Wikipedia:Wikipedia Takes Open House Perth 2014

Wikipedia Takes Open House Perth 2014 is a "Wiki Takes" photo/scavenger-hunt event focused around Open House Perth, on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 November 2014. The Open House Perth event allows public access to areas which are usually restricted – our aim is to photograph as many of these areas as possible, for upload to Commons, and inclusion in Wikipedia articles.

Important information

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Photographers should be aware of legal and copyright issues, and ensure that their photographs do not violate copyright or other laws. In particular:

  • Photographing on private property

In order to access a privately owned space you need permission from the landowner, and he or she has the right to impose restrictions on photography. Therefore, you may only be allowed to photograph certain objects or locations. This type or restriction is common in many museums, galleries and sporting grounds, and may occur on land owned by Councils. Even where the landowner allows you to photograph, keep in mind that he or she may not be the copyright owner in artistic works you might be photographing. In this case, you need the permission of the author of the artwork as well.

— Art Law Centre of Australia's information sheet "Street photographer’s rights"

Do I need permission to photograph a building? Generally, no. Although a building is protected by copyright, a special exception in the Copyright Act allows buildings to be photographed without permission. Be aware though, that the owner of a property may impose restrictions regarding entry onto the property. It may sometimes be the case, as with photos of people, that certain unauthorised uses of a photo of a particular building may raise issues under other laws, such as competition and consumer legislation.

— Australian Copyright Council's information sheet "Photographers & Copyright" (PDF)
  • Photographing artworks

Sculptures, monuments and artwork may be protected by copyright. Unless an exception applies, you need permission from the copyright owner of the work. Exceptions to this general rule are found in the Copyright Act. For example, photographing and publishing a photograph of a sculpture or work of artistic craftsmanship that is permanently situated in a public place, or in premises open to the public, does not infringe copyright (s.65). This does not apply to other public art, such as murals. If the public place is a gallery or museum, remember that your rights to photograph may be limited by the conditions of admission on your ticket. As previously discussed, you can also take pictures of buildings without infringing copyright

— Art Law Centre of Australia's information sheet "Street photographer’s rights"

The generally accepted interpretation of the relevant provision in the Copyright Act is that you may photograph a “sculpture or work of artistic craftsmanship” which is publicly displayed “other than temporarily” without permission. There is, however, a technical argument that neither underlying works in such sculptures and craft works nor pre-existing design drawings are covered under that provision, and that permission is still required for the indirect reproduction of these works in a photograph of the sculpture or craft work. Although, we are not aware of any cases in which this argument has been raised in court. You will generally need permission to photograph other public art, such as murals.

— Australian Copyright Council's information sheet "Photographers & Copyright" (PDF)
  • Photographing people

There are no publicity or personality rights in Australia, and there is no right to privacy that protects a person’s image. Existing privacy laws are more concerned with storage and management of personal information and are of limited relevance to the present issue. ... There is no restriction on taking photographs of people on private property from public property. ... The same applies to photographs taken from private land when you have permission to take photographs. You should be careful that you are not being a nuisance and interfering with someone’s right to use and enjoy the land

— Art Law Centre of Australia's information sheet "Street photographer’s rights"

A person’s likeness is not protected by copyright. However, in some cases, using a person’s likeness without permission may be prevented under other laws, such as the law of passing off, competition and consumer legislation, and State and Territory fair trading laws. These areas of law concern conduct which may mislead or deceive the public and may particularly come into play if the photo you are taking is of a well-known person, and is to be used, for example, as a poster or as a postcard or in advertising. In some cases, uses of photos may be defamatory of people in them. ... photographers may take more casual shots, for example, photos of people in the street or at markets, or playing sports. If you know that you might later be using such a photo commercially, it’s generally a good idea to get a model release from the people you have photographed. If it’s impractical to get the people in your shots to sign model releases, or if they refuse to do so, your ability to use or license the use of the photo in certain ways might be limited because of the laws discussed above.

— Australian Copyright Council's information sheet "Photographers & Copyright" (PDF)

List of targets

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The priority is for notable subjects. The following is a list of Open House venues with a Wikipedia article (or at least mentioned in one), and further down is a list of venues which are probably notable, but do not (yet) have a Wikipedia article.

See [1] for a full list of destinations and opening times.

Destinations with Wikipedia articles

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Destination Article Open Saturday (Nov 1) Open Sunday (Nov 2)
01 - Linton and Kay, Perth Technical School Old Perth Technical School 10am - 5pm 11am - 4pm
03 - The Gardens at Bishops See Bishop's House, Perth 10am - 4pm not open
04 - Terrace Hotel St George's House, Perth not open 12pm - 5pm
06 - QV1 QV.1 10am – 5pm 10am – 5pm
08 - Central Park Central Park (skyscraper) 10am – 5pm 10am – 5pm
09 - HASSELL Hassell (architecture firm) 10am – 4.30pm not open
10 - Telstra Exchange Telstra; One of the tallest buildings in Perth, Western Australia 9am, 10.30am, 12pm:
(limited places, allocation by ballot)
not open
14 - Gordon Stephenson Gordon Stephenson House 10am – 5pm 1pm – 5pm
16 - 108 St Georges Terrace – Level 51 108 St Georges Terrace 10am – 3pm not open
17 - 108 St Georges Tce – Savills 10am – 3pm not open
21 - Karrakatta Club Karrakatta Club not open 10am – 5pm
22 - Bell Tower Swan Bells not open 10am – 5pm
23 - WA Rowing Club West Australian Rowing Club not open 10am – 4pm
24 - Perth Concert Hall Perth Concert Hall (Western Australia) not open 1pm – 5pm
(guided tours, limited times)
26 - District Court District Court of Western Australia not open 10am – 4pm
27 - Curtin Graduate School of Business Curtin University not open 10am – 3pm
28 - Art Gallery of Western Australia Art Gallery of Western Australia 10am – 5pm with
"Art & Architecture tour" at 11am & 1pm
10am – 5pm with
"Art & Architecture tour" at 11am & 1pm
29 - PICA Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts 10am – 5pm 10am – 5pm
30 - WA Museum Western Australian Museum 10am-5pm (no Booking required);
Limited 'booked' tours for Kirsten Tullis' Taxidermy studio - times tbc
10am-5pm (no Booking required);
Limited 'booked' tours for Kirsten Tullis' Taxidermy studio - times tbc
31 - State Theatre Centre of WA State Theatre Centre of Western Australia not open 9am – 1pm
37 - Council House Council House, Perth 10am – 5pm 10am – 5pm
38 - Barrack Street Jetty Barrack Street Jetty not open 10am – 4pm
41 - Kings Park Education Kings Park, Western Australia 10am – 5pm not open
42 - Kings Park Bali Memorial 10am – 5pm not open
43 - Kings Park Lotterywest Federation Walkway 10am – 5pm not open
44 - St Denis Catholic Church St Denis Church, Joondanna 11am - 4pm 12pm - 5pm
55 - Anzac Cottage Mount Hawthorn, Western Australia 10am – 5pm 10am – 5pm
56 - West Australian Ballet Centre West Australian Ballet 10am – 5pm not open
58 - East Perth Public Transport Centre East Perth railway station not open 10am – 5pm
59 - Main Roads, Traffic Operations Centre Main Roads Western Australia 10:00am to 5:00pm
(tours leave hourly, take 45 min.)
10:00am to 5:00pm
(tours leave hourly, take 45 min.)
60 - ABC Building ABW (TV station), 720 ABC Perth 10am - 4pm not open
64 - Mends Street Jetty Mends Street Jetty not open 10am - 4pm
65 - Old Mill Theatre South Perth, Western Australia not open 11am - 4pm
67 - New City Library - Augmented Reality City of Perth Library 10am – 4pm 10am – 4pm
Open House Perthland @ the Perth Cultural Centre Perth Cultural Centre 10am – 5pm 10am – 3pm

Destinations which are probably notable

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Destination Article
02 - Parmelia Hilton 
05 - First Church of Christ Scientist Perth 
07 - London House 
19 - Moana Chambers 
25 - Duxton Hotel Perth 
36 - Gramercy Studios / Hipflask 
46 - Lake House 
63 - Heritage House Cultural Centre  

Participants/Contributions

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Feel free to sign here to note your participation (or your intention), and include a link to your contributions. All photos should be categorised in commons:Category:Wikipedia Takes Open House Perth 2014 (yet to be created), or a subcategory thereof.

Possibly commons:Category:Wikipedia Takes Open House Perth 2014, when created, should be a subcategory (via ...Australia...) of commons:Category:Open days by country
I've created commons:Category:Wikipedia Takes Open House Perth 2014, and put it into some super-categories. (I'm not sure they're correct, but no doubt someone will fix them if needs be.) I've added a couple of files, but there are more to come. Mitch Ames (talk) 08:22, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

See also

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