Professional Staff

Craig Barker, Manager, Education and Public Programs, Nicholson Museum
Museum education; heritage touring

Robert Blackburn, Curatorial Assistant, Macleay Museum
Ecology; entomology

Elizabeth Bollen, Assistant Curator, Nicholson Museum
Ancient Greek material culture

Jan Brazier, Curator, Macleay Museum
History of museums and science in nineteenth-century New South Wales; history of photography in Australia

Rebecca Conway, Curator, Macleay Museum
Ethnographic collections; interactions of source communities with cultural heritage collections held in museums; ethnographic historic photographs

David Ellis, Director, Museums and Cultural Engagement (comprising Macleay Museum, Nicholson Museum, University Art Gallery and Collection, Seymour Centre)
Museum management and administration; exhibition project and program management (including travelling exhibitions)

Anthony Gill, Curator, Macleay Museum
History of natural history, particularly nineteenth-century ichthyology

Jane Johnston, Internship Coordinator

Jude Philp, Senior Curator, Macleay Museum
Museum practice; history and culture of the Pacific; natural history practice; taxidermy

Matt Poll, Assistant Curator, Macleay Museum
Development for and involvement of communities in collections and documentation; repatriation and return of material to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities; contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art practice

Michael Turner, Senior Curator, Nicholson Museum
The history of museum collections and collectors; historic photography