About the Australian Heritage Council

The Hon Ted Baillieu AO served as Premier of Victoria and Minister for the Arts from 2010 to 2013. He was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2014, representing the electorate of Hawthorn, and in 2006 was elected leader of the Victorian Liberal Party. Since 2013, Mr Baillieu has been Adjunct Professor at Swinburne University, School of Design, and Melbourne University's Honorary Enterprise Professor associated with the Faculty of Architecture, Building & Planning.

Mr Baillieu Co-Chaired the Victorian Government’s Cladding Task Force (2017-2019), and Chaired the Victorian Government's ANZAC Centenary Committee – coordinating Victoria's commemorations (2013-2019). He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Architects and Patron of a number of organisations including Multicultural Arts Victoria, Public Record Office of Victoria, The Sovereign Hill Museums Association, Queenscliffe Historical Museum, Friends of Auburn Uniting Church Tower, Australia India Chamber of Commerce, and is Chieftain of the Victorian Highland Pipe Band Association and a Member of the Selection Panels for the Rhodes Scholarship and John Monash Foundation Scholars.

In 2017 Mr Baillieu joined the Committee of the Melbourne Cricket Club and in 2020 he was appointed to the Board of Australia-India Council. Formerly Mr Baillieu was a Trustee of the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre Trust and Board Member of Tourism Victoria and the Australian Children’s’ Television Foundation. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2020 for his service to the people and Parliament of Victoria and to international engagement.

Professor Helen Lochhead is an architect and urbanist combining academic and expert advisory roles with practice. Her career has focused on the inception, planning, design, and delivery of complex urban projects ranging from city improvements programs to major urban regeneration projects in Australia and internationally.

Helen has held numerous influential roles in government, industry and universities including Dean, Faculty of Built Environment and Pro Vice-Chancellor Precincts at UNSW Sydney, Deputy NSW Government Architect and National President of the Australian Institute of Architects. She currently serves on the NSW Independent Planning Commission, plus various Planning and Design Panels across Australia.

She has widely been recognised for her leadership, academic and design achievements. These include Australian Institute of Architects and Australian Institute of Landscape Architects, Architecture Urban Design and Sustainability Awards, Fulbright, Churchill and Harvard Loeb Fellowships, the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) Vision Award for leadership in the construction industry and the Australian Financial Review ‘100 Women of Influence’ in 2019.

Professor Elizabeth Vines OAM is a partner at McDougall & Vines Conservation and Heritage Consultants, has over 40 years’ experience with practical conservation projects and preparation of conservation policies, and was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2009 for service to heritage architecture in South Australia and South East Asia. From 2012 to 2015, Professor Vines was President of the Australia International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and is currently the ICOMOS Focal Point for the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) Recommendation.

Mr Jamie Lowe is a Gunditjmara Djabwurrung man and CEO of the National Native Title Council (NNTC). Jamie is an elected representative on the historic Victorian Treaty Assembly and elected Chair of the Treaty negotiating framework. Jamie has a background in both government and non-government sectors and has expertise and skills in management, strategic planning, governance and economic development. Jamie believes that creating economic independence and maintaining and growing cultural identity are key to creating a self-determining nation of First Nations peoples and he continues to advocate for the rights of First Nations People both in Victoria and across the country.

Ms Leah Cameron is a proud Trawlwoolway (Palawa) woman and Principal Solicitor and owner of Marrawah Law Pty Ltd, one of the largest Indigenous owned and operated law firms in Australia. Ms Cameron has worked as a supervising litigation officer with the North Queensland Land Council and previously worked as a senior project officer/legal advisor for the Aboriginal Heritage Office, Department of Tourism, Arts and Environment (Tasmania).

Professor Kerrie Wilson is the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Sustainability Strategy) at Queensland University of Technology and Affiliated Professor at The University of Copenhagen. Kerrie was previously the Executive Director of the QUT Institute for Future Environments, and the Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions and an ARC Future Fellow at The University of Queensland. She is the Australian Natural Sciences Commissioner for UNESCO, a member of the Australian Heritage Council and the Great Barrier Reef 2050 Plan Independent Expert Panel. Kerrie has two decades of experience leading and conducting research. She is particularly interested in applied resource allocation problems, such as how to invest limited resources to protect or restore biodiversity. Kerrie has received numerous national awards, including the Prime Minister's Prize for Life Scientist of the Year and the Australian Academy of Science Nancy Millis Medal for Women in Science.

Mr Peter Cochrane is a Vice President of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). He is based in Sydney Australia and chairs the Sydney Institute of Marine Science (SIMS), the Blue Mountains World Heritage Institute, and Australia’s Tropical Herbarium. He is a director of the SIMS Foundation and TierraMar Ltd.

Peter is a Commissioner with the New South Wales Independent Planning Commission, an Assistant Commissioner with the NSW Natural Resources Commission, and chair of Australia’s Marine National Facility National Benefit Assessment Committee. He is a member of the External Reference Group on Nature for the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia.

He retired in 2013 after fourteen years as Director of National Parks with the Australian Government. He has over 30 years’ senior government and private sector experience in the environment and resources sectors, with a career spanning plant ecology research, policy advice, the oil and gas industry, and nature conservation policy and programs.

He has a BSc and Master of Public Policy from ANU, is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and an Adjunct Professor in the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science University of NSW.

From 2005

Mr Tom Harley (Chair) - VIC

Terms: 03 May 2007 - 02 May 2010 (reappointed)
20 February 2004 - 19 February 2007

Mr Roger Beale AO  (Historic Expert) - ACT

Terms: 17 March 2004 - 16 March 2007

Dr Jane Lennon AM (Historic Expert) - QLD

Terms: 03 May 2007 - 02 November 2008 (reappointed)
20 February 2004 - 19 February 2007

Dr Denis Saunders (Natural Expert) - VIC

Terms: 03 May 2007 - 02 November 2008 (reappointed)
20 February 2004 - 19 February 2007

Mr Michael Kennedy (Natural Expert) - NSW

Terms: 20 February 2004 - 19 February 2007

Dr Gaye Sculthorpe (Indigenous Expert) - VIC

Terms: 03 May 2007 - 02 November 2008 (reappointed)
20 February 2004 - 19 February 2007

Dr Richard Walley OAM (Indigenous Expert) - WA

Terms: 20 February 2004 - 19 February 2007

Mr Johnathan Mills (Associate Member) - NSW

Terms: 07 May 2005 - 6 May 2006 (reappointed)
07 May 2004 - 06 May 2005

The Hon Richard Lewis (Associate Member) - WA

Terms: 24 August 2007 - 23 August 2008 (reappointed)
25 August 2006 - 24 August 2007

Mr Howard Tanner (Historic Expert) - NSW

Terms: 27 May 2010 - 26 May 2013 (reappointed)
03 May 2007 - 02 May 2010

Dr Elizabeth Mattiske (Natural Expert) - WA

Terms: 27 May 2010 - 26 May 2013 (reappointed)
03 May 2007 - 02 May 2010

Mr Rodney Dillon (Indigenous Expert) - TAS

Terms: 27 May 2010 - 26 May 2013 (reappointed)
03 May 2007 - 02 May 2010

Adjunct Professor Sharon Sullivan AO (Historic Expert) - NSW

Terms: 27 November 2008 - 26 November 2011

Dr Jacqueline Huggins AM (Indigenous Expert) - QLD

Terms: 30 December 2011 - 29 December 2014 (reappointed)
27 November 2008 - 26 November 2011

Associate Professor Peter Valentine (Natural Expert) - QLD

Terms: 30 December 2011 - 29 December 2014 (reappointed)
27 November 2008 - 26 November 2011

Ms Helen Lardner (Historic Expert) - VIC

Terms: 30 December 2011 - 29 December 2014

Ms Kate Clark (Historic Expert) - NSW

Terms: 25 June 2013 - 09 August 2014

Dr John Ah Kit(Indigenous Expert) - NT

Terms: 25 June 2013 - 09 February 2015

Professor Carmen Lawrence (Chair) - WA

Terms: 27 May 2010 - 26 May 2013 (reappointed)
26 June 2013 - 25 June 2016

Dr Jennie Whinam (Natural Expert) - TAS

Terms: 26 June 2016 – 25 June 2019 (reappointed)
25 June 2013 – 24 June 2016

Associate Professor Don Garden OAM (Historic Expert) – VIC

Terms: 13 March 2018 – 12 June 2019 (reappointed)
25 February 2015 – 24 February 2019

The Hon Dr David Kemp AC (Chair) - VIC

Terms: 3 March 2015 – 4 March 2018 (reappointed)
13 March 2018 – 12 March 2021

Dr Jane Harrington (Historic Expert) – TAS

Terms: 25 February 2015 – 24 February 2018 (reappointed)
13 March 2018 – 12 March 2021

Dr Lyndon Ormond-Parker (Indigenous Expert) – VIC

Terms: 25 February 2015 – 24 February 2018 (reappointed)
13 March 2018 – 12 March 2021

Ms Rachel Perkins (Indigenous Expert) – NSW

Terms: 25 February 2015 – 24 February 2018 (reappointed)
13 March 2018 – 12 March 2021

Dr Steve Morton (Natural Expert) – NT

Terms: 3 January 2020 – 2 January 2023 (reappointed)
26 June 2016 – 25 June 2019