| 2006 Gallery and Museum Achievement Awards |
The 2006 Gallery and Museum Achievement Awards were presented by Museum & Gallery Services Queensland at an Awards ceremony on 20 October, hosted by the Queensland Museum.
The Minister for Education and Training and Minister for the Arts, Hon. Rod Welford, made the presentations.
The winners in all categories were:
Organisations: Staff of 7 or more
Winner — Queensland Museum, South Bank for Dandiiri Maiwar Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures Centre
Special Commendation — The Workshops Rail Museum, Ipswich, for 60th Anniversary of VP Day Celebrations
Organisations: Staff of 1–6
Winner — Bundaberg Arts Centre for Fully Sick!!! Youth Public Art Project
Organisations: Volunteer
Winner — Cherbourg Historical Precinct Group for The Ration Shed Museum and Precinct
Special Commendation — Central Queensland Military and Artifact Museum Association, Rockhampton, for Outreach Trailer Project
Individuals: Paid
Joint Winner — Pamela Whitlock, Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum
Joint Winner — Lisa Jones, Queensland Police Museum
Individuals: Volunteer
Winner — Paulette Baxter, Theodore and District Historical Society/Dawson Folk Museum
QTCU Educational Initiative
Winner — Cobb and Co. Museum, Toowoomba, for Kids Time: A Century of Learning Through Play exhibition
Special Commendation — Queensland Museum Regional Services Program, South Bank, for Couran Cove Environmental Loan Kits
Special Commendation — Nambour & District Historical Museum Association Inc. for Early Gardens Photographic Exhibition
 | | Recipients of the 2006 Gallery and Museum Achievement Awards. Back row (l to r): Shelley Pisani (Bundaberg Arts Centre), Deborah Tranter (Cobb+Co Museum), Andrew Moritz (The Workshops Rail Museum), Pamela Whitlock (Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum). Middle row: Bob Butler (CQ Military and Artifact Museum), Brian Crozier accepting for Lisa Jones (Queensland Police Museum), Richard Cassels (Queensland Museum). Front row: Noelene Hughes (Nambour & District Historical Museum), Paulette Baxter (Theodore and District Historical Society), Fay Thorogood (Nambour & District Historical Museum). |
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The 2006 Gallery and Museum Achievement Awards were generously sponsored by:
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 | Queensland Teachers’ Credit Union: Provided $1,000 cash prizes for the winners of three categories, Organisations: Staff of 1 to 6; Organisations: Volunteer Run; and QTCU Educational Initiative, and sponsored travel costs for all winner and special commendation recipients to attend the Awards ceremony. | |
Brian Tucker Accountant: Sponsored the commissioning of the GAMAA trophies. | |
Brandi Exhibitions: Provided goods and services to the value of $1,000 for the winners of the category, Individual: Paid | |
Zetta Florence: Provided $500 worth of conservation materials for the winner of the category, Individual: Volunteer | |
Event host — Queensland Museum |
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The 2006 GAMAA trophies were designed by Queensland designer, Matt Dwyer.
The 2006 Judging Panel comprised:
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| Ken Brooks, Brennan & Geraghty’s Historical Store Museum, Maryborough | |
Elva Cupo, Rockhampton Art Gallery | |
Peter Denham, Museum of Brisbane | |
Audrey Hoffmann, formerly Warwick Art Gallery | |
Ian Jempson, Queensland Maritime Museum | |
Mary-Clare Power, Tourism Queensland | |
Peter Scrivener, formerly State Library of NSW and Museums and Galleries NSW |
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Museum & Gallery Services Queensland convened an Advisory Committee to assist with planning of the 2006 Awards program.
2006 Committee members were:
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| Elva Cupo, Rockhampton Art Gallery | |
Helen Collins, Outback Regional Gallery, Winton | |
David Gibson, Newstead House, Brisbane | |
Mary-Clare Power, Tourism Queensland | |
Andrew Moritz, The Workshops Rail Museum, Ipswich | |
Elliott Murray, Queensland Art Gallery | |
Annette Turner, Logan Art Gallery | |
Ian Watts, Gold Treasury Museum, Melbourne |
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