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Ms Janet Laurence, Mixed media installation artist whose
work has been included in major survey exhibitions and
collections, nationally and internationally. Her
architectural and public commissions include the Tomb of
the Unknown Soldier in Canberra and The Edge of the
Trees at the Museum of Sydney, which was awarded the
Lloyd Rees award for urban design from the Royal
Australian Institute of Architects. In 1992 and 1996 Janet
was awarded Australia Council Fellowships and in 1996
received a Rockefeller Fellowship. Recently completed 49
Veils windows for the new Central Synagogue in Bondi;
and Veil of Trees in the Domain for the Sydney City
Sculpture Walk. Currently working on an environmental
art work for the Homebush Bay Olympic site. Initial date
of appointment was 1st January, 1997 and expiry of
current term is 31st December, 2002.
Dr John Yu, AM, MB BS(Syd),Hon MD (Syd.), Hon Dlitt
(UWS), DCH (RCP&S), FRACP, FRACMA. Dr Yu is a
Paediatrician and former Chief Executive of the Children’s
Hospital at Westmead. He is Chancellor of the University
of New South Wales. He is Chair of the Australia China
Council and the Specialist Advisory Committee to the
NSW Commissioner for Children and Young People. He
sits on the Board of St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney, the
National Australia Day Council and the Myers Grace
Community Fund. Initial date of appointment was 1st
January, 1997 and expiry of current term is 31st
December, 2002.
Mary Turner, OAM. Chair of the Orange Music
Association; Member of the Orange Regional Gallery
Advisory Committee since 1983; Member of the Music
Committee of the Art Advisory Council; Board Member
of the Music Council of Australia. Co-Director of the
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney (1956-1978); Director of the
Murray Crescent Galleries, Canberra (1978-1981).
Received an Order of Australia in 1993 ‘for services to
the arts, particularly music and painting’. Board member
Arts OutWest Inc since 1997-1999. Founder and
Managing Trustee of the Godfrey Turner Music Trust,
formed in 1989 “to raise the standard of appreciation and
practice of music in the region of which the centre is the
City of Orange..”; Trustee of the Margaret Henderson
Music Trust, established in 1996 “to assist by award of
scholarship.. outstanding young musicians of Orange to
pursue advanced studies in music..’ Initial date of
appointment was 1st January, 1998 and expiry of current
term is 31st December, 2000.
Lachlan Murdoch, Chairman and Chief Executive of
News Limited; Senior Executive Vice President, and a
Director, of The News Corporation Limited; Chairman of
Queensland Press; a Director of The Herald & Weekly
Times Limited, Foxtel and One.Tel.; Deputy Chairman of
Star Television Limited. Initial date of appointment was
1st January, 1999 and expiry of current term is 31st
December, 2001.
Pierce Cody, Chief Executive Officer and Managing
Director of Cody Outdoor. Director of The Outdoor
Advertising Association of Australia; Member of the
Director’s Council of the National Gallery of Victoria;
Director of Adcorp; Director and Governor of The
Australian Ireland Fund. Initial date of appointment was
1st January 2000 and expiry of current term is 31st
December, 2002.
Honorary Solicitors to the Trust: Freehill Hollingdale
and Page
TRUSTEE MEETINGS AND COMMITTEES
ATTENDANCES AT BOARD OF TRUSTEE MEETINGS
There were six board meetings of the Trust during the
period July, 1999 to June, 2000. Trustee attendances were
as follows:
David Gonski 6
Jillian Broadbent 5
Anne Landa 6
Janet Laurence 5
John Morschel 3
Justice Kim Santow 2 (until 31 12.99)
Mary Turner 6
Dr John Yu 6
Lachlan Murdoch 1
Pierce Cody 2 (from 1.1.00).
Apologies were submitted for all Trustee absences and
authorised leave was granted.
TRUST COMMITTEES
Acquisitions and Loans
John Yu, David Gonski (ex-officio), Anne Landa, Janet
Laurence, Edmund Capon, Director, Anthony Bond –
General Manager, Curatorial Services
Exhibitions
David Gonski (ex-officio), Janet Laurence, Anne Landa,
Barry Murphy, Greg Daniel, Edmund Capon – Director,
Anne Flanagan – General Manager, Exhibitions and
Building Services, Anthony Bond – General Manager,
Curatorial Services
Finance and Audit
Jillian Broadbent (Chairperson), David Gonski, Bruce
Cutler, Edmund Capon – Director, Rosemary Senn –
General Manager, Finance and Management Services
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