Our Tour Leaders
All of our tours are led by academics and experts in their field who will share their passion and knowledge with you in lectures, talks and throughout the tour. Click on their profile to find out more about them.
Alan Dodge
Alan R. Dodge AM began his career at the Portland Museum of Art in Portland, Maine…
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Alex McKay
Dr Alex McKay is a fellow at the Royal Asiatic Society in London and the…
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Andrew Wright
Andrew Wright joined The Australian Ballet in 2004 before travelling to Europe in 2007 on…
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Andy Bromberger
Andy Bromberger started her musical career as a professional clarinettist teaching and playing in numerous…
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Ann MacArthur
BA East Asian Studies, M International Management Ann’s passion for the arts of Asia flourished…
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Anthony Burke
Anthony Burke is Professor of Architecture at the University of Technology Sydney. A graduate of…
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Antony Ernst
Dr Antony Ernst is a director, dramaturg, lecturer and arts administrator who has worked with…
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Brad Manera
Brad Manera is the Senior Historian and Curator of the Anzac Memorial in Hyde Park, Sydney….
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Brian Ladd
Brian Ladd is past President of the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales, a…
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Charlotte Smith
Charlotte Smith is a curator, stylist, author and fashion event director. In 2001 Charlotte inherited…
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Christine McCabe
Christine McCabe is a travel writer and art lover, and since moving to the Adelaide…
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Christopher Allen
Dr Christopher Allen is an art critic and historian. A graduate of the University of…
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Christopher Lawrence
Christopher Lawrence’s 40-year career in music and media has spanned recording, writing, television and radio…
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Claudia Chan Shaw
Claudia Chan Shaw is a vibrant, energetic woman of many talents – fashion designer, television and…
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Damien Beaumont
Damien Beaumont joined the ABC in 1999 after completing music studies in Australia and England…
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Donna Cusack
Donna Cusack has a long history with ballet which began before she was born. Her…
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Elizabeth Swane
Elizabeth Swane is a member of one of Australia’s best-known nursery and rose-growing families. As…
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Fiona McIntosh
Fiona is an independent art advisor and art guide. She previously worked in exhibition project…
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Frédérique Barbier
With New York City flowing through her veins, and readily admitting that opera and the…
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Genevieve Jacobs
Genevieve Jacobs has been a prize-winning newspaper journalist as well as a freelance writer for…
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Geraldine Doogue
Geraldine Doogue is a presenter on ABC Radio National’s Saturday Extra program, which specialises in…
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Gitte Weise
Gitte Weise was founder and director of Gitte Weise Gallery Sydney / Berlin and ROOM…
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Glen Halliday
Glen Halliday is the Principal of the Observatory Hill Environmental Education Centre where he has been…
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Guy Sturt
Guy Sturt is both a landscape architect and an arborist and has been principal of his…
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Heath Lees
Heath Lees is Emeritus Professor of Music at Auckland University, and divides his year equally…
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Helen Young
Horticulturist, garden writer, presenter and author, Helen Young has led more than 20 garden tours internationally and…
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Iain Shearer
Iain Shearer FRAS is an archaeologist who has worked in the UK, Afghanistan, Caucasus, North…
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Jane Hutcheon
Jane Hutcheon created the weekly chat show One Plus One on ABC TV and in her…
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Jennifer Keeler-Milne
Jennifer is a practising artist and experienced art educator. Her charcoal works are held in…
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Jennifer Stackhouse
Jennifer Stackhouse made the big move from New South Wales to a Federation house in…
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John McBride
After studying in Japan and Australia, John McBride began his career at the Australia-Japan Research Centre, ANU,…
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Jonathan Biggins
Jonathan Biggins is an actor, writer and director, perhaps best known as one of the…
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Joyce Morgan
Joyce Morgan is a journalist and author. She has written on arts and culture for…
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Julian Droogan
Dr Julian Droogan is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Arts at Macquarie University…
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Julie Ewington
Julie Ewington is an independent writer, curator and broadcaster. She is an authority on contemporary…
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Julie Kinney
Julie Kinney’s love affair with travel began during a stint at London’s Cordon Bleu School…
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Kate Kangaslahti
Kate Kangaslahti left Australia twenty years ago to pursue her love of European art and…
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Kathryn Hunyor
Kathryn Hunyor is a Japanese-speaking curator and lecturer with a Masters in Japanese literature. Kathryn also…
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Kenneth Park
Kenneth W Park works as a freelance lecturer, curator, tour leader, presenter and fundraiser. He is…
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Liz Gibson
Liz Gibson has a Bachelor of Art Education and a Master Degree in Art Administration from…
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Lorraine Kypiotis
Lorraine Kypiotis (MA; BA; Dip.Ed.) is passionate about art, life and travel. She is equally passionate…
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Mairi Nicolson
Mairi Nicolson’s long and varied career as a broadcaster for the ABC and BBC has…
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Marshall McGuire
Acclaimed Australian harpist Marshall McGuire has performed as a soloist with the Australian Chamber Orchestra,…
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Mary Jo Capps
Mary Jo Capps AM has worked in the Australian cultural industry for more than 30…
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Matthew Westwood
Matthew Westwood has been a journalist for thirty years and has written about the arts…
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Michele Hill
Michele Hill began her quilting journey in 1986 and has been addicted ever since. An…
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Monica Attard
Monica Attard OA spent 28 years at the ABC, working across radio and television. During this…
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Peter Bassett
Dr Peter Bassett was Dramaturg and Artistic Administrator for the 2004 Adelaide Ring and is a regular…
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Peter Bourne
Universally known as ‘The Wine Man’, Peter Bourne has been involved in the Australasian wine…
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Peter Hobbins
Dr Peter Hobbins is a medical historian with a knack for sharing human stories. A…
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Phillip Sametz
Phillip Sametz is a writer, editor, presenter, tour leader, tutor, vocalist and arts administrator. In…
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Richard Mendis
A local of Colombo, Richard Mendis has been leading tours of his native Sri Lanka…
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Robert Heather
Robert Heather is an experienced art museum director who has over twenty-five years working in…
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Robert Reason
Robert Reason has worked in the Australian art museum sector for more than twenty years…
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Ron Ramsey
After three years at the National Gallery of Victoria and 14 years at the National…
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Scott Curry
Scott Curry studied piano and violin at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, and piano at…
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Steven Miller
Steven Miller is currently head of the National Art Archive at the Art Gallery of…
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Stewart Kelly
Stewart Kelly is a sought-after pianist, broadcaster, producer and artistic director. Based in Melbourne, he…
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Thomas Abbott
Specialist in architectural history from the Baroque to the 20th century with a wide knowledge…
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Trisha Dixon
Trisha Dixon is a writer and photographer with a passion for landscape, literature, music, art,…
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