Dawn Casey Director, National Museum of Australia Museum Leadership: Good Management, Good Judgement

Dawn Casey speaks from her personal experience of guiding the new National Museum of Australia through its developmental stages from first proposal to full operation.

Ms Casey also speaks about controvesy and how to handle it, museums as civic spaces, and the creative use of new technologies.

Prior to her appointment as Director of the National Museum of Australia in 1999, Ms Casey was Chief General Manager of the Acton Peninsula Task Force, the body responsible for the construction of the new National Museum.

Ms Casey has wide ranging experience in the management of indigenous and cultural heritage policy issues. As a memnber of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, she was responsible for the establishment of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation.

She has provided policy advice on issues associated with Australia's national cultural institutions and served as Chair of the Heritage Collections Committee, the body with responsibility for implementing specific programs to address issues of collection management.

Ms Casey has received four Public Service Australia Day Medals for work of outstanding achievement.

The National Museum of Australia website can be visited by clicking here

In this Presentation, Ms Casey speaks about

• Museums as agents for social and political change
• Museums and Indigenous communities
• The use of various medium, especially multi-media

	On-line Video Available Suitable for broadband connections mpeg 1.5 mbps mpeg 600 kbps mpeg 384 kbps mpeg 128 kbps ASF 100kbps (also suitable for Jetstart ADSL) Suitable for dial-up connections ASF 56 kpbs	Introduction by Jenny Harre Hindmarsh, General Manager, National Services, Te Papa. Dawn Casey, Director, National Museum of Australia     On the CD-ROM this can be viewed by clicking here or looking for the file dawn.mpg .
	Suitable for broadband connections mpeg 1.5 mbps mpeg 600 kbps mpeg 384 kbps mpeg 128 kbps ASF 100kbps (also suitable for Jetstart ADSL) Suitable for dial-up connections ASF 56 kpbs	Part 2 of the presentation by Dawn Casey, Director, National Museum of Australia. Vote of thanks by Pat Stuart, Acting Chief Executive Officer of Te Papa. On the CD-ROM this can be viewed by clicking here or looking for the file dawn2.mpg

Recorded at the Soundings Theatre, Level 2 of Te Papa, 24 October 2002. This movie is viewable in Windows Media Player ,  Apple Quicktime or Real Player.