Associate Professor Carol Liston
ACADEMIC COURSE ADVISOR Bachelor of Arts (Bankstown and Penrith),
Arts (SoHCA)
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR,
Arts (SoHCA)
Personal
Qualifications
- PhD University of Sydney
- BA University of Sydney
UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Arts (SoHCA)
- Arts (SoHCA)
Contact
| Email: | C.Liston@uws.edu.au |
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| Extension: | 2358 |
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| Location: | C.G.27 Penrith (Kingswood) |
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Biography
Carol Liston is an Australian historian who specialises in the history of early New South Wales (1788-1860). Her research covers early colonial history with interests in people (convict, colonial born and free immigrant and their family histories), local history, heritage and the built environment. Her particular interest is the colonial development of the County of Cumberland (Greater Western Sydney), using land records, family history and surviving buildings to document the past.
She is co-editor of the Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society.
This information has been contributed by Associate Professor Liston.
Interests
- 19th Century Australian history
- Family History and genealogy
- Heritage and the built environment
- Local History
- NSW Land History
Teaching
Previous Teaching Areas
- 100001 Keeping the Past, 2012
Publications
Books
- Liston, C. (2009), 'Pictorial History Liverpool and District', : Kingsclear Books 9780908272976.
Chapters in Books
- Liston, C. (2009), 'Brisbane, Sir Thomas', The Governors of New South Wales 1788-2010, Federation Press 9781862877436.
Journal Articles
- Liston, C. (2012), 'Sir Thomas Brisbane : a man of scientific method', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 10.
- Liston, C. (2010), 'Bellfield and Rossmore: forgotten associations from Thomas Shepherd to Hardy Wilson', Australian Garden History, 7.
Conference Papers
- Liston, C. (2011), 'Female Convicts and their children NSW 1820-1840', Islands of History. Proceedings of the 25th Anniversary Conference Professional Historians Association (NSW), Norfolk Island.
Other Publications
- 2008, 'Women Transported. Life in Australia's convict female factories', Published Work
Research
Previous Projects
| Title: | Parramatta Archaeological Historical Landscape Study |
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| Years: | 2000-08-07 - 2001-12-31 |
| ID: | P0013134 |
| UWS Researchers: | Carol Liston |
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| Title: | Female Orphan School Building History |
| Years: | 1999-02-01 - 2000-12-31 |
| ID: | P0013166 |
| UWS Researchers: | Carol Liston |
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| Title: | Supplement Funding - Collingwood House |
| Years: | 2001-01-01 - 2006-12-31 |
| ID: | P0011264 |
| UWS Researchers: | Carol Liston |
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| Title: | Academic Unit Research Support Scheme - School of Cultural Histories and Futures |
| Years: | 1998-07-27 - 2000-12-31 |
| ID: | P0012804 |
| UWS Researchers: | Carol Liston |
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| Title: | Historical research, ADI site, St Marys |
| Years: | 2001-03-14 - 2001-05-16 |
| ID: | P0012268 |
| UWS Researchers: | Carol Liston |
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| Title: | Historic Houses Trust of NSW - Historical advice regarding ARC Partnership project with University of Sydney |
| Years: | 2001-07-20 - 2002-07-02 |
| ID: | P0012420 |
| UWS Researchers: | Carol Liston |
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| Title: | History of Castlereagh |
| Years: | 1997-07-16 - 1998-12-31 |
| ID: | P0012452 |
| UWS Researchers: | Carol Liston |
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| Title: | Collingwood House |
| Years: | 2001-01-31 - 2009-01-30 |
| ID: | P0011890 |
| UWS Researchers: | Carol Liston |
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| Title: | Comparative Analysis of the Psychiatric Hospital |
| Years: | 2000-07-01 - 2001-12-31 |
| ID: | P0011282 |
| UWS Researchers: | Carol Liston |
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| Title: | Comparative Analysis of the Roman Catholic Orphan School Parramatta |
| Years: | 2000-07-08 - 2000-12-31 |
| ID: | P0013132 |
| UWS Researchers: | Carol Liston |
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Supervision
Associate Professor Liston is available to be a principal supervisor for doctoral projects
Current Supervision
| Title: | The Tottenham Rebels: Radical Labour Politics in a Small Mining Town during the Great War |
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| Title: | When it's not the Main Game: Art in Hospitals |
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| Title: | Independent Voices - John Lucas and his Contemporaries in NSW Colonial Politics |
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| Title: | Sydney's 'Paris Exhibition': An Account of the 1854 Exhibition of the Natural and Industrial Products of NSW |
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Previous Supervision
| Title: | "That den of infamy" - the no. 2 Stockade, Cox's River: a study of the convict experience |
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| Field of Research: | HISTORY |
| Thesis: | "THAT DEN OF INFAMY, THE NO. 2 STOCKADE COX'S RIVER." AN HISTORICAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE CONSTRUCTION, IN THE 1830's, OF THE WESTERN ROAD FROM MT VICTORIA TO BATHURST BY A CONVICT WORKFORCE |
| Title: | Hyde Park Asylum for Infirm and Destitute Women, 1862-1886: An Historical Study of Government Welfare for Women in need of Residential Care in New South Wales |
| Field of Research: | HISTORY |
| Thesis: | HYDE PARK ASYLUM FOR INFIRM AND DESTITUTE WOMEN, 1862-1886: AN HISTORICAL STUDY OF GOVERNMENT WELFARE FOR WOMEN IN NEED OF RESIDENTIAL CARE IN NEW SOUTH WALES |
| Title: | Deserted and Despised Innocent Sufferers: The immigration of free families of convicts to New South Wales, 1788-1852 |
| Field of Research: | HISTORY |
| Thesis: | Deserted and Despised Innocent Sufferers: The immigration of free families of convicts to New South Wales, 1788-1852 |
| Title: | 'Sometimes a Little Injustice must be Suffered for the Public Good'. How the National Security (Aliens Control) Regulations 1939 (Cth) affected the lives of German, Italian, Japanese and Australian born women living in Australia during the Second World War. |
| Field of Research: | STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY |
| Thesis: | 'Sometimes a Little Injustice must be Suffered for the Public Good'. How the National Security (Aliens Control) Regulations 1939 (Cth) affected the lives of German, Italian, Japanese and Australian born women living in Australia during the Second World War. |
