Charlotte Whincup joined the Museum of Perth staff in early 2022, working at their Bunbury office for the Streets of Bunbury project.
Before moving to Bunbury she and her husband lived and worked underground in Coober Pedy, South Australia, opal mining and working in an opal shop. They had eleven great fun filled years there with many unusual stories to tell!
She is a member of the Bunbury Oral History Group and is passionate about promoting their collection.
Stacey has extensive experience in designing and building edible gardens, working with community groups and teaching permaculture, organic gardening and regenerative agriculture. She is experienced at planning garden production to produce seasonal vegetables and fruits, and teaching all facets of growing nutrient dense food by creating participatory learning spaces.
For the past 15 months, Stacey was a horticultural facilitator in Fitzroy Crossing. In this role she worked on remote aboriginal communities training CDP participants to grow and cook their own organic food. Prior to this role she was the garden specialist and program coordinator for 6 years in the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program at primary school in the Perth Hills. Here she planned and taught gardening lessons to grades K-6, and managed and maintained a large school kitchen garden and orchard. As program coordinator she also regularly assisted the kitchen specialist with planning and implementing weekly cooking classes.
Stacey has Certificate III in Production Horticulture from Great Southern TAFE, has undertaken a Permaculture Internship, several Permaculture Design Certificates, an Advanced Permaculture Teacher Trainer Certificate, a Certificate in teaching Nature Pedagogy (outdoor learning), managed several large production gardens, and has grown garlic commercially. Stacey has also run her own successful business Powderbark Permaculture teaching workshops for local community groups, local government bodies and libraries.
Stacey is passionate about giving people the knowledge and experience to feel confident in planning, growing, harvesting and preparing their own food, and building capacity in their edible food growing skills.
Debra commenced work with the Museum of Perth in May 2021 as a volunteer and quickly applied her 25 years of UK genealogy experience to research tasks.
She has written three family history publications including "Preston Origins" and has two online blogs "A Pocket Full of Family Memories" and "Relics of Beccles". She also volunteered at the Western Australian Genealogy Society (WAGS) as a library assistant.
Most recently Debra has been digitising the photographic collection for Cooperative Bulk Handling (CBH). As a past employee of CBH (her mother worked for the company for 23 years as well), Debra has been well-placed to identify portrait subjects, and to piece together photographic timelines and subject categories.
Debra is now working on the RAC heritage collection as a Digital Archives Assistant; part of a small team working to progress the RAC’s Archives and Heritage Collection.
Ryan Zaknich is a co-founder of Two Feet & a Heartbeat. Ryan completed studies in Conservation and Land Management aiming to become a parks ranger but instead gained employment in a specialised branch of the Western Australian Planning Commission, implementing the Metropolitan Region Scheme, the legislation which dictates how the city should grow.
Ryan is a qualified Tour guide, FACET Golden Guide finalist and has a Diploma in Tourism Studies and Conservation and Land Management and Training and Assessment.
Ryan Zaknich is a co-founder of Two Feet & a Heartbeat. Ryan completed studies in Conservation and Land Management aiming to become a parks ranger but instead gained employment in a specialised branch of the Western Australian Planning Commission, implementing the Metropolitan Region Scheme, the legislation which dictates how the city should grow.
Ryan is a qualified Tour guide, FACET Golden Guide finalist and has a Diploma in Tourism Studies and Conservation and Land Management and Training and Assessment.
Diana Warnock is a former Newspaper and Radio Journalist who also served as a State Member of Parliament between 1993 and 2001 for the electorate of Perth.
Brought up in the bush, she has lived in the inner city since she graduated from university in 1960. She is the widow of playwright and novelist Bill Warnock who was co-founder of the urban thinktank CityVision.
In 1999, she was awarded the Australian Humanist of the Year for her work on behalf of women. She was also made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour by the French Government in 2007. Diana is a Patron of many community groups and has sat on a number of national boards.
Marelda has a love of organising history and enabling voices of the past to be heard into the future.
During a Graduate Diploma in Records Management and Archives Marelda commenced employment as Assistant Archivist to Sr Albeus Fahey and founded the Archive of the Presentation Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Mosman Park.
Marelda later established the Iona Presentation College Archives.
Since then Marelda has been employed as a University Archivist and tutor (ECU), recordkeeping advisor and consultant, and archive officer with the State Records Office of Western Australia.
Marelda has also worked as an Historian with the State Solicitor’s Office.
As a private archives consultant Marelda has worked on indigenous family history, business histories and for the Miriam Stannage Collection. Most recently Marelda completed a two year period at the Iona Presentation Archives and Heritage Centre and continues as a sessional tutor at Curtin University.
Since joining the Museum of Perth Marelda has been working with the RAC WA on their archives and heritage collection.
Emma has come to archiving late in life but has always had a passion for History. After 25 years in Business development, Emma recently decided to go back to what she enjoyed most and completed a Master of Letters in Scottish History and is currently studying a graduate diploma in Records Management and Archives. Emma has been volunteering in the Archives at Newman College for the last year and also works at the Perth Modernian Society Association's Museum.
When Emma isn't studying or volunteering in the archives, she is busy ferrying teenage children around, volunteering at the Dogs Refuge Home and just enjoying living in this beautiful city.
Matt has a background in design for film and television, and has been Production Designer on web series, television commercials, music videos and feature films including 2017’s award winning ‘Top Knot Detective’ and the music video for Seth Sentry’s ‘Hellboy’.
He came to us as a work-for-the-dole participant in 2019, and quickly found several projects in which to involved and, within a couple of weeks, proved very capable of leading a team. He gathered a group of other participants and led their painstaking transcription of Herbert Turner’s WWI diaries, during which it became obvious to Matt it needed to be a book. From that time he has led the production of A Signaller’s Story, the result of transcribing those diaries. The book is to be published, along with an exhibition of the same name, a few days before Anzac Day 2021.
In the 18 months since Matt’s work-for-the-dole phase ended, he has continued as a volunteer, even throughout COVID, working on A Signaller’s Story and with Shannon Lovelady, on the design of her history of A J Baker & Sons, written for their 2020 centenary.
Being a Jack-of-all-trades, there’s very little Matt can’t build or create, and he is usually only restricted by time or budget!
With over 20 years’ experience in a broad range of positions, Julianne holds a BA in History, a Post Graduate in Museum Studies and a Masters in Cultural Heritage.
She has worked in a variety of travel and events positions, notably eight years with the Perth International Arts Festival (PIAF) where she was the Travel Manager, handing all flights, accommodation and visa arrangements for incoming artists.
Julianne has worked as the Communications Manager for Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA) and was the Business Development Manager at Yarra Yaakin Theatre Company. She has also worked for STEPS Youth Dance Company, Performing Lines Western Australia and at the University of Western Australia.
Julianne has curated a number of individual projects and exhibitions including, since 2010, the annual St George’s Art Show and Outside the Frame for the City of Armadale.
Her career in Museums began with volunteering with the City of Wanneroo. She went on to work as a Museum Assistant and, in 2016, took over the role of Exhibitions and Programs Officer.
In 2017 Julianne was appointed Curator of the Old Court House Law Museum, managing an extensive collection housed in Perth's oldest building. She recently worked as a consultant with the National Trust of Western Australia, is a regular volunteer at the Army Museum of Western Australia, the Co-Director of Yokayi, an Aboriginal art program for teenage girls in Perth, and is a committee member of the Western Australian branch of Australian Museums and Galleries Association.
Julianne is currently working to establish an archive for Newman College as part of a partnership between the School and Museum of Perth.
Amy came to Museum of Perth as a Work for the Dole participant in December 2017. She enjoyed her time with us and, from the beginning, came in more days than was required and it wasn’t long before she was an integral part of the team in both Perth and East Fremantle. She continued as a volunteer when her Work for the Dole phase finished, and became a staff member in mid-2019.
Many will recognise Amy’s friendly face from the front desk and research floor as she answers queries, solves problems, and assists staff and participants in a whirlwind of creative positivity!
Amy is currently working to establish an archive for Newman College as part of a partnership between the School and Museum of Perth.
David came to Museum of Perth in 2016 as a Work for the Dole participant and continued here as a volunteer four days a week when his Work for the Dole phase finished.
David has a background in animation and motion graphics. He creates all our websites and helps with various soundscapes used in our exhibitions.
He joined our staff in November 2018 and he is the go-to guy for the Fremantle office!
Aaron came to Museum of Perth in January 2016 as a Work for the Dole participant. When his Work for the Dole phase finished he began volunteering with us four days a week, and has been officially on staff since July 2018.
Aaron inducts all new participants in our Perth office and there’s very little he doesn’t know.
If anyone has questions, ask Aaron!
Paige joined the Museum of Perth in 2020 to coordinates our 'Streets of Bunbury' initiative delivered in partnership with the City of Bunbury.
Paige hails from Australind and enjoys researching the history of her local community. Paige is most passionate about interpreting human behaviour and reconstructing the past through archaeological material and historical resources.
Paige graduated from the University of Notre Dame Australia in 2019 with a Bachelor of Science in archaeology and a Bachelor of Arts in modern languages. Paige has also received a first class for her honours thesis titled 'Site Formation Processes of Institutional Confinement: An Archaeological Underfloor Study at Fremantle Prison, Western Australia' from the University of Notre Dame. In October 2021 she presented her thesis' results at the Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology conference.
Paige has travelled around Western Australia on voluntary and paid archaeological work. She was a part of the Greenough Archaeological Project in 2016 and excavated at Turner's Homestead in Augusta and Peel Town near Fremantle. She also worked as a heritage consultant for Terra Rosa Consulting completing historical and Aboriginal archaeology surveys and excavations in Fremantle and the Pilbara.
Joanne has a passion for history and conservation and after several years working in the educational field completed her degree in History and Geography at Curtin University in 2003. Joanne completed a first class honours degree in History at UWA in 2009 on the subject of WA Convictism, an ongoing research interest.
Working as an assistant curator and museum extension officer for the Western Australian Museum from 2006, Joanne was also a member of the National Standards Taskforce which developed the National Standards for Australian Museums and Galleries, first published online in 2008. During 2012 Joanne worked for the State Library Foundation and the Wanneroo Museum before returning to a curatorial position in the History Department of the WA Museum in 2013. Joanne developed content for the National Anzac Centre in Albany and for WA's New Museum Project.
Becoming an independent museum consultant, Joanne commenced work as a Project Historian for the Museum of Perth in December 2016.
Joanne loves reading, travel, visiting museums and galleries and sharing her enthusiasm for all things historical with others.
Jo Darbyshire is a West Australian visual artist and social history curator. She graduated with a Master of Creative Arts in Cultural Heritage from Curtin University of Technology in 2004 and worked as Memorabilia and Social History Curator at the City of Perth for ten years (2005 – 2016).
She is passionate about telling stories about the people of Perth and has a special interest in ‘lowlife’ history - the history of the forgotten, difficult, colourful, marginalised and uncollected aspects of West Australian history.
In 2003 she was artist in residence at the WA Museum and curated the Gay Museum, a history of Lesbian and Gay people in WA, using strategies from the visual arts and ‘new museology’ to bring alive a history that had not been collected or acknowledged before.
She loves mysterious objects and a good story.
Shannon Lovelady is a Perth-born research historian and writer. She is also an archivist, fine art and small museum curator experienced in handling and exhibiting myriad items, from old to new and fragile to robust.
She is also an experienced WWI researcher, having founded the Gallipoli (2013) and Western Front Dead from Western Australia (2016) projects, which have determined the number of West Australians killed in those theatres of war.
In 2014-2015 Shannon wrote a popular weekly newspaper column 'Gallipoli Remembered', for which she was a WA Media Award finalist for Best Columnist (the Matt Price Award). This was followed in 2018 by a second weekly newspaper column, ‘Western Front Remembered’. Both are in the WA curriculum.
Shannon is currently establishing the Newman College Archives as part of a partnership between the School and Museum of Perth, and Project Leader for our partnership with RAC in management of their Archives/Heritage Centre.
Janki Tailor arrived in Australia in 2015 from Gujarat State in India to be with her husband Maulik and shortly afterwards joined the team at the Museum of Perth as a volunteer.
Proving an invaluable asset to the Museum's operations she joined staff in 2016, and has since been leading various projects and overseeing the administration of the Museum's administrative operations. Janki leads the recruitment, administration and supervision of Museum volunteers while managing Museum of Perth projects and exhibitions.
She has a background in medical research, and was previously employed at a research facility at Anand Agricultural University. Janki has a Bachelor’s Degree and Masters in Science majoring in Bioinfomatics, by leading some projects specialising in Oral Cancer.
Janki loves photography and has developed a passion for the history of the city.
Reece is a City of Perth resident with an abiding interest and passion for the history of his City. He holds a Bachelor of Communication Majoring in Political and International Studies and Media Studies from Murdoch University. He is a founding member of the Rotary Club of Crawley.
Prior to his election as a Councillor of the City of Perth, Reece ran history and small bar walking tours of the City sharing his knowledge with residents and visitors alike. He prides himself on knowing every alleyway and street, arcade and building like the back of his hand. Reece founded the Perth History Association Inc. and Museum of Perth in 2015 to foster a better understanding of the City in a historic context.
Todd came to Museum of Perth from August 2019 as a Work for the Dole participant, and commenced working for the Museum of Perth in March 2020.
He is interested in world history, reading and gaming, and his helpful, cheery nature and ‘can do’ attitude meant he was able to take the lead in some exciting new projects, working with participants and encouraging some great research!
Todd is also an awesome problem-solver and can assist with most queries – just ask!
