Linda Mary Barwick (born 1954) is an Australian musicologist and professor emerita at the

Sydney Conservatorium of Music The Sydney Conservatorium of Music (formerly the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music and known by the moniker "The Con") is a heritage-listed music school in Macquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the old ...

. Barwick has focused on researching Australian Indigenous music and the music of immigrant communities. She also works in the field of digital humanities, archiving recordings.

Early life and education

Barwick was born Linda Mary Barwick in 1954. Early publications appeared under her married surname Linda Mary Bone She graduated with a BA (hons, 1980) and PhD (1986) from Flinders University. Her PhD thesis was titled "Critical perspectives on oral song in performance : the case of Donna lombarda".

Career

Following her PhD, Barwick moved to the University of New England, where she worked with Professor Catherine Ellis and began to study Australian Indigenous music and Aboriginal women's participation in it. Based at the

, Barwick was co-founder and served as the first director of the Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC) in 2003. As of June 2022 she is chair of the steering committee of PARADISEC. In 1995 she co-edited a collection of essays titled ''The essence of singing and the substance of song recent responses to the Aboriginal performing arts and other essays in honour of Catherine Ellis.'' Barwick was elected a Fellow of the

Australian Academy of the Humanities The Australian Academy of the Humanities was established by Royal Charter in 1969 to advance scholarship and public interest in the humanities in Australia. It operates as an independent not-for-profit organisation partly funded by the Australia ...

in 2014. She was appointed a

Member of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an Order (distinction), honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Monarchy of Australia, Queen of Aus ...

in the 2023 Australia Day Honours.

Selected publications

Books

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References

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