Dr Nancy Underhill is an author, curator and academic. She was Foundation Head of the Department of Art History at the University of Queensland, Australia and the inaugural director of the University Art Museum. Her books include Nolanon Nolan: Sidney Nolan in His Own Words (2007) and Letters of John Reed: Defining Australian Culture 1920–1981 (co-editor, 2001). Nancy has served on the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council, and chaired the Art Association of Australia and the Museums Association of Australia. She has been a visiting fellow at the Humanities Research Centre, Australian National University, and has been associated with the Menzies Centre of Australian Studies, King's College, London UK. For some years she assisted Mary Nolan with the Sidney Nolan Archive at The Rodd, Powys.