Professional Historians Association (Queensland)

Kay Cohen is an experienced historian specialising in government administration, the history of organisations, and Queensland's history and cultural heritage. She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland.

Skills and services offered:

• Historical research and writing
• Oral history
• Corporate/Institution History
• Publishing
• Thesis editing
• Heritage consultancy

Professional interests:

• Administrative history
• Queensland people and places
• Cultural heritage
• Cultural tourism

Qualifications:

B.A., B.Soc.Stud., M.A. Ph.D

Publications and experience:

More Than Surviving: The Story of Boulia (2002)

Heritage trails of the Great South-East, Heritage trails of the Tropical North, and Heritage Trails of the outback (with Howard Pearce and Margaret Cook)

Discovery Guide to the Outback (2003) (contributor)

Character & circumstance: Thirty years of the TAB in Queensland, 1992

People, places & policies: Aspects of Queensland administrative history, 1859-1920 (co-editor, contributor)

Reports on: Mount Isa-Tennant Creek Defence Road; Musgrave Park; History of Winton; Cloncurry-Winton Town Heritage Survey; West End Parks, Hamilton Cold Stores, World War Two sites on the Barkly Highway

Enhancing Access to Justice - the history of Legal Aid Queensland 1979-2004, 2004

Women in the law in Queensland (contributor) (2005)

Numerous papers on administrative history, Queensland history and heritage

Address

Dr Kay Cohen
65 O'Quinn St.
Nudgee Beach, Qld 4014
Phone: 07 32675794
Fax: 07 32675794
E-mail: k_cohen@ozemail.com.au

Categories of skills and expertise: biography, Business and administrative history, Corporate/institution history, Heritage studies/surveys, oral history, public speaking, publishing