Promotion of History

Promotion of History

I am Secretary of the Ku-ring-gai Historical Society and a Patron and member of the publications committee of the Ryde District Historical Society.

Former honorary positions include ones with: the Australian and New Zealand Society of the History of Medicine (President and Council member); NSW Society of the History of Medicine (President); Professional Historians Australia (NSW & ACT) (Membership Secretary and other positions); Australian Historical Association (Secretary); Religious History Society of Australia (committee member); and Oral History Association, NSW (committee member).

I have helped organise conferences in Australia and overseas, and have judged student/research grants for the Australian and New Zealand Society of the History of Medicine, Oral History Australia, and the American Association for the History of Nursing.  Since 2016, I have assisted with conferences run by the Australian Historical Association, the Australian and New Zealand Society of the History of Medicine, Oral History Australia, and the Australian College of Nursing.