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Shirley Goldsworthy B.A., Grad Dip. Mus.Studs.

Shirley GoldsworthyShirley is a professional museologist and archivist, with extensive curatorial and collection management experience in Victoria's major cultural institutions.

Examples of her previous work include

  • Curator and Collection Manager for the Prue Acton Collection, Museum Victoria
  • Co-ordinator for the Young Australians Project for 19 Victorian galleries and museums
  • Management, exhibition research, curation and installation for the Australian Racing Museum (including co-curator for the exhibition A Passion for Fashion - A History of the Fashions on the Field Competition)
  • Project Manager/Curator for UK and USA tours of the Celia Rosser watercolours The Banksias, for Monash University
  • Curator/Manager for the initial Scienceworks Exhibitions Collection, Museum Victoria

As well as her individual clients Shirley is Archivist for the Helen Macpherson Smith Trust Archive and the John Villiers Trust Archive.

Professional Memberships include: Australian Society of Archivists Inc., Australian Registrars Committee, Australasian Association of Professional Organisers Inc.