Anne Fairbairn, is a widely published Australian poet, artist and journalist. In 1998 she was awarded one of Australia’s highest honours when made a member of the Order of Australia (AM) – for services to literature as a poet and to international relations, particularly between Australia and the Middle East. Since 1980 she has been involved in building a Bridge of Poems between Australia and the Arab world. She has won numerous awards and honours for literature in Australia and abroad. Her many publications include Shadows of our Dreaming (Angus and Robertson 1983), a celebration of early Australia with haiku-like poems set beside her evocative black and white drawings. In 1999 Fairbairn was contracted by the Australian government to compile a volume of poetry to celebrate the Centenary of Federation of Australia. The examples of her haiku in this Anthology are taken from her recent compilation, Djuringa Haiku.

http://www.electrato.com/art/poetry/dialogue/translators/fairbairn.html

This site had some info on her

http://www.manningclark.org.au/newsletter/nl24_fairbairn.html