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Honouring the Past - Creating the Future

Stories of Greater Geelong's Built Environment

Hear from diverse local personalities as they walk us through their experiences and reflections on the heritage of Geelong's built environment.

Our community’s identity is closely linked to the stories, urban myths and realities of the environment in which we live.  Greater Geelong has a very rich history that extends beyond its establishment in the early 1800s, but the world is undergoing profound change, and our region is rapidly expanding.

• What will this mean for our existing structures?
• Are there lessons from the past for a sustainable future?
• What new heritage are we creating?
• Should we infuse new life into old visions?
• Will heritage bodies be able to embrace the range of community expectations about our built environment?

Gather for respectful exploration of these questions, and more, in conversations moderated by Padraic Fisher, Director, National Wool Museum and a member of the Collections and Programs Committee of the National Trust of Australia, Victoria.

Benjamin Petkov - Identifying and Protecting Geelong’s Post-War Heritage

Benjamin is a Heritage Project Officer with the City of Greater Geelong Heritage Places team, and has been with the City for just over a year. In that time, he has completed a substantial number of heritage assessments for new inclusions on the City of Greater Geelong Heritage Overlay, and has commenced working on the City Centre Heritage Review. A major focus of his career to date, comprising six years as a consultant, was spent identifying and assessing places of interwar and post-war cultural heritage significance, with the most significant examples included in the Stonnington Heritage Review in 2022 and 2023.

Cameron Hamilton - Reimagining the Heritage of Geelong.

Cameron is the Managing Director of Hamilton Group, an award-winning property development firm specialising in revitalising redundant industrial and commercial buildings in Geelong and surrounds. With over 30 years of hands-on experience, Cameron is known for transforming iconic properties such as the Pivot City Innovation Precinct which includes Federal Mills, the Glasshouse, and currently, the Regent Theatre and Bright & Hitchcock’s in Geelong’s CBD.

Lyndsay Sharp – The Heritage Within : an eternal evolution         

Lyndsay was raised in Geelong and has fond memories of her life as part of the family which owned and operated Godfrey Hirst.  As Co-owner and Director of The Sharp Group, Lyndsay heads up all things marketing, sales and hospitality across five of the most dynamic ‘products’ on The Bellarine including Jack Rabbit Vineyard, Flying Brick Cider Co, Leura Park Estate, Curlewis Golf Club and The Range @ Curlewis.  With more than 35 years’ experience in marketing, public relations and tourism, Lyndsay is also Vice President of the Geelong Cats where the innovative Geelong Sports Museum is located.

Melinda Kennedy - Built Environment Cultural Scapes

Melinda’s current Masters is in Indigenous knowledge systems in the Australian tertiary-built Environment, she holds a Master of Architecture, Graduate Diploma Natural Cultural Resource Management, from Deakin University. Her roles include Heritage Advisor and University Deputy Chair, sitting on numerous Ministerial Advisory roles. Melinda is consultant of BAARIN: GATTA.

Tuba Kocaturk - The Future of the Past: Adaptive Thinking in Heritage and Design.

Professor Tuba is the Head of Circular Cities Program, and Deputy Head of School of Architecture and the Built Environment, at Deakin University. She is an architect, educator, and a research leader in the field of technology mediated design & innovation and Circular Economy applications in the Built Environment.

Tickets: $20 for general admission/  $12 for concessions, National Trust members, and GRLC members.
              Includes light refreshments and networking during final half hour.

Presented in partnership with the Geelong Branch of the National Trust.

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