
Jane Hardy studied art at the South Australian School of Art before joining the Australian diplomatic service. She was posted to missions in Malaysia, South Korea, Washington DC, Spain and Honolulu, and was the Ambassador to Spain.

Janet Maughan is a lawyer, scholar, book collector and art writer specialising in Indigenous cultures.

Emeritus Professor J.V.S. Megaw AM retired in 2006, having held a personal Chair of Visual Arts at Flinders University. Previously he was Professor and Head of the Department of Archaeology at the University of Leicester.

M. Ruth Megaw studied American and Australian History at the universities of Glasgow and Sydney and served in the UK diplomatic service before joining her husband in Australia. Having studied fine art in Adelaide, she worked with contemporary Indigenous Australian artists.