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2016–17 ANNUAL REPORT

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S T A T E L I B R A R Y O F N S W F O U N D A T I O N 2016–17 Annual Report

Executive Reports 1

Highlights 5

Governance 6

New Galleries & Learning Centre 11

Sydney Harbour Bridge story 13

Planting Dreams exhibitions 15

Digital Projects 17

Conserving our Collection 21

Learning Programs 25

Indigenous Programs 29

Awards & Fellowships 31

Friends, Volunteers & Library Circle 35

Foundation Members & Donors 37

Board Report 41Trustees’ Declaration & Audited Financial Statements 47

Contents

EXECUTIVE REPORTS

S T A T E L I B R A R Y O F N S W F O U N D A T I O N 2016–17 Annual Report 1OPPOSITE: Photo by Joy Lai

Co-Chair’s Report

This year the State Library of NSW Foundation has once again made a major contribution to the Library. We are delighted to report that in this financial year ending June 2017, total income received was $4,356,000 compared with $2,596,000 last year.

The enormous range of Library programs supported by the Foundation has included plans for new galleries, online exhibitions, literary and educational initiatives, fellowships and digital projects. One can only be impressed by the philanthropic reach of the Foundation, and we are overwhelmed by the generosity of our many donors.

The major achievement this year was securing funds for the Mitchell Galleries project, the next phase in developing our Library as not only a pre-eminent cultural institution but also as must-see destination for Sydney. We are delighted to announce that the Foundation has secured over $15 million of pledged philanthropic support for the redevelopment of the galleries. We are most fortunate to have major benefactors Michael Crouch AC and John B Fairfax AO. Their benefaction will certainly enhance our Library’s future in a way that reflects its heritage values and permits it to venture confidently into the twenty-first century.

Other highlights this year include the conclusion of the three-year educational outreach project Far Out!, generously supported by the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation and The Caledonia Foundation; the inaugural Mona Brand Award for women writers of stage or screen; the Macquarie Bank partnership with DX Lab to produce an innovative digital exhibition; and announcing the development of an online exhibition which tells the story of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Having been a patron of the Library for a long time, I want to thank other donors and supporters for their belief in the role of this Library as one of the great social memory institutions of Australia. Indeed, through its vast collection of manuscripts, books, maps, personal papers, photographs, objects and paintings, the Library is the very embodiment of Australian and South Pacific culture. Its collection of treasures is made available in a curated, contemporary way — in physical and digital form — so that all members of the community can learn, discover and share the wonder that knowledge always kindles.

I would like to acknowledge the contributions of the Foundation Board and the Trustees, and take this opportunity to particularly thank my Co-Chair Rob Thomas AM and our fellow Board members: John Atkin, Graham Bradley AM, Nicholas Carney, Michael Caulfield, Dina Coppel, Gai McGrath, Samantha Meers, Tony O’Sullivan, and Jemima Whyte. This year we welcomed two new Board members, Darren Rudd and Christine Holman, who have brought great energy to their roles. This year also saw the retirement of Dina Coppel, and we thank her for the quality of her commitment.

As we prepare this report, we wish to acknowledge the significant work of Lucy Milne who has so ably represented the Library as our Acting State Librarian since the retirement of Dr Alex Byrne in September 2016. We very much welcome the appointment of Dr John Vallance as the new State Librarian. John, who has served as a member of the Library Council as well as being a former Trustee and Board member of the Foundation, brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to this role. We very much look forward to working with Dr John Vallance and furthering a close relationship between the Foundation and the Library Council.

We head into 2017–18 with enthusiasm and excitement. There are challenges and opportunities ahead. There is still much to be done and we look forward to your continuing support for the Foundation in supporting the rich variety of initiatives of the State Library of NSW.

KIM WILLIAMS AM CO-CHAIR


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Co-Chair’s Report

It is important to reflect on the major role the State Library of NSW Foundation has played in the exciting achievements at our Library over the past year.

February 2017 marked the announcement of significant private support of $15 million to renew the Library’s heritage-listed Mitchell building with new exhibition galleries and a learning space. Many thanks go to Michael Crouch AC and John B Fairfax AO. The next stages of the master plan will see the development of a new Collection Care laboratory, rooftop restaurant, and ultimately a 400-seat auditorium.

I wish to sincerely thank our major donors, corporate sponsors, family foundations, Custodian Patrons, Friends, Library Circle members. Your loyalty is critical to our ability to support an institution so important to Australia’s cultural community.

Of the $1,657,000 given to the Library this year by the Foundation, over $600,000 supported the conservation of several collections of important heritage materials. The projects included the conservation of the Colarts First World War photographs from our important First World War collection; the assessment of the realia collection; the James Cook archives and the First Fleet Letterbook of Lieutenant Ralph Clark. I would like to pay special acknowledgment to the John Lamble Foundation and the Maple-Brown Family Foundation for their wonderful support of these projects.

Over the past year the Foundation contributed over $100,000 to the very important area of competitive paid Fellowships to support the research, writing and teaching of Australian history and culture. Fellowship research topics have ranged from the early colonisation of Australia through to investigations of contemporary life.

Our Foundation prides itself on building and sustaining lifelong relationships with benefactors. We wish to acknowledge the role of the Library Circle and those donors who have decided to make provision for gifts to the Library in their will. To that end we report that this year we have received bequests from the estates of longstanding supporters, the late Sarah Dingwell, the late Jean Edgecombe, and the late Joy Marchant.

The major initiatives undertaken this year would not have been possible without the dedication of the Foundation’s Board and Trustees, supported by my colleagues throughout the Library. I would particularly like to acknowledge the significant work of Ms Lucy Milne over the 12 months she acted in the role of State Librarian. I wish to thank Kim Williams AM, my Co-Chair of the Foundation Board who has been such a passionate advocate for the Library.

I would also like to welcome Dr John Vallance as our 19th State Librarian. While important platforms for development have been established by his predecessors I believe John, with his stellar background in education and scholarship can take the Library to new levels. It is exciting that we in the Foundation are able to support him.

Finally, many of our donors have contributed innumerable hours to our Library as members of the Library Council and Foundation, Custodians, Friends and Volunteers. The recording of monetary contributions fails to acknowledge this passion, endeavour and hard work. For such efforts we remain truly grateful.

ROB THOMAS AMCO-CHAIR


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I would like to express my sincere thanks to all individual donors, family trusts, organisations and corporations who have donated to the State Library of NSW Foundation this year. This has been a particularly strong year, with the focus of philanthropy on the new galleries and learning centre. The Foundation is delighted to assist with the physical transformation of the Library, and particularly our beloved Mitchell building.

After the first stage, which saw the renewal of the Mitchell Library Reading Room and ground floor heritage rooms, we have focused this year on the second stage of the Mitchell campaign — the level 1 galleries and learning centre. Many thanks to major benefactors Michael Crouch AC, John B Fairfax AO and partners the Nelson Meers Foundation, Kim Williams AM and Rob Thomas AM.

Ongoing partnerships with the Bruce and Joy Reid Foundation, the Vincent Fairfax Foundation and The Caledonia Foundation continued to support important digital exhibitions and education outreach.

This year we have concentrated on our Custodian Patrons annual appeal and providing value to our Friends members. Our successful appeal for the online Sydney Harbour Bridge exhibition attracted over $200,000 in donations, which will go towards creating a truly innovative digital experience.

We are delighted to report that our Friends program now has 2120 members. We particularly thank Virgin Australia for their sponsorship of the Friends travel draw, which has become a popular part of our renewal strategy.

We also strengthened engagement with many community groups through our program of special events. Highlights included hosting the Australian 49ers for a special tour of the Library as part of their April 2017 conference, partnering with the Australian Chinese Historical Society in June, collaborating with BridgeClimb to launch the development of our forthcoming Sydney Harbour Bridge online exhibition, and celebrating the launch of Judith Godden’s Crown Street Women’s Hospital: A History 1893–1983 with Sydney’s medical community in February.

I particularly want to acknowledge our wonderful volunteers. This year 120 volunteers generously provided over 11,000 hours of their time to volunteer as tour hosts, transcribers and assistants in many parts of the Library. In doing so, they enhanced the experience of visitors to our Library.

Throughout the year we continued to modernise our governance. We implemented the Foundation’s Trust Deed revisions, which Foundation members had unanimously agreed to at the Extraordinary General Meeting in March 2016. These revisions allowed the Board to update the Foundation membership classes and thresholds to reflect the current giving environment. All Foundation members have now been advised of the new membership classes which are reflected in this report.

Special thanks to the Trustees and Foundation Board for their advocacy, and to Kim Williams AM and Rob Thomas AM for their leadership as joint Chairs of the Foundation. I would also like to thank the Library Executive and Lucy Milne, Acting State Librarian, for their guidance and support.

The Foundation team has worked very hard this year to engage with our supporters and achieve new initiatives for the Library. I would like to acknowledge the dedication and hard work of Kay Payne, Partnerships Manager; Helena Poropat, Memberships Coordinator; Alice Tonkinson, Executive Assistant; and Emily Mierisch, Volunteer Program Coordinator.Thank you once again for your loyalty and enthusiasm. Your support is invaluable in enabling us to preserve, make available and continue to develop our magnificent collection, assist readers and researchers, engage young learners and promote enthralling exhibitions and events.

SUSAN HUNTDIRECTOR

STATE LIBRARY OF NSW FOUNDATION & EXECUTIVE MANAGER, ADVANCEMENT

Director’s Report

HIGHLIGHTS


OPPOSITE: National Art School student James Needham in the Mitchell Library Reading Room, 2017, photo by Joy Lai

Funding new galleries and learning centre

Supporting contemporary exhibitions

Realising the educational outreach program FAR Out!

Establishing the Mona Brand Award

Conserving rare First World War photographs

41+6+7+5+25+4+7+5+DDIGITAL PROJECTS 7%

AWARDS & PRIZES 7%

EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS 4%

MITCHELL GALLERIES 41%

CONSERVATION 25%

LEARNING PROGRAMS 6%

FELLOWSHIPS & SCHOLARSHIPS 5%

PUBLICATIONS 5%

Projects supported


John Atkin John Atkin is a professional company director and is currently a non-executive director of IPH Limited and Integral Diagnostics Limited. He was Managing Director of the Trust Company Limited from 2009 to 2013 before its merger with Perpetual Limited. Prior to joining the Trust Company, Mr Atkin was the Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer of leading Australasian law firm Blake Dawson (now Ashurst). Before this, Mr Atkin was a senior mergers and acquisitions partner of Mallesons Stephen Jaques (now King & Wood Mallesons). He is Chairman of the Australian Outward Bound Foundation and has been a member of the board of the State Library of New South Wales Foundation since 2013. In addition to his board roles, Mr Atkin provides coaching and consulting services in his areas of expertise.

Graham Bradley AM Graham Bradley is a professional company director and is currently non-executive chairman of EnergyAustralia Holdings, GrainCorp and HSBC Bank Australia. He also chairs Virgin Australia International Holdings and Infrastructure NSW and is a director of Tennis Australia. Mr Bradley was previously Managing Director of Perpetual Limited, National Managing Partner of law firm Ashurst and Partner of McKinsey & Company. He was President of the Business Council of Australia from 2009 to 2011 and Deputy President of the Takeovers Panel from 2006 to 2013. He is a member of the Advisory Council of the Australian School of Business at UNSW and a director of the European Australian Business Council.

Nicholas CarneyNicholas Carney is a Partner at Herbert Smith Freehills specialising in infrastructure transactions, including public–private partnerships and secondary sales. He is currently a member of the University of New South Wales Council and the presiding member of the UNSW Risk Committee. He is also a member of the UNSW Law Dean’s Advisory Council. In 2012 Mr Carney was awarded a National Volunteer Award (Education category) for the electorate of Sydney for establishing a scholarship and mentoring program between Herbert Smith Freehills and the Come-In Youth Resource Centre. He was Executive Officer of the Human Rights Act for Australia campaign (2005–2006).

Michael Caulfield Michael Caulfield is a writer, filmmaker, musician, composer and theatre director. His work includes the Peabody Award–winning documentary The Great Wall of Iron and the Emmy Award–winning Submarines: Sharks of Steel. Mr Caulfield wrote, produced and directed the eight-hour, Logie Award-winning television series Australians at War. Along with Liz Butler, he then conceived The Australians at War Film Archive, which involved filming 12,000 hours of interviews with veterans of all Australia’s wars. Mr Caulfield’s books include The Vietnam Years, War Behind the Wire and The Unknown Anzacs. He recently produced Australia’s contribution to the Vietnam Veterans’ Education Center in Washington DC, and 100 short films for the Federal Government to commemorate the centenary of the First World War. His first work of fiction will appear in 2018.

Governance


Dina Coppel Dina Coppel has over 25 years’ experience building professional and retail services businesses, in management and entrepreneurial roles, including Andersen Worldwide and Allens Arthur Robinson. She has also worked extensively with social enterprises as a non-executive director and in strategy and fundraising roles. Based in Singapore, Mrs Coppel works with developing businesses and entrepreneurs in services and technology industries. She is the author of a blog on the challenges for women seeking to become non-executive directors.

Christine Holman Christine Holman is a professional company director and is currently non-executive director of HT&E Ltd (previously APN News & Media), CSR Ltd, Vocus Ltd and the Bradman Foundation. Ms Holman brings a strong understanding of digital media, technology and mergers and acquisitions with over 20 years’ experience across the technology, private equity and digital sectors in a variety of functions including finance, commercial, technology and marketing. Ms Holman was formerly the Commercial Director at Telstra Broadcast Services (until 30 March 2016) and was a member of their Executive and Remuneration Committees. Before joining Telstra Broadcast Services, Ms Holman was the Chief Financial Officer and Commercial Director of Globecast Australia. She spent 10 years in private equity assisting the management and boards of investee companies on strategy, business development and mergers and acquisitions. She has an MBA from Macquarie University and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Gai McGrathA professional non-executive director, Gai McGrath sits on various boards including Genworth Mortgage Insurance Australia, IMB Bank, Landcom and Toyota Finance Australia. Before this, she was a senior executive in the financial services sector, a risk and governance professional and a lawyer. She spent 12 years with the Westpac Group where, most recently, she was General Manager of Westpac’s flagship retail business. Ms McGrath previously held senior positions with Westpac New Zealand, BT Financial Group and Perpetual and was a partner in a Sydney law firm. She has been awarded Australia’s Corporate Lawyer of the Year (2003), Customer Service Executive of the Year (2009) and Best Retail Banker of the Year – Asia Pacific (2015).

Samantha Meers Samantha Meers is Executive Deputy Chairman of the Nelson Meers Group, and co-founder and Trustee of the Nelson Meers Foundation. Her current non-executive directorships include Chair of Belvoir St Theatre, Chair of Documentary Australia, Deputy Chair of Creative Partnerships Australia (Federal Government), Trustee of the Art Gallery of NSW, member of the Vice-Chancellor’s Advisory Council at the University of Sydney, and member of the Advisory Council for the Centre for Social Impact at the University of New South Wales. Previously, Ms Meers practised as a corporate lawyer, and then held senior management positions in the media sector.


Tony O’SullivanTony O’Sullivan has over 25 years’ experience in financial services and is currently Managing Partner of Washington Investment Management LLP, based in London. Before this, he was Global Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking at Lazard. Mr O’Sullivan was a lawyer with a leading Australian law firm before his financial services career, and spent seven years as a London-based corporate adviser. He is also a Founding Member of the Australian Architecture Association and a Member of the Council of the Serpentine Gallery in London.

Darren Rudd Darren Rudd is Head of Corporate Affairs and Public Policy ANZ for Tata Consultancy Services. He manages the company’s corporate reputation and relationships across Australasia and has carriage of improvements in operational initiatives.

Mr Rudd has lived and worked in Asia and his career spans management positions at AT&T, IBM and BHP. He has previously held corporate affairs roles with Australia’s largest national infrastructure company, the National Broadband Network, and operations roles at Alcatel-Lucent in Asia. Mr Rudd is a member of the advisory boards of Asia Society Australia and the Australia India Youth Dialogue. He was President of the Australian Business School (AGSM) Alumni and a member of the UNSW Business School Alumni Advisory Board.

Mr Rudd holds an MBA (Executive) from the AGSM at UNSW. He is currently undertaking a Master of International Relations at the University of Sydney. He has undertaken executive courses at Michigan and Harvard universities.

The Honourable George Souris AMWith a career spanning 34 years in elected office, first in local government for seven years and then 27 years in the NSW Parliament, George Souris has occupied 13 portfolios over three governments (Greiner, Fahey and O’Farrell) and a further 13 shadow portfolios in Opposition. This included a period as the Parliamentary Deputy Leader and then as Leader of the National Party.

Mr Souris started his professional career as an accountant in public practice. He is currently a Director of the Australian Film Institute — Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts, a Director of the Australian Rugby Foundation and Chairman of the Hunter Valley Wine and Tourism Association.

Rob Thomas AM Rob Thomas is the past President of the Library Council of NSW. He has over 35 years’ experience in the securities industry. Mr Thomas is former Chairman of TAL and the Stockbrokers Association of Australia, and Director of Heartware International Ltd. He currently is Chairman of Starpharma Ltd, Aus Bio Ltd and Grahger Retail Securities Pty Ltd, and a Director of Virgin Australia Ltd, O’Connell Street Associates Pty Ltd, REVA Medical Limited and Biotron Ltd. He is Co-Chair of the State Library of NSW Foundation.

Foundation Trustees 2016–2017

Jemima Whyte Jemima Whyte joined the State Library of NSW Foundation Board in 2015. She is a journalist at the Australian Financial Review, and has worked in print and television journalism for more than 15 years.

Kim Williams AMKim Williams has had a long involvement in the arts, entertainment and media industries. He has held various executive leadership positions since the late 1970s including Chief Executive at News Corp Australia, Foxtel, Fox Studios Australia, the Australian Film Commission, Southern Star Entertainment and Musica Viva Australia.

Mr Williams has also held numerous board positions (and chairmanships) in commercial and public life over more than three decades, including Chairman of the Sydney Opera House Trust from 2005 to 2013. He is a current board member of the University of Western Sydney Foundation, the Myer Foundation, the Australian Grape and Wine Authority and a Commissioner of the Australian Football League. Kim Williams is Co-Chair of the State Library of NSW Foundation.

Gai McGrath (Chair)

Michael Caulfield

The Honourable George Souris AM

NEW GALLERIES & LEARNING CENTRE


OPPOSITE: Back row: The Honourable George Souris AM, John B Fairfax AO, Kim Williams AM, front row: Michael Crouch AC, Samantha Meers, The Honourable Don Harwin MLC, NSW Minister for the Arts and Minister for Resources, Energy & Utilities, Mitchell Galleries funding announcement, January 2017, photo by Joy Lai

ABOVE: Visitors to the Library’s galleries, photo by Merinda Campbell

New Galleries & Learning Centre

In 2014 we began to refurbish the Mitchell Library building and open up more of our wonderful heritage spaces for public use.

The Library has been working closely with architects Hassell Studio to create a master plan that will celebrate the original features of the Mitchell Building and provide inspiring new public spaces for our readers, researchers, students and visitors.

In February 2017 we were delighted to announce philanthropic funding of over $15 million to deliver world class galleries and a new learning centre as part of our plan to transform the Mitchell building.

We are extraordinarily fortunate to have such a wonderful benefactor in Michael Crouch AC. To be known as the Michael Crouch Galleries, the new galleries on the first floor of the Mitchell building will offer an imaginative showcase for the richest collection on the history and culture of Australia.

The galleries will show more of these extraordinary collections than ever before. Using the latest technology, they will allow us to explore the wealth of digital content created through the NSW Government–funded Digital Excellence Program and to set unique and valuable heritage items in their context.

Complementing the galleries will be an innovative learning centre, supported by John B Fairfax AO, on the ground floor of the Mitchell building. The John B Fairfax Learning Centre will inspire schoolchildren to understand better our nation’s history through the Library’s physical and digital collections.

Many thanks also to the Nelson Meers Foundation, Kim Williams AM and Rob Thomas AM for their support for the gallery space on the ground floor, which will feature visible storage showcasing our important realia collections.

The magnificent new galleries and learning centre will be open to the public in 2018.

SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE STORY


OPPOSITE: Dawes Point, showing Sydney Harbour Bridge in the course of construction, c 1927, Herbert R Gallop, ML 437

ABOVE: Susan Hunt and Paul Cave AM at the launch of the development of the Sydney Harbour Bridge online story, 6 June 2017, photo by Joy Lai

The Custodians are passionate supporters of the Library who make annual contributions which enable us to build magnificent collections through new acquisitions, conserve collection items, and share the collections through innovative free exhibitions.

This year’s Custodian support was pledged towards a digital exhibition which will reveal the Library’s extensive Sydney Harbour Bridge collection. It will present sheet music, artworks, literary quotes, oral histories, engineering drawings, photographs, moving images and ephemera to tell the stories that make the Sydney Harbour Bridge such a vital part of life in Sydney.

A fundraising event was held on 6 June 2017 as work began on the Sydney Harbour Bridge story. Mr Paul Cave AM, Founder of BridgeClimb, was the guest of honour and spoke at this event. Much to the delight of the attendees, he brought items from his personal collection of Sydney Harbour Bridge memorabilia and archival material. At the end of the financial year, Custodians had donoted a total of $208,000.

Sydney Harbour Bridge story

PLANTING DREAMSEXHIBITIONS


OPPOSITE: Eagles Bluff, Tenterfield, lead designer: Carolyn Robinson, photographer: Nicholas Watt

ABOVE: Sue Barnsley, Myles Baldwin, Hugh Main, Howard Tanner, James Grant, Brickworks landscape design event, 21 September 2016, photo by Merinda Campbell

The Foundation supported the popular Planting Dreams exhibitions — Shaping Australian Gardens and Grand Garden Designs —held in the galleries from September 2016 to January 2017.

Coinciding with the bicentenary of Sydney’s Royal Botanic Garden, the exhibitions celebrated gardening and garden-making in NSW. Renowned landscape historian Richard Aitken curated the Shaping Australian Gardens exhibition, tracing the social and cultural history of garden-making from the late 1700s to the present.

At the same time, the Library commissioned Howard Tanner AM — a Sydney-based architect and writer with a longstanding involvement in landscape design and history — to survey more than 40 large NSW gardens and landscapes created since 1980s by NSW-based landscape designers and architects. The outcome was a stunning photographic series of 20 exquisite gardens, displayed in the Grand Garden Designs exhibition.

These photographs are now part of the Library’s vast collection of photography, as we continue to collect works that represent contemporary themes and showcase innovation and creativity.

The Foundation organised 14 events during the five-month exhibition period. Among these, a panel discussion of leading garden architects and landscape designers captured the attention of garden enthusiasts.

The Foundation extends a sincere thank you to the photographers, garden owners, landscapers, architects and exhibition curators who were part of this unique project. These activities could not have taken place without our supporters, including Australian Garden History Society, Brickworks, Toga Group, Geoffrey & Rachel O’Conor, Graham & Charlene Bradley, Tom, Dee & John Hyde Page.

Planting Dreams exhibitions

DIGITAL PROJECTS


OPPOSITE: Behind-the-scenes photography of a globe for the online exhibition Voyages of Discovery

ABOVE: Phoebe demonstrates ‘Unstacked’, 27 April 2017, photo by Joy Lai

Supporting the DX Lab The Library’s DX Lab delivers engaging ways to explore the Library’s collections and services through a diverse range of digital experiences. It uses existing and emerging technologies to build digital experiences both onsite and online. The DX Lab is a place for creative partnerships with digital peers, cultural heritage organisations, students, researchers and artists.

Australia’s first dedicated digitial fellowship, the DX Lab Fellowship was established to support the creative and innovative use of the Library’s collection data. Valued at $30,000, the fellowship was supported by the Foundation through the Gerald Sidney Wronker bequest. In 2017 the inaugural DX Lab Fellows, Elisa Lee and Adam Hinshaw, presented ‘Unstacked’, a visually appealing online showcase of what people are searching for in the Library’s catalogues.

DX Lab corporate partnership The Foundation formed a partnership with the Macquarie Group which will enable the Library’s DX Lab to create an impressive and highly visual digital display in the Macquarie Group’s Martin Place foyer. Drawing on the Library’s Governor Macquarie collection, the animated display will include colonial landscapes, portraits and maps, with an overlay of historical facts, handwritten journal notes and letters demonstrating the breadth of Macquarie’s vision for NSW. This project will be completed by the end of 2017.

The Foundation wishes to thank the Macquarie Group, a long-standing supporter of the Library’s digital initiatives. From 2005 to 2009, Macquarie supported the original Discover Collections online story The Macquarie Era and in 2014 co-supported the conservation of the important Macquarie family papers.

Digital Projects


Online exhibition and publication: Painting by Numbers: The Life and Art of Ferdinand Bauer As part of a major partnership with the Belalberi Foundation – the Crossing Family and NewSouth Publishing, the Library is developing an innovative digital experience and scholarly publication on natural history artist Ferdinand Bauer (1760–1826).

This exciting project, titled Painting by Numbers, highlights the incredible work by Ferdinand Bauer, who was regarded as one of the most accomplished natural history artists of his time. Bauer travelled to Australia on the ship HMS Investigator as the botanical draughtsman to Sir Joseph Banks’ botanist Robert Brown.

Professor David J Mabberley AM, a botanist, educator and writer, has been commissioned as a specialist curator for this project.

The digital experience built by our DX Lab brings together works from our partners in Europe, the UK and Australia, including the Bodleian Library, Natural History Museum London, Natural History Museum Vienna, Linnean Society of London and Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. It allows people to investigate and get to know the works, through high defininition images, and the visualisation and mapping of historical information.

Viewers will be able to explore around 300 of Bauer’s works — from original pencil drawings to finished watercolours — and appreciate their fine detail. This online presentation pushes boundaries in digital design to produce a website using the latest web technologies to recreate the colour palette that Ferdinand Bauer held in his mind. The online exhibition and publication will be launched in mid-November 2017.

Online exhibition: Voyages of Discovery: The Great South LandOver the past 10 years, the Foundation has supported — through the generosity of the Bruce & Joy Reid Foundation — the significant online exhibition of Voyages of Discovery: The Great South Land. This beautiful and immersive online experience gives unparalleled access to collections relating to the European discovery and charting of Australia. Each chapter uses large, tiled images, animations, videos, maps, interactive nodes,

flip books and hand drawn illustrations offering visitors a new and delightful way to delve into the Library’s collections.

This year additional material included an interactive jigsaw puzzle based on an engraved double-hemisphere map of the world, and a new chapter ‘Plane Sailing’ describing the use of scientific instruments such as astrolabes, quadrants, octants and sextants used in this Age of Discovery. Globes and navigational objects were 3D-scanned to show their intricate detail and create a more engaging image.

Online exhibition: Sir Joseph Banks collection Covering 30 years of correspondence, the extensive Sir Joseph Banks archive includes one of the Library’s most significant artefacts, the Banks ‘Endeavour Journal’. The Sir Joseph Banks papers document the early scientific and geographic exploration and the political landscape of the fledgling colony of New South Wales.

Through support from the McLean Foundation, the Key Foundation, and Dr Timothy Pascoe AM and Mrs Eva Pascoe, this significant collection of over 10,000 pages has been fully digitised and will be elegantly presented in an online research guide. As well as providing searchable access to the digital archive, the guide will explain the background to the acquisition of the archive, and offer links to international institutions with related Banks collections. To be launched in the second half of 2017, the project will have global reach. It will also aid research for an exhibition in April 2020, marking the 250-year anniversary of the arrival of the Endeavour on the east coast of Australia.

Oral historiesOver the past three years, the Library has commissioned a significant number of oral histories through the generous support of Vicki Brooke and Anne Sullivan. For the past two years, the project has concentrated on collecting stories from culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Sydney and regional NSW. This year, the focus has also been on dance and theatre in Sydney and NSW. Interviews were conducted with prominent individuals involved in the arts, including choreographers Meryl Tankard and Sue Healey, set and costume designer Stephen Curtis, and lighting designer Nick Schlieper.

OPPOSITE: Selection of works by Ferdinand Bauer, part of a digital experience created by the Library’s DX Lab

CONSERVING OUR COLLECTION


OPPOSITE: Sophia O’Brien, 1841, (prior to conservation) Maurice Felton, DG 427

ABOVE: Out of Bounds, Colarts Studios, Melbourne, PXD 481

Conserving our Collection

Foundation support has provided a wonderful opportunity for Library conservators to treat several at-risk collections. They have been able to carry out in-depth analysis and intensive conservation treatment where resources would not otherwise have been available. We are delighted to report on the progress of some of these projects.

Ralph Clark letterbook, 1787–1794Through the generous support of the John Lamble Foundation, conservation work was completed on one of the Library’s key First Fleet manuscript volumes, the Ralph Clark letterbook (April 1787 – September 1791) and loose letters (May–June 1794). The Library acquired the letterbook, along with Clark’s journal, at auction in 1914.

Ralph Clark had undertaken the First Fleet voyage to New South Wales in the hope of gaining promotion to better support his wife and young son. During the voyage, he was attached to the Friendship, one of the convict transports for female prisoners.

The letterbook holds more than 60 pieces of correspondence sent and received by Clark. Correspondents include Captain Arthur Phillip, Captain John Hunter and Major Robert Ross. Also included is an inventory of items lost in the wreck of the Sirius at Norfolk Island in March 1790,

with values and owners’ names, and a poem written for Clark’s birthday by his dearly missed wife, Betsey Alicia.

This support has ensured the long-term preservation of this important collection item.

Sophia O’Brien portrait, 1841Supported by the generosity of donor Ms Jennifer Priestly, urgent conservation work has been undertaken on Maurice Felton’s haunting 1841 oil portrait of the young Mrs FT O’Brien.

Felton, a naval surgeon–turned artist, became one of the colony’s foremost portrait artists, whose works were desirable symbols of success for his colonial clientele. This portrait, most likely commissioned by Francis O’Brien, proprietor of the Sydney Monitor newspaper, was painted posthumously from the death mask of his wife, Sophia, who died at the age of 21 in February 1841.

First World War photographs The Foundation supported critical conservation work to preserve 149 rare photoprints exhibited for the first time in 90 years in the Library’s exhibition Colour in Darkness: Images of the First World War.

In the early 1920s, an exhibition of war photographs titled Pictorial Panorama of the Great War, produced by Colarts Studios in Melbourne, toured Australia. Colarts Studios was


BELOW: Joy Lai preparing the stern plate for digitisation prior to conservation treatment

OPPOSITE: Conservation treatment on the Colarts collection, photo by Merinda Campbell

established by Captain William Donovan Joynt VC, who had served in the 8th Infantry Battalion on the Western Front. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for leading an advance and capturing over 80 prisoners on 23 August 1918.

The exhibition’s producers wanted to illustrate the locations Australians had travelled to during their war service. The photographs show devastated French and Belgian towns, aerial views of trench lines, and scenes at Gallipoli and in the Middle East. Many of the photographs were hand-coloured by returned soldiers. The exhibition proved enormously popular, attracting large crowds and rapturous reviews.

In the 1960s, the Library acquired 152 of the original 267 exhibition prints. These became a critical part of the Library’s First World War collection of diaries, photographs and realia.

James Cook collection, 1764–1779Longstanding supporter the Maple-Brown Family Foundation continues to enable the conservation of items related to the extraordinary navigator James Cook. Treatment of the Cook Correspondence and Papers, 1764–1779, has now been completed

and work has started on the ‘stern plate’, a carved portrait believed to bear a likeness to Captain James Cook.

The James Cook collection is of immense significance, providing records of Cook’s voyages. This conservation work is timely in the lead up to the 250th anniversary in 2020 of Cook’s arrival at Botany Bay.

Realia collection The Foundation supported a survey of the realia collection, which has provided indispensable data on the size, number and condition of over 8000 objects. The survey was initiated with a view to identifying items for display in the new galleries due to open in 2018. It will also help conservators to make recommendations for prioritising treatment.

LEARNING PROGRAMS


OPPOSITE: Students visiting the Shakespeare Room, photo by Joy Lai

ABOVE: Lauren Freemantle, Athena Krisanaleela, Catriona Arcamone, WordeXpress English Extension 2 Seminar Day, 28 October 2016, photo by Joy Lai

Learning Programs

Education and learning are key focus areas for the Foundation, which continues to support programs based on the NSW curriculum for K–12. The Library’s education programs encourage creative thinking and innovative learning while ensuring access for all students and teachers to our vast collection and resources.

Far Out! From February 2014 to December 2016, about 25,000 students and their teachers benefited from the three-year Far Out! Treasures to the Bush outreach program, which was supported by the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation and The Caledonia Foundation.

The program was developed to address disadvantaged schools in regional and remote NSW and to assist primary school teachers with the new history syllabus. The Library’s learning team visited 330 schools on 36 tours across the state — an amazing feat for a small team of educators.

The social outcomes of this program are both immediate and long-term. Many teachers have continued a relationship with the Library after

taking part in the tour, and several enthusiastic students have taken the initiative to bring their families to the Library to share their new-found knowledge of the Library’s incredible collections.

WordeXpress The Foundation supports the annual WordeXpress program for students undertaking HSC English Extension 2. In August 2016, the WordeXpress awards ceremony recognised students who excelled in the course and were published in the WordeXpress: Young Writers Showcase publication.

The program also supported students at the start of the Extension 2 course through a series of seminar days. The series was launched in Sydney in October, and travelled to Tamworth in November and Coffs Harbour in December. The three full-day seminars gave students inspiration and advice through access to experienced teachers, markers, librarians and high performing ex-students in a series of workshops and lectures. In total, 245 students and their teachers attended the seminar days in 2016.


Bus transportation subsidyThe workplace giving program, initiated by the Foundation, provides a bus transportation subsidy for students in western Sydney to visit the Library. This year about 200 students from six schools received the subsidy to participate in learning events and activities.

Online poetryAs the Library has the foremost collection resource on Australia’s poets/poetry, the Foundation has supported an innovative learning program to deliver a series of fast-paced, light-hearted short videos which will introduce Australia’s poets — from traditional to contemporary — to a young audience. Three videos have been completed based on the poetry of CJ Dennis, Henry Lawson and Dorothea Mackellar, and one based on the poetry of Ethel Turner is underway.

Neighbours and the lawThe Library would like to thank the Francis Forbes Society for Australian Legal History for supporting the development of the book Neighbours and the Law (2nd edition), published by the Library’s Legal Information Access Centre in 2017.

This easy-to-understand guide, written by Nadine Behan, addresses the areas of law involved in neighbourhood issues and disputes. It covers common problems between neighbours, including dividing fences, retaining walls, overhanging branches, animals and noise.

This information is now freely available online and as a printed book. Copies of the book are part of the Find Legal Answers Tool Kit in NSW public libraries.

ABOVE: A student enjoys the display of original collection items in Artefact or Fiction?, photo by Joy Lai

OPPOSITE: Students taking part in Far Out!, 2016

INDIGENOUS PROGRAMS


OPPOSITE: Flowers for Nan, Lucy Simpson, Yuwaalaraay Woman (north-west NSW), founder of design company Gaawaa Miyay

ABOVE: Andrew Sloane, Rhonda Ashby, Creed Gordon, Diane McNaboe, William Mitchell, launch of My Weekend with Pop, NAIDOC Week, 28 June 2017, photo by Joy Lai

Indigenous Programs

Developed with the support of the Foundation, My Weekend with Pop: Stories in Aboriginal Languages is a series of short illustrated bilingual stories and educational resources celebrating the diversity of Aboriginal languages in NSW.

Comprising a digital story book, recordings and curriculum resources for schools and teachers, My Weekend with Pop was developed in partnership with speakers from five Aboriginal language groups including Dharawal, Gumbaynggirr, Gamilaraay, Paakantyi and Wiradjuri, and with NSW Language and Culture Nests. It provides an opportunity for students and the wider public to listen to Aboriginal languages. The story features beautiful illustrations by Yuwaalaraay artist and designer Lucy Simpson.

My Weekend with Pop is the latest State Library initiative aiming to support the revitalisation of Indigenous languages. From 2011 the landmark Rediscovering Indigenous Languages project identified Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language materials in the Library’s collection. Since then, the Library has worked to connect communities across NSW with language materials, and help them to showcase their language and engage audiences.

Communities have been working with linguists to reconstruct and relearn languages, using a combination of archival materials and orally held community knowledge. Following detrimental policies on Indigenous languages from colonial times to recent decades, support for Aboriginal languages is a relatively new development that involves several government and non-government organisations, working alongside communities to strengthen their languages.

The final stage of the Rediscovering Indigenous Languages project saw resources developed for the school curriculum and further research. Similarly, My Weekend with Pop enabled the Library to further build relationships with Indigenous Australian peoples and communities and make resources available to broad audiences.

AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS


OPPOSITE: Billie Pleffer and Joanna Murray-Smith, Mona Brand Award presentation, 7 November 2016, photo by Joy Lai

ABOVE: Lex Hirst, Emily Maguire, David Hunt, Ian McFadyen, Ross Fitzgerald, Rachel Hill, Darrell Pitt, Rosie Waterland, Russell Prize for Humour Writing ceremony, 8 June 2017, photo by Bruce York

Mona Brand Award for Women Stage and Screen WritersThe Foundation was delighted to support the inaugural Mona Brand Award for Women Stage and Screen Writers. To be awarded biennially, the Mona Brand Award was made possible by the generous bequest of the late Australian playwright Mona Alexis Fox nee Brand (1915–2007).

Brand was a trailblazing Australian poet and author whose prolific output included over 20 plays. Her work, which often addressed socially relevant and controversial topics, has been performed on stage, radio and television in Australia, England, Eastern Europe and India.

In November 2016, playwright, screenwriter and novelist Joanna Murray-Smith was awarded the $30,000 prize for her extensive body of work comprising over 15 published plays which have been performed in Australia, London, on Broadway and in many other countries in numerous languages.

A second award with a $10,000 prize, the Mona Brand Emerging Writer Award, was initiated by the Foundation to recognise emerging talent. This award went to Cleverman actor Jada Alberts for her first produced play, Brothers Wreck. The judges also highly commended writer and director Billie Pleffer for her screenplay Baby Baby.

Awards & Fellowships


2016 Ashurst Business Literature PrizeThis was the 13th year of the successful partnership between Ashurst Australia and the State Library of NSW to deliver the Ashurst Business Literature Prize. Valued at $30,000, this award promotes the highest standards of commentary in the fields of business and finance. It was awarded to Catherine Bishop for her book Minding Her Own Business: Colonial Businesswomen in Sydney (NewSouth Books).

The other 2016 shortlisted books were: • Rozzi Bazzani, Hector (Australian

Scholarly Publishing)• Paul Cleary, Trillion Dollar Baby:

How Norway Beat the Oil Giants and Won a Lasting Fortune (Black Inc)

• Shane White, Prince of Darkness: The Untold Story of Jeremiah G Hamilton, Wall Street’s First Black Millionaire (St Martin’s Press)The Foundation wishes to thank Ashurst

for its generous ongoing support for this important initiative.

Russell Prize for Humour WritingOffered for the first time in June 2015, the Russell Prize for Humour Writing was again awarded this year. Made possible by the generous bequest of the late Peter Wentworth Russell, a farmer, businessman and passionate reader, it is the only award of its kind in Australia.

The prize aims to celebrate, recognise and encourage humour writing, and to promote interest in this genre. Light or dark, fun or farce — published works of fiction, memoir, poetry and verse by Australian writers are considered for the biennial $10,000 prize.

This year, judges Patti Miller, Lex Marinos and Sami Shah received 48 entries, and awarded the prize to Steve Toltz for Quicksand (Penguin Random House Australia).

The other shortlisted books were: • Ross Fitzgerald and Ian McFadyen,

Going Out Backwards: A Grafton Everest Adventure (Hybrid Publishers)

• David Hunt, True Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia, Volume 2 (Black Inc.)

• Darrell Pitt, A Toaster on Mars (Text Publishing)

• Ben Pobjie, Error Australis (Affirm Press)• Rosie Waterland, The Anti-Cool Girl

(HarperCollins Publishers).

National Biography AwardNow in its 21st year, the National Biography Award was established to encourage the highest standards of writing in the fields of biography and autobiography and to promote public interest in these genres. The 2016 award was made possible through the generous support of the Library’s significant benefactor Michael Crouch AC.

This year the $25,000 prize was awarded to Dr Brenda Niall AO for Mannix (Text Publishing), a biography of Catholic Archbishop Daniel Mannix.

The other shortlisted books were: • Martin Edmond, Battarbee and

Namatjira (Giramondo)• Stephen FitzGerald, Comrade

Ambassador: Whitlam’s Beijing Envoy (MUP)

• Karen Lamb, Thea Astley: Inventing Her Own Weather (UQP)

• Peter Rees, Bearing Witness: The Remarkable Life of Charles Bean, Australia’s Greatest War Correspondent (Allen & Unwin)

• Magda Szubanski, Reckoning: A Memoir (Text Publishing)

ABOVE LEFT: Catherine Bishop, Paul Cleary, Rozzi Bazzani, Shane White, 2016 Ashurst Business Literature Prize ceremony, photo: Ashurst

ABOVE: Dr Brenda Niall AO, winner of the 2017 National Biography Award for Mannix, photo by Merinda Campbell


RIGHT: Associate Professor Robert CrawfordDr Stephen GappsDr Charmaine RobsonJane Singleton AMAssociate Professor Isabella Alexander Photos by Joy Lai

As part of its ongoing commitment to research, the Library administers several prominent fellowships which focus on the use of its collections for historical research. The fellowship program is one of the few sources of support available for independent scholars. The Foundation is proud to provide significant funding for five of these fellowships. Fellowships totalling more than $1 million have been awarded to researchers over the past 20 years.

Coral Thomas FellowshipThe most valuable fellowship, the $75,000 biennial Coral Thomas Fellowship, was inaugurated in 2015. It is supported by Rob and Kyrenia Thomas and family in honour of Rob’s mother Coral Kirkwood Thomas nee Patrick (1920–1996). The fellowship encourages deep and focused research into Australian culture, history and society, drawing on Australian and international collections. The Coral Thomas Fellowship was awarded in 2015 to Dr Rebe Taylor for her project ‘The Wedge Collection: Moments of Encounter on the Tasmanian and Victorian Frontiers’. The Coral Thomas Fellowship will be awarded again in 2017.

David Scott Mitchell Fellowship and Merewether ScholarshipThe David Scott Mitchell Fellowship and the Merewether Fellowship, each valued at $12,000 per annum, were established in 2008 through the generosity of the late John Merewether, a longstanding friend, supporter and donor of the Library.

The David Scott Mitchell Fellowship encourages the research and study of Australian history using the collections of the Mitchell Library. The 2017 David Scott Mitchell Fellow is Associate Professor Robert Crawford for his project ‘Probing the Consumer’s Mind: The Ashby Research Service and the Post-war Australian Market’.

The Merewether Scholarship encourages and supports the research and study of nineteenth-century history in NSW using the collections of the Mitchell Library. The 2017 Merewether Scholar is Dr Stephen Gapps for his project ‘The Sydney Wars: A Military History of the Sydney Region, 1788 to 1816’.

Australian Religious History FellowshipThe Australian Religious History Fellowship, valued at $20,000 per annum, was established in 2010 with a generous endowment from an anonymous benefactor, to support the study of any aspect of Australian religious history of any faith. The 2017 Australian Religious History Fellow is Dr Charmaine Robson for her project ‘The Little Flower Black Mission: Catholic Redress and Masculine Piety’.

Honorary fellowshipsThis year the Foundation supported two Honorary Fellowships: Associate Professor Isabella Alexander for the project ‘Commercial Map-making and Copyright Law in Australia from 1788 to 1917’ and Jane Singleton AM for the project : ‘What Katie Did! How a White Woman Recorded and Preserved the Legends and Lives of Indigenous People in Outback Australia, A Century Ago — Katherine (Katie) Langloh Parker’.

FRIENDS, VOLUNTEERS & LIBRARY CIRCLE


OPPOSITE: Planting Dreams launch, photo by Joy Lai

ABOVE LEFT: Winner of the Friends 2017 travel competition, Barbara Maidment, right, with Friends Coordinator, Helena Poropat

ABOVE RIGHT: Volunteer Karen Macdonald working with the Max Dupain negatives

Friends The Friends of the Library are essential to the Foundation’s strength and vibrant culture.This year $123,000 was received in membership fees.

With 2500 Friends (2120 memberships, including households), we have a large cohort of supporters who participate in special events such as collection viewings, literary talks and awards, family history research, and lifelong learning activities. Highlights this year were the lecture series based on the exhibitions Planting Dreams: Shaping Australian Gardens & Grand Garden Designs, and Susannah Fullerton’s series on Irish writers.

More members are enjoying the charming Friends Room, in the Mitchell building, surrounded by copies of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes and engaging artworks from our collection.

This is the third year of our important

Virgin Australia sponsorship, which supports our popular annual Friends travel draw. This year we were delighted to offer a business class return trip for two to Hobart and accommodation courtesy of our new partner the Salamanca Wharf Hotel, valued at over $5000.

In 2016 a survey was distributed in SL magazine to assess the benefits of the Friends program. Our award-winning SL magazine rated very highly, with 90% of members rating it as an important benefit of membership. Also achieving high scores were free and discounted events (72%), discounts to the Library Shop (74%) and cafe (71%), the Friends enewsletter (71%), private Friends Room (66%) and exclusive Friends events (64%).

In May 2017, following an analysis of our pricing structures, there was a modest increase in some categories of membership. We continue to offer a discounted membership rate for two-year memberships, with this option becoming increasingly popular.

Friends, Volunteers & Library Circle


ABOVE: Library Circle members and other guests at the Library Circle Christmas lunch, December 2016, photo by Bruce York

Bequests and the Library CircleBequests contribute to the future of the Library — helping us to build and maintain our important collections, and providing indispensable support for our diverse programs such as exhibitions, scholarly publications, as well as conservation and education activities.

Individuals who have notified the Foundation of their intention to leave a bequest in their will are invited to join the Library Circle. Members of the Library Circle enjoy a closer relationship with the Library, receiving exclusive invitations to talks, collection viewings and functions. A special recognition event and Christmas party was held in December 2016 for the Library Circle.

We wish to acknowledge the role of the Library Circle and those donors who have decided to make provision for gifts to the Library in their will. This year we have received bequests from the estates of longstanding supporters and friends: the late Sarah Dingwell, the late Jean Edgecombe, and the late Joy Marchant.

VolunteersThis year, volunteers supported projects throughout the Library. They assisted both behind-the-scenes and front-of-house, and continued to be wonderful ambassadors for the organisation. Our 120 volunteers provided over 11,000 hours of their time hosting tours, transcribing manuscripts, sorting collection material, assisting with events and performing administrative tasks.

Highlights this year have included the World War I diary transcription project, rehousing 28,660 Max Dupain negatives, geo-tagging locations for the DX Lab, working on the Fairfax archives, transcribing the Joseph Banks papers, and assisting with the Red Cross photographic collection. Volunteers also assisted with the successful school holiday programs and the Rediscovering Indigenous Languages project.

Thank you to the volunteers for their commitment to promote the Library’s services and programs and to the care of the collections.


Foundation Members & Donors

Classes of Membership:

Visionary $5,000,000 plus

Life Governor $2,500,000 – $4,999,999

Governor $1,000,000 – $2,499,999

Life Guardian $500,000 – $999,999

Guardian $100,000 – $499,999

Life Benefactor $50,000 – $99,999

Major Benefactor $20,000 – $49,999

Benefactor $2000 – $19,999

CURRENT FOUNDATION MEMBERS

VISIONARY MICHAEL CROUCH AC

LIFE GOVERNOR TAL & DAI-ICHI LIFE

GOVERNOR BRUCE & JOY REID FOUNDATION

JOHN B FAIRFAX AO

NELSON MEERS FOUNDATION

NESTLÉ AUSTRALIA LTD

ROB THOMAS AM & KYRENIA THOMAS

VINCENT FAIRFAX FAMILY FOUNDATION

LIFE GUARDIAN DR WENDY COOPER

JOHN T REID CHARITABLE TRUSTS

MACQUARIE GROUP

NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA

PUBLIC PURPOSE FUND

RIO TINTO & RIO TINTO ABORIGINAL FUND

THE DR AM HERTZBERG FAMILY

THE MEREWETHER FAMILY

ANONYMOUS (2)

GUARDIAN ACCOR HOTELS (SOFITEL SYDNEY WENTWORTH)

ROBERT O ALBERT AO RFD RD

THE HON FRANCA ARENA AM

ARROWFIELD GROUP

ASHURST AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIA-ISRAEL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

JK BAIN AM & JANETTE BAIN

SIR RON BRIERLEY

A/PROFESSOR GEOFFREY CAINS & SARAH CAINS

ELIZABETH CLARKSON

COLES MYER

NEIL GLASSER MVO & NINA GLASSER

GRAHAM & CHARLENE BRADLEY FOUNDATION

BELINDA HUTCHINSON AM & ROGER MASSY-GREENE

JOHN LAMBLE FOUNDATION

MAPLE-BROWN FAMILY FOUNDATION

MCDONALD’S

IAN MCLACHLAN

MORAN HEALTH CARE GROUP PTY LTD

GEOFFREY & RACHEL O’CONOR

THE RODNEY & JUDITH O’NEIL FOUNDATION

PLANET WHEELER FOUNDATION

QANTAS AIRWAYS LIMITED

PENELOPE SEIDLER AM

DAVID & TRICIA SHERBON

SYDNEY MECHANICS’ SCHOOL OF ARTS

THE BELALBERI FOUNDATION – P AND S CROSSING

THE CALEDONIA FOUNDATION

THE ROUSSEL FAMILY

THE MILTON WHITMONT FAMILY

THYNE REID FOUNDATION

VEOLIA AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND

WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION

KIM WILLIAMS AM

ANONYMOUS (9)

LIFE BENEFACTOR

DAVID ANSTICE

PATRICK CORRIGAN AM

DIXSON TRUST

HUGH DIXSON & PATRICIA DIXSON

DR FRANCIS HOOPER

THE KINGSTON & ROE FUND

THE HON DAVID LEVINE AO RFD QC

DAVID O’HALLORAN

ALICE ARNOTT OPPEN OAM

THE ABBOTT FOUNDATION

DR JOHN VALLANCE

ANONYMOUS (1)

MAJOR BENEFACTOR AUSTRALIAN GARDEN HISTORY SOCIETY

DR CHARLES BARNES

VICKI BROOKE

IAN BURNET

ROBERT G CAMERON AO & PAULA S CAMERON

JENNIFER CRIVELLI

CORELLA FUND

NICK CURTIS AM

ROWENA DANZIGER AM & KEN COLES AM

MICHAEL DIAMOND AM MBE

ROB GILLESPIE & CARY GILLESPIE

GOVERNMENT ARCHITECTS OFFICE

DAVID GREATOREX AO & DEIRDRE GREATOREX

PRUDENCE & DEREK HEATH HENRY PARKES FOUNDATION

IPHYGENIA KALLINIKOS

CHRISTINA KENNEDY

DR ALAN MATTHEWS

THE HON JUSTICE ROBERT MCDOUGALL

MCLEAN FOUNDATION

CAROLINE MINOGUE & NICK MINOGUE

CATRIONA MORDANT & SIMON MORDANT AM

TONY O’SULLIVAN & MARIANNA O’SULLIVAN

T C POWELL AM

J THOMOND PRIESTLEY

JOHN SHARPE

DICK SMITH

ROSALINE TAM

UBS

MICHAEL WATERHOUSE & VASHTI WATERHOUSE

ANONYMOUS (2)

BENEFACTOR PROFESSOR CHRIS ADAM

HEATHER ADAMS

JAN AITKIN

SHIRLEY ALDER

JEAN ALLEN

DR HUGH ALLEN

ROSEMARY ALLEN

JENNY ALLUM

DR GAE ANDERSON

EMERITUS PROFESSOR DEREK ANDERSON AM

ROSEMARY ANDERSON

MARK ANDREWS

DAVID B ANDREWS

LYNETTE ARCIDIACONO

SIMONE ARNOTT

ANESBWA

ELSA ATKIN AM

JOHN ATKIN & JUDY HADDRICK

ARTHUR AUSTIN

AKHTAR AZHAR

FIONA BALFOUR

ANNA-ROSA & STEVEN BAKER

DR BARBARA BALLANTYNE

MARLENE BARCLAY

ELAINE BARKER

DR HELEN BASHIR-CRANE

PROFESSOR ANTONY BASTEN AO FAA FTSE

JOSEPHINE BASTIAN

The Foundation was originally established on 26 July 1989 as a Charitable Trust. Over the past 18 months the Foundation has taken steps to modernise and simplify some aspects of its governance. At the Extraordinary General Meeting on 31 March 2016, Foundation members voted unanimously to adopt revisions to the State Library of NSW Foundation Trust Deed. On 20 June 2016 government approval was granted for these changes.

In accordance with those revisions, and particularly clauses 15 and 19, the Foundation Board resolved, by special resolution and unanimous approval of the Trustees, to approve new membership classes, qualifications and rights from 1 July 2017.

The number of membership classes has been reduced from 18 to eight, and the donation thresholds attached to each class have been increased to reflect the increased value of our gifts to the Library. Custodian annual donors are now acknowledged in membership classes based on cumulative donations.

In accordance with the Foundation Trust Deed, membership of the Foundation will be granted if the following conditions are satisfied from living individuals, organisations or other legal entities:• donations totalling $2000 or more within the

previous five financial years • donations of $100,000 or more at any time will

be acknowledged as Lifetime membership• in-kind gifts valued at a total of $250,000 or

more at any time will be acknowledged as Lifetime membership.

The State Library of NSW Foundation acknowledges the foresight and generosity of its earliest great benefactors. David Scott Mitchell’s 1907 bequest established the Mitchell Library. From 1929, Sir William Dixson’s donations and bequest created the Dixson Galleries and Library. Together, these collections lie at the heart of Australian literature, culture and history. The example of these two benefactors has been an inspiration for our supporters ever since.


INGRID BEEREN

JANE BENIAC

CATHERINE BENNETT & MARK BENNETT

BESLICH FAMILY

JOHN BIRCH AM

BARBARA BIRD

CHRISTINE BISHOP

WILLIAM BLACKSHAW

DR KEVIN BLEASEL AO & MARIANNE BLEASEL

ROSEMARY BLOCK

KEN BLOXSOM

DENNIS BLUTH

DOUGLAS BOOKER

DR MICHAEL BOWDEN

AW BRAGG

HELEN BREEKVELDT

BRICKWORKS BUILDING PRODUCTS LIMITED

MAXINE BRODIE

ANN BROWN

THE HON BOB BROWN AM

CAROLINE BRYANT

BETTY BUCHANAN

ANTHONY BUCKLEY AM

ROSLYN BURGE

PATRICK BURNETT

DR FRANCIS BURNS OAM

GREGORY BURTON SC

DR ALEX BYRNE

MRS STEPHANIE CADDIES

CADRY HANDWOVEN RUGS

PETER CALLAGHAN SC

ALAN CAMERON AO

THE HON JC CAMPBELL QC

DR BARRY CANT & TANYA CANT

PHILIP CAREY

EMERITUS PROFESSOR DAVID CARMENT AM

NICHOLAS CARNEY

ROSEMARY CARRICK

JOSEPH CATANZARITI AM

KATE CATO

ROSS CATTS

PAUL CAVE AM

DR EILEEN CHANIN

DR BL CHAPMAN ED

WILLIAM CHAPMAN

DR JOHN CHRISTIAN AO & HELEN CHRISTIAN AM

MILTON CHURCHE

PROFESSOR ROBERT CLANCY AM

STUART S CLARK AM

CHRISTOPHER W CLARKE

DR FREDERICK CLARKE

WENDY CLARKE

ROBERT CLIFTON-STEELE

TULLIO COFRANCESCO

SHIRLEY COLLESS

RODNEY COLLINS

ROBERT CONSTABLE

DR WARWICK COOMBES

DINA COPPEL & KEVIN COPPEL

ANNIE CORLETT

JOHN CORNEY

PHILLIP CORNWELL

DR BRETT COURTENAY

KAY COX

LOUISE COX AO

DEBBY CRAMER

CLIVE CRAVEN

DR JANET CROMB

ALISON CROOK AO

PETER CROZIER

JANELLE CUST

ROWAN DARKE

REBECCA DAVIES

DR RICHARD DAY

CAROL DETTMANN

DR MARIE DE LEPERVANCHE

VALMAI DE TORRES

LESLEY DEAN

RICHARD DINHAM

DR HUGH DIXSON & FRANCES DIXSON

LOUISE DOBSON

CLARE DOCKER

JIM DOMINGUEZ CBE AM

MARION DOWD

DR ANDREW DOWE

JOHN DOYLE AM & RUTH DOYLE

MURRAY DOYLE

JOHN DUNLOP

EMERITUS PROFESSOR DEXTER DUNPHY AM

JAYATI DUTTA

DR ANNE EGGINS

JOHN ELDERSHAW

MARILYN ENDLEIN

PETER EVANS

MARGARET EVANS

MICHAEL EYERS AM

DAVID FAIRLIE

DR SUZANNE FALKINER

SUZANNE FITZHARDINGE

KEVIN FENNELL PSM

LAURIE FERGUSON

ROBIN FERRIS

DON FINDLATER

PETER FORBES

JENNIFER FORSTER

A/PROFESSOR HAMISH FOSTER

ALLAN FOWLER

BRIAN FRANCE AM & PHILIPPA FRANCE

DR RACHEL FRANKS

MARION FREIDMAN

DR JUDITH FRYER AM

JANE FULTON & MARK FULTON

WILMA FURLONGER

THE HON JUSTICE PETER GARLING RFD & JANE GARLING

JAMES GEDDES

PROFESSOR G GILBERT

JOHN A GILMOUR AM

JULIANNA GLUCK

GML HERITAGE

DR LEWIS GOMES

JEFFERY GOSS

GEOFFREY R GRAHAM

GEOFFREY J GRAHAM

JANET GRANT

PETER GREGG

BRIAN GREIG

PAULINE GRIFFIN AM

GRAEME HAIGH

PETER HALES

ALICE HALLORAN

PROFESSOR JOHN HAM

THE HON JOHN P HAMILTON QC

PROFESSOR DAVID HANDELSMAN

MARGARET HANNES

JENNIFER HARRIS

BRUCE HARRIS AM

DR GAYE HART AM

JEAN HART

DINAH HARVEY

DR VALERIE HAVYATT

SALLY HERMAN

DIANE HEWITT

MICHAEL HINSHAW

CHRISTINE HOLMAN & GAVIN HOLMAN

MARY HOLT

EDITH HONOLD

A/PROFESSOR JULIA HORNE

ANDREW HORSLEY

GEORGINA M HORTON

DR RONALD HOUGHTON

MICHAEL HOY

BRUCE HUDSON

RICHARD HUMPHRY AO

JOHN HYDE PAGE

TOM & DEE HYDE PAGE

RAY HYSLOP OAM RFD

IAN JACKMAN SC

KIM JACOBS AM

RICHARD JENKINS

VINCENT JEWELL

JOHN & MYRIAM WYLIE FOUNDATION

JUSTICE PETER JOHNSON

BEVERLEY JOHNSON

MARK JOHNSON & SANDRA JOHNSON

DR ROBERT JOHNSTON

PAUL JONES

PETER JOSEPH AM

CAPTAIN MICHAEL KAMINSKI RAN (RETD)

ANTON KAPEL

KATZ FAMILY FOUNDATION

JOHN KEIGHTLEY

ROBERT KEAN

CASSANDRA KELLY

NARELLE KENNEDY

DR RUTH KERR OAM

KEY FOUNDATION

DR DOROTHY KEYWORTH

LARRY KING

RICHARD KING

SYLVIA & IVEN KLINEBERG

GILLES KRYGER

DR PAUL LAIRD

EUGENIA LANGLEY

ANNETTE LARKIN

REVEREND GRAEME LAWRENCE OAM

DR JOHN LAWRENCE

JAMES LAYT AM

LEEN HELMINK ANTIQUE MAPS

RICHARD LEGG

ROSEMARY LEITCH

DENIS LENIHAN

COLIN LENNOX

KIM LEUNG

HOWARD LEWIS

VALERIE LHUEDE AM

ANGELA LIND

DR HILARIE LINDSAY MBE OAM

DR PHILIP LINGARD

ANNE LIPSON

PROFESSOR GWYNNYTH LLEWELLYN

ARTHUR LOVELESS

MERYLL MACARTHUR

ANNE MACDONALD

PIERRE ST JUST MALHERBE & ANTHEA PARKER

ANNA MARKS OAM

THE HON SIR ANTHONY MASON AC KBE

ROBIN MATHEWS

CHRIS MAXWORTHY

PAUL MCCLINTOCK AO

TIM MCCORMICK

MARGARET MCCREDIE

DR IAN MCCROSSIN

ROSEMARY MCCULLOUGH

GAI MCGRATH

ANGUS MCINNES

DUNCAN MCKAY

STEPHEN D MCNAMARA

DR STEPHEN G MCNAMARA

DR PATRICK MEANEY

SAMANTHA MEERS

PETER MEURER

JANE MILLER

JIM MINTO & AVERILL MINTO

BARBARA MOBBS

ALLAN MOSS AO & IRENE MOSS

DR ANN MOYAL AM

ANNE MUNRO

MULOCK FAMILY

HAL MYERS

PATRICIA NARGAR

DR KENNETH NEALE & HELEN NEALE

PENELOPE NELSON

TANYA NELSON-CARNEGIE

ROSEMARY NEVILLE

PAULINE NEWELL

JANICE NICHOLAS

CAROLE O’BRIEN

COLLEEN O’SULLIVAN

VALERIE PACKER

JANET PALMER

PRUDENCE PARKHILL

DR TIMOTHY PASCOE AM & EVA PASCOE

JILL PATON

GWEN PEARSON

THE HON JUSTICE MICHAEL PEMBROKE

CATHERINE PERCY

EMERITUS PROFESSOR ROSLYN PESMAN AM

GAVIN PETTIGREW

DEBRA PINKERTON

SANDRA PLOWMAN

BENJAMIN POLITZER

DR SUSAN POND EFFENEY AM

HELEN POTTIE

BRENT POTTS

CHRISTOPHER POULLAOS

LORRAINE POUNTNEY

ROBERT PRYKE

THE HON RODNEY PURVIS AM QC

BARBARA QUIGLEY

LUKE RANDALL

PATRICIA RANKIN

ERIC RAWLINGS

GRAHAM J RAWLINGS

DILYS RENHAM

LIONEL ROBBERDS AM QC

CHRISTINE L ROBERTSON

PHILIP ROBINSON

JEANNE ROCKEY

DR CATHERINE ROGERS

JOSEPH ROONEY

ROBERT W ROSE

DR CATHERINE ROTHERY

DAVID E ROUTLEY

JOHN ROWNES

ELANA RUBIN

MICHAEL RYLAND

JANIS SALISBURY

EMERITUS PROFESSOR STEVEN SCHWARTZ AM

DR PETER SCHWEITZER

DR BRIAN SCOTT AO

WENDY SELMAN

MARIAN SEVILLE

BRIAN SHERMAN AM

PROFESSOR JEFF SIEGEL

ANTHONY SLATER QC

PATRICIA SMITH

JOHN SNEEDER

GAVIN SOUTER

DAVID STAEHLI SC

BEVERLEY STANTON

IAN STAPLETON & MAISY STAPLETON

ALISON STEPHEN

RICHARD STEVENS

RUSSELL STEWART

STOCKBROKERS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA

JOY STORIE

DR ALLAN STURGESS

ANNE SULLIVAN

THE HON BRIAN SULLY AM QC


CHRISTOPHER SUNDSTROM

DR MARJORIE & GORDON SUTCLIFFE

WILLIAM SWEENEY

WENDY SWINBURN

SYDNEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL

MONICA TANKEY

HOWARD TANNER AM & MARY TANNER

ANTHONY TARLETON

MARK TARMO

TAYLORS WINES

MILDRED TEITLER

THE AUSTRALIAN 49ERS ASSOCIATION INC

THE FRANCIS FORBES SOCIETY FOR AUSTRALIAN LEGAL HISTORY

DR JEANETTE THIRLWELL

IAN THOM & VALERIE THOM

FRED THOMAS

DR MABEL TINDAL

ANDREW TINK AM

TOGA GROUP OF COMPANIES

TURNER FREEMAN LAWYERS

PAULINE TYRRELL

ANDREW UPTON

IAN VACCHINI & CATE VACCHINI

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA

THE HON TOM WADDELL

DR PETER WAKEFORD

RICHARD WARBURTON AO LVO & SUE WARBURTON

SHEILA WARBY

DR JOHN WARDEN & CHARMIAN WARDEN

JOHN WEBBER

PROFESSOR EMERITA ELIZABETH WEBBY AM

DR JANET WEST

JUDY WHITE AM PHD

ANGUS WHITE

MARGARET WHITE

WHITFORD EDUCATION PTY LTD

RICHARD WHITE OAM

IAN WHITTON

JOHN WHITTLE

JEMIMA WHYTE

PROFESSOR DIANNE WILEY

CAROLINE WILKINSON

CHRISTOPHER WOKES

SUSAN WOLKOWICZ

GILES WOODGATE

HUBERT WOODHOUSE

JILL WRAN AM

LANCE WRIGHT QC

DR DON WRIGHT

JOHN WRIGLEY OAM & MRS JULIE WRIGLEY

YIM FAMILY FOUNDATION

ELAINE ZINKHAN

ANONYMOUS (66)

$1,000,000 - $10,000,000 ESTATE OF JEAN GARLING

ESTATE OF JOHN ANTHONY GILBERT AM

ESTATE OF HELEN MCILRATH (SELLE)

$100,000 - $999,999ESTATE OF JUDITH NAVENA ANDREWS

ESTATE OF SIBILLA BAER

ESTATE OF NEVILLE GOVETT

ESTATE OF MARGARET MARY JONES

ESTATE OF MONA ALEXIS FOX

ESTATE OF SAMUEL B. HERRON

ESTATE OF HAROLD SCHULTZ

ESTATE OF PETER W RUSSELL

$10,000 - $99,999 ESTATE OF JOAN CAMPBELL

ESTATE OF WILLIAM RAYMOND COOPER

ESTATE OF MARTIN DICKSON

ESTATE OF SARAH DINGWELL

ESTATE OF KONDELEA ELLIOTT

ESTATE OF NICK ENRIGHT

ESTATE OF MARIE GRAY

ESTATE OF BARBARA HUDSON

ESTATE OF MIMI HURLEY

ESTATE OF NATHALIE KULAKOWSKI

ESTATE OF LADY LOEWENTHAL

ESTATE OF THELMA LONG

ESTATE OF JOY MARCHANT

ESTATE OF DR BP NOLAN

ESTATE OF ROBERT PRITCHARD

ESTATE OF RUTH ROBERTSON

ESTATE OF EJ RUSSELL

ESTATE OF DR DOUGLASS SEATON

ESTATE OF MARY STRETTLES

ESTATE OF NANCY TUCK

ESTATE OF PETER TYLER

ESTATE OF GERALD WRONKER

BRIAN ABBOTT

CHRISTOPHER ADAM

JOHN AITKEN

ROBERT O ALBERT AO RFD RD

JEAN ALLEN

HUGH ALLEN

ROSEMARY ALLEN

DEREK ANDERSON AM

ROSEMARY ANDERSON

DR GAE ANDERSON

ANESBWA

DAVID ANSTICE

LYNETTE ARCIDIACONO

SIMONE ARNOTT

ASHURST AUSTRALIA

ELSA ATKIN AM

JOHN ATKIN

KEITH AUSTIN

ARTHUR AUSTIN

AKHTAR AZHAR

ROSEMARY BAGOT

ANNA-ROSA BAKER & STEVEN BAKER

PAMELA BALL

DR BARBARA BALLANTYNE

MARLENE BARCLAY

DR CHARLES BARNES

DENYSE BARTIMOTE

HELEN BASHIR-CRANE

ANTONY BASTEN AO FAA FTSE

JOSEPHINE BASTIAN

ALAN BAYNHAM

BESLICH FAMILY

JOHN BIRCH AM

BARBARA BIRD

CHRISTINE BISHOP

DR KEVIN BLEASEL AO & MARIANNE BLEASEL

WILLIAM BLINCO

ROSEMARY BLOCK

KEN BLOXSOM

DENNIS BLUTH

MICHAEL BOWDEN

MARGARET BOWERING

ARTHUR BRAGG

MAXINE BRODIE

VICKI BROOKE

ANN BROWN

BOB BROWN AM

BRUCE & JOY REID FOUNDATION

CAROLINE JOAN BRYANT

ANTHONY BUCKLEY AM

ROSLYN BURGE

DAVID BURKE OAM

PATRICK BURNETT

LOUISE BURNEY

MOIRA BURNS

GREGORY BURTON SC

JUDY BUTLIN

SUSAN BYRNES

STEPHANIE CADDIES

BERENICE CALF

STUART CAMERON

ELAINE CAMERON

ROBERT CAMERON AO

ALAN CAMERON AO

JOSEPH CAMPBELL QC

MICHAEL CAMPBELL QC

DR BARRY CANT & TANYA CANT

PHILIP CAREY

EMERITUS PROFESSOR DAVID CARMENT AM

NICHOLAS CARNEY

ROSEMARY CARRICK

ROSS CATTS

PAUL CAVE AM

DR EILEEN CHANIN

WILLIAM CHAPMAN

BERYL CHARLES

DR JOHN CHRISTIAN AO & HELEN CHRISTIAN AM

STUART CLARK AM

WENDY CLARKE

CHRISTOPHER W. CLARKE

JENNIFER CLIFFORD

ROBERT CLIFTON-STEELE

TULLIO COFRANCESCO

RODNEY COLLINS

MARGARET CONNELL

PAULINE CONOLLY

ANNE CONWAY

JOHN CORNEY

PHILLIP CORNWELL

LOUISE COX AO

KAY COX

CLIVE CRAVEN

JENNIFER CRIVELLI

PETER CROSSING AM

MICHAEL CROUCH AC

PETER CROZIER

ROWAN DARKE

REBECCA DAVIES

ALAN DAY

DR MARIE DE LEPERVANCHE

MARGARET DEAKIN

ROBERT DEMKIW

MICHAEL DIAMOND AM MBE

RICHARD DINHAM

DR HUGH DIXSON & FRANCES DIXSON

CLARE DOCKER

MURRAY DOYLE

JOHN DOYLE AM

ALAN DUFFIELD

JOHN DUNLOP

EMERITUS PROFESSOR DEXTER DUNPHY AM

JAYATI DUTTA

ANNE EAGAR

DR ANNE EGGINS

JOHN ELDERSHAW

ELIZABETH ELLIS OAM

MARILYN ENDLEIN

PETER EVANS

ELIZABETH EVATT AC

MICHAEL EYERS AM

JOHN FAIRFAX AO

DAVID FAIRLIE

DR SUZANNE FALKINER

KEVIN FENNELL PSM

IAN FERGUSON

LAURIE FERGUSON

SUZANNE FITZHARDINGE

JENNIFER FORSTER

HAMISH FOSTER

BRIAN FRANCE AM & PHILIPPA FRANCE

DR RACHEL FRANKS

MARION FREIDMAN

JUDITH FRYER AM

BRIAN GALWAY

THE HON JUSTICE PETER GARLING RFD & JANE GARLING

PROFESSOR G GILBERT

ROB GILLESPIE

JOHN GILMOUR AM

CATE GLEESON

JULIANNA GLUCK

GML HERITAGE

DR LEWIS GOMES

HEATHER GORRELL

JEFFERY GOSS

GEOFFREY GRAHAM

JANET GRANT

KEVIN GRAY

DAVID GREATOREX AO

BRIAN GREIG

PAULINE GRIFFIN AM

STEPHEN GRIMSLEY

PETER HALES

ALICE HALLORAN

THE HON JOHN P HAMILTON QC

PROFESSOR DAVID HANDELSMAN

STEPHANIE HARDY

MARGARET HARRIS

BRUCE HARRIS AM

JENNIFER HARRIS

PETER HARRISON

DR GAYE HART AM

JEAN HART

DR VALERIE HAVYATT

PRUDENCE & DEREK HEATH

GRAEME HECKENBERG

MARGARET HENRY

CAMERON HERBERT

DR ROSITA HOLENBERGH-GIBSON

CHRISTINE HOLMAN & GAVIN HOLMAN

MARY HOLT

EDITH HONOLD

FRANCIS HOOPER

ANDREW HORSLEY

GEORGINA M HORTON

RAY HYSLOP OAM RFD

ESTATES The State Library would like to acknowledge the gifts from the following Estates that have supported the Library and contributed to our future growth.

The Foundation thanks all our passionate supporters for your contributions during the 2016–17 year.

40 2016–17 Annual Report S T A T E L I B R A R Y O F N S W F O U N D A T I O NOPPOSITE: Friends Room, photo by Joy Lai

IAN JACKMAN SC

PATRICIA JACOBSEN

WENDY JAMES

ANNE JAMISON

VINCENT JEWELL

JUSTICE PETER JOHNSON

BEVERLEY JOHNSON

PAUL JONES

EVELYN JUERS

IPHYGENIA KALLINIKOS

CAPTAIN MICHAEL KAMINSKI RAN (RETD)

ANTON KAPEL

KATZ FAMILY FOUNDATION

ROBERT KEAN

JOHN KEIGHTLEY

CHRISTINA KENNEDY

NARELLE KENNEDY

PAMELA KENNY

DR MICHAEL KESTEVEN

DR DOROTHY KEYWORTH

LARRY KING

RICHARD KING

BEVERLEY KINGSTON

SYLVIA & IVEN KLINEBERG

HILARY KRAMER

GILLES KRYGER

THE HON JUSTICE FRANCOIS KUNC

DR PAUL LAIRD

JOHN LAMBLE AO

EUGENIA LANGLEY

ANNETTE LARKIN

REVEREND GRAEME LAWRENCE OAM

DR JOHN LAWRENCE

JAMES LAYT AM

RICHARD LEGG

DENIS LENIHAN

COLIN LENNOX

KIM LEUNG

THE HON DAVID LEVINE AO RFD QC

VALERIE LHUEDE AM

ANGELA LIND

DR HILARIE LINDSAY MBE OAM

DR PHILIP LINGARD

ANNE LIPSON

ARTHUR LOVELESS

WENDY MA

ANNE MACDONALD

MACQUARIE GROUP

PIERRE ST JUST MALHERBE & ANTHEA PARKER

MAPLE-BROWN FAMILY FOUNDATION

NIKOLAS MARGERRISON

ANNA MARKS OAM

THE HON SIR ANTHONY MASON AC KBE

ROBIN MATHEWS

ALAN MATTHEWS

PETER MCCALL

KATHLEEN MCCREDIE

MARGARET HARDY MCCREDIE

DE IAN MCCROSSIN

ROSEMARY MCCULLOUGH

GAI MCGRATH

DUNCAN MCKAY

BW & IR MCKENZIE

IAN MCLACHLAN

DR STEPHEN MCNAMARA

DR PATRICK MEANEY

MONICA MILAND

JANE MILLER

CAROLINE MINOGUE & NICK MINOGUE

JIM MINTO & AVERILL MINTO

BARBARA MOBBS

MICHAEL MOON

DONALD MULLIGAN

JUDY MUNDEY

ANNE MUNRO

SUSAN MYATT

DR KENNETH NEALE & HELEN NEALE

NELSON MEERS FOUNDATION

DAVID NELSON

PENELOPE NELSON

CARMEL NESTOR

SHIRLEY NEVILLE

ROSEMARY NEVILLE

PAULINE NEWELL

JANICE NICHOLAS

CAROLE O’BRIEN

GEOFFREY & RACHEL O’CONOR

ALICE ARNOTT OPPEN OAM

AVEEN O’REILLY

KIRSTY O’ROURKE

JUNE OWEN

PRUDENCE PARKHILL

GWENNETH PEARSON

THE HON MICHAEL PEMBROKE

CATHERINE PERCY

MEGAN PERRY

JONATHAN PERSSE

GAVIN PETTIGREW

MARSHALL PHILLIPS

BENJAMIN POLITZER

HELEN POTTIE

LORRAINE POUNTNEY

CATHERINE POWELL

THOMAS POWELL AM

JENNY PRIESTLEY

ROBERT PRYKE

BARBARA QUIGLEY

BRENDAN QUIRK

M R RADNEDGE

LUKE RANDELL

PATRICIA RANKIN

ERIC RAWLINGS

GRAHAM J RAWLINGS

DILYS RENHAM

BARBARA RICHARDSON

LIONEL ROBBERDS AM QC

CHRISTINE L ROBERTSON

PHILIP ROBINSON

JEANNE ROCKEY

CATHERINE ROGERS

ROSEMARY ROSE

ROBERT W ROSE

DR CATHERINE ROTHERY

SALLY ROURKE

DAVID E ROUTLEY

JOHN ROWNES

ALAN ROZEN

DANIEL RYAN

MICHAEL RYLAND

ELIZABETH SALKELD

LINDA SCHOFIELD-OLSEN

DR PETER SCHWEITZER

DR BRIAN SCOTT AO

MARIAN SEVILLE

JOHN SHARPE

CRAIG SHAW

MARK SIECKMAN

PROFESSOR JEFF SIEGEL

ANTHONY SLATER QC

DICK SMITH AC

PATRICIA SMITH

MARY SMITH

SUSAN SMITH

JOHN SNEEDER

GAVIN SOUTER

DAVID STAEHLI SC

BEVERLEY STANTON

IAN STAPLETON

ROSS STEELE AM

BEVERLY STEGGLES

RICHARD STEVENS

FIONA STEWART

RUSSELL STEWART

JOY STORIE

ANNE SULLIVAN

THE HON BRIAN SULLY AM QC

PAMELA SUMMERS

CHRISTOPHER SUNDSTROM

DR MARJORIE & GORDON SUTCLIFFE

SUTHANTHAN SWAMINATHAN

WENDY SWINBURN

ROSALINE TAM

MONICA TANKEY

MARK TARMO

MILDRED TEITLER

THE AUSTRALIAN 49ERS ASSOCIATION INC

IAN THOM

ROB THOMAS AM

HELEN THOMPSON

DR MABEL TINDAL

SHIRLEY TINKER

TURNER FREEMAN LAWYERS

PAULINE TYRRELL

ANNE B UDY

IAN VACCHINI & CATE VACCHINI

ALEX VARNISH

MARTIN VAUGHAN

JAN VECCHIO

PETER WAKEFORD

WENDY WALKER

SHEILA WARBY

CHARMIAN WARDEN

DR JOHN WARDEN

PETER WARREN

JOHN WEBBER

PROFESSOR EMERITA ELIZABETH WEBBY AM

VICTORIA WEEKES

DR JANET WEST

ROMANY WHITE

RICHARD WHITE OAM

JUDY WHITE AM PHD

BRETT WHITFORD

TONI WHITMONT

JEMIMA WHYTE

DIANNE WILEY

CAROLINE WILKINSON

KIM WILLIAMS AM

ALISON WISHART

CHRISTOPHER WOOD

DON WRIGHT

LANCE WRIGHT QC

JOHN WRIGLEY OAM

DENISE YIM

ANN YOUNG

LIBRARY CIRCLE JEAN M ALLEN

DR GAE M ANDERSON

KEN BLOXSOM

HELEN BREEKVELDT

PAM CONNOR

DR ANNE EGGINS

MARILYN ENDLEIN

MARGARET EVANS

PAULINE M GRIFFIN AM

DR KEVIN W HEWITT

DAVID C JACKSON

DR RUTH S KERR OAM

HOWARD J LEWIS

IAN S MCLACHLAN

DAVID STAPLES

JOY STORIE

DR DIANA WYNDHAM

JOHN WYNDHAM

ANONYMOUS (3)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2017

BOARD REPORT


STATE LIBRARY OF NEW SOUTH WALES FOUNDATION

BOARD REPORT


The Board presents its report together with the financial statements of the State Library of New South Wales Foundation (the Foundation) for the year ended 30 June 2017.

The State Library of New South Wales Foundation is managed by the State Library and governed by a Board established under the Trust Deed with the Trust safeguarded by Trustees.

The Foundation was originally established on 26 July 1989 as a charitable trust.

It is a controlled entity of the Library Council of NSW as a not for profit organisation with its accounts consolidated as part of the NSW Total State Sector Accounts. Its governance and financial affairs are conducted within the context of the NSW Public Sector and as such in accordance with requirements of the Public Finance and Audit Act, 1983 and Regulations, Treasurer’s Circulars and Directions. It is covered for insurance through the Treasury Managed Fund Scheme; administered by the NSW Self Insurance Corporation.

The Board members at any time during the financial year are listed below:

John Atkin Graham Bradley AM Dr Alex Byrne, ex officio Nicholas Carney Michael Caulfield Dina Coppel Christine Holman Gai McGrath Lucy Milne, ex officio Samantha Meers Tony O’Sullivan Darren Rudd Hon. George Souris AM Robert Thomas AM Jemima Whyte Kim Williams AM

The Trustees at any time during the financial year are listed below:

Michael Caulfield Gai McGrath Hon. George Souris AM

Board Reportfor the year ended 30 June 2017



BOARD REPORT


Objects

The objects of the Foundation as set out in Clause 11 of the Trust Deed are as follows:

generally to assist the Library to gain, maintain, improve and develop its collection of literary and historical treasures, library artefacts and material now held or hereafter to be held by the Library;

to attract and retain for the Library the continuing interest and financial support of the community at large;

to attract and encourage donations, gifts, bequests, endowments, trusts and other forms of financial assistance to or for the benefit of the Library;

to raise finance for the acquisition and preservation of objects of historic educational and/or social interest, collections and artefacts, works of art of importance and which would be obtained and/or maintained by the library within the terms of its charter;

to raise funds for the development, and sustainable operation, of education programs, exhibition platforms, digital and online experiences, and all other programs approved by the Board in accordance with this Trust Deed; and

to recognise donors as the Board may from time to time determine; and

to do all such things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objects or any of them or to the preservation, development and improvement of the Library's collections facilities and operations.

Review and result of operations

Total income for the period was $4,356,000 (2016: $2,596,000) enabling the Foundation to contribute $1,657,000 (2016: $2,511,000) to the Library.

The result for the period was a surplus of $2,046,000 (2016: deficit of $750,000).

Total Grants and Contributions Income was $3,258,000 (2016: $2,103,000).

Contributions include donations and sponsorships $3,213,000 (2016:$1,965,000) and bequests $45,000 (2016: $138,000).

In line with the objectives of the Foundation, it was resolved to contribute $1,657,000 to the Library for the year ended 30 June 2017 (2016: $2,511,000).

Net assets exceeded $18 million for the first time.



The Foundation continued to:

a. develop diversified income streams to provide sustainable financial resources for the Library.

b. raise funds to assist in the acquisition, preservation and accessibility of the Library's significant collections.

c. grow mutually beneficial partnerships and membership programs.

d. administer prestigious fellowships and awards on behalf of the Library.

Significant changes in the state of affairs

There were no significant changes in the state of affairs of the Foundation during the year other than practical amendments made to the Trust Deed to modernise the Foundation’s operations and to assist it to achieve its objectives and purpose.

Environmental regulation

The Foundation’s operations are not subject to any environmental regulation. The Foundation's operations do not impact the environment in any significant manner.

Events subsequent to balance date

Since 30 June 2017 there has not arisen, in the interval between the end of the period and the date of this report, any item transaction or event of a material nature likely, in the opinion of the Board, to affect significantly the operations of the Foundation, the results of those operations, or the state of affairs of the Foundation, in subsequent periods.

Likely developments

The Foundation will continue to pursue the principal activities for which it was formed.

Board Members’ benefits

No Board Members have received or become entitled to receive any benefit, other than those Board Members who are in the full time employment of the Library, by reason of a contract made by the Foundation or a related body corporate with a Board Member or with a firm of which a Board Member is a member or with an entity in which the Board Member has a substantial interest.

Board Members’ indemnification and insurance

As the Foundation is a controlled entity of the Library, the Foundation’s insurances are included with the Library’s insurances through the Treasury Managed Fund, administered by the NSW Self Insurance Corporation. Under this scheme, the Board Members are insured for liabilities that may arise from their position with the exception of conduct involving a wilful breach of duty or improper use of information to gain a personal advantage.



BOARD REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2017

Governance & meeting attendance

In accordance with the Trust Deed, the Foundation has a Board and Trustees.

The Board held 6 meetings on 25 August 2016; 20 October 2016; 30 November 2016; 16 February 2017; 11 April 2017 and 8 June 2017.

The Trustees held 3 meetings on 8 August 2016; 27 February 2017 and 11 April 2017.

Board Member Eligible Meetings

Meetings Attended

John Atkin 6 4 Graham Bradley AM 6 1 Dr Alex Byrne, ex officio1 1 1 Nicholas Carney 6 3 Michael Caulfield 6 6 Dina Coppel 2 3 0 Christine Holman 3 3 3 Gai McGrath 6 4 Lucy Milne, ex officio 4 5 5 Samantha Meers 6 3 Tony O’Sullivan 6 1 Darren Rudd 5 3 2 Hon.George Souris AM 6 4 Robert Thomas AM 6 5 Jemima Whyte 6 3 Kim Williams AM 6 4

1 Dr Alex Byrne retired as State Librarian and Chief Executive on 2 September 2016. 2 Dina Coppel relocated overseas from January 2016 and her tenure on the Board concluded 31 December 2016. 3 Christine Holman was appointed to the Board on 25 January 2017.

4 Lucy Milne was in attendance until September, when she assumed the position of Acting State Librarian and Chief Executive, becoming an ex officio Member. 5 Darren Rudd was appointed to the Board on 25 January 2017.

Trustee Eligible Meetings

Meetings attended

Michael Caulfield 3 2 Gai McGrath 3 3 Hon.George Souris AM 3 2



Signed in accordance with a resolution of the Board:

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Dr John Vallance Honorary Secretary of the Board NSW State Librarian & Chief Executive

Kim Williams AM Co-chair of the Board

Dated at Sydney this 27 Day of September 2017

OPPOSITE: Photo by Merinda Campbell


TRUSTEES’ DECLARATION & AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT State Library of New South Wales Foundation

To Members of the New South Wales Parliament

Opinion I have audited the accompanying financial statements of the State Library of New South Wales Foundation (the Foundation), which comprise the statement of financial position as at 30 June 2017, the statement of comprehensive income, statement of changes in equity and statement of cash flows for the year then ended, notes comprising a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

In my opinion, the financial statements:

• give a true and fair view of the financial position of the Foundation as at 30 June 2017, and of its financial performance and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards

• are in accordance with section 41B of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 (PF&A Act) and the Public Finance and Audit Regulation 2015

• are in accordance with the Charitable Fundraising Act 1991 (CF Act) and the Charitable Fundraising Regulation 2015 (CF Regulation), including showing a true and fair view of the Foundation’s financial result of fundraising appeals for the year ended 30 June 2017.

My opinion should be read in conjunction with the rest of this report on the financial statements.

Basis for Opinion I conducted my audit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. My responsibilities under the standards are described in the ‘Auditor’s Responsibility for the Audit of the Financial Statements’ section of my report.

I am independent of the Foundation in accordance with the auditor independence requirements of the:

• Australian Auditing Standards • Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board’s APES 110 ‘Code of Ethics for

Professional Accountants’ (APES 110).

I have also fulfilled my other ethical responsibilities in accordance with APES 110.

The PF&A Act further promotes independence by ensuring the Auditor–General and the Audit Office of New South Wales are not compromised in their roles by:

• providing that only Parliament, and not the executive government, can remove an Auditor–General

• mandating the Auditor–General as auditor of public sector agencies, but precluding the provision of non-audit services.

I believe the audit evidence I have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for my audit opinion.

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The Trustees’ Responsibility for the Financial Statements The Trustees of the Foundation are responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards, the PF&A Act and the CF Act, and for such internal control as the Trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the Trustees must assess the Foundation’s ability to continue as a going concern unless the Foundation will be dissolved by an Act of Parliament or otherwise cease operations. The assessment must disclose, as applicable, matters related to going concern and the appropriateness of using the going concern basis of accounting.

Auditor’s Responsibility for the Audit of the Financial Statements My objectives are to:

• obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and

• issue an Independent Auditor’s Report including my opinion.

Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but does not guarantee an audit conducted in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards will always detect material misstatements. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error. Misstatements are considered material if, individually or in aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions users take based on the financial statements.

A description of my responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located at the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board website at: http://www.auasb.gov.au/auditors_files/ar3.pdf. The description forms part of my auditor’s report.

My opinion does not provide assurance:

• that the Foundation carried out its activities effectively, efficiently and economically • that the Foundation has complied with requirements of the CF Act and CF Regulation other than

those specified • about the security and controls over the electronic publication of the audited financial

statements on any website where they may be presented • about any other information which may have been hyperlinked to/from the financial statements.

Report on other aspects of the Charitable Fundraising Act 1991 In addition, I have audited the Foundation’s operations in order to express an opinion on the matters specified at sections 24(2)(b), 24(2)(c) and 24(2)(d) of the CF Act for the year ended 30 June 2017.

Opinion In my opinion:

• the Foundation has properly kept the accounts and associated records during the year ended 30 June 2017 in accordance with the CF Act and CF Regulation (section 24(2)(b) of the CF Act)

• the Foundation has, in all material respects, properly accounted for and applied money received as a result of fundraising appeals conducted during the year ended 30 June 2017 in accordance with the CF Act and the CF Regulation (section 24(2)(c) of the CF Act)

• there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Foundation will be able to pay its debts as and when they fall due over the 12 month period from the date of this report (section 24(2)(d) of the CF Act).

My opinion should be read in conjunction with the rest of this report, including the inherent limitations.


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The Trustees’ Responsibility under the Charitable Fundraising Act 1991 The Trustees of the Foundation are responsible for complying with the requirements and conditions of the CF Act and CF Regulation. This responsibility includes establishing and maintaining internal control over the conduct of all fundraising appeals; ensuring all assets obtained during, or as a result of, a fundraising appeal are safeguarded and properly accounted for; and maintaining proper books of account and records.

The Trustees are also responsible for ensuring the Foundation will be able to pay its debts as and when they fall due.

Auditor’s Responsibility My responsibility is to express an opinion on the matters specified at sections 24 (2)(b), 24 (2)(c), and 24 (2)(d) of the CF Act. I conducted my audit in accordance with applicable Australian Auditing Standards and Standards on Assurance Engagements (ASAE 3100 ‘Compliance Engagements’) to obtain reasonable assurance whether the Foundation has, in all material respects, complied with specific requirements of the CF Act and CF Regulation, and whether there are reasonable grounds to believe the Foundation will be able to pay its debts as and when they fall due over the 12 month period from the date of this independent auditor’s report (future debts).

This audit involved performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the Foundation’s compliance with the CF Act and CF Regulation and its ability to pay future debts. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgement, including an assessment of the risks of material breaches of compliance and inability to pay future debts. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers relevant internal control in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Foundation’s internal control.

My procedures included obtaining an understanding of the internal control structure for fundraising appeal activities and examination, on a test basis, of evidence supporting the Foundation’s compliance with specific requirements of the CF Act and CF Regulation, and assessing the reasonableness and appropriateness of the Trustees’ assessment regarding the Foundation’s ability to pay future debts.

I believe the audit evidence I have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for my audit opinion.

Inherent Limitations Because of inherent limitations of any compliance procedure, it is possible fraud, error or non-compliance with the CF Act may occur and not be detected. My procedures have not been performed continuously throughout the period, were not designed to detect all instances of non-compliance, and have not covered all requirements of the CF Act and CF Regulation.

Any projection of the evaluation of compliance with the CF Act to future periods is subject to the risk that the procedures may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with them may deteriorate.


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Whilst evidence is available to support the Foundation’s ability to pay future debts, such evidence is future orientated and speculative in nature. As a consequence, actual results are likely to be different from the information on which the opinion is based, since anticipated events frequently do not occur as expected or assumed and the variations between the prospective opinion and the actual outcome may be significant.

James Sugumar Director, Financial Audit Services

29 September 2017 SYDNEY



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TRUSTEES’ DECLARATION

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2017 In the opinion of the Trustees of the State Library of New South Wales Foundation: 1. The Financial Statements and notes set out are drawn up so as to give a true and fair view of the

Foundation’s financial position as at 30 June 2017 and of its performance as represented by the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year ended on that date;

2. The Financial Statements are prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 and Regulation 2015, Australian Accounting Standards and authoritative pronouncements of the Australian Accounting Standards Board;

3. We are not aware of any circumstances which would render any particulars included in the Financial Statements to be misleading or inaccurate;

4. At the date of this declaration, there are reasonable grounds to believe that the State Library of New South Wales Foundation is able to pay all of its debts as and when they become due and payable;

5. The Financial Statements give a true and fair view of the financial results of fundraising activities for the year ended 30 June 2017;

6. The Financial Statements are properly drawn up and the associated records have been properly kept for the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017 in accordance with the Charitable Fundraising Act 1991 and Regulations 2015 where appropriate;

7. The provisions of the Charitable Fundraising Act 1991 and the regulations under that Act and the conditions attached to the authority have been complied with for the period 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017; and

8. The internal controls exercised by the State Library of New South Wales Foundation are appropriate and effective in accounting for all income received and applied by the Foundation from any of its fundraising appeals.

9. The Foundation has operated in accordance with its constitution and policies of the Trustees.

This declaration is made in accordance with the resolution of the Trustees and is signed for and on behalf of the Trustees by: -------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- Gai McGrath Hon. George Souris AM Dated at Sydney this 27 day of September 2017

Trustees’ Declarationfor the year ended 30 June 2017



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Statement of comprehensive income for the year ended 30 June 2017

Notes 2017 $’000

2016 $’000

Expenses Personnel service expense 2a, 11 575 676 Other operating expense 2b 78 159 Contributions to Library Council of NSW 2c, 11 1,657 2,511 Total expenses 2,310 3,346

Revenue Investment revenue 3a 957 343 Contributions 3b 3,258 2,103 Other revenue 3c 141 150 Total revenue 4,356 2,596 Net result 2,046 (750) Other comprehensive income - - Total other comprehensive income - - TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME 2,046 (750)

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements

Statement of comprehensive incomefor the year ended 30 June 2017




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Statement of financial position as at 30 June 2017

Notes 2017 $’000

2016 $’000

Assets Current assets Cash and cash equivalents 4 1,678 826 Receivables 5 22 23 Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss 6a 6,775 3,813 Total current assets 8,475 4,662 Non-current assets Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss 6b 10,156 11,613 Total non-current assets 10,156 11,613 Total assets 18,631 16,275 Liabilities Current liabilities Payables 7 396 86 Total current liabilities 396 86 Total liabilities 396 86 Net assets 18,235 16,189 Equity Accumulated funds 18,235 16,189 Total equity 18,235 16,189


Statement of financial positionfor the year ended 30 June 2017




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Statement of changes in equity for the year ended 30 June 2017

Accumulated Funds $’000

Balance as at 1 July 2016 16,189 Net result of the period 2,046 Other comprehensive income for the period - Total other comprehensive income - Total comprehensive income for the year 2,046 Balance at 30 June 2017 18,235

Accumulated Funds $’000

Balance as at 1 July 2015 16,939 Net result of the year (750) Other comprehensive income for the year - Total other comprehensive income - Total comprehensive income for the year (750) Balance at 30 June 2016 16,189


Statement of changes in equityfor the year ended 30 June 2017




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Statement of cash flows for the year ended 30 June 2017

Notes 2017 $’000

2016 $’000

Cash flows from operating activities Payments Personnel services expense (597) (751) Contributions to Library Council of NSW (1,339) (2,961) Suppliers (65) (211) Total payments (2,001) (3,923) Receipts Contributions 3,259 2,102 Interest received 6 4 Other 143 153 Total receipts 3,408 2,259 Net cash flows from operating activities 9 1,407 (1,664) Cash flows from investing activities Proceeds from sale of financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

1,767 2,772

Purchase of financial assets at fair value through profit or loss (2,322) (1,637) Net cash flows from investing activities (555) 1,135 Cash flows from financing activities Proceeds from financing activities - - Net cash flows from financing activities - - Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 852 (529) Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of financial period 826 1,355 Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 4 1,678 826


Statement of cash flowsfor the year ended 30 June 2017




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Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2017

1. Summary of significant accounting policies

a. Reporting entity The State Library of New South Wales Foundation (the Foundation) is a controlled entity of the Library Council of New South Wales (the Library). The Foundation, established on 26 June 1989, is a not-for-profit organisation and has no cash generating units. The reporting entity is consolidated as part of the NSW Total State Sector Accounts.

The Foundation’s Trust Deed provides for monetary support for the development of the Australian cultural heritage collections of the Library. The Foundation holds authority to fundraise CFN 14813 until 31 August 2020 under the provisions of the Charitable Fundraising Act, 1991. Throughout the notes to the accounts, activities specifically relating to fundraising are disclosed accordingly.

The Financial Statements for the period ended 30 June 2017 have been authorised for issue by the Trustees on 27 September 2017.

b. Basis of preparation The entity’s Financial Statements are general purpose Financial Statements which have been prepared in accordance with:

The provisions of the Trust Deed of 26 June 1989 and as amended March 2016 Applicable Australian Accounting Standards including Australian Accounting

Interpretations The requirements of the Public Finance and Audit Act, 1983 and Regulation 2015 The requirements of the Charitable Fundraising Act, 1991

Financial assets ‘at fair value through profit or loss’ and donated collection material are measured at fair value. Other Financial Statement items are prepared on an accrual basis and prepared in accordance with the historical cost convention.

Judgements, key assumptions and estimations that have been made by management are disclosed in the relevant notes to the Financial Statements.

Amounts in the Financial Statements are rounded to the nearest one thousand dollars and are expressed in Australian currency.

c. Statement of compliance The financial statements and notes comply with Australian Accounting Standards, which include Australian Accounting Interpretations.

d. Insurance The entity’s insurance activities are included with the Library’s insurance coverage through the Treasury Managed Fund administered by the NSW Self Insurance Corporation. The expense (premium) is determined by the fund manager based on past claim experience.

Notes to the Financial Statementsfor the year ended 30 June 2017



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1. Summary of significant accounting policies (continued)

e. Accounting for the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Revenues, expenses and assets are recognised net of the amount of GST, except that:

i. The amount of GST incurred by the Foundation as a purchaser that is not recoverable from the Australian Taxation Office is recognised as part of the cost of acquisition of an asset or as part of an item of expense; and

ii. Receivables and payables are stated with the amount of GST included;

The net amount of GST payable to the Australian Taxation Office is included as a current liability in the Statement of Financial Position.

Cash flows are included in the cash flow statement on a gross basis. However, the GST components of cash flows arising from investing and financing activities which is recoverable from, or payable to, the Australian Taxation Office are classified as operating cash flows.

f. Income Tax Exemption The State Library of NSW Foundation is a charity and endorsed to access the Income Tax Exemption since the 1st July 2000.

g. Revenue Recognition Revenue is measured at the fair value of the consideration or contribution received or receivable. Additional comments regarding the accounting policies for the recognition of revenue are discussed below:

i. Contributions Contributions, including donations, sponsorships and bequests, are generally recognised as revenue when the Foundation obtains control over the assets comprising the contributions. Control over contributions is normally obtained upon the receipt of cash.

ii. Rendering of services

Revenue is recognised when the service is provided or by reference to the stage of completion.

iii. Investment revenue

Interest revenue is recognised using the effective interest method as set out in AASB 139 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement. Imputation tax credits on investment income are recognised as revenue when the application for refund is approved by the Australian Taxation Office. Franking credit is recognised in accordance with AASB 118 Revenue when the right to receive the revenue is established.




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1. Summary of significant accounting policies (continued)

h. Assets- Investments

i) Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss Investments are initially recognised at fair value and, in the case of investments not at fair value through profit or loss, transaction costs. The Foundation determines the classification of its financial assets after initial recognition and, when allowed and appropriate, re-evaluates this at each financial year end.

The Foundation subsequently measures investments designated upon initial recognition ‘at fair value through profit or loss’ at fair value. The Foundation’s medium term investments are held with NSW Treasury Corporation (TCorp) in accordance with the provisions of the Public Authorities (Financial Arrangements) Act of 1987.

TCorp’s Hour-Glass Investment Facilities are designated at fair value through profit or loss using the level 2 fair value option i.e. these financial assets are managed and their performance is evaluated on a fair value basis, in accordance with a documented risk management strategy, and information about these assets is provided internally on that basis to the Foundation Trustees and the Library’s key management personnel.

The movement in the fair value of the Hour-Glass Investment Facilities incorporates distributions received as well as unrealised movements in fair value and is reported in the line item ‘Investment revenue’.

ii) Impairment of financial assets

The Foundation’s only financial assets are valued at fair value through profit or loss, and as a result, do not require an annual review for impairment.

i. Liabilities- Personnel services expense payable and other provisions The Foundation does not employ staff nor does it have the capacity to employ staff. The Foundation utilises the personnel services of the Library Council of NSW Staff Agency on an ongoing basis. The personnel services expense is charged by the Library Council of NSW Staff Agency according to services performed. The Foundation has no employee obligations under this arrangement.

j. Fair value hierarchy A number of entity’s accounting policies and disclosures require the measurement of fair values, for both financial and non-financial assets and liabilities. When measuring fair value, the valuation technique used maximises the use of relevant observable inputs and minimises the use of unobservable. Under AASB 13, the entity categorises, for disclosure purposes, the valuation techniques based on the inputs used in the valuation techniques as follows:

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical assets/liabilities that the entity can access at the measurement date.

Level 2 – inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly.

Level 3 – inputs that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs).

The entity recognises transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy at the end of the reporting period during which the change has occurred. Refer to Note 10 for further disclosures regarding fair value measurements of financial instruments.




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1. Summary of significant accounting policies (continued) k. Equity – Accumulated funds

The category ‘Accumulated Funds’ includes all current and prior period retained funds.

l. Comparative information Comparative amounts are disclosed from year to year to ensure that consistency of presentation is maintained, except when an Australian Accounting Standard requires otherwise.

m. Changes in accounting policy, including new or revised Australian Accounting Standards

i) Effective for the first time in 2016-17 The accounting policies applied in 2016-17 are consistent with those of the previous financial year except as a result of the new Australian Accounting Standard detailed below. The impact of these standards in the period of initial application is not material unless stated below.

AASB 2015-2 Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards – Disclosure Initiative:

Amendments to AASB 101 AASB 2015-6 Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards – Extending Related Party

Disclosures to Not-for-Profit Public Sector Entities

The Related Parties note has been disclosed at Note 11.

AASB 2015-7 Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards – Fair Value Disclosures of Not-for-Profit Public Sector Entities [NSW Public Sector entities were permitted to early adopt AASB 2015-7 – see Treasury Circular TC16-02].

ii) Issued but not yet effective NSW public sector entities are not permitted to early adopt new Australian Accounting Standards, unless Treasury determines otherwise. Certain new accounting standards and interpretations have been published that are not mandatory for 30 June 2017 reporting period. The following new Accounting Standards and Interpretations have not yet been adopted and are not yet effective:

AASB 9 Financial Instruments AASB 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers AASB 16 Leases AASB 1058 Income of Not-for profit Entities

The impact on the amounts recognised in the financial statements are either immaterial or cannot be quantified at this stage. Application of the new standard will impact on note disclosures.




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2. Expenses

a. Personnel service expense 2017

$’000 2016

$’000 Personnel service charge 575 676 Total personnel service expense 575 676

b. Other operating expenses i. Direct fundraising expenses

Printing & advertising 3 10 Catering for fundraising activities 27 40 Other expenses 13 20 Total direct fundraising expenses* 43 70

ii. Indirect fundraising expenses Auditors remuneration** 19 18 Postage and printing 4 14 Professional fees - 2 General expenses 12 55 Total indirect fundraising expenses 35 89 Total other operating expenses 78 159

* Other operating expenses have been classified into direct and indirect fundraising expenses in accordance with the Best Practice Guidelines for Charitable Operations issued by the Office of Liquor Gaming and Racing. The relevant proportion of personnel services expense to be included as part of total direct cost of fundraising is $186 thousand (2016: $297 thousand). The total direct cost of fundraising is $229 thousand (2016: $367 thousand).

** The Auditor received no benefits other than those disclosed above.

Employment expenses are paid by the Library Council of NSW Staff Agency and Personnel Services are charged to the Foundation for staff undertaking Foundation activities.

c. Contributions to Library Council of NSW Contributions for Library projects 1,657 2,511 Total contributions to Library Council of NSW 1,657 2,511

Delays in Library projects have affected the timing of contributions from the State Library of NSW Foundation.




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3. Revenue

a. Investment revenue 2017

$’000 2016

$’000 Interest received 7 4 Distribution from TCorp Hour-Glass 379 429 Gains/(losses) on financial assets at fair value 571 (90) Total investment revenue 957 343

b. Contributions i. Fundraising

Donations 2,917 1,417 Sponsorships & partnerships 296 548 Total fundraising 3,213 1,965

ii. Bequest income Other bequests 45 138 Total bequest income 45 138

Total contributions 3,258 2,103

c. Other revenue Subscriptions 123 129 Refunds (Franking Credit) 18 21 Total other revenue 141 150




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4. Cash and cash equivalents 2017

$’000 2016

$’000 Cash at bank and on hand 1,678 826 Total cash and cash equivalents 1,678 826

5. Receivables

Library Council of NSW 1 3 Other debtors 21 20 Total receivables 22 23

Trade and other receivables are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market. These assets are recognised initially at fair value, usually based on the transaction cost or face value. Subsequent measurement is at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less an allowance for any impairment of receivables. Any changes are accounted for in the Statement of Comprehensive Income when impaired, derecognised or through the amortisation process. Short term receivables with no stated interest rate are measured at the original invoice value where the effect of discounting is immaterial.

6. Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

a. Current assets TCorp Hour-Glass Medium Term Facility 6,775 3,813 Total current assets 6,775 3,813

b. Non-current assets

TCorp Hour-Glass Medium Term Facility 10,156 11,613 Total non-current assets 10,156 11,613

Total financial assets at fair value through profit or loss 16,931 15,426

c. Reconciliation Carrying amount at the beginning of the financial year 15,426 16,222 Additions 2,701 2,066 Disposals (1,767) (2,772) Fair value gain/(loss) of financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

571 (90)

Carrying amount at the end of the financial year 16,931 15,426 Refer to Note 10 for further information regarding fair value measurement, credit risk, liquidity risk and market risk arising from financial statements. Financial assets are classified as current in the Statement of Financial Position if they are expected to be drawn on to fund Library projects in the ensuing year as budgeted.




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7. Payables

2017 $’000

2016 $’000

Library Council of NSW 375 68 Trade Creditors 2 3 Accrued Creditors 19 15 Total payables 396 86

Trade and other payables represent liabilities for goods and services provided to the Foundation. These liabilities are recognised initially at fair value, usually based on the transaction cost or face value. Subsequent measurement is at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Short term payables with no stated interest rate are measured at original invoice amount where the effect of discounting is immaterial.

8. Restricted assets The Foundation has assets valued at $9.7 million (2016: $8.4 million) received from bequests and contributions with special conditions in the documents. These assets have been invested in TCorp Hour-Glass Investment facilities and the revenue from the investment is also used to fund relevant activities and projects in line with the conditions imposed.

9. Reconciliation of cash flows from operating activities to net result

Net cash provided by/(used) by operating activities 1,407 (1,664) Gains/(Loss) on investments 950 339 Increase/(Decrease) in receivables (1) (15) (Increase)/Decrease in payables (310) 590 Net result 2,046 (750)

10. Financial instruments and risk management The Foundation’s principal financial instruments, which are identified below, arise directly from the Foundation’s operations or are required to finance the Foundation’s operations. The Foundation does not enter into or trade financial instruments, including derivative financial instruments, for speculative purposes. The Foundation’s primary investments are placed with NSW Treasury Corporation (TCorp). The Foundation’s main risks arising from financial instruments are outlined below together with the Foundation’s policies for measuring and managing risk. Further qualitative and quantitative disclosures are included throughout these financial statements.

The State Librarian & Chief Executive, Foundation Trustees, Library Council and Audit & Risk Committee have overall responsibility for the establishment and oversight of risk management and review and agree policies for managing each of these risks. Risk management policies are established to identify and analyse the risks faced by the entity through formalised treasury risk management policies to set risk limits and controls, and to monitor risks. Compliance with policies is reviewed by the State Librarian & Chief Executive, Library Council and Audit & Risk Committee on a continuous basis.




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10. Financial instruments and risk management (continued) a. Financial instruments categories

Carrying Amount Financial Instrument Categories

Note Category 2017 $’000

2016 $’000

Cash and cash equivalents 4 N/A 1,678 826 Receivables (1) 5 Loans and receivables

measured at amortised cost 21 23

Financial assets at fair value**

6 At fair value through profit or loss

16,931 15,426

Payables (2) 7 Financial liabilities measured at amortised cost

396 86

(1) Excludes statutory receivables as these items are not within scope of AASB 7. (2) Excludes statutory payables as these items are not within scope of AASB 7. ** The average rate of return for financial assets at fair value held in the TCorp Hour-Glass Investment Facility for the 2017 year was 5.86% (2016: 2.22%).

b. Credit risk

Credit risk arises where there is the possibility of the entity’s debtors defaulting on their contractual obligations, resulting in a financial loss to the entity. Credit risk can also arise from the financial assets of the entity, including cash, receivables, Hour Glass investment facilities and authority deposits. The entity’s maximum exposure to credit risk is represented by the carrying amounts of the financial assets included in the Statement of Financial Position. Credit risk associated with the Foundation’s financial assets is regarded as minimal as the counterparty of the entity’s main financial assets is NSW Treasury Corporation. The risk of default is minimised as the entity is subject to effective performance management and monitoring by the NSW Government. Cash Cash comprises cash on hand and bank balances within the NSW Treasury Banking System. Interest is earned on daily at call balances at the monthly average NSW Treasury Corporation (TCorp) 11am unofficial cash rate, adjusted for a management fee to NSW Treasury and Westpac Banking Corporation daily balances. The TCorp Hour-Glass cash facility is discussed in paragraph (d) below. Receivables There are no financial assets that are past due or impaired as at 30 June 2017.

c. Liquidity risk Liquidity risk is the risk that the entity will not be able to meet its payment obligations when they fall due. The entity continually manages this risk through monitoring its cash flows and maintaining sufficient cash and cash equivalents to meet projected outgoings. The entity’s exposure to liquidity risk is considered insignificant based on the data from prior periods and the current assessment of risk.




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10. Financial instruments and risk management (continued) c. Liquidity risk (continued)

The liabilities are recognised for amounts due to be paid in the future for goods or services received, whether or not invoiced. Amounts owing to suppliers (which are unsecured) are settled in accordance with the policy set out in NSW TC 11/12. For small business suppliers, where terms are not specified, payment is made not later than 30 days from date of receipt of a correctly rendered invoice. For other suppliers, if trade terms are not specified, payment is made no later than the end of the month following the month in which an invoice or a statement is received. For small business suppliers, where payment is not made within the specified time period, simple interest must be paid automatically unless an existing contract specifies otherwise. For payments to other suppliers, the Head of an authority (or a person appointed by the Head of an authority) may automatically pay the supplier simple interest. The rate of interest applicable during the year was 9.83% (2016: 10.3%). The table below summarises the maturity profile of the entity’s financial liabilities together with the interest rate exposure.

2017 Interest Rate Exposure Maturity Dates $’000 Nominal

Amount Fixed

Interest Rate

Variable Interest

Rate

Non-Interest Bearing

<1 Year 1-5 Years >5 Years

Financial Liabilities Payables 396 - - 396 396 - -

2016 Interest Rate Exposure Maturity Dates $’000 Nominal

Amount Fixed

Interest Rate

Variable Interest

Rate

Non-Interest Bearing

<1 Year 1-6 Years >5 Years

Financial Liabilities Payables 86 - - 86 86 - -

d. Market risk Market risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market prices. The entity’s exposure to market risk is primarily through other price risks associated with the movement in the unit price of TCorp’s Hour-Glass investment facilities. The entity has no borrowings and does not enter into commodity contracts. The entity’s exposure to interest rate risk is set out below.

2017 In $’000

Carrying Amount

-1% Profit

-1% Equity

1% Profit

1% Equity

Financial assets Cash and cash equivalents 1,678 (17) (17) 17 17 Receivables 21 - - - - Financial assets at fair value 16,931 (169) (169) 169 169 Financial liabilities Payables 395 - - - -

2016 In $’000

Carrying Amount

-1% Profit

-1% Equity

1% Profit

1% Equity

Financial assets Cash and cash equivalents 826 (8) (8) 8 8 Receivables 23 - - - - Financial assets at fair value 15,426 (154) (154) 154 154 Financial liabilities Payables 86 - - - -




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10. Financial instruments and risk management (continued) d. Market risk (continued)

Other price risk – TCorp Hour-Glass Facilities The entity is exposed to price risk primarily through its investment in the TCorp Hour-Glass investment facilities, which are held for strategic rather than trading purposes. The entity has no direct equity investments. The entity holds units in the following Hour-Glass investment trusts.

Facility Investment Sectors Investment Horizon

2017 $’000

2016 $’000

Cash facility Cash, money market instruments

Up to 1.5 years

- -

Medium-term growth facility

Cash, money market instruments, Australian bonds, listed property, Australian and international shares

3 years to 7 years

16,931 15,426

The unit price of each facility is equal to the total fair value of net assets held by the facility divided by the number of units on issue for the facility. Unit prices are calculated and published daily. NSW TCorp is trustee for each of the above facilities and is required to act in the best interest of the unit holders and to administer the trusts in accordance with the trust deeds. As trustee, TCorp has appointed external managers to manage the performance and risks of each facility in accordance with a mandate agreed by the parties. TCorp has also leveraged off internal expertise to manage certain fixed income assets for the Hour-Glass facilities. A significant portion of the administration of facilities is outsourced to an external custodian. Investment in the Hour-Glass facilities limits the entity’s exposure to risk, as it allows diversification across a pool of funds with different investment horizons and a mix of investments. NSW TCorp provides sensitivity analysis information for each of the Investment facilities, using historically based volatility information collected over a ten year period, quoted at two standard deviations (i.e. 95% probability). The TCorp Hour-Glass Investment facilities are designated at fair value through profit or loss and therefore any change in unit price impacts directly on profit (rather than equity). A reasonably possible change is based on the percentage change in unit price (as advised by TCorp) multiplied by the redemption value as at 30 June each year for each facility (balance from Hour-Glass statement).

Facility Change in unit price

Impact on profit/loss 2017

$’000 2016

$’000 Hour-Glass Investment – Cash facility +/-1% - - Hour-Glass Investment – Medium-term growth facility +/-6% 1,016/(1,016) 926/(926)

e. Fair value compared to carrying amount

Financial instruments are generally recognised at cost, with the exception of the TCorp Hour-Glass facilities, which are measured at fair value. The value of the Hour-Glass Investments is based on the entity’s share of the value of the underlying assets of the facility, based on the market value. All of the Hour-Glass facilities are valued using ‘redemption’ pricing. The amortised cost of financial instruments recognised in the statement of financial position approximates the fair value, because of the short-term nature of financial assets.




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10. Financial instruments and risk management (continued) f. Fair value recognised in the statement of financial position

The entity uses the following hierarchy for disclosing the fair value of financial instruments by valuation technique: Level 1 – Derived from quoted prices in active markets for identical assets/liabilities. Level 2 – Derived from inputs other than quoted prices that are observable directly or

indirectly. Level 3 – Derived from valuation techniques that include inputs for the asset/liability not

based on observable market data (unobservable inputs).

Financial assets at fair value Level 1 $’000

Level 2 $’000

Level 3 $’000

2017 Total $’000

TCorp Hour-Glass Investment Facility 16,931 16,931 Total 16,931 16,931

(The table above includes only financial assets, as no financial liabilities were measured at fair value in the statement of financial position). There were no transfers between level 1 and 2 during the period ended 30 June 2017.




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11. Related parties

(a) Related Party Transactions

Transactions with related parties (Library Council of NSW) of $2,232 thousand (2016: $3,187 thousand) represent the contributions of $1,657 thousand (2016: $2,511 thousand) and personnel services expense of $575 thousand (2016: $676 thousand) to the Library Council of NSW. At balance date, the entity has receivables of $1 thousand (2016: $3 thousand) and a payable of $375 thousand (2016: $68 thousand) with related parties.

(b) Related Party Key Management Disclosures

The Foundation is formed under a trust deed and the control, management and conduct of the business of the Foundation and its day to day affairs is vested in the Board.

The Foundation is a wholly controlled entity of the Library Council of NSW. The Library Council of NSW is a part of the Planning and Environment cluster for administrative purposes. NSW Government is the ultimate controlling party.

No member of the Foundation Board, Foundation Trustee, the Library Council or Key Management Personnel of the State Library received remuneration in their capacity other than reimbursements of travel and other expenses of an immaterial amount.

The following people were members of the State Library of NSW Foundation during 2016/17: Kim Williams AM Robert Thomas AM John Atkin Graeme Bradley AM Nicholas Carney Michael Caulfield Christine Holman Gai McGrath Samantha Meers Tony O’Sullivan Hon. George Souris AM Jemima Whyte Darren Rudd Dina Coppel Lucy Milne Dr. Alex Byrne

The following were Trustees of the State Library of NSW Foundation during 2016/17:

Gai McGrath Michael Caulfield Hon. George Souris AM The Executive Director of the Foundation during the year was Ms Susan Hunt.

The State Librarian and Chief Executive of the NSW State Library is also the Secretary of the State Library of NSW Foundation Board. The State Librarian and Chief Executive of the NSW Library Council was Mr Alex Byrne until 2 September 2017 and Ms Lucy Milne until 27 August 2017. Dr John Vallance became the new State Librarian and Chief Executive of the NSW Library Council on the 28 August 2017.




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11. Related parties (continued) (b) Related Party Key Management Disclosures (continued)

During the period Key Management Personnel received remuneration as listed below and reimbursements of travel and other expenses of immaterial amounts. No non-monetary remuneration was received in the year.

Compensation Remuneration

$

Short term benefits 179,950 Post-employment benefits - Other long term benefits - Termination benefits - Total 179,950

12. Contingent assets and liabilities The Foundation has no material contingent assets or contingent liabilities as at 30 June 2017 (2016: Nil).

13. Commitments The Foundation's commitments as at 30 June 2017 are Nil (2016: Nil).

14. Disclosure under Charitable Fundraising Act 1991 Fundraising appeals conducted by the Foundation during the year included the campaign for the website digitisation development and other projects. Comparisons of certain monetary figures and percentages in accordance with the requirements of the Charitable Fundraising Act 1991 are set out below:

2017 $’000

2016 $’000

Result of fundraising appeals Aggregate gross income from fundraising (Note 3b (i)) 3,213 1,965 Less total direct cost of fundraising (Note 2a & 2b (i)) (229) (367) Net surplus from fundraising 2,984 1,598

15. Disclosure under Charitable Fundraising Act 1991 (continued)

2017 2016 $’000 % $’000 % Total costs of fundraising/aggregate gross income from fundraising

229/3,213 7 367/1,965 19

Net surplus from fundraising/aggregate gross income from fundraising

2,984/3,213 93 1,598/1,965 81

Total cost of services provided/total expenditure

229/2,310 10 367/3,346 11

Total costs of services provided/total gross income received

229/4,356 5 367/2,596 14

There is no information of a material matter or occurrence to report.

Where funding is received for specific projects, these projects may not be completed by the end of the year in which the funds are received. A balance of unspent funds of $4,041 thousand for projects not completed by 30 June 2017 is represented by cash, cash equivalents and TCorp Hour-Glass investment facilities




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16. After balance date events The Foundation has not identified any event or transaction that is sufficiently material to require adjustment or disclosure in the Financial Statements.

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