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QUT Art Museum

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Notable Brisbanites — creative arts

Galleries, Museums, and Art colleges

• Gallery of Modern Art — South Bank
• Queensland Art Gallery — South Bank
• Queensland College of Art — Griffith University
• QUT Art Museum — (Gardens Point campus)
• Brisbane City Roos — Kangaroo sculptures in George Street

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Creative artists

• M — Daphne Mayo (sculptor)
• T — Christopher Trotter (sculptor)
• Y — Mina Young (painter and photographer)

Writers

• A — Thea Astley (novelist)
• E — Nick Earls (novelist)
• L — Hugh Lunn (author)
• M — David Malouf (novelist and poet)
• W — Kath Walker (poet) — Judith Wright (poet)

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Notable Brisbanites — performing arts

Venues

Metro Arts Theatre — Brisbane CBD

Queensland Performing Arts Centre
(photo taken from Victoria Bridge)

• Amphitheatre — Roma Street Parkland
• Brisbane Arts Theatre — Petrie Terrace, Brisbane
• Cement Box Theatre — the University of Queensland
• Metro Arts Theatre — Edward Street, Brisbane
• Queensland Performing Arts Centre — Lyric Theatre, Concert Hall, Cremorne Theatre, Playhouse — South Bank
• Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University — South Bank
• QUT Gardens Theatre — Queensland University of Technology Gardens Point Campus, George Street, Brisbane
• Roundhouse Theatre — the QUT Creative Industries Precinct, Kelvin Grove
• Schonell Theatre — the University of Queensland

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companies

• Grin and Tonic Theatre Company
• Ignatius Musical Society (Toowong)
• LaBoite Theatre Company CIP (Kelvin Grove)
• Opera Musicale
• Opera Queensland
• Operatif
• Queensland Ballet
• Queensland Conservatorium of Music (Griffith University)
• Queensland Musical Society
• The Queensland Orchestra
• Queensland Theatre Company
• Queensland University Musical Society
• Queensland Youth Orchestras

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Actors and performance artists

• B — Ray Barrett (actor)
• C — Diane Cilento (actress) — Barry Creyton (actor)
• E — Clarence Evans (playwright/producer)
• F — Janet Fielding (actress)
• G — Elise Goodrich (performance artist)
• O — Barry Otto (actor) — Miranda Otto (actress)
• R — Bruce Redman (film producer) — Geoffrey Rush (actor)
• S — John Stanton (actor)
• T — Leonard Teale (actor) — Geraldine Turner (actress)
• Y — Rebecca Yates (ballerina)

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Opera singers, classical musicians, jazz singers and musicians and cabaret singers

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• B — Jeffrey Black (opera singer)
• C — Jamie Clark (musician) — Leah Cotterell (jazz singer)
• D — Diana Doherty (musician)
• G — Lisa Gasteen (opera singer)
• N — Tyronne Noonan (cabaret performer)
• R — Margaret Roadknight (singer)
• S — Donald Shanks (opera singer)