Board of Directors

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

Jeff Close OAM (President)

  • Invited Director of the WMC Board
  • B.Ed, Dip T, JP (Qual), G.Aust M.S, AAIP, MACE, MAICD
  • President of Winton Movies Inc
  • Inaugural Chair and Board Member - Progressive Community Crow's Nest Ltd
  • Board member - Crows Nest Community Solutions Ltd
  • Board member - Crows Nest Environmental Ltd
  • President Outback Writers Festival Inc
  • Past Treasurer - Winton Outback Festival
  • Past President Winton Business and Tourism Association Inc.
  • Committee Member - Winton Shire Council Tourism Strategy Advisory Committee
  • Farmer and Business owner

 

Robyn Stephens OAM

  • 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

 

Lyn Fraser

  • 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

 

John Paynter

  • 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.

 

Janice Evert

  • 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

 

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