Acknowledgement

This website has been created as a project of the UNSW Library and supported under the Australian Research Council’s Linkage Infrastructure Equipment and Facilities funding scheme.

www.arc.gov.au

Founding Chief and Partner Investigators were:

Professor Vivien Johnson
NewSouth Global Professor New Media Narratives, Indigenous Art and Culture: An Interdisciplinary Approach
The University of NSW

Associate Professor
Joanna Mendelssohn
School of Art History and Art Education, College of Fine Arts
The University of NSW

Mr Andrew Wells
University Librarian
The University of NSW

Emeritus Professor Neil Brown
Co-Director, iCinema
The University of NSW

Associate Professor Jill Bennett
Associate Dean - Research,
College of Fine Arts
The University of NSW

Dr Diane Losche
Senior Lecturer, School of Art History and Art Education,
College of Fine Arts
The University of NSW

Mr Howard Amos
Deputy University Librarian
The University of NSW

Dr Catherine De Lorenzo
Senior Lecturer, Architecture Program, Faculty of the Built Environment
The University of NSW

Dr Faye Brauer
Senior Lecturer, School of Art History and Art Education
COFA, The University of NSW

Professor Roger Benjamin
Power Professor of Art History and Visual Culture and Director, Power Institute Foundation of Art and Visual Culture
The University of Sydney

Dr Catriona Moore
Senior Lecturer, Art History and Theory
The University of Sydney

Dr Anita Callaway
The Nelson Meers Foundation Lecturer in Australian Art
The University of Sydney

Associate Professor Anne Marsh
Associate Dean - Research, Faculty of Art and Design
Monash University

Dr Daniel Palmer
Lecturer, Theory Department, Faculty of Art and Design
Monash University

Associate Professor
Catherine Speck
Reader in Art History and Coordinator, Postgraduate Program in Art History
The University of Adelaide

Mr Ray Choate
University Librarian, Barr Smith Library
The University of Adelaide

Ms Margy Burn
Assistant Director-General, Australian Research Collections and Reader Services
National Library of Australia

Mr Roger Butler
Senior Curator of Australian Prints Drawings and Illustrated Books
National Gallery of Australia

Dr Anna Gray
Assistant Director, Australian Art National Gallery of Australia

Ms Joye Volker
Chief Librarian
National Gallery of Australia

Mr Tony Bond
General Manager, Curatorial Services
Art Gallery of New South Wales

Ms Anne Ryan
Curator, Australian Prints
Art Gallery of New South Wales

Ms Susan Schmocker
Head Librarian, Research Library and Archive
Art Gallery of New South Wales

Ms Elizabeth Ellis
Assistant State Librarian, Collection Management Services and Mitchell Librarian
State Library of New South Wales

Mr Richard Neville
Manager, Original Materials Branch, Mitchell Library
State Library of New South Wales

Ms Julie Ewington
Head of Australian Art
Queensland Art Gallery

Associate Professor, Sylvia Kleinert
Associate Professor, Australian Indigenous Art
Charles Darwin University

Founding Partners were:

The University of New South Wales
College of Fine Arts, The University of New South Wales
Faculty of the Built Environment, The University of New South Wales
The University of Sydney
Monash University
The University of Adelaide
National Library of Australia
National Gallery of Australia
Art Gallery of New South Wales
State Library of New South Wales
Queensland Art Gallery
Charles Darwin University

Special thanks to

Ian Bryson, Technical Manager, July 2005 - July 2006 who is responsible for the system architecture

John Evershed and Kent Fitch of Project Computing who implemented the plan

Sherrey Quinn of Libraries Alive for elegant information management

Based at the UNSW Library, Team DAAO was/ is:

Olivia Bolton

Ian Bryson

Leonie Hellmers

Jo Higgins

Robert Keigthley

Eric Riddler

Susie Walsh

Thanks to the small army of committed young art historians who undertook the huge job of indexing the thousands of foundation biographies. We knew them as

DAAO data miners:

Danella Bennett

Nina Berrell

Meredith Birrell

Katherine Buljan

Kirstin Bokor

Robina Booth

Lachlan Calvey

Wendy Carlson

Tzu Chung Kitty Chan

Monica Christopher

Katherine Chubb

Tracey Clement

Marika Clemow

Emma Colton

Michael Cranwell

Adrienne Doig

Stephen Edgar

Nadia Figol

Eliza Garnsey

Beatrice Gralton

Jacqueline Hicks

Jo Higgins

David Lawrey

Bronwyn McKenzie

Michele Maher

Francesca Mataraga

Jaki Middleton

Rilka Oakley

Lena Peacock

Eric Riddler

Kirstin Ryan

Sherryl Ryan

Helen Skewes

Christina Spatz

Sue Steggall

Elizabeth Symonds

Rosalyn Taylor

Maria Concetta Tornatore- Loong

Emma White

Loren Wilson

Jill Wolf

Sarah Woods

Jane Woolley

Yee Hwan Yeoh

Margot Yeomans

Big thanks to

ARLIS / ANZ, Arts Libraries Society - Australia and New Zealand

Fiona Bathgate, then College of Fine Arts Librarian, UNSW

David Caddies, Deputy University Solicitor, UNSW

Laszlo Gershov, UNSW Digital Librarian System Architect, UNSW Library,UNSW

Jill More, then College of Fine Arts Librarian, UNSW

Naughtyfish Design

Sean Riley, Services Librarian, UNSW Library, UNSW

Tom Ruthven, Digital Library Innovation and Development Manager, UNSW Library, UNSW

Pollyanna Sutton, Communications Consultant

DAAO Executive (2005 - 2008):

Andrew Wells, UNSW Librarian	Vivien Johnson, COFA, UNSW
Joanna Mendelssohn, COFA, UNSW	Leonie Hellmers, Project Director DAAO

DAAO Advisory Committee (2005 - 2008 ):

Andrew Wells, UNSW Library, (Chair)	Donna Brett, Art Gallery of NSW
Vivien Johnson, COFA, UNSW	Anne Ryan, Art Gallery of NSW
Joanna Mendelssohn, COFA, UNSW	Susan Schmocker, Art Gallery of NSW
Catherine De Lorenzo, FBE, UNSW	Margy Burn, National Library of Australia
Roger Benjamin, University of Sydney	Roger Butler, National Gallery of Australia
Anita Callaway, University of Sydney	Joye Volker, National Gallery of Australia
Catriona Moore, University of Sydney	Elizabeth Ellis, State Library of NSW
Catherine Speck, Univ. of Adelaide	Richard Neville, State Library of NSW
Ray Choate, Univ. of Adelaide	Julie Ewington, Queensland Art Gallery
Tamsin Kerr, Kerr family	Sylvia Kleinert, Charles Darwin University till 2006
	Leonie Hellmers, DAAO

DAAO Editorial Board (2007 - )

Vivien Johnson, UNSW (Chair)	Linda Groom, National Library of Australia
Joanna Mendelssohn, UNSW	Richard Neville, State Library of NSW
Catherine De Lorenzo, UNSW	Anna Gray, National Gallery of Australia
Neil Brown, UNSW	Roger Butler, National Gallery of Australia
Elizabeth Webby, Univ. of Sydney	Anne Ryan, Art Gallery of NSW
Anita Callaway, University of Sydney	Julie Ewington, Queensland Art Gallery
Catherine Speck, Univ. of Adelaide	Jo Higgins, DAAO

DAAO Editorial Working Group (2005 - 2006):

Vivien Johnson, COFA, UNSW (Chair)	Donna Brett, Art Gallery of NSW
Joanna Mendelssohn, COFA, UNSW	Richard Neville, State Library of NSW
Catherine De Lorenzo, FBE, UNSW	Ian Bryson, DAAO
	Leonie Hellmers, DAAO

DAAO Technical Working Group (2005 - 2007):

Howard Amos, UNSW Library Ian Bryson Leonie Hellmers (Chairs)	Marie-Louise Ayres, National Library
Eric Martin, CSE, UNSW (co-opted)	Jonathan Cooper, Art Gallery of NSW
Ray Choate, Univ. of Adelaide	John Evershed, Contractor
Andrew Wells, UNSW Library	Ian Bryson, DAAO
	Leonie Hellmers, DAAO

DAAO Client Working Group (2005 - 2006):

Peter McNeil then COFA, UNSW	Linda Groom Pictures Librarian, National Library of Australia and Chair, ARLIS/ANZ
Jennifer Coombes, Special Collections Archivist, National Gallery of Australia	Reg Newitt, Manager NSW Dept of Education & Training
Rose Cahill, Education Officer Australian War Memorial	Joye Volker Chief Librarian, National Gallery of Australia, ARLIS/ANZ
Gillian Raymond, A/g. Online Manager, National Portrait Gallery	Pamela Bell Curator, writer, researcher, valuer
Jose Robertson then Multimedia Coordinator National Gallery of Australia	Vicki Eldridge Professional Genealogist
Dianne Ottley Volunteer AGNSW	Sally Gray: curator, researcher, PhD student, UNSW College of Fine Arts
Kerrin Schallmeiner Gallery Manager	Sherrey Quinn(Chair), DAAO
Leonie Hellmers, Project Director DAAO

Thanks to supporters all. This project attracts extraordinary talents and skills. Long may it be so and long live the DAAO.

Leonie Hellmers

Project Director

14 November 2007