Vision: To assist communities to unearth, document, care for, and share their stories, through the study of dress for everyone's future benefit.
The Australian Dress Register was established in 2007 with the assistance of the ADR Advisory Committee compromising industry and dress specialists and the ADR team, a core working group of Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences staff.
Australian Dress Register Advisory Committee
The role of the ADR Advisory Committee was to provide strategic direction on policy, to advise on the development of the Australian Dress Register project, to promote the Register and to discuss significant matters concerning dress collections as they arose. The Advisory Committee ensured that a broad representation of stakeholders had input into the development and management of the Register.
They included key industry stakeholders, representatives from collecting and heritage organisations, dress specialists and contributors to the database from all Australian States and National bodies with an interest in dress collections.
ADR Advisory Committee members:
| Jon Addison | Queen Victoria Museum and Gallery, Launceston | TAS |
| Rebekah Butler | Museums and Gallery Services Queensland | QLD |
| Armando Chant | University of Technology, Sydney | NSW |
| Cheryl Crilly | National Museum of Australia | ACT |
| Amanda James | History SA | SA |
| Rach Kirsten | Creative Arts Advisor 7-12 Consultant DEC | NSW |
| Tamara Lavrencic | Museums and Galleries NSW | NSW |
| Sandra McKee | TAS Advisor, Secondary Education DEC | NSW |
| Michelle Maddison | Museum of the Riverina | NSW |
| Justine Malinowski | The Australian Museum of Clothing and Textiles | NSW |
| Margaret Maynard | University of Queensland | QLD |
| Louise Mitchell | Collections consultant | NSW |
| Peter McNeil | University of Technology, Sydney | NSW |
| Ros O’Dell | TAFE Theatre Costume | NSW |
| Jenny Olman | Sydney Living Museums | NSW |
| Sarah Jane Rennie | Sydney Living Museums | NSW |
| Fiona Riley | NIDA Theatre Costume | NSW |
| Margot Riley | State Library of New South Wales | NSW |
| Jennifer Sanders | Collections consultant | NSW |
| Zoe Scott | Museum of Western Australia – Kalgoorlie Boulder | WA |
| Debbie Sommers | Port Macquarie Historical Society | NSW |
| Leigh Summers | Coffs Harbour Regional Museum and Art Gallery | NSW |
| Roger Trudgeon | Sovereign Hill Museums Association | VIC |
| Wendy Watts | Glen Innes Historical Society | NSW |
| Kylie Winkworth | Heritage and Collections Consultant | NSW |
| Tess Evans | Textile Conservation Consultant | NSW |
Australian Dress Register Team
The ADR Team is an internal Powerhouse Museum group responsible for the day-to-day management of the Register, monitoring data and developing resources. It includes staff from the curatorial, conservation and registration departments, ADR volunteers, and when appropriate, representatives from other key agencies involved in the project.
The ADR was established by the following team members
- Kate Chidlow, Conservation
- Lindie Ward, Curatorial
- Rebecca Pinchin, Regional Services
- Einar Docker, Regional Services
- Sarah Pointon, Registration
Web and Social Technologies:
- Luke Dearnley, technical development, phase 1
- Carlos Arroyo, technical development, phase 2
- Irma Havlicek, video production
- Design by Toben*
Supported by Powerhouse staff
- Glynis Jones, Curatorial
- Nitsa Yioupros, Conservation Photography
- Michael Myers, Conservation Photography
- Judith Matheson, Editorial & Publishing
- Anne Slam, Editorial & Publishing
- Karla Bo Johnson, Editorial & Publishing
* Those listed under Australian Dress Register team who are not Powerhouse staff or volunteers.