Australian Artists Online (DAAO). The first Australian Research Council (ARC) grant in support of the project was a partnership headed by UNSW, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, The National Gallery of Australia, the National Library of Australia, the State Library of New South Wales, the University of Sydney, and Charles Darwin University. Online Initially, three major books were digitised: the two works by Joan Kerr and one by Vivien Johnson listed below, plus a database of cartoonists prepared previously by Kerr and of prints by Roger Butler of the National Gallery of Australia. Johnson, with the assistance of Tess Allas and Laura Fisher, also added an extensive database of Aboriginal biographies created as a part of her Storylines project. The first project director was Leonie Hellmers (2005 to 2008). In 2010, after a third ARC grant, the DAAO began the process of revising its website and transforming itself into Design & Art Australia Online. Description The current research director is Gillian Fuller, supported by managing editor Olivia Bolton and data manager Jo Croucher. Joanna Mendelssohn and Anita Calloway are joint editors in chief, and Ross Harley is the new lead chief investigator. Bibliography Kerr, Joan Dictionary of Australian Artists, Painters, Sketchers, Photographers and Engravers to 1870 Melbourne 1992 Kerr, Joan Heritage: The National Women's Art Book Sydney 1995 Johnson, Vivien Western Desert Artists: A Biographical Dictionary 1995 See also Other reference works covering Australian art include: McCulloch, Alan Encyclopedia of Australian Art 1st edition 1968, Hutchinson & Co, London McCulloch, Alan Encyclopedia of Australian Art 2nd edition 1984 (Two volumes), Hutchinson & Co, London Germaine, Max Artists and Galleries of Australia and New Zealand 1979, Lansdowne Editions, Dee Why West, NSW 2099 References External links Design and Art Australia Online How the internet liberated Australia’s art history at The Conversation Australian biographical dictionaries