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EXPERIENCE

Aug 2018 - Present            Objects Conservator - National Film & Sound Archive                     Canberra, ACT

Key Activities:

  • conserve objects and textiles

  • assist curators with display requirements

  • use Trim and Mediaflex to write condition reports

  • research film conservation: naphthalene syndrome on cellulose diactate

Sep 2015 - Present            Volunteer Head Conservator - Army Museum Duntroon                     Canberra, ACT

Key Activities:

  • assist in the establishment of the museum

  • organised and perform ongoing pest and environmental monitoring

  • execute textile freezing and brush vacuuming

  • assist curators with display requirements

  • oversee volunteer assistant conservator

20-21 Jan 2018               Conservation Workshop Lecturer - Scenic Rim Heritage Network             Canungra, QLD

Key Activities:

  • received a grant to produce and present a two day workshop to six museums

  • Day 1: basic object photography

  • Day 2: object reports and current conservation testing techniques

Achievements:

  • feedback forms showed unanimous positive response with interest in further workshops

22-23 June 2017              Volunteer Assistant Conservator - International Conservation Service         Canberra, ACT

Key Activities:

  • worked as part of a three person team to conserve the Land Research Mural by Robert Ingpen, at CSIRO's Black Mountain Laboratories

  • removed dust and accretions by brush vacuuming, smoke sponge and cotton swab dampened with deionised water

  • applied Flugger infill and tempera inpainting

Dec 2016 - Jan 2017           Assistant Conservator - Conservation Works Pty Ltd                   Canberra, ACT

Key Activities:

  • initially a volunteer job ending in paid work, working as part of a four person team to conserve furniture at Old Parliament House

  • inspected and reported structural damage and pest damage

  • removed dust through brush vacuuming and dampened microfibre cloth

  • tagged and recorded completed pieces for transport to storage facility

Mar 2011 - Sep 2015           Volunteer Administrator and Conservator - Army Military Intelligence Museum   Canungra, QLD

Key Activities:

Conservation and Collection Management:

  • initiated and completed a comprehensive audit of the entire uniform and clothing collection including writing and uploading object reports and photographs to EMu

  • drafted Pest Management and Disaster Recovery Plans, improved textile reports and established and applied preventive pest and environmental monitoring parameters in all areas of the museum

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Museum Management and Liaison:

  • communicated with army base air conditioning technician and cleaning staff to provide information on museum environmental standards and improve consistency of temperature and relative humidity within the museum

  • attended and took notes for the museum at quarterly meetings of the Scenic Rim Heritage Network and the Oral History Association of Australia (QLD Branch)

  • Personal Assistant to manager and display staff, drafting and editing display panels, pamphlets and correspondence, monitoring exhibit conditions, cleaning and refurbishing display cabinets, taking visitor bookings, maintaining a visit schedule, and monitoring training opportunities for museum staff

  • provided instruction to volunteer conservators

 

Oral History:

  • oversaw the completion of release documentation and background research

  • participated in the conduct of interviews including set up and monitoring of recording equipment (video and audio)

 

Front Desk:

visitor reception, sales, accounting, banking, stocktaking and stock orders

Achievements:

  • completed object reports for a clothing bay of approximately 100 textiles

Training:

  • Museum Practice Course

  • Museum Practice & Preventive Conservation Course

  • Significance Assessment Workshop

  • Oral History Workshops

  • Digital Story Telling Workshop

  • Textile Support & Enclosures Workshop

  • compulsory annual Defence briefings (WHS, Defence Security, Drug & Alcohol Awareness & Equity & Diversity)

  • annual First Aid training & certification in CPR & defibrillator

July 2009 - Sep 2015          Writer - Historical Non-fiction                                       Canungra, QLD

Key Activities:

  • wrote a manuscript about a WWII Lancaster bomber crew and the experience of searching for the crew's story

  • research sources included crew families, books, museums, archived service files and squadron operation records, interviews with WWII Lancaster crewmen, visit to UK and France to gather information from the base, barracks and museums, experience a taxi ride in a Lancaster bomber, speak to eyewitnesses, view crash sites and the graves

  • edited by West Coast Editorial Associates, British Columbia, Canada

Achievements:

  • received publishing contract from Heritage House Publishing Co. Ltd., Victoria BC

  • book to be published autumn 2018

Apr 2002 - Dec 2008           Teacher - Suffolk County Council                                      Ipswich, UK

Key Activities:

  • obtained British Teaching Qualifications

  • taught students from Kindergarten to grade six

  • Modern Foreign Languages subject leader and co-ordinator

  • Assistant Geography subject leader in Upper Key Stage Two Humanities team

Sep 2001 - Jan 2002            Teacher - Hastings & Prince Edward District School Board            Bancroft, ON, Canada

Key Activities:

  • taught students from Junior Kindergarten to Ontario Academic Credit

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