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What better venue to launch the new Master of Heritage Studies than the historic WA Trustees Building, with its grand marble staircases and soaring ceilings. The Minister for Heritage and Environment, Albert Jacob, Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi, and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Johnson along with some of the State's most respected heritage professionals were among those who gathered in the heritage building for the launch.

The Minister highlighted the importance of the degree for heritage professionals.It is the only course of its kind in Australia that enables students to specialise in either Indigenous or International heritage. Cross-disciplinary in nature, the Faculty of Arts, the School of Indigenous Studies, the Faculty of Law, and the Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts will teach into the Master of Heritage Studies that commences in 2015.

Vice-Chancellor Paul Johnson believes the new course will promote Australia and this State as a world-class living heritage training centre. "Furthermore, heritage degrees that support Indigenous self-determination, Closing the Gap initiatives and substantive Indigenous employment and knowledge-sharing programs are essential to Australia's cultural heritage conservation and management," he said.

The two-year course covers heritage management issues such as conservation, economic development, cultural sustainability, planning and design, representation and ethics. It will be highly relevant for those with careers in fields that intersect with heritage, whether it be working with and representing Indigenous communities, or in areas such as national parks and conservation reserves, government, industry, non-government organisations, international agencies, museums and cultural centres.

Further information can be found at arts.uwa.edu.au/heritage