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PROAE MINSTE~ R
Press Statement No. 548
27 August 1975
NEW MEMBERS OF* THE AU'STRAL'IA COUNCIL AND * ITS'CONSTITUENT BOARDS
The Prime Minister today announced the names of
new members orf the Australia Council and its constituent boards.
Mr r/, Iitam said that on 30 June 1974 he had
implemented the principle of an annual rotation of membership
for the new orcanization and normally one third of the membership
positions would have been filled now. When the Australia-Council
Act was proclaimed in March last, however, it was necessary for
the members to be appointed immediately to the Council and
Boards. Because of the need to preserve some continuity of
experience in the Council and Boards at that time the Prime Minister
had invited those members who were due to retire on 30 June 1975
to accept re-appointment to 30 June 1976. However, some members
had been unable to continue and a number of vacancies had occurred
in the Council and on the Boards.
The Prime Minister said the new appointments included
people who had put their names forward in response to a public
request by the Council for people wishing to serve in this way.
He expressed his thanks to the many hundreds of people who had
offered their services and said these names would be kept on a
permanent register f or future reference when new vacancies occurred.
Mr Whitlam said that he wished to express his gratitude
to the retiring members. " Without the generosity and enth'usiasm
of these people we would not have succeeded in generating-the I.
degree of activity and wide interest in the arts which have become
apparent over the last two-and-a-half years."
CANBERRA. A. C. T.
MEMBERS APPOINTED FOR A THREE-YEAR PERIOD TO 30 JUNE 1978
COUNCIL Professor C. Manning Clark
Mr William Ferris
Mr Jim Spigelman
BOARDS
VISUAL ARTS BOARD
Mr Michael Shannon A. C. T. Historian, Writer
N. S. W. . Managing Director,
International
Venture Corporation
N. S. W. Secretary,
Department of the Media
Vic.
MUSIC BOARD
Mr John FalkVic. Painter Manager, Planningand
Evaluation, Conzine
Riotinto of Aust Ltd.
Dr ? Martin Wesley-Smith
LITEPATURE BOARD
Mr Michael Wilding
Mr John N. Bryson N. S. W. Composer; conductor;
lecturer in e-lectronic
music
N. S. W. Reader in English,
University of Sydney;
author and publisher
Vic. Managing Director,
Bryson Industries Ltd.
FILM, RADIO AND TELEVISION BOARD
Mr Tom Jeffrey ( Chairman)
Mr George Klein
Mr Brian White N. S. W. Television producer;
former member of the Board
Tas. President, Hobart Film.
Society; Audio-Visual
Resources; Registrar,
Tasmanian College of
Advanced Education
N. S. W. Radio journalist;
filmscript writer.
Mr Michael WilliamsQLD. Film-maker / 3
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ABORIGINAL ARTS BOARD
Mr Bobby Ngajmirra
Mr Walter Pukutiwara
Mr Billy Stockman N. T.
S. A.
N. T. Traditional bark
painter; Elder of the
Oenpelli community
Accomplished Pitjantjatjara craftsman; member of
Amata community
Traditional painter;
Chairman of Papunya
Community Council.