The authors Vivien Johnson, Tess Allas and Laura Fisher thank the Australian Research Council for the Discovery Grant, and the College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales for funding, support staff and in-kind support including an office and necessary equipment which provided us with a secure base from which to conduct our research. Thanks to all the contributing artists for allowing us access into their private lives. Thanks to Joanne Brown, the first researcher employed on the Storylines Project. Thanks to DAAO Staff Editors Olivia Bolton and Jo Higgins. Thanks to Tanyth Farley for taking such detailed care of our finances. We would also like to thank the following individuals and organisations:
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Keith V Smith, Carol Cooper, Angelina Hurley, Jennie Holtsbaum, Amando Chant, Vicki Matson-Green, Maurice O’Riordan, Maria Nugent, Anne Loxley, Daniel Browning, Djon Mundine, Janice Lander, Margo Neale, Jessica Birk, Jenny Fraser, Avril Quaill, Julie Gough, Nici Cumpston, Katrina Chapman, Gary Dufour
ORGANISATIONS THAT CONTRIBUTED BIOGRAPHIES
East Gippsland Aboriginal Arts Corporation
Mossenson Galleries
Mungart Boodja Art Centre
Arts Northern Rivers
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
REGIONAL ARTS ORGANISATIONS – for working with us on an almost daily basis at times, patiently answering all our inquiries.
East Gippsland Aboriginal Arts Corporation, Bairnsdale, Victoria
Boolarng-Nangamai Aboriginal Art and Culture Studio, Gerringong, New South Wales
Ceduna Aboriginal Arts and Culture Centre, Ceduna, South Australia
Kidogo Arthouse, Fremantle, Western Australia
Mungart Boodja Art Centre, Katanning, Western Australia
Moonah Arts Centre, Moonah, Tasmania
INDIVIDUALS FROM INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANISATIONS – for providing us with much valued information or by allowing us access to their files.
Nici Cumpston, Art Gallery of South Australia
Brenda Croft, Tina Baum, Chantelle Woods, National Gallery of Australia
Steven Gilchrist, National Gallery of Victoria
Bruce McLean, Queensland Art Gallery
Lola Greeno, Arts Tasmania
Robert Eggington, Director, Dumbartung Aboriginal Corporation
Fiona Salmon, Janice Lally and Celia Dottore, Flinders University Art Museum
Ron Bradfield Jnr, Artsource, Western Australia
Maggie Fletcher, Adelaide Festival Centre
Darrell Sibosado and Matt Poll, Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative
Josie Hurst, Devonport Regional Art Gallery
Liz Nowell, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute Inc
Barbara Cotter, Curtin University of Technology
Andrew Rozefelds, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Frances Belle Parker, Arts Northern Rivers
Jared Thomas, University of South Australia
Roland Atkinson, Goulburn Ovens TAFE, Shepparton
Sue Shepherdson, Armadale Redevelopment Authority, WA
Glenn Barkley, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW
Joanna Robertson and Deborah Haslam, Kidogo Art Institute, Fremantle, WA
INDIVIDUALS WHO PROVIDED INFORMATION, CONTACTS OR OTHER NECESSARY ADVICE
Lyn Havilah
Fiona Lange
Jerry Narkle
Sue Shepherdson
Jennie Gorringe
Ace Bourke
Linda Burney
Thelma John
John Stanton
Fiona Foley
David Prosser
Virginia Fraser
Jeremy Long
Margie West
TECHNICAL ADVISORS AND DESIGNERS
Laszlo Gercsov
Sam Elliott
Ruben Allas
Lucy Simpson
CATERING AND ACCOMODATION
Black Olive Catering
Rebecca Nicholson
John Kean
Gail Mabo
Tasmanian School of Art, University of Tasmania
COPYRIGHT PERMISSION FOR IMAGES AND MAPS
Tom Dion Photography
Roger D’Souza Photography
Siobhan Reid
Kelli Ryan
Felicity Jenkins
Lois Randall
Vivien Johnson
Laura Fisher
Tess Allas
Ron Hurley Estate
Artspace, Sydney
David R Horton (Aboriginal Studies Press, AIATSIS and Auslig/Sinclair, Knight, Merz, 1996)
Macquarie Dictionary
Geoscience Australia
OUR SINCERE APOLOGIES TO ANYBODY WE MAY HAVE INADVERTENTLY LEFT OFF THIS LIST.