From November 30th, 1981 to May 28th, 1982 I was
employed at the Conservation Laboratory of The Australian
Museum. I also completed a contract for Australia Post,
under Sue Walston's supervision, for two weeks in July
1982 and worked on two private projects at Conservation Art
and Library Services, Leichhardt. During my time at The
Australian Museum preparation for the opening of a major
gallery, "The Abelam - a people of Papua New Guinea" was
concluded. A large proportion of my work at the Museum was
related to this event.
The Australian Museum places a high priority on
environmental monitoring of storage areas and one of my
duties was to participate in this monitoring programme.
Shortly before the opening of the new gallery, flooding
was discovered in two showcases in the Aboriginal Gallery
affecting some sixty artefacts. The entire conservation
staff was involved in emergency procedures, removing the
objects to a stabilising environment until further work
could be carried out. As the work load occasioned by the
Abelam Gallery eased, I was placed in charge of the followup
work on the flood-damaged artefacts.
The contract with Australia Post was to prepare
moulded fibre-glass backings for a collection of Aboriginal
bark paintings. This plus my work at Conservation Art and
Library Services, a private conservation laboratory,
have provided interesting perspectives on the differences
between the public and private sectors.
Overall, my experience over the last nine months has
been quite diverse, encompassing preventive, remedial and
cosmetic conservation, practical and administrative work.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/219014 |
| Date | January 1983 |
| Creators | Hinton, Graham, n/a |
| Publisher | University of Canberra. Applied Science |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | ), Copyright Graham Hinton |
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