Community members can explore the past, present and future of Geelong’s heritage buildings at a symposium next month.
Hosted by the Geelong and Region Branch National Trust (Vic) at the Geelong Library on Thursday, October 9, Honouring the Past – Creating the Future will bring together local presenters from a wide range of professional, academic and cultural backgrounds.
Presenters include Hamilton Group chief executive Cameron Hamilton, Sharp Group director Lyndsay Sharp, Deakin University professor Tuba Kocaturk, heritage advisor and First Nations representative Melinda Kennedy and City of Greater Geelong heritage project officer and researcher Benjamin Petkov.
The symposium, which will include a Q&A session, will examine how we define heritage and what the city’s rapid expansion might mean for the future of Geelong’s heritage buildings.
National Wool Museum director Padraic Fisher, who will act as MC, said the event would be “an evening of provocations”.
“The decisions that we make have ramifications long into the future, so… the choices that we make as a community, as businesses, as politicians, as citizens, and as visitors need to be considered,” he said.
“Geelong has been a place of coming together, co-creating, sharing, a place of gathering for tens of thousands of years. And in post-colonial times, Geelong has changed itself many, many times.
“(This event) brings together a group of people with very different backgrounds, very different approaches to built form heritage and the natural environment.
“I’m hoping what comes out of this evening is some changed perspectives, some enlightenment on how people think about the built environment around us. Taking a look at what is heritage, what do we preserve… what is best for our community.”
Visit events.grlc.vic.gov.au/event/14224445 for more information.
