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This is the second iteration of DAAO. Click to read our research blog and find out about latest developments.

 

The current Chief Investigators of the DAAO blog are:

  • Ross Harley (Lead Chief Investigator) Professor, Head of School of Media Arts, College of Fine Arts
  • Vivien Johnson Adjunct Professor, College of Fine Arts
  • Joanna Mendelssohn Associate Professor, College of Fine Arts
  • Andrew Wells University Librarian, The University of New South Wales
  • Leong Chan Senior Lecturer, School of Art History and Art Education, College of Fine Arts
  • Jill Bennett Associate Professor, Associate Dean - Research, College of Fine Arts
  • Catherine De Lorenzo Senior Lecturer, Architecture Program, Faculty of the Built Environment, The University of New South Wales
  • Judith O'Callaghan Head, Interior Architecture, Faculty of the Built Environment, The University of New South Wales
  • Roger Benjamin J. W. Power Professor of Art History and Visual Culture and Director, Power Institute Foundation for Art & Visual Culture, The University of Sydney
  • Colin Rhodes Dean and Director, Sydney College of the Arts, The University of Sydney
  • Anita Callaway The Nelson Meers Foundation Lecturer in Australian Art, The University of Sydney
  • Catriona Moore Senior Lecturer, Art History & Theory, The University of Sydney
  • Caroline Jordan Lecturer in Art History, La Trobe University
  • Pamela Zeplin Senior Lecturer/Portfolio Leader: Research Education, The University of South Australia
  • Catherine Speck Associate Professor/Reader in Art History and Coordinator, Postgraduate Program in Art History, The University of Adelaide
  • Fiona Salmon Director - Flinders University City Gallery, Flinders University
  • Juliette Peers Lecturer at the Frances Burke Textile Resource Centre, RMIT
  • Ian McLean Deputy Dean/Graduate Research Coordinator, School of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts, University of Western Australia
  • Darren Jorgensen Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts, The University of Western Australia
  • Jonathan Holmes Professor & Discipline Scholar, The University of Tasmania
  • Andrew McNamara Associate Professor, Visual Arts, Queensland University
  • Michael Desmond Senior Curator, National Portrait Gallery
  • Richard Neville Mitchell Librarian, State Library
  • Margy Burns Assistant Director-General, Australian Research Collections and Reader Services, National Library of Australia


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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



The following people and organisations drove the initial creation of the DAAO.

 

Founding Partners were:

The University of New South Wales
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College of Fine Arts,
The University of New South Wales

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Faculty of the Built Environment,
The University of New South Wales
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The University of Sydney
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Monash University
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The University of Adelaide Adelaide_logo

National Library of Australia
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National Gallery of Australia
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Art Gallery of New South Wales
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State Library of New South Wales
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Queensland Art Gallery QAG_logo

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, the first Team DAAO was:

  • 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
  • Joanna Mendelssohn, COFA, UNSW
  • Vivien Johnson, COFA, UNSW
  • Leonie Hellmers, Project Director DAAO

DAAO Advisory Committee (2005 - 2008 ):

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

DAAO Editorial Board (2007 - )

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

DAAO Editorial Working Group (2005 - 2006):

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

DAAO Technical Working Group (2005 - 2007):

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

DAAO Client Working Group (2005 - 2006):

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

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