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The <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Government<br />

<strong>Cultural</strong> <strong>Policy</strong><br />

2002


Julie Reeves<br />

Instigate 2001<br />

Oil on padded canvas<br />

Photo courtesy of artist and Artbank. Artist represented by<br />

Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane.<br />

“The process begins with a fragment - an insignificant<br />

background detail. It starts as something familiar, even<br />

comfortingly domestic, but reinterpretation heightens its<br />

intensity and ability to insinuate.<br />

It aims to affect.<br />

The intimate and shadowy terrain which is propagated seems to<br />

encourage the sensation that something lies just beyond reach.”<br />

Julie Reeves


<strong>Queensland</strong>’s arts and cultural community<br />

Is diverse and unique,<br />

Like droplets of a humid summer rain<br />

Bound for the corrugated iron roof of a homestead,<br />

Entities of vibrancy,<br />

Making their-own sound heard,<br />

Each varying in brevity and impact…<br />

Verse for the <strong>Cultural</strong> <strong>Policy</strong>…<br />

<strong>Arts</strong> and Culture in <strong>Queensland</strong>…<br />

(excerpt)<br />

Samuel Wagan Watson


Creative <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

The <strong>Queensland</strong> Government <strong>Cultural</strong> <strong>Policy</strong> 2002<br />

ISBN 0-9581823-1-0<br />

October 2002<br />

<strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong> is the <strong>Queensland</strong> Government department for arts and cultural<br />

development.<br />

Copyright protects the artworks and poetry appearing in this document and may not<br />

be reproduced without prior permission. Permission has been given for the use of<br />

the works in this document.<br />

Milestones in <strong>Queensland</strong>’s <strong>Cultural</strong> History<br />

The milestone events contained in Creative <strong>Queensland</strong> are a selection of cultural<br />

events in <strong>Queensland</strong> from pre-settlement to the present that have been important<br />

in forming the arts and cultural industries of today. It is not intended to be an<br />

exhaustive historical account.<br />

Milestones in <strong>Queensland</strong>’s <strong>Cultural</strong> History has been developed through research<br />

and consultation with key figures in the arts and cultural industries, from existing<br />

documentation and from feedback received during consultation in the development<br />

of Creative <strong>Queensland</strong>.<br />

<strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong> gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the John Oxley Library<br />

and the <strong>Queensland</strong> Performing <strong>Arts</strong> Museum in providing historical information.<br />

Images in Milestones in <strong>Queensland</strong>’s <strong>Cultural</strong> History are courtesy of the John Oxley<br />

Library and <strong>Queensland</strong> Newspapers unless otherwise stated.


Contents<br />

From the Premier and <strong>Arts</strong> Minister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2<br />

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3<br />

Strong Foundations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6<br />

The <strong>Cultural</strong> Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8<br />

Delivering the Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12<br />

People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13<br />

- Lifelong Learning and Education<br />

- Leadership and Professional Excellence<br />

Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15<br />

- Community Engagement and Renewal<br />

- <strong>Cultural</strong> Tourism<br />

Places, Collections and Traditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17<br />

- New Technologies<br />

- Infrastructure and Services<br />

- Enhancing Public Places<br />

Creative Enterprise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20<br />

- Jobs and Training<br />

- Research and Development<br />

- Export Development<br />

- Business Development and Creative Industries<br />

Consultation and Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24<br />

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24<br />

Creative <strong>Queensland</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong> Government <strong>Cultural</strong> <strong>Policy</strong> 2002


From the Premier<br />

and <strong>Arts</strong> Minister<br />

The <strong>Queensland</strong> Government <strong>Cultural</strong> <strong>Policy</strong> 2002, Creative <strong>Queensland</strong>, is the first<br />

whole-of-Government policy which sets the future directions for delivering a vision for a culturally<br />

dynamic State.<br />

Creative <strong>Queensland</strong> recognises that cultural development is a key component of the Smart State through<br />

its contribution to the social and economic wellbeing of <strong>Queensland</strong>ers.<br />

It is a commitment to a cultural environment which enlivens us as individuals and enriches our<br />

communities.<br />

We affirm respect for the Indigenous cultures of <strong>Queensland</strong> as fundamental to our identity as a<br />

community.<br />

This policy is a commitment to the importance of arts and culture in our society.<br />

We recognise that <strong>Queensland</strong>’s geographic decentralisation is a source of cultural strength. The world<br />

looks different in Bamaga from the way it looks in Coolangatta. Support for regional arts is not just about a<br />

fair go for the regions; it is principally about cultural diversity and celebrating the many voices in the choir.<br />

From jobs and training to research and development; from creative enterprise to cultural traditions; from<br />

exports to infrastructure; from public celebrations to community renewal, Creative <strong>Queensland</strong> charts a<br />

new course for whole-of-Government action.<br />

Creative <strong>Queensland</strong> provides a framework for all departments and agencies to work together to deliver an<br />

innovative range of strategies in which the Government’s key priorities, industry expertise, and community<br />

and individual aspirations meet.<br />

There is a diverse range of arts and cultural activity being undertaken across Government which is<br />

reflected in Creative Government, a companion document to the <strong>Cultural</strong> <strong>Policy</strong>. This document sets the<br />

scene for the development of productive partnerships between the public, private, community and tertiary<br />

sectors which will deliver the vision of Creative <strong>Queensland</strong>.<br />

Creative <strong>Queensland</strong> is the result of extensive consultation across <strong>Queensland</strong> with industry experts, the<br />

arts and cultural sector, individuals and groups.<br />

We are grateful to the large number of people who took the time to provide information, offer comments or<br />

were involved in public forums. By reflecting the diverse range of interests and views which exist in the<br />

community, your ideas have assisted in shaping the <strong>Queensland</strong> Government <strong>Cultural</strong> <strong>Policy</strong>.<br />

The next steps will be equally important and we look forward to continuing our work across the State to<br />

deliver the vision for a culturally dynamic <strong>Queensland</strong>.<br />

Peter Beattie MP<br />

Premier<br />

and Minister for Trade<br />

Matt Foley MP<br />

Minister for Employment, Training and Youth<br />

and Minister for the <strong>Arts</strong><br />

2 Creative <strong>Queensland</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong> Government <strong>Cultural</strong> <strong>Policy</strong> 2002


Introduction<br />

The <strong>Queensland</strong> Government<br />

<strong>Cultural</strong> <strong>Policy</strong>, Creative<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong>, provides a whole-of-<br />

Government framework to underpin the<br />

Government’s investment in arts and<br />

cultural development.<br />

It recognises the unique contribution<br />

that the arts make to <strong>Queensland</strong>’s<br />

cultural life.<br />

A strategic investment in arts and<br />

cultural development will contribute to<br />

achieving the <strong>Queensland</strong> Government’s<br />

vision for:<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> to be a<br />

culturally dynamic<br />

place, rich in diversity<br />

and experiences -<br />

where ideas and talent<br />

are supported; where<br />

artistic and cultural<br />

pursuits are<br />

encouraged; and where<br />

the economy is<br />

enhanced by excellence<br />

in creative innovation.<br />

Central to this vision is<br />

a respect for diversity<br />

and the cultural rights<br />

of Indigenous people.<br />

To achieve this vision, the <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Government will invest in people,<br />

communities, places, collections and<br />

traditions, and creative enterprise to:<br />

• promote individual and community<br />

wellbeing, participation in the arts<br />

and access to arts and cultural<br />

events and collections;<br />

• provide jobs and training<br />

opportunities in the cultural and<br />

creative industries and foster the<br />

creation of local content for<br />

knowledge economy enterprises; and<br />

• strengthen community capacity and<br />

our sense of identity, foster social<br />

cohesion, and enhance infrastructure<br />

and cultural services.<br />

These outcomes contribute directly to<br />

the <strong>Queensland</strong> Government priorities of<br />

Community engagement and a better<br />

quality of life, More Jobs for <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

- Skills and Innovation - The Smart State,<br />

and Building <strong>Queensland</strong>’s regions.<br />

The <strong>Queensland</strong> Government will<br />

invest in people, communities,<br />

places, collections and traditions,<br />

and creative enterprise<br />

Donna Marcus, Spine and Bone, 1998, aluminium (teapots). Photo courtesy of<br />

the artist and Artbank. Artist represented by Diane Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne.<br />

MILESTONES IN QUEENSLAND’S CULTURAL HISTORY<br />

35,200 to 500 years ago<br />

Archaeological evidence of<br />

Aboriginal occupation at<br />

Nurrabullgin (Mt Mulligan),<br />

100 kilometres west of Cairns.<br />

27,700 years ago Rock<br />

painting in the Laura<br />

1.<br />

region practised by Aboriginal<br />

artists. What is known as the<br />

Quinkan style dominated from<br />

4,000 years ago and painting<br />

and engravings continued until<br />

European contact.<br />

▼<br />

22,300 years<br />

ago Aboriginal<br />

occupation<br />

recorded at<br />

Kenniff Cave in<br />

the Carnarvon<br />

Ranges.<br />

2,700 years ago Earliest<br />

evidence of sustained<br />

settlement in the Torres Strait.<br />

1824 Foundation of the<br />

Moreton Bay Settlement.<br />

1. Photo courtesy the Environmental<br />

Protection Agency.<br />

1847 Former Sydney Theatre<br />

Royal performer and tightrope<br />

walker George Croft opens<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong>’s first<br />

amphitheatre in Brisbane.<br />

1851 First School of <strong>Arts</strong><br />

building opened at corner of<br />

Creek and Queen Streets in<br />

October.<br />

1853 Aboriginal man Tetaree<br />

(alias James Alexander) gives<br />

Brisbane School of <strong>Arts</strong> concert<br />

after being tutored in England.<br />

The <strong>Queensland</strong> Government’s role in<br />

achieving the Creative <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

vision is to stimulate an environment<br />

that promotes growth and innovation in<br />

the arts sector and the cultural and<br />

creative industries.<br />

1858 Ex-convict William Wilkes<br />

has first of seven short stories<br />

published in the Moreton Bay<br />

Courier under the name of<br />

Jack Bushman.<br />

1858 German pianist Otto<br />

Linden forms Brisbane<br />

Philharmonic Society.<br />

1859 <strong>Queensland</strong> colony<br />

separates from New South Wales.<br />

1859 The formation of the first<br />

scientific society in<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> - the Philosophical<br />

Society - formed the collections<br />

that were to become those of<br />

the <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Museum.<br />

1862 The<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Museum<br />

64729 established.<br />

1865 Brisbane’s Town Hall<br />

opens in Queen Street, between<br />

George and Albert Streets. It was<br />

also used as a concert venue.<br />

▼<br />

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Introduction Continued<br />

<strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong>’s role is to facilitate<br />

strategic investment in arts and cultural<br />

activity through building partnerships<br />

across all levels of Government, and<br />

with the private, education and<br />

community sectors.<br />

The <strong>Queensland</strong> Government’s<br />

investment in people, communities,<br />

places, collections and traditions,<br />

and creative enterprise will be guided<br />

by the following key strategies:<br />

• enhance lifelong learning and<br />

education through artistic and<br />

cultural activity;<br />

• foster leadership and professional<br />

excellence in the arts;<br />

• foster community capacity and<br />

renewal through cultural<br />

development;<br />

• promote cultural tourism;<br />

• enhance public places, cultural<br />

infrastructure and services;<br />

• increase employment and training<br />

opportunities in the cultural and<br />

creative industries;<br />

• promote research and development,<br />

and adoption of new technologies in<br />

the cultural industries;<br />

• enhance export and business<br />

development opportunities; and<br />

• foster growth in the creative<br />

industries.<br />

Achievement of<br />

Government priorities<br />

and outcomes through<br />

investment in arts and<br />

cultural development<br />

will require a whole-of-<br />

Government approach.<br />

<strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong> will<br />

play a leadership role<br />

across Government<br />

and will develop an<br />

implementation plan<br />

that specifies:<br />

• the outcomes to be<br />

achieved and<br />

relevant indicators<br />

to monitor progress towards<br />

achievement of these outcomes;<br />

• a suite of integrated services and<br />

products to be delivered by agencies<br />

across Government; and<br />

• output performance measures that<br />

will monitor the efficiency and<br />

effectiveness of these services and<br />

products in<br />

delivering<br />

specified<br />

Government<br />

outcomes.<br />

Without artists and<br />

cultural activity,<br />

the Creative<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> vision<br />

cannot be<br />

achieved.<br />

At Cooloolah<br />

Lisa O’Neill in Ghosting by Jill Barker, Adam Donovan, John Rodgers,<br />

Jeff Erbacher, Jay Younger Curator, Cox Rayner Architects and Project Services.<br />

Photo Mark Bergin.<br />

EXCERPT<br />

Creative <strong>Queensland</strong> builds on<br />

substantial achievements in the arts and<br />

cultural industries and recognises that<br />

changing demographics and social<br />

trends, diversity, globalisation,<br />

employment, technology and new<br />

economies present challenges and<br />

opportunities that can be addressed<br />

through an investment in the arts and<br />

the cultural and creative industries.<br />

The blue crane fishing in Cooloolah’s twilight<br />

has fished there longer than our centuries.<br />

He is the certain heir of lake and evening,<br />

and he will wear their colour till he dies;<br />

but I’m a stranger, come from a conquering people.<br />

I cannot share his calm, who watch his lake,<br />

being unloved by all my eyes delight in<br />

and made uneasy, for an old murder’s sake.<br />

Judith Wright<br />

MILESTONES IN QUEENSLAND’S CULTURAL HISTORY<br />

1865 Musician and hotelier<br />

George Mason draws 400<br />

people to the opening night of<br />

his Concert Hall in Brisbane.<br />

Later the venue was named<br />

Victoria Theatre or Victoria<br />

Concert Hall and after<br />

renovations in 1874 was known<br />

as the <strong>Queensland</strong> Theatre.<br />

1866 Oxford Music Hall, later<br />

known as the Royal Alexandra<br />

Theatre and the Bijou Theatre,<br />

opens in Edward Street between<br />

Elizabeth and Charlotte Streets.<br />

1863-1904 Forced<br />

migration of South Sea<br />

Islanders to work on<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong>’s sugar<br />

plantations from eight<br />

Pacific islands, primarily<br />

Vanuatu and the Solomons.<br />

1867 Gold discovered in<br />

Gympie, later Charters Towers<br />

and Mt Morgan. <strong>Queensland</strong>’s<br />

population quadrupled in a<br />

decade.<br />

4 Creative <strong>Queensland</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong> Government <strong>Cultural</strong> <strong>Policy</strong> 2002<br />

1871 Wandering photographer<br />

William Boag produces images<br />

of Moreton<br />

Bay region in<br />

his horsedrawn<br />

20261 dark room.<br />

1872 Musical Union<br />

established. It was the first<br />

organisation dedicated to<br />

development of musical culture<br />

in the settlement.<br />

▼<br />

1874 The <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Herbarium established<br />

(originally part of the<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> Museum).<br />

1876 Exhibition Building opens<br />

providing Brisbane’s first large<br />

concert hall and occasional<br />

skating rink. Burns down in a<br />

spectacular blaze to be<br />

replaced in 1891.<br />

1879 Public Library built<br />

(F.D.G.Stanley architect).<br />

1881 The first Albert Hall opens<br />

in Adelaide Street, between<br />

Albert and Edward Streets. Later<br />

known as the Academy of Music<br />

and the Gaiety Theatre, it<br />

operated until the end of the<br />

century.<br />

1881 Brisbane’s Theatre Royal<br />

in Elizabeth St opens, designed<br />

by Andrea Stumbuco.<br />

1884 Brisbane Technical<br />

School for training of visual<br />

artists opens.


Introduction Continued<br />

A companion document, Creative<br />

Government, reflects the diverse range<br />

of arts and cultural activities being<br />

undertaken across the <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Government and provides the building<br />

blocks for new partnerships that will be<br />

fundamental to delivering the<br />

strategies in the <strong>Cultural</strong> <strong>Policy</strong>.<br />

To ensure that partnerships,<br />

research and consultation result<br />

in high quality and consistent<br />

outcomes, <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong> will develop<br />

a partnership and engagement charter<br />

based on the principles set out in the<br />

Government’s Community Engagement<br />

Directions Statement - inclusiveness,<br />

reaching out, mutual respect, integrity<br />

and affirming diversity.<br />

A <strong>Cultural</strong> Export <strong>Policy</strong> to<br />

take <strong>Queensland</strong>’s arts and<br />

cultural products to the world<br />

Key investments in the areas of<br />

Indigenous <strong>Arts</strong><br />

and Culture,<br />

Children and Young<br />

People, Regional<br />

Communities, Jobs<br />

and Training, and<br />

Creative Enterprise<br />

are profiled in the<br />

snapshots that<br />

accompany Creative<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong>.<br />

Creative <strong>Queensland</strong> contains a range of<br />

key initiatives which underpin the<br />

Government’s commitment to investing<br />

in arts and cultural activity. These will<br />

be built on during the life of the<br />

<strong>Cultural</strong> <strong>Policy</strong>.<br />

Key initiatives include:<br />

• An annual Creative Fellowship to<br />

recognise leading <strong>Queensland</strong> artists;<br />

• A small business start-up program,<br />

including skills development, to assist<br />

new businesses in the cultural sector;<br />

• A poetry and short story competition<br />

in <strong>Queensland</strong> schools to raise the<br />

profile of writing;<br />

• A <strong>Cultural</strong> Export <strong>Policy</strong> to take<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong>’s arts and cultural<br />

products to the world;<br />

• The establishment of the position of<br />

Government Curator to manage<br />

artwork collections across<br />

Government;<br />

• A major research project to identify<br />

the social and educational impact of<br />

arts activity on children in the middle<br />

school years;<br />

• An Indigenous cultural network to link<br />

a range of Aboriginal and Torres Strait<br />

Islander arts and cultural activity and<br />

new facilities in Brisbane; and<br />

Gordon Bennett, Explorer II, 1991, oil and acrylic on canvas. Photo courtesy of the<br />

artist and Artbank. Artist represented by Bellas Gallery, Brisbane.<br />

• An Indigenous Youth <strong>Arts</strong> Foundation<br />

to assist Indigenous high school<br />

students to develop career paths as<br />

professional artists.<br />

1887 Discovery of artesian<br />

water gradually transforms the<br />

resources of the west and<br />

brings prosperity to the whole<br />

State. A building boom<br />

resulted, and the<br />

1880s and 1890s<br />

saw the building of<br />

the Public Library,<br />

The Supreme<br />

Court, The Opera<br />

House (Her<br />

Majesty’s),<br />

Customs House, National Bank,<br />

Treasury Buildings, Exhibition<br />

Building and Concert Hall.<br />

1887 <strong>Queensland</strong> Art Society<br />

founded through the activities<br />

of artists, Isaac Walter<br />

Jenner, Oscar Fristrom and<br />

L.W.K.Wirth.<br />

1888 Her Imperial<br />

Majesty’s Opera<br />

House opens in Queen<br />

Street, Brisbane, designed<br />

16875 by Andrea Stumbuco.<br />

▼<br />

1888-1905<br />

English<br />

anthropologist<br />

Alfred Cort<br />

Haddon<br />

collects more<br />

than 1,000<br />

artefacts from the Torres Strait<br />

for the Cambridge University<br />

Collection. 2002 sees the<br />

collection return temporarily to<br />

Australia at the Cairns Regional<br />

Gallery’s exhibition Past Time.<br />

1889 Customs House<br />

in Brisbane built.<br />

1891 Exhibition Building<br />

and Concert Hall built in<br />

Brisbane (J.M.Addison,<br />

architect).<br />

1891 Great<br />

Shearer’s Strike<br />

occurs prompting<br />

workers to raise<br />

the Eureka flag.<br />

Armed troops were sent in by<br />

the government to quell the<br />

100069<br />

▼<br />

▼<br />

uprising. After<br />

the burning of<br />

Dagworth<br />

Station, Banjo<br />

Patterson put<br />

117228<br />

▼<br />

pen to<br />

paper to<br />

write the<br />

stirring<br />

words of Waltzing<br />

Matilda. First performed<br />

in Winton in 1895.<br />

Creative <strong>Queensland</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong> Government <strong>Cultural</strong> <strong>Policy</strong> 2002 5


Strong Foundations<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong>’s cultural past has<br />

laid the foundations for the<br />

lifestyle we enjoy today and is a<br />

strong base from which to embrace new<br />

challenges and opportunities.<br />

From the oldest of Australia’s art forms<br />

– ancient Aboriginal rock art found in<br />

caves in Far North <strong>Queensland</strong> to one of<br />

the most contemporary, the 14-year-old<br />

music festival Livid – <strong>Queensland</strong> is rich<br />

in cultural heritage and cutting-edge<br />

arts.<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> has been a fertile ground<br />

for international, national and local<br />

success stories in film, television,<br />

writing, dance, theatre, music and visual<br />

arts - bands like Savage Garden and<br />

george, writers David Malouf and Nick<br />

Earls, actors Geoffrey Rush, Sigrid<br />

Thornton and Bille Brown, and poet<br />

Thomas Shapcott to name but a few.<br />

There is a new dynamic associated with<br />

the artistic and creative potential of<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong>'s Indigenous artists.<br />

Brisbane band george. Photo courtesy of Festival Mushroom Records.<br />

Photo Sophie Howarth.<br />

Contemporary talent<br />

such as artists Tracey<br />

Moffatt and Rosella<br />

Namok, actors<br />

Deborah Mailman and<br />

Leah Purcell, director,<br />

actor and playwright<br />

Wesley Enoch and<br />

performing arts<br />

companies such as<br />

Kooemba Jdarra are<br />

paving the way for<br />

national and<br />

international recognition<br />

of the State’s many<br />

Indigenous artists.<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> is host to more than<br />

300 festivals and events that attract<br />

international audiences such<br />

Geoffrey Rush during a break in<br />

filming of Swimming Upstream at the<br />

Valley Pool. Photo Anthony Weate.<br />

as the acclaimed Asia-Pacific<br />

Triennial of Contemporary Art,<br />

Woodford Folk Festival,<br />

Brisbane Festival, <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Biennial Festival of Music,<br />

Brisbane International Film Festival,<br />

Laura Dance<br />

and <strong>Cultural</strong><br />

Festival, Out of<br />

the Box Festival<br />

of Early<br />

Childhood and<br />

the Charters<br />

Towers Country<br />

Music Festival.<br />

The State’s film and<br />

television industry has<br />

experienced huge growth<br />

over the last decade –<br />

generating more than<br />

$2 billion in economic<br />

impact and thousands of<br />

jobs for the State. The<br />

Government’s Pacific Film<br />

and Television Commission<br />

works with the <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

industry to attract an<br />

increasing flow of major<br />

international productions<br />

such as Scooby Doo and<br />

Peter Pan. Production is set to increase<br />

with the expansion of the Warner<br />

Roadshow Studios on the Gold Coast.<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> has been a fertile<br />

ground for international, national<br />

and local success stories<br />

The <strong>Queensland</strong> Government’s<br />

$260 million five-year Millennium <strong>Arts</strong><br />

Project is doubling the size of the State<br />

Library of <strong>Queensland</strong>, building the<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> Gallery of Modern Art and<br />

the Musgrave Park <strong>Cultural</strong> Centre, and<br />

supporting 16 projects in regional<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> such as a centre for<br />

contemporary arts in Cairns. The project<br />

has already delivered The Judith Wright<br />

Centre of Contemporary <strong>Arts</strong> and a new<br />

home for the <strong>Queensland</strong> Theatre<br />

Company, and has increased access to<br />

arts and culture in regional, rural and<br />

remote areas.<br />

MILESTONES IN QUEENSLAND’S CULTURAL HISTORY<br />

1892 William Lane publishes<br />

The Working Man's Paradise to<br />

raise funds for shearers<br />

convicted at Rockhampton for<br />

striking over wages and<br />

contracts.<br />

1895 Edison kinetoscopes for<br />

motion pictures demonstrated<br />

at the Exhibition Building for<br />

the first time in <strong>Queensland</strong>.<br />

1895 <strong>Queensland</strong> Art Gallery<br />

opens in Brisbane’s Town Hall<br />

through the efforts of artist<br />

Godfrey Rivers - President of<br />

the <strong>Queensland</strong> Art Society<br />

1892-1911 and Art Master of the<br />

Brisbane Technical College.<br />

1895 Sydney Bulletin<br />

publishes first literary<br />

sketches about bush<br />

life by Toowoomba’s<br />

Steele Rudd (Arthur Hoey<br />

Davis). He publishes On<br />

Our Selection in 1899 later<br />

adapted for the theatre.<br />

Becomes ABC radio series<br />

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Dad and Dave in 1937 (until 1953).<br />

1896 Public Library established<br />

(forerunner to the State Library<br />

of <strong>Queensland</strong>).<br />

1897 First motion<br />

picture produced in<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> (Filmed<br />

in Queen Street,<br />

Brisbane).<br />

1899 Pamela<br />

Travers, who would<br />

write Mary Poppins,<br />

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born in Maryborough.<br />

1901 <strong>Queensland</strong> Museum<br />

moves to the Exhibition Building.<br />

1901 With Federation,<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> becomes a State in<br />

its own right.<br />

1901 Albert Hall opens in Albert<br />

Street providing a venue for<br />

developing local theatre groups<br />

including Twelfth Night,<br />

Brisbane Repertory Theatre and<br />

Brisbane <strong>Arts</strong> Theatre.<br />

1902 Dame Nellie Melba<br />

performs at Brisbane’s<br />

Exhibition Building. Admitted to<br />

the Australia Record Industry<br />

Association Hall of Fame in 1989.<br />

1902 The Brisbane Public<br />

Library renamed the Public<br />

Library of <strong>Queensland</strong> and<br />

opened to the public.<br />

1904 Tom Petrie’s Reminiscences<br />

of Early <strong>Queensland</strong> published<br />

by daughter Campbell<br />

Constance Petrie.


Strong Foundations Continued<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong>ers enjoy a<br />

network of 326 public<br />

libraries, more than<br />

200 museums, such<br />

as the Stockman’s Hall<br />

of Fame in Longreach<br />

and the new<br />

Workshops Rail<br />

Museum in Ipswich,<br />

and many commercial<br />

and public art galleries<br />

across the State.<br />

An investment of<br />

$110 million in the<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> Heritage<br />

Trails Network is<br />

delivering 43 cultural<br />

tourism projects<br />

across <strong>Queensland</strong>.<br />

The Regional <strong>Arts</strong> Development Fund<br />

and the more recent Indigenous<br />

Regional <strong>Arts</strong> Development Fund are<br />

funding the grassroots development of<br />

arts and cultural activity in regional,<br />

rural and remote areas.<br />

The Government’s investment<br />

in arts and culture is also<br />

reaching across the State<br />

The Australia-first Art Built-in <strong>Policy</strong>,<br />

which requires two per cent of all Statefunded<br />

capital works projects in excess<br />

of $250,000 to be spent on integrating<br />

public art into the built environment, is<br />

providing jobs for artists and improving<br />

the aesthetic appeal of public places.<br />

Tracey Moffatt, Something More # 3, 1989, series of 9 images edition of 30 photographs. Photo courtesy<br />

of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery. Artist represented by Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney.<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong>’s <strong>Cultural</strong> <strong>Policy</strong> for Young<br />

People has created new opportunities<br />

for young people to gain hands-on<br />

experience in arts and cultural activities.<br />

Successful programs like the Youth <strong>Arts</strong><br />

Mentoring Program have used a<br />

mentoring approach to build and share<br />

skills and ideas.<br />

The Government’s investment in<br />

arts and culture is also reaching<br />

across the State. The Flying <strong>Arts</strong><br />

program, the work of regional<br />

organisations like <strong>Arts</strong> West, and the<br />

<strong>Arts</strong> Regional Touring Service and<br />

Schools Touring Program presented by<br />

the <strong>Queensland</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> Council, are<br />

examples of how the Government<br />

supports cultural services in regional,<br />

rural and remote areas.<br />

This strategic<br />

investment in arts and<br />

cultural activity has<br />

occurred in a period of<br />

growth which started<br />

with the 1991 policy<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> – A State<br />

for the <strong>Arts</strong>. This policy<br />

set a new direction for<br />

the Government to<br />

support infrastructure<br />

and services,<br />

individual professional<br />

development, peer<br />

assessment and<br />

development in the<br />

regions.<br />

It was the first major<br />

review of the arts since<br />

an <strong>Arts</strong> portfolio was established by the<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> Government in 1968 under<br />

the direction of a Minister for <strong>Cultural</strong><br />

Activities.<br />

In mid-1995, the Government released<br />

Building Local, Going Global, which<br />

celebrated local diversity and new<br />

international horizons. It paid particular<br />

attention to regional distinctiveness,<br />

Indigenous cultures, and the information<br />

economy.<br />

Creative <strong>Queensland</strong> will build on this<br />

history and develop new strengths in<br />

Government and in the community<br />

sector through a focus on the whole-of-<br />

Government delivery of arts and cultural<br />

services and programs.<br />

1906 The first permanent<br />

picture theatre, The Lyceum,<br />

opens in George Street<br />

(Renamed Elite Theatre in<br />

1920s, rebuilt as the George in<br />

1965 and now the Dendy).<br />

1906-1908 Loan collections<br />

from the <strong>Queensland</strong> Art Gallery<br />

went on tour to country towns.<br />

1910 Stadium opens on the<br />

corner of Albert and Charlotte<br />

Streets. Later became Festival<br />

Hall. It was a popular music<br />

venue which also hosted<br />

opera, dance and sporting<br />

events.<br />

1911 Cinemas open in Brisbane<br />

at Spring Hill, South<br />

Brisbane and Paddington<br />

and The Empire in Albert<br />

Street (demolished 1986 to<br />

make way for the Myer<br />

Centre). Empire Theatre<br />

opens in Albert Street,<br />

designed by Atkinson and<br />

McLay. Refitted as a cinema<br />

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it reopened as the St James in<br />

1933, and in 1965 as the Paris.<br />

1911 Open-air Cremorne<br />

Theatre (on Melbourne Street in<br />

front of today’s<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> Art<br />

Gallery site) hosts<br />

its first variety<br />

program.<br />

1912 Bundabergborn<br />

Gladys<br />

Moncrieff<br />

(“Our Glad”)<br />

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debuts at the Empire Theatre to<br />

launch 50-year career.<br />

1912 Moving picture<br />

theatres/gardens open in<br />

Brisbane at Toowong, Kedron<br />

Park, Hamilton and Kelvin Grove;<br />

open air cinema at Bulimba.<br />

1912 Open-air vaudeville<br />

theatre Palace Gardens opens.<br />

1914 England declares war on<br />

Germany. Australia at war.<br />

1915 Cinemas begin to pose<br />

threat to live theatre in<br />

Brisbane with opening of the<br />

Majestic Theatre in Queen<br />

Street (Odeon Cinema 1957).<br />

1915 Tivoli Theatre and Roof<br />

Garden opens in Albert Street<br />

as a double live theatre and<br />

continues until the 1920s when<br />

film becomes a regular feature<br />

with live support acts. Live acts<br />

continue until the talkies take<br />

over. Closes 1965 for King<br />

George Square development.<br />

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The <strong>Cultural</strong> Context<br />

The priorities of the <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Government include Community<br />

engagement and a better quality<br />

of life, More Jobs for <strong>Queensland</strong> -<br />

Skills and Innovation - The Smart State,<br />

and Building <strong>Queensland</strong> regions.<br />

Environmental influences present<br />

challenges and opportunities to achieve<br />

these priorities. By responding<br />

effectively to these influences, arts and<br />

culture can create opportunities to<br />

improve quality of life, social equity and<br />

economic independence.<br />

There are a number of factors which will<br />

influence the nature and direction of<br />

the Government’s future investment<br />

in arts and cultural activity, including:<br />

• Broad social trends, such as<br />

changing family and household<br />

structures, and the drift of the<br />

population to urban and coastal<br />

centres;<br />

• Globalisation and the need to<br />

retain <strong>Queensland</strong>’s unique<br />

physical, social and cultural<br />

environment, its diverse<br />

communities and the lifestyles of<br />

its people;<br />

• Ageing of the population coupled<br />

with a strong youth market;<br />

• Increasing contribution of tourism to<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong>’s economic growth;<br />

• The way information is shared and<br />

accessed as a result of the digital<br />

revolution;<br />

• A rapid increase in new<br />

communication channels, such as the<br />

Internet, DVDs and Pay TV, leading to<br />

demand for new local content;<br />

• Emergence of the “knowledge”<br />

economy and the rising importance of<br />

creative industries to the State’s<br />

economy; and<br />

• Growing pressure on cultural<br />

organisations to diversify their<br />

revenue base and respond to<br />

changing community demand,<br />

increased competition and audience<br />

expectations.<br />

Liza Lim’s Moon Spirit Feasting with the ELISION Contemporary Music<br />

Ensemble. Photo courtesy of ELISION.<br />

These factors pose challenges to the<br />

quality of life of many <strong>Queensland</strong>ers.<br />

An investment in culture and the arts is<br />

one way the Government can foster an<br />

environment where these challenges can<br />

be turned into opportunities.<br />

Changing Social Fabric<br />

The social fabric of <strong>Queensland</strong> and<br />

Australian households is changing. It is<br />

predicted there will be a decline in the<br />

average size of Australian households,<br />

an increase in children living with only<br />

one parent and an increase in people<br />

living alone 1 .<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> has experienced a 10-year<br />

average employment growth of 2.7 per<br />

cent, 0.8 per cent higher than the<br />

national average 2 .<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> is the fastest growing State<br />

in Australia and the most<br />

decentralised mainland<br />

State with almost 35 per<br />

cent of <strong>Queensland</strong>ers<br />

living outside the South-<br />

East <strong>Queensland</strong> area 3 . A<br />

number of rural areas are<br />

experiencing declining<br />

populations 4 .<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong>’s geographic<br />

dispersion poses<br />

difficulties in delivering<br />

equitable access to<br />

services and infrastructure.<br />

Declining birth rates are<br />

resulting in an ageing<br />

population and over time,<br />

may lead to a contracting<br />

workforce 5 .<br />

1 Australian Bureau of Statistics, Household and Family Projections,<br />

Australia, 1996-2021<br />

2 Australian Bureau of Statistics, Labour Force, Australia<br />

3 Australian Bureau of Statistics, Brisbane and Moreton Statistical<br />

Divisions, Estimated Resident Population 2001<br />

4 Priorities in Progress 2000-01, <strong>Queensland</strong> Government<br />

5 Australian Bureau of Statistics, Population Projections Australia 1999-2101<br />

MILESTONES IN QUEENSLAND’S CULTURAL HISTORY<br />

1918 Cooktown Wuuringu<br />

painter Joe Rootsey born. His<br />

first solo show in Brisbane in<br />

1958 saw him acclaimed as the<br />

‘second Namatjira’. He was the<br />

first Indigenous painter<br />

promoted by the <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Government through the<br />

Department of Native Affairs’<br />

Aboriginal Creations Gallery.<br />

1920 Dick Roughsey born. The<br />

Mornington Island painter who<br />

was taught by Percy Tresize<br />

introduced millions of children<br />

around the world to the creation<br />

myths and legends of the<br />

Aborigines of Cape York<br />

Peninsula.<br />

1921 First <strong>Queensland</strong> radio<br />

broadcast of a concert from the<br />

Savoy Theatre, Clayfield.<br />

1923 John Oxley Library<br />

established.<br />

1924 Winter Garden opens in<br />

Queen Street designed by<br />

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Ballantyne and Hare; it was one<br />

of Australia’s earliest large<br />

capacity picture palaces and<br />

was fully air-conditioned.<br />

1924 First <strong>Queensland</strong> poetry<br />

Anthology, A Book of<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> Verse, by J.J.Stable<br />

and A.E.M.Kirkwood is<br />

published in celebration of the<br />

Centenary of settlement.<br />

1925 Brisbane Repertory<br />

Theatre, now known as<br />

La Boite, is formed.<br />

1925 Warwick-born Charles<br />

Chauvel returns from Hollywood<br />

to make his silent film the Moth<br />

of Moonbi beginning a 34-year<br />

career as producer and director;<br />

to become the father of<br />

Australia cinema (d.1959).<br />

1928 Bundaberg’s<br />

Bert Hinkler<br />

completes first<br />

solo flight from<br />

England to<br />

Australia.<br />

1929 The lavish Regent Theatre<br />

(now Hoyts Regent) opened in<br />

Queen Street accommodating<br />

more than 2,500 patrons.<br />

1930 Brisbane City Hall built<br />

including Daphne Mayo’s public<br />

artwork The Progress of<br />

Civilisation in the State<br />

of <strong>Queensland</strong>.<br />

1930 Brisbane’s first<br />

commercial radio stations,<br />

4BC and 4BK, go to air.<br />

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The <strong>Cultural</strong> Context Continued<br />

These trends affirm:<br />

• the importance of building social<br />

cohesion and a sense of belonging and<br />

connectedness through participation<br />

in arts and cultural activity and access<br />

to local and family history collections;<br />

• the need to promote equitable access<br />

to this activity;<br />

• the value of creating jobs in the arts<br />

and cultural sector; and<br />

• the challenge of delivering<br />

infrastructure and services to<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong>’s dispersed communities.<br />

Building <strong>Queensland</strong> Regions<br />

Changing economies, populations and<br />

access to services are challenging the<br />

social and economic wellbeing of some<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong><br />

regions, while<br />

posing<br />

opportunities for<br />

others. <strong>Arts</strong> and<br />

cultural activity<br />

provide one means<br />

of addressing these<br />

challenges.<br />

Craig Koomeeta<br />

of Aurukun, Freshwater<br />

Crocodile 2001, Cast aluminium.<br />

Courtesy of the artist and Andrew<br />

Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane. Photo<br />

courtesy of Urban Art Projects.<br />

Support for cultural traditions and<br />

heritage, celebrating public festivals and<br />

creating and enjoying culturally exciting<br />

public places, builds social cohesion<br />

and a sense of belonging and improves<br />

the liveability of cities, towns, regions<br />

and remote communities.<br />

By developing and marketing the unique<br />

physical and cultural attractions and<br />

distinctive heritage and traditions of<br />

regions, <strong>Queensland</strong> can differentiate<br />

itself in the global tourism market,<br />

thereby boosting development in<br />

regional and remote communities.<br />

Central to boosting regional<br />

development is a commitment to<br />

building partnerships with regional<br />

communities and ensuring greater<br />

community participation in Government<br />

decision-making processes.<br />

Tourism<br />

Tourism provides a significant and<br />

growing economic contribution to<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong>’s economy. It contributes<br />

6.4 per cent to Gross State Product and<br />

employs more than 151,300 people,<br />

equivalent to 9.3 per cent of all people<br />

employed in 1998-99 6 .<br />

Many tourists travel to seek out unique<br />

experiences as is evidenced by the<br />

burgeoning eco and cultural tourism<br />

markets. Government support to coastal<br />

and rural and remote <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

communities is enabling these areas to<br />

build attractions which position them in<br />

the tourism market, while protecting<br />

cultural heritage unique to their area.<br />

This support will be increasingly<br />

important to counterbalance an eroding<br />

economic base in particular communities<br />

adversely affected by global competition<br />

and declining populations.<br />

Protecting and promoting the unique<br />

landscapes, cultural heritages and<br />

artistic and cultural traditions of<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> regions will contribute to<br />

their regeneration and support the eco<br />

and cultural tourism markets.<br />

Globalisation<br />

Globalisation offers challenges to the<br />

cultural vitality and diversity of<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong>. Global technologies,<br />

businesses, communication networks<br />

and arts and cultural products threaten<br />

to “homogenise” our society.<br />

Global competitive pressures also<br />

threaten the<br />

economic base of<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong><br />

towns and<br />

regions.<br />

However,<br />

globalisation also<br />

offers opportunities<br />

to market products and services<br />

internationally and to attract<br />

internationally mobile firms and workers.<br />

An investment in arts and cultural<br />

activity will be important to:<br />

• maintain the distinctiveness of<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong>’s culture, heritage and<br />

traditions;<br />

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1930 Babette Ferguson (later<br />

Stephens) joins Brisbane<br />

Repertory Theatre and launches<br />

40-year career as actor, director<br />

and administrator.<br />

1932 Australian Broadcasting<br />

Commission founded.<br />

1932 Bundaberg’s Molly De<br />

Gunst stars in the opera Aida in<br />

Sydney.<br />

1934 Shakespearean actor John<br />

McCallum Jnr makes his acting<br />

debut at the Cremorne Theatre;<br />

develops career in the UK where<br />

he marries Googie Withers.<br />

1935 Toowoomba Art Society<br />

formed and a space is set aside<br />

in the Town Hall for an art<br />

gallery.<br />

1936 ABC establishes the<br />

Brisbane Symphony Orchestra.<br />

1936 Brisbane Amateur Theatre<br />

and Twelfth Night Theatre<br />

established.<br />

1937 Metro Cinema in Albert<br />

Street, Brisbane opens (later<br />

Albert cinema).<br />

1938 First free municipal library<br />

established by the State<br />

Government in Townsville.<br />

1938 <strong>Queensland</strong>’s first<br />

regional art gallery opened in<br />

Toowoomba.<br />

1939 Australia at war.<br />

1938-39 300 theatres operating<br />

throughout <strong>Queensland</strong>.<br />

Cinema has become the most<br />

popular form of mass<br />

entertainment and remains so<br />

until the advent of TV in 1959.<br />

1940 Literary journal Meanjin<br />

begun in Brisbane, moving to<br />

Melbourne in 1945.<br />

1940 Noel Coward, English<br />

dramatist and composer,<br />

entertains troops at Grovely<br />

military camp and performs at<br />

Red CrossConcertatHis<br />

Majesty’s Theatre.<br />

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1940 Storey Bridge built in<br />

Brisbane linking Fortitude Valley<br />

with Kangaroo Point.<br />

1941 Australian modernist<br />

artist Margaret Preston collects<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> Aboriginal<br />

sculptures at Djarra, south of<br />

Cloncurry; attributed to Linda<br />

Craigie and Nora Nathan.<br />

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The <strong>Cultural</strong> Context Continued<br />

• provide new opportunities for export<br />

and import replacement through the<br />

creation of local content;<br />

• regenerate and vitalise <strong>Queensland</strong>’s<br />

regions; and<br />

• build liveable communities and places.<br />

Knowledge Economy<br />

In a knowledge economy, a strong and<br />

vibrant arts and cultural sector is<br />

essential to jobs and to the achievement<br />

of the Government’s Smart State vision.<br />

Industries that rely on creativity and<br />

intellectual property are fast becoming<br />

an integral part of the State’s economy.<br />

The new knowledge economy creates<br />

many opportunities for artists, writers,<br />

filmmakers, designers and musicians.<br />

Support for local ideas and the fostering<br />

of creative and artistic excellence will be<br />

important in developing commercial<br />

potential within the <strong>Queensland</strong> arts<br />

and cultural sector and in producing<br />

high quality arts and cultural services<br />

and products which are competitive in a<br />

global marketplace.<br />

Technological Change<br />

Technology is increasingly revolutionising<br />

our way of life. It connects community to<br />

community and individual to individual.<br />

It has brought the world closer together,<br />

allowing communication between those<br />

who were once considered<br />

geographically remote. It also allows<br />

artists to bring their cultural products<br />

and artistic goods to a global<br />

market, increasing their influence and<br />

earning power.<br />

There is an opportunity to decrease the<br />

high reliance on cultural imports and<br />

facilitate a two-way exchange in the<br />

creative industries which are becoming<br />

increasingly reliant on the use of new<br />

knowledge and technologies. To remain<br />

sustainable and profitable in the longterm,<br />

arts and cultural organisations will<br />

need to develop and integrate new<br />

technologies.<br />

Technological advances offer<br />

the potential to improve access<br />

to the State's cultural<br />

collections and events for<br />

regional and remote<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong>ers through the use<br />

of communication technologies<br />

such as the Internet, and the<br />

digitisation of the State's<br />

collections and performances.<br />

Amusement parks, home<br />

theatre systems, computer<br />

games and the Internet are<br />

changing audience and<br />

consumer expectations,<br />

creating the need for museums,<br />

galleries, performance venues, libraries<br />

and even our homes to use new<br />

technologies to provide new ways of<br />

presenting, displaying and accessing<br />

collections.<br />

Skilling and Education<br />

The growth of <strong>Queensland</strong>’s arts and<br />

cultural sector and the State’s creative<br />

industries will require appropriately<br />

skilled workers. Traditional models of<br />

education and training are changing to<br />

adapt to new demands for lifetime and<br />

accelerated learning, re-training and<br />

vocational-based training.<br />

TAFE <strong>Queensland</strong> has responded to this<br />

growth by working in partnership with<br />

creative industries to deliver<br />

qualifications from Certificate to<br />

Advanced Diploma level in disciplines<br />

Young visitors to the Museum of Tropical <strong>Queensland</strong> explore<br />

scientific principles in the Tropical Sciencentre. Photo courtesy of<br />

the Museum of Tropical <strong>Queensland</strong>.<br />

such as film and television, radio, music,<br />

the performing arts, entertainment,<br />

graphic design, digital art, web design,<br />

animation and multimedia.<br />

Education <strong>Queensland</strong>’s New Basics<br />

program, other curriculum reforms and<br />

initiatives contained in Education and<br />

Training Reforms for the Future support<br />

the development of creative, innovative<br />

and culturally literate citizens.<br />

MILESTONES IN QUEENSLAND’S CULTURAL HISTORY<br />

1941 Charles Chauvel’s<br />

masterpiece movie 40,000<br />

Horsemen released; Sons of<br />

Matthew, based on the<br />

pioneering life of O’Reillys in<br />

Lamington National Park area,<br />

released in 1949.<br />

1941 US Showbiz<br />

couple Will Mahoney<br />

(comedian) and his<br />

wife songbird Evie<br />

Hayes arrive in<br />

Brisbane to entertain<br />

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the troops; stay on to manage<br />

the Cremorne Theatre and to<br />

present variety shows.<br />

1942 South Brisbane becomes<br />

the entertainment centre for<br />

Australian and American troops<br />

with Cremorne<br />

Theatre, Trocadero<br />

Ballroom, Blue<br />

Moon Skating Rink<br />

and Stanley Street<br />

hotels. Cremorne<br />

burns down in 1944.<br />

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1943 Libraries Act created the<br />

legal deposit for the State<br />

Library of <strong>Queensland</strong>.<br />

1944 Poet Judith Wright evoked<br />

local sense of place in her<br />

writing and conservation work<br />

(to 1970s).<br />

1944 Purga Aboriginal<br />

tenor, teacher and<br />

activist Harold Blair<br />

“discovered” by<br />

soprano Marjorie<br />

Lawrence.<br />

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1945 Library Board<br />

of <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

established.<br />

1946 Theatre Royale<br />

reopens, after the<br />

war, with Peter Pan.<br />

A young Leo 61681<br />

McKern plays a pirate.<br />

1947 57-member<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> Symphony<br />

Orchestra formed under<br />

resident conductor John<br />

Farnsworth Hall formerly of<br />

144141<br />

Sydney Symphony (to 1954);<br />

gives first concert at City Hall.<br />

1947 Popular Brisbane<br />

wartime venue Cloudland<br />

Ballroom at Bowen Hills<br />

reopens.<br />

1948 Bundaberg’s Donald<br />

Smith debuts in Brisbane Opera<br />

Company’s first season. Goes<br />

on to perform with Australian<br />

Opera and becomes one of the<br />

greatest tenors of the 20th<br />

century (d. 1999).<br />


The <strong>Cultural</strong> Context Continued<br />

Indigenous Cultures<br />

Indigenous people have strong and<br />

diverse cultures, languages and<br />

traditions that are integral to their sense<br />

of identity and contribute to<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong>’s unique identity nationally<br />

and internationally. Indigenous art, both<br />

contemporary and traditional, has now<br />

staked a claim on the art world.<br />

Aboriginal people and Torres Strait<br />

Islanders experience significantly poorer<br />

health, educational, employment and<br />

income levels than other <strong>Queensland</strong>ers<br />

and are over-represented in the criminal<br />

justice system.<br />

Creative <strong>Queensland</strong> affirms the<br />

importance of investment in<br />

contemporary and traditional Indigenous<br />

arts and cultural activities to:<br />

• build social capital and wellbeing in<br />

Indigenous communities;<br />

• support the unique cultural heritage<br />

and traditions of Indigenous people;<br />

• improve the earning capacity of<br />

Indigenous artists by supporting the<br />

export of Indigenous art and cultural<br />

products;<br />

• provide a sense of identity through<br />

supporting the preservation of<br />

traditional languages and teaching<br />

them to future generations of<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong>ers; and<br />

• promote reconciliation.<br />

Kopen Tibetan Monks performing at the Woodford Folk<br />

Festival. Photo courtesy of the Woodford Folk Festival.<br />

<strong>Cultural</strong> Diversity<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> is a culturally and<br />

linguistically diverse State with more<br />

than 16 per cent of its population born<br />

overseas 7 . The Government is committed<br />

to multiculturalism through the<br />

Multicultural <strong>Queensland</strong> <strong>Policy</strong>, ensuring<br />

that cultural diversity is a defining<br />

characteristic of modern <strong>Queensland</strong>.<br />

The Government has formally recognised<br />

the Australian South Sea Islander<br />

community as a distinct cultural group.<br />

Creative <strong>Queensland</strong> encourages an<br />

environment that supports culturally<br />

diverse artistic practice and recognises<br />

that the arts are a creative expression of<br />

culture. This, in turn, contributes to the<br />

development of a vibrant cultural<br />

environment.<br />

People with a Disability<br />

In 1998, 686,700 people in <strong>Queensland</strong>,<br />

or one in five people, were identified as<br />

experiencing a disability 8 . People<br />

experiencing disabilities make a<br />

valuable contribution to a diverse<br />

cultural landscape and share both the<br />

same and similarly diverse ideas about<br />

artistic expression, cultural identity and<br />

community belonging as the rest of the<br />

population.<br />

Yet there are still barriers to equitable<br />

access to work opportunities and<br />

community participation. Economic<br />

disadvantage, the design of the built<br />

environment and geographic isolation in<br />

regional areas pose challenges to<br />

gaining arts education, training, access<br />

to new technologies, employment and<br />

enjoyment of shared cultural activity.<br />

Working with the disability sector to<br />

remove these barriers will ensure greater<br />

access and participation for people<br />

experiencing disabilities.<br />

this koala<br />

busy thinking not moving<br />

gum-tree Buddha<br />

*<br />

veranda bed:<br />

corrugated sky &<br />

nailhole stars<br />

Ross Clark<br />

7 Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1996 Census of Population and Housing<br />

8 Disability: A <strong>Queensland</strong> Profile, Disability Services <strong>Queensland</strong> 1999<br />

1948 University of <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Press established in<br />

demountable building in<br />

George Street. Becomes major<br />

publisher of Australian<br />

literature, history, politics,<br />

cultural and media studies.<br />

1949 Vaudeville returns to<br />

Brisbane with comedian George<br />

Wallace Jnr following in his<br />

father’s footsteps (for the next<br />

decade). The Vaudeville Show<br />

became a popular Friday night<br />

TV show from 1961-69.<br />

1950 Establishment of the<br />

Johnstone Gallery which became<br />

the exhibition centre for many<br />

Brisbane and interstate visual<br />

artists including Margaret Olley,<br />

John Rigby, Kath Shillam,<br />

Kenneth Jack, Douglas Annand to<br />

name a few particularly after it<br />

re-opened in Bowen Hills in 1958.<br />

1952 Atherton-born composer<br />

Ron Grainer leaves for England;<br />

writes for film, stage and<br />

television and known for TV<br />

themes of Dr Who, Steptoe and<br />

Son and Maigret (d.1981).<br />

1953 After visiting in 1945,<br />

Scottish-born artist Ian<br />

Fairweather moves to Bribie<br />

Island. Works exhibited in<br />

London 1961 (d. 1974).<br />

1955 Brisbane’s first Americanstyle<br />

drive-in cinema opens at<br />

Capalaba with Has Anybody<br />

Seen My Girl<br />

1955 Controversy over<br />

screening of movie, Blackboard<br />

Jungle, at Metro picture theatre.<br />

1955 Movie Director<br />

Charles Chauvel’s<br />

Jedda released with<br />

Aboriginal actors such<br />

as Rosie Monks in lead<br />

roles. First Australian<br />

film to appear at the<br />

Cannes Film Festival. 31116<br />

His 13-part TV series for the BBC<br />

Walkabout completed in 1959.<br />

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1956 <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Conservatorium of Music<br />

founded in Brisbane. Begins<br />

first academic year in<br />

1957.<br />

1958 Gibb brothers Barry,<br />

Robin and Maurice arrive<br />

in Brisbane as part of<br />

British migrant family; go<br />

on to international pop<br />

music fame over 30 years<br />

as The Bee Gees. Admitted to<br />

the ARIA Hall of Fame 1997.<br />

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Delivering the Vision<br />

The <strong>Queensland</strong> Government’s<br />

vision is for: <strong>Queensland</strong> to be a<br />

culturally dynamic place, rich in<br />

diversity and experiences - where ideas<br />

and talent are supported; where artistic<br />

and cultural pursuits are encouraged;<br />

and where the economy is enhanced by<br />

excellence in creative innovation.<br />

Michael Zavros, Rise, 2000, oil on canvas. Photo courtesy of the artist<br />

and Artbank. Artist represented by Mori Gallery, Sydney.<br />

Creative <strong>Queensland</strong> recognises that<br />

culture is about a way of life: the<br />

enjoyment and wellbeing derived from<br />

participation in social traditions and the<br />

sharing of knowledge, ideas, beliefs,<br />

values, spirituality, standards and<br />

responses.<br />

Creative <strong>Queensland</strong> promotes a culture<br />

of collaboration, innovation and success<br />

as part of the Government’s Smart State<br />

vision by fostering an environment where<br />

creativity and ideas can contribute to the<br />

social, cultural and economic wellbeing<br />

of individuals and communities.<br />

This policy affirms the Government’s role<br />

in supporting <strong>Queensland</strong>ers’<br />

participation in the artistic and cultural<br />

life of the community. At the same time,<br />

it recognises that building the cultural<br />

life of the State is the collective<br />

responsibility of individuals and<br />

communities across <strong>Queensland</strong>.<br />

Creative <strong>Queensland</strong> provides a strategic<br />

framework involving <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong>,<br />

other Government agencies and the<br />

creative, arts and cultural industries to<br />

support the development of:<br />

• People to enhance quality<br />

of life through engagement<br />

in arts and cultural activity<br />

through lifelong learning<br />

and education and<br />

leadership and artistic<br />

excellence;<br />

• Communities to build<br />

capacity and promote<br />

renewal and cultural tourism;<br />

• Places, collections and traditions to<br />

enhance sense of identity and<br />

belonging, respect cultural heritage,<br />

create better public places, and provide<br />

infrastructure and services; and<br />

• Creative enterprises to develop<br />

innovative and sustainable cultural<br />

businesses to create jobs and greater<br />

economic prosperity.<br />

Creative <strong>Queensland</strong> sets a framework<br />

for <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong> to work in<br />

partnership across Government and with<br />

the education and community sectors.<br />

<strong>Cultural</strong> Funding Mechanisms<br />

Funding for arts and cultural development<br />

in Australia may have originated in 1818<br />

when the poet Michael Massey Robinson<br />

was granted two cows from the<br />

Government herd “for his services as a<br />

Poet Laureate” 9 . In 1968, <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

was the first state government to<br />

establish a cultural portfolio and since<br />

then state and local governments have<br />

significantly increased their financial<br />

support for cultural activity.<br />

Ensuring <strong>Queensland</strong> Government<br />

funding for arts and culture achieves the<br />

best possible outcomes is a key<br />

responsibility for <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong>.<br />

Maintaining and increasing a strong<br />

focus on outcomes will require regular<br />

review of cultural funding mechanisms<br />

to ensure resources are directed and<br />

applied in the most effective way.<br />

<strong>Arts</strong> funding traditions, at all three levels<br />

of government, essentially revolve around<br />

grant and capital infrastructure programs<br />

as the central policy tools. However, other<br />

mechanisms exist that can be equally or<br />

more effective. Alternative support<br />

mechanisms, such as the <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Government’s two per cent for public art<br />

policy, Art Built-in, will be examined to<br />

seek a range of more sophisticated and<br />

sustainable mechanisms of stimulating<br />

cultural activity.<br />

The following section provides examples<br />

of just some of the partnerships,<br />

programs and activities across the<br />

Government that contribute to the key<br />

strategies in Creative <strong>Queensland</strong>. These<br />

strategies will be built on during the life<br />

of the <strong>Cultural</strong> <strong>Policy</strong>.<br />

9 The Australian Encyclopaedia Sydney: Australian Geographic 1996, pp 2599-2600<br />

MILESTONES IN QUEENSLAND’S CULTURAL HISTORY<br />

1958 Artist and educator Vida<br />

Lahey awarded OBE (d.1968).<br />

1959 <strong>Queensland</strong> Art Gallery<br />

purchases Pablo Picasso’s La<br />

Belle Hollandaise.<br />

1959 <strong>Queensland</strong> Centenary as<br />

a separate colony. Centenary<br />

<strong>Cultural</strong> Scheme allocates<br />

1 million pounds for regional<br />

and city cultural centres.<br />

1959 <strong>Queensland</strong>’s first<br />

commercial TV stations QTQ9<br />

and BTQ7 begin<br />

transmission.<br />

1960 <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Ballet established<br />

as the Lisner<br />

Ballet.<br />

1960 Thea Astley<br />

publishes her first novel<br />

A Descant for Gossips; goes on<br />

to win the Miles Franklin Award.<br />

1961 Australian modernist<br />

exhibition at the Whitechapel<br />

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Art Gallery in London<br />

included four<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> artists,<br />

Charles Blackman, Jon<br />

Molvig, Andrew Sibley<br />

and Ian Fairweather.<br />

1961 First Musica Viva<br />

season in Brisbane.<br />

1961 Formation of the<br />

Townsville Cinema Club, oldest<br />

cinema group in Australia.<br />

1961 Brisbane <strong>Arts</strong> Theatre<br />

opens in renovated building in<br />

Petrie Terrace, but burns down<br />

in 1964.<br />

1961 <strong>Arts</strong> Council of Australia<br />

(<strong>Queensland</strong>) established by Dr<br />

Gertrude Langer; later renamed<br />

the <strong>Queensland</strong> <strong>Arts</strong> Council.<br />

1961 The Contemporary Art<br />

Society of Australia (<strong>Queensland</strong><br />

branch) was established (until<br />

1973) at the instigation of Dr<br />

Bernard Schaffer, Roy Churcher,<br />

Ian Still and Bronwyn Yates. The<br />

Society was dedicated to<br />

abstraction and more radical<br />

approaches to visual art.<br />

1962 Brisbane holds its first<br />

Warana Festival.<br />

1962 Indigenous Australians<br />

gain the right to vote in Federal<br />

elections.<br />

1963 Diane Cilento nominated<br />

for an Oscar in the film Tom<br />

Jones.


People<br />

Creative <strong>Queensland</strong> recognises<br />

the importance of supporting the<br />

creative and innovative spirit of<br />

people – as individuals and artists, and<br />

as part of families and communities.<br />

Both Creative <strong>Queensland</strong> and the<br />

Government’s Putting Families First<br />

policy support the need to balance<br />

social and economic outcomes for the<br />

future wellbeing of individuals and<br />

communities.<br />

In supporting people, Creative<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> also affirms respect for<br />

cultural diversity and support for<br />

culturally diverse artistic practice.<br />

The key strategies for the Government in<br />

supporting people are to: enhance<br />

lifelong learning and education through<br />

artistic and cultural activity; and foster<br />

leadership and professional excellence<br />

in the arts.<br />

Supporting creative professionals such<br />

as artists and filmmakers is central to<br />

encouraging distinctive local ideas and<br />

work that will distinguish <strong>Queensland</strong> in<br />

the global marketplace.<br />

Lifelong Learning and Education<br />

through Artistic and <strong>Cultural</strong><br />

Activity<br />

Connecting people of all ages with the<br />

diverse cultural resources of the<br />

community will foster broader<br />

participation of individuals in artistic and<br />

cultural experiences, develop creativity<br />

and critical thinking skills and build<br />

audiences which are culturally aware.<br />

Fluff performed by Christine Johnston and Lisa O’Neill,<br />

a <strong>Queensland</strong> Performing <strong>Arts</strong> Centre (QPAC)<br />

co-production as part of the 2002 Out of the Box<br />

Festival. Photo courtesy of QPAC.<br />

Creativity and innovation can lead to the<br />

discovery of imaginative solutions to a<br />

diverse range of problems. The<br />

artistic experience embodies<br />

creativity and self-expression and<br />

can be a vehicle for personal<br />

development. An understanding<br />

of culture, both past and present, helps<br />

build a more tolerant and cohesive<br />

society.<br />

Working across the Government, and<br />

particularly partnerships between <strong>Arts</strong><br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> and Education <strong>Queensland</strong>,<br />

will strengthen the relationship between<br />

arts and cultural activities and lifelong<br />

learning and cultural literacy.<br />

To enhance lifelong learning and<br />

education in the community through<br />

arts and cultural activity, the<br />

Government will develop initiatives<br />

including:<br />

• Conduct a poetry and short story<br />

competition in <strong>Queensland</strong> schools,<br />

with winning works to be displayed on<br />

buses, to raise the profile of writing,<br />

provide innovative publishing<br />

opportunities for young people and<br />

present positive images of young<br />

people.<br />

• Conduct a major research project to<br />

identify the social and educational<br />

impact of arts activity on children in<br />

the middle school years.<br />

• Deliver arts and cultural experiences<br />

through visits to theatres, museums,<br />

archives, film production studios,<br />

galleries and libraries and<br />

participation in festivals.<br />

…enhance lifelong learning<br />

and education through<br />

artistic and cultural activity<br />

• Establish an Indigenous Youth <strong>Arts</strong><br />

Foundation to assist Indigenous high<br />

school students to develop career<br />

paths as professional artists and<br />

engage in a range of arts events such<br />

as contemporary music festivals.<br />

1963 National Trust of<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> formed by and<br />

constituted under an Act of<br />

Parliament.<br />

1964 8,000 fans<br />

at Brisbane<br />

airport greet The<br />

Beatles while<br />

antagonists<br />

toss garbage and<br />

▼<br />

suggest they get haircuts (the<br />

Fab Four perform to packed<br />

audiences at Festival Hall).<br />

1964 Aboriginal poet<br />

and activist Oodgeroo<br />

Noonuccal (Kath<br />

Walker) from North<br />

▼<br />

46645 Stradbroke<br />

Island<br />

becomes first<br />

Aborigine to<br />

publish with<br />

the release of We Are<br />

Going. The collection of poetry<br />

My People appears in 1970.<br />

(b. 1920 d.1993).<br />

1964 <strong>Queensland</strong> rock star<br />

Billy Thorpe moves to<br />

Sydney to become lead<br />

singer of The Aztecs.<br />

Admitted to the ARIA Hall of<br />

Fame 1991.<br />

1965 <strong>Queensland</strong> Youth<br />

Orchestra formed in Brisbane.<br />

1967 Forum Cinema opens in<br />

Adelaide Street. Three-quarters<br />

of Brisbane’s suburban theatres<br />

closed since the advent of TV in<br />

1959.<br />

1967-76 Aboriginal Relics<br />

Preservation Act recognised all<br />

‘relics’ as property of the Crown<br />

and provided for the Minister to<br />

purchase land or take<br />

protective measures and control<br />

access to sites.<br />

1968 <strong>Arts</strong> portfolio established<br />

under the direction of a<br />

Minister for <strong>Cultural</strong> Activities.<br />

1968 Central West <strong>Arts</strong> Council<br />

School of Creative <strong>Arts</strong><br />

established which would<br />

become <strong>Arts</strong> West in 1991.<br />

1968 <strong>Queensland</strong> Potters<br />

Association established.<br />

Incorporated 1974.<br />

1968 Ray Hughes Gallery<br />

opens in Brisbane.<br />

1968 Rock group Railroad Gin<br />

established (to 1976); have hit<br />

with Matter of Time.<br />

1969 Craft Council of<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> established. Traded<br />

as a company since 1978.<br />

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People Continued<br />

• Implement the Smart<br />

Library Network to provide<br />

increased access to<br />

collections, including<br />

unique cultural heritage<br />

resources, information<br />

services, professional<br />

library staff and<br />

technology to enhance<br />

community education and<br />

training.<br />

• Establish a Children’s Art<br />

Centre through the<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> Art Gallery<br />

that will present<br />

exhibitions and interactive<br />

projects designed for children as well<br />

as continuing Kids APT as part of the<br />

Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary<br />

Art.<br />

• Implement the arts education<br />

syllabus, encompassing music, visual<br />

arts, drama, dance and media and<br />

teaching children with more creative<br />

ways of engaging with the world.<br />

• Continue the Australian Children’s<br />

Film Festival as part of the Brisbane<br />

International Film Festival, and the<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> New Filmmakers Awards.<br />

• Encourage artists-in-residence in<br />

schools and in the community.<br />

Leadership and Professional<br />

Excellence in the <strong>Arts</strong><br />

The <strong>Queensland</strong> Government recognises<br />

the importance of cultural leadership<br />

and excellence. Best practice is vital to<br />

The <strong>Queensland</strong> Art Gallery's children's exhibition Play attracted more than 92,000<br />

visitors during the 2001-02 summer holidays. Photo courtesy of the <strong>Queensland</strong> Art Gallery.<br />

building the capacity of artists,<br />

artsworkers and arts companies to move<br />

into world markets and to stake a claim<br />

on local markets.<br />

Support for leadership and professional<br />

excellence can be created through<br />

exchange programs, reward and<br />

recognition programs and opportunities<br />

to build professional skills.<br />

To foster leadership and professional<br />

excellence in the arts, the Government<br />

will develop initiatives including:<br />

• Introduce an annual Creative<br />

Fellowship recognising leading<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> artists.<br />

• Showcase <strong>Queensland</strong> films<br />

internationally to build awareness and<br />

enhance the reputation of <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

filmmakers.<br />

• Support school extension<br />

programs in visual arts,<br />

performing arts and music<br />

for students with a special<br />

interest and talent in music,<br />

visual arts and dance to<br />

aspire to excellence and a<br />

career in the arts and<br />

cultural industries.<br />

• Promote excellence and<br />

leadership in arts and<br />

culture through awards and<br />

recognition programs such<br />

as the <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Premier’s Drama Award –<br />

Theatre and Public Life.<br />

• Promote the Premier of <strong>Queensland</strong>’s<br />

Export Awards to recognise the<br />

success of <strong>Queensland</strong>’s cultural<br />

industries.<br />

Picking Shells<br />

EXCERPT<br />

a crippled jetty,<br />

waves of fluid charcoal.<br />

two boys skipping stones.<br />

sun winding itself back.<br />

sky, like a great trapdoor<br />

flipping open.<br />

Melissa Ashley<br />

MILESTONES IN QUEENSLAND’S CULTURAL HISTORY<br />

1969 Dance North, (North<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> Ballet and Dance<br />

Company) founded by Ann<br />

Roberts.<br />

1969 <strong>Queensland</strong> Theatre<br />

Company established. SGIO<br />

Theatre opens.<br />

1969 State’s first multi-screen<br />

cinema opens as Valley Twin<br />

within the former Astor Theatre,<br />

New Farm.<br />

1970 Twelfth Night<br />

Theatre opened its new<br />

theatre at Bowen Hills<br />

built on land donated by<br />

the Johnstone Gallery<br />

and designed by Vitaly<br />

Gzell.<br />

1970 John McCallum Jnr<br />

elected President of the newly<br />

formed Australian Film Council.<br />

1971 Grin ‘n’ Tonic Theatre<br />

Troupe formed in Innisfail,<br />

North <strong>Queensland</strong>.<br />

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1971 <strong>Queensland</strong>er<br />

Neville Bonner<br />

becomes first<br />

Aborigine elected to<br />

Parliament.<br />

1972 Artist and pilot<br />

Mervyn Moriarty<br />

founded Australian<br />

Flying <strong>Arts</strong> School fulfilling the<br />

vision to fly contemporary arts<br />

practice to people in regional<br />

and isolated areas. Known as<br />

Flying <strong>Arts</strong> today.<br />

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1972 La Boite Theatre opens in<br />

Hale Street with the building<br />

designed by Blair<br />

Wilson and winning<br />

an industry award for<br />

the creative use of<br />

brick.<br />

1973 Guitarist Ed<br />

Kuepper begins career<br />

with rock band Kid<br />

Galahad and the<br />

Eternals (later punk pioneers<br />

The Saints).<br />

1975 David Malouf published<br />

nostalgic novel Johnno, which<br />

draws on post-war<br />

family experience in<br />

Brisbane.<br />

1975 Institute of<br />

Modern Art established<br />

by Roy and Betty<br />

Churcher and Ian Still<br />

with other members of<br />

the Contemporary Art<br />

Society which closed in 1973.<br />


Communities<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> is the most<br />

decentralised mainland State<br />

with more than 35 per cent of its<br />

3.5 million people living in regional,<br />

rural and remote communities.<br />

Each of these communities differs in its<br />

needs, capacities and resources. Each<br />

one adds texture to the rich cultural life<br />

of <strong>Queensland</strong>.<br />

Improved access to networking and<br />

marketing opportunities, a sustainable<br />

network of festivals and cultural tourism<br />

can make a significant contribution to<br />

regional regeneration and<br />

translate into jobs.<br />

The <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Government is committed<br />

to supporting communities<br />

in the development of their<br />

unique cultural assets.<br />

To foster community capacity and<br />

renewal through arts and cultural<br />

development, the Government will<br />

develop initiatives including:<br />

• Implement a Digital Outreach Service<br />

in which State Library of <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

staff will travel throughout<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> to support local history<br />

societies, Indigenous communities,<br />

multicultural groups and public<br />

libraries to preserve, arrange and<br />

digitise their original <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

materials.<br />

partnership between State and Local<br />

Governments.<br />

• Support touring of performances to<br />

regional <strong>Queensland</strong> through<br />

programs such as the <strong>Arts</strong> Regional<br />

Touring Service.<br />

Each one adds texture<br />

to the rich cultural life<br />

of <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

• Expand arts and cultural infrastructure<br />

in regional <strong>Queensland</strong> through<br />

programs such as the Millennium <strong>Arts</strong><br />

Regional Program.<br />

• Support community<br />

development through<br />

programs such as<br />

Community Renewal<br />

and the <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Heritage Trails Network.<br />

The key strategies for the<br />

Government in supporting<br />

communities are to: foster<br />

community capacity and<br />

renewal through cultural<br />

development; and promote<br />

cultural tourism.<br />

Community<br />

Engagement and<br />

Renewal<br />

<strong>Arts</strong> and cultural activity contributes to<br />

community revitalisation and renewal,<br />

helps celebrate unique cultural<br />

identities and promotes regional<br />

distinctiveness.<br />

Cirque de Lune at Boonah, a festival funded through the Regional <strong>Arts</strong> Development Fund.<br />

• Continue to encourage a sustainable<br />

statewide network of festivals and<br />

events.<br />

• Support arts and cultural development<br />

throughout regional <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

through the continuation of the<br />

Regional <strong>Arts</strong> Development Fund<br />

• Improve access to<br />

information about arts<br />

funding programs<br />

through statewide<br />

information sessions<br />

and appropriate<br />

formats for individuals<br />

with a disability or<br />

groups that represent<br />

the disability sector.<br />

• Provide online access to significant<br />

archival Government records at the<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> State Archives.<br />

• Support traditional and contemporary<br />

Indigenous cultural awareness<br />

projects such as the National<br />

1975 4ZZZ-FM, <strong>Queensland</strong>’s<br />

first FM station, goes to air.<br />

1975 Xavier Herbert’s sweeping<br />

Australian novel, Poor Fellow<br />

My Country, wins Miles Franklin<br />

Award.<br />

1976 <strong>Queensland</strong> Theatre<br />

Orchestra first performances.<br />

1976 Dick Roughsey’s The<br />

Rainbow Serpent and The<br />

Quinkans (1979) won Children’s<br />

Picture Book of the Year Awards.<br />

1976 Mileham Hayes alias Dr<br />

Jazz becomes president of the<br />

Australia Jazz Convention;<br />

establishes the <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Jazz Club 1980.<br />

1977 Employment of Ethnic <strong>Arts</strong><br />

Officer by the Ethnic Communities<br />

Council is the first Community<br />

<strong>Arts</strong> position in <strong>Queensland</strong>.<br />

1977 <strong>Queensland</strong> Film<br />

Corporation established.<br />

1978 First <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Community <strong>Arts</strong> Conference<br />

held.<br />

1979 4MBS Classic FM,<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong>’s first classical<br />

music FM radio station, goes<br />

to air.<br />

1979 <strong>Queensland</strong> Art Gallery<br />

Foundation established.<br />

1979 Brisbane City Council<br />

appoints first Community <strong>Arts</strong><br />

Officer.<br />

1980 Brisbane<br />

Community<br />

<strong>Arts</strong> Centre<br />

(later Metro<br />

<strong>Arts</strong>) appoints<br />

Community<br />

<strong>Arts</strong> Officer.<br />

1981 Lyric<br />

Opera of<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> established.<br />

1982 New Moon Theatre<br />

Company established in<br />

Townsville.<br />

1982 Brisbane hosts the<br />

Commonwealth Games.<br />

1982 Australia Council adopts<br />

the Art and Working Life policy.<br />

1982 Former Brisbane-ite<br />

Sigrid Thornton stars in the<br />

film, The Man from Snowy<br />

River. Goes on to become a<br />

film and TV favourite.<br />

1982 <strong>Queensland</strong> Community<br />

<strong>Arts</strong> Network (QCAN) established.<br />

Incorporated in 1987.<br />

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Communities Continued<br />

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander<br />

Day of Celebration (NAIDOC).<br />

• Implement the first <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong>-<br />

Local Government <strong>Cultural</strong> Protocol to<br />

improve partnership opportunities<br />

between the Government and local<br />

authorities in the delivery of arts and<br />

cultural services.<br />

• Develop a five-year Aboriginal and<br />

Torres Strait Islander <strong>Arts</strong> and <strong>Cultural</strong><br />

Reconciliation Strategy.<br />

• Support local councils through the<br />

Regional <strong>Arts</strong> Development Fund to<br />

conduct an annual Living Treasure<br />

award to acknowledge the significant<br />

contribution of an arts and cultural<br />

worker.<br />

• Assist local councils to build a filmfriendly<br />

reputation and attract film<br />

production through a film protocol<br />

developed in partnership with the<br />

South-East <strong>Queensland</strong> Regional<br />

Organisation of Councils (SEQROC).<br />

<strong>Cultural</strong> Tourism<br />

Tourism is a major contributor to<br />

economic activity in <strong>Queensland</strong>.<br />

<strong>Cultural</strong> tourism provides communities<br />

with an opportunity for economic<br />

development through showcasing a<br />

region’s distinct and unique cultural<br />

heritage and natural assets.<br />

Coordinated tourism development across<br />

the State through, for example, the<br />

Government’s Growing Tourism Strategy,<br />

will enhance regional <strong>Queensland</strong>’s<br />

economic and social development.<br />

Narjic Fogarty and daughter perform in Storylines<br />

Songlines by Jagera Jarjum. Commissioned by<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> Performing <strong>Arts</strong> Centre for Out of the Box<br />

2002. Photo courtesy of QPAC.<br />

To promote cultural tourism, the<br />

Government will develop initiatives<br />

including:<br />

• Establish an Indigenous cultural<br />

network which will link a range of<br />

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander<br />

arts and cultural activity and new<br />

facilities in Brisbane to provide<br />

opportunities to explore Indigenous<br />

cultures, contribute to reconciliation,<br />

and present a wide range of<br />

Songs of the<br />

East Coast<br />

EXCERPT<br />

Indigenous experiences to visitors to<br />

Brisbane and locals.<br />

• Market cultural tourism destinations in<br />

regional <strong>Queensland</strong> through the Drive<br />

Tourism Program.<br />

• Deliver training which links regional<br />

arts development to the promotion of<br />

Indigenous cultural product and<br />

supports Indigenous heritage tourism<br />

planning and development.<br />

• Deliver a statewide cultural tourism<br />

training program on CD-ROM.<br />

• Support the appreciation of<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong>’s history and cultural<br />

heritage and the documentation and<br />

conservation of sites and heritage<br />

places through the <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Community <strong>Cultural</strong> Heritage Incentive<br />

Program.<br />

• Develop publications to promote key<br />

heritage places and cultural tourism<br />

destinations such as Heritage Trails of<br />

the Tropical North and Indigenous<br />

Rock Art in <strong>Queensland</strong>.<br />

• Showcase <strong>Queensland</strong> in international<br />

films and television series and<br />

through Tourism <strong>Queensland</strong>, create<br />

cultural tourism opportunities.<br />

I am of the east coast country;<br />

Not from the great cities that play Faust,<br />

With flats for souls, but where the <strong>Queensland</strong> hills<br />

Bite the blue skies with their emerald teeth,<br />

And where the sun sets witches’ fires on the waterline.<br />

Here I was born.<br />

Val Vallis<br />

MILESTONES IN QUEENSLAND’S CULTURAL HISTORY<br />

1983 Access <strong>Arts</strong> established.<br />

1983 Northern Australia<br />

Regional Performing <strong>Arts</strong> Centres<br />

Association (NARPACA) began.<br />

1983 Street <strong>Arts</strong> established<br />

and from this organisation<br />

Rock ‘n’ Roll Circus and Icy Tea<br />

developed.<br />

1984 4RPH, <strong>Queensland</strong>’s first<br />

radio for the print handicapped,<br />

goes to air.<br />

1984 Aboriginal and Torres<br />

Strait Islander Heritage<br />

Protection Act (Commonwealth)<br />

provided for the preservation<br />

and protection of<br />

places, areas and<br />

objects of particular<br />

significance to<br />

Aboriginals and for<br />

related purposes.<br />

2.<br />

1984 Expressions<br />

Dance Company<br />

established.<br />

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1984 Far North <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Institute of TAFE establishes its<br />

Associate Diploma in Aboriginal<br />

and Torres Strait Islander Art.<br />

1984 Thomas<br />

Shapcott publishes<br />

White Stag in Exile<br />

based on emigre<br />

experience in<br />

Brisbane in the later<br />

1890s.<br />

1985 12 Edmondstone Street by<br />

Brisbane-born David Malouf<br />

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enshrines nostalgic family life in<br />

a <strong>Queensland</strong>er.<br />

1985 Activist actor Justine<br />

Saunders wins first Aboriginal<br />

of the Year Award. Returns the<br />

1991 Order of Australia in<br />

protest against claims there was<br />

no stolen generation.<br />

1985 Duke and Duchess of Kent<br />

open the <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Performing <strong>Arts</strong> Complex in<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong>’s <strong>Cultural</strong> Centre on<br />

Brisbane’s South Bank.<br />

1985 Launch of Aboriginal<br />

(Murri) Radio through 4ZZZ.<br />

Becomes independent in 1990<br />

as 4AAA.<br />

1985 Walkabout Creek Hotel in<br />

McKinlay used for the shooting<br />

of Paul Hogan’s hit movie<br />

Crocodile Dundee.<br />

1985 Laura Dance and <strong>Cultural</strong><br />

Festival starts in the mid-1980s<br />

in Far North <strong>Queensland</strong> to<br />

celebrate Indigenous song,<br />

dance and music.<br />

2. Photo courtesy Thomas Shapcott.


Places, Collections and Traditions<br />

We collect, preserve and present<br />

those objects which establish<br />

and maintain a sense of<br />

community, and to assert <strong>Queensland</strong>’s<br />

identity in all its diversity.<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> is home to a substantial<br />

network of cultural facilities – galleries,<br />

libraries, archives, museums,<br />

performance spaces, heritage centres,<br />

cinemas, tourist attractions and keeping<br />

places. These cultural storehouses<br />

provide an opportunity to connect with<br />

the past and understand that history.<br />

The State’s public collections are rich<br />

historical, scientific and cultural<br />

archives. They provide the basis of<br />

research, benchmarking and creative<br />

development of ideas.<br />

The Government has been consulting on<br />

cultural heritage legislation to provide<br />

effective recognition, protection and<br />

conservation of Aboriginal and Torres<br />

Strait Islander cultural heritage in<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong>.<br />

The key strategies for the Government in<br />

supporting and protecting public places,<br />

public collections and cultural traditions<br />

are to: promote adoption of new<br />

technologies in the cultural industries;<br />

enhance cultural infrastructure and<br />

services; and enhance public places.<br />

New Technologies<br />

New technologies that boost the<br />

capacity to deliver information and<br />

moving images and increase interactivity<br />

through television and the Internet<br />

provide the opportunity to make<br />

collections and traditions more<br />

accessible in a highly decentralised<br />

State. They also provide the scope to<br />

expand the nature of arts and cultural<br />

experiences available to audiences.<br />

The Government’s Communication<br />

and Information Strategic Plan and<br />

E-Commerce <strong>Policy</strong> will provide skills<br />

development and enable business, the<br />

community and local government to take<br />

advantage of the opportunities provided<br />

by information and<br />

communication<br />

technologies and<br />

e-commerce.<br />

Boiyool Michael Anning, Frogs shield/sword,<br />

2001, (shield) natural ochres and charcoal on<br />

softwood; (sword) hardwood. Photo courtesy<br />

of the artist and Artbank. Artist represented<br />

by Redback Art Gallery, Brisbane.<br />

and collections of the State Library,<br />

and other libraries and cultural<br />

institutions in <strong>Queensland</strong>, Australia<br />

and throughout the world.<br />

The <strong>Queensland</strong> Museum at the <strong>Queensland</strong> <strong>Cultural</strong> Centre.<br />

Photo courtesy of the <strong>Queensland</strong> Museum.<br />

To promote the adoption of<br />

new technologies in the<br />

cultural industries, the<br />

Government will develop<br />

initiatives including:<br />

• Implement the<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> Information<br />

Portal to provide 24-hour<br />

access to the information<br />

• Encourage a coordinated approach to<br />

the digitisation of the State’s<br />

collections to enhance public access<br />

to cultural resources.<br />

• Distribute and promote adaptive<br />

technologies to <strong>Queensland</strong> public<br />

libraries to support computer and<br />

Internet access by people with a<br />

disability, children and older people.<br />

1985 <strong>Queensland</strong> Art Gallery<br />

opens at South Bank <strong>Cultural</strong><br />

Centre.<br />

1985 – 2002 Black Womens<br />

Film Group evolved into Murri<br />

Image Unikup.<br />

1986 Launch of Brisbane<br />

Indigenous Media Association.<br />

1986 New <strong>Queensland</strong> Museum<br />

at South Bank completed.<br />

1986 Poet Thomas Shapcott’s<br />

Hotel Bellevue published with<br />

characters protesting the<br />

destruction of the landmark<br />

hotel. Bought by State<br />

Government in 1967 to house<br />

rural MPs; demolished 1979.<br />

1986 Regional Galleries<br />

Association of<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong><br />

established.<br />

1986 Rock ‘n’<br />

Roll Circus<br />

established.<br />

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3. Photo Aaron Tate,<br />

courtesy Rock ‘n’ Roll Circus.<br />

1986 The <strong>Queensland</strong> Writer<br />

publication was launched.<br />

1986 Umbrella Studio Inc<br />

visual artists collective<br />

established.<br />

1987 BEMAC, Brisbane<br />

3. Ethnic Music and <strong>Arts</strong> Centre,<br />

established.<br />

1987 <strong>Cultural</strong> Record<br />

(Landscapes <strong>Queensland</strong> and<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> Estate) Act made<br />

provision for the preservation<br />

and management of all<br />

components of Landscapes<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> and the<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> Estate.<br />

1987 Eyeline Magazine<br />

established promoting<br />

contemporary and experimental<br />

art in <strong>Queensland</strong> and<br />

nationally.<br />

1987 First Maleny Folk Festival<br />

now the Woodford Folk Festival<br />

held.<br />

1987 Inaugural Artist Day<br />

(13 October) established.<br />

1987 <strong>Queensland</strong> Film<br />

Development Office of the then<br />

<strong>Arts</strong> Division was established.<br />

1987 <strong>Queensland</strong> Indigenous<br />

artist Fiona Foley founds<br />

Boomali Aboriginal Co in Sydney<br />

with fellow <strong>Queensland</strong>ers Avril<br />

Quaill and Arone Raymond<br />

Meeks spearheading the<br />

emerging phenomenon of<br />

‘urban’ Aboriginal art.<br />

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Places, Collections and Traditions Continued<br />

• Continue to support the Australian<br />

Museums Online project in<br />

partnership with Commonwealth and<br />

other state governments.<br />

• Implement the Smart Library Network<br />

to deliver an integrated network of<br />

both physical and virtual community<br />

spaces creatively linking diverse<br />

groups of <strong>Queensland</strong>ers to<br />

information, knowledge and each<br />

other.<br />

• Explore the potential for Archives One,<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> State Archives’ core<br />

collection management software, for<br />

use by smaller heritage organisations.<br />

The Blackall Woolscour, Blackall, part of the <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Heritage Trails Network. Photo Richard Stringer.<br />

• Support training and key projects<br />

involving Information and<br />

Communications Technology through<br />

programs such as the Community<br />

Skills Development Program designed<br />

to increase the level of skills within<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> communities.<br />

Infrastructure and Services<br />

Well-planned infrastructure is required<br />

to support the delivery of services.<br />

Museums, galleries, archives, libraries<br />

and other social history and science<br />

discovery centres preserve, interpret and<br />

present stories and ideas, both past and<br />

present. This infrastructure provides<br />

enjoyment and the resources for<br />

lifelong learning and education.<br />

To enhance cultural infrastructure<br />

and services, the Government will<br />

develop initiatives including:<br />

• Explore the potential for multipurpose<br />

use of Government<br />

education infrastructure and<br />

facilities to encourage greater<br />

exchange of experiences and<br />

expertise between the arts<br />

community, teachers and<br />

students.<br />

• Stage a Material Culture Forum<br />

to identify strategies for<br />

addressing service delivery and<br />

access issues in regional<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong>.<br />

• Establish 31 Indigenous<br />

Knowledge Centres through the<br />

State Library of <strong>Queensland</strong> in<br />

partnership with Aboriginal and Torres<br />

Strait Islander Community Councils in<br />

Cape York and the Torres Strait.<br />

• Strengthen the Museum Resource<br />

Centre Network through a new<br />

management model to provide<br />

professional support to regional, local<br />

and specialist museums and galleries<br />

throughout <strong>Queensland</strong>.<br />

Modern technology brings to life the tales of the<br />

Pandora crew and the Bounty Mutineers at the<br />

Museum of Tropical <strong>Queensland</strong>. Photo courtesy of the<br />

Museum of Tropical <strong>Queensland</strong>.<br />

• Establish an Indigenous Centre at the<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> Museum as a dedicated<br />

place for Aboriginal and Torres Strait<br />

Islander people to access exhibitions,<br />

storytelling, information services and<br />

a meeting place.<br />

• Redevelop the State Library of<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> to deliver physical and<br />

electronic collections and services<br />

supporting learning, creativity and<br />

community engagement.<br />

• Encourage the formation of new<br />

alliances between State collecting<br />

institutions to consider integrated<br />

exhibitions that showcase the links<br />

between their respective collections.<br />

MILESTONES IN QUEENSLAND’S CULTURAL HISTORY<br />

1987 Tjapukai Dance Theatre<br />

started. 1996 Tjabukai <strong>Cultural</strong><br />

Centre opens.<br />

1987 Tropic Line Theatre<br />

established in Townsville.<br />

1988 David Unaipon Award for<br />

an unpublished Aboriginal or<br />

Torres Strait Writer established.<br />

1988 First <strong>Arts</strong> Officer<br />

appointed to <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Trades and Labour Council.<br />

1988 First Livid Festival held.<br />

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1988 Matilda<br />

Awards for<br />

Drama<br />

established.<br />

1988 New<br />

State Library of <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

opened at South Bank.<br />

1988 Premier’s Poetry<br />

Award/Warana Writers Award<br />

established.<br />

1988 Steele Rudd Award for<br />

Short Stories established.<br />

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1988 The Australian<br />

Stockman’s Hall of Fame<br />

opened by the Queen.<br />

1988 World Expo<br />

88 held in Brisbane.<br />

1989 Establishment of<br />

Imago: New Writing<br />

Cooperative an important<br />

vehicle for emerging writers in<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong>.<br />

1989 <strong>Queensland</strong> Government<br />

establishes the Exhibitions<br />

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▼<br />

Indemnification Scheme to<br />

indemnify blockbuster<br />

exhibitions of works by artists<br />

such as Van<br />

Gogh and<br />

Picasso.<br />

1989 Contact<br />

Inc youth arts<br />

and cultural development<br />

established.<br />

1989 <strong>Queensland</strong> Artworkers<br />

Alliance established.<br />

1989 Youth <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

established.<br />

1990 Aboriginal activist Sam<br />

Watson publishes the novel The<br />

Kadaitcha Sung.<br />

1990 Aboriginal filmmaker and<br />

artist Tracey Moffat represents<br />

Australia at Cannes Film Festival<br />

(also 1993).<br />

1990 Brisbane Biennial Festival<br />

of Music established. First<br />

festival in 1991.


Places, Collections and Traditions Continued<br />

• Integrate public art in the <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Parks and Wildlife Service’s Great<br />

Walks of <strong>Queensland</strong>, a series of<br />

walking tracks across the State, which<br />

present and promote the natural and<br />

cultural values of <strong>Queensland</strong>’s<br />

national parks and state forests.<br />

• Ensure the ongoing delivery of the two<br />

per cent for public art Art Built-in<br />

program.<br />

Public art at the new Cairns Government Office Building: Wik Elder Arthur Pampegan Jnr with artwork,<br />

Flying Fox Story Place, 2002. Photo Rae O'Connell.<br />

• Deliver the Millennium <strong>Arts</strong> Project<br />

including the development of the new<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> Gallery of Modern Art,<br />

redeveloped State Library, an<br />

Indigenous <strong>Cultural</strong> Centre, and<br />

16 regional cultural facilities.<br />

• Continue the repatriation program for<br />

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander<br />

cultural artefacts.<br />

Enhancing Public Places<br />

Engaging artists in the development of<br />

public infrastructure, through support<br />

for public art, is a mechanism by which<br />

the Government’s investment in the arts<br />

can improve the quality and<br />

functionality of the built environment.<br />

The Government Architect also plays an<br />

important role in supporting and<br />

enhancing cultural identity by providing<br />

advice to the Government in relation to<br />

the built environment, urban design<br />

and heritage issues.<br />

To enhance public places, the<br />

Government will develop initiatives<br />

including:<br />

• Establish the position of Government<br />

Curator, the first of its kind in the<br />

Government, to assist departments to<br />

manage their artwork asset collections<br />

and manage existing collections of<br />

artworks and newly commissioned<br />

works under the Government’s public<br />

art program, Art Built-in.<br />

• Create sustainable opportunities for<br />

the involvement of young people in<br />

public art.<br />

Hope<br />

As tribal elders sit,<br />

Their tribal thoughts tie their tongue.<br />

We, the foreigners,<br />

In this our land,<br />

Know not<br />

Where lies our future track.<br />

No place forward,<br />

None back.<br />

Hearing their city tribes<br />

Talk the foreign tongue,<br />

They shuffle their tribal feet,<br />

And wait,<br />

And judge,<br />

And soon, within their age-old eyes,<br />

A light appears:<br />

Yes, it was there,<br />

Though but a pinhead size.<br />

Frustrated still<br />

They walk away,<br />

With knowing smile<br />

And gentle voice.<br />

Now…<br />

We hope…<br />

For you have taught us<br />

…hope…there is.<br />

Oodgeroo of the tribe Noonuccal<br />

1990 Brisbane rock band<br />

Custard formed, wins Australian<br />

Academy of Music<br />

encouragement award in 1991.<br />

1990 Feral <strong>Arts</strong> established.<br />

1990 <strong>Queensland</strong> Art 4.<br />

Gallery launches the<br />

Balance exhibition.<br />

The first exhibition of<br />

predominantly<br />

Indigenous art to be<br />

curated by the<br />

Gallery.<br />

1990 First independent<br />

Indigenous artists cooperative<br />

Campfire Group established in<br />

Brisbane.<br />

1990 First <strong>Queensland</strong> Writer’s<br />

Train – journey of 800km<br />

west from Brisbane.<br />

1990 Graft ‘n’ <strong>Arts</strong><br />

established in Cairns.<br />

1990 Hands on Art<br />

established (formerly the<br />

Childrens Activity Group).<br />

▼<br />

4. Photo courtesy Hands on Art.<br />

1990 Ministers Awards for<br />

Excellence in the <strong>Arts</strong> established.<br />

1990 Playlab established.<br />

1990 <strong>Queensland</strong> Indigenous<br />

Committee for Visual <strong>Arts</strong> - an<br />

independent association of<br />

Statewide artists established.<br />

1990 <strong>Queensland</strong> Writers<br />

Centre established.<br />

1991 <strong>Arts</strong> Law Centre of<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> established<br />

offering financial and<br />

accounting services to artists.<br />

Extended to Cairns in 1996.<br />

1991 Australian Association for<br />

Dance Education (<strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Branch) established becomes<br />

Ausdance in 1992.<br />

1991 First Australia Festival of<br />

Chamber Music, Townsville.<br />

1991 James Blundell wins ARIA<br />

Award for best country record<br />

with Hand it Down.<br />

1991 La Luna Theatre<br />

Association Incorporated in<br />

Townsville; becomes La Luna<br />

Youth <strong>Arts</strong> (1994).<br />

1991 Pacific Film and Television<br />

Commission established.<br />

1991 Poet and author David<br />

Rowbotham receives Order of<br />

Australia.<br />

1991 Regional training<br />

residencies introduced by QCAN<br />

-CHARTS program.<br />

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Creative Enterprise<br />

Underpinning the principle of<br />

Creative Enterprise is the<br />

understanding that developing<br />

innovative cultural products and<br />

services leads to job creation and<br />

greater economic independence.<br />

The cultural sector comprises<br />

many small businesses, some<br />

in receipt of public subsidy,<br />

which face common pressures<br />

of increased competition,<br />

reduced investment by the<br />

private sector, the need to<br />

embrace new technology, and<br />

the difficulty of balancing<br />

research and development<br />

against economic outcomes.<br />

New economies are<br />

increasingly based on services<br />

and intellectual property rather than<br />

manufacturing and capital assets.<br />

Investing in ideas and innovation, the<br />

foundation of the cultural industries and<br />

the Smart State, will boost the capacity<br />

for <strong>Queensland</strong> enterprises to prosper.<br />

Communication and information<br />

technologies represent a key opportunity<br />

for cultural enterprises to embrace new<br />

markets, develop new products, reach<br />

new audiences and enhance service<br />

delivery.<br />

In 1998-99 exports of cultural goods<br />

across the country totalled $964<br />

million 10 . The export of cultural product<br />

also offers significant opportunities for<br />

cultural businesses and the <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

economy.<br />

Creative industries which focus on<br />

enterprises with strong potential for<br />

wealth and job creation are at the heart<br />

of the Smart State and represent an<br />

important priority for Government.<br />

The Creative Industries Precinct, Kelvin Grove being developed by the <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

University of Technology in partnership with the <strong>Queensland</strong> Government through the<br />

Department of State Development. Photo courtesy of Hassel/MGT.<br />

Alongside investment in projects such<br />

as the new Creative Industries Precinct<br />

at Kelvin Grove, the Government is<br />

preparing <strong>Queensland</strong>’s first Creative<br />

Industries Strategy led by the<br />

Department of State Development. This<br />

strategy will foster greater enterprise in<br />

the State’s cultural industries and help<br />

deliver the economic goals of the<br />

<strong>Cultural</strong> <strong>Policy</strong>.<br />

The key strategies for Government in<br />

promoting creative enterprise are to:<br />

increase employment and training<br />

opportunities in the cultural and creative<br />

industries; promote research and<br />

development; enhance export<br />

development opportunities; enhance<br />

business development; and foster<br />

growth in the creative industries.<br />

Jobs and Training<br />

Many new jobs and businesses are<br />

fuelled by the power of creativity and<br />

intellectual property. Greater connection<br />

is needed between artists, industry and<br />

jobs. To do this, Government<br />

will ensure that individuals<br />

have the necessary skills and<br />

qualifications to realise their<br />

vocational potential.<br />

The Government’s Breaking<br />

the Unemployment Cycle and<br />

Skilling <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

initiatives will help provide<br />

new job opportunities and<br />

training in the arts and<br />

cultural sector. A partnership<br />

between <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

and the Department of<br />

Employment and Training, The Smart<br />

State – Investing in <strong>Cultural</strong> Enterprises,<br />

is developing new training initiatives<br />

and job opportunities for artsworkers.<br />

To increase employment and training<br />

opportunities in the cultural and<br />

creative industries, the Government will<br />

develop initiatives including:<br />

• Continue to provide flexible,<br />

responsive, accessible and relevant<br />

training and professional development<br />

programs:<br />

– expansion of industry-based<br />

accredited training, assessment and<br />

recognition of current competencies;<br />

10 Australian Bureau of Statistics - Cultures and Leisure Framework 1998-99<br />

MILESTONES IN QUEENSLAND’S CULTURAL HISTORY<br />

1991 Refurbishment of the<br />

Thomas Dixon Building in West<br />

End for the <strong>Queensland</strong> Ballet<br />

and the <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Philharmonic Orchestra.<br />

1991 <strong>Queensland</strong>: A State for<br />

the <strong>Arts</strong> released by <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Government. Transforms cultural<br />

industries in <strong>Queensland</strong>.<br />

Funding for individual artists<br />

was introduced and the<br />

Regional <strong>Arts</strong> Development<br />

Fund was established.<br />

1992 <strong>Queensland</strong> Heritage Act<br />

passed in Parliament.<br />

1992 Andrew McGahan’s novel<br />

Praise published to critical<br />

acclaim.<br />

1992 Brisbane-born Barry Otto<br />

wins Australia Film Critics Award<br />

for best supporting actor in Baz<br />

Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom.<br />

1992 <strong>Arts</strong> Training <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

established.<br />

1992 Glenn Murcutt awarded<br />

20 Creative <strong>Queensland</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong> Government <strong>Cultural</strong> <strong>Policy</strong> 2002<br />

the elite Aalto medal, becoming<br />

one of only eight architects in<br />

the world to hold the honour.<br />

1992 Brisbane International<br />

Film Festival introduced.<br />

1992 Joe Furlonger wins the<br />

inaugural Moet and Chandon<br />

prize - one of five<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong>ers to win the award<br />

throughout the 1990s. Other<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong>ers to win were<br />

Gordon Bennett, Judy Watson,<br />

Hollie and Jude Kentish.<br />

1992 Out of the<br />

Box festival of<br />

early childhood<br />

established.<br />

1992 The Lab<br />

established in<br />

Townsville.<br />

1993 Central<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> University Press<br />

established focussing on<br />

publication of regional and rural<br />

writing.<br />

▼<br />

1993 Curator,<br />

photographer and<br />

writer Michael Aird<br />

opens Portrait of Our<br />

Elders at the<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> Museum.<br />

5. 1993 The famous<br />

‘Mabo’ judgement<br />

handed down by the High Court<br />

of Australia; overturns the<br />

notion of ‘terra nullius’ and<br />

recognises ‘native title’.<br />

5. Photo courtesy <strong>Queensland</strong> Performing<br />

<strong>Arts</strong> Centre.


Creative Enterprise Continued<br />

– business, marketing and project<br />

management skills for established<br />

artists with a particular emphasis on<br />

export, public art projects and major<br />

cultural and sporting events.<br />

– training for volunteers in galleries,<br />

museums, sporting and cultural<br />

events and community radio.<br />

– training for<br />

established<br />

artists which<br />

assists them<br />

to contribute<br />

to and<br />

promote<br />

festivals and<br />

events.<br />

– programs<br />

designed to<br />

provide skills in<br />

the area of technology in creative<br />

arts, animation, digital arts and film<br />

and video production.<br />

• Increase transitional support programs<br />

for young people to assist them to<br />

move from study to work, for example,<br />

mentoring, industry induction and<br />

management skills training.<br />

• Provide funding to support<br />

professional development of artists<br />

through seminars, workshops,<br />

conferences and exchanges.<br />

• Generate professional job<br />

opportunities for <strong>Queensland</strong> artists<br />

through the Art Built-in public art<br />

program.<br />

Project Officer and Community Trainee Coordinator<br />

Trish Johnson (left) with trainees Krystle Sutherland<br />

and Tony Albert at the <strong>Queensland</strong> Art Gallery.<br />

Photo courtesy of the Department of Employment and<br />

Training. Photo Mike Curtain.<br />

• Explore the development of new<br />

partnerships between artists and the<br />

private and community sectors to<br />

enhance employment outcomes.<br />

• Increase job opportunities for artists<br />

and artsworkers by supporting online<br />

information packages on training,<br />

education and employment in the<br />

arts, cultural and<br />

creative industries.<br />

• Establish a<br />

community<br />

training centre in<br />

the redeveloped<br />

State Library of<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> to<br />

provide Internet<br />

and information<br />

literacy training to<br />

groups including<br />

unemployed people, business people,<br />

seniors and Indigenous people.<br />

• Implement online training programs<br />

and outreach training services through<br />

the redeveloped State Library to<br />

provide access to regional, rural and<br />

remote communities.<br />

• Deliver training which links regional<br />

arts development to the promotion of<br />

Indigenous cultural product and<br />

supports Indigenous heritage tourism<br />

planning and development.<br />

• Deliver a skills development program<br />

in partnership with the Australia<br />

Council to regional <strong>Queensland</strong> to<br />

assist arts and cultural workers and<br />

organisations in promoting their<br />

product to the broader community<br />

through the media.<br />

Research and Development<br />

In the Smart State, investment in<br />

research and development is<br />

fundamental. It identifies what<br />

collections to keep and how best to<br />

keep them; discovers the scientific and<br />

economic potential of collections and<br />

traditions; builds culturally exciting<br />

places that attract citizens and tourists;<br />

and builds innovation and creativity<br />

which benefits the broader creative<br />

industries.<br />

Public art at the <strong>Queensland</strong> Theatre Company’s new<br />

premises: detail of Julie Romaniuk’s Light the fuse -<br />

from fingertip through sternum to fingertip, 2002.<br />

Photo Three Pines Studio.<br />

1993 First Asia-Pacific Triennial<br />

of Contemporary Art,<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> Art Gallery.<br />

1993 Incorporation of<br />

Kooemba Jdarra –<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong>’s first<br />

Indigenous theatre<br />

company.<br />

1993 Kickarts Collective<br />

Inc incorporated.<br />

▼<br />

1993 Museums Australia<br />

(<strong>Queensland</strong>) established.<br />

1993 <strong>Queensland</strong> Office of <strong>Arts</strong><br />

and <strong>Cultural</strong> Development (<strong>Arts</strong><br />

<strong>Queensland</strong>) established.<br />

1993 Sharing Lines: A<br />

collection of Aboriginal<br />

and Torres Strait<br />

Islander women’s<br />

writing edited by Jackie<br />

Huggins (Black Day<br />

Dawning) is published.<br />

1993-94 <strong>Queensland</strong> <strong>Cultural</strong><br />

Industry: An Economic Profile<br />

was produced.<br />

1994 <strong>Arts</strong> Regional Touring<br />

Service (ARTS) introduced by<br />

the Government.<br />

1994 Coalition for <strong>Cultural</strong><br />

Diversity in the <strong>Arts</strong><br />

established.<br />

1994 Creative Nation, the<br />

landmark federal cultural policy<br />

is released.<br />

1994 Fringe Art Collective Inc<br />

established (till 2001) to assist<br />

the development of young and<br />

emerging poets in <strong>Queensland</strong>.<br />

1994 David Malouf’s<br />

Remembering Babylon wins<br />

world’s richest literary prize,<br />

IMPAC Dublin Award.<br />

1994 First Aboriginal and Torres<br />

Strait Islander position<br />

established at QCAN.<br />

1994 QMusic established.<br />

1994 Repatriation of Palm<br />

Island Aboriginal Tambo from<br />

Cleveland Ohio and ceremonial<br />

burial 100 years after his death<br />

in 1884.<br />

1995 <strong>Arts</strong> Nexus established to<br />

assist arts and cultural<br />

development in Far North<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong>.<br />

1995 Biz<strong>Arts</strong> program was<br />

launched for commissioning<br />

and prototyping of <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

designed furniture.<br />

1995 Cairns Regional Art<br />

Gallery established.<br />

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Creative Enterprise Continued<br />

The Government’s Research and<br />

Development Strategy Issues Paper<br />

identifies the importance of research<br />

and development to <strong>Queensland</strong>’s<br />

economic and social future.<br />

To promote research and development<br />

in the cultural industries, the<br />

Government will develop initiatives<br />

including:<br />

• Promote research alliances<br />

within <strong>Queensland</strong>,<br />

nationally and<br />

internationally to support<br />

excellence in the<br />

conservation and display of<br />

public collections.<br />

• Form strategic alliances with<br />

international research and<br />

development bodies,<br />

including the Smithsonian<br />

Institute in the United<br />

States.<br />

• Establish the <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Art Gallery’s Australian<br />

Centre of Asia-Pacific Art for research,<br />

curatorial practice and the<br />

presentation of Asia-Pacific arts.<br />

• Form strategic research partnerships<br />

between the arts sector, the tertiary<br />

sector and the Government to deliver<br />

relevant and innovative research into<br />

arts, arts education and creative<br />

industries.<br />

• Provide funding to support cuttingedge<br />

ideas and experimental works.<br />

Export Development<br />

The export of goods and services is a<br />

key sector of <strong>Queensland</strong>’s economy,<br />

comprising more than one-fifth of Gross<br />

State Product 11 . It is vital that exportready<br />

cultural enterprises look to<br />

national and overseas markets to<br />

expand their business.<br />

Nalini Malani, Remembering Toba Tek Singh 1998-99, 20-minute video<br />

installation at the Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art 2002.<br />

Photo reproduced with permission of the <strong>Queensland</strong> Art Gallery.<br />

The <strong>Queensland</strong> Government recognises<br />

the importance of strengthening the<br />

State's export base and through its<br />

Export Solutions – the <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Government Trade Strategy, will increase<br />

the number of new exporting<br />

companies, facilitate access to export<br />

markets for export-ready companies and<br />

increase the State’s knowledgeintensive<br />

exports. In boosting export<br />

readiness, the Government also<br />

recognises the potential of local<br />

products to succeed in local markets.<br />

To enhance export development<br />

opportunities, the Government will<br />

develop initiatives including:<br />

• Develop a <strong>Cultural</strong> Export <strong>Policy</strong> which<br />

will build partnerships between <strong>Arts</strong><br />

<strong>Queensland</strong>, the Department of State<br />

Development and the Department of<br />

the Premier and Cabinet to take<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> art and cultural products<br />

to world markets.<br />

• Establish an Indigenous <strong>Arts</strong> and<br />

<strong>Cultural</strong> Marketing and Export Program<br />

led by the Department of State<br />

Development in partnership with <strong>Arts</strong><br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> and the Department of<br />

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander<br />

<strong>Policy</strong> to provide links between artists<br />

and buyers. The Premier as Minister<br />

for Trade will play a key role in<br />

promoting this program.<br />

• Increase promotion of <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

crew, cast, facilities, locations and film<br />

incentives in Europe, South-East Asia<br />

and the United States to attract more<br />

film production and post-production<br />

to the State.<br />

• Introduce an arts and cultural<br />

component to the existing Business<br />

Skills Development Program targeting<br />

export-ready companies and ventures.<br />

• Work with inbound and outbound<br />

trade missions to provide a link<br />

between the arts and cultural sectors<br />

and trade and investment<br />

opportunities.<br />

11 <strong>Queensland</strong> State Accounts, Office of the Government Statistician,<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> Treasury<br />

MILESTONES IN QUEENSLAND’S CULTURAL HISTORY<br />

1995 Bring Back the Magic<br />

campaign launched by<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> Performing <strong>Arts</strong><br />

Museum at QPAC to collect and<br />

preserve <strong>Queensland</strong>’s<br />

performing arts heritage.<br />

1995 The real identity of Helen<br />

Darville-Demidenko is revealed<br />

after she wins the Miles Franklin<br />

Award.<br />

1995 First Indigenous Art<br />

Curator Margo Neale appointed<br />

to the <strong>Queensland</strong> Art Gallery.<br />

1995 QIAAC (<strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Indigenous Artists Aboriginal<br />

Corporation) established to<br />

support and promote<br />

Indigenous artists in regional<br />

communities.<br />

1995 <strong>Queensland</strong> Government<br />

launches Building Local, Going<br />

Global policy.<br />

1995 Release of Hidden<br />

Heritage – Development Plan<br />

for Museums in <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

which sees the establishment of<br />

a network of Museum<br />

Development Officers across<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> partnered with the<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> Museum and Local<br />

Government.<br />

1995 The TV series -<br />

Ocean Girl, Pacific<br />

Drive and Fire filmed<br />

in <strong>Queensland</strong> as well<br />

as the movies The<br />

Phantom, The Story of<br />

the CIA and The<br />

Island of Dr Moreau.<br />

1996 Backbone Youth <strong>Arts</strong><br />

(formerly La Boite Youth<br />

Theatre) becomes its own<br />

company.<br />

1996 Brisbane<br />

band Regurgitator<br />

wins best debut<br />

album of the year at<br />

the annual ARIA<br />

Music Awards; best<br />

album in 1998.<br />

1996 House Styles architecture<br />

exhibition – first international<br />

▼<br />

tour of <strong>Queensland</strong> architecture.<br />

Tours New York, London, Paris<br />

and Jakarta.<br />

1996 Inaugural Brisbane<br />

Festival staged.<br />

1996 Inaugural <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Writers Festival established.<br />

1996 Conservatorium Theatre<br />

opens at South Bank, providing<br />

a venue for both the<br />

Conservatorium and Opera<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong>.<br />

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Creative Enterprise Continued<br />

• Coordinate inbound and<br />

outbound trade missions for<br />

filmmakers to attract<br />

production finance and<br />

distribution deals.<br />

Business Development<br />

and Creative Industries<br />

Promoting economic<br />

independence for cultural sector<br />

companies is central to their<br />

growth and prosperity in the<br />

future. <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong> will<br />

work to promote business<br />

outcomes in the cultural<br />

industries, in partnership with<br />

the Department of State<br />

Development, as part of the<br />

broader objective to foster<br />

growth in the creative industries.<br />

To enhance business development<br />

opportunities for the cultural and the<br />

wider creative industries, the<br />

Government will develop initiatives<br />

including:<br />

• Establish a business start-up program,<br />

including skills development, for new<br />

businesses in the cultural sector<br />

where a strong business case can be<br />

demonstrated.<br />

• Continue to invest in innovative film<br />

ideas that attract market interest<br />

enabling them to be developed,<br />

manufactured, marketed and sold<br />

internationally.<br />

• Develop a Creative Industries Strategy,<br />

led by the Department of State<br />

Shaun Wake-Mazey, Disco, 2000, oil on wood. Photo courtesy of the artist<br />

and Artbank. Self represented.<br />

Development, to promote nationally<br />

and internationally competitive<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> firms and products.<br />

• Develop and implement a learning<br />

framework to assist Indigenous artists<br />

throughout <strong>Queensland</strong> to develop<br />

skills in industry development and<br />

marketing.<br />

An Ordinary Evening<br />

in Hamilton EXCERPT<br />

The garden shifts indoors, the house lets fall<br />

its lamp light, opens<br />

windows in the earth<br />

• Contribute to the development<br />

and promotion of creative<br />

industries research, education<br />

and enterprise through<br />

investment in the Creative<br />

Industries Precinct.<br />

• Undertake research and promote<br />

new models of service delivery<br />

and business development for the<br />

<strong>Arts</strong> Portfolio and non-government<br />

sector that promote innovation,<br />

networking and partnering,<br />

particularly in regional and rural<br />

areas of <strong>Queensland</strong>.<br />

• Undertake a review of writing in<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> to identify<br />

opportunities for stimulating<br />

growth in the sector.<br />

• Support business development<br />

initiatives, such as the Music Business<br />

Advisory Service, in sectors with strong<br />

potential for wealth and job generation.<br />

• Partner with national agencies, such<br />

as the Australian Business <strong>Arts</strong><br />

Foundation, to drive increased<br />

business outcomes for the cultural<br />

sector.<br />

and the small stars of the grass, the night insects, needlepoint<br />

a jungle more dense<br />

than any tapestry, where Saturn burns, a snow owl’s nest, and melons<br />

feed<br />

their crystal with hot sugars of the moon.<br />

David Malouf<br />

1997 Aboriginal Centre for the<br />

Performing <strong>Arts</strong> launched in<br />

Brisbane.<br />

1997 <strong>Arts</strong> Business Culture: a<br />

Research report on an<br />

Indigenous cultural<br />

industry in <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

published by <strong>Arts</strong><br />

<strong>Queensland</strong>.<br />

1997 Brisbane duo<br />

Savage Garden enter<br />

record books<br />

winning eight ARIA<br />

▼<br />

awards, the most ever won by a<br />

group in one year.<br />

1997 Indigenous Library Unit<br />

opens in Cairns.<br />

1997 OPAL scheme (Online<br />

Public Access in<br />

Libraries)<br />

launched a rollout<br />

of Internet<br />

services to<br />

public libraries<br />

in the State.<br />

1997 Launch of <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Government’s Your Culture, Your<br />

Move - the first youth cultural<br />

policy for <strong>Queensland</strong>.<br />

1997 QAG Pathways Exhibition<br />

opens.<br />

1997 QPIX (<strong>Queensland</strong> Screen<br />

Resource Centre) established.<br />

1997 Stage X festival for young<br />

people begins.<br />

1997 Subverse <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Poetry Festival founded (until<br />

2001) to become <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Poetry Festival in 2002.<br />

1997 University of <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Press appoints first<br />

Indigenous editor.<br />

1997 Waltzing Matilda<br />

Centre at Winton<br />

established.<br />

1997 Toowoomba’s<br />

Geoffrey Rush wins the<br />

Oscar for Best Male Actor for his<br />

performance in the film Shine.<br />

1998 Optus Playhouse<br />

officially opened.<br />

1998 Brisbane Festival<br />

established.<br />

1998 Nick Earles<br />

wins Betty Trask<br />

Award in UK with best<br />

selling novel Zigzag<br />

Street; published 1996.<br />

▼<br />

1998 First Torres Strait<br />

Islander Community <strong>Arts</strong> Officer<br />

appointed.<br />

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Consultation and Research<br />

The <strong>Queensland</strong> Government<br />

<strong>Cultural</strong> <strong>Policy</strong> is the result of<br />

extensive research and<br />

consultation.<br />

On 3 December 2001, State Cabinet<br />

endorsed the release of an ideas paper,<br />

smart state ➔ creative queensland, for<br />

public consultation to assist in the<br />

development of the <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Glossary<br />

For the purposes of this policy, the<br />

following definitions apply:<br />

Artists, whether professional or unpaid,<br />

are individuals who practise in any<br />

aspect of the arts and create arts or<br />

cultural product 12 .<br />

<strong>Arts</strong> encompasses all forms of cultural<br />

and artistic activity and expression 13 .<br />

<strong>Arts</strong>worker is a person who manages or<br />

facilitates the development of arts and<br />

cultural activity 14 .<br />

Creative enterprise is the use of<br />

creativity and arts in commerciallyfocussed<br />

activity.<br />

Creative industries are “activities which<br />

have their origin in individual creativity,<br />

skill and talent and which have the<br />

potential for wealth and job creation<br />

through the generation and exploitation<br />

of intellectual property” 15 .<br />

Government <strong>Cultural</strong> <strong>Policy</strong>. The closing<br />

date for submissions was 20 February<br />

2002.<br />

The consultation process was extensive<br />

including 27 public forums across the<br />

State, wide distribution of the ideas<br />

paper and feedback through an online<br />

forum.<br />

<strong>Cultural</strong> industries include the arts, but<br />

cover a wider range of enterprises, such<br />

as the media, museums, archives,<br />

libraries, entertainment industries, sport<br />

and recreation, urban planning and<br />

architecture.<br />

Culture is about a way of life; the<br />

important patterns and symbols that<br />

reflect knowledge, ideas, beliefs, values,<br />

spirituality, standards and responses.<br />

Ballet dancer Michelle Giammichele and Julian<br />

Lankshear during a dress rehearsal for Romeo and<br />

Juliet 1996. Photo Patrick Hamilton, The Australian.<br />

In addition, <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong> researched<br />

previous and current cultural policy<br />

development models, both nationally<br />

and internationally. This ensured the<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> Government <strong>Cultural</strong> <strong>Policy</strong><br />

was developed in recognition of key<br />

international trends in cultural and<br />

government policy.<br />

Information technology and<br />

telecommunications (IT & T) are “the<br />

technologies that enable the capture,<br />

storage, manipulation, retrieval, transfer<br />

or dissemination of information” 16 .<br />

Innovation “is the conversion of<br />

knowledge and ideas into a benefit,<br />

which may be for commercial use or for<br />

the public good. The benefit may be new<br />

or improved products, processes or<br />

services” 17 .<br />

Intellectual property (IP) refers to<br />

“useful artistic and industrial information<br />

and knowledge or property that derives<br />

from the work of the mind or intellect” 18 .<br />

12 Adapted from <strong>Arts</strong>, Business, Culture: A Research Report on an<br />

Indigenous <strong>Cultural</strong> Industry in <strong>Queensland</strong> by Sharenne Bell. Brisbane:<br />

<strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong>, 1997.<br />

13 Adapted from <strong>Arts</strong>, Business, Culture.<br />

14 <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong> Grants Handbook 2002. Brisbane: <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong>, 2002.<br />

15 Creative Industries Task Force Mapping Document 2001, Department of<br />

Culture, Media and Sport, London, 2001.<br />

16 Innovation – <strong>Queensland</strong>’s Future. Brisbane: Department of Innovation<br />

and Information Economy, 2000.<br />

17 Innovation Directions for <strong>Queensland</strong> 2001 - An Innovation Framework<br />

Supporting the Smart State. <strong>Queensland</strong> Innovation Council. Brisbane:<br />

Department of Innovation and Information Economy, 2001.<br />

18 Innovation – <strong>Queensland</strong>’s Future.<br />

MILESTONES IN QUEENSLAND’S CULTURAL HISTORY<br />

1998 Ilan Pasin: This is Our<br />

Way - the first survey show of<br />

traditional and contemporary<br />

Torres Strait Islander art<br />

opens in Cairns co-curated<br />

by Indigenous curators Tom<br />

Mosby and Brian Robinson.<br />

1998 Michael Anning from<br />

Ravenshoe, south of Cairns,<br />

wins Wandjuk Marika Memorial<br />

3D Award at the Darwin<br />

National Aboriginal and Torres<br />

Strait Islander Art Award.<br />

▼<br />

1998 381<br />

Brunswick Street<br />

is refurbished and<br />

opens as the new<br />

home for<br />

Artworkers<br />

Alliance, Youth<br />

<strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong>,<br />

Craft <strong>Queensland</strong>,<br />

Regional Galleries Association<br />

of <strong>Queensland</strong>, Museums<br />

Australia (<strong>Queensland</strong>) and the<br />

Public Art Agency.<br />

24 Creative <strong>Queensland</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong> Government <strong>Cultural</strong> <strong>Policy</strong> 2002<br />

1998 The Government’s public<br />

art policy Art Built-in is<br />

established which sees 2% of<br />

State Government capital works<br />

budgets allocated for<br />

commissioning of <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

art and design. The policy came<br />

into effect on 1 July 1999.<br />

1998-2002 Indigenous<br />

Regional <strong>Arts</strong> Development<br />

Fund established and<br />

Indigenous Community <strong>Arts</strong><br />

Officers appointed.<br />

1999 Global <strong>Arts</strong> Link opened<br />

in Ipswich.<br />

1999 <strong>Queensland</strong> Biennial<br />

Festival of Music established.<br />

1999 <strong>Queensland</strong> Premier’s<br />

Literary Awards established for<br />

emerging <strong>Queensland</strong> writers.<br />

These awards complement the<br />

<strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong> Judith Wright<br />

Calanthe Award for Poetry, the<br />

<strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong> Steele Rudd<br />

Australian Short Story Award,<br />

the <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong> David<br />

Uniapon Award for Indigenous<br />

Writing and the <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Unpublished Poetry Award.<br />

1999 Theatre <strong>Arts</strong> Network<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> (TANQ) was formed<br />

through the amalgamation of<br />

the <strong>Queensland</strong> Theatre<br />

Industry Alliance (QTIA) and the<br />

Brisbane Association of<br />

Collaborative Theatre (ACT).


Glossary Continued<br />

Edward Koumans, Bush Ranger Series, Figures, 1998, found objects, plaster bandage. Photo courtesy of the artist<br />

and Artbank. Artist represented by Gallery 101, Melbourne.<br />

Knowledge economy refers to the<br />

content industries developing products<br />

that are disseminated using multimedia,<br />

through a combination of entertainment,<br />

information and education 19 .<br />

A number of <strong>Queensland</strong> Government<br />

documents have been referred to in<br />

Creative <strong>Queensland</strong>. A brief description<br />

of each follows:<br />

Putting Families First (Department of<br />

Families, October 2001): A policy<br />

statement which provides a framework<br />

for the ongoing development of strong<br />

and effective responses to the needs of<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> children, families and<br />

communities. It represents a whole-of-<br />

Government approach to building the<br />

strength and wellbeing of families and<br />

communities.<br />

www.families.qld.gov.au/families_first/<br />

policy.html<br />

Smart State: Health 2020 A Vision for<br />

the Future Discussion Paper<br />

(<strong>Queensland</strong> Health, April 2002): The<br />

strategic vision that will set the<br />

implementation strategies for<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> Health until the year 2020.<br />

www.health.qld.gov.au<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> the Smart State - Education<br />

and Training Reforms for the Future -<br />

Part three (Department of the Premier<br />

and Cabinet, March 2002): Green paper<br />

that sought community views on a range<br />

of proposed Smart State reforms for<br />

education and training in <strong>Queensland</strong>.<br />

www.thepremier.qld.gov.au/smartstate/<br />

education_training<br />

Strategy for Growing Tourism<br />

(Department of Tourism, Racing and Fair<br />

Trading, 2001): Outlines the broad<br />

strategic direction for developing<br />

tourism in a sustainable manner and<br />

demonstrates the <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Government's commitment to tourism.<br />

www.dtrft.qld.gov.au<br />

Community<br />

Engagement Division<br />

Directions Statement<br />

(Department of the<br />

Premier and Cabinet,<br />

2001): Sets a vision,<br />

principles for<br />

engagement, goals,<br />

priorities and<br />

innovations for the<br />

Community<br />

Engagement Division of<br />

the <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Government.<br />

www.premiers.qld.gov.au/about/<br />

community/index.htm<br />

Priorities in Progress (<strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Treasury, 2001): An annual report by the<br />

State Government to the <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

community about the progress being<br />

made towards achieving the<br />

Government’s priorities outlined in the<br />

Charter of Social and Fiscal<br />

Responsibility. It informs the community<br />

of the impact of the Government's<br />

policies and initiatives in the previous<br />

financial year and the strategies being<br />

pursued to progress the priorities.<br />

www.treasury.qld.gov.au/ priorities2000<br />

Innovation Directions for <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

2001 (<strong>Queensland</strong> Innovation Council,<br />

Department of Innovation and<br />

Information Economy, September 2001):<br />

A discussion paper that outlines an<br />

innovation framework that will support<br />

19 Adapted from Commerce in Content: Building Australia’s International<br />

Future in Interactive Multimedia Markets. A report for the Department<br />

of Industry, Science and Technology, CSIRO and the Broadband<br />

Services Expert Group by Cutler and Company Pty Ltd, September 1994.<br />

2000 Brisbane<br />

Powerhouse Centre for<br />

the Live <strong>Arts</strong> opened.<br />

2000 Launch of<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> <strong>Cultural</strong><br />

<strong>Policy</strong> for Young People.<br />

2000 Launch of the<br />

reestablished Ningy Ningy Bora<br />

Rings.<br />

2000 Q Music began delivering<br />

the A-Venue contemporary music<br />

initiative for young people.<br />

▼<br />

6. Photo courtesy Brisbane Powerhouse.<br />

Photo Jon Linkins.<br />

2000 <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Poets Union<br />

incorporated.<br />

2000 Recognition<br />

6.<br />

statement of the<br />

Australian South Sea Islander<br />

community adopted by the<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> Legislative<br />

Assembly on 7 September.<br />

2000 Youth <strong>Arts</strong><br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> manages Youth<br />

<strong>Arts</strong> Mentoring Program<br />

(YAMP) for the first time.<br />

▼<br />

2001 <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

becomes the first <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Department for the arts and<br />

cultural development.<br />

2001 The Ideas Festival at the<br />

Brisbane City Council’s<br />

Powerhouse saw international<br />

speakers such<br />

as Germaine<br />

Greer, Lord<br />

Robert<br />

Winston,<br />

Gilberto<br />

Gallopin and Phillip Adams<br />

present to a large and engaged<br />

Brisbane audience.<br />

2001 Brisbane rock band<br />

Powderfinger wins six ARIA<br />

music awards in Sydney,<br />

including best group, best<br />

record and highest selling<br />

album of the year. They won<br />

four in 1999.<br />

2001 University of <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Press publishes Peter Carey’s<br />

The True History of the Kelly<br />

Gang which wins the 2001<br />

Booker Prize.<br />

2001 <strong>Queensland</strong> Performing<br />

<strong>Arts</strong> Museum at QPAC opens<br />

the Tony Gould Gallery.<br />

2001 Musgrave Park <strong>Cultural</strong><br />

Centre approved for<br />

development.<br />

2001 Mt Isa musician Jason<br />

Connelly wins Most Promising<br />

New Talent at the 7th Deadly<br />

Sounds ATSI Music Awards.<br />

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Glossary Continued<br />

the transformation of <strong>Queensland</strong> to the<br />

Smart State.<br />

www.iie.qld.gov.au/corporate/<br />

innovation_directions.pdf<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> State Education 2010<br />

(Education <strong>Queensland</strong>, 2000):<br />

A comprehensive strategy for State<br />

education in <strong>Queensland</strong> that aims to<br />

ensure that the education levels and<br />

skills of <strong>Queensland</strong>ers are among the<br />

best in the world. The fundamental aim<br />

of QSE 2010 is to increase the number of<br />

students successfully completing 12<br />

years of schooling.<br />

www.education.qld.gov.au<br />

Skilling <strong>Queensland</strong> (2001-2004)<br />

(Department of Employment and<br />

Training 2001): The <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

vocational education and training<br />

strategy provides a vision and response<br />

to global and local trends, national and<br />

state strategies and priorities, and<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong>'s social, economic and<br />

geographic issues.<br />

www.det.qld.gov.au<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> R & D Strategy Issues<br />

Paper (Department of Innovation and<br />

Information Economy, April 2002):<br />

Presents a framework for coordinating<br />

and prioritising the Government's<br />

investment in R & D (research and<br />

development) and encourages further<br />

investment by other R & D sectors<br />

including the Commonwealth<br />

Government, business and higher<br />

education so that R & D activity<br />

contributes to the development of<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> as the Smart State.<br />

www.iie.qld.gov.au<br />

Improving People's Lives Through<br />

Housing - An Integrated Approach to<br />

Housing for People and Communities<br />

(Department of Housing, May 2000):<br />

Outlines the strategic direction for the<br />

Department of Housing and establishes<br />

the guiding principles, key goals and<br />

strategies.<br />

www.housing.qld.gov.au<br />

Export Solutions – the <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Government Trade Strategy (Department<br />

of State Development, 2001): A<br />

comprehensive whole-of-Government<br />

trade strategy that aims to boost<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong>’s export performance.<br />

www.sd.qld.gov.au<br />

Mango Weather<br />

EXCERPT<br />

Multicultural <strong>Queensland</strong> <strong>Policy</strong><br />

(Department of the Premier and Cabinet,<br />

1998): This policy outlines the State<br />

Government's recognition that<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> is, and will remain, a<br />

culturally diverse society and also<br />

affirms multiculturalism as the best way<br />

to manage this cultural diversity. The<br />

policy confirms the Government's<br />

commitment to fostering an inclusive,<br />

cohesive and open society. The policy is<br />

based on the three principles of access,<br />

participation and cohesion.<br />

www.premiers.qld.gov.au/about/maq/<br />

index.htm<br />

January and mango weather<br />

mosquito sunsets full moon broodiness<br />

night’s barefoot without coolness<br />

mildew nights<br />

evenings sodden with meals and kitchen stillness<br />

mango stillness shouldering crowding us<br />

we chafe we are restless we are<br />

the sudden<br />

clobber of fruit on roof-iron<br />

mangoes stinging to juice<br />

in the sweat-globules of moonlight.<br />

Thomas Shapcott<br />

MILESTONES IN QUEENSLAND’S CULTURAL HISTORY<br />

2001 The Judith Wright Centre<br />

of Contemporary <strong>Arts</strong> opened<br />

housing Arterial, the Australia<br />

Film, Television and Radio<br />

School, Elision Contemporary<br />

Music Ensemble, Expressions<br />

Dance Company, the Institute of<br />

Modern Art, Kooemba Jdarra<br />

and Rock ‘n’ Roll Circus.<br />

2001 The <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Orchestra was established,<br />

merging the <strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Philharmonic and the<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> Symphony<br />

Orchestras.<br />

2001 <strong>Queensland</strong> Museum<br />

palaentologists<br />

discover the largest 7.<br />

dinosaur in Australia,<br />

‘Elliot’ the sauropod, a<br />

gigantic four-legged<br />

plant-eating dinosaur.<br />

2001 The Saints<br />

inducted into the ARIA<br />

Hall of Fame.<br />

26 Creative <strong>Queensland</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong> Government <strong>Cultural</strong> <strong>Policy</strong> 2002<br />

2001 Caboolture country and<br />

western singer Keith Urban wins<br />

Horizon Award in Nashville for<br />

impact on country music.<br />

2002 On World Poetry<br />

Day (21 March) the <strong>Arts</strong><br />

<strong>Queensland</strong><br />

Unpublished Poetry<br />

Award was re-named in<br />

honour of esteemed<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> poet<br />

Val Vallis.<br />

▼<br />

7. Photo courtesy Val Vallis.<br />

2001 Brisbane<br />

band george tops<br />

charts with debut<br />

album Polyserena.<br />

2002 Cairns<br />

Playwright Kathryn<br />

Ash wins the<br />

prestigious New<br />

York New Dramatist 041<br />

Award.<br />

2002 Implementation of the<br />

P-10 <strong>Arts</strong> syllabus in all<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> State schools.<br />

2002 State Library of<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> celebrates<br />

its centenary.<br />

2002 Scott Hocknull,<br />

Assistant Curator of<br />

Palaentology at the<br />

<strong>Queensland</strong> Museum,<br />

wins Young Australian of<br />

the Year Award.<br />

2002 Sunshine Coast’s Glenn<br />

Murcutt wins the prestigious<br />

international Pritzker<br />

Architecture Prize.<br />


Acknowledgements<br />

Poetry<br />

In order of appearance in document.<br />

• Watson, Samuel Wagan. <strong>Arts</strong> and Culture in <strong>Queensland</strong>: Verse for the <strong>Cultural</strong> <strong>Policy</strong>.<br />

Commissioned by <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong>, 2002.<br />

• Wright, Judith. From At Cooloola. A Human Pattern: Selected Poems. North Ryde, New South Wales:<br />

Collins/Angus and Robertson Publishers Australia, 1990.<br />

• Clark, Ross. From Local Seasoning: A Haiku Journal. Brisbane, Australia: SweetWater Press, 1993.<br />

• Ashley, Melissa. From Picking Shells. Ulitarra 17/18 (Subversions: Generations of New Poetry,<br />

ed.Paul Hardacre and Brett Dionysius). Brisbane, Australia, 2001.<br />

• Vallis, Val. From Songs of the East Coast. Songs of the East Coast. Rockhampton, <strong>Queensland</strong>:<br />

Central <strong>Queensland</strong> University Press, 1997.<br />

• Oodgeroo of the tribe Noonuccal. Hope. From My People, 3e, The Jacaranda Press, 1990.<br />

Reproduced by permission of John Wiley & Sons Australia.<br />

• Malouf, David. From An Ordinary Evening at Hamilton. Poems 1959-89. St Lucia, <strong>Queensland</strong>:<br />

University of <strong>Queensland</strong> Press, 1992.<br />

• Shapcott, Thomas. From Mango Weather. Selected Poems 1956-1988. St Lucia, <strong>Queensland</strong>:<br />

University of <strong>Queensland</strong> Press, 1989.<br />

<strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong> gratefully acknowledges the assistance of University of <strong>Queensland</strong> Press and the<br />

State Library of <strong>Queensland</strong>.<br />

Artbank<br />

A number of images by <strong>Queensland</strong> artists in this document were supplied by Artbank, which is a<br />

Commonwealth art rental program supporting visual artists and craftspeople across Australia.<br />

It is part of the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the <strong>Arts</strong>.<br />

<strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong> gratefully acknowledges the assistance of Artbank.


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