Hearts of Gold – Minds of Mettle earned the Stanley Athenaeum the Archival Survival Award at the presentation held in Melbourne Museum on Wednesday.

The Robert O’Hara Burke Museum collections manager Linda Peacock won an Award for Excellence for her work involving people and communities.

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Indigo mayor Jenny O’Connor congratulated both of the shire’s award winners.

“Linda’s work on the Burke Museum’s repatriation project has been ground-breaking,” Cr O’Connor said.

”She has led the way in showing how regional museums can work with Aboriginal groups to begin to redress some of the unethical practices of the past.

“The Friends of the Stanley Athenaeum play an important role in developing the Athenaeum and its collection for both Stanley and the wider community.”