2017 Creative Fellows

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Topics explored by our 2017 Creative Fellows included feminist history, Australian flora and fauna, the life of George Coppin and the mean streets of Old Melbourne.

The following recipients received funded fellowships or honorary fellowships.

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Dr Kelly Gardiner

Narrative nonfiction: Sisterhood: Feminists in the family – A work of history and memoir tracing two generations of Victorian women

Yasmin Kelsall

Honorary Fellowship Project: Private property – An exploration of human influence on the Victorian landscape

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Martin King

Etchings and virtual-reality project: Where the wildlife falls – Exploring and evaluating the native flora and fauna in William Strutt’s painting, Black Thursday, February 6th 1851

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Dr Robert Reid

Play script: Mostly untrue (The exaggerated life of George Coppin)

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Dr Lucy Sussex

Biography and exhibition: The mean streets of Old Melbourne: The crime writing and true crime of Mary and George Fortune

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TextaQueen

Poster series: Poster child – A series of artworks to be made into a poster series contextualising the experiences of marginalised diverse artists in contemporary Australia