Meredith Freeman has a Bachelor of Pharmacy from Sydney University and a Graduate Certificate in Management (Public Sector) from RMIT and will complete her Masters of Cultural Materials Conservation in 2013. During 2013 Meredith completed a three-week internship with ArtLab Australia, and was a student volunteer at the Medical History Museum as part of the University of Melbourne Cultural Collections Projects Program. Meredith works part-time as a pharmacist and has experience in community and hospital pharmacy in Australia and the United Kingdom. She has worked in urban, regional and remote areas, for various government agencies and a not-for-profit organisation. Meredith’s interests include the built environment, textiles and wood and the social context associated with cultural heritage materials.



Effie Pryer is a recent graduate from the Master of Cultural Material Conservation course, with an undergraduate combined Arts/Fine Arts background. She is currently working in Hobart full-time as a professional artist, specialising in traditional figurative/portrait oil painting. Effie cares fiercely about providing straightforward, practical advice to artists to improve the longevity and overall quality of their work, but does admit to having bought canvases from The Reject Shop in her misspent youth.



Jeff Fox is a recent graduate from the Masters of Cultural Materials Conservation through the University of Melbourne. He has previously completed a Bachelor of Arts (Honours), majoring in Archaeology and studies in ancient history, focusing on the Mediterranean cultures of Egypt, Greece, the Middle East, and the Roman empire. He is passionate about archaeology and conservation and advocating for both professions, whilst ensuring a cross collaboration to benefit material culture accessed through archaeological excavation.



Tom has been deeply interested in the intersection of history and literature for as long as he can remember! His main passion is education, but still tries to write as often as he can. His most recent work was a study of early Anglo-Saxon gender through the language of their poetry.



Gwynneth Pohl is a recent graduate of the Masters of Cultural Material Conservation course at the University of Melbourne. She has a background in maritime archaeology and public history, and is particularly passionate about shipwrecks and metal maritime artefacts.



Stacey Cleaver is a chef who specialises in pastry, having spent 9 years perfecting her craft, she is now in the UK having started a business of her own. Two Habours Food, is a place where love and passion of beautiful food is celebrated. She will be providing decadent morning tea recipes for each issue of The Condition Report.



Marlene Gray is is currently undertaking a Master of Cultural Material Conservation at the University of Melbourne. Having studied to be a "triple-A threat" in Art History, Archaeology and Astronomy during undergrad, she decided to combine her love for art and science by following a conservation career after interning and working in the field for a few years.



Sarah Boundy is a recent graduate from the Masters of Cultural Materials Conservation through the University of Melbourne. She has an undergraduate background in Visual Arts. She has a Tumblr blogging obsession, and is renown for always submitting assignments well before the due date, to the chagrin of her peers.



Katie Dunning is a recent graduate from the Masters of Cultural Materials Conservation through the University of Melbourne. She has previously completed a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and a certificate in art history. Katie is fascinated by 3D printing and the practical applications of social media and is a passionate collector of books by Baroness Orczy.



Adil Soh-Lim is currently undertaking a Master of Cultural Material Conservation at the University of Melbourne. Having dabbled in the visual arts and music during her Arts/Science undergrad, she hopes to one day specialise in the conservation of musical instruments. However, her first goal is to be a Grown Up with a Regular Sleeping Pattern who Gets Things Done On Time.



Anna Murphy is a second year Master student at the Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation at the University of Melbourne. Her work to date has focused on the history, analysis and authentication value of pigments and binders, excessive use of social media, and ridiculous amounts of caffeine. She one day plans to be a Doctor of Paint.



Bronwyn Dunn is currently completing the Master of Cultural Material Conservation course part time at The University of Melbourne. With a career history working in the jewellery industry as a jewellery valuer and diamond grader, Bronwyn has made a complete career change to cultural material conservation.




Shellie Cleaver has just completed the Masters of Cultural Materials Conservation at Melbourne University, specialising in painting. Her minor thesis explored the problem of art fraud in Australia and she is particularly interested in connecting artists with the conservation profession and generating opportunities for new graduates and students.