Parra News December 14 2021

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Tuesday, December 14, 2021
Historical Society
win IMAGinE award
NICOLA BARTON
Parramatta & District
Historical Society have
been recognised for their
innovation and resilience during
COVID-19 at the 2021 IMAGinE
awards.
The Society developed a website
for the Hambledon Cottage
Museum, which included a
360-degree virtual reality tour,
in collaboration with Western
Sydney University tourism
students, and was funded by a
COVID-19 Resilience Grant from
City of Parramatta Council.
The website has improved the
appeal of the museum by providing
online access to domestic and
international visitors, and has
significantly enhanced the Society’s
ability to promote Hambledon
Cottage.
The Historical Society won the
‘Innovation & Resilience – Projects
With A Budget of $10,000 or Less’
section for their efforts developing
the website and virtual reality tour.
There were six other entrants
including the Australian Design
Centre, Grafton Regional Gallery,
Southern Highlands Artisans
Collective, Sydney Living Museums,
Tamworth Regional Gallery
and Tweed Regional Museum.
The Innovation and Resilience
Award recognises the outstanding
efforts of museums and galleries
during hardship and celebrates
excellence and innovation in
exhibition practice, resiliencebuilding
projects and engagement
programs.
The IMAGinE awards aim to
celebrate all institutions and pays
homage to those organisations run
by volunteers, with limited budgets
and minimal resources.
Museums & Galleries of NSW
CEO Brett Adlington said IMAGinE
brings people together and
creates a sense of achievement and
comradery as a sector.
“In these difficult times cross
organisational celebration is more
important than ever and even
though we were unable to hold
the awards in person there is still
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a really strong sense of community
surrounding the awards,” he said.
“It is easy to fall into silos in our
day to day but it’s important to
recognise the commonality of our
goals and to work together and that
is something that I’m reminded of
when looking at the diversity, but
also shared experiences of the
nominees whether they be museums,
artist run spaces, regional
galleries, historical societies,
Aboriginal Cultural Centres or
large cultural institutions.
“This year I was really struck
by the quality of the exhibitions
and programs that museums
and galleries are delivering and
how they are continuing to serve
their communities despite the
limitations of their resources, in
particular, the incredible work
by volunteers and staff in smaller
museums, galleries and aboriginal
cultural centres is inspirational.”
Hambledon Cottage Museum is
currently open for guided tours on
weekends from 11am to 3pm.
View the virtual tour at: hambledoncottagemuseum.org.au.
During production of the 360-degree virtual reality tour.
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DRAFT LATE NIGHT TRADING
DEVELOPMENT CONTROL PLAN
The draft Late Night Trading Development Control Plan will
assist in the city’s transition to a 24-hour centre by facilitating
a greater mix of things to see, do and explore and meeting the
emerging needs of our communities.
The proposed controls aim to facilitate growth and
diversification of the night-time economy by balancing nighttime
vibrancy and reasonable levels of residential amenity,
encouraging a broad and inclusive mix of uses throughout the
night and ensuring good venue practices to promote safety and
community amenity.
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