ANN TOY – Architecture, Decorative Arts, Fine Arts, Colonial Art, Colonial Furniture
Ann is Supervising Curator at Government House. Ann is art historian who has a special interest in Australian and European decorative arts, historic interiors and the history of Chinese immigrants in Australia. Ann was formerly with The National Gallery of Victoria where she organised a number of exhibitions of Australian contemporary paintings and European and Australian decorative arts. Her past curatorial responsibilities include Vaucluse House, Susannah Place Museum and Elizabeth Bay House. She is currently involved in researching the history and development of Government House, its collection and vice-regal patronage.

ANNA COSSU – Cultural history and social history of Sydney
Anna Cossu is curator of Susannah Place Museum. Anna has also worked in the Education Unit for the HHT and was a History teacher before she joined the Historic Houses Trust. Her interests lie in the interpretation and representation of working class people and the use of oral histories in museums. As part of the Philip Kent Staff Development Award she was awarded in 2006, Anna travelled to the UK and New York to research how the lives and material culture of the working class are represented in museums. She has developed public programs and displays exploring the history of The Rocks. Anna is the author of a book called A place in The Rocks about Susannah Place Museum (2008).

CALEB WILLIAMS – Cultural History, Colonial Crime and Punishment, Bushrangers
Caleb Williams is Head Curator at the Justice & Police Museum and has been responsible for numerous exhibitions and publications in the areas of social history, sub-culture, policing, prisons, law and popular culture. Exhibitions curated by Caleb include: Gangs: subcultures of the street, Tattoo: a history of the decorated body, Protest! Environmental activism in NSW, Hard boiled! The detective in popular culture, Jailed: penitentiary to private prison, Tough men, hard times: policing the depression and most recently Sydney’s Pubs: Liquor, Larrikins & the Law. Caleb is interested in the interpretation of buried, disowned and repressed histories. He is fascinated by the possibilities presented by archival photography, particularly the methodology, discipline, and 'aesthetic' qualities of forensic photography. Caleb co-authored the recently published City of shadows book on this topic. Various 19th century discourses about the nature of criminality (such as the ideas of phrenology and Lombroso's belief in the 'born criminal') form another strong area of interest. Caleb closely follows contemporary literary and pop cultural dialogues about youth culture, crime and policing.

Caleb related links:

http://blogs.hht.net.au/justice/

http://www.artshub.com.au/au/news.asp?sId=50062

http://scan.net.au/scan/journal/display.php?journal_id=65

esvc000946.wic004u.server-web.com/downloads/caleb%20williams.pdf

http://archive.amol.org.au/omj/abstract.asp?ID=12

http://www.artshub.com.au/au/news.asp?sId=66290

CAROLINE BUTLER-BOWDON – Urbanism, Architecture and Social history
Caroline Butler-Bowdon is Head Curator at the Museum of Sydney From 1998 to 2003 Caroline Butler-Bowdon was Curator of the Museum of Sydney. In that time she curated a range of projects including Art Deco – Discover the style of the city, Lost City and Homes in the Sky: Apartment living in Sydney. She co-curated Federation Sydney – 1880-1910, Leunig Animated and The Sydney Opera House Story for the Sydney Opera House Trust. She developed the Debating the City series of conferences at MOS, which resulted in the publication, Debating the City: an anthology. In the past few years she has continued her research and writing on aspects of Australian urbanism co-editing Talking about Sydney: Population, Community and Culture in Contemporary Sydney and contributed to Bridging Sydney (HHT & Thames & Hudson, 2006). She also co-authored Sydney then & now (2005) and Homes in the Sky: Apartment living in Australia (2007 Melbourne University Publishing). Caroline is completing a doctoral dissertation on the history of apartments in Sydney.

DAVID GRAY – Gardens (practical), Kitchen Garden
David Gray is Head Gardener to the Trust. He has worked as a gardener at the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. David has certificates for horticulture from the City of Guilds and Royal Horticultural Society, London and National Certificate of Horticulture in Landscape from the Merrist Wood and Agricultural College in the UK, as well as a Surrey County (UK) Certificate in Horticulture. He has been with the Historic Houses Trust since 1989. Most recently he has overseen the garden at Glenfield as part of the Endangered Houses Fund.

GARY CROCKETT – Cultural and Colonial History, Museum Interpretation, Heritage Building Management and Conservation
Gary Crockett is Curator at Hyde Park Barracks Museum and Elizabeth Farm. Gary has also worked in curatorial roles dealing with the interpretation, conservation and management of Susannah Place Museum, Hyde Park Barracks Museum, Rouse Hill House & Farm and Museum of Sydney. He has developed programs and exhibitions on colonial, medical and legal history; convict life and culture; historical archaeology; immigration; as well as a wide range of specialist displays and installations.

INARA WALDEN – Social history and photography of Sydney, Cultural history
Inara Walden joined the Historic Houses Trust in 1997 and currently works as a Curator at the Museum of Sydney. Specialising in social history with a special interest in photography, her exhibitions include Rex and Max Dupain's Sydney (2004), Thoroughly Modern Sydney: 1920s and 30s glamour and style co-curated with Howard Tanner (2006), the travelling exhibition Drugs: a social history (2003-2007) and Sydney Now: New Australian photojournalism (2008).

JOANNA NICHOLAS – Decorative Arts, Colonial Furniture, Gardens, Fine Art
Joanna Nicholas is the Curator of the Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection (formerly the Conservation Resource Centre). The focus of the collection is the history of houses, their interiors and their gardens. She has been the curator of Meroogal, HHT’s property at Nowra and curated the exhibition And So To Bed – a short history of beds and bedding in Australia at Elizabeth Bay House in 2002. Joanna has been a contributor to HHT’s Historic Interiors and Gardens course and was a contributing author to The Art of Keeping House (2004). Her interests include 19th and 20th century houses and interiors – particularly furniture and soft furnishings, visual and decorative art. Joanna sits on the Committee of the Furniture History Society (Australasia). Her background includes working as a Curator for the National Trust of Australia (NSW) and lecturing for the Museum Studies Unit, University of Sydney.

KATE CLARK - Archaeology, conservation, sustainable development, industrial heritage
Kate commenced as Director for the Historic Houses Trust on 20 October 2008. Kate is a heritage consultant with experience in industrial archaeology, museums, landscapes,  funding, teaching, statutory protection, research, policy development and management. Kate’s expertise includes evaluating the economic and social benefits of heritage conservation, including historic buildings and industrial and landscape archaeology. Kate is a Sydneysider who has been based in the United Kingdom for the past 25 years. She worked with the Ironbridge Gorge Museums Trust, the Council for British Archaeology and English Heritage before joining the Heritage Lottery Fund as Deputy Director of Policy and Research. Kate previously ran a consultancy specialising in heritage policy, practice and planning with clients including the States of Jersey, Sir John Soane’s Museum and the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council. She has published widely on industrial archaeology, conservation, heritage management, sustainable development and the wider value of heritage. Kate has also coordinated workshops and taught in the UK as well as in Ireland, South Africa, Slovenia, Canada and the United States.

MEGAN MARTIN – General history of Sydney; General architecture, decorative arts, fine arts; Convict and general colonial history; Cultural history
Megan Martin is Head of the Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection, responsible for developing a specialist collection of publications and documentary materials relating to the history of houses, domestic interiors and gardens in NSW. She co-curated the exhibition Augusto Lorenzini: Italian Artist Decorator in Victorian Sydney at Elizabeth Bay House in 2001. She has been a member of the Management Committee of the History Council of NSW since its formation in 1996 and is a member of the Faculty Advisory Committee of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Technology Sydney. She has worked as a consultant historian in the heritage field and has contributed biographical entries to the ‘missing persons’ volume of the Australian Dictionary of Biography. Other publications include Settlers & convicts of the Bellona 1793: a biographical dictionary (1992), A pictorial history of Ryde (1998) and short lives for a major publication on Australian art pottery 1900–1950 (2004) as well. Her current biographical research interests focus on people employed at the Sydney Mint in the 19th century.

NICHOLAS MALAXOS – Manager, Management Services
Nicholas Malaxos joined the Trust in 1995 from the Earth Exchange Museum and Film Australia. Nicholas is an Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and a member of the Institute of Public Administration in Australia. He is Chairman and foundation member of the Society for the Restoration of the Greek Island of Megisty. Nicholas is a foundation member of the Greek-Australian Museum and Cultural Foundation and has worked with the Powerhouse Museum in negotiating and liaising with the Hellenic Ministry for Culture in relation to the blockbuster exhibition 1000 years of the Olympic Games.

ROBERT GRIFFIN – Early Colonial Architecture, Decorative Arts, Colonial Furniture, Gardens, Heritage Conservation Philosophy, Housekeeping Conservation in Practice
Robert Griffin is supervising curator of The Mint, Sydney. He has been curator of several Historic Houses Trust properties including Government House, Elizabeth Bay House, Rouse Hill House & Farm and Susannah Place Museum. He holds degrees in history and post-graduate qualifications in building conservation. Particular areas of expertise are Sydney terrace houses, painted decorative schemes and the conservation of Sydney sandstone buildings. He has curated exhibitions on Australian colonial furniture, architecture and decorative arts. Robert’s interests include architectural and garden history, historic interiors and their conservation and contemporary art/crafts.

SCOTT CARLIN – Early Colonial Architecture, Decorative Arts, Colonial Furniture, Gardens, Fine Arts, General Architecture, General Colonial History
Scott Carlin is head curator for Elizabeth Bay House and Vaucluse House. He has been a curator with the Historic Houses Trust since 1990, with posts at Rouse Hill House & Farm, Hyde Park Barracks and Government House, Sydney. Scott played important roles in the acquisition of the collections associated with Rouse Hill House & Farm and the Caroline Simpson collection. His many site conservation and interpretation projects include the service areas of Elizabeth Bay House and Vaucluse House and the re-instatement of the western terrace garden at Government House, Sydney. His many publications include Elizabeth Bay House: A History and Guide and Floorcoverings in Australia 1800-1950. He has curated numerous exhibitions on 19th– mid–20th century architecture, decorative and fine arts, including Kings Cross – Bohemian Sydney, The Grand Tour (on 19th century Australian travellers in Europe), Floorcoverings in Australia 1800-1950 (with Sally Webster), A Victorian Childhood and Augusto Lorenzini: Italian Artist Decorator (with Megan Martin). Particular curatorial interests include the history of collecting; the Gothic Revival and Aesthetic Movement, early trade with China and India, historic textiles and 18th–19th century prints.

TAMARA LAVRENCIC – Housekeeping, Conservation in Practice, Cultural Heritage Management 
Tamara Lavrencic has been the Collections Manager for the Trust since 1997 and coordinates object documentation, disaster management, pest management and preventive conservation across the Trust's portfolio. She holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Materials Conservation) and a Master of Science in Science, Technology and Society. Tamara has worked in cultural heritage management in Queensland & New South Wales for nearly twenty years, as a paper conservator, preservation manager and conservation consultant. She has written articles and policies on many aspects of conservation and collections management including preventive conservation, pest management, disaster management, registration procedures.