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Bill Boustead
Born
William Morris Boustead

3 January 1912
Died15 October 1999(1999-10-15) (aged 87)

William Morris Boustead (3 January 1912 – 15 October 1999) was an Australian Art conservator. He was conservator at the Art Gallery of New South Wales from 1954 until 1977.[1]

Biography

Boustead was born in Gloucester, New South Wales and educated at Fort Street High School.[2] His first job after leaving school was working in a metallurgical and chemical laboratory while studying at technical college.[1]

After spending most of the 1930s in the Pacific he served with the Royal Australian Engineers during World War II.[1] Following his discharge in 1945 Boustead began studying at the National Art School in Sydney.[1] In 1946 he was appointed to the conservation workshop of the Art Gallery of New South Wales then appointed as gallery conservator in 1954.[1]

Boustead's achievements during his time as conservator at the AGNSW included:

  • Building the first vacuum hot table in Australia[1]
  • Setting up the first program in Australia to train conservators[3][4]
  • Leading the Australian team as part of the International response to the flooding of Florence in 1966[1][5]
  • Pioneering processes to conserve art works from tropical regions especially Bark Paintings[5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g National Newsletter Archived 22 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine AICCM December 1999
  2. ^ "FORT STREET HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ALUMNI" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
  3. ^ Understanding Museums – Conservation in Australian museums
  4. ^ Collection Conservation National Gallery of Australia
  5. ^ a b Bill Boustead Archived 26 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine National Library, Canberra
  6. ^ Preserving Aboriginal Art Taylor & Francis Online