Anne Patricia Jones (born 28 July 1955) is an Australian writer, editor, and administrator. She is one of two working directors of ToadShow Pty Ltd, a Brisbane-based design company, where she is managing partner and company chair. In 1981 she was co editor of ''

Semper Floreat ''Semper Floreat'' (Latin: "May it always flourish") is the student newspaper of the University of Queensland, in Brisbane, Australia. It has been published continuously by the University of Queensland Union (UQ Union) since 1932, when it began ...

'' the University of Queensland student newspaper.Leo, J & Nunan, K. (1994) ‘Women Working in the Arts (Profiles of Women Arts Workers).’ Brisbane: Department of Education, Queensland. In 1982 and 1983 she was station coordinator of

4ZZZ 4ZZZ (pronounced "Four Triple Zed" or simply "Triple Zed") is an independent community radio station operating in Brisbane, Australia at the frequency 102.1 FM. As a community radio station, 4ZZZ is a member of the Community Broadcasting Associ ...

. In 1983 she co-founded, with Damien Ledwich and Matt Mawson, the second version of ''

The Cane Toad Times ''The Cane Toad Times'' was a satirical humour magazine based in Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland. It was first published in the late 1970s, then revived under the same name by a new team from 1983–1990. The two versions shared personnel and ...

''. In 1986 she was a trainee writer with P. P. Cranney on the play ''Sweeping Statements'', about the Federated Miscellaneous Workers Union, produced by

Street Arts Street Arts Community Theatre Company was a theatre company in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was founded in October 1982 in West End, Brisbane, by Denis Peel, Pauline Peel, Steve Capelin and Andrea Lynch. Street Arts was preceded in Brisba ...

. Also in 1986 under the name ToadShow she administered the production of ''Hound of Music'' at the Princess Theatre, in Brisbane, Queensland. In 1999 she was appointed to the Board of the

Queensland Museum The Queensland Museum is the state museum of Queensland, dedicated to natural history, cultural heritage, science and human achievement. The museum currently operates from its headquarters and general museum in South Brisbane with specialist mu ...

and served as Chair of the Queensland Museum Board from 2002 to 2008. She was awarded the Queensland Museum Medal in 2009. In 2010 she became an Ambassador of the Queensland Museum, a role in the Queensland Museum Foundation. In 2011 a spider species, ''Opopaea jonesae'', was named after her in recognition of her service to the museum. In 2011 Jones was appointed to the board of Healthy Waterways now known as Healthy Land & Water, a not-for-profit membership-based organisation working to protect and improve waterway health in South East Queensland.Healthy Waterways Board

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* ToadShow http://www.toadshow.com.au {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Anne Living people Australian writers 1955 births