PhD Students

Shelley Richardson

thesis topic: A Collective Biography of the Urban Middle Class Professional Family in Australasia 1880-1930.
thesis description: The thesis focuses on 'progressive' and 'liberal' families in New Zealand and Australia and examines the themes of Family Dynamics, Family and Community, Notions of Citizenship and Family and Identity: Empire, the Nation and the Trans-Tasman connection.
email: Shelley.Richardson@anu.edu.au

Jacqui Donegan

thesis topic: The Confectionery Kings: Robertson, Allen and Hoadley. A

Collective Biography, 1880-1972

thesis description: The thesis takes a strong biographical approach towards the three Australian confectionary kings, Macpherson Robertson, Alfred Allen and Abel Hoadley, linking in to historical influences abroad and the men's subsequent achievements in early industrial Melbourne and throughout Australia.

email: Jacqui.Donegan@townsville.qld.gov.au

Chris Wallace

thesis topic: Julia Gillard: A Mid-Career Political Biography

thesis description: The thesis will examine the rise of Julia Gillard in the institutional context of the ALP, exploring inter alia the challenges of mid-career biographies and the politics of political biography.

email: Chris.Wallace@anu.edu.au