 | Born 21 June 1955, Melbourne Australia |
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1957 — moved to Brisbane |
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1970-72 began writing stories and editing magazines |
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1973 — started a novel Manacles (published in 1985) |
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1974 — one year at University in Townsville |
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1976 — Young Writer's Fellowship (Australia Council Grant) |
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1978-1981 — published journalism, fiction and some slim volumes |
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1981 — Post Graduate Diploma (Alexander Mackie CAE) |
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1982-83 — Europe (London, Paris, Vienna) |
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1985 -1986 — employed by Government of Victoria as writer, editor, film-maker |
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1987 — became Director of ToadShow |
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1999, 2000 — tutored in New Communication Technologies at Griffith University |
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2000 — lectured Contemporary Issues in Technology and Design at Queensland University of Technology. |
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2001 — Managed design and construction of many community and arts web sites including Brisbane Stories, Quandamooka, Wynnum-Manly and Brisbane Powerhouse. |
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2002 — started looking after the local creek and learning plant names |
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2004 — developed Toadal Control, a content managment system for web sites |
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2005 — 50th Birthday in the local park, toured the creek restoration |
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2010 — became an honorary researcher in arachnology at Queensland Museum |
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2013-15 — participated as photographer and arachnologist with Bush Blitz expeditions. Australia's Bush Blitz species discovery program is jointly funded by the Australian Government and BHP Billiton Sustainable Communities. |
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2015 — 60th Birthday in the local park, toured the creek restoration |
