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Selected Conference and other Papers
"My Work" Three Women Jewellers, World Craft Council Conference Vienna, 1980.
" Architectural Jewels" Workshop 2nd JMGA Conference Adelaide, 1982.
" Western Australian Craft" Schools Art Conference Perth, 1988.
"The West Coast That Other Australia" 6th JMGA Conference Sydney, 1990.
"J.W.R. Linton and the Domestic Art Movement in Western Australia", Art Association of Australia Conference, Sydney, 1990.
"J.W.R. Linton and the Domestic Art Movement in Western Australia, Western Australian History Conference, Perth, 1991.
"Jewellery, Silversmithing, Dinanderie and Ecclesiastical Metalwork in Western Australia”, Art Deco Society Annual Conference, Perth, 1991.
"Metalwork in Western Australia at the Turn of the Century", Bare Bones Post Graduate Symposium, Perth, 1991.
"Definitely Decorative: Jewellery and Metalsmithing in Western Australia c 1900-1940." Second International Art Deco Congress, Perth, 1993.
"JWR Linton and Design in WA 1900-1920s", Making It Again Design Conference Curtin University, Perth, 1993.
"The Decorative Arts in Western Australia", Designing the Modern Series. Lawrence Wilson Gallery, UWA, Perth, 1996.
"In Praise of Hands: the Craft Revival in WA" Australian Art and Culture Symposium Lawrence Wilson Gallery, UWA, Perth, 1997.
"Gordon Holdsworth: Craftsman of Distinction", Royal WA Historical Society, Perth, 1998.
"The Historic Gardens of Kings Park", Australian Garden History Society Conference, Perth, 1998.
"Cinderella's Jewels", Gold Book Symposium, ANU, Canberra, 2000.
"The Foundation of an Art School: the first years of Perth Tech", Western Australian Art History Symposium, Curtin University, Perth, 2000.
“Dorothy Erickson – Australian Littoral”, Heritage Malta, Valletta, Malta, 2005.
“Dorothy Erickson – An Australian Experience,” MCAST (Art and Design University), Malta, 2005.
“Cinderella’s Story: Gold and Silversmithing in Western Australia 1829-1999” Gemmological Society of Australia National Conference, Perth, 2011.
“Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor”, Studio Leitner Jewellery School, Vienna, 2011.
“Angels in the Studio”, Royal WA Historical Society, Perth, 2014.
“19th Century Australian Goldfields Jewellery”, Society of Jewellery Historians, London, 2016.
“Dorothy Erickson”, Contemporary Jewellery Society, London, 2016.
Selected Public Lectures
"Gordon Holdsworth a Forgotten Artist", Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group Australia, WA Chapter JMGA, 1990.
"A Historical Background to the practice of Jewellery and Silversmithing in Western Australia", for the Art Gallery Society of Western Australia, 1990.
Guest speaker Art Deco Society June 1991 Meeting. "Jewellery and Silversmithing in Western Australia: Art Nouveau to Art Deco".
"19th Century Gold and Silversmithing in Western Australia", Gemmological Ass. of WA, 1991.
"19th Century Western Australian Jewellery", WA Lapidary Association 1992.
"Heritage is in Your Hands: Western Australian Goldfields Jewellery", Heritage Week Lecture for the National Trust of Australia 1995.
"Jewellery in Western Australia 1895-1945" The Museum of the Goldfields, 1995.
"Searching for our Heritage" 1995
"Metal Element III" College of the Arts, Sydney University, 2000
"Homage to Klimt" Maker's Mark Melbourne, and Sydney, 2003.
“Gold and Silversmithing in Western Australia” Dalkeith Probus 2009.
“A Joy Forever”, Friends of Kings Park 2009.
Meet the Authors Dorothy Erickson “A Joy Forever”, Kings Park Festival 2010
Cinderella’s Story”, Karrakatta Club, 2010.
“Cinderella’s Stories: Contemporary Jewellery from Western Australia”, Contemporary Jewellers Association London, 2011
“Cinderella’s Story”, Society of Jewellery Historians London, 2011
“Cinderella’s Story”, Powerhouse Museum Sydney, 2011.
“Tinker Tailor, Soldier Sailor - 100 Women”, Artisan, Queensland 2011.
“Cinderella’s Jewels”, National Gallery of Australia, 2011.
“Mainly made in WA: Treasures of the Royal Western Australian Historical Society” August 2013.
“19th Century Western Australian Furniture”, Australiana Society and National Trust, Sydney, 2014.
“Angels in the Studio”, Toodyay Historical Society, April 2015.
“19th Century Western Australian Furniture”, Royal Western Australian Historical Society, 2015.
“Inspired by Light and Land”, Karrakatta Club, Perth 2015.
“Kings Park: Some Myths and Legends”, Friends of the Reid Library UWA 2016.
“ Kings Park: A Few Myths” Freshwater Bay Rotary Club 2016.
“Angels in the Studio’: Some Professional Women Artists in Western Australia 1890s-1915.” JMGA, 2016.
“Inspired by Light and Land”, King Edward Memorial Midwives Group, 2017.
“Australian Goldfields Jewellery” Southern River Rotary Club, 2017.
“Mostly Made in WA: Treasures of the Royal Western Australian Historical Society”, ?? 2017
“Hidden Treasures: The art collection of the Royal Western Australian Historical Society” , State Heritage and History Conference 2017
“Art and Objects by South Australians who migrated to Western Australia”, South Australian Study Group, Adelaide, 2018.
“Beyond Bling” AGWA, 2019. “Artist and writer in Conversation: Philip Noakes and Dorothy Erickson”, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, UWA, 2019
“Dear Emily and the Angels: China painting – Profession and Pastime in Western Australia 1880s-2000 ” Royal WA Historical Society 2019.