Helen Gregory is an experienced historian and heritage consultant who has specialised in researching and writing Queensland and Brisbane history. Helen Gregory undertakes oral history projects and projects relating to the history and cultural heritage significance of historical places in Queensland. Helen Gregory is committed to giving her clients high quality advice on their projects, undertaking thorough research and to producing well-written histories. She has completed several local history studies and several histories of Queensland organisations. Helen Gregory is a member of the Professional Historians Association of Queensland and a member of the Queensland Environmental Law Association.
Skills and services offered:
Local history studies
Histories of institutions and organisations, particularly in the
health field
History sections for conservation plans
Advice to clients considering commissioning history projects
Oral history
Consultative historical research
Public speaking
Professional interests:
Queensland social history
The history and cultural heritage significance of heritage places
Oral history
Preparing historical backgrounds for museum exhibitions
Qualifications: BA with First Class Honours in History;
completing final subject for Master of Applied Law
Publications and experience:
A church for its times - the story of St Thomas Church,
Toowong, Brisbane, 1977.
Vivant Professores. Distinguished members of the University
of Queensland 1910-1940. University of Queensland Fryer Memorial
Library Occasional Publication, 1987.
A tradition of care. A history of nursing at the Royal Brisbane
Hospital, Brisbane, 1988.
Arcadian Simplicity: J B Fewings Memoirs of Toowong, Brisbane,
Library Board of Queensland, 1990.
The Queensland Law Society Inc, 1928-1988, Brisbane, 1991.
Making Maroochy. A history of the land, the shire and the people,
Brisbane, 1991.
The Brisbane River story. Brisbane, 1996.
A century of sail. A history of the South Brisbane Sailing
Club, 1903-2003, Brisbane, 2003.
(with W Ross Johnston) Women of the west, Rockhampton,
Central Queensland University Press, 2004.
Expressions of Mercy. Brisbane's Mater Hospitals, 1906-2006,
Brisbane, University of Queensland Press, 2006
Numerous articles and papers on various aspects of Brisbane and
Queensland history
Address:
Helen Gregory
392A Swann Road
St Lucia Qld 4067
Phone: 07 3371 1911 (H)
E-mail: helen.gregory@cultural.com.au
Last updated 24 March 2006
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