Conservation Officer

Adelaide
Thursday, 1 February 2007

After completing high school in Romania, Amalia Alpareanu worked as an archivist before migrating to Australia in 1997.

In Romania she loved to collect and repair old books, and from a young age hoped she might be a painting restorer one day. Since arriving in South Australia Amalia found it was necessary to gain a recognised Australian qualification to work in her area of interest in cultural heritage. Amalia began part-time library and visual arts studies in Adelaide, while at the same time volunteering to work in a range of different collecting organisations.

These included the Architecture Museum at the University of South Australia, the Adelaide Office of the National Archives of Australia, the State Library of South Australia and the library of the Art Gallery of South Australia. Amalia says, 'I believe that the combination of formal study and workplace experience has been key in developing my understanding of the field of cultural heritage and in helping me to decide where to devote my energies.'

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At the time of this interview Amalia worked at
the State Library of South Australia.
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