Names

Michelle Berry: Secretariat Manager

Michelle graduated from the University of Canberra in 1989 specialising in objects conservation. Her career has spanned working in public Australian institutions such as the Western Australian Maritime Museum and Museum Victoria as well as following a life long interest in archaeology, working in Egypt, Thailand and Antarctica as an onsite conservator. In 2009

Michelle Berry: Secretariat Manager2024-10-20T09:20:20+11:00
  • Hilary Milsome

Hilary Milsome: Bookkeeping and accounts

Hilary has worked in various fields of accounting and book-keeping for over 35 years and has been self employed since 2000. In the past 6 years she has become part of the first intake of the Federal Government's new Tax Practitioners Board BAS Agents and works with a number of small business clients to help maintain

Hilary Milsome: Bookkeeping and accounts2024-10-20T09:32:28+11:00

Noni Zachri: Treasurer

Noni is a paper conservator with over 14 years experience in the conservation and preservation of paper and photographic collections, preventive conservation, disaster preparedness, conservation education and training. Since obtaining her formal qualifications from the University of Melbourne in 2010, Noni has worked in a variety of cultural institutions including Artlab Australia, ACMI, State

Noni Zachri: Treasurer2024-10-20T09:19:22+11:00

Claire Rowson: Western Australian President

Claire is an objects conservator based in Perth. After completing the Master of Cultural Materials Conservation at the Grimwade Centre, she worked for a number of years in Sydney for the Australian Museum and International Conservation Services, before returning to her WA home to continue to work for ICS in Perth. As a former

Claire Rowson: Western Australian President2024-10-20T09:44:52+11:00

Samantha Hamilton: President

Samantha Hamilton is currently the CEO of Rock Art Australia and brings a wealth of experience and a proven track record of strategic and operational leadership, philanthropic and government engagement and funding, business development and planning, community engagement and partnership and higher education research and training. She has led transformational and innovative large scale

Samantha Hamilton: President2024-10-31T21:56:43+11:00
  • Ian Batterham

Ian Batterham: Public officer

Ian was among the first intake of students for the original materials conservation course at the Canberra College of Advanced Education (CCAE). He graduated in 1980 and took up a position at the National Archives of Australia, where he remains to this day. Over the years Ian has carried out a range of significant

Ian Batterham: Public officer2024-10-20T09:39:29+11:00

Victoria Thomas: e-News editor

Victoria is a conservator from Adelaide. She completed the Master’s of Cultural Materials Conservation in 2017 and has since worked at the University of Melbourne’s Grimwade Conservation Services and at Artlab Australia, where she now stitches away in the textiles lab. She has a background in technical design and manufacture of contemporary garments, and

Victoria Thomas: e-News editor2024-10-20T09:29:06+11:00

Heather Bleechmore: Vice President

Heather Bleechmore is currently Branch Manager, Collection Care and Conservation at the Australian Museum. Heather is responsible for the management of collection care programs and conservation projects for over 21 million collection items that comprise 16 collections held at the Australian Museum. Over a longstanding career in objects conservation, Heather has built expertise in

Heather Bleechmore: Vice President2024-10-20T09:18:59+11:00
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