Physical description

Illustrated 39-page Final Report by Emma Russell and Alannah Croom of History@Work including -
Executive Summary / p2. Investigation / p5. Assessment / p27. Statement of Significance / p33. Recommendations / p35. References / p36.

Publication type

non-fiction

Summary

A Significance Assessment is the process of studying and understanding the meanings and values of objects and collections. It identifies the historic, aesthetic, scientific and social values that an object or collection has for past, present and future generations. The Kew Historical Society received a Community Heritage Grant from the National Library of Australia in 2017 for a significance assessment. The Grant was for three components of the overall collection: the costumes and textiles, the maps, and the pictures. However the assessment also considered the collection as a whole as it provided the context and the companions for these three components.