Working Heritage in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | Organisation

Working Heritage

Locality: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9600 1667

Address: South Guard House, Former Royal Mint, 280 William Street 3000 Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.workingheritage.com.au

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24.01.2022 Since the state of emergency was declared in Victoria in March 2020, Working Heritage has negotiated rent relief for our lessees across the sixteen heritage properties in our care. As a self-funded not-for-profit, we have foregone crucial income to assist our tenants' survival though this unprecedented crisis. We are hopeful that Victoria’s collective effort to reduce infection rates will succeed and that recovery of community, cultural and business activity can soon commence, and ultimately succeed. We look forward to visiting all of our tenants again and to seeing their businesses recover and thrive. #workingheritage #rentrelief #covid19

23.01.2022 History by Numbers: Former Royal Mint Boundary Walls 1871-72 (walls constructed) 1998 (The Mint Inc, now Working Heritage appointed CoM for the former Royal Mint Site) 1999 (The Mint Inc commences regular structural surveys to monitor movement in the 6m high perimeter walls)... 2015 (Archaeological dig in the car park reveals remains of the Coining Factory) 2016 (design and development of the stabilisation and improvement works) 2018 (construction works undertaken) 2019 (Urban Park and wall conservation opening/launch) $3.9 million (total project spend includes structural remediation of boundary walls, car park upgrade, and construction of new urban pocket park) #workingheritage #formerroyalmint #royalmelbournemint #boundarywalls #heritage #heritagewalls #conservation #urbanpark #pocketpark

22.01.2022 Almost done! The latest batch of images showing the upgrades to the building and surrounds of the former Warracknabeal Court House in preparation for its transformation as part of our Artist-in-Residence pilot program. #workingheritage #warracknabeal #warracknabealcourthouse #monashada #yarriambiackshire #artistinresidence

21.01.2022 Besides providing mouth-watering catering to Working Heritage (pre-Covid), STREAT (Melbourne) is a social enterprise that provides opportunities for homeless and disadvantaged young people with life-skills, training and work experience within a hospitality environment. With STREAT’s doors closed during Stage 4 restrictions, their latest offering is the ‘Family Box of Goodness’; a 3-course dinner home-delivered on weekdays to suburbs within 7kms of Melbourne CBD. If you’d like to support STREAT so they can keep supporting disadvantaged young people, check out all the details at facebook.com/streatmelbourne/

19.01.2022 We are delighted that one of our staff members, Kieran Davis (Project Officer) also co-founder of Digital Heritage Australia, in conjunction with the Digital Studio at University of Melbourne, has won the Community History Award for Digital Storytelling for ‘La Mama Theatre: The Biggest Little Theatre in Australia’. This project explores the history of La Mama from its founding to the present. La Mama Theatre is also one of our beloved tenants, of the venue at the former Ca...rlton Court House in Drummond Street. Well done to all involved! See the work at : www.visualisingvenues.unimelbourne.edu.au/la-mama #workingheritage #lamamatheatre #digitalheritageaustralia #digitalstudio #universityofmelbourne #melbourneuni #biggestlittletheatre

19.01.2022 Digging the dirt at Jack’s Magazine! Infrastructure works by McCorkell Constructions are well underway inside the bluestone walls. This will help secure the future of the site so that it can be used by people, rather than being principally a storage facility for dangerous goods, as was its original use. #jacksmagazine #workingheritage #mccorkellconstructions

15.01.2022 History by Numbers: Jack’s Magazine 1876 - 2020 1876-1878 (bluestone buildings and walls built) 1878 (Saltwater Powder Magazine opens)... WWI to 1920s (brick buildings built) 1990s (Jack’s Magazine decommissioned) 2015 (building reserved for public purposes) 2015 (assigned to Working Heritage) 2015 (Jack’s Magazine launch) 2016 (site tours commence) 2016 (first time Jack’s is part of Open House Melbourne) 2016 (‘Jack’s Reloaded’ launched in conjunction with Renew Australia) 2017 (MasterChef Heston Week) 2017 (upgrade works at west tunnel) 2018 (EOI for leasing Jack’s Magazine) 2019 (Melbourne Design Week, ‘Jack’s Reloaded: material as memory’) 2019 (Due West Arts Festival, ‘Doppler’) 2020 (infrastructure upgrade project) 1,312,000 ($ spent on infrastructure upgrade) #workingheritage #jacksmagazine #transformations #heritage #conservation #renewaustralia #maribyrnong #maribyrnongriver #gunpowder #magazine #openhoudemelbourne #ohm #masterchefaustralia #hestonweek #melbournedesignweek

14.01.2022 Tuesday 3rd June is Mabo Day and the final day of National Reconciliation Week 2020. Eddie Mabo is the Torres Strait Islander who, for ten years, spearheaded recognition of his people’s ownership of Mer Island, rejecting the construct of ‘terra nullius’, the notion by which land was appropriated by the British government on the basis that it was ‘nobody’s land’. #maboday2020 #nrw2020

13.01.2022 Digging the dirt at Jack’s Magazine: an update. A few more images of the goings-on as part of the site infrastructure project to get the buildings accessible and comfortable for all types of humans! #jacksmagazine #workingheritage #mccorkellconstructions

12.01.2022 ‘Aurum’, an essay film by Georgia Nowak and Eugene Perepletchikov has been awarded the 2020 Melborne Design Week prize. Congratulations! It is a mesmerising visual and audio work. Truly wondrous. Georgia and Eugene curated ‘Jack’s Reloaded: Material as Memory’ at one of our properties - Jack’s Magazine - for Melbourne Design Week 2019. #melbournedesigweek #workingheritage #ngv #ngveveryday #mercedesbenz

09.01.2022 It's National Recycling Week folks! Monday 09 to Sunday 15 November 2020. A good week to review recycling and disposal guidelines and options in your local area. Food scraps... Plastics, glass, paper, cardboard Soft plastics Computers, phones & tech items Printer cartridges Batteries Light globes X-rays Mattresses Visit https://recyclingnearyou.com.au/materials for more information.

08.01.2022 The building and surrounds of Warracknabeal Court House have been undergoing a transformation from former court house to a space for artists’ residency projects in conjunction with Monash Uni (MADA) and Yarriambiack Shire. Stage one comprises accessibility and occupancy compliance. #workingheritage #warracknabeal #warracknabealcourthouse #monashada #yarriambiackshire #artistinresidence

06.01.2022 Warracknabeal Works update Sep 2020: More images of the upgrades to the building and surrounds of the former Warracknabeal Court House. #workingheritage #warracknabeal #warracknabealcourthouse #monashada #yarriambiackshire #artist-in-residence

05.01.2022 Transformations: South Melbourne Temperance Hall 2015-2016 For this transformation, Working Heritage deliberately opted for a ‘light-touch’ in its approach to the building upgrade - something which the tenant supported. This approach allows the building to show its lifelines in all of the marks and inscriptions on the building fabric that have accumulated over its 150-plus years.... Alongside the essential conservation and upgrade works undertaken by Working Heritage, the tenant embarked upon a series of upgrades of their own, including the transformation of the main performance hall from a space that was dark and oppressive, to one that is light and uplifting. A studio apartment for visiting artists and performers helped round out the upgrades to the building, which now forms a hub for contemporary and experimental dance in South Melbourne. Photo of completed hall and dancers by Jeff Busby. #workingheritage #southmelbournetemperancehall #temperancehall #balletlab #conservation #dance #contemporarydance

05.01.2022 MERGE calls for musicians for Open House Melbourne 2020! As part of Open House Melbourne 2020, MPavilion will commission five (5) Melbourne artists to perform an existing musical work. Solo artists as well as bands / collectives are eligible to apply with $2,000 for each successful applicant. Your application will need to respond to one of five buildings, one of which is Jack’s Magazine, Maribyrnong. Submissions close 5pm Sunday 14 June 2020. https://mpavilion.org/merge-commissioning-5-new-musical-wo/ #ohm2020 #workingheritage #merge #mpavilion #jacksmagazine

05.01.2022 POSTPONED. Due to a return to lockdown Stage 3 in Melbourne, the scheduled MERGE performance at Jack’s Magazine as part of Open House Melbourne, MPavilion and Melbourne Music Week, will not be taking place on Saturday 25th July 2020. It is being rescheduled to take place late-August 2020. Stay tuned... #workingheritage #jacksmagazine #openhousemelbourne #OHM2020 #MPavilion #melbournemusicweek #MERGE

05.01.2022 Transformations: Carlton Court House 2016-2017 In 2016-17 Working Heritage (in conjunction with Helen Lardner Conservation & Design and Eastwood Property), completed a package of construction works to improve and expand the theatre facilities for long-term tenant La Mama at the Gothic-style former court house in Carlton.... A new entry area with canopy now leads to a covered outdoor foyer with bar and ticketing. Staff and customer amenities were also upgraded so that now staff, actors and theatre-goers can continue to enjoy a much-loved Melbourne icon in greater comfort. #workingheritage #lamamatheatre #carltoncourthouse #hlcd #heritage #eastwoodproperty

03.01.2022 From royal gardens to a royal mint, Sean Godsell’s 2014 inaugural MPavilion transplanted itself from Queen Victoria Gardens to the former Royal Melbourne Mint at 280 William Street. Read about the first and five subsequent MPavilions, in just-released book, ‘MPavilion: Encounters with Design and Architecture’, published by Thames & Hudson. #royalmelbournemint #mpavilion #workingheritage #naomimilgromfoundation #seangodsellarchitects #thames&hudson

02.01.2022 Return of the southern entry gates to the former Royal Mint site. These magnificent gates had been stored at Jack’s Magazine in Maribyrnong for the term of the mint walls and car park works. They are now back where they belong and ready to welcome all who enter the site. Thanks to McCorkell Constructions for removing and then reinstalling the precious gates! #workingheritage #formerroyalmint #carparkentrygates #mccorkellconstructions