This document provides instructions for participating in the "This Place Matters Australia" project through the Historypin website. It outlines how to create an account, log in, explore projects, and pin photos, videos, and audio clips along with location and descriptive information to share places that are meaningful. The goal is for community members to share what locations are important to them and why as part of a National Trust of Australia initiative to celebrate important cultural and historic places.

1. This Place Matters Australia
User Guide www.historypin.com/project/61-this-place-matters

2. This Place Matters Australia: About the Project
About the Project
Share your stories, photos, videos and audio clips and help the National Trust celebrate the Places That Matter!
All members of the community are invited to pin their stories, photos, videos and audio clips of places that matter to them. As long as the place currently
exists, we want any information on why it matters. Anything matters to us if it does to you - it can be because you grew up there, were kissed for the first
time there, or just believe the place is important historically or culturally.
So pin the places that matter – your houses, gardens, shops, orchards, markets, landscapes, stations and schools and have a look at what matters to
us all.
To Pin the Places That Matter to you, or to comment on Places that Matter to others, just use this Guide...
Creating a Historypin account and logging in
You can log in through your Google, Twitter or Facebook accounts. Don't have an account? Let us help you set one up!
Exploring Projects
What is a Project and how do I use them?
How to pin your Places That Matter
So, pin your place through the This Place Matters Australia project www.historypin.com/project/61-this-place-matters and in the photo/video/audio
description tell us ‘This Place Matters because…'
About our History Mysteries
These Places Matter but we need some help finding out why. Is it because of who lived here or what happened here? See if you can answer our questions
and share these fascinating with everyone. Just view the History Mysteries on the This Place Matters Australia project
www.historypin.com/project/61-this-place-matters/mysteries/index/
This Place Matters Australia is a National Trusts of Australia Project
The National Trust is an independent, not-for-profit organisation and the premier heritage and conservation organisation in Australia. Since 1945 we
have been actively working towards conserving and protecting our heritage for future generations of the community to enjoy. The National Trust’s
mission is to inspire the community to appreciate, conserve and celebrate its natural, cultural and Indigenous heritage.

3. Creating an account and logging in

4. This Place Matters Australia User Guide: Creating an account and logging in
Creating an account
1 On any page of the
website, click ‘Join’

5. Creating an account
1 If you're new to Historypin
create an account
through Google,
Facebook or Twitter
2 Login through Google
This Place Matters Australia User Guide: Creating an account and logging in
3 Login through Facebook
2 Login through Twitter

6. Creating an account
Clicking on registering a
new Google account will
open this new tab where you
can go through the process
of setting up a new Google
account. When you’ve
completed that, return to the
Historypin login page, and
click ‘Login’ to sign into
Historypin.
This Place Matters Australia User Guide: Creating an account and logging in

7. Creating an account
This Place Matters Australia User Guide: Creating an account and logging in
Clicking on registering a new Facebook
account will open this new tab where you
can go through the process of setting up
a new Facebook account. When you’ve
completed that, return to the Historypin
login page, and click ‘Login’ to sign into
Historypin.

8. Creating an account
This Place Matters Australia User Guide: Creating an account and logging in
Clicking on registering a
new Twitter account will
open this new tab where
you can go through the
process of setting up a new
Twitter account. When
you’ve completed that,
return to the Historypin
login page, and click ‘Login’
to sign into Historypin.

9. Logging in
If you have a Google account, use your account and password to login.
This Place Matters Australia User Guide: Creating an account and logging in

10. Logging in
This Place Matters Australia User Guide: Creating an account and logging in
If you have a Facebook account, use your
account and password to login.

11. Logging in
This Place Matters Australia User Guide: Creating an account and logging in
If you have a Twitter account, use
your account and password to login.

12. Projects

13. Exploring the projects
* Projects bring together
content around special
themes. Everyone can
add to each project
1 Click to explore each
Project
2 Click to get in touch
if you are interested in
creating a new Historypin
Project with us
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14. Exploring the projects
1 CClick to explore the Project's Map
2 CClick to contribute to the Project
3 SShare a link to this Project in your social media networks
4 SSearch Project pins by Location
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5 SSearch Project pins by Keyword
6 S Search Project pins by Photo Date
7 BBrowse a Gallery of all Places that Matter
8 Information on How to Pin your Places
9 Why do These Places Matter?

15. Pinning

16. This Place Matters Australia User Guide: Pinning
Pinning
1 From anywhere on the site, click 'Pin'
2 From within the Project This Place Matters, click to pin your places

17. Choose what to add
1 Click to here upload
photos
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18. Uploading photos
1 Click ‘Add File’ or
alternatively simply drag
files into this box
2 You can select and upload
several files at once
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19. Uploading photos
1 When you see a green
tick, your photo has
uploaded
2 Click ‘Pin to map’ to add
information to your photo
3 Click ‘Pin later‘ to simply
save photos to your
Channel. You can return
to them later to add
information and pin
them on the map. (Only
items pinned to the map
will appear on the main
map)
4 Click to add more photos
5 Click to delete this photo
6 Click to delete all the
photos you have added
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20. Adding information
1 Add title
2 This Place Matters
because...
3 Add some keywords which
describe it, e.g., ‘car’, ‘party’,
‘sport’ so it’s easier for
other people to search
for or find
4 Add information about
the license you would
like your content to have.
For more information
about this see www.
creativecommons.org/
licenses. Add information
about who created the
content and you can add
a link if it is stored
elsewhere
5 Add a date, or tick the
box ‘I’m not sure’ and
you will be asked to
give an estimate
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21. Adding information
6 Enter the address of your
piece of content. Be as
specific as possible. Click
‘Find on the map’. Drag
the thumbnail on the map
until its in the right place
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22. Adding information
7 You can use the zoom
and move tools to move
the map
8 If your photo is taken from
the street, tick here to
overlay your photo over
modern Street View.
Another tab will appear
next to Map saying Street
View
9 Check box to agree to
our Terms and Conditions
and Privacy Policy
10 If your photo can’t be
overlaid on Street View
click ‘Save and Continue’
when you are happy with
the location
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23. Overlaying on Street View
1 If your photo is taken
from the street, tick here
to overlay your photo
over modern Street View.
Another tab will appear
next to Map saying Street
View. Click on this to
overlay your photo
2 Grab and drag the photo
to position it
3 Grab and drag the
corners of the photo to
make it bigger or smaller
4 Grab and drag the
background to navigate
around Street View
5 Click on the white arrows
to move along the street
6 Click on the arrows to turn
around and look up and
down. Click on the + and
– to zoom in and out
7 Click ‘Map’ to return to
the map and reposition
the pin
8 Click here to make your
photo bigger or smaller.
Keep an eye on scale
– avoid making people
as big as houses
9 To remove bits of the
photo you don’t need.
Click ‘Trim’, then grab
and drag the frame edges
to hide unwanted parts
10 Slide the fader to show/
hide the photo. This helps
you to match the photo
with the background
11 Click ‘Reset’ to undo all
movement and edits and
return your photo to its
original size and position
12 Watch the video clip for
more pointers
13 When your position is
perfect, click ‘Record
position’
14 Check box to agree our
Terms and Conditions
and Privacy Policy
15 When you have finished
adding all details click
‘Save and Continue’
16 Click ‘Cancel’ to abort
pinning. The item will
appear as Unpinned
on your Channel. No
information will be seen
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24. Pinning video or audio
1 First, upload the file on
YouTube
2 Under the video, click
‘Share’
3 Check the ‘Long link’ box
4 Copy this link
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25. Pinning video or audio
1 Click to here upload video
2 Click to here upload audio
3 Paste the long link from
your YouTube video into
the box
4 Click ‘Save and Continue’
* Add information,date
and location details as
you do a photo
* An audio file cannot be
be overlaid on Street View
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26. All done
* After you have added
content you will arrive on
this page
1 Add more content
2 Go to your Channel to
see what you have just
pinned
3 Share what you have just
pinned
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