Recruitment News Aug 2026
Vacancy with Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife Interpretation Unit
Project Spotlight – Twilight tours at the Australian National Botanic Gardens
More than just a beautiful display, the Gardens are a living laboratory for scientific research and conservation.
Human Imperfection
Our imperfections are qualities and characteristics of what make us human. They provide the oddities that excite and enrich the flavour of our perspectives, they introduce novelty and personality.
SaCSA Travel, Tourism and Guiding Qualifications Survey
SaCSA is seeking industry experts and stakeholders to join the Technical Committee for the Review of Travel and Tourism Qualifications.
We are inviting Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from individuals with experience in the Travel, Tourism and Guiding sectors to help ensure qualifications remain relevant and aligned with industry needs.
Project Spotlight – Skyrail Rainforest Cableway
As guests glide above the rainforest canopy, they are invited to do more than look. They are invited to deepen their cultural connection, and feel welcomed, inspired, and moved by the voices, music and Dreamtime stories of Djabuganydji.
Member Spotlight – Richard Berman-Hardman
Like good journalism, good interpretation is human led and can cut through a click-and-AI-centric universe to deliver something unique, challenging and relevant.
Member Spotlight – Alison Page
Interpretation…the way in which Australia will shape its identity moving forward. Every interpretation project in every town will build this national story over time.
Member Spotlight – Penelope Stannard
For Dr. Penelope Stannard, interpretation is about making sense of the past and helping other people see why it matters
Project Spotlight – Seeing Sydney Knowing Country
Seeing Sydney, Knowing Country explored the development of the NSW colony through a selection of historical maps, plans, sketches, artworks and objects from Museums of History NSW, other institutional and private collections
SaCSA seeking industry experts
SaCSA is seeking industry experts and stakeholders to join the Technical Committee for the Review of Travel and Tourism Qualifications.
We are inviting Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from individuals with experience in the Travel, Tourism and Guiding sectors to help ensure qualifications remain relevant and aligned with industry needs.
Interactivate presents: Museum Management and Leadership Essentials
Interactive is holding a Museum Management and Leadership Essentials course, tailor-made for museum and gallery professionals who have recently taken on management responsibilities or otherwise want to improve their confidence in navigating workplace dynamics.
Celebrating the Real AIs
As interpreters we live in the world of value. We identify and articulate value, we develop the opportunities for our audience to access and connect to value, and we facilitate the experiences where people can engage and be inspired by value … so that they can value.
Project Spotlight – The Round House
a transformation that turned the Round House from a museum of “things” into a place of immersive storytelling – a project that not only reinvigorated the visitor experience but gave fresh pride to the community and volunteers who care for it.
Regan Forrest – Member Spotlight
Interpretation is what transforms information and data into meaning and memory. Good interpretation should make you think, get you in the feels, and change the way you see the world.
Recruitment News March 2026
Are you a creative, dynamic and motivated team player, keen to join the Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife Interpretation Unit?
National Trust Heritage Awards
National Trust Heritage Awards close March 4th!
The Value Train
As interpreters we live in the world of value. We identify and articulate value, we develop the opportunities for our audience to access and connect to value, and we facilitate the experiences where people can engage and be inspired by value … so that they can value.
Project Spotlight -Sonica Botanica and the case for audio experiences in botanic gardens
Audio tours can be a godsend: for some of us, reading just makes us sleepy; listening can aid comprehension, or give us more time to enjoy the art or the objects; some of us simply love the way it creates a little, private place were someone is speaking just to us, right into our ears. Audio is intimate and can add a special layer to your average museum and gallery experience.
Sally McPhee – Member Spotlight
I have a constructivist understanding of the world and of meaning making, meaning I don’t believe in one version of things or one singular truth, but multiple ways of knowing and working in interpretation dials up that belief…
2026 Conference Identity Designer
Call for Expressions of Interest Interpretation Australia is seeking an experienced graphic designer from within our membership to create the visual identity for the 2026 IA National Conference. This includes a conference logo and a small suite of supporting digital...
Renee Fletcher – Member Spotlight
I currently live and work on Kabi Kabi and Jinibara Country and I feel privileged to have learnt so much from First Nations custodians, the original interpreters of this landscape.
Project Spotlight – Evolving Interpretation at the National Museum of Australia
Since opening in 2001, the National Museum of Australia has sought to connect audiences with the rich, complex stories that shape Australia. One of the most significant ways it does this is through its onsite face-to-face interpretation which includes guided tours, facilitated gallery talks, and customer service orientated experiences delivered directly by the Museum’s Front of House team, also known as Hosts.
EoI ACT Heritage Council
ACT Heritage has released 3 expressions of interest (EOI) for roles on the ACT Heritage Council in 2026.
Women in Leadership Scholarships
Women & Leadership Australia is offering scholarships to support women to access world-class leadership and workplace skill development programs.
IA’s 2025 Awards Recipients
IA 2025 Awards recipients
Project Spotlight – Springwood Railway Signal Panel
In 2023, Heritage 21 was engaged by GHD Architects to prepare an Interpretation Plan for minor alterations and additions to Springwood Railway Station approved by Transport NSW. These works included the relocation and interpretation of the Signal Control Panel. Heritage 21 sought to provide visitors with access to information about the history of the site, as well as the railways more broadly.
Kate Armstrong – Member Spotlight
Our visitors can arrive stressed, fatigued and disengaged. Through thoughtful and well-designed interpretation I endeavour to ‘make their day’ and ensure that the visitor experience is one that engages connection with a significant place and its extraordinary and ordinary stories.
The visual dominant thing
To pause for a moment and ask the powerful interpreters’ question of ‘so what’? How does all this natter of visual dominance relate to interpretation? A great question, and for the start of my response I’d like to bring forward the title and theme for next year’s (2026) Interpretation Australia conference: “Ripples of Meaning: The Art of Interpretation”
Project Spotlight – Cockatoo Island Digital Interpretation
Art of Multimedia collaborated with Harbour Trust to create a bespoke interpretive digital ecosystem, featuring a web app and three engaging, character-driven audio tours,
Beata Kade – Member Spotlight
Beata’s work with Art of Multimedia, bridges storytelling, technology, and design to create engaging and immersive visitor experiences.
