Encounter & Endeavour: An Australasian view of commemorating Cook s Endeavour voyage in

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1 Encounter & Endeavour: An Australasian view of commemorating Cook s Endeavour voyage in Richard G Ferguson Foundation Project Manager Cook 250 th Program (July 2015 to February 2017) Now: Executive Director Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

2 Cook Project Vision and Program Development

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4 Australian National Maritime Museum Corporate Plan Vision To be a world leader in maritime heritage engaging communities and increasing their appreciation of the importance of the oceans, seas and rivers to our past, present and future. Mission As the national maritime museum, our mission is to lead the promotion and conservation of Australia's maritime heritage and culture

5 Commemoration in 2020 Institutionally driven Australian Landfall No direct gov t support Charting of east cost Cultural programs GOAL REALITY Varying levels of interest Establish partnerships Quantitative research Establish Secretariat Advocacy and Funding STRATEGY OPTIONS ANMM go it alone Lead with other cultural institutions Defer to State and National governments

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12 Audience Research Newspoll Survey 2014 Responses - % of sample Attending or join commemorations - local area / other centres Expected HMB Endeavour to be a key part of commemorations Expected activities to be in Sydney and nationally Opportunity to recognise Indigenous Australians as traditional owners of the Some form of commemoration of Cook s first world voyage in HMB Endeavour Unaware of the forthcoming anniversary

13 Phase I Benchmarking - Areas of identified activity and partnerships State 21% Stakeholder Program Audience Regional 41% National / International 38%

14 Phase I Benchmarking - Areas of identified activity and partnerships

15 Program Development Creative Maritime Reconciliation Oral histories Commemoration Learning

16 Phase 1 - Community engagement 3 States (Vic, NSW, Qld) 2 Territories (NT, ACT) 26 Indigenous language groups 41 Indigenous community contact locations 40 Organisations 91 Projects identified

17 Areas of identified activity and partnerships Voyaging Cultural Learning Indigenous 2020 Program Infrastructure Maritime Digital Creative Vessels

18 COOK 250 th 2018 to 2021 HMB Endeavour Voyages Young Nick's Head landfall 07/10/19 Endeavour Reef grounding 11/06/20 Endeavour River 17/06/20 Cannibals Cove, NZ 15/01/20 Possession Island 22/08/20 Plymouth, UK departure 26/08/18 Tahiti, Society Islands 13/04/19 Point Hicks landfall 19/04/20 Madeira 13/09/18 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 12/11/18 Cape Horn 16/01/19 Huahine, Society Islands 16/07/19 Poverty Bay, NZ 09/10/19 Low Neck Bay, NZ 27/03/20 Botany Bay 29/04/20 Sabu 18/09/20 Batavia 09/10/20 Cape Town, SA 15/03/21 The Downs, UK 14/07/ /05/2017 Aug Dec 2019 Aug Dec 2020 Aug Dec 2021 Aug 12 Sep - 22 Dec New Zealand voyage 4 Oct - 14 Oct Gisborne 29 Nov - 3 Dec Picton (Queen Charlotte Sound) 23 Mar - 22 Aug East Coast voyage 29 Apr - 1 May Botany Bay 26 Jun - 27 Jul Cairns (store & refit) 22 Aug Possession Island 23 Aug - 9 Oct 'Batavia' voyage 10 Oct - 13 Oct Jakarta (Batavia) 14 Oct - 27 Nov West Coast voyage 28 Nov - 17 Jan Fremantle (store, survey & refit) 18 Jan - 25 Feb South Coast voyage 26 Feb - 14 Mar Melbourne 15 Mar - 29 Apr Return voyage 2021

19 Connecting with community Established commemorative activities Sutherland Shire Council, Kamay Botany Bay, NSW Town of 1770, Qld Cook Shire Council Cooktown, Qld New and Proposed activities (identified to date) Wollongong City Council Bulli / Illawarra Port Stephens Council, Nelson Bay, NSW Queensland Maritime Museum, Brisbane, Qld Glass House Mountains - Beewah

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21 COOK Vision HMB Endeavour - East coast voyage Port Stephens Extract from ships log: Friday, 11th. Winds Southerly in the day, and in the night Westerly; a Gentle breeze and Clear weather. At 4 P.M. past, at the distance of one Mile, a low rocky point which I named Point Stephens (Latitude 32 degrees 45 minutes); on the North side of this point is an inlet which I called Port Stephens.

22 Creative Industries Cultural Sector Development and Infrastructure Digital and Learning Events & Tourism Government Local State Commonwealth International Heritage Tourism Life Long Learning Maritime Voyaging

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24 Connecting with community Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire Council - Arts & Cultural Centre & Menmuny Museum Archer Point - Yuku Baja Muliky Land & Sea Centre Worimi Local Aboriginal Land Council La Perouse Local Aboriginal Land Council

25 Opportunities Threats Benefits

26 Advocacy / Funding and Sponsorship / Planning

27 ANMM - National Cultural Institution Department of Communication and the Arts Primary funding body

28 New Zealand Government Ministry for Culture and Heritage

29 First Cultural Tier 1 event for New Zealand

30 Funding allocation for NZ National Commemorations

31 First Encounters 250 New Zealand October th anniversary of the first encounters between Māori and Europeans

32 First Encounters 250 New Zealand Dual Heritage Shared Future New Zealand s programme to commemorate the first meeting of Māori and Europeans when James Cook landed in New Zealand in 1769 Image: Michael Tuffery

33 First Encounters 250 New Zealand A National Commemoration Landing site event programs Landing Site Legacy Programs Major Voyaging Event National Opening Ceremony National Exhibitions, Documentar ies National Conferences

34 First Encounters 250 New Zealand A National Commemoration Landing Site Trusts Gisborne: Te Hā 1769 Sestercentennial Trust Mercury Bay: Mercury Bay 250 Trust Bay of Islands: Te Au Mārie 1769 Sestercentennial Charitable Trust Marlborough: Totaranui 250 Trust

35 Ministry for Culture and Heritage (New Zealand Government) Australian National Maritime Museum (Australian Government Department of Communication and the Arts)

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37 Thank you! Richard G Ferguson Foundation Project Manager Cook 250 th Program (July 2015 to February 2017) Now: Executive Director Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Australia RFerguson@Craft.org.au R.Ferguson@Cantab.net Mob:

38 Primary project Brigid Tipping Project Manager Cook 250 th Program T: / Mob: Peter Rout Deputy Director Operations Project Manager - Cook 250 th Program Peter.Rout@anmm.gov.au T:

39 Acknowledgements Australian National Maritime Museum Kevin Sumption Director, Peter Rout Assistant Director Operations Michael Harvey - Assistant Director Public Engagement and Research Dr Nigel Erskine Head of Research Vanessa Weedon Head of Projects Captain John Dikkenberg Master HMB Endeavour (replica) National Museum of Australia - Dr Matthew Trinca Director National Library of Australia - Dr Guy Hansen Director of Exhibitions NSW Department of Environment and Heritage Michael Wright Acting Chief Executive National Trust of Australia (Queensland) Johnathan Fisher Chief Executive Officer New Zealand Government Ministry for Culture and Heritage Debbie Stowe-Hunt, Aroha Rangi and David Butts Royal Museums Greenwich Dr Kevin Fewster Director, Dr Nigel Rigby Head of Research Community of Cooktown and Cook Shire Council / Community of Port Stephens Captain Cook Society NSW Branch Royal Society of NSW / Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney / Royal Historical Society of Australia / State Library of NSW / Jubilee Sailing Trust (UK / Aust) / Sydney Heritage Fleet

40 Links to some key organisations Australian National Maritime Museum Corporate Plan HMB Endeavour - Department of the Communications and the Arts: New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Captain Cook Society - National Library of Australia South Seas Journal -

41 Image credits / sources Richard Ferguson / ANMM New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage (Web Site) Michael Tuffery - By Tupaia [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons - A Maori man and Joseph Banks exchanging a crayfish for a piece of cloth, c National Parks New South Wales (Web site) Worimi Local Aboriginal Land Council (Web site) Archer Point - Yuku Baja Muliky Land & Sea Centre (Web site)