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north east regional extra | 18 - 24 october 2017

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by KYLIE WILSON

Portals to the

past

◆ FASCINATED WITH HISTORY: Cameron Auty is passionate about community history. PHOTO: Wendy Stephens

WHEREVER Cameron Auty’s life has taken him, a deep love of history has been his constant companion. Recently beginning work as the Burke Museum and Beechworth historic precinct and Indigo Heritage manager, Cameron said an affinity for the past has always been in his genes, having grown up in a family with a deep regard for the study of history. During his studies at school he realised he was “more passionate about objects than history”. This drew him into volunteering for, then working at, various museums and cultural organisations. His career began volunteering at the Victorian Police Museum, where on his first day, he was fascinated to encounter one of the Kelly Gang’s armour suits. Cameron recalls that this first encounter sparked his interest in cataloguing, researching, and caring for artefacts, and that being in the same room as a historical object is an intensely individual moment. “It’s that moment of experience,” he said. “Standing there, actually being in communion with that actual thing – that’s what will never change. Ŷ Continued page 3

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