John Hay, John Arnold and

John Arnold is a member of, and former Head of, the National Centre for Australian Studies in the School of Political and Social Inquiry at Monash University. He has published widely in the field of Australian literary research and, in particular, Australian bibliographic studies. Among other advisory and academic positions, Arnold is a member of the Executive Committee for the Project and was co-editor and a major contributor to the second volume (Towards a National Culture in a Colonised Market, 2001) of the three volume history charting the evolution of publishing and reading in Australia. Professor John Hay, AC, is recently retired, but was formerly Vice-Chancellor of The University of Queensland. He was previously Professor of English at the University of Western Australia, Dean of Arts and Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Monash University and Vice-Chancellor and President of Deakin University. He has had a long-standing and wide ranging involvement in English and Australian literary studies and bibliographic research. He currently chairs the Board of the Queensland Art Gallery.;