Board of Directors

There are six Board Members on the Waltzing Matilda Centre Board Ltd.

Jeff Close OAM (President)

Event Manager Winton Outback Festival Inc. 45 years
Present Vice President - Winton District Historical Society & Museum Inc
Board Director/Secretary & Life member & Secretary Outback Qld. Tourism Association (OQTA)-2010- Present
Life Member Winton Golf Club - Past Secretary - 41 years
Past Councillor Winton Shire Council - 2012-2015
Board Member & Life Member Golf North Queensland
Committee Member Vision Splendid Outback Film Festival - 2013 - Present
Winton's Diamantina Heritage Truck & Machinery Museum - Past Secretary - 20 years

Past Councillor - Winton Shire Council 1994-2016
Executive member of QLD Arts Council Winton Branch - 33 years
Committee Member: Regional Arts Development Fund, WSC Tourism Strategy Advisory Committee, Vice President Winton Creative Arts Group, Vice President Corfield & Fitzmaurice, Committee Member - Winton Men's Shed,
Volunteer - Winton Meals on Wheels, Past grazier and Business Owner
Member - Friends of Willie Mar, Creative Arts Committee, Vision Splendid Outback Film Festival, and inaugural volunteer member of the Outback Regional Gallery

Past Councillor - Winton Shire Council - 14 years
WSC representative on the Qantas Founders Museum Board - 4 years
Nominee of Winton District and Historical Society - 12 years
President of Winton Outback Festival - 6 years
Assisted with development and construction of the Wool Museum at Corfield and Fitzmaurice.

Nominee of Winton Historical Society and Museum Inc
Committee Member Combo Crafts Winton
Committee Member - Winton Shire Council Tourism & Beatification Advisory Committee
Member of Winton Tourism and Business Association
Past Member of Queensland Boulder Opal Association
President - Australian Opal Exhibition
Business Owner - 40 years