHT. The report involved extensive liaison and fact-finding both internally and externally. Interviews were conducted with numerous Aboriginal people employed in the cultural and heritage sectors, and we intend this to lead to the employment of a new Aboriginal Interpretation Officer next year.

REgIONal OUTREaCH

Our regional presence was particularly strong this year. We sent on the road two new touring exhibitions and associated programs and were awarded two grants to assist our regional engagement. The exhibition A Convict in the Family? opened at the Western Australian Museum, Kalgoorlie, and 52 Suburbs Around the World opened at Western Plains Cultural Centre in Dubbo. The HHT was awarded a prestigious Visions of Australia Market Development touring grant of $82,921 by the Australia Council to tour the exhibition Iconic Australian Houses to nine venues across Queensland, NSW, the ACT, Victoria and South Australia. The HHT is also the major institutional partner for Orange City Council’s Villages of the Heart project, which secured a major Arts NSW Regional Partnership Grant of $140,000 in January. This project is an opportunity to work in partnership with a major regional centre to create a community-focused extension of the HHT’s Eat Your History interpretation and public programs.

Three exhibitions completed their regional tours during the year. The Force: 150 years of NSW Police, developed in partnership with the NSW Police and fully funded by NSW Police sources, attracted 54,321 visitors over 229 days at three regional venues before being installed for long-term display at the Goulburn Police Academy. Built for the Bush toured 15 venues and drew 76,000 visitors before concluding its tour at Rouse Hill House & Farm. Smalltown completed its tour at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, and a version of the exhibition was specially printed and sent to Strelley Community College, Warralong, WA, for permanent display in the school library in partnership with the Warralong community. During Smalltown’s three-year tour, 186,773 visitors attended the exhibition.

Above Sewing lesson in the schoolhouse, Rouse Hill House & Farm. Photo © James Horan

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OUR Achievements

NEW INTERPRETATION AT THE HYDE PARK BARRACKS MUSEUM

A new display at the Hyde Park Barracks showcases a different aspect of its history for museum visitors. Female Immigration Depot 1848–1886 re-creates the dormitory atmosphere that young female immigrants to NSW would have experienced during their stay in the barracks in the latter part of the 18th century on first arrival in their new homeland. Touching personal stories supported by artefacts from our rich archaeology collection allow the visitor to engage with these women’s personal experiences as they passed through this temporary institutional home.

The award-winning and popular Hyde Park Barracks Museum audioguide has now been translated into a number of languages – French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Spanish, and Auslan for hearing-impaired visitors.

Above Pictured in the exhibition Female Immigration Depot 1848–1886 at the Hyde Park Barracks Museum are Minister for Heritage the Hon Rob Stokes, MP (right), who opened the exhibition, Dr Fiona Starr, curator and archaeologist at the HHT (left), and Barbara Zammit, a descendant of immigrant Rose McGee. Photo © James Horan


PROPERTY VISITATION*

TOTal VISITATION

ELIZABETH BAY HOUSE

ELIZABETH FARM

GOVERNMENT HOUSE

HYDE PARK BARRACKS MUSEUM

JUSTICE & POLICE MUSEUM MEROOGAL

2014 SUMARY

Paid admissions

General public 3,851 4,666 – 51,568 16,449 781

education 142 6,666 – 17,853 6,261 497

Public programs 264 276 1,651 5,467 1,291 94

Venue hire 932 808 3,313 12,967 4,063 –

Paid admissions total 5,189 12,416 4,964 87,855 28,064 1,372

Free entry

General free entry‡ 519 1,258 22,096 3,145 755 164

Free event§ 6 547 13,910 1,697 74 95

library – – – – – –

Café – 4,052 – 30,796 – –

Shop 226 280 – – – –

Grounds – – 143,831 – – –

Free entry total 751 6,137 179,837 35,638 829 259

gRaND TOTal 5,940 18,553 184,801 123,493 28,893 1,631

PROPERTY VISITATION OUTREACH VISITATION TOTAL VISITATION

2014 2013 2012 2014 2013 2012 2014 2013 2012

Paid admissions

General public 146,194 144,727 159,581 1,397 1,275 2,940 147,591 146,002 162,521

education 51,619 49,243 63,245 1,193 2,311 3,411 52,812 51,554 66,656

Public programs 15,842 8,853 13,480 15,842 8,853 13,480

Sydney open 5,116 – 5,116

Venue hire 53,406 42,739 69,022 53,406# 42,739# 69,022

Paid admissions total 267,061 245,562 305,328 2,590 8,702 6,351 269,651 254,264 311,679

Free entry

General free entry 45,778 57,002 54,481 45,778 57,002 54,481

Free event 3,865 1,955 2,664 355 312 468 4,220 2,267 3,132

Sydney open, free 3,500 3,500

Grounds 143,831 143,128 124,833 143,831 143,128 124,833

House tours 21,901 20,450 22,775 21,901 20,450 22,775

Vice-regal functions 13,910 12,374 12,587 13,910 12,374 12,587

Forecourt programs** 56,423 7,642 56,423 7,642 -

Travelling exhibitions 157,176 135,437 67,171 157,176 135,437 67,171

library 1,819 2,066 2,152 1,819 2,066 2,152

Cafe and restaurants 88,252 76,046 83,483 88,252 76,046 83,483

Shop 1,831 1,761 2,492 1,831 1,761 2,492

Free entry total 377,610 322,424 305,467 157,531 139,249 67,639 535,141 461,673 373,106

gRaND TOTal 644,671 567,986 610,795 160,121 147,951 73,990 804,792 715,937 684,785

* From 1 July 2013, the HHT has adopted the Council of Australasian Museum Directors (CAMD) survey methodology. CAMD aligns its survey questions and definitions with the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) paper: Towards Comparable Statistics for Cultural Heritage Organisations Information (2008) (ABS 4916.0) and the National Arts and Culture Portfolio Agencies Key Performance Indicator Framework 2012-15. Therefore, some HHT property visitation figures for grounds, cafes and shops reported in prior years have not been included. Figures for these categories, currently omitted, will be included in future years as they align with this national methodology.

† This figure does not include numbers for Outreach.‡ Includes house tours of Government House.§ Includes vice-regal functions and programs at First Government House Place. # In 2012 the HHT hosted major Sydney Festival events. These events were not hosted at our venues in 2013 and 2014, resulting in lower venue-hire figures in these years.** Programs at First Government House Place.

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OUR ORGANISATION

MUSEUM OF SYDNEY

ROSE SEIDLER HOUSE

ROUSE HILL HOUSE & FARM

SUSANNAH PLACE MUSEUM

THE MINT AND CAROLINE SIMPSON LIBRARY & RESEARCH COLLECTION

VAUCLUSE HOUSE

2014 TOTAL 2014 SUMARY

Paid admissions

47,122 1,491 2,533 7,556 – 10,177 146,194 General public

6,020 275 6,571 2,026 – 5,308 51,619† education

759 2,291 274 1,058 1,225 1,192 15,842 Public programs

8,676 236 310 7 15,511 6,583 53,406 Venue hire

62,577 4,293 9,688 10,647 16,736 23,260 267,061 Paid admissions total

Free entry

3,461 121 5,901 333 28,654 1,272 67,679 General free entry‡

57,581 – 45 5 211 27 74,198 Free event§

– – – – 1,819 – 1,819 library

– – – – 14,497 38,907 88,252 Café

– – 672 – – 653 1,831 Shop

– – – – – – 143,831 Grounds

61,042 121 6,618 338 45,181 40,859 377,610 Free entry total

123,619 4,414 16,306 10,985 61,917 64,119 644,671 gRaND TOTal

* Includes general public, public programs, complimentary tickets, free public programs and Government House tours.

† Data not collected or not provided.‡ Includes ACT, NT, SA, Tas and WA.

* In 2013 Adult numbers were included in Secondary total.† In 2012 Tertiary and Adult numbers were not reported.

WhErE VISITorS caME froM* WhErE SYdnEY VISITorS caME froM*

34.6% Overseas 33.4% Sydney 12.7% N/A†

7.3% Regional NSW 4.4% VIC 4.2% QLD 3.4% Other states‡

25.67% Inner city 23.97% Northern Sydney 16.48% Western Sydney 14.40% Eastern Suburbs 9.96% South Sydney 9.52% Inner West

EducaTIon 2014 2013 2012

Primary total 37,940 37,810 46,476

Secondary total 10,572 9,161* 13,536

Outreach (Connected Classrooms)

1,193 2,311 3,411

Tertiary 2,403 1,423 2,311

Adult 704 849 922

TOTAL 52,812 51,554 66,656†

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vISITaTION DATA

KEY EvENTS

TITlE locaTIon ToTal VISITorS daTE

August Free Weekends Rouse Hill House & Farm 5,037 August 2013

Celestial City – market garden Museum of Sydney forecourt 225 Various dates

Christmas artisan food market Hyde Park Barracks Museum 3,997 18 December 2013

Commemoration gathering at the Irish Famine Memorial

Hyde Park Barracks Museum 458 25 August 2013

Elizabeth Farm open day (free event) Elizabeth Farm 526 2 November 2013

Fifties Fair Rose Seidler House 2,138 25 August 2013

Garage Sale Trail (free event) Hyde Park Barracks Museum 1,592 26 October 2013

House Music Government House 1,111 Various dates

Quay to the City Susannah Place Museum 1,000Various dates, September 2013

Redcoats & Convicts Hyde Park Barracks Museum 851 13 July 2013

Sydney Open talks & tours The Mint & outreach 798 Various dates

Throsby Park open day Outreach 355 4 May 2014

Vintage Sundays – kids Vaucluse House 375 6 October 2013

DIgITal ENgagEMENT

2014 2013 2012

TOTAL WEBSITE VISITS 929,194 786,316 604,819

Page views

Main website 2,385,788 1,908,427 1,764,769

E-commerce 172,822 173,396 291,518

Microsites/blogs* 145,604 342,789 80,553

Collections 283,641 314,200 24,553

Page views total 2,987,855 2,738,812 2,161,393

ENEWS SUBSCRIBERS 45,203 13,202 9,969

SOCIAL MEDIA

Facebook followers 17,101 6,931 2,343

Twitter followers 1,610 1,062 388

VIDEOS

Videos watched 37,887 19,864 9,862

* Numbers down on last year, as Sydney Open is a biennial event.

Right Visitors in the Saloon at elizabeth Bay House. Photo © Stuart Miller

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liverpool

Newcastle

n Dubbo

Armidale

Muswellbrook

Gunnedah

TRavEllINg ExHIbITIONS

KEY TITlE locaTIon ExhIbITIon daTES VISITorS

n 52 Suburbs Around the WorldDubbo Regional Gallery & Museum

8 Feb – 31 Mar 2014 10,651

◆ A Convict in the Family?Western Australian Museum –Kalgoorlie-Boulder

7 Feb - 27 Apr 2014 21,016

Western Australian Museum –Geraldton

2 May – 22 Jun 2014 4,697

Built for the Bush: The Green Architecture of Rural Australia

Gunnedah Creative Arts Centre 25 May – 14 Jul 2013 1,132

Muswellbrook Arts Centre 12 Jul – 8 Sept 2013 918

Margaret Olley: HomeNew England Regional Art Museum, Armidale

3 May – 14 Jul 2013 1,323

SmalltownMuseum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin

26 Jul 2013 – 2 Feb 2014 100,815

The Force: 150 years of NSW Police

Newcastle Regional Museum 4 May – 28 Jul 2013 16,624

GRAND TOTAL 157,176

Left, top to bottom The Hasid and the hipster - beards, Williamsburg, New York, USA and Visiting from Tokyo to play dress up - Yuika, Higashiyama, Kyoto, Japan from the exhibition 52 Suburbs Around the World. Photographs © louise Hawson


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bUIlDINg ENgagEMENT WITH OUR AUDIENCES

‘Digital’ has become critical to the way in which we build engagement and interact with our audiences. During 2013–14 we developed and implemented the institution’s first digital strategy.

during the year we built our digital presence by creating more content – generated both by hhT staff and in collaboration with our audiences and our partners – and used this as a vehicle to deepen and widen engagement. The digital strategy instructs us to: Create content to deepen and widen engagement; enrich the visitor experience; create with the community; partner to create new digital value; share the collection; and embed digital into how we work.

OUR NEW WEbSITE

at the core of the new strategy is our website, launched in January. The site is highly functional and flexible, allowing us to share and promote everything we do in a more interactive and engaging way, and in more depth, to our online visitors. Since we adopted the digital strategy and launched the new website, we’ve greatly extended our online reach. between the end of January, when the site was launched, and the end of June, our enews subscriptions increased by 244% from June 2013, from 13,202 to 45,203. gina fairley reported, in ArtsHub, on 30 January, ‘The new site is considerably easier to navigate and extends the kinds of experience offered through video interactive displays, photo galleries, a collection research portal, and an interface with social media platforms so real people in real time can share their experiences via Instagram, facebook, YouTube and Twitter’.

aCCESS

access to core content has also increased. We have seen a 37% increase in visits to pages that relate to convicts, with hits on our ‘day in the life of a convict’ page doubling from 30,301 on our old site last year to 62,230 on the new site this year during the same period. Improving access to stories previously unavailable online is also helping us to connect with our audiences. The publication on our website of an article on trams from our Shooting Through exhibition became one of our most popular posts on facebook, reaching more than 5000 people. Those who clicked through also spent an average of nine minutes reading the article and looking at images.

Threads of connection page on Sydney living Museums website

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Clockwise from top Sydney living Museums website on desktop, mobile and tablet


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SlM FOOD

on Wednesday 25 September, journalist and media personality Annabel Crabb launched our exciting SlM Food program when she opened our major exhibition eat Your History: A Shared Table at the Museum of Sydney, proclaiming it the ‘exhibition of my dreams’. As the centrepiece of the Food program, eat Your History interpreted our museums and houses through food-related collections and stories, taking the visitor on a journey through eight of our museums that capture the different ages of Sydney’s food and dining culture from 1788 to the 1950s. Visitors proceeded from the exuberant Governor’s table at the first Government House to the genteel excesses of Regency dining at elizabeth Bay House and finished up in the atomic-age modernity of the Rose Seidler House kitchen.

The overall food program was designed to underscore the pleasures and depth of what we regularly offer visitors at all our houses and museums, gardens and cafes. We developed a range of innovative programs with our partners including:

• the farm to Table dinner at the hyde park barracks Museum by Jared Ingersoll and real food projects, inspired by menus from the 1800s and using local indigenous and heirloom produce grown in our kitchen gardens

• a pop-up cooking school at Vaucluse house, with real food projects

• an artisan christmas food market at the hyde park barracks • Stories from the cellar, a journey through the history of

food preservation, with Wildwon projects, at Elizabeth bay house

• a long lunch and lawn sports picnic at Vaucluse house with music, bocce, hoops, croquet and kubb, also with Wildwon projects

• a food writers’ festival at The Mint • a talk series, My food history, at the Museum of Sydney,

where australia’s best loved chefs – including adam liaw and anna Wong – explored the history of their families’ cookbooks

• a pop-up bar, The bullion room, at The Mint, which operated from Wednesday to friday from october to december.

Sydney living Museums’ colonial food program continued with:

• our colonial gastronomy events – a Taste of local fare at Elizabeth farm, and the farewell darling dinner, and humble goat, at Vaucluse house. content was inspired by letters and reports of events chronicled in newspapers and journals of 18th- and 19th-century Sydney

• a convict breakfast, a regular event at the hyde park barracks Museum

• Kids in the Kitchen holiday programs, where kids baked damper and made butter and lemonade, at Elizabeth farm and Vaucluse house.

In 2013–14 The cook and the curator blog continued to stimulate an appetite for history. In addition to the awards it received in the previous year, it was shortlisted for the 2013 premier’s history award for Multimedia, the judges commenting, ‘The passion of both Jacqui

newling, the cook, and Scott hill, the curator, for this endeavour is infused throughout the project and the tone is one of eager exploration and discovery which is infectious for the audience’.

as Sydney living Museums is a major institutional partner of orange city council’s Villages of the heart project (funded by an arts nSW major grant), our assistant Interpretations curator Jacqui newling has worked with orange city council and central nSW Museums to bring Eat Your history interpretation and programming concepts to regional museums and community initiatives. In orange in May 2014, Jacqui gave presentations on colonial gastronomy for hSc hospitality and food Technology students, and on Eat Your history programming for staff and volunteers of regional museums. She gave a public talk and media interviews at the orange apples festival for the Villages of the heart heirloom recipes and food Memories initiative. Work continues on future collaborative food-based projects with orange and district museums. Jacqui also worked with local community members in nundle, nSW, devising and promoting their heirloom recipes project. nundle subsequently won in the Education, Interpretation and community Engagement category in the Tamworth regional biennial heritage awards.

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Left A Christmas Artisan Food and Gift Market was held at the Hyde Park Barracks Museum. Photo © James Horan

Left Visitors playing Kubb on the carriage loop as part of Roll on at Vaucluse House. Photo © James Horan

Opposite page, from top Kids roll out pastry dough in the kitchen at Vaucluse House. Photo © James Horan; A stallholder at the Christmas Artisan Food and Gift Market. Photo © James Horan

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3 CONSERvaTION AND CURATORSHIP

Our museums, gardens and collections are handed on to future generations in good heart.

We aim to put research at the heart of all of our work, make good use of our curatorial expertise, make informed decisions, and properly maintain our properties and collections. In 2013–14 we continued to make our conservation processes more visible.

gOvERNMENT HOUSE SYDNEY

We worked in close collaboration with the Department of Premier and Cabinet and the Office of the Governor to transfer heritage assets from the HHT to the Government House Sydney Reserve Trust, providing extensive documentation of all collection items and sorting out a number of discrepancies of ownership and listing prior to the transfer. We revalued the most significant items, and notified a range of lenders of important artworks and objects of the change in management at Government House. Most importantly we briefed key staff of the new Trust on the appropriate care and management of the building, interiors and collections.

During the ongoing refurbishment of the private quarters we discovered evidence of early decorative finishes, such as a fine late-19th-century wallpaper of the Aesthetic Movement.

jUSTICE & POlICE MUSEUM

We continued working closely with Government Property NSW and the operator of the Sir Stamford Hotel in Macquarie Street to conclude negotiations for the granting of an easement over part of the Justice & Police Museum site, and to ensure that a development proposal for 93–97 Macquarie Street would not compromise the recognised heritage significance of the museum site.

We developed a new interpretation concept for the museum building and collections to focus more directly on crime and punishment in Sydney in the 19th and 20th centuries. We prepared a Treasury-compliant business case for capital funding.

KEY CONSERvaTION PROjECTS

Our major project has been to develop a heritage-based master plan for Rouse Hill House & Farm, which integrates, for the first time in the one document, conservation, management of the site, interpretation and site operations. We engaged award-winning consultants Tonkin Zulaikha Greer to coordinate the plan.

Rouse Hill Conservation in Action follows a careful approach to the preservation of original material wherever possible; we splice and partly replace decayed timbers if necessary for structural stability. The advanced state of deterioration of some timbers after decades of exposure to the elements, however, makes the complete replacement of many fence, post and gate elements now unavoidable. Public safety is a key factor in making decisions.

We completed work on the paling fence of the arcade, preserving the overall integrity of the structure and replacing timber that had decayed to the point of structural failure. Other work has involved stabilising or re-erecting fence posts and rails, the frames of shutters and slab walling in the barn, using recycled original materials salvaged from the site.

To facilitate emergency access to the property, a new entry point has been opened opposite the schoolhouse. Work revealed the location of the original front gates of the estate; the remains of the original posts were found buried in the ground below the carriageway.

CONSERvINg OUR COllECTIONS

The conservation of our collections involves both preventive activities (such as pest management, mould remediation, collection assessments and rehousing) and interventive conservation treatments of specific collection items.

We work closely with pest-management specialists to monitor pest activity across our properties. Two infestations were identified this year, at Rouse Hill House and Susannah Place. In response, vulnerable collection material was taken off site for low oxygen treatment. By utilising this non-chemical method of pest eradication we minimise the risk of damage to the collection and avoid exposing staff or visitors to toxic chemicals. The areas of both properties that showed signs of infestation were thoroughly cleaned and further in situ treatment was undertaken.

We undertook several assessments and surveys of the condition of our collections to gain a better understanding of the condition of specific parts of the collection. This included a sample survey of 100 photographs from the Museum of Sydney’s collection of 650 items, an assessment of a film collection associated with the building of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, a survey of the clocks at both Elizabeth Bay House and Vaucluse House and assessments of the archaeology trenches and The edge of the trees sculpture at the Museum of Sydney. This work will guide some conservation activities in the coming year.

Training in collection care continues for key support staff across our properties, on topics such as mould awareness and remediation, object handling, emergency response, environmental monitoring, housekeeping and conservation cleaning.

Most of the interventive work on our collections is undertaken by specialist conservators. In the past year we have engaged with 18 conservation specialists in the treatment of 68 objects. These included contemporary artworks from the Museum of Sydney, 19th-century clocks from Elizabeth Bay House, a significant davenport from Vaucluse, archaeological artefacts from the Hyde Park Barracks, several albums of photos and

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postcards from Susannah Place, an illuminated World War I honour roll from the Hyde Park Barracks and a David Jones hatbox for a top hat, which belongs to Meroogal. The significance, context and use of each piece was considered in preparing its conservation strategy, including treatment and ongoing care.

THE THROSbY PaRK COllECTION

In preparation for the leasing of Throsby Park, we identified a core collection of approximately 200 objects, out of a wider collection of more than 800 individual items, to form the HHT Throsby Park Collection. The identification process was informed by consideration of each piece’s significance to Throsby Park, condition and potential use within the property under lease. A statement of significance about the collection, and guidance for collection care, were incorporated into the Conservation Management Plan for the property. A loan agreement has been prepared that will form the basis of the loan arrangements for this material between the HHT and the lessee of Throsby Park.

SHaRINg OUR COllECTIONS

We have continued to share our collections by granting loans to other cultural organisations. This year saw 34 objects loaned to eight organisations, including two interstate and one international; we granted a loan to the Royal Academy, London, for the Australia exhibition. Loans to a further six institutions, three of them interstate, have seen a further 43 objects on display for visitors across Australia.

aCQUIRINg NEW COllECTION MaTERIal

We acquired a number of rare items for the Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection, including soft furnishings provenanced to Sibella Macarthur Onslow (1871–1943) and Camden Park, a collection of provenanced furnishing textiles designed by noted artist–craftsman Michael O’Connell (1898–1976), a collection of early-20th-century garden catalogues produced by the Yokohama Nursery Company, an 1857 manuscript ‘garden book’ from Parramatta, and a seven-part photographic panorama of the garden of a well-known house called Turanville near Scone in the Hunter Valley. The panorama was created in 1889 by a photographer named Joseph Check and came to light only recently in a bookshop in Dorset, England, as part of the estate of a member of the Strachey family.

New acquisitions for Susannah Place Museum and the Justice & Police Museum included a pocket watch that belonged to Clara Jane Youngein, a tenant, from 1904 to c1917, of no 64 Gloucester Street, The Rocks, now part of Susannah Place Museum, and a small but poignant collection of photographs and personal letters relating to NSW Mounted Police officer Vernon Murray. Murray enlisted in the AIF in September 1914, arrived at Gallipoli in May 1915, and was killed while retrieving supplies on 22 May 1915.

We continued to expand the social history collections of the Hyde Park Barracks Museum and The Mint. New acquisitions included historical postcards and photographs depicting the two properties, trade cards and engravings relating to the processing of gold at the Sydney Mint, documents from 1935 regarding the preservation of the barracks, a 1922 halfpenny minted at the Mint, and a drawing depicting Hyde Park Barracks c1900 by commercial artist Amandus Fischer.

aRCHaEOlOgY COllECTIONS valUaTION

The archaeology collections of the Hyde Park Barracks and The Mint, consisting of over 120,000 artefacts, underwent a detailed valuation by RHAS Chartered Valuers. An internal assessment of the collections resulted in an ‘A-list’ of 620 iconic artefacts. These were assigned individual values by the valuer, while the remainder was assigned a value through random sampling.

MaINTaININg OUR PROPERTIES

CAPITALISED MAINTENANCE

For three years commencing from the 2014–15 financial year the NSW Government has committed $4.399 million ($1.904 million in 2014–15) towards a capital maintenance program for our historic properties to address workplace health and safety and building compliance issues. A senior project officer will be employed to manage the program, with some of the work across ten of our sites as follows:

•HydeParkBarracksMuseum–replacementof fire panels, upgrade of emergency warning and intercommunication system, and expanded coverage of fire detection system;

•MuseumofSydney–upgradeofemergencylighting and circuit-breakers, and of carpentry workshop’s dust extraction system;

•ElizabethFarm–replacementofseweragesystem, upgrade of reticulation and general power;

•TheMint–upgradeofkitchentoaccommodate fire-suppression system, upgrade of external floodlighting and roof-void ladder system, and provision of fall-arrest system; the Coining Factory – upgrade of electrical distribution boards;

•RouseHillHouse&Farm–upgradeofelectrical switchboard and electrical reticulation, major repairs to hydraulic site services and provision of pest-proof timber fencing;

•ElizabethBayHouse–upgradeoffireindicator panel and smoke detection system;

•Meroogal–subsidenceaddressedandstabilisation of structure on eastern side;

•Justice&PoliceMuseum–replacementof asbestos-based mortar, repointing of sandstone and repair of subsiding damaged asphalt path;

•VaucluseHouse–upgradetopreventpotablewater backflow, repair of gas lines affected by tree roots.

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CITY PORTFOLIO

City Portfolio staff worked with Fresh Catering and InochiDESIGNLIFE to develop The Governors Table, a new bar and dining concept and interior fit-out for the Museum of Sydney cafe. The original 1995 Richard Johnson fit-out had remained largely unchanged so we worked with the new design team to carefully retain original design features. The refurbishment enabled us to meet code standards for access and evacuation compliance and to undertake essential maintenance works including cleaning the grease trap. Ongoing problems with the Museum of Sydney air-conditioning dampers were fixed and the external sandstone cladding received a much-needed soft-pressure clean. At the Justice & Police Museum the furnace in the existing air-conditioning boiler was replaced after 30 years of service and an extensive mould-removal program cleaned all ducts and the vault. We also prepared the rooms for the new City of Shadows exhibition, which included painting and floor sanding, and completed repairs to the museum roof, slates and access ladders. In close consultation with the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority the sagging original fences at Susannah Place were propped up. The new supports will ensure structural integrity while maintaining the original aesthetic.

EASTERN SYDNEY PORTFOLIO

In the Eastern Sydney Portfolio, the principal bedroom at Vaucluse House was repainted for the first time in 30 years in colours to match the existing scheme. The walls were painted with acrylic paint, the ceiling with distemper, and the woodwork with semi-gloss enamel. Also at Vaucluse House, a documentary reproduction runner was commissioned and installed in the entrance hall, vestibule and stair hall. The estate plumbing also required maintenance, and we replaced over 80 metres of pipes servicing the Pleasure Garden. At Rose Seidler House new curtains for the living areas and bedrooms were installed, and at Elizabeth Bay House a large timber bearer in the wine cellar was found to be badly affected by moisture and replaced, and remedial stonework was undertaken on the light wells of the cellar.

MACQUARIE STREET PORTFOLIO

The Macquarie Street portfolio undertook several significant maintenance tasks this year. These included cleaning the south-west sandstone wall of the Hyde Park Barracks compound, including the Australian Monument to the Great Irish Famine, to remove grime and moss. The monument also received more lighting, in the form of LED strip lights, to increase its visibility at night. The security-system control program was upgraded across the portfolio to make it current and the grass in The Mint courtyard received an intensive course of TLC to make it a green oasis. The lime-wash finish of the interior walls of the Hyde Park Barracks has also gradually been reapplied. Finally, The Mint Auditorium received its customary repaint, and new carpet was installed, including to the bar area.

We worked with Restaurant Associates, our new hospitality partner at The Mint, to develop a concept for a commercial kitchen and service areas for The Mint without compromising the heritage significance of the building. During construction we discovered that much of the internal fabric of the upper floor of The Mint actually dates from the early 1980s when the building underwent a major restoration by the Department of Public Works. The key evidence was the discovery of steel reinforcing ‘I’ beams under the floor, and modern fireproof materials above the ceiling to create a fireproof barrier to the roofspace above.

Above & right The Governors Table Bar & Dining. Photo © Chris Court; Documentary reproduction hall runner at Vaucluse House. Photo ed Champion © HHT

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The underfloor area also contained a tangle of modern electrical cables servicing the Bakelite power points located throughout the building. A most interesting discovery, made when a skirting board in the dining room was removed, was newspaper from 1981, used as packing, which included a review of the Dolly Parton film 9 to 5. This provided a clear reminder of the times when the renovation was undertaken. The major challenge was the installation of new code-compliant building services within existing cavities and ducts, as compliance standards have changed significantly since 1981.

MEROOGAL & WESTERN SYDNEY PORTFOLIO

Built on highly reactive clay, Elizabeth Farm has always been subject to ground movement and cracking. Over the past year, and particularly since the removal of a large eucalypt in the eastern garden, the house has stabilised, and an extensive program to deal with cracks and to repaint has begun. The surrounding gardens, designed and created for the opening of the house as a museum, are being re-evaluated and the original planting scheme audited as part of a project to revitalise this essential aspect of the property’s interpretation. The use of iPads for self-guided tours has introduced a successful and innovative way to tell stories, often unexpected, of the Macarthurs and Swanns. A report into the property’s rich Indigenous history has been completed. The replacement of the house’s soft furnishings continues, a project made possible by the efforts of the HHT’s volunteer Soft Furnishings Group.

At Rouse Hill House & Farm the structures, fences and posts are subject to extremes of weather. In accordance with the conservation policy for the property, an extensive project of evaluation, conservation and, where necessary, replacement of these timber elements is under way. This process involves assessment and documentation, and archiving of some elements if replacement is necessary. For example, extensive work was required to the paling fence of the arcade, where the rails had failed.

Recent work to open a new gateway at Rouse Hill House & Farm to facilitate emergency access had unexpected results when remains of the estate’s original gateposts were uncovered. The former white gates with

their substantial posts, seen in mid-19th-century views of the property, were likely to have been removed by the early 1930s, when a deep road culvert was dug, physically separating the 1888 schoolhouse from the estate. The discovery of the gateposts was documented and received media interest.

MEROOGAL

A program of extensive repairs to the verandahs of the Meroogal house was completed, with new joists, bearers and floorboards introduced where necessary. The project uncovered details that continue to inform our understanding of the house’s design, development and historic maintenance. As was also the case at Rouse Hill, this work began with an individual assessment of each element.

As part of an overall project to obtain highly detailed architectural plans of all HHT properties, the house and its outbuildings were measured, and accurate and highly detailed architectural plans produced. These drawings are required to document the current condition of the building before any major work is carried out.

Above left & right Bistro Mint commercial kitchen, and again below with Sebastian lutaud and the Hon Rob Stokes. Photos © Dominic loneragan; Rouse Hill House & Farm arcade, showing repaired timbers. Photo Scott Hill © HHT

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Clockwise from top Throsby Park. Photo © Paul K Robbins; Beulah. Photo © Paolo Busato; Glenfield. Photo © Nicholas Watt

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Left The original bridge at Beulah. Photo Ian Innes © HHT

ENDaNgERED HOUSES FUND PROPERTIES SOlD

GLENFIELD, CASULA

Glenfield, the first major project of the Endangered Houses Fund, largely completed by 2009, was sold to a new owner on 18 October 2013. The impact of the global financial crisis on the property market had made it difficult for us to find a buyer. (See also page 51.)

THROSBY PARK, MOSS VALE

We completed work on the Throsby Park conservation management plan and heritage guidelines, and obtained endorsement for these from the NSW Heritage Division. These documents will give a future lessee clear guidance on how to approach the task of upgrading and modernising the historic buildings and landscape.

We prepared extensive documentation for the leasing of the site and developed a process for going to market with a tender for expressions of interest. We paid particular attention to legal and probity aspects of the process to ensure it would be fair, transparent and obtain the best outcome.

We continued to maintain the house and the extensive garden and grounds to a high standard, and held a popular public open day in May 2014, which was well attended. The marketing campaign for the property attracted significant interest and favourable media comment. (See also page 51.)

BEULAH, NEAR APPIN

We completed a conservation management plan for Beulah, and also developed a schedule of urgent stabilisation works to be carried out to preserve the integrity of the house and outbuildings.

Access to the property is currently limited owing to the poor condition of the colonial-era access track and sandstone bridge over the creek. Key to the future management and use of the property is a safe, all-weather access road and creek crossing. We submitted a development application to Campbelltown Council to upgrade the access road and reconstruct the bridge.

We continued to actively manage the important remnant Cumberland Plain Woodland with funds provided by the former NSW Government Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (now the Office of Environment and Heritage, Department of Planning and Environment) under the Biobanking Agreement. (See also page 50.)

REPAIRS TO THE BRIDGE AT BEULAH

The long driveway into the Beulah property crosses Woodhouse Creek over a very fine mid-19th-century sandstone and timber bridge, thought to be the only one of its type on a residential property in NSW. Although the bridge timbers are in a state of advanced decay, the finely worked sandstone abutments are in excellent condition. Our approach to the treatment of the bridge is to stabilise and reuse as much as possible of the original material present, and then float a new structure over the whole span. This new structure will be anchored on concrete piles to carry the increased load of modern vehicles, and its new deck, sitting above the remaining timber beams, will be made from concrete planks carried on steel beams that copy the form of the original timber structure below.

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ExETER FaRM

When the HHT acquired Exeter Farm in 2006, the property required major structural repair and conservation work. We used funding of $928,000 to conserve the State Heritage listed buildings and garden on the site, and sold the property at auction in November 2012.

In April 2014 the architects involved in the project, Design 5, entered the Exeter Farm conservation project in the 2014 UNESCO Asia–Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation Programme, which recognises the efforts of private individuals and organisations to successfully restore and conserve structures and buildings of heritage value in the region. UNESCO received 46 entries in the awards from 16 countries across the Asia–Pacific region, including for residential buildings, urban streetscapes, rural/village areas, religious properties, hotels, and office, funeral and military properties. As this report goes to print, we have been advised that the Exeter Farm conservation project has been recognised by UNESCO with an Award of Merit. We propose to hold an awards ceremony at Exeter Farm in late 2014.

Exeter Farm also won in the category ‘Conservation of Built Heritage for Projects under $1 million’ at the National Trust Awards in 2011 and received the Francis Greenway prize for conservation in the Heritage and Sustainable design section of the AIA Awards in 2012.

Below & right exeter Farm before restoration; exeter Farm after restoration. Photos © Paolo Busato

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4 STabIlITY

The HHT becomes a more resilient organisation with a secure future.

Our aims include investing in and developing our properties, increasing self-generated revenue, improving public awareness of the HHT, better controlling our costs and reducing our carbon footprint.

INvESTINg IN aND UPgRaDINg OUR FaCIlITIES

In collaboration with our new lessees, Fresh Catering, we began a major refurbishment of the Museum of Sydney dining and food-preparation areas, previously upgraded in 1995. The interior designer worked within the parameters of the landmark public building, originally designed by award-winning architect Richard Johnson.

Food and beverage areas on the first floor of The Mint underwent a major upgrade, led by our lessee, Restaurant Associates. This required the careful integration, with full compliance, of modern kitchen and food-handling facilities within the historic shell of The Mint, Sydney’s oldest public building.

gENERaTINg INCOME

In 2013–14 we generated 28% of our total income from commercial activities, paid admissions and non-recurrent allocation such as grants, sponsorship and donations from individuals, companies or government.

In October 2013 we formed a new Development & Fundraising team, responsible for raising income from corporate partners, donors and fundraising activities. At end June 2014, income generated from corporate partnerships had increased 46% on the previous year.

Income from school and education groups rose by 6%, and revenue from general admission rose by 4%, compared with the previous year.

We have a thriving venue-hire business, retail outlets and four commercial cafes/restaurants, and our properties are in demand as locations for both film and photography shoots. Income from commercial venue hire rose 3%, and from filming and photography 12%, from the previous year. Vaucluse House continued to prove a popular location for weddings, special events and photography shoots, with revenue increasing 25% compared with last year. The Mint maintained its position as the strongest HHT commercial venue; however, it experienced a 4% reduction in revenue compared to the previous year due to a decrease in the number of bookings. Revenue from the hire of the Hyde Park Barracks Museum as a commercial venue increased by 60%. Commercial leasehold income decreased by 4%, given the closure of the Sydney Mint and MOS cafes for refurbishment. Overall, our income from commercial services was comparable with the previous year.

RaISINg aWaRENESS OF THE HHT

Broadcast, print and digital media have all played an important role in raising awareness of the HHT and the Sydney Living Museums brand, and in showcasing the initiatives that bring our properties, exhibitions, events and collections to life. In 2013–14 an incredible 4978 stories were covered by the print and broadcast media, up from 1817 media stories in the previous year.

Media highlights included extensive coverage of our exhibitions in the metropolitan newspapers. Eat Your History: A Shared Table enjoyed a full-page review in The Australian. Suburban Noir and City of Shadows were each written up in a double-paged spread in the Weekend Australian, and the two exhibitions shared a double-paged spread in the Sydney Morning Herald. Celestial Sydney: Sydney’s Chinese Story enjoyed strong publicity and editorial coverage, including a double-paged spread in The Sydney Morning Herald and an editorial in the Daily Telegraph.

Our properties also received consistent publicity and editorial coverage throughout the year. Highlights were a double-paged spread in the Daily Telegraph ‘Best Weekend’ and a full page in the Parramatta Sun for Elizabeth Farm, and a three-paged article in the Daily Telegraph ‘Best Weekend’ for Rouse Hill House & Farm. The properties also received an airing on broadcast media. Susannah Place Museum featured on the Channel 9 Today show, and Rose Seidler House and the Fifties Fair were covered by Channel 7 Sunrise.

Our programs and school holiday activities also received strong publicity on radio, and in print and online media channels throughout the year, with cover stories in the Sunday Telegraph ‘Kids Guide’.

CONTROllINg OUR COSTS

The HHT managed its costs effectively by rigorously monitoring its expenses against the budget and prioritising the use of its funds in line with its objectives.

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REDUCINg OUR CaRbON FOOTPRINT

We aim to reduce our ecological, including carbon, footprint, by managing our properties sustainably. Measures during 2013–14 included:

• standard use of E10 fuel in the majority of our small fleet of motor vehicles

• moving towards greater use of electronic communications to reduce the amount of printing in the office

• continuing to use paper certified by the Forestry Stewardship Council, guaranteed to have been sourced from sustainably managed plantation timber, for necessary printing

• wider implementation of the TRIM records management system to reduce the need for paper files

• continuing use of the NSW Government electricity contracts, including a provision for 6% green power

• continuing to partner with AGL Energy to offer commercial event clients at the Museum of Sydney and The Mint the option of powering their events with 100% green energy

• progressively replacing halogen and fluorescent lamps with low-voltage, energy-efficient LED fittings at various properties for both interior and exterior purposes

• continuing to recycle and repurpose structural elements from exhibition installations to reduce our use of new materials with high embedded energy

• planning capital upgrades to property plant and equipment with more energy-efficient models.

TRaNSFER OF gOvERNMENT HOUSE

We worked with the Department of Premier and Cabinet, and the Office of the Governor of New South Wales, to facilitate the transfer of ownership of Government House Sydney to a new Government House Sydney Reserve Trust, charged with the ongoing management of the house for vice-regal use. We provided advice on the drafting of the objects of the new trust to ensure they included obligations for the preservation and conservation of the building, its exceptional 19th-century interiors and the highly significant collection of furniture, artworks and historical artefacts it houses. We also agreed on a realignment of staff and budgets as part of the separation of administrative responsibility from the Historic Houses Trust. The HHT has an ongoing role as a standing member of the new Government House Sydney Reserve Trust and in its oversight of curatorial matters and collection management at Government House.

Above Government House ballroom. Photo © Nicholas Watt


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SYDNEY lIvINg MUSEUMS BRAND

In April 2013 we launched the Sydney living Museums brand, positioning the organisation in the long-term to communicate and engage more effectively with the public, visitors and communities. The brand centres our 12 properties at the core of what we offer, unified under a stronger umbrella, and promotes a clearer understanding of their relationship to one another as a collection of places telling the story of living in Sydney.

The design of the new identity centres on the idea of unlocking buildings and stories, drawing on the motif of the ‘key’ as a powerful symbol of welcome into other people’s homes. our new logo crafts the initials of Sydney living Museums, SlM, into a monogram in the shape of this key. The idea of welcome into the homes of Sydneysiders past and present informs our audience engagement strategies, customer service, design, marketing and communications activities, and the development of our interpretation, exhibitions and public programs.

bRaND valUES

our new offer to the public is grounded in the idea of ‘experiencing a whole other life’ and is based on four brand values. Sydney living Museums is:

•asociablehost–wewelcomepeopletooursites•authenticallyresourceful–ourcollectionsareinrealbuildings

and real places•personallyfascinating–wehelpourvisitorstomakepersonal

connections to our places•reviving–werevivetraditionalskillsandknowledge,andwekeepour

places and collections alive and relevant by making them accessible to our audiences.

Twelve months after we launched Sydney living Museums, we commissioned research into the health of our brand to measure audience engagement and visitation. results were strong, considering the relative youth of the brand compared to the longevity of the hhT brand, especially among younger age groups. Visitation has also increased, with intention to revisit very high. The Sydney living Museums name has also been successful in communicating our new image, with survey respondents spontaneously associating it with history, interactivity and how people live.

Since the launch, we have continued to roll out and integrate the brand across the organisation, including in the content of exhibitions and public programs, marketing materials and publications, brand imagery and photography, and online activities.

Unlocked

In autumn 2014 we launched our new magazine Unlocked: The Sydney Living Museums Gazette, which takes its title from australia’s original newspaper, The Sydney Gazette. This was first produced in 1803 in a small shed at the back of first government house, where the Museum of Sydney now stands, so the association is apt.

The title Unlocked also draws inspiration from the ‘key’ device of the Sydney living Museums logo and is intended to create a sense of intrigue about what will be revealed both inside the magazine and once visitors have walked through the open doors of our properties. The design of the magazine, with its clever die-cut cover like a door ajar, supports the new title.

SYDNEY MUSEUMS PaSS

In november 2013 the hhT introduced the Sydney Museums pass, a product for tourists that promotes one general entry to each of our four city-based museums. The passes are sold at our city museums, via the website, by select hotel concierges, and at Sydney Visitors centres in The rocks and darling harbour.

from the time of the launch of the Sydney Museums pass in november 2013 to 30 June 2014, we have sold 3489 Sydney Museums passes, resulting in 9320 visits in total to the Museum of Sydney, hyde park barracks Museum, Susannah place Museum and Justice & police Museum. Each pass has generated 2.6 visits on average to our city museums.

Above pages from the Sydney living Museums brand guidelines

SIgNaTURE PROJECT

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Below a selection from the Sydney living Museums marketing materials – brochures, tickets, badges, stationery, bag and website – and covers of the new magazine Unlocked

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5 WEllbEINg

The wellbeing of our staff improves.

As at 30 June 2014 the last phase of our restructure was completed with the recruitment for our Commercial & Marketing Services, Operations, and Directorate teams. The new teams have effectively integrated into our organisation, delivering increasingly improved compliance and driving revenue growth, at the same time continuing to put audiences and audience experiences at the core of the work of the HHT.

During the year, 859 job applications were received and processed, and 89 recruitments completed. The recruitment of our casual workforce of Visitor & Interpretation Officers, Customer Services Assistants and Curriculum Program Deliverers was completed by December 2013.

In carrying out future recruitment, the HHT will employ the new assessment-based recruitment model under the Government Sector Employment Act 2013 (GSE). This new method of recruitment allows us to clearly identify specific capability sets required for any advertised role. This will enhance our ability to attract the most suitable and skilled candidates to our jobs.

DEvElOPINg SKIllS aND TRaININg

In 2013–14 we gave priority to professional development training to support the implementation of the new Performance Development Plan (PDP) framework nominated as mandatory by the NSW Government. To support the introduction of a PDP for all staff, several information sessions were held, and by the first reporting deadline we had successfully implemented PDPs for 93% of our employees.

We also provided a series of workshops on ethical and respectful behaviour in the workplace, disability awareness and visual impairment awareness. Almost 3000 hours of training was undertaken by the HHT during 2013–14. In October 2013 a dedicated training room was created to provide in-house computer-based business systems training. This new space was used predominately to roll out TRIM records management training to over 50 staff.

We support staff by offering flexible work practices including flex days and rostered days off, maternity leave, and family and community service leave. We provide opportunities for development through expressions of interest (EOIs) and higher duties allowances for temporary appointments. We also continue to support staff affected by organisational change through our Employee Assistance Program.

The HHT ensures diversity of representation on recruitment panels and internal bodies such as the Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) Committee, and to the union through the Joint Consultative Committee (JCC).

IMPROvINg WORK HEalTH & SaFETY

We continued to implement our Occupational Health & Safety and Injury Management Plan. Our Work Health & Safety (WHS) performance was comparable to the previous year; there were no significant ongoing incidents nor public liability claims.

Specific elements of our plan include:

• having two accredited Return to Work coordinators in our Human Resources team to better respond to workers’ compensation claims

• maintenance of our Chemical Cull & Register at all our properties• mandatory WHS training undertaken by all representatives on the

WHS Committee in December 2013• continued formal inspection and risk assessment at our properties

by WHS Committee representatives at least annually• provision of access for all staff, via the intranet, to the minutes of

WHS Committee meetings • participation by 63 members of staff in our annual Workplace

Immunisation Program in May 2014• creation of a new First Aid Policy to ensure that an official first

aid officer is available across all our sites when they are open to the public, and able to respond in the event of an injury

• mandatory training in first aid, and refresher courses in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), for all our front-of-house staff

• support, by means of an Events Manual that covers WHS requirements as well as risk-management information and instructions, for staff planning large events

• site tours and WHS instructions for all our events volunteers• specialised training in disaster management for each portfolio,

specific to the needs of its sites, eg Bushfire Control & Management undertaken for Western Sydney portfolio staff at the properties

• introduction, at the properties, of the new Contractor Induction Procedures, which require on-site contractors to sign the visitor book and fire register, sight the relevant Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) and take part in an induction specific to the site

• provision of training in Resolving Conflict through Negotiation and Dealing with Difficult Customers for our front-of-house reception staff at The Mint

• further compliance training for staff across the organisation in areas including Applying First Aid, Disability Awareness, Ethical & Respectful Behaviour in the Workplace and Vision Impairment Awareness, and White Card Construction, Blue Card Traffic Controller, and Fire Warden, training.

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Left Stuart Macpherson, Team leader, Horticulture, in our Heritage team, at Vaucluse House. Photo © James Horan

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6 KNOWlEDgE

a NEW DIgITal COllECTIONS PROjECT

One of the key knowledge and collection projects for the new HHT website was Threads of Connection, focused on connecting objects and stories chosen from our various property collections. These collections are mostly interpretative or historical collections specific to each property rather than taxonomic assemblies of fine or decorative arts or natural history. Threads of Connection has brought together a body of 100 collection stories, 10 authors, 304 photographs, 20,000 words and 1916 digital assets. Its production involved 40 hours of identifying objects, 25 hours of retrieving, preparing and cleaning them, 25 hours of returning and rehousing them, 52 hours of polishing silver, 64 hours of professional photography, 210 hours of uploading images into the image management system (IMSS) and assigning them basic metadata, 1140 hours of research and writing, 110 hours of editing, 25 hours of system development and design implementation, 13 hours of web-page design, 60 hours of image editing for the web, and 10 hours of uploading content to the web.

The assemblage of objects includes pocket watches, hats, jewellery, daguerreotypes, toys, trophies, archaeological artefacts, sheet music, musical instruments and items associated with gambling. The objects have been grouped into sets, titled appropriately ‘Bicornes, Bonnets & Boaters’, ‘Through a Glass Darkly’, ‘Close to the Heart’, ‘Reading the Score’, ‘The Trophy Cabinet’, etc. Although there are few, if any, items of great monetary value in the selection, each object has a particular story to tell. Collectively they speak of love, loss and lives lived.

aN IMPORTaNT aCQUISITION

With the financial support of the Historic Houses Trust Foundation, the Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection has acquired a collection of hand-blocked furnishing textiles, lino-printed on linen, made by celebrated textile designer Michael O’Connell (1898–1976) at his Beaumaris studio in Victoria between 1930 and 1932. They are provenanced to Lady Maie Casey (1891–1983), who was an early patron of his. Lady Casey was the wife of Lord Richard Casey, former Governor of Bengal and Governor-General of Australia. When the Caseys first moved to Canberra in 1933, Maie Casey furnished her house at Duntroon in a modern style, with furniture by Fred Ward and with O’Connell textiles, including this collection. In more recent times the textiles have been hung in the Darlinghurst home of Maie Casey’s daughter. The textiles are very rare early examples of O’Connell’s work, with exceptional provenance, and are highly significant.

ROOMS IN THE HOUSE PUblIC PROgRaM

This lecture series showcased the knowledge and expertise of HHT staff, focusing on the stories of various rooms in our properties, from dining rooms to kitchens to bedrooms. On two evenings, before the lectures, the Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection opened its doors, and staff were on hand to interpret the collections. This was a special opportunity for our audience to examine rare books, historic photographs, architectural pattern books, manuscript material and trade catalogues.

Left to right Threads of Connection page on Sydney living Museums website; Drawn bonnet and hatbox from Vaucluse House. Photo © Jamie North

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SElECTED PRESENTaTIONS aND PUblICaTIONS

During 2013–14, HHT staff gave various public presentations, or had their work published, as follows:

• Dr Caroline Butler-Bowdon, assistant director of Creative Services, was guest speaker at the Museums and Gallery Services, Queensland, Peer Talk 2013: A Review of ‘The River’, at Brisbane City Hall in August 2013, and also in August delivered a talk titled ‘Adaptive Re-use’, as part of the Habitus LiveLife series. Her essay ‘Sydney’s Art Deco city’ was published in the book Sydney Moderns: art for a new world, Art Gallery of NSW, 2013. She was also guest speaker at the 2014 Marrickville Medal awards ceremony at Marrickville Town Hall in May 2014.

• Megan Martin, head of Collections & Access, had an article entitled ‘A Venetian gondola at Farm Cove?’ about a hand-coloured c1870 photograph of Government House, published in Australiana, the magazine of the Australiana Society, in February 2014.

• Beth Hise, head of Interpretation & Exhibitions, gave a paper entitled ‘Are exhibitions for everywhere? An investigation into the use of exhibition techniques in unconventional gallery spaces’ at the 2014 Australasian Registrars Committee ARC Conference Changing Spaces at the State Library of Queensland.

• Matthew Stephens, research librarian at the Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection, presented two sessions on research skills to over 200 secondary school students participating in the Extension History Seminar, run annually by the HHT and the State Library of NSW, at the Museum of Sydney in November 2013. Later in November he presented a paper entitled, ‘When the house library talks: a study of two house libraries at Sydney Living Museums’ at the Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand Conference 2013 at the State Library of NSW.

• Michael Lech, curator, Collections on Line, at the Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection, spoke to the Glebe Historical Society on ‘The rise and fall of Grace Bros and Sydney’s department stores’ at Glebe Town Hall in October 13, and to the City of Sydney Historical Society on ‘The demise of Sydney’s department stores 1950–75’ at the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts in June 2014.

• Dr Fiona Starr, curator, Macquarie Street Portfolio, presented the talk ‘Artefacts tell the story: archaeological & historical collections of The Mint & Hyde Park Barracks’ as part of the National Trust of Australia (NSW) talk series at the Northcott Conference Centre, Parramatta, in February 2014.

• Matthew Holle, curator, Macquarie Street Portfolio, gave a talk entitled ‘Flying boats: Sydney’s golden age of aviation’ to participants of the Killara and Hornsby U3A in October 2013 and June 2014, respectively, and to the Turramurra Probus Club in July 2014.

• Jacqui Newling and Scott Hill, curators of The Cook and the Curator blog and the exhibition Eat Your History: A Shared Table, at the Museum of Sydney from September 2013 to March 2014, were short-listed for a multimedia award in the NSW Premier’s History Awards for the blog, and wrote ‘Upstairs – and down’ for the Food and Words food-writing festival in October 2013.

• Jacqui Newling, curator and colonial gastronomer, Interpretation & Exhibitions, gave a paper entitled, ‘Gastronomic heritage: stimulating an appetite in public history’ at the International Food Studies Conference A multidisciplinary menu in Adelaide, and a talk on ‘Food in the early Sydney settlement’ as part of the State Library of NSW Scholarly Musings lecture series. She also had a chapter entitled ‘Sweet tea, “drank universally”? A gastronomic study of the First Fleeter’s native tea alternative’ published in S Eriksonn, M Hastie & T Roberts (eds), Eat History: Food and drink in Australia and beyond, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

Right The exhibition eat Your History: A Shared Table at the Museum of Sydney. Photo © Jamie North

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WHO WE ARE

The Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales (HHT) operates under the Historic Houses Act 1980 (NSW) to manage, conserve and interpret the properties vested in it for the education and enjoyment of the public. We are a NSW statutory authority, administered through the Office of Environment and Heritage in the Department of Planning and Environment. We are one of Australia’s largest state museum bodies. Over the past 34 years we have grown from a small organisation into one of the state’s major heritage and cultural institutions, managing and conserving sites of historical and cultural importance that tell a story about the history and development of NSW.

We care for portfolio assets valued at more than $228 million, including buildings, land and museum collections. Our built assets comprise 13 historic buildings dating between 1793 and 1950, and include several of the earliest surviving colonial buildings in Australia, as well as major public buildings of the Macquarie era.

We maintain and open 12 museums to the public: Elizabeth Bay House, Elizabeth Farm, Government House, Hyde Park Barracks Museum, Justice & Police Museum, Meroogal, Museum of Sydney on the site of first Government House, Rose Seidler House, Rouse Hill House & Farm, Susannah Place Museum, The Mint and Vaucluse House. All are listed on the NSW State Heritage Register. The Museum of Sydney and the Hyde Park Barracks are also on the National Heritage list, and the Hyde Park Barracks is on the UNESCO World Heritage List. (See also pages 42–6.)

The HHT also maintains 38 hectares of land, including public spaces, farmland and gardens, as well as infrastructure such as roads, farm dams, 8 kilometres of fencing, and gates. Our principal landscapes include the formal historical colonial gardens, public park and beach at Vaucluse House, and 18 hectares of farm and open land at Rouse Hill House & Farm. Our gardens include some of the oldest and best surviving historical plant collections in Australia found outside botanical gardens.

We collect, catalogue and conserve material relating to our core themes of domestic material culture, the history of art, architecture and design, and aspects of Sydney’s social history related to our sites. The collections held at our museums are valued at more than $27 million and comprise 250,000 archaeological artefacts, more than 44,600 objects, more than 130,000 glass-plate negatives, a library collection and a small but important digital collection, all of cultural and heritage significance to the history of NSW. (See also pages 47–9.)

In 2013–14 we generated 28% of our total income through commercial activities, paid admissions and non-recurrent allocation such as grants, sponsorship and donations from individuals, companies or government. We have a thriving venue-hire business, retail outlets, four commercial cafes/restaurants, and our properties are in demand as locations for both film and photography shoots.

Revenue raised from our commercial operations facilitates our innovative program of public and educational events and activities. Every year at our properties about 50,000 school children, across all stages from Kindergarten to Year 12, attend education programs linked closely to the school curriculum. The Connected Classrooms program allows children throughout NSW to enjoy our programs via new media technology. We stage approximately 200 public programs and events each year, ranging from large outdoor festivals to small specialist tours, which are enjoyed by more than 20,000 visitors.

In April 2013 we launched the ‘Sydney Living Museums’ brand as our public identity. The new brand firmly positions our sites and their collections at the core of what we offer, enabling us to promote all 12 properties as a collective, as well as single destinations. (See also pages 34–5.)

We are constantly building our digital content to support the brand by providing greater online accessibility to our houses and museums, collections and stories.

Our innovative exhibitions bring history to life through exploration of various themes such as architecture, convicts, crime and policing, Aboriginal history, and Sydney’s places and people, past and present. Each exhibition is addressed in a unique way to create an engaging experience for our visitors. (See also pages 8–13 and pages 18–19.)

We work with and are supported by a foundation, sponsors and hundreds of volunteers. We form partnerships with other cultural and heritage institutions, artists, community groups, universities and voluntary organisations.

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OUR MUSEUMS

CITY PORTFOLIO

jUSTICE & POlICE MUSEUM

The Justice & Police Museum houses a unique collection of objects relating to crime, policing and legal history, including a significant forensic photography archive of more than 130,000 glass-plate negatives. The building complex, developed in three separate stages – Water Police Court (1856), Water Police Station (1858) and Police Court (1886) – is the work of NSW colonial architects Edmund Blacket, Alexander Dawson and James Barnet. As a group, the buildings are extraordinarily intact surviving examples of civic buildings of the mid- to late 19th century. Blacket and Barnet designed and built dozens of similar courthouse complexes across NSW based on this early form established in Sydney.

The museum features the popular exhibition City of Shadows: Inner-city Crime and Mayhem 1912–1948, which showcases images from the NSW Police Forensic Photography Archive. The museum also displays spinechilling weapons, bushranging artefacts and physical evidence from notable crimes. Daily education activities reveal the worlds of justice and policing to school students.

MUSEUM OF SYDNEY

The modern Museum of Sydney on the site of first Government House was opened to the public in 1995. Designed by one of Sydney’s best known architects, Richard Johnson, it occupies the site of Australia’s first Government House, built in 1788 as home and office for the colony’s first governor, Arthur Phillip. Preserved below the museum forecourt, known as first Government House Place, are the remaining foundations of the original building. Above ground, the art installation Edge of the trees marks the site of first contact between the British colonisers and the Gadigal people. The museum’s evocative displays take visitors on a journey to explore Sydney’s people, places and culture, then and now. Visitors can learn about our city’s first people, inspect models of the First Fleet ships and peer into the archaeological remains of first Government House. An exciting program of changing exhibitions reveals the distinctiveness of this great city.

SUSaNNaH PlaCE MUSEUM

Susannah Place Museum is a terrace of four houses incorporating a re-created 1915 corner grocer’s shop. Located in the heart of The Rocks, it was built in 1844 by Irish immigrants and continually occupied until 1990. The terrace survived largely unchanged through the slum clearances of the 1900s and the area’s redevelopment in the 1970s. It is a rare surviving example of workers’ housing from the mid-19th century, once ubiquitous but now almost vanished. In 1993 the HHT worked with the (then) Sydney Cove Authority to develop and open Susannah Place as a museum. Today, the museum tells the stories, often overlooked, of the lives of ordinary people. Susannah Place was home to more than 100 different families; their occupancy is still evident in the many layers of paint, wallpapers, linoleums, modifications and repairs that have survived.

Above, left to right Justice & Police Museum. Photo © Haley Richardson & Stuart Miller; View of the market garden at the Museum of Sydney. Photo © Jamie North; Aerial view of Susannah Place Museum, showing the Gloucester street facade. Photo © James Horan

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EaSTERN SYDNEY PORTFOLIO

ElIzabETH baY HOUSE

Designed by architect John Verge, Elizabeth Bay House was built during the years 1835–39 for Colonial Secretary Alexander Macleay and his family. A superb example of a Greek Revival villa, it enjoys a magnificent setting overlooking Sydney Harbour and was originally the centrepiece of a renowned landscape garden developed by Macleay on the slope above Elizabeth Bay. The saloon, with its elegant cantilevered staircase, is regarded as the finest interior in Australian colonial architecture. The house’s interiors are notable for their detailing, particularly the quality of the joinery, plaster and stonework.

The house was restored by the state government and transferred from the Elizabeth Bay House Trust to the newly formed HHT in 1980. A favourite of students of design and social history, Elizabeth Bay House presents an evocative picture of early 19th-century life before the economic depression of the early 1840s, when Macleay was forced to leave the house.

gOvERNMENT HOUSE

Government House, built between 1837 and 1845, was designed by Edward Blore, Special Architect to William IV. Set within extensive landscaped grounds, Government House is the finest example of a castellated Gothic Revival house in Australia. As the centre of state ceremonial functions since 1845, the house occupies a special place in the public consciousness of Sydney and the history of NSW. More than two million people have visited the property since the house was opened to the public in 1996. Until 20 December 2013 the HHT coordinated a diverse program of vice-regal, Commonwealth and state government functions, cultural and community events, public tours, and education and public programs at the property.

Extensive refurbishment of the private quarters and service areas has been completed to enable the Governor of New South Wales to return to Government House. In 2013 the HHT worked with the Department of Premier and Cabinet to transfer management of the house to a new Crown Reserve Trust specially created to oversee the future management and conservation of the site. This will be guided by the principle of uniting best practice conservation with the house’s continuing role as the official vice-regal residence.

ROSE SEIDlER HOUSE

Architect Harry Seidler was just 24 years old when he designed a new house for his parents, Max and Rose, on a bushland site at Wahroonga. Built between 1948 and 1950, Rose Seidler House is one of the earliest intact examples of mid-20th-century modern domestic architecture in Australia, strongly influenced by American prototypes. Its original furniture forms one of the most important post World War II design collections in the country. Seidler was awarded the Sulman Medal in 1952 for his design of Rose Seidler House, and at the time the house was highly influential, stimulating much social comment and intellectual debate as a manifestation of the modernist principles of space, the unity of arts and architecture coupled with structural engineering, and industrial design. It embodied new design and style ideals that gave impetus to the direction of architecture in Australia. With panoramic views of Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Rose Seidler House is presented in its original 1950 scheme.

Above, left to right elizabeth Bay House. Photo © Haley Richardson & Stuart Miller; Fountain in the eastern Terrace of Government House. Photo © James Horan; Rose Seidler House at night. Photo © Justin Mackintosh

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vaUClUSE HOUSE

Vaucluse House was built in a number of stages between 1805 and the early 1860s. At its core a Georgian farmhouse, it is embellished with Gothic Revival turrets and crenellations to create a romanticised eye-catcher in an Arcadian landscape setting. One of only a few surviving harbourside estates from the early years of the colony, Vaucluse House retains the ornamental gardens, kitchen garden and outbuildings of what was once a self-sufficient small estate. The estate was purchased in 1827 by lawyer, explorer and statesman William Charles Wentworth, who took a leading role in the achievement of responsible government for NSW in 1856. The NSW Government purchased part of the Vaucluse estate in 1910 to provide public access to the Sydney Harbour foreshores. The house was opened to the public in 1912 and, since that time, has been an important place for the presentation of Australian history. The property has been restored and furnished to reflect the Wentworth family’s occupation during the years 1827–53 and 1861–62, and contains many items typically owned by a wealthy upper-middle-class family of the time.

HYDE PaRK baRRaCKS MUSEUM

The Hyde Park Barracks was built between 1817 and 1819 by convict workers to the design of the first colonial architect (and former convict) Francis Greenway, and functioned as the colony’s principal convict establishment. It was Greenway’s largest and most important commission from Governor Lachlan Macquarie. When viewed in relation to the nearby St James’ Church and Supreme Court, also designed by Greenway, the barracks is a key element of an extraordinary cluster of civic buildings surviving from the early colonial period. Although designed to house 600 men, the building sometimes slept 1400. After transportation to NSW ended in 1848, the barracks served as courtrooms, government offices and migrant accommodation.

Today the HHT uses the fabric and spaces of the building, as well as its rich archaeology collection, to unravel the stories of its occupants and uses over the past 195 years. The Hyde Park Barracks was placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2010 as part of the Australian Convict Sites listing.

THE MINT

The oldest surviving public building in central Sydney, The Mint, with its elegant proportions and double-height colonnades, is widely regarded as one of the finest Georgian buildings in Australia. It consists of two structures: the south wing of Governor Lachlan Macquarie’s General (‘Rum’) Hospital (built 1811–16) and the Coining Factory, constructed at the rear (1854–55) when the site became the first overseas branch of the British Royal Mint. The Mint operated until 1926, after which the site housed a succession of government departments until 1997; the Macquarie Street building was converted into a museum in 1982. In 1997 the building was transferred to the HHT, which undertook extensive conservation and redevelopment of the site. In 2004 the Coining Factory buildings were converted to become the HHT’s head office. The Mint complex also houses the Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection (see pages 47–8), a restaurant and function spaces.

OUR MUSEUMS

Above left to right Vaucluse House. Photo © James Horan; Hyde Park Barracks Museum. Photo © Nicholas Watt; The Mint. Photo © Nicholas Watt

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MEROOgal & WESTERN SYDNEY PORTFOLIO

ElIzabETH FaRM

Elizabeth Farm is Australia’s oldest surviving colonial homestead, incorporating the first cottage built in 1793 for the family of John and Elizabeth Macarthur, who lived there until 1850. It once stood within a 1000-acre (405-hectare) property stretching east from Parramatta to Duck River, with river frontage on three sides. This was Darug country, sustained by the Burramattagal, Wangal and Wategora people. By the late 1820s the prosperous Macarthurs had transformed their humble farmhouse into a spacious bungalow surrounded by ‘pleasure grounds’ rich in exotic plants and fruit trees. In the late 19th century, urban and industrial development chipped away at the estate. In 1904 the homestead, now on less than 5 acres (2 hectares), was sold to the Swanns, a large household of resourceful women who occupied and protected the property until 1968. Elizabeth Farm has been managed by the HHT since 1983. The unique hands-on, experience-based house museum opened in 1984.

MEROOgal

Meroogal, in the NSW South Coast town of Nowra, is a fascinating Gothic Revival timber house, designed by Kenneth McKenzie and built in 1885. The timber-framed building, clad in weatherboard, is based on American patternbook designs popular in the late 19th century. Home to four generations of women from the Thorburn/Macgregor family, who lived there until 1985, Meroogal has a rich collection of personal objects that provide insights into the family’s daily routines, domestic chores and social lives. Ownership of Meroogal and the support of family enabled the Thorburn and Macgregor women to live independent lives of gentility without undertaking paid employment. The house was both a home and an economic resource, with food and fuel provided from the garden, and rent from occasional paying guests and tenants. Without Meroogal, these women might not have been able to live the lifestyle they did.

ROUSE HIll HOUSE & FaRM

Rouse Hill House & Farm was built by colonial settler and contractor Richard Rouse between 1813 and 1819. It is sited midway between Parramatta and Windsor, facing the Windsor Road, which Rouse also built. The fine Georgian homestead is surrounded by one of Australia’s earliest surviving gardens. Originally the centrepiece of a much larger agricultural estate, the house is one of the oldest continuously occupied homes in Australia. Its significance lies in the survival, almost unchanged, of its interiors, furnishings and collection of objects from six generations of the Rouse family. The site contains a section of the original Windsor Road turnpike laid down by Governor Macquarie in 1812–13 and an associated stretch of the Hawkesbury Road laid down in 1794, along which the 1804 Battle of Vinegar Hill took place. The estate was bought by the state government in 1978. In 1987 it was transferred to the HHT, and opened to the public in 1999.

In 2003 the Department of Education transferred the Rouse Hill Public School opposite (built in 1888) to the HHT. In 2010 we restored the old schoolhouse to its original appearance.

Above left to right elizabeth Farm. Photo © James Horan; Meroogal. Photo © Nicholas Watt; Rouse Hill House & Farm . Photo © James Horan

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1980 Vaucluse House 1980 Museum

1980 Elizabeth Bay House 1980 Museum

1984 Elizabeth Farm 1984 Museum

1984 Lyndhurst (sold 2005) Offices and library

1985 Meroogal 1988 Museum

1987 Rouse Hill House & Farm 1999 Museum

1988 Rose Seidler House 1991 Museum

1990 Hyde Park Barracks Museum 1991 Museum

1990 Justice & Police Museum 1991 Museum

1990 Museum of Sydney on the site of first Government House

1995 Museum

1990 Young Street terraces – Offices

1990 Susannah Place Museum 1993 Museum

1993 Walter Burley Griffin House (sold 1995) Conservation project

1996 Government House 1996State house and garden (transferred to DPC in Dec 2013)

1998 The Mint 1998 & 2004 Offices and library

2003 Former Rouse Hill Public School 2010 Museum and education facilities

2007 Tusculum – Leased until May 2086*

2007 Exeter Farm (sold 2012) Endangered Houses Fund project

2007 Glenfield (sold 2013) Endangered Houses Fund project

2008 Nissen hut – Endangered Houses Fund project

2009 Moruya Presbyterian manse (sold 2013) Endangered Houses Fund project

2010 Throsby Park – Endangered Houses Fund project

2010 Beulah – Endangered Houses Fund project

* Leased to the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

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OUR COLLECTIONS

Each HHT property holds collections of historical and modern material related to the house and site. The collections include furniture, ceramics, silverware, soft furnishings, household and personal accessories, costumes, artworks, photographs and archaeological artefacts. Most of the objects in our collections are on show to the public.

Electronic access to the collections is provided to the public through a suite of online catalogues including the Library Catalogue, the Pictures Catalogue, the Colonial Plants Database and the Museums Collections Catalogue. Digital content is added to these catalogues as resources allow. The HHT also contributes to national aggregated data services including TROVE, Design and Art Australia Online, the Australian Dress Register, and the Museum Metadata Exchange.

CaROlINE SIMPSON lIbRaRY & RESEaRCH COllECTION

The Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection was established as the Lyndhurst Conservation Resource Centre in 1984. In 2004 it was renamed in honour of the late Caroline Simpson OAM (1930–2003), whose outstanding collection of Australian colonial furniture, pictures and objets d’art was gifted by her children to the HHT. The collection is a specialised research resource available to anyone – staff, scholars, heritage and conservation practitioners, museum professionals – with an interest in the history of house and garden design and interior furnishing in NSW from the 19th century to the present day. It includes architectural pattern books and fragments, wall and floor coverings, manufacturers’ trade catalogues and sample books, garden ornaments, fittings, soft furnishings, personal papers and manuscripts, pictures, photographs, books and periodicals.

PHOTOgRaPHIC COllECTION

The HHT cares for a significant collection of photographs including more than 130,000 glass-plate negatives created by the NSW Police Force between 1910 and 1964. The collection is housed at the Justice & Police Museum.

Above clockwise from left Pocket watch & receipt, c1823, from Vaucluse House. Photo © Rob little/RlDI; Brown cardboard ‘suitcase’ containing a Crown and Anchor Chocolate Wheel, c1914, Justice & Police Museum. Photo © Jamie North; Boxed set of alphabet blocks, c1880–90, Rouse Hill House & Farm. Photo © Jamie North; Masked detectives and civilians, c1933, NSW Police Forensic Photography Archive at the Justice & Police Museum

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Clockwise from above Stoneware tea set from Meroogal. Photo © John Storey; Cover and page of sheet music from bound volume R84/868, ‘The 77th Galop’, by P Cavallini. Rouse Hill House & Farm; Photograph of Dora Walford, in decorative gilded timber frame, photographer unknown, c1925. Caroline Simpson library & Research Collection. Photo © Jamie North; Shoes and dress of Charlotte, a doll. Vaucluse House. Photo © Jamie North; leather convict cap. Hyde Park Barracks Museum. Photo © Paolo Busato; Mounted Police uniform. Justice & Police Museum. Photo © Jenni Carter

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OUR COLLECTIONS

Above A woman’s gold ring set with a central ruby surrounded by a cluster of 18 seed pearls. Vaucluse House. Photo © Jamie North

Clockwise from top left Sterling silver trophy cup and its leather case. The Hamilton Rouse Hill Trust Collection. Photo © Jamie North; Allen Garlick (bow), Roy Garlick 2, Jock Walsh and Tom King (stroke) row in a regatta on the Iron Cove course, Parramatta River. Justice & Police Museum Collection. Photo © Jamie North; Detective at foot of Argyle Steps, The Rocks, photographer unknown, late 1930s. NSW Police Forensic Photography Archive, Justice & Police Museum; This portrait of an unidentified little girl is connected with the death of bushranger Mickey Burke. Vaucluse House. Photo © Jamie North

Below A hand-painted, resin-cast reproduction of an early-19th-century toy Indian antelope, the original carved in cedar. elizabeth Farm. Photo © Jamie North

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ENDaNgERED HOUSES FUND

Established in 2005 and supported by the Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, the Endangered Houses Fund (EHF) is an HHT program that identifies significant ‘at risk’ properties and saves them from demolition or unsympathetic development. It provides a way for the HHT to use its expertise to save significant endangered places and buildings across NSW without the long-term recurrent costs to government of continued ownership and operation. The HHT applies its extensive knowledge of heritage conservation to carry out the project works required on each property. The EHF is not about creating new public museums; instead, properties are conserved, protected and then offered back to the marketplace for the use and enjoyment of future generations. In this way, funds revolve and more houses can be saved over time.

The inspiration for the EHF came from our own work. In 1993 the HHT acquired the then-threatened GSDA No 1 Dwelling, a display house at Castlecrag designed by Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahoney, restoring the house and financing the construction of a new house adjacent to the property. The HHT then sold both properties (having arranged statutory protection and private covenants), saving a key work of two important 20th-century architects and winning widespread praise for this innovative approach to conservation.

bEUlaH

Beulah, Appin, an 80-hectare property still in its original landscape setting, was acquired in September 2010. The property, which includes an important colonial-era farmhouse with outbuildings, a bridge and a gazebo, is listed on the State Heritage Register and is under threat from encroaching urban development. The stone homestead was built c1835 by Irish emancipist Connor Boland and the property was later associated with the Hume family (of explorer Hamilton Hume). The former Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (now Office of Environment and Heritage, Department of Planning and Environment) contributed to the purchase of the property with a covenant to protect a significant remnant stand of endangered Cumberland Plain Woodland. This, the state’s second major biobanking initiative, was signed in March 2011. An archaeological assessment and building condition report have been completed, and site works, including extensive fencing and bushcare, are being carried out. A conservation management plan has been written to guide work on the fragile buildings, ensure the preservation of the property’s significant environmental values and plan for the future possibility of limited sensitive development of the site.

Above View of the back of the Beulah homestead, built in 1836. Photo © Paolo Busato

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glENFIElD

Glenfield, in Casula, was the first property to be saved through the EHF program, with the buildings and their curtilage transferred to the HHT in 2007. The property, listed on the State Heritage Register, is of national significance. Dr Charles Throsby, naval surgeon, explorer, magistrate and member of the Legislative Council, built the house c1817 and it remained in the Throsby family until the mid-1920s. The HHT carried out vital conservation work to the buildings and the landscape to prepare it for return to the market, and sold Glenfield to a new owner on 18 October 2013.

NISSEN HUT

The HHT acquired a Nissen hut in the Lake Macquarie district of Belmont North in 2008. Named after Lieutenant Colonel Peter Nissen, the Canadian engineer who designed the prefabricated steel-framed huts in 1916, the huts were widely used in world wars I and II as military buildings and, later, for some types of civil construction. This particular hut was one of 33 erected to house migrants, mostly British, in 1952; the huts were commonly known as ‘Pommy Town’. The collection of huts is extremely rare in Australia and highly significant, as it provides tangible evidence of Australia’s post World War II immigration assistance programs. The building is in fair condition and adaptive reuse options are being investigated.

THROSbY PaRK

Throsby Park, built for Charles Throsby in 1834, is located in Moss Vale in the Southern Highlands. The 75-hectare site, the remnant of an originally much larger property, is considered of state and national significance for its rarity and completeness. It comprises a fine Georgian homestead, an early timber cottage (thought to be one of the first permanent buildings erected in the Southern Highlands) and several outbuildings: dairy, dairyman’s cottage, meat house, piggery and timber-framed hay shed. There is also a fine historic garden with specimen trees and richly planted shrub borders opening up to extensive landscape views, which were captured by colonial artist Conrad Martens in 1836. Charles Throsby and succeeding generations of his family had a significant role in farming and community life in the Southern Highlands, including up until 2006 when the last of his descendants, ‘Del’ Throsby, famous for her children’s riding school, passed away. The HHT has undertaken a program of repairs and maintenance to the house and grounds, and has catalogued and evaluated the collection of furniture and domestic objects. In May 2014 we began a tender process for granting a long-term lease over the property and there has been strong interest from a number of potential proponents.

Above, left to right Glenfield, Casula. Photo © Nicholas Watt; Nissen Hut at Belmont, NSW. Photo Nicole Davis © HHT; Throsby Park, photographer unknown

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bOaRD OF TRUSTEES

The Historic Houses Act 1980 (NSW) provides that the HHT Board of Trustees shall be the governing body of the HHT. The HHT Board of Trustees is constituted under Section 6 of the Act. The nine members of the Board are members of the public nominated by the Minister for Heritage and appointed by the Governor of New South Wales. The trustees are subject to the direction and control of the Minister. The Act stipulates that members of the Board of Trustees must include:

• at least one person who ‘has knowledge or experience in history’; and

• at least one person who ‘has knowledge or experience in architecture’.

Current Board members who fulfil these requirements are Alastair Baxter, Keith Cottier, Associate Professor Grace Karskens and Siobhan Toohill.

The trustees represent a diversity of expertise and experience in business, law, architecture, urban design, history, conservation, information technology, retail and online commerce, education, media and marketing, sustainability and management. Trustees are appointed for a term of up to three years and may be appointed for more than one term, but for no more than three consecutive terms of office. Trustees do not receive any remuneration for their Board activities.

Alastair Baxter, Naseema Sparks and Siobhan Toohill joined the Board on 2 April 2014.

The Board met at least six times this year and it also holds an annual Trustees Strategic Planning Day. Trustees attended Board meetings as per the table below.

TABLE OF TRUSTEE ATTENDANCE

NaME aTTENDEDlEavE OF abSENCE

ElIgIblE TO aTTEND

Michael Rose (Chairman)

10 – 10

Alastair Baxter 2 – 2

Paddy Carney 7 3 10

Keith Cottier 8 2 10

Bruce Hambrett 3 3 6

Grace Karskens 5 5 10

Louise McElvogue 8 2 10

Roderick Simpson 3 4 7

Naseema Sparks 2 – 2

Andrew Tink 9 1 10

Peter Tonkin 4 2 6

Siobhan Toohill 2 – 2

TRUSTEES

Michael Rose (chairman) is the Chief Executive Partner of law firm Allens, and a board member of ChildFund Australia and the ChildFund International Alliance. ChildFund is an international aid and development organisation that supports children and their communities in 55 developing countries. Michael is also a member of the Education, Skills and Innovation and the Indigenous Engagement task forces of the Business Council of Australia. He lives in Sydney with his wife, Jo D’Antonio, and their three children. Michael was appointed as a trustee in June 2010 and his current term expires on 31 December 2015.

alastair baxter bScarch, barch, RaIa, gaICD is a practising architect, board member, sustainability engagement consultant, TV sports commentator, and former Australian and NSW professional rugby union player. Alastair has more than 13 years’ experience as an architect at Cox Richardson Architects and Planners with extensive experience in master planning, and work on major sports, leisure, convention and exhibition facilities in Australia and overseas. Outside of the field of architecture, he is a principal of the Sustainable Forward Consulting Group, which addresses environmental, social and economic sustainability issues in Australia and the South Pacific. He is a director of the NSW Waratahs Rugby Board and the Foundation of the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales Board, and has a number of roles as a TV sports commentator. Alastair played for the Wallabies and Waratahs from 1999 to 2011 and finished his rugby career as Australia’s most capped test prop. He was appointed as a trustee on 2 April 2014 and his term expires on 1 April 2017.

Paddy Carney Ca bSc (Hons) is a registered company auditor. She is a partner at PwC and also a member of its Board of Partners in Australia. She has more than 20 years’ financial experience with PwC in the United Kingdom and in Australia across a broad range of clients, with a focus on the retail and consumer sector. She is also a governor of the Sir David Martin Foundation, which aims to get more young people off the streets, away from unhealthy situations and into care and rehabilitation. Paddy is the chair of the HHT’s Audit and Risk Committee. She was appointed as a trustee in March 2013 and her term expires on 5 March 2016.

Keith Cottier aM, aaSTC, lFRaIa is a former director of the highly awarded architectural firm Allen Jack+Cottier. In 2001 he was awarded the Gold Medal, the Royal Australian Institute of Architects’ highest honour. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 2004. Keith has served as a commissioner of the Australian Heritage Commission, as a member of the Heritage Council of New South Wales, and as a member of the Sydney Cove Authority and the City West Development Corporation. His high-profile projects include Wylie’s Baths, the Argyle Centre, the Submarine Mine Depot at Chowder Bay and Penfold’s Magill Estate in Adelaide. Keith was appointed as a trustee on 1 January 2007 and his current term expires on 31 December 2015.

bruce Hambrett llM is a practising lawyer, the chairman of Baker & McKenzie, Australia, and a former general counsel of SingTel Optus Pty Limited. He is also a director of the Pacific Opera Company Limited and a former chair of the Media and Communications Law Committee, Business Law Section, with the Law Council of Australia. He was appointed as a trustee on 1 January 2006 and his current term was due to expire on 7 November 2015. Bruce resigned as trustee on 31 January 2014.

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associate Professor grace Karskens ba, Ma, PHD FaHa teaches Australian history at the University of New South Wales. Grace has published extensively, including Inside The Rocks: the archaeology of a neighbourhood, the multi-award-winning The Rocks: life in early Sydney and The colony: a history of early Sydney, which won the 2010 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, and is on the boards of the Dictionary of Sydney, the National Museum of Australia’s reCollections journal and a number of international scholarly journals. Grace was appointed as a trustee on 1 January 2008 and her current term expires on 21 January 2017.

louise McElvogue is a principal of Macleod Media, which advises on strategy, technology and media. She works with boards, government and executives to set business strategies and policies, and to develop e-business, partnerships and digital efficiencies. She has worked in the United States, Europe and Australia for various clients, including McDonald’s, Invensys, the ABC, News Limited, Channel 4, the BBC and Société Générale. Louise was a member of the federal government’s Convergence Review in 2012. This landmark review of Australia’s media and internet regulatory framework recommended a new approach to regulation. She has a background in journalism and her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, Financial Times Media, The Wall Street Journal TV, the BBC and CNN. She was appointed as a trustee in March 2013 and her current term expires on 5 March 2016.

associate Professor Roderick Simpson aaIa MPIa is a principal of Simpson + Wilson Architecture + Urban Design, and Associate Professor of Urban Design at the University of Sydney, with interests in urban renewal and regeneration, ecologically sustainable design and strategic urban design. He has worked with the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust, and contributed to the HHT’s Harbourings exhibition at the Museum of Sydney. He co-authored Greenpeace’s ‘Strategy for a Sustainable Sydney’ in 1992, applying many of the principles in future planning work. Most recently, he led the urban design of the ‘Sustainable Sydney 2030’ strategy for the City of Sydney. Roderick was appointed as a trustee in January 2011 and his term expired on 31 December 2013.

Naseema Sparks is an experienced company director and serves on a number of ASX-listed advisory boards as well as government regulatory bodies. Naseema is a ‘top-line growth’ director: she has a deep understanding of consumers, as well as hands-on management and operational experience in organisations where the main driver of growth and differentiation is innovation and human capital. Her expertise includes retail, online commerce, media and marketing, technology services and manufacturing. Naseema’s executive career was as the managing director of global communications company M&C Saatchi, and she holds an MBA from the Melbourne Business School. She was appointed as a trustee on 2 April 2014 and her term expires on 1 April 2017.

andrew Tink ba, llb, HonDlitt is a visiting fellow at Macquarie University’s law school. After eight years at the bar and 19 years in the NSW Parliament, where his roles included Shadow Attorney-General and Shadow Leader of the House, Andrew stepped back from active politics to focus on writing. In 2010 his biography of William Charles Wentworth won the Nib CAL Waverley Award for Literature. His second book, a biography of Lord Sydney, was published in 2011, and his third, the story of Canberra’s air disaster in 1940, was released in 2013. Andrew is also a member of the Library Council of NSW. He was appointed as a trustee on 22 May 2012 and his current term expires on 22 May 2015.

Above, left to right Paddy Carney, Michael Rose, Siobhan Toohill, Alastair Baxter, Associate Professor Grace Karskens, louise Mcelvogue, Keith Cottier, Naseema Sparks and Andrew Tink. Photo © James Horan

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Peter Tonkin bScarch (Hons), barch (Hons), FRaIa is Adjunct Professor of Architecture at the University of Canberra and the University of Queensland, and is widely published. He is a partner of Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects, winner of more than 90 awards. His projects include the Hyde Park Barracks Museum, the National Memorial to the Australian Vietnam Forces, the Tomb of an Unknown Australian Soldier and the National Arboretum, Canberra, the refurbishment of Customs House, the multi-award-winning Plaza Lighting Towers for the Sydney Olympics, and the Australian War Memorial in London. Peter was appointed as a trustee on 1 January 2005 and his final term expired on 31 December 2013.

Siobhan Toohill bScarch, barch, grad Dip Urban Design is the head of Group Sustainability and Community at Westpac. She is responsible for the organisation’s sustainability strategy, responding to pressing social issues, including demographic change, economic solutions to environmental challenges and helping customers to achieve sustainable financial futures. Her role also encompasses community partnerships, the Westpac Foundation, the Westpac Bicentennial Foundation and Indigenous engagement. Previously she established the sustainability function at Stockland and has held senior design roles with Stockland, Lend Lease and the NSW Government’s Urban Design Advisory Service. Siobhan is also the deputy chair of the Green Building Council of Australia, director of the Australian Building Codes Board and co-founder of the podcast Out the Front. She was appointed as a trustee on 2 April 2014 and her term expires on 1 April 2017.

COMMITTEES

There are four Board advisory committees that provide advice to trustees: Audit and Risk Committee, Commercial and Marketing Advisory Committee, Creative Services Advisory Committee, and Heritage and Endangered Houses Advisory Committee. All four committees are convened per Section 9 of the Historic Houses Act 1980 (NSW).

There are two HHT standing committees that provide advice to management and involve staff representation: the Joint Consultative Committee, which facilitates discussions between the union and management, and the Work Health & Safety Committee. Committees operating are listed in the Appendices on pages 65–6.

CORPORaTE PlaNNINg

A corporate plan is developed on a five-year cycle by HHT staff and trustees; the current plan covers the period 2010–2015. Using the goals and strategies set out in the corporate plan, an annual budget plan is also developed for both recurrent and capital expenditure across the financial year.

These plans set the direction and budget for the HHT’s operational business year. The directions also reflect our agency’s alignment with the NSW Government’s priorities outlined in NSW2021: A plan to make NSW number one. Our progress against the plans is reported to the trustees at bi-monthly board meetings.


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Mark goggin ba (Hons), EMPa commenced as Director on 6 August 2013. He has 20 years’ experience in leadership across the museum, cultural and health sectors as CEO, festival producer, educator and researcher. Before joining the HHT he spent ten years as general manager of Marketing, Programs and Commercial Services at the Powerhouse Museum. Mark built the museum’s brand profile and audiences, and was responsible for leading entrepreneurial exhibitions and creating innovative programs, such as the annual citywide festival Sydney Design. He oversaw the renewal of the heritage Sydney Observatory site and successfully launched the publicly accessible Powerhouse Discovery Centre: Collection Stores at Castle Hill. Originally trained as a psychologist [BA (Hons)], he has an Executive Masters of Public Administration (EMPA) from the Australian and New Zealand School of Government.

Dr Caroline butler-bowdon ba (Hons), Ma, PhD is Assistant Director, Creative Services, with responsibility for the City Portfolio. Caroline has worked in the cultural/heritage sector for more than 15 years, holding posts at the Museum of Sydney and the Art Gallery of NSW, and casual teaching positions at the University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales. As head curator at the Museum of Sydney she published widely and curated exhibitions on many aspects of Australian history. In 2009 Caroline completed her PhD at the University of New South Wales on the history of apartment living in Sydney.

Ian Innes bScarch, blarch is Assistant Director, Heritage, with responsibility for the Eastern Sydney Portfolio. He has more than 20 years’ experience in cultural landscape management and conservation, having previously held senior management roles at the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney, and Centennial Parklands. He studied architecture and, later, landscape architecture, and his ongoing professional interests relate to conservation of the built environment, including architectural and landscape design, heritage theory and practice, cultural landscape management and strategic asset management.

julie Turpie ba (Hons) is Assistant Director, Commercial and Marketing Services, with responsibility for the Macquarie Street Portfolio. Julie has more than 20 years’ experience in brand development, destination marketing, commercial venue hire and public programming. She worked for the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority for six years, managing their sponsorship, business development program and annual events portfolio. From 2008 to 2011 Julie was the director of City Marketing and Major Events at Brisbane Marketing, where she was responsible for city branding strategies, destination marketing campaigns and delivering a major events strategy for Brisbane.

Trish Kernahan is Assistant Director, Operations. In this position Trish has responsibility for the Finance, Human Resources, Information and Communications Technology (ICT), and Compliance and Knowledge teams, as well as the Meroogal and Western Sydney Portfolio. Before taking up this role, Trish spent 16 years at the Art Gallery of NSW working in corporate strategic planning and governance. During her 38 years in the NSW public sector she has worked in management and operational roles across six government agencies.

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HHT gROUPS & PORTFOlIOS

The HHT is structured around four groups – Commercial and Marketing Services, Creative Services, Heritage, and Operations – and four portfolios – City Portfolio, Eastern Sydney Portfolio, Macquarie Street Portfolio, and Meroogal and Western Sydney Portfolio. From September 2013, each of the assistant directors became responsible for one of the portfolios.

COMMERCIal & MaRKETINg SERvICES gROUP

The Commercial and Marketing Services Group drives self-generating revenue strategies, and is responsible for growing our audiences and building brand awareness and value for the HHT through marketing, design and public relations activities.

The Commercial Services team is responsible for venue hire, commercial leaseholds and retail. It manages the commercial hire of the HHT’s unique and specialty venues for corporate and private events, including for filming and photography.

The Marketing and Communications team provides strategic direction on and implementation of marketing, design and communications (including media and public relations) activities to support our properties, exhibitions, public programs and events. It also manages the HHT box office.

The Development and Fundraising team manages the HHT’s strategic partnerships and fundraising activities with donors, corporate partners and sponsors, while working with the Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales.

CREaTIvE SERvICES gROUP

The Creative Services Group produces exhibitions at our museums, interprets our properties, presents stories from our collections, runs educational and public programs, and produces publications and web content to engage our audiences – the people who visit our sites, and with whom we connect online, both in Sydney and in regional areas. The group also manages web and social-media platforms. Through its programs and services it is involved in interpretation, education, providing public access to our collections and facilitating community participation, including encouraging the interested public to join the HHT’s volunteering programs.

The Programs team drives the development and delivery of public programs to engage our various audiences. It provides access to our knowledgeable people, our collections, our museums and our city for a wide range of visitors, and coordinates our volunteer program.

The Interpretations and Exhibitions team takes a multidisciplinary approach to interpretation, exhibition, design and publication projects. The team interprets our stories and research for the public in innovative and accessible ways that enhance the visitor experience and allow audience participation.

The Collections and access team provides online access to our research, disseminating knowledge about the HHT’s collections, sites and buildings. It is also responsible for the development of the Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection, a publicly accessible research facility.

The Web and Screen Media team drives the development and delivery of web- and screen-based content to enrich the visitor experience and engage new audiences.

Above, left to right Trish Kernahan, Mark Goggin, Julie Turpie, Ian Innes and Dr Caroline Butler-Bowdon. Photo © James Horan

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HERITagE gROUP

The Heritage Group manages the conservation and care of the HHT’s houses, museums and landscapes, as well as the Endangered Houses Fund (EHF) program, through place management, asset maintenance, capital works, conservation management planning, collections care, conservation and landscaping.

The Heritage team provides technical leadership and specialist skills in the care, conservation and maintenance of the HHT’s buildings, interiors, landscapes and moveable heritage, and manages the EHF program.

OPERaTIONS gROUP

The Operations Group supports the business of the HHT and its position as a leading history and cultural heritage organisation in NSW. This group is responsible for strategic advice and management across four key corporate governance teams: Human Resources, Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Finance, and Compliance and Knowledge. It also oversees the engagement of legal services.

The Human Resources team provides strategic leadership in employee relations planning, practice and policy development, as well as operational services such as payroll delivery and staff training.

The ICT team develops and manages the strategic ICT services required to achieve the HHT’s business requirements, and ensures our ICT network, business applications and telecommunications systems are operating at optimum integrity and performance.

The Finance team provides strategic financial advice and accurate information to ensure the HHT manages its budget prudently, maintains high standards of internal control, maintains our insurance coverage and is compliant with the relevant statutory and Australian Accounting Standards.

The Compliance and Knowledge team manages the development, evaluation and review of policies and procedures to ensure the HHT has the knowledge and processes to comply with a range of legislative and audit requirements in relation to organisational policy, including records management and risk management. This team is also responsible for coordinating the transport and storage logistics of an organisation operating across multiple sites.

EaSTERN SYDNEY PORTFOlIO

Through conservation and interpretation, portfolio staff facilitate access to and enjoyment of Elizabeth Bay House, Vaucluse House and Rose Seidler House, as well as their grounds and collections, for a variety of audiences and purposes, including education and tour groups, general visitors, public programs and commercial venue hire. Staff also provide visitor services and curatorial advice to Government House, Sydney.

Our staff provide insights into the stories of the extraordinary people who built these houses – colonial pioneers Alexander Macleay and William Charles Wentworth, and modernist architect Harry Seidler – bringing to life their ambitions and achievements in the context of their family and domestic lives.

MEROOgal & WESTERN SYDNEY PORTFOlIO

The Meroogal and Western Sydney Portfolio comprises Rouse Hill House & Farm, Elizabeth Farm near Parramatta and Meroogal in Nowra on the NSW South Coast. As well as the houses, these sites include pleasure gardens, farm pastures and livestock, an 1880s schoolhouse, a student resource and education centre, and extraordinarily intact collections linked to the families and their stories.

These three very diverse sites represent the earliest pioneering days of the expanding NSW colony, and are interpreted by the portfolio team with a strong educational and interactive focus. Our staff have a wide range of skills, from delivering educational tours and programs to looking after farm animals and livestock.

CITY PORTFOlIO

The City Portfolio includes the Museum of Sydney on the site of first Government House, the Justice & Police Museum and Susannah Place Museum. Portfolio staff research, interpret and communicate to visitors a range of stories about Sydney’s people and places from the 18th to the 21st centuries. Through the work of staff, visitors learn about the significance of first Government House, built by Arthur Phillip in 1788, the defining moment of first contact between the Gadigal people and the English colonisers, the world of crime, policing and punishment, and the everyday lives of the families who lived in the terraces of Susannah Place.

MaCQUaRIE STREET PORTFOlIO

The Macquarie Street Portfolio includes The Mint (the HHT’s head office and major commercial venue) and the UNESCO World Heritage site of the Hyde Park Barracks, two of Sydney’s most important early-19th-century buildings on Macquarie Street.

Portfolio staff ensure the integrity and preservation of these culturally significant buildings and their collections through judicious management and by balancing conservation with the need to increase access to the sites for all visitors. Staff develop strategies to grow and diversify our audiences while strengthening our engagement with them.

vOlUNTEERS

The HHT’s volunteer program enables individuals in the community to connect with and contribute to the protection and appreciation of NSW cultural heritage. Volunteering activities help to raise public awareness of the HHT, reach new audiences and achieve valuable work. In 2013–14, 150 volunteers were guides at our properties and museums, helped to manage our public events and undertook meaningful project work.

This year we undertook a review of volunteering across the HHT and created new opportunities for people to engage with our work by volunteering at our events or taking on the role of a garden volunteer.

Our volunteers enjoy using their skills, sharing their knowledge and helping to keep HHT sites relevant and accessible. They are given opportunities to provide feedback about their experiences and how the volunteers program is run.

(See page 78 for a list of our volunteers in 2013–14.)


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ORgaNISaTIONal CHARTAS AT 30 JUNE 2014

FOUNDaTION DIRECTOR

bOaRD OF TRUSTEES

MINISTER FOR HERITagE

aSSISTaNT DIRECTOR, HERITagE

EASTERN SYDNEY PORTFOLIO

Interpretation & Exhibitions

Commercial Services

Finance

Web & Screen Media

Development & Fundraising

Human Resources

Heritage Team

Collections & Access

Marketing & Communications

Compliance & Knowledge

Programs

Information, Communications

& Technology

aSSISTaNT DIRECTOR, CREaTIvE SERvICES

CITY PORTFOLIO

aSSISTaNT DIRECTOR, COMMERCIal &

MaRKETINg SERvICES

MACQUARIE STREET PORTFOLIO

aSSISTaNT DIRECTOR, OPERaTIONS

MEROOGAL & WESTERN SYDNEY

PORTFOLIO

DEPaRTMENT OF PlaNNINg & ENvIRONMENT

OFFICE OF ENvIRONMENT

& HERITagE

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RISK MaNagEMENT

Risk management is essential to good corporate governance. The HHT is committed to a risk-management approach to planning that identifies and addresses both external and internal risks to our operations. Internal risks are also managed through policies, procedures and internal controls.

We have adopted a risk-management framework that conforms to the Australian/New Zealand Risk Management Standard (AS/NZS ISO 31000:2009) and to NSW Treasury Guidelines (Treasury Policy Paper: TPP 09-5). The mandatory annual attestation certificate is included on page 59.

Our Audit and Risk Committee is an advisory committee of the Board of Trustees and an integral component of the HHT’s corporate governance arrangements. Its responsibilities cover the review and oversight of internal controls, risk management, external accountability (including the financial statements), applicable laws and regulations, and internal and external audits.

The committee meets each year with senior managers of the external auditor team from the Audit Office of New South Wales to discuss findings from its review of our statutory accounts. The 2013–14 financial statements of the HHT’s consolidated and related entities have all been issued without qualification.

ETHICAL STANDARDS

Our Code of Conduct: Staff and Volunteers policy was reviewed and reissued in 2014. It was updated to include an expanded segment on working with children. In addition, HHT employees are now required to sign the policy acknowledging they have read, understood and agree to abide by the code. There were no incidents of staff breaching the code in this reporting year.

ASSET MANAGEMENT INTERNAL REVIEW

As part of a triennial audit plan, an internal review was conducted by Deloitte, our internal auditors, of selected procedures associated with asset management. The objective of the audit was to examine the adequacy of processes and activities in place to maintain the HHT’s assets.

Recommendations from the review will be implemented by management during an agreed time frame as resources allow. The Audit and Risk Committee will monitor the implementation of any internal and external audit recommendations.

WORK HEALTH & SAFETY (WHS)

The HHT’s Work Health & Safety Committee continues to meet regularly and undertakes site inspections of HHT properties. The HHT proactively case manages return-to-work plans for any injured employee. Recommendations made by the committee are considered by the Executive, and this year a review of first-aid officers across the HHT was completed to ensure an officer is on duty whenever a property is open to the public. (See also page 36.)

INSURANCES

As a NSW statutory authority, the HHT’s insurable risks are covered under the Treasury Managed Fund (TMF), the NSW Government’s self-insurance scheme.

During the year Government House and its collections were transferred from the HHT to the Government House Sydney Reserve Trust, and our TMF coverage was amended accordingly. There were four property damage claims in 2013–14: damage to a camera lens, damage to two portraits in our collections and damage to the capping stone of the gate into the Hyde Park Barracks Museum. Each of these claims has been accepted and finalised. The number of motor vehicle claim notifications has decreased, with seven notifications in 2013–14. To date, repairs have been undertaken to the vehicles involved in three of these claims.

LEGAL CHANGE

No changes were made to the Historic Houses Act 1980 (NSW) during the reporting period.

POLICIES & PROCEDURES

During 2013–14 the recruitment of Compliance and Knowledge staff was completed with the appointment of the Policy and Compliance Officer.

The following policies and procedures were either developed or revised: Contractor Induction: Site Conditions and Safety (developed), Working from Home (developed), Grievance Handling (revised), Dealing with Unreasonable Behaviour (developed), Code of Conduct: Staff and Volunteers (revised), First Aid Officers: Designations, Positions and Allowances (developed), Employee Records: Recordkeeping and Access (developed), Staff Discounts (revised), Investment Policy (revised), Mobile Device (developed), Mobile Phone Usage (developed) Records: Scanning and Destruction of Original Paper Copies (developed), ICT Password (developed), Records Naming Conventions (developed), Working with Children (developed), Working with Children: Allegation Handling (developed), Contracts Register (developed), Staff Tenancy (developed).

In addition, a number of policies have been developed and are in the consultation phase. These include a Privacy Management Plan, Records Management Policy, Endowment Policy, ICT Support Policy and ICT Security Policy.

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INTERNal aUDIT aND RISK MaNagEMENT ATTESTATIONFOR THE 2013–14 FINANCIAL YEAR FOR THE HISTORIC HOUSES TRUST OF NEW SOUTH WALES

I, Mark Goggin, am of the opinion that the Historic Houses Trust of NSW (HHT) has internal audit and risk management processes in place that are, excluding the exemption described below, compliant with the core requirements set out in Treasury Circular NSW TC 09/08 Internal Audit and Risk Management Policy.

I, Mark Goggin, am of the opinion that the internal audit and risk management processes for the HHT depart from the following core requirements set out in Treasury Circular NSW TC 09/08 and that (a) the circumstances giving rise to these departures have been determined by the Portfolio Minister and (b) the HHT has implemented the following practicable alternative measures that will achieve a level of assurance equivalent to the requirement.

Ministerially Determined Departure

Reason for Departure and Description of Practicable alternative Departure Measures Implemented

Core Requirement 3 The Chair and Members of the Audit and Risk Committee are to be appointed by the statutory body.

The alternative measures implemented to achieve an equivalent level of assurance was for the HHT to satisfy itself that the chair and members of the HHT Committee collectively possess the eight skills and knowledge as outlined in core requirement 3.4.3. The composition of the HHT Committee membership in 2013–14 met these requirements.

These processes, including the practicable alternative measures implemented, provide a level of assurance that enables the senior management of the HHT to understand, manage and satisfactorily control risk exposures.

I, Mark Goggin, am of the opinion that the Audit and Risk Committee for the HHT is constituted and operates in accordance with the independence and governance requirements of Treasury Circular NSW TC 09/05. The Chair and Members of the Audit and Risk Committee are:

• Paddy Carney, independent Chair and HHT Trustee (Term 1: February 2012 – current) • Michael Rose, independent Member and President HHT Trust (Term 2: August 2010 – current)• Bruce Hambrett, independent Member and HHT Trustee (Term 3: February2012 – January 2014) • Louise McElvogue, independent Member and HHT Trustee (Term 1: June 2013 – current)

I, Mark Goggin, declare that this Internal Audit and Risk Management Attestation is made on behalf of the following controlled entities:

• Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales • The Hamilton Rouse Hill Trust

Mark GogginDirectorHistoric Houses Trust of New South Wales

14 August 2014

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The records management program continued to progress and develop during 2013–14. In late 2013 a former office at the Justice & Police Museum was converted into a training room, which has enabled Total Records and Information Management (TRIM) training to be delivered to more than 80 employees (the room also provides a key resource enabling other computer-based training across the HHT). In May 2014 a major upgrade of HP TRIM was undertaken to improve responsiveness and resolve networking issues that occurred with the earlier version. These initiatives have resulted in the increased uptake of TRIM, and more than 50% of records produced in the year were created in electronic format only.

The disposal program for dealing with the backlog of hard-copy records progressed, with the authorised destruction of approximately 21,000 cubic litres of records that had reached their disposal date. In addition, the custody and control of four pallets of hard-copy records regarding Government House were transferred to the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet.

A number of policies and procedures have also been developed or are in a consultation phase to ensure that the HHT continues to meet the compliance requirements of the State Records Act 1998 (NSW).

NETWORK SECURITY

The ICT team has completed the Network Security Infrastructure Project, which provides enterprise-class security across all areas of the HHT network, including:

• Network Access Control – allows only approved devices with up-to-date software patching and antivirus software to connect to the network;

• Enterprise Firewall – protects the network against attack from external sources such as internet-based threats;

• Network Infrastructure Monitoring and Management System – monitors and reports on the health of all major infrastructure within the HHT;

• Security Information and Event Management – provides automated alerts in the event of security incidents;

• Access Management System – allows centralised control of secure remote access to HHT systems.

The ICT team have completed training and received certification in Infrastructure Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), the IT standard for ICT incident management, service management, and change and risk management. In 2014–15 an upgraded ITIL-compliant help desk system will allow standards-based management of existing ICT services and the appropriate controls for new and upgraded ICT services.

DElEgaTIONS

The occupants of key managerial positions are authorised by the Minister for Heritage under Section 12 of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 to exercise financial delegations to specific limits.

In addition to the financial delegations, the chief executive of the Office of Environment and Heritage granted an instrument of sub-delegations in relation to employment functions. Under these delegations the HHT’s director has full employment authority

with the exception of the public sector-wide restriction on the employment of senior executives.

OTHER OPERaTIONal aCTIvITIES

The transfer of Government House from the HHT to the Crown was gazetted on 20 December 2013. The HHT transferred $108 million of assets, including land, buildings and collections. The HHT also disposed of Glenfield, an EHF property located at Casula.

In 2013–14, the HHT received a $2.85 million grant as recompense for an easement deed that provides the owners of 93–97 Macquarie Street with a 6-metre light and air easement over part of the Justice & Police Museum.

A bequest of $605,000 was received from the estate of Caroline Pope. A further and final amount is anticipated in 2014–15 in relation to this bequest.

OTHER ENTITIES

The HHT is responsible for providing administrative support to two other entities: the Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales and the Hamilton Rouse Hill Trust. While these entities are consolidated for financial reporting purposes, they have separate legal structures established by a trust deed or under the Associated Incorporations Act 2009. Each has a board of directors as determined by their enabling legislation.

The Foundation Board meets five times a year. The Foundation’s Finance and Legal Committee meets before each Board of Directors meeting.

The Hamilton Rouse Hill Trust holds a Board of Directors meeting once a year.

The HHT provides support to these entities in the areas of management, finance, corporate secretariat and general administrative services.

ROUSE HILL HAMILTON COLLECTION PTY LIMITED

The Rouse Hill Hamilton Collection Pty Limited is a private company that formed in October 1994 as Trustee for the Hamilton Rouse Hill Trust. This trust holds certain items of property in and about Rouse Hill House & Farm. Three HHT representatives and two members representing the Hamilton family make up the board. The director of the HHT is the Chair of the company. The company complies with all the requirements of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.

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DIgITal INFORMaTION SECURITY ANNUAL ATTESTATION STATEMENT FOR THE 2013–14 FINANCIAL YEAR FOR THE HISTORIC HOUSES TRUST OF NEW SOUTH WALES

I, Mark Goggin, am of the opinion that the Historic Houses Trust of NSW (HHT) commenced planning for the implementation of an Information Security Management System during the financial year being reported on consistent with the Core Requirements set out in the Digital Information Security Policy for the NSW Public Sector.

I, Mark Goggin, am of the opinion that the planned security controls to mitigate identified risks to the digital information and digital information systems of the HHT are being made adequate. Risk assessments performed during the year identified several areas requiring improvement. Plans to address these areas, including the transition to an information classification and labelling scheme, have been developed. The work to address these specific areas will be completed by June 2015 and will be adequate for the foreseeable future.

I, Mark Goggin, am of the opinion that the HHT, as the only agency under my control with a risk profile sufficient to warrant an independent Information Security Management System, has implemented actions towards a robust Information Security Management System in accordance with the Core Requirements of the Digital Information Security Policy for the NSW Public Sector.

I, Mark Goggin, am of the opinion that certified compliance with AS/NZS ISO/IEC 27001 Information technology – Security techniques – Information security management systems – Requirements is not required for the HHT.

Mark GogginDirectorHistoric Houses Trust of New South Wales

14 August 2014

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FOUNDaTION FOR THE HISTORIC HOUSES TRUST OF NEW SOUTH WALES

The Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales (the Foundation) is a tax concession charity (DGR 2 – deductible gift recipient) that exists solely to support the work of the HHT. It is governed by a non-executive Board of Directors, which met five times in 2013–14.

Through the generosity of donors to the Governors program, the EHF and special appeals, the Foundation helps the HHT to achieve vital goals and initiatives in the areas of education, public engagement, acquisitions and conservation.

This year support focused on a new project for the HHT, How Does Your Garden Grow? This immersive education program offers year 1 and 2 students the opportunity to learn how food is grown, discuss healthy food choices and play 19th-century games within the lush gardens and grounds of Vaucluse House. Through the support of the Foundation the program will now be available for free in Term 4 to schools within the NSW Government’s Priority School Funding Program.

The Foundation supported acquisitions for the Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection, including a highly significant collection of 1930s Australian furnishing textiles provenanced to the late Lady Maie Casey. Another important acquisition for 2013–14 was a collection of rare and beautiful Yokohama Nursery Company catalogues. These publications, held in no other Australian public collection, have the power to open a window into a little-known aspect of Australian garden history, as does a small 1857 manuscript ‘garden book’ from Parramatta. The author of the manuscript, a Scots-born gardener named Andrew Murray, who had been a protégé of Sir Walter Scott, came to NSW in 1817 on the Lord Eldon with John Macarthur and his sons James and William.

The Foundation hosts events in partnership with private sponsors and supporters, such as the annual Foundation Governors’ Dinner supported by Westpac Institutional Bank. These exclusive events, held in the historical and evocative settings of our properties, promote the special work of the HHT and celebrate the support of our donors.

Above The ‘How Does Your Garden Grow’ Foundation Governors’ Dinner was held on Friday 29 November 2013 at Government House. Attending were 110 donors, guests and sponsors, who raised funds for the How Does Your Garden Grow education program. Photo © James Horan

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Above Government House lights illuminate the fountain at the Foundation Governors’ Dinner. Photo © James Horan

Above, left to right Back cover of the Yokohama Nursery Company’s descriptive catalogue for 1910–11, featuring a chromolithographed illustration of lilies, irises, azaleas, maple leaves, wisteria, roses and peonies. Caroline Simpson library & Research Collection; Back cover of the Yokohama Nursery Company’s descriptive catalogue for 1900, featuring a chromolithographed illustration of Nerine japonica alba and Lilium rubellum. Caroline Simpson library & Research Collection.

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bOaRD STaNDINg COMMITTEES

The Board standing committees are advisory bodies to the HHT Board of Trustees.

AUDIT & RISK COMMITTEE

The Audit and Risk Committee is an integral component of the HHT’s corporate governance arrangements. Its responsibilities cover the review and oversight of internal controls, risk management, prevention of corruption and fraud, external accountability (including for the financial statements), applicable laws and regulations, and internal and external audits.

In September 2013 the committee met with representatives from the Audit Office of NSW to discuss their review of the HHT’s financial statements for 2012–13.

The members of this committee and their attendance at meetings in 2013–14 were as follows:

Members

Paddy Carney, trustee (Chair), 5/5

Bruce Hambrett, trustee (resigned January 2014), 3/3

Louise McElvogue, trustee, 1/5

Michael Rose, trust Chairman, 5/5

Staff

Mark Goggin, Director, 4/5

Madeleine Bennison, head of Compliance & Knowledge team (minute secretary), 2/2

Dr Caroline Butler-Bowdon, Acting Director, 1/1

Yaseen Dean, head of Finance team, 4/5

Mohammad Irfaq, Senior Accountant (minute secretary), 1/1

Trish Kernahan, Assistant Director, Operations, 5/5

Louise Ruddock, head of Strategy and Government Relations (until April 2014, minute secretary), 2/3

COMMERCIAL & MARKETING ADVISORY COMMITTEE

The Commercial and Marketing Advisory Committee comprises trustees, senior staff and industry specialists. In 2013–14 it met four times to provide advice on strategic issues relating to commercial and marketing strategies.

Members

Keith Cottier, trustee (Chair), 4/4

Neville Allen, partner, Holding Redlich Lawyers, and former trustee, 3/4

Ken Knox, Project Director, The GPT Group, 4/4

Louise McElvogue, trustee, 4/4 (one via telephone)

Siobhan Toohill, trustee (joined June 2014), 1/1

Naseema Sparks, trustee (joined June 2014), 0/1

Staff

Mark Goggin, Director, 3/3

Kate Evans, head of Marketing & Communications team, 1/3

Damian Poole, head of Commercial Services team, 3/3

Julie Turpie, Assistant Director, Commercial & Marketing Services, 3/3

CREATIVE SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE

The Creative Services Advisory Committee comprises trustees, senior staff and external experts. It meets three times a year to provide advice on strategic issues relating to how we reach our audiences, including programming, exhibitions, publications, education, web and social media, collections and research, interpretation and signage projects.

Members

Dr Jane Connors, historian, and manager, ABC Radio National, attended 0/2

Dinah Dysart, visual arts writer, editor, curator, former gallery director and former trustee,

2/2

Elizabeth Ellis, inaugural emeritus curator, Mitchell Library, and honorary associate, Department of History, University of

Sydney, 1/2

Professor Susan Groundwater-Smith, honorary professor, Faculty of Education

and Social Work, University of Sydney, 1/2

Associate Professor Grace Karskens, trustee, 0/2

Andy Kent, musician, sound engineer, and manager of Love Police Records & Tapes,

1/2

Tim Ross, comedian, radio host, author and television presenter, 0/2

Liane Rossler, designer and artist, co-founder of Dinosaur Designs, 2/2

Associate Professor Roderick Simpson, trustee (to December 2013), 1/2

Peter Tonkin, trustee (to December 2013), 1/2

Staff

Mark Goggin, Director (chair) (from December 2013), 1/2

Dr Caroline Butler-Bowdon, Assistant Director, Creative Services, 2/2

Julie Turpie, Assistant Director, Commercial & Marketing Services, 1/2


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HERITAGE & ENDANGERED HOUSES ADVISORY COMMITTEE

The Heritage and Endangered Houses Advisory Committee comprises trustees, Foundation directors, senior staff and external experts. It meets three times a year to provide advice on strategic issues relating to the care and conservation of collections, buildings and sites, including the Endangered Houses Fund program.

Members

Keith Cottier, trustee (Chair), 3/3Alastair Baxter, architect, Cox Richardson Architects (observer on 5 June 2014), 1/1Tanya Koeneman, Senior Aboriginal Heritage Officer, Heritage Branch, 3/3Associate Professor Carol Liston, associate professor in history, University of Western Sydney (to November 2013), 0/1Robert McCuiag, co-founder, Colliers International (to March 2014), 0/2Colleen Morris, heritage consultant, 2/3Dr Judith O’Callaghan, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Built Environment, University of New South Wales, 2/3Peter Root, Managing Director, Root Projects, 1/3Curtis Smith, Foundation Director, and company director (to March 2014), 0/2Howard Tanner, Chairman, Tanner Architects, and Senior Consultant, Tanner Kibble Denton Architects, 1/3Peter Tonkin, trustee (to November 2013), 1/1

Staff

Mark Goggin, Director, 3/3Ian Innes, Assistant Director, Heritage, 3/3

HHT STaNDINg COMMITTEES

COLLECTIONS VALUATION COMMITTEE

The committee meets annually to monitor the HHT’s rolling five-year collection valuation process, review formal independent valuations, note the value of new acquisitions and determine appropriate global revaluations.

Megan Martin, head of Collections and Access team (Chair)Scott Hill, Portfolio Curator, Western Sydney PortfolioJoanna Nicholas, Portfolio Curator, Eastern Sydney PortfolioJennifer Olman, Registrar, documentation

JOINT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE

This committee, comprised of Public Service Association (PSA) representatives and staff who are PSA members, meets as required and provides a forum that allows consensus to be reached on employee matters. The most recent elections were held in November 2011.

Mark Goggin, Director (Chair)Kerrie Butson, PSA industrial officerTrish Kernahan, Assistant Director, OperationsGeorgina Pearce, head of Human Resources teamFabienne Virago, Coordinator, Learning, Programs (PSA workplace delegate)

WORK HEALTH & SAFETY COMMITTEE

The committee comprises both management and staff representing sites and classifications, and meets bimonthly to consider, and advise on, work health and safety issues (WH&S). In line with Section 5.3 of the HHT Corporate Plan 2010–2015, the committee continued to assess and implement WH&S risk-management systems across the sites.

Andrew Mitchell, head of Meroogal & Western Sydney Portfolio (Chair)

Michael Bennett, Building Facilities Assistant, Macquarie Street Portfolio

Thomas Hull, Building Facilities Assistant, City Portfolio

Liana Kay, Visitor and Interpretation Officer, Meroogal & Western Sydney Portfolio

Trish Kernahan, Assistant Director, Operations (management rep)

Kieran Larkin, Senior 3D Designer, Interpretation & Exhibitions team

Stuart Macpherson, Team Leader, Horticulture, Heritage Team

Georgina Pearce, head of Human Resources (management rep)

aSSOCIaTED gROUPS

FOUNDATION FOR THE HISTORIC HOUSES TRUST OF NEW SOUTH WALES

Company directors

Curtis Smith (Chair)

Michael Reid (Deputy Chair) (until November 2013)

Alastair Baxter

Mark Goggin

David O’Donnell

Fiona Playfair

Michael Rose

Edward Simpson

Judith Whelan

Simon White

ROUSE HILL HAMILTON COLLECTION PTY LIMITED

The Rouse Hill Hamilton Collection Pty Limited is a private company that was formed in October 1994 as Trustee for the Hamilton Rouse Hill Trust. It holds property in and about Rouse Hill House & Farm that was formerly part owned by the Hamilton family. A trustee, the Director and a senior staff member represent the HHT.

Company directors

Mark Goggin, Director (Chair)

Nanette Ainsworth, representative, Hamilton family

Miriam Hamilton, representative, Hamilton family

Trish Kernahan, representative, HHT (secretary)

Andrew Tink, trustee, HHT

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aDMISSION FEES

Tickets to the Museum of Sydney, the Justice & Police Museum and the Hyde Park Barracks Museum are: general entry $10, child/concession $5 and family $20. Tickets to all other HHT properties are: general entry $8, child/concession $4 and family $17. Entry is free to The Mint; Government House and its grounds; and the garden, parklands and beach paddock of Vaucluse House. No fee is charged for access to a number of significant urban spaces, including the Hyde Park Barracks Museum courtyard and First Government House Place (the forecourt of the Museum of Sydney).

We offer a range of curriculum-linked and specialised education programs from $6–$20 per student, depending on the type and duration of the program. No fee is charged to accompanying teachers.

SElF-gENERaTED INCOME

SPONSORS

Cash

• AGL Energy: naming rights to the AGL Theatre at the Museum of Sydney (MOS) and major partner of the exhibition Eat Your History: A Shared Table at the Museum of Sydney

• AustralBricks: major partner of our Home & Architecture program

• Modern House: supporting partner of our Home & Architecture program

• Momento: major partner of photographic exhibitions and national tours of 52 Suburbs Around the World, and A Convict in the Family?

• NSW Architects Registration Board: major partner of the exhibition Built for the Bush: Green Architecture of Rural Australia, and its regional NSW tour

• NSW Police Force celebrating 150 years, 1862–2012: presenting partner of the exhibition The Force: 150 Years of NSW Police, and its regional NSW tour

• Police Association of NSW: major sponsor of the exhibition The Force: 150 Years of NSW Police, and its regional NSW tour

• Police Credit Union NSW: sponsor of the exhibition The Force: 150 Years of NSW Police, and its regional NSW tour

• Seidler Architectural Foundation for the exhibition Harry Seidler: Painting Toward Architecture, opening in November 2014

• Westpac Institutional Bank: supporter of our Foundation Governors’ Dinner

In kind

• Angove Family Winemakers: product sponsor of events, including the House Music concert series at Government House, exhibition launches and associated programs

• Architecture Foundation Australia: presenting partner of the Iconic Australian Houses exhibition at the Museum of Sydney (part of this support was brokered with Stormtech, the NSW Architects Registration Board and the University of Newcastle)

• Australian Wool Innovation Limited: support for the Female Immigration Depot 1848–1886 display at the Hyde Park Barracks Museum

• Best Cellars: beverage partner of the Foundation Governors’ Dinner

• Chinese Heritage Association of Australia: support for the exhibition Celestial City: Sydney’s Chinese Story at the Museum of Sydney

• City of Sydney Art & About: promotional support for exhibitions and programs including 52 Suburbs Around the World at the Museum of Sydney, and City of Shadows at the Justice & Police Museum

• Corporate Culture: support for Iconic Australian Houses exhibition

• Habitus Magazine: media partner of the Home & Architecture program

• Herman Miller: support for the exhibition Eat Your History: A Shared Table

• Imprint Street: design partner of the Home & Architecture program

• Modern House: support for the exhibition Iconic Australian Houses exhibition

• NSW Farmers: support for the exhibition Celestial City: Sydney’s Chinese Story

• ReNew magazine: promotional support for the exhibition Built For The Bush: The Green Architecture of Rural Australia

• smow Australia: support for the exhibition Iconic Australian Houses

• Snaploader: support for the exhibition Iconic Australian Houses

• Sydney Morning Herald: in-kind media sponsor of the exhibition Public Sydney: Stop,Look, Live!

gRaNTS

• During the year grants of $17.903 million for recurrent allocation and $1 million for capital grant allocation were received from the Office of Environment and Heritage.

• An additional grant of $3.151 million was received from the Department of Premier and Cabinet for the maintenance and refurbishment of Government House.

• A cash grant of $2.85 million was received from Logan Capital Limited for the easement deed at the Justice & Police Museum

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• $20,000 was received from the Faculty of Built Environment, University of New South Wales, for the reprinting of the publication Public Sydney: drawing the city.

• We received a Cultural Grant and Sponsorship of $12,000 from the City of Sydney to support the Chinese market garden associated with the Celestial City exhibition.

FUNDRaISINg

The Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales acknowledges donations (received in part or full since 1 July 2013, as per the HHT Gift Management Policy) in the following categories:

MACQUARIE GOVERNOR

Geoff O’Conor

HUNTER GOVERNORS

Robert Albert AO & Libby Albert

Anne Galbraith

Robert & Kelly Salteri

Penelope Seidler AM

PHILLIP GOVERNORS

Mairaed Bilmon

Graham Bradley

Neil & Jane Burley

Erin Flaherty & David Maloney

Jennifer Giles

Mark Goggin

John Gordon

Bruce & Jo Hambrett

Diana Houstone

Dr Michael Joel

Ron & Rhonda Langley

Marcus Lloyd Jones

Alan Matthews

Terry & Wendy Mullens

Michael & Gillian Pembroke

Michael Reed

Harvey Sanders & Sheba Greenberg

Curtis Smith & Jennie Janick

Maisy & Ian Stapleton

C & J Sullivan

Howard & Mary Tanner

David & Gay Voss

Judith Whelan

Jill Wran

Nicholas & Elise Yates

ENDaNgERED HOUSES FUND

SILVER

Guy Paynter

HOW DOES YOUR gaRDEN gROW PlEDgE

Alan & Katherine Anderson

Glenn Barringham

Mark Burrows

Meg & Colin Campbell

Angelo & Mary Candalepas

Paddy Carney & Richard Thomas

Daryl & Julie Chipperfield

Peter & Jennine Collins

Mary Coogan

Bruce & Ann Corlett

Keith & Elizabeth Cottier

Michael & Manuela Darling

Louise & Garry Dobson

Edgar & Lynne Downes

Jennifer Giles & Andrew Spark

Randolph Griffiths & Amanda Carter

Bruce Hambrett

Wendy Hardy & Catriona Ling

Bill & Alison Hayward

Diana Houstone

Collin & Fiona Jennings

Dr Michael & Anna Joel

Warwick & Ann Johnson

Karin Keighley

John Law

Robert & Mary Lusby

John & Edwina Macarthur-Stanham

John Matheson & Jeanne Eve

David & Edwina O’Donnell

Gretel Packer

Guy & Marian Paynter

Fiona & Matthew Playfair

Philip & Elizabeth Ramsden

Larry & Mickey Robertson

Luigi Rosselli

William & Julia Rutledge

John Schaeffer & Bettina Dolton

John Sharpe & Claire Armstrong

Edward & Annie Simpson

Peter Stumbles

John Symond

Colin & Janette Sullivan

Howard & Mary Tanner

Annalise Thomas

Michael Reid

Michael Rose

Judith Whelan

Simon & Natalie White

Marcia & Bill Yates

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PRIvaCY MaNagEMENT PlaN

The HHT has a Privacy Management Plan modelled on the guidelines issued by the Information & Privacy Commission NSW. The HHT has also developed a Privacy Statement that will be made available, primarily though the website.

Our policy and compliance officer is our privacy officer.

We have received no complaints regarding non-compliance with this plan during 2013–14.

aCCESS TO gOvERNMENT INFORMaTION

To increase accountability and transparency, and to meet best practice, we disclose information to the public by publishing our policies and other information on our website at www.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au

OUR INFORMaTION

Information maintained by the HHT includes policies and procedures, plans, statutory reports, images, publications and corporate records.

aCCESS TO INFORMaTION

Wherever possible, we make the information about the HHT freely available online at www.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/gIPa The public can follow these links to find out more about:

• our policies http://sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/ about-us/policies

• our annual reports and plans http://sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/about-us/ reports-plans

• information about open access, register of government contracts and the HHT’s disclosure log http://sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/about-us/reports-plans/open-access-information

No applications for access to information under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (GIPA) were received during 2013–14. Also there were no open-access applications during this period.

Under the Government Information (Public Access) Regulation 2009 we reported the following:

SCHEDUlE 2: STaTISTICal INFORMaTION abOUT aCCESS aPPlICaTIONS

TablE a: NUMbER OF aPPlICaTIONS bY TYPE OF aPPlICaNT, aND OUTCOME*

access granted in full

access granted in part

access refused in full

Information not held

Information already available

Refuse to deal with application

Refuse to confirm/deny whether information is held

application withdrawn

Media – – – – – – – –

Members of Parliament – – – – – – – –

Private-sector business – – – – – – – –

Not-for-profit organisations or community groups

– – – – – – – –

Members of the public (application by legal representative)

– – – – – – – –

Members of the public (other)

– – – – – – – –

* More than one decision can be made in respect of a particular access application. If so, a recording must be made in relation to each such decision. This also applies to Table B.

† Invalid application.

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TablE C: INvalID aPPlICaTIONS

Reason for invalidity No of applications

Application does not comply with formal requirements (Section 41 of the Act, Part (c): It must be accompanied by a fee of $30). The $30 fee was not included

–

Application is for excluded information of the agency (Section 43 of the Act) –

Application contravenes restraint order (Section 110 of the Act) –

Total number of invalid applications received –

Invalid applications that subsequently became valid applications – (after this reporting date)

TablE b: NUMbER OF aPPlICaTIONS bY TYPE OF aPPlICaTION, aND OUTCOME*

access granted in full

access granted in part

access refused in full

Information not held

Information already available

Refuse to deal with application

Refuse to confirm/deny whether information is held

application withdrawn

Personal information applications*

– – – – – – – –

Access applications (other than personal information applications)

– – – – – – – –

Access applications that are partly personal information applications and partly other

– – – – – – – –

* A personal information application is an access application for personal information (as defined in Clause 4 of Schedule 4 to the Act) about the applicant (the applicant being an individual).

TablE D: CONClUSIvE PRESUMPTION OF OvERRIDINg PUblIC INTEREST agaINST DISClOSURE: MaTTERS lISTED IN SCHEDUlE 1 OF THE aCT

Number of times consideration used*

Overriding secrecy laws NIL

Cabinet information NIL

Executive Council information NIL

Contempt NIL

Legal professional privilege NIL

Excluded information NIL

Documents affecting law enforcement and public safety NIL

Transport safety NIL

Adoption NIL

Care and protection of children NIL

Ministerial code of conduct NIL

Aboriginal and environmental heritage NIL

* More than one public-interest consideration may apply in relation to a particular access application and, if so, each such consideration is to be recorded (but only once per application). This also applies in relation to Table E.

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TablE E: OTHER PUblIC INTEREST CONSIDERaTIONS agaINST DISClOSURE: MaTTERS lISTED IN TablE TO SECTION 14 OF THE aCT

Number of occasions when application not successful

Responsible and effective government NIL

Law enforcement and security NIL

Individual rights, judicial processes and natural justice NIL

Business interests of agencies and other persons NIL

Environment, culture, economy and general matters NIL

Secrecy provisions NIL

Documents exempt under interstate freedom of information legislation NIL

TablE F: TIMElINESS

Number of applications

Decided within the statutory time frame (20 days plus any extensions) NIL

Decided after 35 days (by agreement with applicant) NIL

Not decided within time (deemed refusal) NIL

Total NIL

TablE g: NUMbER OF aPPlICaTIONS REvIEWED UNDER PaRT 5 OF THE aCT (bY TYPE OF REvIEW aND OUTCOME)

Decision varied Decision upheld Total

Internal review NIL NIL –

Review by Information Commissioner* NIL NIL –

Internal review following recommendation under Section 93 of Act NIL NIL –

Review by ADT NIL NIL –

Total – – –

TablE H: aPPlICaTIONS FOR REvIEW UNDER PaRT 5 OF THE aCT (bY TYPE OF aPPlICaNT)

Number of applications for review

Applications by access applicants –

Application by an individual for access to personal information about the applicant (see Section 54 of the Act) –

* The Information Commissioner does not have the authority to vary decisions, but can make recommendations to the original decision-maker. The data in this case indicates that a recommendation to vary or uphold the original decision has been made by the Information Commissioner.

Requests for access to information, not already available on our website, will be dealt with formally. The public can make a formal request to access information under GIPA, by contacting the following officer by email or letter in the first instance.

Madeleine bennisonHead of Compliance & KnowledgeSydney Living Museums, Head Office The Mint10 Macquarie StreetSydney NSW 2000T 02 8239 2288 F 02 8239 2299Email: [email protected]

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CHaRgES

Where a formal application is made to access information held by the HHT, an application fee of $30 applies. Where requests are complex and/or require the commitment of significant resources in order to make the information available, a processing fee of $30 per hour may apply.

CONSUMER RESPONSE

As the HHT is a service-based organisation, customer feedback is of prime importance to us and we monitor it closely. We have in place a range of evaluation measures, including visitor books and evaluation forms at each property, traditional and digital visitor books and other interactive devices in exhibitions, customer surveys following public programs, teacher evaluations following education programs, and feedback forms for our venue-hire clients. In addition, a general file is maintained for written compliments and complaints. Each complaint is dealt with in writing, minor complaints by the property or team where the complaint was received, and major complaints by the Director or a member of the Executive.

During the year we received a total of 89 compliments about our museums and houses, including the Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection (35), venues (35), programs (9), exhibitions (4) and publications (6). We received a total of 34 complaints about our museums and houses (7), programs (6), exhibitions (3), opening hours (2) and miscellaneous (16).

DIgITal DElIvERY

The following services are available via the HHT’s corporate website and associated sub-domains, sydneylivingmuseums.com.au and hht.net.au

• online resources, including articles, research, blogs, collection databases and links to HHT content on other platforms such as Facebook, Youtube and Twitter

• all appropriate government publications (for reference only, not for sale)

• HHT annual reports from 2001–02 to 2012–13• e-commerce facilities for the purchase of

HHT publications and merchandise, and for ticketing, membership and donations.

laND DISPOSal

In 2013–14 we finalised the disposal of Glenfield at 88 Leacocks Lane, Casula (see page 51), and gifted Government House to the Minister for Crown Lands (see page 33).

CREDIT CaRD CERTIFICaTION

The HHT has a policy for the use of credit cards by staff that is in accordance with the NSW Premier’s Memoranda and NSW Treasurer’s Directions.

COST OF aNNUal REPORT

This report was prepared and printed at a cost of $80 and is available on our website.

HUMaN RESOURCES

EXCEPTIONAL MOVEMENTS IN EMPLOYEE WAGES, SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES

A 2.27% salary increase for the NSW Public Sector came into effect in the first full pay period in July 2013 for the 2013–14 financial year.

PERSONNEl POlICIES aND PRaCTICES

• We continued to implement our Occupational Health & Safety and Injury Management Plan.

• A compliant performance management plan system was developed and implemented across the agency, as per a directive from the Public Service Commission, effective from July 2013.

• A comprehensive program of staff training was undertaken with a strong focus on employee development.

• All staff received training in ethical and respectful behaviour in the workplace, and all managers were trained in grievance handling by the Anti-Discrimination Board of NSW.

• An electronic employee self-service system was implemented to provide our staff with easy online access to their personnel information, increasing productivity by streamlining payroll processing.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

Key issues for the year ahead will be: improving our service delivery through better technology and interpersonal communications with staff and management, innovatively inducting new staff, increasing our use of comparative assessments to measure applicants’ capabilities as part of our recruitment processes, further developing the skills of our existing staff and continuing to improve work health and safety.

The Human Resources team is also planning to increase staff training in accessibility skills to improve our outreach program for audiences with disabilities.

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WORKFORCE DIvERSITY

Our self-assessed outcomes for the year include:

• diversity of representation on recruitment panels and the provision of Workforce Diversity information to applicants

• diversity of representation on internal bodies such as the Work Health Safety Committee, the Joint Consultative Committee with the Public Service Association of NSW and on job-evaluation panels

• flexible work practices, including flex days and RDOs, maternity leave, and family and community-service leave

• provision of development opportunities through expressions of interest and higher duties allowance; affirmative action through sending eight staff members to an International Women’s Day Conference.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

We will continue to explore externally funded grants with the aim of promoting diversity, innovation and service responsiveness in the NSW workforce by reducing barriers to employment and improving promotional opportunities for Indigenous people.

WORKFORCE PROFIlE DaTa – WORKFORCE DIvERSITY REPORT

CURRENT SElECTIONS

Cluster Reporting entity

Planning & Environment HHT/Sydney Living Museums

2 WORKFORCE DIvERSITY SURvEY RESPONSE RaTE (NON-CaSUal HEaDCOUNT aT CENSUS DaTE)

2012 2013 2014

Non-casual headcount at census date 199 183 184

Non-casual Workforce Diversity survey respondents at census date 199 183 184

Response rate 100% 100% 100%

Note: All calculated Workforce Diversity data in Tables 1 and 2 are based on employee status as at census date, 19 June 2014.

1 SIzE OF agENCY (HEaDCOUNT) 2012 2013 2014 % CHaNgE 2013–14

Headcount at census date 238 241 231 -4.15%

Non-casual headcount at census date 199 183 184 0.55%

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Note 1: Estimated figures are calculated on the basis of the number of employees that have responded “yes” to the Workforce Diversity category as a proportion of the total number of employees who have responded to the Workforce Diversity survey, multiplied by the total amount of employees in the salary band i.e. Estimated People with a Disability from salary band 1 = (Actual number of People with a Disability in salary band 1/Total number of respondents from salary band 1)* Total number of Staff in salary band 1.Note 2: Estimated figures are only calculated for those agencies with a response rate of greater than 65%. For those agencies with response rates less than 65%, actual figures are used to calculate the representation and distribution of these groups.Note 3: Respondents are classified as employees who have provided an answer for any of the Workforce Diversity questions, whether they have chosen to withdraw their response or not i.e. all employees who do not have “missing” as their response.Note 4: Separated employees are excluded in the above table.Note 5: Unspecified gender includes unknown, withdrawn, or indeterminate/intersex recorded values.

Note 1: Unspecified gender includes unknown, withdrawn or indeterminate/intersex recorded values.

3 WORKFORCE DIvERSITY aCTUal STaFF NUMbERS (NON-CaSUal HEaDCOUNT aT CENSUS DaTE) 2014

Remuneration level of substantive position

Total staff (men, women &

unspecified) Respondents Men WomenUnspecified

gender

Aboriginal & Torres

Strait Islanders

People from racial, ethnic,

ethno-religious minority groups

People whose

language first spoken

as a child was not English

People with a

disability

People with a disability

requiring work-

related adjustment

$0 – $42,625 2 2 – 2 – – – – – –

$42,625 – $55,985 49 49 16 33 – 1 7 4 1 –

$55,985 – $62,587 19 19 3 16 – – 2 3 – –

$62,587 – $79,199 45 45 13 32 – – 4 1 2 –

$79,199 – $102,418 52 52 23 29 – – 8 7 2 –

$102,418 – $128,023 12 12 5 7 – – 2 2 – –

$128,023 > (Non-SES) 5 5 2 3 – – – – – –

Total 184 184 62 122 – 1 23 17 5 –

4 WORKFORCE DIvERSITY aCTUal & ESTIMaTED STaFF NUMbERS (NON-CaSUal HEaDCOUNT aT CENSUS DaTE) 2014

aCTUal ESTIMaTED

Remuneration Level of Substantive Position

Total Staff (Men,Women &

Unspecified) Respondents Men WomenUnspecified

Gender

Aboriginal & Torres

Strait Islanders

People from Racial, Ethnic,

Ethno-Religious Minority Groups

People whose

Language First Spoken

as a Child was not English

People with a

Disability

People with a Disability

Requiring Work-related

Adjustment

$0 - $42,625 2 2 – 2 – 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

$42,625 - $55,985 49 49 16 33 – 1.0 7.0 4.0 1.0 0.0

$55,985 - $62,587 19 19 3 16 – 0.0 2.0 3.0 0.0 0.0

$62,587 - $79,199 45 45 13 32 – 0.0 4.0 1.0 2.0 0.0

$79,199 - $102,418 52 52 23 29 – 0.0 8.0 7.0 2.0 0.0

$102,418 - $128,023 12 12 5 7 – 0.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0

$128,023 > (Non SES) 5 5 2 3 – 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Total 184 184 62 122 –

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Note 1: Estimated percentages are calculated in a similar manner to the estimated figures in table 4, only they are expressed as a percentage i.e. Estimated Percentage of People with a Disability from salary band 1 = (Actual number of People with a Disability from salary band 1/Total number of respondents from salary band 1).Note 2: Estimated figures are only calculated for those agencies with a response rate of greater than 65%. For those agencies with response rates less than 65%, actual figures are used to calculate the representation and distribution of these groups.Note 3: Unspecified gender includes unknown, withdrawn, or indeterminate/intersex recorded values.

5 PaRlIaMENTaRY aNNUal REPORT TablES

WORKFORCE DIvERSITY gROUP bENCHMaRK/TaRgET 2012 2013 2014

5a. Trends in the representation of Workforce Diversity groups

Women 50% 63.8% 64.5% 66.3%

Aboriginal People and Torres Strait Islanders 2.6% 0.5% 0.0% 0.5%

People whose first language spoken as a child was not English 19.0% 9.5% 8.7% 9.2%

People with a disability N/A 2.5% 1.6% 2.7%

People with a disability requiring work-related adjustment 1.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

5b. Trends in the distribution of Workforce Diversity groups

Women 100 96 90 91

Aboriginal People and Torres Strait Islanders 100 N/A N/A N/A

People whose first language spoken as a child was not English 100 N/a N/a N/a

People with a disability 100 N/A N/A N/A

People with a disability requiring work-related adjustment 100 N/A N/A N/A

Note 1: A Distribution Index of 100 indicates that the centre of the distribution of the Workforce Diversity group across salary levels is equivalent to that of other staff. Values less than 100 mean that the Workforce Diversity group tends to be more concentrated at lower salary levels than is the case for other staff. The more pronounced this tendency is, the lower the index will be. In some cases the index may be more than 100, indicating that the Workforce Diversity group is less concentrated at lower salary levels.Note 2: The Distribution Index is not calculated where Workforce Diversity group or non-Workforce Diversity group numbers are less than 20.

4a WORKFORCE DIvERSITY aCTUal aND ESTIMaTED STaFF NUMbERS (NON-CaSUal HEaDCOUNT aT CENSUS DaTE) aS PERCENTagE

2014

aCTUal ESTIMaTED

Remuneration Level of Substantive Position

Total Staff (Men,Women &

Unspecified) Respondents Men WomenUnspecified

Gender

Aboriginal & Torres

Strait Islanders

People from Racial, Ethnic,

Ethno-Religious Minority Groups

People whose

Language First Spoken

as a Child was not English



Requiring Work-related

Adjustment

$0 - $42,625 2 100.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

$42,625 - $55,985 49 100.0% 32.7% 67.3% 0.0% 2.0% 14.3% 8.2% 2.0% 0.0%

$55,985 - $62,587 19 100.0% 15.8% 84.2% 0.0% 0.0% 10.5% 15.8% 0.0% 0.0%

$62,587 - $79,199 45 100.0% 28.9% 71.1% 0.0% 0.0% 8.9% 2.2% 4.4% 0.0%

$79,199 - $102,418 52 100.0% 44.2% 55.8% 0.0% 0.0% 15.4% 13.5% 3.8% 0.0%

$102,418 - $128,023 12 100.0% 41.7% 58.3% 0.0% 0.0% 16.7% 16.7% 0.0% 0.0%

$128,023 > (Non SES) 5 100.0% 40.0% 60.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Total 184 100.0% 33.7% 66.3% 0.0%

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6 REPRESENTaTION OF WORKFORCE DIvERSITY gROUPS

WORKFORCE DIvERSITY gROUP bENCHMaRK/TaRgET 2012 2013 2014

Women 50% 63.8% 64.5% 66.3%

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 2.6% 0.5% 0.0% 0.5%

People whose first language spoken as a child was not English

19% 9.5% 8.7% 9.2%

People with a Disability N/A 2.5% 81.6% 2.7%

People with a Disability Requiring Work-Related Adjustment

1.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

PaYMENTS

aged analysis at the end of each quarter

Quarterless than 30 days

$'00031–60 days overdue

$'00061–90 days overdue

$'000

More than 90 days overdue

$'000Total

$'000

September 2013 761 13 2 5 781

December 2013 385 6 1 0 392

March 2014 307 – – – 307

June 2014 528 8 2 8 546

PaYMENTS

Type of consultant Service amount

General > $50,000 Property condition survey 116,600.00

Business model review 66,000.00

General < $50,000 Justice & Police Museum redevelopment project 23,000.00

HHT digitalisation project 12,000.00

Market rental advice 4,000.00

Quarter Total accounts paid on time Total amount paid

Target % actual % $’000

September 2013 100 100 15,272 15,292

December 2013 100 100 8,566 8,573

March 2014 100 100 7,337 7,337

June 2014 100 100 9,454 9,472

PaYMENT PERFORMaNCE

CONSUlTaNTS

Right View west through the door of the drawing room closet at elizabeth Farm. Photo © Paolo Busato

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THaNK YOU TO OUR VOLUNTEERS

OUR vOlUNTEERS

Lynne allen, Prue Anthony, Mary bagtas, Margery Bennett, Raelene Beuermann, Colin Bishop, John Boyd, Aurora Braddon, Ron Bray, Marnie Brown, Helen Bryant, Penny Cane, Barbara Carnie, Anne Carpenter, Steve Cartland, Betty Chow, Tony Clapham, Terry Clarke, Alexandra Condon, Gary Cook, Patricia Cooper, Brooke Davidson, Maureen Devereaux, Laurence Dillon, Margaret Donachy, Mal Donaldson, Elizabeth Donnelly, Priscilla Duncan, Dominic Dwyer, Nora Etmekdjian, Julie Evans, Les Evans, Ann Eyers, Gordon Fehross, Jessamine Finlayson, Dianne Finnegan, Belinda Finocchiaro, Ronald Fisher, Helen Foster, Julian Foster, Christine Fulcher, Allan garrick, Gillian Gibbons, Diana Glenn, Lesley Goldberg, Elaine Graham, Neil Graham, James Griffith, Sarah-Jane Grove, Robin Guthrie, Gordon Hannam, Shirley Hannam, Tracey Harper, Jan Heffernan, Janet Heslep, Stephen Hickman, Margaret Hill, John Hudson, Nouha Hussney, Peter james, Wendy James, Sue Jorgenson, Dess Kammason-Kelley, Bianca Karcher, Graham Kerr, Maureen King, David Knapp, Lada Kolonkova, Richard lambert, Ellen Lawson, Greta Lee, Mollie Lenthall, Liane Leslie, Bethany Leyshon, Dennis Lovely, Lynette

McHale, Sue McIntyre, Elizabeth McKinnon, Charlotte McLean, Betty McLintock, Rae McLintock, April McNee, Malcolm Mawhinney, Susan Melrose, Sue Miller, Judi Mills, Belinda Mitrovich, Frances Moors, Ross Muller, Valda Muller, Violeta Nikolovska, Michael Noone, Charmaine O’brien, Joanne O’Meadhra-Elder, Sandra Ollington, Julianne Patterson, Robert Pauling, Katya Pesce, Glenys Pike, Adriana Piscicelli, Andrew Porter, Irene Potts, Brian Powyer, Brian Pritchard, Stewart Reed, Margot Riley, Joan Rodd, Laura Russett, Joanne Salt, Laura Sansonetti Eringa, Maria Schattiger, Helen Seale, Bernard Sharah, Jeanette Sims, Anthea Smith, Susan Smith, Annette Smith-Bridges, Paula Southcombe, Jann Stanford, Julie Stark, Jean Steele, Constance Stevens, Patricia Stock, Doreen Sully, Daniel Sun, Nicole Sutherland, Briana Tabone, Susannah Tennant, Kim Townsend, Queenie Tran, Neridah Tyler-Perry, Agnes Tyson, Geraldeen Walker, Robert Wallis, Christine Waters, John Watt, Julianna Weisgarber, Leonard Werman, Elaine White, Janet Whitten, Clarice Wilkins, Vanya Wilkinson, Laraine Wilson, Marie Wilson, Rex Wood, Robert Wood, Constance Wright, Jennifer zerial, Edith Miriam Ziegler, Ghazal Zolghadr

HHT Volunteers Photo © James Horan

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FINaNCIal STATEMENTS

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This information is to assist readers to understand our financial statements, which are made up of four reports and accompanying notes:

• Statement of comprehensive income• Statement of financial position• Statement of changes in equity• Statement of cash flows.

The statements disclose separately the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales (HHT), which is known as the Parent Entity, and the group of organisations under the control of the HHT, which is known as the Consolidated Entity. The Consolidated Entity includes all of the entities which fall under our control:

• Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales

• Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales Limited

• Hamilton Rouse Hill Trust• Rouse Hill Hamilton Collection Pty Limited.

The NSW Audit Office audits the Trust and its controlled entities. The audit certificate is included with the financial statements and it states the Auditor-General’s opinion of the HHT’s financial statements.

1 Statement of comprehenSive income

This statement looks at our performance over the financial year (1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014) and is reported as a surplus/deficit in delivering our services. The statement enables readers to identify the costs of goods and services provided and the extent to which these costs were recovered, as well as the source of the funding. It also allows the reader to compare the result against the previous financial year to see the change in resources as a result of operations. The statement is prepared on an accruals basis, which means that it accounts for income and expenditure when it is earned/incurred and not when money is received or paid. Accrual accounting also recognises non-cash items such as depreciation of assets. Other comprehensive income includes changes in revaluation reserve, gains and losses.

2 Statement of financial poSition

This statement sets out the net accumulated financial value at a point in time, in this case, the end of the financial year. It shows the assets held as well as the liabilities or claims against these assets. The statement is also prepared on an accruals basis. Assets and liabilities are expressed as current or non-current. Current assets are those that are expected to be realised within 12 months after the reporting date or assets that are cash or cash equivalent. Current liabilities are obligations which are expected to be settled within the Trust’s normal operating cycle and for which the Trust does not have an unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for

more than 12 months after the reporting date. Non-current assets/liabilities are those assets and liabilities that are not current and are generally unlikely to be settled within the next 12 months. The difference between total assets and total liabilities is expressed as net assets, which equals total equity – that is, the Trust’s net worth at the end of the financial year.

3 Statement of changeS in equity

This statement recognises income and expenses, and describes the movement in equity and the source of those movements during the reporting period. All contributions or distributions are adjusted against the equity account.

4 Statement of caSh flowS

This statement shows the nature and amount of cash inflows/outflows. The statement reflects a recording of cash (as opposed to accruals as in the statement of comprehensive income) when it is received or paid.

The statement of cash flows has only two sections:

• The cash flows from operating activities summarises those cash flows that relate to the provision of goods and services. The statement includes cash flows from government.

• The cash flows from investing activities summarises those activities that relate to the acquisition and disposal of non-current assets and other productive assets, and investments not falling under the definition of cash, for example, the sale of plant and equipment.

A resulting net increase or decrease in cash results from the total of the cash flows from operating and investing activities. This is then added to or subtracted from the opening cash position to arrive at the closing cash position for the year.

5 noteS to and forming part of the financial StatementS

The notes provide further information in relation to the rules and assumptions used to prepare the financial statements, and give more specific information and detail about items within the financial statements. Any changes to accounting standards, policy or legislation will be disclosed in the notes. The ‘note’ column indicates which note the reader can refer to for further information.

underStanding OuR FINANCIAL STATEmENTS

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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82 Independent auditor’s report

84 Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales statutory financial statements

85 Statement of comprehensive income

86 Statement of financial position

87 Statement of changes in equity

88 Statement of cash flows

89 Notes to and forming part of the financial statements

note 1: Summary of significant accounting policies

note 2: Expenses excluding losses

note 3: Revenue

note 4: Gain/(loss) on disposal

note 5: Other gains/(losses)

note 6: Conditions on contributions

note 7: Service groups of entity

note 8: Current assets – cash and cash equivalents

note 9: Current/non-current assets – receivables

note 10: Current assets – inventories

note 11: Restricted assets

note 12: Non-current assets – assets held for sale

note 13(a): Non-current assets – property, plant and equipment

note 13(b): Capital works in progress

note 14: Intangible assets

note 15: Fair value measure of non-financial assets

note 16: Current liabilities – payables

note 17: Current/non-current liabilities – personnel services provisions

note 18: Current/non-current liabilities – other provisions

note 19: Increase/decrease in net assets from equity transfers

note 20: Commitments for expenditure

note 21: Contingent assets and liabilities

note 22: Budget review

note 23: Reconciliation of cash flows from operating activities to net result

note 24: Non-cash financing and investing activities

note 25: Financial instruments

note 25: Property leases

note 27: Events after the reporting period

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Statement in accordance with Section 41c of the PUBLIC FINANCE AND AUDIT ACT 1983

Pursuant to Section 41C(1C) of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 and in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Trustees of the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, we state that:

a) The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 and Regulation 2010, applicable Australian Accounting Standards (which include Australian Accounting Interpretations), the Treasurer’s Directions and TPP 14-02: Financial Reporting Code for NSW General Government Sector Entities;

b) The financial statements and notes thereto exhibit a true and fair view of the financial position as at 30 June 2014, and the results of their operations for the year ended on that date;

c) At the date of signing we are not aware of any circumstances which would render the financial statements misleading or inaccurate.

michael rose Chairman

Dated 16 September 2014

mark goggin Director

HISTORIC HOuSES TRuST OF NEW SOuTH WALES

Statutory FINANCIAL STATEmENTSFOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JuNE 2014

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The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

BEGINNING OF AuDITED FINANCIAL STATEmENTS

STATEmENT OF comprehenSive incomeFOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JuNE 2014

noteS conSolidated entity parent entityactual Budget* actual actual actual

2014 2014 2013 2014 2013$’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000

expenSeS excluding loSSeSoperating expenses

Personnel services expenses 2(a) 16,436 16,893 17,707 16,336 17,660

Other operating expenses 2(b) 9,391 10,685 11,194 9,283 11,117

Depreciation and amortisation expenses 2(c) 715 616 653 715 653

total expenSeS excluding loSSeS 26,542 28,194 29,554 26,334 29,430

revenueSale of goods and services 3(a) 4,414 5,322 4,520 4,414 4,520

Investment revenue 3(b) 397 371 322 289 182

Grants and contributions 3(c) 27,737 23,245 25,174 27,643 25,314

Other revenue 3(d) 224 116 88 216 81

total revenue 32,772 29,054 30,104 32,562 30,097gain/(loss) on disposal 4 (93) – (334) (93) (334)other gains/(losses) 5 (117) – (526) (117) (526)

net reSult 6,020 860 (310) 6,018 (193)

other comprehenSive incomeitems that will not be reclassified to net result

Net increase/(decrease) in property, plant and equipment asset revaluation surplus 15,861 – 130 15,825 130

total other comprehensive income 15,861 – 130 15,825 130total comprehenSive income 21,881 860 (180) 21,843 (63)

* Refer to Note 22.

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noteS conSolidated entity parent entityactual Budget actual actual actual

2014 2014 2013 2014 2013$’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000

aSSetScurrent assetsCash and cash equivalents 8 11,635 11,069 7,768 8,745 4,876

Receivables 9 650 520 495 637 487

Inventories 10 141 383 315 141 315

Non-current assets held for sale 12 – 1,745 1,250 – 1,250

total current assets 12,426 13,717 9,828 9,523 6,928

non-current assetsReceivables 9 742 – 791 742 791Property, plant and equipment

> Land and buildings 201,275 280,010 280,991 201,275 280,991

> Plant and equipment 578 800 719 578 719

> Collection assets 28,502 37,050 38,021 27,557 37,113total property, plant and equipment 13(a) 230,355 31,860 319,731 229,410 318,823Capital works in progress 13(b) 486 150 445 486 445

Intangible assets 14 534 160 396 534 396

total non-current assets 232,117 318,170 321,363 231,172 320,455total aSSetS 244,543 331,887 331,191 240,695 327,383

liaBilitieScurrent liabilitiesPayables 16 1,699 1,510 2,145 1,686 2,133

Provisions 17/18 1,629 1,550 1,606 1,626 1,604

total current liabilities 3,328 3,060 3,751 3,312 3,737

non-current liabilitiesProvisions 17/18 757 19 805 757 805

total non-current liabilities 757 19 805 757 805total liaBilitieS 4,085 3,079 4,556 4,069 4,542

net aSSetS 240,458 328,808 326,635 236,626 322,841

equityReserves 126,067 165,946 165,796 125,798 165,563

Accumulated funds 114,391 162,862 160,839 110,828 157,278

total equity 240,458 328,808 326,635 236,626 322,841

STATEmENT OF financial poSition AS AT 30 JuNE 2014

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conSolidated entityaccumulated

fundsasset

revaluation reserve

total

$’000 $’000 $’000Balance at 1 July 2013 160,839 165,796 326,635net result for the year 6,020 – 6,020other comprehensive incomeNet increase/(decrease) in property, plant and equipment – 15,861 15,861total other comprehensive income – 15,861 15,861total comprehensive income for the year 6,020 15,861 21,881transactions with owners in their capacity as ownersIncrease/(decrease) in net assets from equity transfers (52,468) (55,590) (108,058)Balance at 30 June 2014 114,391 126,067 240,458

Balance at 1 July 2012 161,151 165,664 326,815correction of errors (2) 2 –reStated total equity at 1 July 2012 161,149 165,666 326,815net result for the year (310) – (310)other comprehensive incomeNet increase/(decrease) in property, plant and equipment – 130 130total other comprehensive income – 130 130total comprehensive income for the year (310) 130 (180)Balance at 30 June 2013 160,839 165,796 326,635

parent entityaccumulated

fundsasset

revaluation reserve

total equity

$’000 $’000 $’000Balance at 1 July 2013 157,278 165,563 322,841net result for the year 6,018 – 6,018other comprehensive incomeNet increase/(decrease) in property, plant and equipment – 15,825 15,825total other comprehensive income – 15,825 15,825total comprehensive income for the year 6,018 15,825 21,843transactions with owners in their capacity as ownersIncrease/(decrease) in net assets from equity transfers (52,468) (55,590) (108,058)Balance at 30 June 2014 110,828 125,798 236,626

Balance at 1 July 2012 157,471 165,433 322,904net result for the year (193) – (193)other comprehensive incomeNet increase/(decrease) in property, plant and equipment – 130 130total other comprehensive income – 130 130total comprehensive income for the year (193) 130 (63)Balance at 30 June 2013 157,278 165,563 322,841

STATEmENT OF changeS in equity FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JuNE 2014

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STATEmENT OF caSh flowSFOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JuNE 2014


noteS conSolidated entity parent entityactual Budget actual actual actual

2014 2014 2013 2014 2013$’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000

caSh flowS from operating activitieSpaymentsPersonnel services (16,411) (16,893) (17,788) (16,312) (17,740)

Other (8,715) (10,394) (8,617) (8,593) (8,541)

total payments (25,126) (27,287) (26,405) (24,905) (26,281)receiptsSale of goods and services 4,317 5,616 4,337 4,317 4,325

Interest received 336 376 297 218 157

Grants and contributions 26,670 20,700 22,867 26,577 23,006

Other 225 2,144 88 216 81

total receipts 31,547 28,836 27,589 31,327 27,568

net caSh flowS from operating activitieS 23 6,422 1,549 1,184 6,422 1,287

caSh flowS from inveSting activitieSProceeds from sale of land and building, plant and equipment, and collection assets 1,211 – 1,148 1,211 1,148

Purchases of land and buildings, plant and equipment, and collection assets (3,766) (1,000) (1,877) (3,766) (1,877)

net caSh flowS from inveSting activitieS (2,555) (1,000) (729) (2,555) (729)

caSh flowS from financing activitieS

net caSh flowS from financing activitieS – – – – –

net increaSe/(decreaSe) in caSh 3,867 549 455 3,868 558Opening cash and cash equivalents 7,768 10,520 7,313 4,877 4,318

cloSing caSh and caSh equivalentS 8 11,635 11,069 7,768 8,745 4,876

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1 Summary of Significant accounting policieS

A) REPORTING ENTITY

The Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales (HHT) is a NSW Government entity. The Trust is a non-profit entity (as profit is not its principal objective). The HHT is endorsed as a Deductible Gift Recipient under items 1 and 4 of the table in Section 30-15, and Subdivision 30-D of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997. The HHT is registered as a public museum under the Act and is registered for GST. The financial statements cover the Consolidated Entity (the Trust) and the HHT as an individual Parent Entity.

The Trust as a reporting entity comprises all the entities under its control, namely:

i) foundation for the historic houses trust of new South wales

The Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales was established for the promotion, advancement and development of the museums under the care, custody and control of the HHT.

In the process of preparing the consolidated financial statements for the economic entity, consisting of the controlling and controlled entities, all inter-entity transactions and balances have been eliminated.

ii) foundation for the historic houses trust of new South wales limited

The Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales Limited was established for the sole purpose of acting as Trustee of the Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales and has never traded in its own right. There were no financial transactions for the year.

iii) hamilton rouse hill trust

The Hamilton Rouse Hill Trust was established on 27 October 1994 and holds collection items in and about Rouse Hill House. These were revalued during the year ended 30 June 2014.

iv) rouse hill hamilton collection pty limited

The sole purpose of the Rouse Hill Hamilton Collection Pty Limited is to act as the Trustee of the Hamilton Rouse Hill Trust and it has never traded in its own right.

The company has issued two $1 fully paid shares. The HHT holds one share and the Director of the HHT holds the other share. There were no financial transactions in this financial year.

The consolidated financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2014 were authorised for issue by the Board of Trustees on 16 September 2014. They are consolidated as part of the NSW Total State Sector Accounts.

B) BASIS OF PREPARATION

The Trust’s financial statements are general-purpose financial statements, which were prepared in accordance with:

• Australian Accounting Standards (which include Australian Accounting Interpretations);

• the requirements of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 and the Public Finance and Audit Regulation 2010; and

• the Financial Reporting Directions published in TPP 14-02: Financial Reporting Code for NSW General Government Sector Entities, or issued by the Treasurer.

Property, plant and equipment, collection assets and financial assets are measured at fair value. Non-current assets held for resale are measured at the lower of carrying amount and fair value less costs to sell. Other financial statement items are prepared in accordance with the historical cost convention.

The financial statements have been prepared on an accruals basis and are based on historical costs modified by the revaluation of selected non-current assets, financial assets and financial liabilities for which the fair value basis of accounting has been applied.

Judgments, key assumptions and estimations made by management are disclosed in the relevant notes to the financial statements.

All amounts are rounded to the nearest one thousand dollars and are expressed in Australian currency.

C) PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION

A controlled entity is any entity over which the Trust has the power to control the financial and operating policies, so as to obtain benefits from its activities.

All controlled entities have a June financial year end. All intercompany balances and transactions between entities in the Consolidated Entity, including any unrealised profits or losses, have been eliminated on consolidation.

Accounting policies of controlled entities have been changed where necessary to ensure consistency with those policies applied by the Parent Entity.

D) STATEmENT OF COmPLIANCE

The Consolidated and Parent entities’ financial statements and notes comply with Australian Accounting Standards, which include Australian Accounting Interpretations.

E) INSuRANCE

The Trust’s insurance activities are conducted through the NSW Treasury managed Fund, a self-insurance scheme for government agencies. The expense (premium) is determined by the fund manager based on past claim experience as well as the value insured.

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F) ACCOuNTING FOR THE GOODS AND SERvICES TAx (GST)

Income, expenses and assets are recognised net of the amount of GST, except where:

• the amount of GST incurred by the Trust as a purchaser that is not recoverable from the Australian Taxation Office is recognised as part of the cost of acquisition of an asset or as part of an item of expense; and

• receivables and payables are stated with the amount of GST included.

Cash flows are included in the statement of cash flows on a gross basis. However, the GST component of the cash flows arising from investing and financing activities which is recoverable or payable to the Australian Taxation Office is classified as operating cash flows.

G) INCOmE RECOGNITION

Income is measured at the fair value of the consideration or contribution received or receivable. Additional comments regarding the accounting policies for the recognition of income are discussed below:

i) Sale of goods

Revenue from the sale of goods is recognised as revenue when the Trust transfers the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the assets.

ii) rendering of services

Revenue is recognised when the service is provided or by reference to the stage of completion.

iii) investment revenue

Interest income is recognised using the effective interest method as set out in AASB 139: Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement. TCorp Hour-Glass distributions are recognised in accordance with AASB 118: Revenue when the Trust’s right to receive payment is established.

iv) grants and contributions

Grants and contributions include donations and grants from the Office of Environment and Heritage, under the Department of Premier and Cabinet (DPC) cluster. They are generally recognised as income when the Trust obtains control over the assets comprising the grants and contributions. Control over grants and contributions is normally obtained when the obligations relating to the receipt have been met and, in the case of donations, on receipt of cash. The grants and contributions income is treated in accordance with AASB 1004: Contributions.

H) ASSETS

i) non-current assets held for sale

The Trust has certain non-current assets classified as held for sale, where their carrying amount will be recovered principally through a sale transaction, not through continuing use. Non-current assets held for sale are recognised at the lower of carrying amount and fair value less costs to sell. These assets are not depreciated while they are classified as held for sale.

ii) acquisition of assets

The cost method of accounting is used for the initial recording of all acquisitions of assets controlled by the Trust. Cost is the amount of cash or cash equivalents paid or the fair value of the other consideration given to acquire the asset at the time of its acquisition or construction or, where applicable, the amount attributed to that asset when initially recognised is in accordance with the specific requirements of other Australian Accounting Standards.

Gifts, artworks or works acquired at no cost, or for nominal consideration, are initially recognised at their fair value at the date of acquisition.

Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset in an orderly transaction between market participants at measurement date. Where payment for an asset is deferred beyond normal credit terms, its cost is the cash price equivalent, that is, the deferred payment amount is effectively discounted.

iii) capitalisation thresholds

Property, plant and equipment, and intangible assets costing $5000 and above individually (or forming part of a network valued at more than $5000) are capitalised.

iv) revaluation of property, plant and equipment

Physical non-current assets are valued in accordance with the policy and guidelines paper TPP 14-01: Valuation of Physical Non-Current Assets at Fair Value. This policy adopts fair value in accordance with AASB 13: Fair Value Measurement and AASB 116: Property, Plant and Equipment. Property, plant and equipment is measured on an existing-use basis, where there are no feasible alternative uses in the existing natural, legal, financial and sociopolitical environment. However, in the limited circumstances where there are feasible alternative uses, assets are valued at their highest and best use.

Fair value of property, plant and equipment is determined based on the best available market evidence, including current market selling prices for the same or similar assets. Where there is no available market evidence, the asset’s fair value is measured at its market-buying price, the best indicator of which is depreciated replacement cost.

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The Trust revalues each class of property, plant and equipment at least every five years or with sufficient regularity to ensure that the carrying amount of each asset in the class does not differ materially from its fair value at reporting date. Details of the last revaluations are shown at Note 13(a).

Non-specialised assets with short useful lives are measured at depreciated historical cost, as a surrogate for fair value. When revaluing non-current assets by reference to current prices for assets newer than those being revalued (adjusted to reflect the present condition of the assets), the gross amount and the related accumulated depreciation are separately restated.

For other assets, any balances of accumulated depreciation at the revaluation date in respect of those assets are credited to the asset accounts to which they relate. The net asset accounts are then increased or decreased by the revaluation increments or decrements.

Revaluation increments are credited directly to the asset revaluation surplus, except that, to the extent that an increment reverses a revaluation decrement in respect of that class of asset previously recognised as an expense in the net result, the increment is recognised immediately as revenue in the net result.

Revaluation decrements are recognised immediately as expenses in the net result, except that, to the extent that a credit balance exists in the asset revaluation reserve in respect of the same class of assets, they are debited directly to the asset revaluation surplus. As the Trust is a non-profit entity, revaluation increments and decrements are offset against one another within a class of non-current assets, but not otherwise. Where an asset that has previously been revalued is disposed of, any balance remaining in the asset revaluation surplus in respect of that asset is transferred to accumulated funds.

v) impairment of property, plant and equipment

As a non-profit entity with no cash-generating units, impairment under AASB 136: Impairment of Assets and impairment testing is unlikely to arise. This is because AASB 136 modifies the recoverable amount test to the higher of fair value less costs to sell and depreciated replacement cost where depreciated replacement cost is also fair value. This means that, for an asset already measured at fair value, impairment can only arise if selling costs are material. Selling costs are regarded as immaterial.

vi) assets not able to be reliably measured

The Trust does not hold any assets other than those recognised in the statement of financial position.

vii) depreciation of property, plant and equipment

Except for heritage assets, depreciation is provided for on a straight-line basis for all depreciable

assets so as to write off the depreciable amount of each asset as it is consumed over its useful life to the Trust. All material separately identifiable component assets are depreciated over their shorter useful lives.

Land is not a depreciable asset. Certain heritage assets, including original artworks and collections and heritage buildings, may not have a limited useful life because appropriate curatorial and preservation policies are adopted. Such assets are not subject to depreciation. The decision not to recognise depreciation for these assets is reviewed annually.

The estimated useful lives of items under ten major categories are:

The estimated useful lives are reviewed annually to ensure they reflect the assets’ current useful lives and residual values.

viii) maintenance

Day-to-day servicing costs or maintenance are charged as expenses as incurred, except where they relate to the replacement of a part or component of an asset, in which case the costs are capitalised and depreciated.

ix) leased assets

A distinction is made between finance leases that effectively transfer from the lessor to the lessee substantially all the risks and benefits incidental to ownership of the leased assets, and operating leases under which the lessor does not transfer substantially all the risks and benefits. Where a non-current asset is acquired by means of a finance lease, at the commencement of the lease term, the asset is recognised at its fair value or, if lower, the present value of the minimum lease payments, at the inception of the lease. The corresponding liability is established at the same amount. Lease payments are allocated between the principal component and the interest expense.

major category estimated useful life

Non-heritage buildings 40–50 years

Computer equipment 4 years and major software

mechanical and electronic 7 years office equipment

Electronic equipment 7 years

Radiocommunications equipment 7 years

Telephone installations 5 years

Office fittings 10 years

miscellaneous tools and equipment 7 years

mobile plant 10 years

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Operating lease payments are charged to the income statement in the periods in which they are incurred.

Long-term leases are deemed to be finance leases in accordance with TPP 11-01: Lessor Classification of Long-term Land Leases.

x) intangible assets

The Trust recognises intangible assets only if it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the Trust and the cost of the asset can be reliably measured. Intangible assets are measured initially at cost. Where an asset is acquired at no or nominal cost, the cost is its fair value as at the date of acquisition.

All research costs are expensed. Development costs are only capitalised when certain criteria are met.

The useful lives of intangible assets are assessed to be finite. Intangible assets are subsequently measured at fair value only if there is an active market. As there is no active market for the Trust’s intangible assets, the assets are carried at cost less any accumulated amortisation.

The Trust’s intangible assets (software) are amortised using the straight-line method over a period of four years. Intangible assets are tested for impairment where an indicator of impairment exists. If the recoverable amount is less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount is reduced to recoverable amount and the reduction is recognised as an impairment loss.

xi) inventories

Inventories are held for sale and are stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value. Cost is calculated using the weighted average cost. Net realisable value is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business less the estimated costs of completion and the estimated costs necessary to make the sale.

xii) financial instruments

The financial instruments arise directly from the Trust’s operations and are required to finance its operations. The Trust does not enter into or trade financial instruments for speculative purposes and does not use financial derivatives.

xiii) cash and cash equivalents

Cash comprises cash on hand and bank balances. Interest is earned on daily bank balances and paid monthly at the normal commercial rate.

xiv) loans and receivables

Loans and receivables are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market. These financial assets are recognised initially at fair

value, usually based on the transaction cost or face value. Subsequent measurement is at amortised cost using the effective interest method less an allowance for any impairment of receivables. Collectability of trade debtors is reviewed on an ongoing basis. Debts that are known to be uncollectable are written off. Any changes are recognised in the net result when impaired, derecognised or through the amortisation process. Short-term receivables with no stated interest rate are measured at the original invoice amount where the effect of discounting is immaterial. The credit risk is the carrying amount (net of any allowance for impairment). No interest is earned on trade debtors. The carrying amount approximates fair value.

xv) investments

Investments are initially recognised at fair value plus, in the case of investments not at fair value through profit or loss, transaction costs. The Trust determines the classification of its financial assets after initial recognition and, when allowed and appropriate, re-evaluates this at each financial year end.

xvi) derecognition of financial assets and financial liabilities

A financial asset is derecognised when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the financial assets expire, or if the Trust transfers the financial asset:

• where substantially all the risks and rewards have been transferred or

• where the entity has not transferred substantially all the risks and rewards, if the Trust has not retained control.

Where the entity has neither transferred nor retained substantially all the risks and rewards or transferred control, the asset is recognised to the extent of the Trust’s continuing involvement in the asset.

A financial liability is derecognised when the obligation specified in the contract is discharged or cancelled or expires.

I) LIABILITIES

i) payables

These amounts represent liabilities for goods and services provided to the Trust and other amounts. Payables are recognised initially at fair value, usually based on the transaction cost or face value. Short-term payables with no stated interest rate are measured at the original invoice amount where the effect of discounting is immaterial.


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ii) personnel services and other provisions

a. Salaries and wages, annual leave, sick leave and on-costs

Liabilities for personnel services are stated as liabilities to the service provider, the Department of Premier and Cabinet (DPC). From 23 April 2014, a new Planning and Environment cluster was established and includes the Office of Environment and Heritage. Henceforth, the Trust’s employees are considered as employees of Planning and Environment. The liabilities for salaries and wages (including non-monetary benefits), annual leave and paid sick leave that are expected to be settled wholly within 12 months of the reporting date are recognised and measured in respect of employees’ service up to the reporting date at undiscounted amounts based on the amounts expected to be paid when the liabilities are settled. Long-term annual leave that is not expected to be settled within 12 months is measured at present value in accordance with AASB 119: Employee Benefits.

unused non-vesting sick leave does not give rise to a liability, as it is not considered probable that sick leave taken in the future will be greater than the benefits accrued in the future.

The outstanding amounts of payroll tax, workers compensation, insurance premiums and fringe benefits tax, which are consequential to employment, are recognised as liabilities and expenses where the employee benefits to which they relate have been recognised.

B. long service leave and superannuation

In the financial statements of the DPC, the liabilities for long service leave and defined benefit superannuation are assumed by the Crown. Consequently, the Trust accounts for the liability as having been extinguished, resulting in the amount assumed being shown as part of the non-monetary revenue item described as ‘personnel service benefits and liabilities provided free of charge by the DPC’.

Long service leave is measured at present value in accordance with AASB 119. This is based on the application of certain factors (specified in NSWTC 14-04) to employees with five or more years of service, using current rates of pay. These factors were determined based on an actuarial review to approximate present value.

The superannuation expense for the financial year is determined by using the formulae specified in the Treasurer’s Directions. The expense for certain superannuation schemes (that is, Basic Benefit and First State Super) is calculated as a percentage of the employees’ salary. For other superannuation schemes

(that is, State Superannuation Scheme and State Authorities Superannuation Scheme), the expense is calculated as a multiple of the employees’ superannuation contributions.

J) FAIR vALuE HIERARCHY

A number of the Trust’s accounting policies and disclosures require the measurement of fair values, for both financial and non-financial assets and liabilities. When measuring fair value, the valuation technique used maximises the use of relevant observable inputs and minimises the use of unobservable inputs. under AASB 13, the Trust categorises, for disclosure purposes, the valuation techniques based on the inputs used in the valuation techniques as follows:

• Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical assets/liabilities that the Trust can access at the measurement date

• Level 2 – inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly

• Level 3 – inputs that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs).

The Trust recognises transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy at the end of the reporting period during which the change has occurred.

Refer Notes 15 and 25(f) for further disclosures regarding fair value measurements of financial and non-financial assets.

K) EquITY AND RESERvES

i) revaluation surplus The revaluation surplus is used to record increments

and decrements on the revaluation of non-current assets. This accords with the Trust’s policy on the ‘revaluation of property, plant and equipment’ as discussed in Note 1H(iv).

ii) accumulated funds The category ‘accumulated funds’ includes all

current and prior-period retained funds.

iii) Separate reserve accounts are recognised in the financial statements only if such accounts are required by specific legislation or Australian Accounting Standards.

L) EquITY TRANSFER

The transfer of net assets between entities as a result of an administrative restructure, transfers of programs/functions and parts thereof between NSW public sector entities and ‘equity appropriations’ are designated or required by Australian Accounting Standards to be treated as contributions by owners and recognised as an adjustment to ‘Accumulated Funds’. This treatment is consistent with AASB 1004: Contributions, and Australian Interpretation 1038: Contributions by Owners Made to Wholly-Owned Public Sector Entities.


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Transfers arising from an administrative restructure involving non-profit and for-profit government entities are recognised at the amount at which the assets and liabilities were recognised by the transferor immediately prior to the restructure. Subject to the paragraph below, in most instances this will approximate fair value.

All other equity transfers are recognised at fair value, except for intangibles. Where an intangible has been recognised at (amortised) cost by the transferor because there is no active market, the entity recognises the asset at the transferor’s carrying amount. Where the transferor is prohibited from recognising internally generated intangibles, the Trust does not recognise that asset.

m) BuDGETED AmOuNTS

The budgeted amounts are drawn from the original budgeted financial statements presented to NSW Parliament in respect of the reporting period, as adjusted for Section 24 of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 where there has been a transfer of functions between departments. The published budget shows a consolidated figure for operating expenses; however, for comparative purposes the Trust reports a split between personnel services expenses and other expenses. Additionally, the published budget shows a consolidated figure for plant and equipment and collection assets as plant and equipment. The Trust has shown these two components separately in the Statement of Financial Position for comparative and clarity reasons. Other amendments made to the budget are not reflected in the budgeted amounts. The budget variance is explained in Note 22.

N) COmPARATIvE INFORmATION

Except when an Australian Accounting Standard permits or requires otherwise, comparative information is disclosed in respect of the previous period for all amounts reported in the financial statements.

O) CHANGES IN ACCOuNTING POLICY, INCLuDING NEW OR REvISED AuSTRALIAN ACCOuNTING STANDARDS

(i) effective for the first time in 2013-14 The accounting policies applied in 2013-14 are consistent

with those of the previous financial year except as a result of the following new or revised Australian Accounting Standards that have been applied for the first time in 2013-14 - AASB 13: Fair Value and AASB 119: Employee Benefits. The impact of this Standard in the period of initial application includes assessment and disclosure of fair value heirarchy of financial and non-financial assets.

(ii) issued but not yet effective NSW public sector entities are not permitted to early adopt

new Australian Accounting Standards, unless Treasury determines otherwise.

The following new Australian Accounting Standards have not been applied and are not yet effective:

• AASB 9, AASB 2010-7 and AASB 2012-6 regarding financial instruments

• AASB 10: Consolidated Financial Statements • AASB 11: Joint Arrangements • AASB 12: Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities• AASB 127: Separate Financial Statements• AASB 128: Investments in Associates

and Joint Ventures

• AASB 1055 and AASB 2013-1 regarding budgetary reporting

• AASB 2011-7 regarding consolidation and joint arrangements

• AASB 2012-3 regarding offsetting financial assets and financial liabilities

• AASB 2013-3: Amendments to AASB 136 – Recoverable Amount Disclosures for Non-Financial Assets

• AASB 2013-4 regarding financial instruments – Novation of Derivatives and Continuation of Hedge Accounting

• AASB 2013-5 regarding accounting for Investment Entities

• AASB 2013-7 regarding accounting for life insurance contracts

• AASB 2013-8 regarding Australian Implementation Guidance for Not-for-Profit Entities – Control and Structured Entities

• AASB 2013-9 regarding the Conceptual Framework, materiality and Financial Instruments (Parts B and C).

There are no significant impacts of these Standards in the period of initial application.

P) TRuSTEE BENEFITS

During the reporting period the HHT awarded a $300k contract for the development of a master plan for Rouse Hill House & Farm to Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects. Peter Tonkin, director of TZG, was also an HHT trustee until 31 December 2013. The tender process incorporated a probity audit conducted by The Procure Group to ensure any perception of a conflict of interest was appropriately managed prior to the contract being awarded. No other Historic Houses Trust trustee has entered into a material contract with the Trust or the Consolidated Entity since the end of the previous financial period.

q) TAxATION STATuS

The activities of the Trust are exempt from income tax. The Trust is registered for GST purposes and has gift deductible recipient status.

R) SERvICES PROvIDED AT NO COST

Where material contributions are made to the Trust at no charge, an expense is recorded in the accounts to reflect activities at the Trust and is offset by an equivalent revenue entry.

S) BIOBANKING TRuST FuND – RECEIvABLE

The Biobanking Agreement requires that the proceeds from the sale of biobank credits are transferred into the Biobanking Trust Fund administered by the Office of Environment and Heritage. The balance of the Biobanking Trust Fund receivable represents amounts that will be made available to the Trust in order to fund the environmental works required under the Biobanking Agreement.

T) BIOBANKING RESTORATION PROvISION

The biobanking restoration provision is the environmental obligation to maintain the biodiversity of the land in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Biobanking Agreement. It will be funded by the amounts receivable from the Biobanking Trust Fund.


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noteS conSolidated entity parent entity2014 2013 2014 2013

$’000 $’000 $’000 $’000

2 expenSeS excluding loSSeS

(a) personnel services expensesSalaries and wages (including annual leave) 13,647 13,632 13,562 13,592Superannuation – defined benefit plans 83 93 83 93Superannuation – defined contribution plans 1,225 1,120 1,217 1,116Long service leave 252 4 252 4Workers compensation insurance 185 239 184 239Payroll tax on superannuation – defined benefit plan

5 5 5 5

Payroll tax and fringe benefits tax 843 851 837 848Redundancy termination payments 196 1,763 196 1,763

16,436 17,707 16,336 17,660(b) other operating expenses

Advertising and publicity 405 584 405 584Auditors’ remuneration – internal – 38 – 38Auditors’ remuneration – external 101 98 90 88Bad debts – 3 – 3Books, publications and subscriptions 32 43 31 43Contract cleaning 640 754 640 754Contract staff 299 642 299 642Cost of sales 249 297 249 297Entertainment and catering expenses 32 24 31 23Exhibition fees and related costs 329 365 329 365Fees for services rendered 1,019 701 980 668Function expense 119 117 75 88Gas and electricity 624 700 624 700Insurance 235 255 235 255maintenance 1,520 1,965 1,520 1,965Office printing contracts 183 143 183 143marketing and promotion 629 337 624 337motor vehicle running costs 122 140 122 140Operating lease rental expenses 209 192 209 192Other expenses 283 237 282 236Postage 37 33 36 32Printing 70 112 66 111Public programs 285 259 285 259Rates 68 67 68 67Stores and IT maintenance 476 421 476 420Telecommunications 325 320 325 320Travel and accommodation 37 40 36 40Services provided free of charge 24 1,063 2,307 1,063 2,307

9,391 11,194 9,283 11,117(c) depreciation and amortisation expenses

Buildings 320 368 320 368Plant and equipment 258 206 258 206Intangibles 137 79 137 79

715 653 715 653


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$’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 3 revenue(a) Sale of goods and services

Sale of goods

merchandise, book and publication sales 461 632 461 632

461 632 461 632 rendering of servicesAdmission fees 1,452 1,393 1,452 1,393

Special activities and openings 399 356 399 356

venue hire and catering 1,231 1,200 1,231 1,200

Rental – commercial activities 789 867 789 867

Filming and photography 82 72 82 72

3,953 3,888 3,953 3,888 4,414 4,520 4,414 4,520

(b) investment revenue

TCorp Hour-Glass investment facilities 84 67 76 58

Interest income – term deposit 276 233 176 103

Interest income – other 37 22 37 21

397 322 289 182 (c) grants and contributions

from dpcRecurrent grants 17,903 18,642 17,903 18,642

Capital grants 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000

Personnel service benefits and liabilities provided free of charge by the DPC

> Superannuation (defined benefit) 83 93 83 93

> Long service leave 252 4 252 4

> Payroll tax 5 5 5 5

voluntary redundancy recoupment 196 1,738 196 1,738

19,439 21,482 19,439 21,482 from other institutions and individualsDonations – cash 836 263 782 443

Sponsorship – cash 138 107 98 67

Grants – other 6,258 952 6,258 952

Sponsorship – in kind 24 – 159 – 159

Donations – in kind 13(a) & 24 3 63 3 63

Other services provided free of charge 24 1,063 2,148 1,063 2,148

8,298 3,692 8,204 3,832 27,737 25,174 27,643 25,314 (d) other revenue

Other revenue 224 88 216 81

224 88 216 81


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$’000 $’000 $’000 $’0004 gain/(loSS) on diSpoSal

Property, plant and equipment (1) (18) (1) (18)

Non-current assets held for sale (92) (316) (92) (316)(93) (334) (93) (334)

5 other gainS/(loSSeS)Inventory (117) (17) (117) (17)

Non-current assets held for sale – (509) – (509)(117) (526) (117) (526)

6 conditionS on contriButionSThe Trust receives monies and gifts of property subject to restrictions. The aggregate of these contributions received for the year has been stated as revenue. This revenue is provided for expenditure in the current year and future years. Where the gift is a property, it is recognised as a restricted asset as reflected in Note 11.

7 Service groupS of entityThe Trust cares for the State’s historically and culturally significant heritage properties, and operates as a single service group.

8 current aSSetS – caSh and caSh equivalentSCash at bank and on hand 1,257 889 1,199 824TCorp Hour-Glass cash facility 1,173 2,208 933 1,906

Other investments – term deposits 9,205 4,671 6,613 2,146

11,635 7,768 8,745 4,876 Cash and cash equivalents (per statement of financial position)

11,635 7,768 8,745 4,876

closing cash and cash equivalents (per statement of cash flows) 11,635 7,768 8,745 4,876

For the purpose of the statement of cash flows, cash and cash equivalents include cash at bank, cash on hand and short-term deposits. Cash and cash equivalent assets recognised in the statement of financial position are reconciled at the end of the financial year to the statement of cash flows as above.

Details regarding credit risk, liquidity risk and market risk, including financial assets that are either past due or impaired, are disclosed in Note 25.

9 current/non-current aSSetS – receivaBleScurrentSale of goods and services 277 160 277 160

Accrued income 131 69 114 44

Prepayments 85 38 85 38

Other receivables 109 168 113 185

Biobanking funds receivable 48 60 48 60 650 495 637 487

non-currentBiobanking funds receivable 742 791 742 791

742 791 742 791



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$’000 $’000 $’000 $’000

10 current aSSetS – inventorieSHeld for resale 141 315 141 315

141 315 141 315

11 reStricted aSSetS Cash and cash equivalents 7,514 6,595 4,625 3,703

Non-current assets 4,678 5,704 4,678 5,704

12,192 12,299 9,303 9,407

Cash and fixed assets are restricted assets to the extent that they represent bequests and donations held by the Trust to be used in accordance with the deed of trust, caveats or other documents governing these funds.

12 non-current aSSetS – aSSetS held for SaleLand and buildings – 1,250 – 1,250

– 1,250 – 1,250

The Endangered Houses Fund (EHF) program identifies significant at-risk properties across NSW and saves them from demolition or unsympathetic development. Properties are acquired, conserved, protected and then offered back to the marketplace for the use and enjoyment of future generations.

Non-current assets held for resale that meet the criteria of AASB 5: Non-Current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations have been separately disclosed in the statement of financial position. AASB 5 requires long-term assets that are available for sale in their existing condition and being actively marketed with reasonable expectations of sale to be classified as ‘non-current assets held for sale’ and disclosed in the statement of financial position under ‘current assets’.

13(a) non-current aSSetS – property, plant and equipmentland and buildingsGross carrying amount – fair value 203,680 285,245 203,680 285,245

Accumulated depreciation and impairment (2,405) (4,254) (2,405) (4,254)

land and buildings at fair value 201,275 280,991 201,275 280,991

plant and equipmentGross carrying amount – fair value 2,564 2,504 2,564 2,504

Accumulated depreciation and impairment (1,986) (1,785) (1,986) (1,785)

plant and equipment at fair value 578 719 578 719

collection assetsGross carrying amount – fair value 28,502 38,021 27,557 37,113

Accumulated depreciation and impairment – – – –

collection assets at fair value 28,502 38,021 27,557 37,113total property, plant and equipment at fair value 230,355 319,731 229,410 318,823

Collection assets are not depreciated. Refer to Note 1H(vii).


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reconciliation

A reconciliation of the carrying amount of each class of property and equipment at the beginning and end of each reporting period is shown below:

land and buildings

plant and equipment

collection assets total

conSolidated entity $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000year ended 30 June 2014Net carrying amount at start of year 280,991 719 38,021 319,731 Additions 237 121 71 429 Contributed assets (donations) – – 3 3 Disposals – (4) – (4) Acquisitions/transfers through administrative restructures (98,134) – (9,924) (108,057) Transfer of capital work in progress 2,971 – – 2,971 Depreciation expense (320) (258) – (578) Net revaluation increments less revaluation decrements 15,530 – 331 15,860 net carrying amount at end of year 201,275 578 28,502 230,355

year ended 30 June 2013Net carrying amount at start of year 282,012 571 37,689 320,272 Additions 303 373 78 754Contributed assets (donations) – – 1 1 Assets held for sale (1,433) – – (1,433) Disposals – (20) (3) (23) Transfer of capital work in progress 477 – 126 603Depreciation expense (368) (205) – (573) Net revaluation increments less revaluation decrements – – 130 130 net carrying amount at end of year 280,991 719 38,021 319,731

land and buildings

plant and equipment

collection assets total

parent entity $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000year ended 30 June 2014Net carrying amount at start of year 280,991 719 37,113 318,823 Additions 237 121 71 429 Contributed assets (donations) – – 3 3 Disposals – (4) – (4) Acquisitions/transfers through administrative restructures (98,134) – (9,924) (108,057) Transfer of capital work in progress 2,971 – – 2,971 Depreciation expense (320) (258) – (578) Net revaluation increments less revaluation decrements 15,530 – 294 15,823 net carrying amount at end of year 201,275 578 27,557 229,410

year ended 30 June 2013Net carrying amount at start of year 282,012 571 36,781 319,364 Additions 303 373 78 754Contributed assets (donations) – – 1 1 Assets held for sale (1,433) – – (1,433) Disposals – (20) (3) (23) Transfer of capital work in progress 477 – 126 603Depreciation expense (368) (205) – (573) Net revaluation increments less revaluation decrements – – 130 130 net carrying amount at end of year 280,991 719 37,113 318,823


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land and Building valuation Schedule

property name property locationdate valued

valuation method adopted 30 June 2014

current use30 June 2014

accredited valuer

1 throsby park Throsby Park Rd, moss vale

Jun 2011 Replacement cost EHF Former Land & Property management Authority (LPmA)

2 Beulah 767 Appin Rd, Gilead Jun 2011 Replacement cost EHF LPmA

3 tusculum 1–3 manning St, Potts Point

Jun 2011 Net recoverable amount

Leased LPmA

4 hyde park Barracks macquarie St, Sydney

Jun 2010 Fair value museum LPmA

5 elizabeth farm 70 Alice St, Rosehill


6 vaucluse house Wentworth Rd, vaucluse


7 wentworth mausoleum Chapel Rd, vaucluse


8 rouse hill house & farm 980 Windsor Rd, Rouse Hill


9 rose Seidler house 71 Clissold Rd, Wahroonga


10 elizabeth Bay house 7 Onslow Ave, Elizabeth Bay


11 meroogal 35 West St, Nowra



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property name property locationdate valued

valuation method adopted 30 June 2014

current use30 June 2014

accredited valuer

12 the mint museum 10 macquarie St, Sydney


13 the mint, head office 10 macquarie St, Sydney

Jun 2010 Fair value museum/ office space

LPmA

14 museum of Sydney 37 Phillip St, Sydney


15 young Street terraces 36–42 Young St, Sydney

Jun 2010 Fair value Commercial office space

LPmA

16 nissen hut 4 Somerset St, Belmont, Lake macquarie

Jun 2010 market-based evidence

EHF LPmA

17 Justice & police museum 8 Phillip St, Circular quay


endangered houSeS fund (ehf) propertieS

Land and buildings include properties and attached assets (2014: $4.678m; 2013: $5.704m) that have been acquired under the EHF program. Through the EHF program the HHT identifies significant at-risk properties and saves them from demolition or unsympathetic development. The program provides for the selective restoration of these properties and their subsequent sale with heritage protection conditions. In 2013–14, the EHF property Glenfield was sold.

collectionS valuation

i) The major collection items at each property have been valued by accredited valuers at their fair value. The remaining collection items were valued internally by expert curatorial staff of the valuations Committee, which was first established by the then Finance and Audit Committee.

ii) The list overleaf identifies individual property collections valued at 30 June 2014 and earlier, valued by accredited valuers and expert in-house valuers.


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collectionS revalued at 30 June 2014

collection date valued accredited valuer

vaucluse House 30 Jun 2014 Jonathan Alford

Justice & Police museum 30 Jun 2014 Jonathan Alford

Rouse Hill House & Farm 30 Jun 2014Jonathan Alford, Andrew Simpson, Patricia Bailie

Archaeology collections 30 Jun 2014 RHAS (Rodney Hyman Asset Services)

Rouse Hill Hamilton Collection 30 Jun 2014 Jonathan Alford, Andrew Simpson

These values do not differ materially from their fair values at reporting date.

collectionS to Be revalued in later yearS (paSt 30 June 2014)

collection date valued accredited valuer

meroogal 30 Jun 2013 Phillip morris

Elizabeth Bay House 30 Jun 2012 Adrienne Carlson

Elizabeth Farm 30 Jun 2012 Adrienne Carlson

Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection 30 Jun 2011 various external valuers

Hyde Park Barracks museum 9 Jun 2011 Simon Storey valuers

First Government House 9 Jun 2011 Simon Storey valuers

The mint 9 Jun 2011 Simon Storey valuers

Rose Seidler House 30 Jun 2010 various in-house valuers

museum of Sydney 30 Jun 2010 various in-house valuers

Susannah Place museum 30 Jun 2010 various in-house valuers


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$’000 $’000 $’000 $’00013(b) capital workS in progreSS

Buildings 215 404 215 404

Software 151 41 151 41

Plant and equipment 120 – 120 – 486 445 486 445

14 intangiBle aSSetS Software

Cost (gross carrying amount) 1,427 1,152 1,427 1,152

Accumulated amortisation and impairment (893) (756) (893) (756)

net carrying amount 534 396 534 396

reconciliationNet carrying amount at start of year 396 291 396 291

Additions 275 184 275 184

Amortisation (137) (79) (137) (79)

net carrying amount at end of year 534 396 534 396

15 fair value meaSurement of non-financial aSSetS(a) fair value hierarchy

conSolidated entitylevel 1$’000

level 2 $’000

level 3 $’000

total fair value $’000

2014property, plant and equipment (note 13a)Land – 81,430 – 81,430Buildings – – 119,845 119,845Collection assets – – 28,502 28,502

– 81,430 148,347 229,7772013property, plant and equipment (note 13a)Land – 138,212 – 138,212Buildings – – 142,779 142,779Collection assets – – 38,021 38,021

– 138,212 180,800 319,012


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parent entitylevel 1$’000

level 2 $’000

level 3 $’000


2014property, plant and equipment (note 13a)Land – 81,430 – 81,430Buildings – – 119,845 119,845Collection assets – – 27,557 27,557

– 81,430 147,402 228,8322013property, plant and equipment (note 13a)Land – 138,212 – 138,212Buildings – – 142,779 142,779Collection assets – – 37,113 37,113

– 138,212 179,892 318,104

(b) valuation techniques, inputs and processes Land and building are measured at fair value using indexation factors provided by NSW Land and Property Information.

Collection assets are valued by external and internal experts to reflect the fair value. The collection assets are reviewed for external revaluation at least every five years as part of a rolling revaluation schedule across the Trust. The review is undertaken by the Trust’s valuations Committee – comprised of curatorial representatives from the properties as well as Register, Documentation and the head of Collections and Access – which is convened annually to identify those collection formats which might have altered since the last valuation, whether or not that valuation was made within the five-year rolling schedule. The committee contracts one or more external valuers with appropriate expertise in the collection formats that have been identified for revaluation.

(c) reconciliation of recurring level 3 fair value measurements

Buildingscollection

assets

total recurring

level 3 fair value

conSolidated entity $’000 $’000Fair value as at 1 July 2013 142,779 38,021 180,800Additions 237 74 311Revaluation increments/decrements recognised in Net result – included in the line item ‘Other gains/(losses)’

– – –

Revaluation increments/decrements recognised in other comprehensive income – included in the line item ‘Net increase/(decrease) in property, plant and equipment revaluation surplus’

11,812 331 12,143

Disposals (37,634) (9,924) (47,558)Depreciation (320) – (320)Transfers from capital work in progress 2,971 – 2,971Transfer to asset held for sale – – –fair value as at 30 June 2014 119,845 28,502 148,347

Fair value as at 1 July 2012 143,800 37,689 181,489Additions 303 205 508Revaluation increments/decrements recognised in Net result – included in the line item ‘Other gains/(losses)’

– – –


– 130 130

Disposals – (3) (3)Depreciation (368) – (368)Transfers from capital work in progress 477 – 477Transfer to asset held for sale (1,433) – (1,433)fair value as at 30 June 2013 142,779 38,021 180,800


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Buildingscollection

assets

total recurring

level 3 fair value

parent entity $’000 $’000Fair value as at 1 July 2013 142,779 37,113 179,892Additions 237 74 311Revaluation increments/decrements recognised in Net result – included in the line item ‘Other gains/(losses)’

– – –


11,812 294 12,106

Disposals (37,634) (9,924) (47,558)Depreciation (320) – (320)Transfers from capital work in progress 2,971 – 2,971Transfer to asset held for sale – – –fair value as at 30 June 2014 119,845 27,557 147,402

Fair value as at 1 July 2012 143,800 36,781 180,581Additions 303 205 508Revaluation increments/decrements recognised in Net result – included in the line item ‘Other gains/(losses)’

– – –


– 130 130

Disposals – (3) (3)Depreciation (368) – (368)Transfers from capital work in progress 477 – 477Transfer to asset held for sale (1,433) – (1,433)fair value as at 30 June 2013 142,779 37,113 179,892


$’000 $’000 $’000 $’000

16 current liaBilitieS – payaBleSpayablesCreditors 664 759 664 758

unearned revenue 240 224 240 224

Accrued expenses 697 1,065 684 1,054

Sundry payables 98 97 98 97

1,699 2,145 1,686 2,133

17 current/non-current liaBilitieS – perSonnel ServiceS proviSionScurrent provisions expected to be settled within 12 monthspersonnel services provisionsAnnual leave 1,207 1,186 1,205 1,184

Long service leave on-costs 277 249 277 249

1,484 1,435 1,482 1,433current provisions expected to be settled after 12 monthspersonnel services provisionsAnnual leave 64 62 63 62

Long service leave on-costs 15 13 15 13

79 75 78 751,563 1,510 1,560 1,508

non-currentLong service leave on-costs 15 14 15 14

15 14 15 14aggregate personnel services provisionsProvisions – current 1,563 1,510 1,560 1,508

Provisions – non-current 15 14 15 14

1,578 1,524 1,575 1,522


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$’000 $’000 $’000 $’000

20 commitmentS for expenditure(a) capital commitments

Aggregate of capital expenditure for the acquistion of various property, plant and equipment contracted for at balance date and not provided for:• Not later than one year (under one year) 163 777 163 777

• Later than one year but not later than five years – – – –

• Later than five years – – – –

total (including gSt) 163 777 163 777

(b) operating lease commitmentsFuture non-cancellable operating lease rentals not provided for and payable:

• Not later than one year (under one year) 458 407 458 407

• Later than one year but not later than five years 1,102 1,458 1,102 1,458

• Later than five years – – – –

total (including gSt) 1,560 1,865 1,560 1,865

The operating leases are for motor vehicles, office printers and rental lease for the HHT storage facility at Pymble.

21 contingent aSSetS and liaBilitieSThe Treasury managed Fund normally calculates hindsight premiums each year. There are no other contingent assets or liabilities. Thus it is not practicable to estimate any potential financial effect.

19 increaSe/decreaSe in net aSSetS from equity tranSferS

On 20 December 2013, the Government House property was transferred from the Trust to the Crown as per NSW Government Gazette No 177. The budget for managing and maintaining Government House has also been transferred to the Department of Premier and Cabinet.

the fair value of aSSetS tranSferred were aS followS:

$’000Land and building 98,134 Collections 9,924

total 108,058


$’000 $’000 $’000 $’00018 current/non-current liaBilitieS

– other proviSionS*current provisions expected to be settled within 12 monthsCarrying amount at the beginning of the financial year

96 – 96 –

Additional provisions recognised 48 96 48 96Amounts used (78) – (78) –

66 96 66 96non-currentCarrying amount at the beginning of the financial year

791 – 791 –

Additional provisions recognised – 791 – 791Amounts used (49) – (49) –

742 791 742 791*The biodiversity restoration provisions are for the Beulah property.


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$’000 $’000 $’000 $’00023 reconciliation of caSh flowS from

operating activitieS to net reSult

reconciliation of the net result for the year to net cash flows from operating activitiesNet cash generated from operating activities 6,422 1,184 6422 1,287

Net gain/(loss) on sale of property, plant and equipment

(1) (18) (1) (18)

Net gain/(loss) on sale of non-current assets held for sale

(92) (316) (92) (316)

Writedown of non-current assets held for sale – (509) – (509)Bad debts written off – (3) – (3)

Depreciation (715) (653) (715) (653)

Donation of collection/previously unrecognised assets

3 1 3 1

(Increase)/decrease in trade and other payables

484 (765) 474 (766)

Increase/(decrease) in trade and other receivables

93 895 101 911

Increase/(decrease) in inventories (174) (126) (174) (127)

net reSult 6,020 (310) 6,018 (193)

24 non-caSh financing and inveSting activitieS

The following items are brought to account as expenses in the statement of comprehensive income and are credited as income in the form of non-cash sponsorship, non-cash donations or services provided free of charge.

Donations of collections items 3 1 3 1

3 1 3 1 Advertising through Fairfax media Ltd – 159 – 159

Security services by NSW Police Force 747 1,536 747 1,536

maintenance by Royal Botanic Gardens Trust 316 612 316 612

1,063 2,307 1,063 2,307 1,066 2,308 1,066 2,308

The Trust received sponsorship free of charge from Fairfax media Ltd in 2012-13, shown in the table above as advertising. This agreement expired at the end of last year and was not renewed. In 2013–14, the Trust received security services and gardening services free of charge for Government House from the NSW Police Force and the Royal Botanic Gardens Trust respectively. Government House was transferred to the Crown on 20 December 2013. The Trust’s work was also assisted by members of the Friends of the Historic Houses Trust and other volunteers. These services were provided free of charge and it is considered not possible to estimate their value.


22 Budget review

net resultThe Trust had a favourable net surplus result of $6.02m against budget surplus target of $0.86m due to a $2.85m easement deed at the Justice & Police museum, $0.6m bequest from the late Ruth Caroline Pope and a $2.5m capital grant received from the NSW Government towards the refurbishment of Government House.

assets and liabilitiesThe Trust’s assets have been reduced by $100m through a significant transaction being the transfer of the Government House property and associated collections to the Department of Premier and Cabinet on 20 December 2013. A change in accounting policy for the biodiversity restoration of Beulah, an Endangered Houses Fund property, increased the Trust’s liability provision by $1m against the budget.

cash flowsThe net operating cash flow is favourable to budget due to receipt of additional revenues outlined above in net results.

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25 financial inStrumentSThe Trust’s financial instruments are outlined below. These financial instruments arise directly from the Trust’s operations or are required to finance the Trust’s operations. The Trust does not enter into or trade financial instruments, including derivative financial instruments, for speculative purposes. The Trust’s main risks arising from financial instruments are outlined below, together with the Trust’s objectives, policies and processes for measuring and managing risk. Further quantitative and qualitative disclosures are included throughout these financial statements.

The Director has the overall responsibility for the establishment and oversight of risk management and reviews, and agrees policies for managing each of these risks. Risk-management policies are established to identify and analyse the risks faced by the Trust, to set risk limits and controls, and to monitor risks. Compliance with policies is reviewed by the internal auditor on a cyclical basis.

noteS categorieS conSolidated entity parent entity2014 2013 2014 2013

$’000 $’000 $’000 $’000(a) financial instrument categories

financial assets class Cash and cash equivalents 8 NA 11,635 7,768 8,745 4,877Receivables

9

Loans and receivables (at amortised cost) 408 229 391 204

financial liabilities class

Payables

16

Financial liabilities measured at amortised cost 664 759 664 758

(b) credit risk

Credit risk arises when there is the possibility of the Trust’s debtors defaulting on their contractual obligations, resulting in a financial loss to the Trust. The maximum exposure to credit risk is generally represented by the carrying amount of the financial assets (net of any allowance for impairment).

Credit risk arises from the financial assets of the Trust, including cash, receivables and authority deposits. No collateral is held by the Trust. The Trust has not granted any financial guarantees. Credit risk associated with the Trust’s financial assets, other than receivables, is managed through the selection of counterparts and the establishment of minimum credit rating standards. Authority deposits held with NSW TCorp are guaranteed by the State.

i) cash

Cash comprises cash on hand and bank balances, and bank balances within NSW Treasury’s banking system. Interest is earned on daily bank balances at the daily rate set by the bank. The TCorp Hour-Glass cash facility is discussed in Note 25(e).

ii) receivables – trade debtors

All trade debtors are recognised as amounts receivable at balance date. The collectability of trade debtors is reviewed on an ongoing basis. Procedures as established in the Treasurer’s Directions are followed to recover outstanding amounts, including letters of demand. Debts that are known to be uncollectable are written off. An allowance for impairment is raised when there is objective evidence that the entity will not be able to collect all amounts due. This evidence includes past experience, and current and expected changes in economic conditions and debtor credit ratings. No interest is earned on trade debtors. Sales are made on 30-day terms.


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The Trust is not materially exposed to concentrations of credit risk from a single trade debtor or group of debtors. Based on past experience, debtors that are not past due (2014: $274,910; 2013: $116,116) and less than six months past due (2014: $97,541; 2013: $43,519) are not considered impaired and together represent 100% of the total trade debtors. There are no debtors that are currently past due or impaired whose terms have been renegotiated.

The only financial assets that are past due or impaired are ‘sales of goods and services’ in the ‘receivables’ category of the statement of financial position.

conSolidated entity $’000 parent entity $’000total past due

but not impaired

considered impaired

total past due but not

impaired

considered impaired

2014

< 3 months overdue 69 69 – 69 69 –

3 months – 6 months overdue 37 37 – 37 37 –

> 6 months overdue – – – – – –

2013

< 3 months overdue 41 41 – 41 41 –

3 months – 6 months overdue 3 3 – 3 3 –

> 6 months overdue – – – – – –

iii) authority deposits The Trust has placed funds on deposit with TCorp and various Australian incorporated banks. These deposits

are similar to money market or bank deposits and can be placed ‘at call’ or for a fixed term. For fixed-term deposits the interest rate payable is negotiated initially and is fixed for the term of the deposit, while the interest rate payable on at-call deposits can vary. The deposits at balance date 30 June 2014 were earning an average interest rate of 3.62% (2013: 5.22%), while over the year the weighted average interest rate was 3.79% (2013: 5.29%) on a weighted average balance during the year of $5.04m (2013: $2.0m). None of these assets are past due or impaired.

(c) liquidity risk

Liquidity risk is the risk that the Trust will be unable to meet its payment obligations when they fall due. The Trust continually manages risk through monitoring future cash flows and maturities planning to ensure adequate holding of high-quality liquid assets. The objective is to maintain a balance between continuity of funding and flexibility through the use of overdrafts, loans and other advances.

During the current and prior years, there were no defaults or breaches on loans payable. No assets have been pledged as collateral. The Trust’s exposure to liquidity risk is deemed insignificant based on prior-periods’ data and current assessment of risk. The liabilities are recognised as amounts due to be paid in the future for goods or services received, whether or not invoiced. Amounts owing to suppliers (which are unsecured) are settled in accordance with the policy set out in Treasurer’s Circular 11-12: Payments of Accounts. If trade terms are not specified, payment is made no later than the end of the month following the month in which an invoice or a statement is received. Treasurer’s Circular 11-12 allows the minister to award interest for late payment. No interest was paid during the financial year 2013–14 (2012–13: nil).

All of the Trust’s liabilities mature in less than 12 months and are non-interest-bearing.


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(d) market risk market risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of

changes in market prices. The Trust’s exposure to market risk is primarily through price risks associated with the movement in the unit price of the TCorp Hour-Glass investment facilities. The Trust has no exposure to foreign currency risk and does not enter into commodity contracts.

(e) interest rate risk The Trust’s exposure to interest rate risk is set out in the table on the following page. A reasonably possible change

of +/- 1% is used, consistent with current trends in interest rates (based on official RBA interest-rate volatility over the past five years). The basis will be reviewed annually and amended where there is a structural change in the level of interest-rate volatility.

conSolidated entity $’000-1% 1%

carrying amount profit equity profit equity

2014financial assetsCash and cash equivalents 11,635 (116) (116) 116 116Receivables 408 – – – –

financial liabilitiesPayables 664 – – – –

2013financial assetsCash and cash equivalents 7,768 (78) (78) 78 78Receivables 229 – – – –financial liabilitiesPayables 759 – – – –

parent entity2014financial assetsCash and cash equivalents 8,745 (87) (87) 87 87Receivables 391 – – – –financial liabilitiesPayables 664 – – – –

2013financial assetsCash and cash equivalents 4,877 (49) (49) 49 49Receivables 204 – – – –financial liabilitiesPayables 758 – – – –


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other price riSk – tcorp hour-glaSS facilitieS

Exposure to ‘other price risk’ primarily arises through investment in TCorp Hour-Glass investment facilities, which are held for strategic rather than trading purposes. The Trust has no direct equity investments. The Trust holds units in the following Hour-Glass investment trusts:

conSolidated entity parent entityfacility investment

sectorsinvestment

horizon2014

$’0002013

$’0002014

$’0002013

$’000Cash facility Cash, money market

instrumentsup to 1.5 years 1,173 2,208 933 1,906

The unit price of the facility is equal to the total fair value of the net assets held by the facility divided by the number of units on issue for that facility. unit prices are calculated and published daily. NSW TCorp is the trustee for each of the above facilities and is required to act in the best interests of the unit holders and to administer the trusts in accordance with the trust deeds. As trustee, TCorp has appointed external managers to manage the performance and risks of each facility in accordance with a mandate agreed to by the parties. However, TCorp acts as manager for part of the cash facility and strategic cash facilities and also manages the Australian Bond Portfolio. A significant portion of the administration of the facilities is outsourced to an external custodian.

Investment in the Hour-Glass facilities limits the Trust’s exposure to risk, as it allows diversification across a pool of funds with different investment horizons and a mix of investments.

NSW TCorp provides sensitivity analysis information for each of the investment facilities, using historically based volatility information collected over a ten-year period, quoted at two standard deviations (that is, 95% probability). The TCorp Hour-Glass investment facilities are designated at fair value through profit or loss and therefore any change in unit price impacts directly on profit (rather than equity). A reasonably possible change is based on the percentage change in unit price (as advised by TCorp) multiplied by the redemption value as at 30 June each year for each facility as set out below.

conSolidated entity parent entityfacility change in

unit price2014

$’0002013

$’0002014

$’0002013

$’000Hour-Glass investment – cash facility + /-1% 12 22 9 19

(f) fair value measurement

i) fair value compared to carrying amount Financial instruments are generally recognised at cost, with the exception of the TCorp Hour-Glass facilities,

which are measured at fair value.

Except where specified overleaf, the amortised cost of financial instruments recognised in the statement of financial position approximates the fair value, because of the short-term nature of many of the financial instruments.


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ii) fair value recognised in the statement of financial position The Trust uses the following hierarchy for disclosing the fair value of financial instruments by valuation

techniques:

• Level 1 – derived from quoted prices in active markets for identical assets/liabilities; • Level 2 – derived from inputs other than quoted prices that are observable directly or indirectly;• Level 3 – derived from valuation techniques that include inputs for the assets/liabilities not based

on observable market data (unobservable inputs).

The value of the Hour-Glass investments is based on the Trust’s share of the value of the underlying assets of the facility, based on the market value. All of the Hour-Glass facilities are valued using ‘redemption’ pricing.

conSolidated entitylevel 1$’000

level 2 $’000

level 3 $’000

total $’000

2014financial assets at fair valueTCorp Hour-Glass cash facility – 1,173 – 1,173

– 1,173 – 1,173


– 2,208 – 2,208

parent entity2014financial assets at fair valueTCorp Hour-Glass cash facility – 933 – 933

– 933 – 933


– 1,906 – 1,906

There were no transfers between Level 1 or 2 during the reporting periods.


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26 property leaSeS

properties owned under long-term lease The HHT is the registered proprietor of the property Tusculum. This property is a Regency mansion built 1831–37

and has considerable heritage significance. The property was independently valued at 30 June 2011. The fair value of the property is $7.425m. The property is encumbered by a long-term lease with the Australian Institute of Architects. The lease commenced on 22 may 1987 for a term of 99 years with provision for an option to renew. The lease was in place at the time of the transfer of responsibility for this property in 2007 from the minister administering the Heritage Act 1977. The terms of the lease are $1 rent per annum over the term of the lease with provision for renewal at the end of the lease. The terms of the lease provide for any renewal being at commercial rental rates. The market rental for this property, assessed independently by the NSW Government Land and Property valuation Services as at 30 June 2011, was $262,500 per annum. The Trust has no responsibility for funding the cost of maintenance or insurance.

The Trust’s responsibilities are limited to ensuring maintenance and insurance are adequate. In accordance with TPP 11-01: Lessor Classification of Long-term Land Leases, the property has been valued at $1 in the accounts of the Trust. As the property has restrictions on its use, it is recognised at $1 being the present value of future cash flows.

27 eventS after the reporting period No significant matter or circumstance has arisen since the end of the financial year to the date of this report that

has or may significantly affect the activities of the Trust, the results of those activities, or its state of affairs in the ensuing or any subsequent financial year.

END OF AuDITED FINANCIAL STATEmENTS

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Statement By the directorS of the foundation FOR THE HISTORIC HOuSES TRuST OF NEW SOuTH WALES LImITEDFOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JuNE 2014


The Directors of the Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales Limited, being the Trustee of the

Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, declare that:

a) The accompanying financial statements and notes thereto comply with applicable Australian Accounting Standards (which include Australian Accounting Interpretations), the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 and Regulation 2010;

b) The attached financial statements and notes thereto give a true and fair view of the financial position and performance of the Trust;

c) In the Directors’ opinion, the attached financial statements and notes thereto are in accordance with the Trust Deed;

d) In the Directors’ opinion, there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Trust will be able to pay its debts as and when they become due and payable;

e) The Directors are not aware of any circumstances which would render any particulars included in the financial statements to be misleading or inaccurate;

f) The financial statements have been properly drawn up and the associated records have been properly kept for the period from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014, in accordance with the Charitable Fundraising Act 1991 (NSW) and Regulations; and

g) The internal controls exercised by the Trust are appropriate and effective in accounting for all income received and applied by the Trust from any of its fundraising appeals.

Signed in accordance with a resolution of the Directors.

On behalf of the Directors

curtis Smith Chair

Dated 3 October 2014


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noteS actual actual2014 2013

$ $

expenSeS excluding loSSeSoperating expenses

Personnel services expenses 2(a) 99,763 47,440

Other operating expenses 2(b) 177,336 422,853

total expenSeS excluding loSSeS 277,099 470,293

revenueInvestment revenue 3(a) 109,748 139,534Grants and contributions 3(b) 161,378 206,561Other revenue 3(c) 8,000 7,118total revenue 279,126 353,213

net reSult 2,027 (117,080)

other comprehenSive income

items that will not be reclassified to net resultsNet increase/(decrease) in property, plant and equipment asset revaluation surplus – –

other comprehenSive income – –

total comprehenSive income 2,027 (117,080)



$ $aSSetScurrent assetsCash and cash equivalents 6 2,890,416 2,891,660

Receivables 7 16,513 24,651

total current assets 2,906,929 2,916,311total aSSetS 2,906,929 2,916,311

liaBilitieScurrent liabilitiesPayables 9 16,154 28,078

Personnel provisions 10 2,775 2,260

total current liabilities 18,929 30,338total liaBilitieS 18,929 30,338

net aSSetS 2,888,000 2,885,973

equityAccumulated funds 2,888,000 2,885,973

total equity 2,888,000 2,885,973



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STATEmENT OF changeS in equityFOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JuNE 2014

noteS actual actualaccumulated

fundstotal

equity$ $

Balance at 1 July 2013 2,885,973 2,885,973Net result 2,027 2,027Other comprehensive income – –total comprehensive income for the year 2,027 2,027Balance at 30 June 2014 2,888,000 2,888,000

Balance at 1 July 2012 3,003,053 3,003,053

Net result (117,080) (117,080)Other comprehensive income – –total comprehensive income for the year (117,080) (117,080)Balance at 30 June 2013 2,885,973 2,885,973



$ $caSh flowS from operating activitieSpaymentsPersonnel services (99,249) (47,875)

Grants and subsidies (68,000) (346,000)

Other (121,259) (63,298)

total payments (288,508) (457,173)

receiptSInterest received 117,886 139,589

Grants and contributions 161,378 206,560

Other 8,000 7,118total receipts 287,264 353,267net caSh flowS from operating activitieS 11 (1,244) (103,906)

caSh flowS from inveSting activitieSnet caSh flowS from inveSting activitieS – –

caSh flowS from financing activitieSnet caSh flowS from financing activitieS – –

net increaSe/(decreaSe) in caSh (1,244) (103,906)Opening cash and cash equivalents 2,891,660 2,995,566

cloSing caSh and caSh equivalentS 6 2,890,416 2,891,660


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A) REPORTING ENTITY

The Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales (Foundation) was formed on 14 November 2001 and commenced operation in October 2002. The Foundation is a non-profit entity (as profit is not its principal objective). The Foundation is a public ancillary fund with deductible gift recipient status (DGR item 2) and charitable tax concessions. The Foundation’s role is to encourage private and corporate support for the activities of the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales (HHT) that are not funded by the New South Wales Government. The Foundation is administered by a Trustee, the Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales Limited (Trustee). Directors of the Trustee receive and review submissions for project funding from the HHT. Funding decisions are made by the Directors consistent with the objectives of the Foundation and the specific requirements of corporate and private donors to the Foundation.

The Foundation is a controlled entity of the HHT and is part of the Trust’s consolidated accounts. The financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2014 were authorised for issue by the Board of Directors on 3 October 2014. They are consolidated as part of the NSW Total State Sector Accounts.


These general-purpose financial statements are prepared in accordance with the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 and Public Finance and Audit Regulation 2010, the Charitable Fundraising Act 1991 and the Financial Reporting Directions published in TPP 14-02: Financial Reporting Code for NSW General Government Sector Entities, or issued by the Treasurer, and applicable Australian Accounting Standards (which include Australian Accounting Interpretations). The financial statements are for the Foundation as an individual entity. The financial statements have been prepared on an accruals basis, and are based on historical costs modified by the revaluation of selected financial assets and financial liabilities for which the fair value basis of accounting has been applied where applicable. Judgments, key assumptions and estimations management has made are disclosed in the relevant notes to the financial statements. All amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar and are expressed in Australian currency.

C) STATEmENT OF COmPLIANCE

The Foundation’s financial statements and notes comply with Australian Accounting Standards, which include Australian Accounting Interpretations.

D) INSuRANCE

The Foundation’s insurance arrangements are made

through the NSW Treasury managed Fund Scheme of self-insurance for government agencies. The expense (premium) is determined by the fund manager based on past claim experience as well as the value insured.

E) ACCOuNTING FOR THE GOODS AND SERvICES TAx (GST)

Income, expenses and assets are recognised net of the amount of GST, except where:

• the amount of GST incurred by the Foundation as a purchaser that is not recoverable from the Australian Taxation Office is recognised as part of the cost of acquisition of an asset or as part of an item of expense; and

• receivables and payables are stated with the amount of GST included.

Cash flows are included in the statement of cash flows on a gross basis. However, the GST component of the cash flows arising from investing and financing activities which is recoverable or payable to the Australian Taxation Office is classified as operating cash flows.

F) PERSONNEL SERvICES AND OTHER PROvISIONS

The HHT provides administration services for a charge on the basis of cost recovery. All payments to personnel and related obligations are in the Department of Premier and Cabinet (DPC) name and ABN, and are classified as ‘personnel services’ costs in these financial statements. From 23 April 2014, a new Planning and Environment cluster was established and includes the Office of Environment and Heritage. Henceforth, the employees are considered as employees of Planning and Environment. The costs recovered by the HHT are reviewed and approved by Directors of the Trustee Company.

i) other provisions

The Foundation recognises the personnel services related provision payable to the HHT for the staff providing administrative services.

G) INCOmE RECOGNITION

Income is measured at the fair value of the consideration or contribution received or receivable. Additional comments regarding the accounting policies for the recognition of income are discussed below:

i) donations and contributions

Donations and contributions from individuals and other bodies (including grants and donations) are generally recognised as income when the Foundation obtains control over the assets comprising the appropriations/contributions. Control over appropriations and contributions is normally obtained upon the receipt of cash.

ii) investment revenue

Interest income is recognised using the effective interest method as set out in AASB 139: Financial

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Instruments: Recognition and Measurement. TCorp Hour-Glass distributions are recognised in accordance with AASB 118: Revenue when the Foundation’s right to receive payment is established.

H) ASSETS

i) cash and cash equivalents

Cash comprises cash on hand and bank balances. Interest is earned on daily bank balances and paid monthly at the normal commercial rate.

ii) loans and receivables

Loans and receivables are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market. These financial assets are recognised initially at fair value, usually based on the transaction cost or face value.

Subsequent measurement is at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less an allowance for any impairment of receivables.

iii) investments

Investments are initially recognised at fair value plus, in the case of investments not at fair value through profit or loss, transaction costs. The Foundation determines the classification of its financial assets after initial recognition and, when allowed and appropriate, re-evaluates this at each financial year end.

I) LIABILITIES

i) payables

These amounts represent liabilities for goods and services provided to the Foundation, and other amounts. Payables are recognised initially at fair value, usually based on the transaction cost or face value. Short-term payables with no stated interest rate are measured at the original invoice amount where the effect of discounting is immaterial.

J) EquITY AND RESERvES

The category ‘accumulated funds’ includes all current and prior-period retained funds.

K) FAIR vALuE HIERARCHY

A number of the Foundation’s accounting policies and disclosures require the measurement of fair values, for both financial and non-financial assets and liabilities. When measuring fair value, the valuation technique used maximises the use of relevant observable inputs and minimises the use of unobservable inputs. under AASB 13, the Trust categorises, for disclosure purposes, the valuation techniques based on the inputs used in the valuation techniques as follows:

> Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical assets/liabilities that the Trust can access at the measurement date

> Level 2 – inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly

> Level 3 – inputs that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs).

The Foundation recognises transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy at the end of the reporting period during which the change has occurred.

Refer Note 12 for further disclosures regarding fair value measurements of financial and non-financial assets.

L) COmPARATIvE INFORmATION

Except when an Australian Accounting Standard permits or requires otherwise, comparative information is disclosed in respect of the previous period for all amounts reported in the financial statements. As a controlled entity of the HHT, the Foundation has adopted to comply with TPP 14-02: Financial Reporting Code for NSW General Government Sector Entities. The comparative figures for the previous year have been adjusted where applicable.

m) CHANGES IN ACCOuNTING POLICY, INCLuDING NEW OR REvISED AuSTRALIAN ACCOuNTING STANDARDS

(i) effective for the first time in 2013-14 The accounting policies applied in 2013-14 are

consistent with those of the previous financial year except as a result of the following new or revised Australian Accounting Standards that have been applied for the first time in 2013-14 - AASB 13: Fair Value. The impact of this Standard in the period of initial application includes assessment and disclosure of fair value heirarchy of financial and non-financial assets.



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(ii) issued but not yet effective NSW public sector entities are not permitted to early

adopt new Australian Accounting Standards, unless Treasury determines otherwise.



• AASB 10: Consolidated Financial Statements

• AASB 11: Joint Arrangements • AASB 12: Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities• AASB 127: Separate Financial Statements• AASB 128: Investments in

Associates and Joint Ventures• AASB 1055 and AASB 2013-1

regarding budgetary reporting • AASB 2011-7 regarding consolidation

and joint arrangements• AASB 2012-3 regarding offsetting

financial assets and financial liabilities • AASB 2013-3: Amendments to AASB

136 – Recoverable Amount Disclosures for Non-Financial Assets







N) TAxATION STATuS

The activities of the Foundation are exempt from income tax. The Foundation is registered for GST purposes and has gift-deductible recipient status.

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noteS2014 2013

$ $2 expenSeS excluding loSSeS(a) personnel services expenses

Salaries and wages (including recreation leave) 85,862 40,862Superannuation – defined contribution plans 7,167 3,841Workers compensation insurance 1,050 553Payroll tax and fringe benefits tax 5,684 2,184

99,763 47,440(b) other operating expenses

Auditors’ remuneration 11,000 10,150

Books, publications and subscriptions 99 –Donations to the HHT 68,000 346,000Entertainment and catering expenses 1,324 1,727Fees for services rendered 40,735 32,932Function expense 44,591 29,465

marketing and promotion 5,494 64Other expenses 983 1,057Postage 343 567Printing 3,509 220Stores and IT maintenance 226 644Travel and accommodation 1,032 27

177,336 422,853

3 revenue(a) investment revenue

TCorp Hour-Glass investment facilities 8,357 9,161Interest income 100,552 129,011Interest income – other 839 1,362

109,748 139,534(b) grants and contributions

from other institutions and individualsDonations – cash 121,378 166,561Sponsorship – cash 40,000 40,000

161,378 206,561(c) other revenue

Other revenue 8,000 7,118

8,000 7,118

4 conditionS on contriButionSdetails of restrictionsallocated funds*

minimum contingency fund 50,000 50,000museum of Sydney 395,741 395,741Endangered Houses Fund and other projects (donations) 2,178,692 2,178,692Grow your Garden project 75,000 –Creditor payments – HHT 18,929 30,339

total allocated fundS 2,718,362 2,654,772unallocated funds† 172,053 236,888total reStricted fundS 2,890,415 2,891,660



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foundation FOR THE HISTORIC HOuSES TRuST OF NEW SOuTH WALES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JuNE 2014

* These funds have been specifically restricted in accordance with Board resolutions and, where applicable, donor requirements, to be used on the projects identified. This allocation is made after a thorough evaluation of available projects put forward by the HHT. The balance also includes a contingency fund of $50,000.

† These funds have not at the current date been allocated to a specific project. The number and value of projects under consideration is in excess of the current balance of cash and investments.

Funding for such projects will rely upon use of the unrestricted cash and interest earned on cash and cash equivalents, future bequests and donations.

5 Service groupS of entityThe Foundation’s role is to encourage private and corporate support for the activities of the HHT that are not funded by the New South Wales Government.

6 current aSSetS – caSh and caSh equivalentSCash at bank and on hand 57,971 64,561

TCorp Hour-Glass cash facility 240,509 302,151

Other investments – term deposits 2,591,936 2,524,948

2,890,416 2,891,660 Cash and cash equivalents (per statement of financial position) 2,890,416 2,891,660

closing cash and cash equivalents (per statement of cash flows) 2,890,416 2,891,660

For the purpose of the statement of cash flows, cash and cash equivalents include cash at bank, cash on hand and short-term deposits. Cash and cash equivalent assets recognised in the statement of financial position are reconciled at the end of the financial year to the statement of cash flows as above.

7 current/non-current aSSetS – receivaBleSAccrued income 16,448 24,638

Other receivables 65 13

16,513 24,651


8 reStricted aSSetS Cash and cash equivalents 2,890,416 2,891,660

2,890,416 2,891,660

Cash and fixed assets are restricted assets to the extent that they represent bequests and donations held by the Foundation to be used in accordance with the deed of trust, caveats or other documents governing these funds.

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noteS2014 2013

$ $9 current liaBilitieS – payaBleS

payablesCreditors 111 593

Accrued expenses 13,280 11,356

Payable to the HHT 2,763 16,129

16,154 28,078

10 current – perSonnel proviSionScurrent provisions expected to be settled within 12 monthspersonnel services provisionsAnnual leave 2,636 1,876

On-costs – 271

2,636 2,147

current provisions expected to be settled after 12 monthspersonnel services provisionsAnnual leave 139 99

On-costs – 14

139 113

total proviSionS 2,775 2,260

11 reconciliation of caSh flowS from operating activitieS to net reSultreconciliation of the net result for the year to net cash flows from operating activities Net cash inflows from operating activities (1,244) (103,906)

(Increase)/decrease in trade and other payables 11,409 (13,555)

(Increase)/decrease in provisions (8,138) 436Increase/(decrease) in trade and other receivables – (55)

net reSult 2,027 (117,080)

12 financial inStrumentS

The Foundation’s principal financial instruments are outlined overleaf. These financial instruments arise directly from the Foundation’s operations or are required to finance the Foundation’s operations. The Foundation does not enter into or trade financial instruments, including derivative financial instruments, for speculative purposes.

The Foundation’s main risks arising from financial instruments are outlined on the following pages, along with the Foundation’s objectives, policies and processes for measuring and managing risk. Further quantitative and qualitative disclosures are included throughout this financial report.

The Finance and Legal Committee has overall responsibility for the establishment and oversight of risk management, and reviews and agrees on policies for managing each of these risks. Risk management policies are established to identify and analyse the risks faced by the Foundation, to set risk limits and controls, and to monitor risks. Compliance with policies is reviewed by the Finance and Legal Committee.


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noteS categorieS2014 2013

$ $a) financial instrument categories

financial assets class

Cash and cash equivalents 6 N/A 2,890,415 2,891,660

Receivables 7 Loans and receivables (at amortised cost) 16,513 24,638

financial liabilities classPayables Financial liabilities measured

at amortised cost 16,154 28,078

credit risk

Credit risk arises when there is the possibility of the Foundation’s debtors defaulting on their contractual obligations, resulting in a financial loss to the Foundation. The maximum exposure to credit risk is generally represented by the carrying amount of the financial assets (net of any allowance for impairment).

Credit risk arises from the financial assets of the Foundation, including cash, receivables and authority deposits. No collateral is held by the Foundation. The Foundation has not granted any financial guarantees.

Credit risk associated with the Foundation’s financial assets, other than receivables, is managed through the selection of counterparts limiting exposure to any particular counterpart, and the establishment of minimum credit rating standards.

i) cash

Cash comprises cash on hand and bank balances. Interest is earned on daily bank balances at the daily rate set by the bank. The TCorp Hour-Glass cash facility is discussed in Note 12(e).

ii) receivables – trade debtors

All trade debtors are recognised as amounts receivable at balance date. Collectability of trade debtors is reviewed on an ongoing basis. Procedures as established in the Treasurer’s Directions are followed to recover outstanding amounts, including letters of demand. Debts that are known to be uncollectable are written off. An allowance for impairment is raised when there is objective evidence that the entity will not be able to collect all amounts due. This evidence includes past experience, and current and expected changes in economic conditions and debtor credit ratings. No interest is earned on trade debtors. Sales are made on 30-day terms.

The Foundation is not materially exposed to concentrations of credit risk from a single trade debtor or group of debtors. Based on past experience, debtors that are not past due are not considered impaired and these represent 100% of the total trade debtors. There are no debtors that are currently past due or impaired whose terms have been renegotiated.

Statutory receivables are excluded, as these are not within the scope of AASB 7: Financial Instruments: Disclosures.

iii) authority deposits

The Foundation has funds on deposit with various Australian incorporated banks. These deposits are similar to money market or bank deposits and can be placed ‘at call’ or for a fixed term. For fixed-term deposits the interest rate payable is negotiated initially and is fixed for the term of the deposit, while the interest rate payable on at-call deposits may vary. The term deposits at balance date were earning an average interest rate of 3.63% (2013: 4.29%). The weighted average interest rate over the year was 3.77% (2013: 4.72%) on a weighted average balance during the year of $1,866,012 (2013: $2,520,329). None of these assets are past due or impaired.


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b) liquidity risk

Liquidity risk is the risk that the Foundation will be unable to meet its payment obligations when they fall due. The Foundation continually manages risk through monitoring future cash flows and maturities planning to ensure adequate holding of high-quality liquid assets.

During the current and prior years, there were no defaults or breaches on amounts payable. No assets have been pledged as collateral. The Trust’s exposure to liquidity risk is deemed insignificant based on prior-periods’ data and current assessment of risk.

The liabilities are recognised for amounts due to be paid in the future for goods or services received, whether or not invoiced. Amounts owing to suppliers (which are unsecured) are settled in accordance with the policy set out in NSW TC 11/12: Payment of Accounts.

If trade terms are not specified, payment is made no later than the end of the month following the month in which an invoice or a statement is received. Treasurer’s Direction 219.01 allows the minister to award interest for late payment. No interest was paid during the financial year 2013–14 (2012–13: nil).

All of the Foundation’s liabilities mature in less than 12 months and are non-interest-bearing.

c) market risk

market risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market prices. The Foundation’s exposure to market risk is primarily through other price risks associated with the movement in the unit price of the TCorp Hour-Glass investment facilities. The Foundation has no exposure to foreign currency risk and does not enter into commodity contracts.

d) interest rate risk

Exposure to interest rate risk arises primarily through the Foundation’s interest-bearing liabilities. The Foundation does not account for any fixed-rate financial instruments at fair value through profit or loss or as available for sale. Therefore, for these financial instruments, a change in interest rates would not affect profit or loss or equity. A reasonably possible change of +/- 1% is used, consistent with current trends in interest rates. The basis will be reviewed annually and amended where there is a structural change in the level of interest rate volatility.

The Foundations’s exposure to interest rate risk is set out in the table below.

The effect on profit and equity due to a reasonably possible change in risk variables is outlined in the information on the following pages for interest rate risk and other price risk. A reasonably possible change in risk variables has been determined after taking into account the economic environment in which the entity operates and the time frame for the assessment (that is, until the end of the next annual reporting period). The sensitivity analysis is based on risk exposures in existence at the date of the statement of financial position. The analysis is performed on the same basis as for 2013. The analysis assumes that all other variables remain constant.

-1% 1%

carrying amount profit equity profit equity

2014financial assetsCash and cash equivalents 2,890,415 (28,904) (28,904) 28,904 28,904Receivables 16,513 – – – –

financial liabilitiesPayables 18,929 – – – –

2013financial assetsCash and cash equivalents 2,891,660 (28,917) (28,917) 28,917 28,917Receivables 24,638 – – – –financial liabilitiesPayables 28,077 – – – –



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e) other price risk – tcorp hour-glass facilities

Exposure to ‘other price risk’ primarily arises through investment in the TCorp Hour-Glass investment facilities, which are held for strategic rather than trading purposes. The Foundation has no direct equity investments. The Foundation holds units in the following Hour-Glass investment facility:

facility investment sectors

investment horizon

2014 $

2013 $

Cash facility Cash, money market instruments

up to 1.5 years 240,509 302,151

The unit price of the facility is equal to the total fair value of the net assets held by the facility divided by the number of units on issue for that facility. unit prices are calculated and published daily. NSW TCorp is the trustee for the above facility and is required to act in the best interests of the unit holders and to administer the trusts in accordance with the trusts’ deeds. As trustee, TCorp has appointed external managers to manage the performance and risks of each facility in accordance with a mandate agreed to by the parties. However, TCorp acts as manager for part of the cash facility. A significant portion of the administration of the facilities is outsourced to an external custodian.

Investment in the Hour-Glass facilities limits the Foundation’s exposure to risk, as it allows diversification across a pool of funds with different investment horizons and a mix of investments.

NSW TCorp provides sensitivity analysis information for each of the investment facilities, using historically based volatility information collected over a ten-year period, quoted at two standard deviations (that is, 95% probability). The TCorp Hour-Glass investment facilities are designated at fair value through profit or loss and therefore any change in unit price impacts directly on profit (rather than equity). A reasonably possible change is based on the percentage change in unit price (as advised by TCorp) multiplied by the redemption value as at 30 June each year for each facility as set out below.

facility change in unit price

2014 $

2013 $

Hour-Glass investment – cash facility + /-1% 2,405 3,022

(f) fair value measurement

i) fair value compared to carrying amount The Foundation has no financial instruments, with the exception of the TCorp Hour-Glass facilities, which are measured

at fair value. As discussed, the value of the Hour-Glass investments is based on the Foundation’s share of the value of the underlying assets of the facility, based on the market value. All of the Hour-Glass facilities are valued using ‘redemption’ pricing. Except where specified below, the amortised cost of financial instruments recognised in the balance sheet approximates the fair value, because of the short-term nature of many of the financial instruments.


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ii) fair value recognised in the statement of financial position

The Foundation uses the following hierarchy for disclosing the fair value of financial instruments by valuation techniques:

> Level 1 – derived from quoted prices in active markets for identical assets/liabilities; > Level 2 – derived from inputs other than quoted prices that are observable directly or indirectly; > Level 3 – derived from valuation techniques that include inputs for the asset/liability not based on observable

market data (unobservable inputs).

2014level 1

$level 2

$level 3

$total

$

financial assets at fair valueTCorp Hour-Glass cash facility – 240,509 – 240,509

– 240,509 – 240,509 2013

financial assets at fair valueTCorp Hour-Glass cash facility – 302,151 – 302,151

– 302,151 – 302,151

There were no transfers between Level 1 and 2 during the reporting periods.

13 related party tranSactionS

Transactions between related parties are on normal commercial terms and conditions no more favourable than those available to other parties unless otherwise stated.

2014 2013a) transactions with related entities $ $

Contributions to the HHT 68,000 346,000

Current payables – controlling entity 2,763 16,129

(b) transactions with the trustee

There were no transactions between the Trustee and the Foundation. No Director of the Trustee receives remuneration for his/her duties as a Director of the Foundation.

14 charitaBle fundraiSing activitieS

results of fundraising activities

The Foundation receives many donations as a result of its day-to-day activities. In addition, other special fundraising events were conducted during the year and the results are as follows:


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2014 2013$ $

Donations 121,378 166,560

Sponsorship 40,000 40,000

Gross income from fundraising A 161,378 206,560

Cost of fundraising (excluding administration expenses) B (56,864) (32,231)Net surplus from fundraising C 104,513 174,329

Cost of services provided* D – –

transferred to/(from) accumulated funds 104,514 174,329

list of all forms of appeals – events and appealshow appeal moneys are appliedDistributions to the HHT 68,000 346,000

comparative figures and ratiosCost of fundraising to gross income from fundraising B/A 35% 16%

Net surplus from fundraising to gross income from fundraising C/A 65% 84%

Cost of services provided to total expenditure D/(B+D) 0% 0%

Cost of services provided to gross income from fundraising D/A 0% 0%

* The cost of fundraising services is zero, as administrative and financial services have been provided by the HHT free of charge.

There is no information of a material matter or occurrence to report.

Fundraising income includes donations and sponsorships. Where funding is received for specific projects, these projects may not be completed by the end of the year in which the funds are received. There was a net surplus from fundraising of $104,513 . This was applied as distribution to the HHT of $68,000 with the balance kept in investment facilities.

15 contingent aSSetS or liaBilitieS

There are no contingent assets or liabilities existing at the close of this report.

16 eventS after the reporting period

No other matter or circumstance has arisen since the end of the financial year to the date of this report that has or may significantly affect the activities of the Foundation, the results of those activities, or its state of affairs in the ensuing or any subsequent financial year.



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foundation for the hiStoric houSeS truSt of new South waleS company directorS:

Alastair Baxter Former international rugby player, and architect at Cox Richardson Architects

mark Goggin Director, Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales

David O’Donnell Consultant, Addisons Lawyers

Fiona Playfair Company Director

michael Reid Director, michael Reid Gallery (until February 2014)

michael Rose Chief Executive Partner, Allens

Edward Simpson Company Director

Curtis Smith Partner, KPmG

Judith Whelan News Editor, The Sydney Morning Herald

Simon White Barrister and Senior Counsel

The above-named Directors held office during and since the end of the financial year unless otherwise stated.

principal activitieS

The principal activity of the Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales (Foundation) during the financial year was to act as the Trustee of the Foundation and to do all things such as are necessary, incidental and conducive to acting as the Trustee of the Foundation.

There was no change in the principal activity of the Foundation during the financial year.

review of operationS

The net surplus of the Foundation for the financial year ended 30 June 2014 was $2,027.

The Foundation is a non-profit organisation and is exempt from the payment of income tax under Subdivision 50-5 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.

changeS in State of affairS

One resignation from the Board was accepted during the year. During the financial year there was no significant change in the state of affairs of the Foundation other than that referred to in the financial statements or notes thereto.

SuBSequent eventS

No other matter or circumstance has arisen since the end of the financial year that has significantly affected, or may significantly affect, the activities of the Foundation or its state of affairs in the ensuing or any subsequent financial year.

future developmentS

Disclosure of information regarding likely developments in the operations of the Foundation in future financial years and the expected results of those operations is likely to result in unreasonable prejudice to the Foundation. Accordingly, this information has not been disclosed in this report.

diStriButionS

A distribution was made to the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales (HHT) during the financial year 2013–14 of $68,000.

report By the directorS of the foundation for the hiStoric houSeS truSt of new South waleS limited, Being truStee for the foundation for the hiStoric houSeS truSt

report By the directorS of the foundation FOR THE HISTORIC HOuSES TRuST OF NEW SOuTH WALES LImITEDFOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JuNE 2014

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indemnification of officerS

The HHT (the controlling entity) has included the Foundation within its Treasury managed Fund indemnity coverage. The Treasury managed Fund is a self-insurance scheme owned and underwritten by the New South Wales Government. Such inclusion of the Foundation confers upon it ‘protected entity’ status within the Treasury managed Fund. The contract of coverage is an indemnification for any and all actions leading to a claim against the covered entity subject to the contract of coverage. Each board member, Trustee, officer and employee of the ‘protected entity’ is covered by the contract of coverage for any ‘legal liability’, alleged or actual, as long as the action is not based on an illegal and/or criminal act or outside the scope of their duties.

directorS’ meetingS

The tables below set out the number of Directors’ meetings held (including meetings of committees of Directors) during the financial year and the number of meetings attended by each Director (while they were a Director or a committee member). During the financial year the following meetings were held: six board meetings and five Finance and Legal Committee meetings.

Board of directorS

directorS held attended

Curtis Smith (Chair) 6 4

Alastair Baxter 6 5

David O'Donnell 6 6

Fiona Playfair 6 4

mark Goggin 6 6

michael Reid 2 1

michael Rose 6 3

Edward Simpson 6 3

Judith Whelan 6 1

Simon White 6 4

finance and legal committee

directorS held attended

Curtis Smith (Chair from Apr 2013) 5 1

David O’Donnell 5 2

Simon White 5 5

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Statement By the directorS of the foundation FOR THE HISTORIC HOuSES TRuST OF NEW SOuTH WALES LImITEDFOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JuNE 2014

Pursuant to Section 41C(1B) and (1C) of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 and the Corporations Act 2001, the Directors of the Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales Limited state that:

a) The accompanying financial statements and notes present a true and fair view of the financial position and performance of the company at 30 June 2014, and the results of its operations and transactions for the year on that date ended;

b) The financial statements and notes have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 and Regulation 2010, and the Corporations Act 2001 and Regulations 2001;

c) The financial statements and notes have been prepared in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards (which include Australian Accounting Interpretations);

d) We are not aware of any circumstances which would render any particulars included in the financial reports to be misleading or inaccurate; and

e) There are reasonable grounds to believe that the company will be able to pay its debts as and when they fall due.

Signed in accordance with a resolution of the Directors made pursuant to Section 295(5) of the Corporations Act 2001.

On behalf of the Directors,


curtis Smith Chair

Dated 3 October 2014

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$ $

expenSeS – –total expenSeS – –

revenue – –total revenue – –

net reSult – –

other comprehenSive income – –total other comprehensive income – –

total comprehenSive income – –



$ $

aSSetS

current assets – –

total current assets – –

non-current assets – –

total non-current assets – –

total aSSetS – –

liaBilitieScurrent liabilities – –

total current liabilities – –non-current liabilities – –

total non-current liabilities – –

total liaBilitieS – –

net aSSetS – –

equityAccumulated funds – –

total equity 6 – –



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fundstotal

$ $

Balance at 1 July 2013 – –

Net result for the year – –

Balance at 30 June 2014 6 – –

Balance at 1 July 2012 – –Net result for the year – –

Balance at 30 June 2013 – –



$ $

caSh flowS from operating activitieS – –

net caSh flowS from operating activitieS – –

caSh flowS from inveSting activitieS – –net caSh flowS from inveSting activitieS – –

caSh flowS from financing activitieS – –

net caSh flowS from financing activitieS – –

net increaSe/(decreaSe) in caSh – –

Opening cash and cash equivalents – –

cloSing caSh and caSh equivalentS – –

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A) REPORTING ENTITY

The Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales Limited is a company limited by guarantee, incorporated and domiciled in Australia. The company was incorporated on 13 September 2001. The company is a non-profit entity (as profit is not its principal objective).

The company’s registered office (and principal place of business) is: The mint, 10 macquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales. The company is a controlled entity of the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales (HHT) and is consolidated with the HHT as part of the NSW Total State Sector Accounts.

The financial statements were authorised for issue by the Directors on 3 October 2014.


The financial statements are general-purpose financial statements that have been prepared in accordance with:

• > the Corporations Act 2001;• > applicable Australian Accounting Standards (which

include Australian Accounting Interpretations);• > the requirements of the Public Finance and

Audit Act 1983 and Regulation 2010; and• > Treasurer’s Directions.

The financial statements are for the Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales Limited as an individual entity.



All amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar and are expressed in Australian currency.

C) CHANGES IN ACCOuNTING POLICY, INCLuDING NEW OR REvISED AuSTRALIAN ACCOuNTING STANDARDS


consistent with those of the previous financial year except as a result of the following new or revised

Australian Accounting Standards that have been applied for the first time in 2013-14 - AASB 13: Fair Value. The impact of this Standard in the period of initial application includes assessment and disclosure of fair value heirarchy of financial and non-financial assets.






• AASB 11: Joint Arrangements • AASB 12: Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities• AASB 127: Separate Financial Statements• AASB 128: Investments in

Associates and Joint Ventures• AASB 1055 and AASB 2013-1












The financial statements and notes comply with Australian Accounting Standards, which include Australian Accounting Interpretations.

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2 truStee

The company acts as Trustee of the Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales (the Foundation). Income and property under the control of the company must be applied to the promotion and achievement of the objectives of the company. No portion shall be paid or transferred, directly or indirectly, to members or directors of the company. The financial statements of the Foundation are prepared from books of accounts kept by the HHT. The financial statements of the Foundation are presented with the company’s financial statements.

3 company and truSt expenSeS

Operating costs of the company have been met by the Foundation. All expenses incurred by the company were in its capacity as Trustee.

4 right of indemnity out of truSt aSSetS

The assets of the Foundation at 30 June 2014 are sufficient to meet the Trustee’s rights of indemnity out of the Trust assets for liabilities incurred on behalf of the Trust, as and when they fall due.

5 audit feeS

Audit fees for the financial year 2013–14 of $3300 (2012–13: $2475) inclusive of GST for the company accounts are to be paid by the Foundation.

6 memBerS’ liaBility

The company is limited by guarantee. Every member of the company and every ex-member within one year of ceasing to be a member is liable in the event of winding up for an amount not exceeding $10. There were 12 members at the end of the financial year.

7 controlling entity

The HHT is considered to be the controlling entity of the Foundation. The HHT provided the Foundation and company with a range of administrative support services. These services have been provided at no charge to the company and comprised the provision of:

• office accommodation facilities• accounting and administrative services• electricity and other utility services• human resources.

8 aSSetS and liaBilitieS for which the company iS truStee

Details of the underlying assets and liabilities for the Foundation at 30 June 2014 are as follows:

actual actual2014 2013

$ $

current assetsCash 2,890,416 2,891,660

Receivables 16,513 24,651

total aSSetS 2,906,929 2,916,311

current liabilities

Payables 16,154 28,078

Provisions 2,775 2,260

total liaBilitieS 18,929 30,338

net aSSetS 2,888,000 2,885,973

9 remuneration of directorS

No directors of the company during the financial year received income from the company in connection with the management of the affairs of the company whether as executive officer or otherwise.

10 contingent aSSetS or liaBilitieS

There are no contingent assets or liabilities existing at the close of this report.

11 SuBSequent eventS

No significant matter or circumstance has arisen since the end of the financial year to the date of this report that has or may significantly affect the activities of the company, the results of those activities, or its state of affairs in the ensuing or any subsequent financial year.



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Statement By the directorS OF THE ROuSE HILL HAmILTON COLLECTION PTY LImITEDFOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JuNE 2014

Pursuant to Section 41C(1C) of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983, we state that:

a) The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 and Regulation 2010, applicable Australian Accounting Standards (which include Australian Accounting Interpretations) and the Treasurer’s Directions;

b) In our opinion, the financial statements show a true and fair view of the financial position and transactions of the trust; and

c) There are no circumstances that would render any particulars included in the financial report to be misleading or inaccurate.

This statement is made in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Directors and is signed for and on behalf of the Directors by:

miriam a hamilton Director


Dated 23 July 2014

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$ $

expenSeS – –total expenSeS – –revenue – –total revenue – –

net reSult – –

other comprehenSive incomeitems that will not be reclassified to net result

Net increase in property, plant and equipment asset revaluation surplus

3 36,242 –

total other comprehensive income 36,242

total comprehenSive income 36,242 –



$ $aSSetScurrent assetsCash receivable 2 10 10total current assets 10 10

non-current assets – –Collection assets 3 944,230 907,988total non-current assets 944,230 907,988total aSSetS 944,240 907,998liaBilitieStotal liaBilitieS – –

net aSSetS 944,240 907,998equityOther reserve (Trust settlement) 10 10Accumulated funds 675,000 675,000Asset revaluation surplus 3 269,230 232,988total equity 944,240 907,998




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noteSaccumulated

fundsasset

revaluation surplus

other reserve – trust settlement

total

$ $ $ $Balance at 1 July 2013 675,000 232,988 10 907,998Net result for the year – – – –other comprehensive incomeNet increase in property, plant and equipment

3 – 36,242 – 36,242

total other comprehensive income – 36,242 – 36,242Balance at 30 June 2014 675,000 269,230 10 944,240

Balance at 1 July 2012 675,000 232,988 10 907,998Net result for the year – – – –other comprehensive incomeNet increase/(decrease) in property, plant and equipment

– – – –

total other comprehensive income – – – –Balance at 30 June 2013 675,000 232,988 10 907,998



$ $







Opening cash and cash equivalents 10 10

cloSing caSh and caSh equivalentS 10 10

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The Hamilton Rouse Hill Trust was established on 27 October 1994 and holds collection items in and about Rouse Hill House. The Trust is a non-profit entity (as profit is not its principal objective). It is a New South Wales Government entity and is consolidated in the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales (HHT) accounts, which are part of the NSW Total State Sector Accounts.

The financial statements were authorised for issue by the Directors of the Trust on 23 July 2014.

A) BASIS OF PREPARATION


• applicable Australian Accounting Standards (which include Australian Accounting Interpretations);

• the requirements of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 and Regulation 2010; and

• Treasurer’s Directions.

The financial statements are for the Hamilton Rouse Hill Trust as an individual entity.



B) CHANGES IN ACCOuNTING POLICY, INCLuDING NEW OR REvISED AuSTRALIAN ACCOuNTING STANDARDS


consistent with those of the previous financial year except as a result of the following new or revised Australian Accounting Standards that have been applied for the first time in 2013-14 - AASB 13: Fair Value. The impact of this Standard in the period of initial application includes assessment and disclosure of fair value heirarchy of financial and non-financial assets.





• AASB 10 Consolidated Financial Statements

• AASB 11: Joint Arrangements • AASB 12: Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities• AASB 127: Separate Financial Statements• AASB 128: Investments in Associates and

Joint Ventures• AASB 1055 and AASB 2013-1











c) Statement of compliance



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D) COLLECTIONS

Collections are valued in accordance with TPP 14-1: Guidelines for the Valuation of Physical Non-Current Assets at Fair Value. This policy adopts fair value in accordance with AASB 116: Property, Plant and Equipment and AASB 13: Fair Value. There is no substantive difference between the fair value methodology and the previous valuation methodology adopted in the New South Wales public sector.

The Trust’s collections have been valued by accredited valuers at their fair market value and are brought to account at those values. They are not depreciated.

Revaluation increments are credited directly to the asset revaluation surplus, except that, to the extent that an increment reverses a revaluation decrement in respect of that class of asset previously recognised as an expense in the net result, the increment is recognised immediately as revenue in the net result.

Revaluation decrements are recognised immediately as expenses in the net result, except that, to the extent that a credit balance exists in the asset revaluation surplus in respect of the same class of assets, they are debited directly to the asset revaluation surplus.

Revaluation increments and decrements are offset against one another within a class of non-current assets, but not otherwise. Where an asset that has previously been revalued is disposed of, any balance remaining in the asset revaluation reserve in respect of that asset is transferred to accumulated funds.

E) FAIR vALuE HIERARCHY

A number of the Trust’s accounting policies and disclosures require the measurement of fair values, for both financial and non-financial assets and liabilities. When measuring fair value, the valuation technique used maximises the use of relevant observable inputs and minimises the use of unobservable inputs. under AASB 13, the Trust categorises, for disclosure purposes, the valuation techniques based on the inputs used in the valuation techniques as follows:

• Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical assets/liabilities that the Trust can access at the measurement date

• Level 2 – inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly

• Level 3 – inputs that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs).

The Trust recognises transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy at the end of the reporting period during which the change has occurred.

Refer Note 12 for further disclosures regarding fair value measurements of financial and non-financial assets.

2 caSh receivaBleS

The Hamilton Rouse Hill Trust does not have a separate bank account. The HHT, as the controlling entity of the Hamilton Rouse Hill Trust, maintains $10 in its bank account.

3 collection aSSetS

Pursuant to a chattels sale agreement, the Hamilton Rouse Hill Collection was acquired on 27 October 1994.

Collection assets were revalued in 2014 at fair value by external valuers Andrew Simpson and Jonathan Alford conforming to AASB 116 and in accordance with TPP 14-01. Accredited valuation of the collection at 30 June 2014 is at $944,230. The collection is externally valued every five years.


$ $

Net carrying amount at start of year

907,988 907,988

Net revaluation increments less revaluation decrements

36,242 –

net carrying amount at end of year

944,230 907,988


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4 fair value meaSurement of non-financial aSSetS(a) fair value hierarchy

level 1$’000

level 2 $’000

level 3 $’000


2014property, plant and equipment Collection assets – – 944,230 944,230

– – 944,230 944,2302013property, plant and equipmentCollection assets – – 907,988 907,988

– – 907,988 907,988

(b) valuation techniques, inputs and processes Collection assets are valued by external and internal experts to reflect the fair value. The collection assets are reviewed

for external revaluation at least every five years as part of a rolling revaluation schedule across the HHT. The review is undertaken by the HHT valuations Committee, comprised of curatorial representatives from the properties as well as Register, Documentation and the head of Collections and Access, which is convened annually to identify those collection formats which might have altered since the last valuation, whether or not that valuation was made within the five-year rolling schedule. The committee contracts one or more external valuers with appropriate expertise in the collection formats that have been identified for revaluation.

(c) reconciliation of recurring level 3 fair value measurements

collection assets

total recurring

level 3 fair value

$’000 $’000Fair value as at 1 July 2013 907,988 907,988Additions – –Revaluation increments/decrements recognised in Net result – included in the line item ‘Other gains/(losses)’

– –


36,242 36,242

Disposals – –fair value as at 30 June 2014 944,230 944,230

Fair value as at 1 July 2012 907,988 907,988Additions – –Revaluation increments/decrements recognised in Net result – included in the line item ‘Other gains/(losses)’

– –


– –

Disposals – –fair value as at 30 June 2013 907,988 907,988


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5 ServiceS provided free of charge

A management agreement was entered into on 27 October 1994 between the company and the HHT, whereby the HHT, in consideration for allowing the collection to remain in its care and safe keeping, accepts sole responsibility for the management and conservation of the entire collection. The Director of the HHT is a director of the company and his services are provided free of charge.

6 audit feeS

Audit fees for the financial year 2013–14 of $4950 (2012–13: $2530) inclusive of GST were paid by the HHT.

7 eventS SuBSequent to Balance date

No significant matter or circumstance has arisen since the end of the financial year to the date of this report that has or may significantly affect the activities of the Trust, the results of those activities, or its state of affairs in the ensuing or any subsequent financial year.


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Statement By the directorS OF THE ROuSE HILL HAmILTON COLLECTION PTY LImITEDFOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JuNE 2014

Pursuant to Section 41C(1B) and (1C) of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983, the Directors of the Rouse Hill Hamilton Collection Pty Limited state that:

a) The accompanying financial statements and notes present a true and fair view of the financial position and performance of the company at 30 June 2014 and the results of its operations and transactions for the year on that date ended;

b) The financial statements and notes have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 and Regulation 2010;

c) The financial statements and notes have been prepared in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards (which include Australian Accounting Interpretations);

d) We are not aware of any circumstances which would render any particulars included in the financial reports to be misleading or inaccurate; and

e) There are reasonable grounds to believe that the company will be able to pay its debts as and when they fall due.

Signed in accordance with a resolution of the Directors.

miriam a hamilton Director


Dated 23 July 2014

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$ $

expenSeS – –total expenSeS – –

revenue – –total revenue – –

net reSult – –

other comprehenSive income – –total other comprehensive income – –

total comprehenSive income – –



$ $

aSSetS

current assets – –

cash 2 2

total current assets 2 2

non-current assets – –

total non-current assets – –

total aSSetS 2 2

liaBilitieStotal liaBilitieS – –

net aSSetS 2 2

equityAccumulated funds 6 2 2

total equity 2 2



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fundstotal

$ $

Balance at 1 July 2013 2 2

Net result for the year – –

Balance at 30 June 2014 6 2 2

Balance at 1 July 2012 2 2Net result for the year – –

Balance at 30 June 2013 2 2



$ $







Opening cash and cash equivalents 2 2

cloSing caSh and caSh equivalentS 2 2

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A) REPORTING ENTITY The Rouse Hill Hamilton Collection Pty Limited is

a company limited by shares, incorporated and domiciled in Australia. The company was incorporated on 26 October 1994. The company is a non-profit entity (as profit is not its principal objective). It is a New South Wales Government entity and is consolidated in the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales (HHT) accounts. The company’s registered office (and principal place of business) is: The mint, 10 macquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales.

The financial statements were authorised for issue by the Directors on 23 July 2014.



• applicable Australian Accounting Standards (which include Australian Accounting Interpretations);

• the requirements of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 and Regulation 2010; and

• Treasurer’s Directions.

The financial statements are for the Rouse Hill Hamilton Collection Pty Limited as an individual entity.




C) CHANGES IN ACCOuNTING POLICY, INCLuDING NEW OR REvISED AuSTRALIAN ACCOuNTING STANDARDS


consistent with those of the previous financial year except as a result of the following new or revised Australian Accounting Standards that have been

applied for the first time in 2013-14 - AASB 13: Fair Value. The impact of this Standard in the period of initial application includes assessment and disclosure of fair value heirarchy of financial and non-financial assets.






• AASB 11: Joint Arrangements • AASB 12: Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities• AASB 127: Separate Financial Statements• AASB 128: Investments in Associates and

Joint Ventures• AASB 1055 and AASB 2013-1













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2 truStee

The company acts as Trustee of the Hamilton Rouse Hill Trust.

3 company and truSt expenSeS

Operating costs of the company have been met by the HHT. All expenses incurred by the company were in its capacity as Trustee.

4 audit feeS

Audit fees for the financial year 2013–14 of $3300 (2012–13: $2475) inclusive of GST for the company accounts are to be met by the HHT.

5 right of indemnity out of the truSt aSSetS

The assets of the company as at 30 June 2014 are sufficient to meet the Trustee’s rights of indemnity out of trust assets for liabilities incurred on behalf of the Trust, as and when they fall due.

6 accumulated fundS


$ $issued capital

2 shares of $1 fully paid 2 2

7 related partieS

A) DIRECTORS’ REmuNERATION The directors act in an honorary capacity and do not

receive remuneration in connection with managing the affairs of the company or of the Trust for which the company acts as Trustee.

B) CONTROLLING ENTITY

The HHT is considered to be the controlling entity of the Rouse Hill Hamilton Collection Pty Limited.

C) SuPPORT

The HHT provided the Rouse Hill Hamilton Collection Pty Limited with a range of administrative support services. These services have been provided at no charge to the Rouse Hill Hamilton Collection Pty Limited and comprised the provision of:

•officeaccommodationfacilities •accountingandadministrativeservices.

8 remuneration of directorS

No directors of the company during the financial year received income from the company in connection with the management of the affairs of the company whether as executive officer or otherwise.

9 contingent aSSetS and liaBilitieS

There are no contingent assets or liabilities.

10 SuBSequent eventS

No significant matter or circumstance has arisen since the end of the financial year to the date of this report that has or may significantly affect the activities of the company, the results of those activities, or its state of affairs in the ensuing or any subsequent financial year.



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CONTACT

All properties are closed on Good Friday and Christmas Day. Visit sydneylivingmuseums..com.au for opening hours during NSW school holidays and NSW public holidays.

HiSTOriC HOuSeS TruST OF NeW SOuTH WAleS

Head Office The Mint 10 Macquarie Street Sydney NSW 2000 T 02 8239 2288 F 02 8239 2299 E [email protected] Open Mon–Fri, 9am–5pm Infoline 02 8239 2442 TTY 02 8239 2377 www.hht.net.au

Bistro Mint Open Mon-Fri, 8am–4pm, for breakfast and lunch T 02 9232 2293

CArOliNe SiMpSON liBrAry & reSeArCH COlleCTiON

The Mint 10 Macquarie Street Sydney NSW 2000 T 02 8239 2233 F 02 8239 2433 E [email protected] http://library.hht.net.au Open Tues–Fri, 10am–4pm

elizABeTH BAy HOuSe

7 Onslow Avenue Elizabeth Bay NSW 2011 T 02 9356 3022 F 02 9357 7176 Open Fri–Sun, 11am–4pm Schools and booked groups by arrangement

elizABeTH FArM

70 Alice Street Rosehill NSW 2142 T 02 9635 9488 F 02 9891 3740 Open Sat & Sun, 10.30am–3.30pm Schools and booked groups by arrangement

elizabeth Farm Tearooms Open Sat & Sun, 10.30am–3.00pm T 02 9635 9488

GOVerNMeNT HOuSe

Macquarie Street Sydney NSW 2000 T 02 9931 5222 F 02 9931 5208 House open Fri–Sun, 10.30am–3pm Access by guided tour only Grounds open daily, 10am–4pm Schools and booked groups by arrangement

HyDe pArk BArrACkS MuSeuM

Queens Square Macquarie Street Sydney NSW 2000 T 02 8239 2311 F 02 8239 2322 Open daily, 10am–5pm Schools and booked groups by arrangement

Hyde park Barracks Cafe Open daily for breakfast & lunch T 02 9222 1815

JuSTiCe & pOliCe MuSeuM

Cnr Albert and Phillip streets Circular Quay NSW 2000 T 02 9252 1144 F 02 9252 4860 Open Sat & Sun, 10am–5pm Schools and booked groups by arrangement

MerOOGAl

Cnr West and Worrigee streets Nowra NSW 2541 T 02 4421 8150 F 02 4421 2747 Open Sat, 10.30am–3.30pm Access by guided tour only, on the hour Schools and booked groups by arrangement

MuSeuM OF SyDNey

on the site of first Government HouseCnr Bridge and Phillip streets Sydney NSW 2000 T 02 9251 5988 F 02 9251 5966 Open daily, 10am–5pm Schools and booked groups by arrangementThe Governors Table Bar & Dining Open daily for breakfast & lunch, and Mon-Sat for dinner T 02 9241 1788

rOSe SeiDler HOuSe

71 Clissold Road Wahroonga NSW 2076 T 02 9989 8020 F 02 9487 2761 Open Sun, 11am–4pm Schools and booked groups by arrangement

rOuSe Hill HOuSe & FArM

356 Annangrove Road (PO Box 3123) Rouse Hill NSW 2155 T 02 9627 6777 F 02 9627 6776 Open Sat & Sun, 10.30am–3.30pm bookings advisable) Schools and booked groups by arrangement

SuSANNAH plACe MuSeuM

58–64 Gloucester Street The Rocks NSW 2000 T 02 9241 1893 F 02 9241 2608 Open daily, 2pm–5pm Access by guided tour only Schools and booked groups by arrangement

VAuCluSe HOuSe

Wentworth Road Vaucluse NSW 2030 T 02 9388 7922 F 02 9337 4963 Open Fri–Sun, 11am–4pm Schools and booked groups by arrangement

Vaucluse House Tearooms Open Wed–Sun for breakfast and lunch T 02 9388 8188

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APPENDICES

THANk yOu TO Our prOGrAM SuppOrTerS & pArTNerS

We thank the many people and groups who have assisted the HHT this year for their generosity, support and expertise, including:

• HHTVolunteers

• HHTFoundationBoard,Governors and Supporters

eDuCATiON & puBliC prOGrAM SuppOrTerS

Australian Theatre for Young People

Big Dig & Youth Hostels Australia

City of Sydney

Chinese Heritage Association of Australia

Food and Words

Fresh Catering

History Council of NSW

Museums and Galleries of NSW

New South Wales Bar Association

NSW Architects Registration Board

NSW Board of Studies

NSW Farmers’ Association

NSW Department of Education & Communities

NSW Department of Education, Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre

Real Food Projects

State Library of New South Wales

Sydney Architecture Festival

Sydney Harbour Federation Trust

Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority

Sydney Mardi Gras

Sydney Writers’ Festival

The Festivalists

The Rocks Educators Network

VideoConferencing Australia

Vivid Ideas

Wildwon

iNTerpreTATiON & exHiBiTiONS SuppOrTerS

Architecture Foundation Australia

Australian Wool Innovation Ltd

Chinese Heritage Association of Australia

City of Sydney

Corporate Culture (designer furniture)

Darug elders and descendants (Rouse Hill House & Farm interpretation)

Faculty of the Built Environment, University of New South Wales (Public Sydney publication)

Government Architects’ Office, NSW (Public Sydney publication)

Herman Miller

La Perouse Aboriginal Community (Vaucluse House interpretation)

Modern House (estate agency)

Momento

NSW Architects Registration Board

NSW Farmers’ Association

NSW Police Force (The Force exhibition)

Powerhouse Museum

Seidler Architectural Foundation

Smow Australia

State Library of New South Wales

Stormtech

University of Newcastle

Visions of Australia

MuSeuM pArTNerS

elizabeth Farm

Harris Park Neighbourhood Committee

Parramatta City Council

Government House, Sydney

Department of Premier & Cabinet

Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney

NSW Police Force

Hyde park Barracks Museum

The Great Irish Famine Commemoration Committee

Meroogal

Bundanon Trust

Shoalhaven Arts Centre

Museum of Sydney

Australian Rugby Union

rouse Hill House & FarmNSW National Parks & Wildlife Service

Susannah place Museum

Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority

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AAboriginal employment strategy 12 research 12, 27Access to government information 69Access to information 20, 69–71Acquisitions 25, 36Admission fees 67Archaeology 9, 13, 24, 38, 42, 50 collection 13, 25, 41, 44 collections valuation 25Assets 6, 12 management, internal review 58Audiences building engagement with 34–5, 41 Audioguide, Hyde Park Barracks Museum

12, 13Audit & Risk Committee 54, 58, 65Auditors’ reports 82, 83, 115–17, 135–6, 143,

144, 153, 154Awards 12, 22, 30

BBeulah 28, 29, 50Biobanking Agreement 29, 50Board standing committees 65Brand, Sydney Living Museums 32, 34–5

CCarbon footprint, reduction in 33Caroline Simpson Library & Research

Collection 25, 36, 39, 47–8, 62–3Chairman’s overview 2Charges 72City Portfolio 26, 56Collections 24–5, 38, 47–9 acquiring new collection material 25, 36 archaeology, see Archaeology digital collections project 38, 41 photographic 8, 38, 41, 42, 44 sharing our 25 Threads of Connection 38 Throsby Park 25Collections Valuation Committee 66Commercial & Marketing 34, 41 Advisory Committee 54, 65 Services Group 36, 55Commercial leasehold 32Committees 54Conservation projects 24–9, 33, 50–51Conserving our collections 24–5

Consultants 777Consumer response 72Cook and the Curator, The 22–3, 39Corporate framework 5 planning 54Costs control of 32 of printing annual report 72Creative Services Advisory Committee 54, 65 Group 55Credit card certification 72Crime 8

D Delegations 60Development & Fundraising 32, 55Digital collections project 38, 41 content 20–21, 41, 47 delivery 72 engagement 16, 20–21, 32 strategy 12, 20Digital Information Security Annual

Attestation Statement 61Director’s overview 3Directorate team 36Disability awareness 7Donations 6, 32, 41, 68, 72

EEastern Sydney Portfolio 26, 56Education programs 8, 9, 14–15, 18, 32, 39, 41Elizabeth Bay House 22, 24, 25, 26Elizabeth Farm 9, 12, 16, 22, 25, 27, 32Endangered Houses Fund 28–9, 46, 50–51

see also Beulah, Exeter Farm, Glenfield, Nissen hut, Throsby Park

Ethical standards, 58Events, see Public programsExecutive 54–5Exeter Farm 30–31Exhibitions 8, 9, 10, 12, 19, 32, 34, 41Expenditure 6

F Facilities, investing in and upgrading 32Financial statements 79 –First Government House 22, 34, 42First Government House Place 8, 14, 42

Foundation for the Historic Houses Trust ofNSW 36, 41, 60, 62, 66, 68

financial statements of 114Foundation Limited financial statements 132Fundraising 32, 68

G Glenfield 28, 29, 51Government House 16, 24, 39, 58 transfer of 24, 33, 58, 60Grants 12, 32, 67, 68

H Hamilton Rouse Hill Trust 60 financial statements of 142Heritage & Endangered Houses Advisory Committee 54, 66Heritage Group 55HHT standing committees 54, 66Home & Architecture programHospitality 26Human resources 36, 72Hyde Park Barracks Museum 9, 12, 13, 16, 22,

24, 25, 26, 32, 34, 58

I Income, generation of 6, 32, 67Insurances 58Internal Audit and Risk Management

Attestation 59Interpretation 12, 13, 22–3, 24, 27, 34, 38Interpretation & Exhibitions team 39Irish Famine Memorial 16, 26

J Joint Consultative Committee 54, 66Justice & Police Museum 8, 9, 24, 25, 26, 34

K Land disposal 29, 30,72Legal change 58Loans 25

M Macquarie Street Portfolio 26, 39, 44, 56Magazine, see UnlockedMaintaining our properties 6, 25–9Media coverage 32Meroogal 25, 27Meroogal & Western Sydney Portfolio 27,

36, 56

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Mint, The 16, 22, 25, 26, 27, 32, 33 see also, Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection

Mission statement 5Museum of Sydney 8, 9, 10, 16, 22, 24, 25, 26,

32, 33, 34Museums 14–15, 32, 33, 34, 36, 42–6 contact info 160 list of 46 portfolios 26–7

see also, Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection, Elizabeth Bay House, Elizabeth Farm, Hyde Park Barracks Museum, Government House, Justice & Police Museum, Meroogal, Mint, Museum of Sydney, Rose Seidler House, Rouse Hill House & Farm, Susannah Place Museum, Vaucluse House

NNetwork security 60Nissen hut 51NSW Police Forensic Photography Archive 8

O Open days 12, 29Operations Group 36, 56Organisational chart 57 Outreach 16, 18, 19, 20 regional 12

P Paid admissionsPartnerships 8, 10, 41, 67Payment performance 77Performance Development Plan (PDP) 36Personnel policies and practices 72Policies and procedures 58Portfolios 26–7, 42–5, 55Presentations and publications 39Printing costs, of annual report 72Privacy Management Plan 69Properties 6, 14–15, 32, 33, 34, 36, 42–6 list of 46 portfolios 26–7

see also MuseumsPublic awareness 32, 34–5Public programs 8, 10–11, 14–15, 22–3, 32, 34,

36, 38Public Sydney: drawing the city 12Publications 12

RRaising awareness 34–5 Records management 33, 36, 60Regional outreach, see OutreachRisk management 36, 58–9Rose Seidler House 16, 22, 26, 32Rouse Hill Hamilton Collection Pty Limited

60, 66 financial statements of 152Rouse Hill House & Farm 12, 16, 24, 25, 27,

32, 60

S Self-generated income 6, 32, 67Skills and training 36SLM Food 12, 22–3SLM Home & Architecture 10–11Social media 16, 20Sponsors/Sponsorship 32, 41, 62, 67Staff distribution 73–6 skills and training 24, 36Strategic direction 5Susannah Place Museum 9, 16, 24, 25, 26,

32, 34Sydney Living Museums brand 32, 34–5Sydney Museums Pass 34

T Threads of Connection 38Throsby Park 25, 28, 29, 51TRIM, see Records managementTrustees, Board of 52–4

UUNESCO World Heritage listing 41Unlocked: The Sydney Living Museums

Gazette 34

VVaucluse House 12, 16, 22, 24, 25, 26, 32, Venues 14–15, 32, 41, 55, 62Vision 5Visitation 6, 12, 14–6, 32, 34Volunteers 8, 27, 36, 41, 56 list of 78 program review 8, 56

W Website 16, 20–1, 34, 36Western Sydney Portfolio, see Meroogal &

Western Sydney PortfolioWorkforce diversity 73–6Work health and safety (WHS) 36Work Health & Safety Committee 36, 58, 66

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SpONSOrS

The HHT would like to thank the following sponsors for their support:

MAJOr pArTNerS

GOVerNMeNT pArTNerS

exHiBiTiON pArTNerS

MeDiA pArTNerS

SuppOrTiNG pArTNerS

Cover Vaucluse House. Photo © James HoranBack cover Layers of wallpaper on the walls of the northern bedroom of The Manse, Moruya (samples now in the Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection). Photo Ross Heathcote © HHT inside cover Justice & Police Museum (detail). Photo © Hayley Richardson & Stuart Miller page 4 Shanghai-style lanterns in the Celestial City exhibition. Photo © Jamie North page 5 Detail of the plan of the town and suburbs of Sydney floor map from the Convict Sydney exhibition, Hyde Park Barracks Museum. Photo © Stuart Miller & Haley Richardson page 40 Police Station Charge Room, Justice & Police Museum. Photo © Hayley Richardson & Stuart Miller page 64 Re-created 1950s kitchen of no 58 Susannah Place when it was home to the Andersen family. Photo © James Horan page 79 Entrants in the Fifties Fair ‘best dressed’ competition parade down the ramp at Rose Seidler House. Photo © Hamilton Lund page 114 Front cover of Yokohama Nursery Company’s descriptive catalogue for 1903. Photo © Jamie North page 115 Storeroom at Elizabeth Bay House (detail). Photo © Stuart Miller page 132 Detail of the Dorothea MacKellar bookcase, Caroline Simpson Collection. Photo © Nicholas Watt page 142 View of the paddock at Rouse Hill House & Farm from the loft of the stables. Photo © James Horan page 152 The drawing room at Rouse Hill House & Farm. Photo © James Horan

prODuCTiON CreDiTS

project ManagerRhiain Hull

editorsRhiain Hull, Sarah Fitzherbert

DesignArnel Rodríguez, Sarah Christensen

View of the sitting room, Rouse Hill House & Farm. Photo © James Horan

The Historic Houses Trust of NSW, incorporating Sydney Living Museums, cares for significant historic places, buildings, landscapes and collections. It is a statutory authority of, and principally funded by, the New South Wales Government.