Ian Neil Templeman (10 October 1938 – 3 November 2015)[1] was an Australian poet, artist and arts administrator.
[3] He was an active member of the Young Australia League, taking a prominent part in their stage performances of the early 1950s.
[5] He was appointed National Executive Officer of the Australian Society for Education through the Arts He served as assistant to the director of the Festival of Perth.
The following year he took on the role of Director of Publications of the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University, Canberra.
Templeman was involved in: He continued to write poetry for newspapers and literary magazines, also in collected editions; also essays and memoirs Novelist Sara Dowse said of him "He was one of life's great enthusiasts.