Arts and Culture

The National Cultural Heritage Committee

The National Cultural Heritage Committee

The National Cultural Heritage Committee is appointed by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts under the Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Act 1986 (the PMCH Act). The Committee has the power to advise the Minister in respect to the operation of the PMCH Act, the National Cultural Heritage Control List, and the National Cultural Heritage Account.

The Act requires that the Committee comprise:

Members serve for terms of up to 4 years, and are eligible for reappointment.

Current members are:

               
Name Title
Mr Craddock Morton (Chair) Director, National Museum of Australia
Simon Molesworth AM QC Barrister-at-Law
Ms Avril Quaill Principal Project Officer, Queensland Indigenous Arts Marketing and Export Agency
Ms Kylie Winkworth Heritage Consultant
Professor Daryl Le GrewVice-Chancellor, University of Tasmania
Ms Anne-Marie Schwirtlich Chief Executive Officer & State Librarian, State Library of Victoria
Mr Christopher Menz Director, Art Gallery of South Australia
Dr Ian Galloway Chief Executive Officer, Queensland Museum
Dr Suzanne MillerDirector, South Australian Museum
Mr Phillip Gordon
Collections Co-ordinator Anthropology, Australian Museum