Fields of Research

Australian history
Archaeology
Asian history
Other language, communication and culture
Other Asian literature (excl. South-East Asian)
Historical studies

Research Objectives

Expanding knowledge in psychology
Other environmental management
Expanding knowledge in human society

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

An Ocean of Instruction and Enjoyment; National Library of Australia News
A voice from the margin? Archaeology, the sea and Australian history; Australasian Historical Archaeology
An Unconventional Woman by Jean Tahija
Bass and Flinders: A Place in History
Exploration by Sea
Index Aboriginal History Volumes 1 to 16; Aboriginal History
Low Head to Launceston: The Earliest Reports of Port Dalrymple and the Tamar; Historical Survey of Northern Tasmania
More than just a life
Notes on the Chronicle of Bone; Living Through Histories: Culture, History and Social Life in South Sulawesi
South Sulawesi Chronicles and their Possible Models; Vasco da Gama and the Linking of Europe and Asia

Research Projects

Research Candidate Supervision

A History of Salisbury Foundry
BEYOND THE CONVIST SYSTEM- THE AGED POOR AND INSTITUTIONALISATION IN COLONIA TASMANIA
Place, Power and Social Law- A History of Tasmania's Central North 1810 - 1900
The caring relationship-fact or fiction in a nursing home
The textile industry in twentieth century Launceston - with particular reference to its imported British labour force.
Translation of old Malay text (in Jawi script) and discussion of the text's relevance.