Selected Work History
(Education, Professional, Awards, Consulting etc.,)
Education
Ph.D. Candidate (Philosophy, Swinburne University)
Diploma in Education (La Trobe University)
Bachelor of Arts (University of Queensland)
Professional
Regional Manager (Arts Queensland)
Manager Tanks Arts Centre (Cairns Regional Council)
Principal Consultant (Rainwater Productions)
Senior Policy and Research Officer (Australia Council)
Program Manager (CCD Fund, Australia Council)
Community Development Officer (Bureau Ethnic Affairs, Qld)
Community Arts Officer (Brisbane City Council)
Teacher (ESL/EFL, English, Drama & Media)
Artist (actor, writer, director, producer: Theatre, Film, Music, CCD)
Some Commissioned Research Publications
A Community Centred Model for Tourism
Two Steps Back from an Ersatz Cultural Rendition
Highway 61 Reinvented, Cultural Tourism in the USA
Queensland Regional Arts and Cultural Strategy
The Sugar Trail
Awards
Artist Fellowship (Australia Council)
Coral Sea Scholarship (Australian-American Fulbright Com)
Thomas Morrow Prize for English (University of Queensland)
Arts Consulting (Sample Projects)
Australian South Sea Islander StoryTrail
Cultural heritage project and video produced in conjunction with the Mackay and District Ausrtalian South Sea Islander Association, the Australia Council, Multicultural Affairs Qld., Mackay Tourism Development Board, & Mackay City Council.
The Dream
A 30 min audio play about Paronella Park in Far North Queensland. (Supported by Arts Queensland, 2000).
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Community and Cultural Development
A long list of government and private sector funded community based projects including Brisbane’s first Aboriginal Art/Heritage Trail (at Mt Cootha, see link opposite); public art and city beautification projects; oral histories; innovative plays and performances (eg., Su Doi, a bilingual Vietnamese radio project).
Early Career work as an Artist
(Theatre, Film, C & C D, selected: 1980-90) :
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Actor : Alternatives, (Film) Ministry of Education Vic., 1989
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Musician : Labour Day Song Awards winner/tour of Tasmania, 1987
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Actor : Friends and Enemies documentary directed by Tom Zubricki Qld., 1987
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Composer in residence : Various Qld Unions, 1986: A Few Notes Short of Accord (Resources 3: B5)
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Actor : Stone of The Fifth Sun, (Film) Qld Education Dept., 1986
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Writer/Director/Actor/Musician : Order by Numbers The New Actors Company, Qld, 1985
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Actor/Tutor : Nuovo Paese, FILEF, Sydney Italian Community NSW, 1984
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Actor : Circus Lumiere Lumiere and Son (London), La Boite Qld, 1983
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Production Assistant : Coppia Aperta La Comune (Dario Fo & Franca Rame), Milan, 1983
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Tutor : Street Arts Community Theatre, Commedia Dell'Arte, 1983
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Writer/Actor/Musician/Composer : Popular Theatre Troupe Qld, 1982 - 1983
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Production Assistant : Flying Fruit Fly Circus, Murray River Performing Group, 1980
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