The Australian Guild of Realist Artists was formed in 1974 by the distinguished artists Sir William Dargie, Paul Fitzgerald AM, Kathlyn Ballard OAM and Kenneth Jack OAM, for the purpose of actively promoting and celebrating realist art in Australia.
Founders
Paul Fitzgerald AM, Kenneth Jack OAM, Kathlyn Ballard OAM, Sir William Dargie CBE
Presidents
Paul Fitzgerald AM, Charles McCubbin (decd), Colin Johnson AGRA, Neil Straub AGRA,Carole Milton, Thelma Cardwell AGRA, Lyn Mellady AGRAF, Alan Rawady AGRA, Rob La Nauze, Raymond Kenyon, Thelma Cardwell AGRA, Jan Lowe AGRA, Victoria Newnham, Ray Kenyon, Lulu Clifton-Evans
Current and past councillors (in approximate chronological order)
Paul Fitzgerald AM Kenneth Jack OAM , Kathlyn Ballard OAM Donald Cameron, Reshid Muspygade, Shirley Bourne, Sir William Dargie CBE, Bruce Fletcher, Allan Martin, Graham Moore, Charles McCubbin, Lance McNeill, Donald Nelson, Arnold Riches, Clifford Wood, Malcolm Cameron, John Borrack, Harold Fahey, Robert Miller, Van Balmain, Bill Beavan, Cromwell Beggs, Ramon Horsfield, Colin Johnson, Bill Walls, John Duncan Firth, Carol Harrison, Alfred Shaw, Richard Weatherly, Marie Weeks, Billi Ward, Kim Balmain, Barbara Beasley-Southgate, Terry Collins, Ted Berry, Thelma Cardwell, Audrey Sharp, Neil Straub, Muriel Balmain, Gil Brooks, Carole Milton, Allan Salisbury, Don Bladier, David Dearn, Warren Curry, Paul Margocsy, Ern Trembath, Ron Russell Fletcher, Di King, Herman Pekel, Kevin Taylor, Carl Anderson, Janet Matthews, Margaret Cromb, Lyn Mellady, John Mutsaers, Elizabeth East, Noreen Lubeck, Mark Thorpe, Barbara Wood, Andrew MacKenzie, John Baker,Ted Wynter, Patricia Delanty AGRA. Victoria Cook, John Thomas, Don James,Diana Edwards, Joel Magpayo AGRA, Do Noble, David Chen, Lorraine Davies, Sandra Harvie, Anna De Jonk, Ross Wenn, Lia Williams, Loyus Aikman, Ivan Dinsdale, Lesley McKenna, Bette Franke, Christine Cafarella Pearce, Helen Edwards, Velda Palazzi, Judith Deane, David Mellows, Lorraine Wigraft, Guy Cawton, Bill Berryman, Maree Holt, Evelyn Hales, Malcolm Webster, Betty Burns, Alan Rawady, Raelene Sharp, Ronald Jones, Clive Sinclair, KerryAnne Sullivan, Pam Adams, Peter Foster, Craig Penny, Maxine Wade, Regina Hona, Jan Lowe, Radmila Hardi, Kristina Foyster, Margaret Keogh, Rodger Scott, Rob La Nauze, Raymond Kenyon,Pamela Pretty,Kath McCann, Anne Melloy, Ian Pascoe, Kris Peter, Taff Richardson, Sue Bayre, Kylie Sirett, Karen Buckingham, Robert Knight Geoff Buckingham , Erif Vincent, Heather Peberdy, Vivi Palegeorge, Joseph Attard, Colin Peel , Victoria Newnham, Christine Hermans, Antoinette Blyth, Meredith Atkinson , Vicki McInnes, Bruce Walker, Margaret Young, Peter Gibson, Richard Page, Trish Bourke, Julie Goldspink, Nola Wilkinson, Karen van Ulzen, Kris Peter, Ros Godman, Lulu Clifton-Evans, Grace Paleg, Lyn Diefenbach, Christine Broersen, Patricia Walker, Fiona Bilbrough, Jan Pitman, John Baker, Catriona MacLaine