Contributors

Jacquie Brisbout

Jacquie Brisbout has a Graduate Diploma in Applied Heritage Studies from Curtin University and was in the role of Assistant Curator at the Fremantle Prison from 2011- 2013. She is currently studying archaeology at the University of Western Australia and continues to maintain an interest in the artworks, stories and heritage at the Prison.

Sebastian Boch

Sebastian Boch ﬁnished his Bachelor of Arts with Honours in June 2013 and achieved a high distinction for his thesis on “The Impact of World War I on the German-speaking community in Western Australia”. He currently lives in Basel, working as a teacher of German as a foreign language; however, he intends to return to Perth in 2014 in order to further his research into the role of German migrants in the establishment and development of Perth and Fremantle as part of a PhD degree.

Shaphan Cox

Shaphan Cox is an Early Career Development Fellow in Geography in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at Curtin University. His research explores reconceptualisations of space and place through representation. Shaphan has taught extensively in Geography and Urban Planning at Curtin, Notre Dame and the University of Western Australia. In 2012, Shaphan graduated with a PhD from Curtin University.

Deborah Gare

Deborah Gare is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Notre Australia in Fremantle. She is a leading Australian historian with interests in the history of colonial Western Australia, nineteenth-century travel Writing, women in Fremantle, and Australia and Empire. She has previously been a research associate at Curtin University, a visiting fellow at Manchester University and a visiting scholar at the University of British Columbia. Deborah was instrumental in the State Library of Western Australia’s recent acquisition of the diary of Mary Ann Friend (1829- 31) and is currently writing a biography of its author. Her most recent publication was When War Came to Fremantle 1899 to 1945, (Fremantle Press, 2014) co-authored with Madison Lloyd-Jones.

Alex Grose

Alex Grose is a philosophy graduate and performing artist with a keen interest in Fremantle History. He has worked at the Fremantle Prison and appeared on ABC Radio for the segment The Big Picture. He currently resides in Broome.

Lindsay Levering

Lindsay Lovering is currently Musica Viva’s WA State Manager, was formerly Senior Program Manager at the Department for the Arts and until February, 2012 was Healthway’s Arts Program Manager for approximately 21 years. In November 2010 he received the National Leadership in Arts and Health Award and in 2009 was a ﬁnalist in the Citizen of the Year Awards for his contribution to the development of the State’s Arts, Culture and Entertainment activities. He is a Graduate of the Canberra School of Music, a former member of the Elizabethan Trust Orchestra, Melbourne and studied for four years in Paris with Michel Debost, Principal Flautist of the Orchestra d’Paris. Lindsay is actively involved in community arts and cultural development and is a member of the Perth Royal Show’s Open Arts Committee.

Alexandra Ludewig

Alexandra Ludewig, Professor of German Studies, is Head of the German Department at the University of Western Australia. She is currently engrossed in researching the World War One internment camps at Ruhleben near Berlin and on Western Australia’s Rottnest Island.

Isa Menzies

Isa Menzies is a museum professional with a decade’s experience in the ﬁeld, and an MA (Museum Studies) from the University of Sydney. She Worked at a number of national and international institutions, including the National Museum of Australia, Old Parliament House, and the Tonga Visitors Bureau, before moving to Western Australia, where she worked at Fremantle Prison as the Acting Curator from 2011-2013. She is currently completing her PhD at the Australian National University in Canberra.

Bobbie Oliver

Bobbie Oliver is Associate Professor of History in the Department of Social Sciences and International Studies at Curtin University. She was the ]ohn Curtin Prime Ministerial Library’s Visiting Scholar in 2012, researching the life of Elsie Curtin. She was Head of the Department of Social Sciences in 2011 and 2012. Bobbie joined Curtin as a Postdoctoral Fellow in 1997 after previous appointments as a Research Fellow at the Australian National University and a Research Officer at the Australian War Memorial (Canberra). She gained her Doctorate in History at The University of Western of Australia in 1990, with a thesis on the impact of World War I on Western Australia, since published as War and Peace in Western Australia (UWA Press, 1995), and shortlisted in the West Australian Premier’s Literary Awards for 1995. As an historian, a heritage practitioner, and the author of several histories she contributes significantly to the disciplines of History, Politics and Cultural Heritage.

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