THE MINTSATURDAY 30 JULY 9.30AM–5PM

PROGRAMSPEAKERS

Cover: The town of Sydney in NSW, R Havell & Sons, c1821, engraved after watercolour by Major Thomas Taylor (detail). Reprinted by Tim McCormick from original copper plate held in the State Library of NSW

PETER POULET is the current NSW Government Architect.

IAN INNES is Director, Heritage and Collections at Sydney Living Museums.

DR FIONA STARR is Curator of Hyde Park Barracks Museum and The Mint.

DR PETER HOBBINS is a historian of science, technology and medicine.

RICHARD FRANCIS-JONES is a highly awarded and leading contemporary Australian architect.

MARK GOGGIN is Executive Director of Sydney Living Museums.

SHARON VEALE is Chief Executive of GML Heritage.

SESSION 3 (CONT.)

SESSION 3

SESSION 1

DR CAROLINE BUTLER–BOWDON is Director, Curatorial and Public Engagement at Sydney Living Museums.

MEGAN MARTIN is Head of Collections and Access at Sydney Living Museums.

DR LISA MURRAY is the City Historian at City of Sydney.

SESSION 2

A FUTURE FOR THE PAST: A SYMPOSIUM TO MARK THE BICENTENARY OF THE RUM HOSPITAL

TIM HORTON is the Registrar of the NSW Architects Registration Board.

IAN INNES is Director, Heritage and Collections at Sydney Living Museums.

As the custodians of The Mint, Sydney Living Museums is delighted to present this symposium reflecting on the bicentenary of the Rum Hospital, A Future for the Past.From its inception the Rum Hospital and the evolution of this Macquarie Street site – from ‘Sydney Slaughterhouse’, to Royal Mint, the NSW Parliament, and Sydney Hospital– has been part of a continuing discourse about the building of Sydney. This symposium is core to SLM’s work, a part of our mission to secure a future for the past, exploring who we were, what we built and how we lived.

Today’s program is an opportunity to look back and better understand the history, heritage and significance of the Rum Hospital; it is also a chance to look forward and consider the future heritage of Sydney. This is particularly pertinent in this year of bicentenaries – of the Rum Hospital, the Royal Botanic Gardens and the Government Architect’s Office and as we move towards another milestone, the bicentenary of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Hyde Park Barracks. I am delighted to present this program of eminent historians, architects and heritage experts and look forward to sharing these critical conversations today, and into the future.

Mark Goggin, Executive Director

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S WELCOME SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE

9:30am–10am Registration, tea and coffee

10am–10.15am Acknowledgment of Country, introduction

SESSION 1 1816, MACQUARIE’S RUM HOSPITAL

10.15am–12.05pm Peter Poulet (Chair), NSW Government Architect, Government Architect’s Office

Macquarie and Greenway, architecture and civic improvement Ian Innes, Director, Heritage and Collections, Sydney Living Museums

A (Rum) Hospital for convicts Dr Fiona Starr, Curator, Macquarie St Portfolio, Sydney Living Museums

Sydney Infirmary and Dispensary for the free Dr Peter Hobbins, Research Associate, History Department, Sydney University

12.05pm–1.30pm Lunch break

SESSION 2 1856, THE SYDNEY MINT, THE SYDNEY HOSPITAL AND PARLIAMENT

1.30pm–3pm Dr Caroline Butler-Bowdon (Chair), Director, Curatorial and Public Engagement, Sydney Living Museums

The Royal Mint, Sydney Branch Megan Martin, Head of Collections and Access, Sydney Living Museums

The History of Macquarie Street Dr Lisa Murray, City Historian, City of Sydney Council

3pm–3.20pm Afternoon tea break

SESSION 3 1976, A HERITAGE WORTH SAVING

3.20pm–4.50pm Tim Horton (Chair), Registrar of the NSW Architects Registration Board

Adaptive reuse revisited – reflections on The Mint Project Richard Francis-Jones, FJMT Studio

A future for the past panel discussion Mark Goggin, Executive Director, Sydney Living Museums Ian Innes, Director, Heritage and Collections, Sydney Living Museums Sharon Veale, CEO GLM Heritage and Trustee, Historic Houses Trust of NSW Richard Francis-Jones, FJMT Studio

4.50pm–5pm Vote of thanks and close

Above Detail of plan and elevation from ‘Plan, section and elevation of the south wing of the Convict Hospital, Sydney’, 1854. State Records of NSW, plan 2342

Top The Mint. Photo © Doug Riley for Sydney Living Museums