TEACHING
University of the 3rd Age - Ballarat
I love sharing the knowledge I have accumulated over years of research with other like minded people, and U3A provides the ideal opportunity for me to do just that. This wonderful organisation run by and for people who are no longer in the workforce but feel the need to keep mind and body active has provided me with the opportunity to meet many wonderful people who share an interest in history.
2008 - 2010 The history of Ireland 2011 War of the Roses 2012 Norfolk Island 2013 The Birth of Sydney 2017 British India 2018 British India through Film and Fiction 2019 The Silk Road 2021 The Silk Road 2022 The Russification of Central Asia 2023 Peter the Great to Putin 2024 1848 - the Year of Revolution 2025 The Silk Road Revisited 2026 Byzantium
WEA Sydney
While living in Sydney in the 1990s I conducted a number of face to face classes on the establishment of the British colony at New South Wales and the convict colonies at Norfolk Island and Van Diemen’s Land. Once I had moved to Ballarat I wrote manuals for the WEA Discussion Group Program including:
Rebellion: Behind the Eureka Stockade Emigrate or Die! The Great Irish Famine Hell on Earth: Norfolk Island’s Convict History.
Centre for Adult Education - Melbourne
Writer and Research
Gordon Institute - Geelong
Writing Histories