Section 1

OVERVIEW

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1.1

Purpose………………………………………………………………………………………

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1.2

Statutory responsibilities of the History Trust of South Australia……………………………………………………………………………………

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1.3

Collection aim of the History Trust of South Australia …………

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1.4

Accessing the History Trust’s collections……………………………

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1.5

Collecting within the divisions of the History Trust…………………

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1.6

History Trust Curatorial Committees………………………………………

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1.7

Code of Ethics……………………………………………………………………………

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Section 2

DIVISIONAL ACQUISITION POLICIES

2.1

Historical significance………………………………………………………………

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2.2

Directorate Curatorial Policy……………………………………………………

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2.3

Migration Museum Acquisition Policy ………………………………………

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2.4

National Motor Museum Acquisition Policy ……………………………

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2.5

South Australian Maritime Museum Acquisition Policy……………

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Section 3

PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES

3.1

Process chart……………………………………………………………………………

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3.2

Acquisition…………………………………………………………………………………

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3.3

Accessioning………………………………………………………………………………

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3.4

Storage………………………………………………………………………………………

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3.5

Object Handling Guidelines………………………………………………………

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3.6

Deaccessioning…………………………………………………………………………

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3.7

Disposal………………………………………………………………………………………

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3.8

Inward loans………………………………………………………………………………

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3.9

Outward loans……………………………………………………………………………

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3.10

Reproduction of material held by the History Trust………………

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3.11

Obtaining copyright for items held by the History Trust………

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3.12

Monetary Valuation: assessment guidelines…………………………

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3.13

Audit……………………………………………………………………………………………

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3.14

Disaster Preparedness………………………………………………………………

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3.15

Disclosure…………………………………………………………………………………

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Section 4

RESOURCE COLLECTION (Props and Swaps)

4.1

Definition of Resource Collection……………………………………………

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4.2

Management………………………………………………………………………………

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4.3

Registration and storage…………………………………………………………

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4.4

Criteria for disposal of Resource Collection……………………………

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Appendix 1a

EXTRACT – HISTORY TRUST OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA ACT 1981, 1993

Appendix 1b

CODE OF ETHICS FOR ART, HISTORY & SCIENCE MUSEUMS Museums Australia, 1994 edition

Appendix 1c

PREVIOUS POSSESSIONS, NEW OBLIGATIONS, Museums Australia, 2000

Appendix 2

EXTRACT – HISTORY TRUST OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA CORPORATE PLAN 1999-2002

Appendix 3

FORMS

Appendix 4

GLOSSARY OF TERMS