The Dictionary of Sydney has three main multi-disciplinary groups that focus their work on Technical, Content and Management outcomes, with many crossovers occurring on a daily basis.

Content Team

Dr Emma Grahame, Editorial Coordinator. Emma was originally employed by the University of Sydney under the first ARC Linkage project and joined the Dictionary in May 2007. Since October 2011 she has worked for the Dictionary of Sydney Trust. She holds a PhD from the University of Technology, Sydney, and wrote her thesis on the history of quiltmaking in Australia. She was senior researcher and an editor of Australian Feminism: A companion (OUP 1998), and was co-researcher on the 2006 online project Putting Skirts on the Sacred Benches which documents all 700+ women who have been candidates for the New South Wales parliament. http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/pssb/home.html She worked as an online editor and technical writer for various large financial organisations 1998-2007, and ran a freelance editing business.

Linda Brainwood, Multimedia Researcher. Linda has applied her multimedia research skills to a wide variety of projects for book publishers and designers, museums, libraries, photographers and film-makers. She holds a BA (Hons 1) in English Language & Literature from the University of Sydney and a Grad Dip in Information Management (Lib) from the University of NSW.

Jenny McInerney, Editorial Assistant; Jenny joined the Dictionary in 2008, first as a volunteer and now as Editorial and Research Assistant. A passion for history, a background in logistics, and a previous life as teacher-librarian and Information Technology librarian make this an ideal fit. She holds a BA Dip Ed in history and geography from the University of NSW and Graduate Dip in LibSc from Southern Cross University.

Garry Wotherspoon, Volunteer Writer/Editor. Garry Wotherspoon is a writer and historian whose work has largely had an urban focus. His books include Sydney’s Transport: Studies in Urban History; ‘City of the Plain’: history of a gay subculture; Minorities: cultural diversity in Sydney [with Shirley Fitzgerald]; and Street Seen: a history of Oxford Street [with Clive Faro]. He was joint NSW History Fellow in 1997/1998, and his research has been published in British, French, American, German and Australian academic journals. He has also been a consultant for several government inquiries, and his journalism has appeared in the Bulletin, the Australian, the Sydney Review, Meanjin, the Sydney Star Observer and, more recently, in onlineopinion.com.au

Trudy Holdsworth, Volunteer Researcher. Trudy is a retired legal secretary whose hobby is history. She was the inaugural president of the City of Sydney Historical Association Inc and is currently the Secretary/Vice Chairman of the Friends of the First Government House Site Inc. The research skills she gained whilst working as a legal secretary assist in the research she is currently involved in with the Dictionary of Sydney. Trudy also has an interest in public speaking and has given talks to various organisations about the Dictionary of Sydney.

Management Team

Victoria Keighery, Executive Officer. Vic joined the project in August 2010 after a long career in the arts and cultural sector and not-for-profit management. She will work with us to make the transition from a research project to an ongoing not-for-profit operation. Vic holds a Masters in Arts Management from UTS and has lectured in Arts Management subjects at UTS, College of Fine Arts, UNSW and NAISDA. She was the CEO of Community Cultural Development NSW and Regional Arts NSW and Cultural Policy Officer for the City of Sydney.

Stewart Wallace, Project Consultant. Stewart is engaged by the Dictionary to work with the University of Sydney and other partners on the project’s second Australian Research Council Linkage grant. He was Project Manager from May 2006 to September 2010 and has since continued as a consultant to the Dictionary. For the previous 10 years, Stewart worked at the City of Sydney in a variety of IT-related roles, most recently IT Development Manager.

Brendan Day, Sponsorship, Fundraising, Marketing and Communications Officer, Brendan started with the Dictionary in November 2010. He has strong background in sponsorship, fundraising and development working for some of Australia’s leading arts organisations such as; Sydney Dance Company, Opera Australia and the Sydney Opera House. Brendan studied at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and holds a BA in Arts Management.

Technical team: Arts eResearch, University of Sydney

Steven Hayes, Technical Coordinator. Steven is Project and Business Development Manager at Arts eResearch at the University of Sydney. Steven has a background in the practical design and development of websites and other projects focused on, in his own words, ‘furthering environmental and social sustainability’.

Andrew Wilson, GIS consultant. Andrew is an expert on historical maps and other spatial resources and is coordinating the Dictionary’s spatial content. Andrew is Project & GIS (Geographical Information System) Data Coordinator at Arts eResearch.

Ireneusz Golka, Graphic designer. Irek is graphic designer at Arts eResearch, making complex data structures and applications look simple and approachable to end users. Irek is also a highly accomplished web programmer. Irek also holds degrees in GIS and Archaeology which provides him with a deeper insight into research projects.

Stephen White, Chief programmer. Steve has worked as a programming instructor for Microsoft. His deep knowledge of the art of programming and his analytical approach have allowed him to almost completely redesign Heurist so it better meets the needs of academics and researchers. Steve is always keen for new intellectual challenges and he gets plenty of these out on the cutting edge of humanities computing development.

Editorial Committee

• Dr Lisa Murray, City Historian, City of Sydney; Chair, Dictionary of Sydney.
• Associate Professor Grace Karskens – School of History, University of NSW
• Professor Paul Ashton – Public History, University of Technology, Sydney
• Professor Stephen Garton – Provost at the University of Sydney
• Dr Emma Grahame – Editorial Coordinator, Dictionary of Sydney

Sponsorship and Partnership Committee

• Dr Lisa Murray, City Historian, City of Sydney; Chair, Dictionary of Sydney
• Victoria Keighery, Executive Officer
• Brendan Day, Sponsorship, Fundraising, Marketing and Communications Officer

Digital Asset Management Working Party (DigAM)

• Dr Lisa Murray, City Historian, City of Sydney; Chair, Dictionary of Sydney
• Andy Bateman, Global CEO, The Leading Edge
• Lisa Asquith, Project Manager, NSW Dept of Finance
• Mr Michael Perkins, Solicitor, Lecturer
• Dr Alex Byrne, State Librarian, NSW State Library
• Victoria Keighery, Executive Officer
• Stewart Wallace, Project Consultant
• Emma Graeme, Editorial Co-ordinator,
• Linda Brainwood, Multi-Media Co-ordinator
• Brendan Day, Sponsorship & Fundraising Officer

See The Board for more detailed biographies.