Lesley Jenkins is a historian with a wide range of interests and skills which include heritage as well as history, the spoken as well as the written word and new media such as the internet. Lesley was awarded a Churchill Fellowship in Oral History in 2004. She is president of the Oral History Association of Australia - Qld Inc and a member of the Association's national body.
Skills and services offered:
- Research and writing
- Oral history
- Project design and training
- Cultural heritage and mapping
- Consultation
Professional interests:
- Oral history
- Project design
- Research, writing, teaching
- Environmental history
- Social history
- Community and migrant history
- Museum projects
Qualifications:
B.A.; Grad.Dip.(Applied History)
Publications and experience:
Internet and in print:
Courier Mail, Historical Timelines for 4 Queensland regions
Brisbane City Council Library Services Site, Brisbites Histories of Suburbs (40)
Brisbane Stories Sites - BCC:
Boondall Wetlands, Woolloongabba, Women's Sport in Brisbane, Wynnum History Trail, Chinese Connections Homepage
Australian Art Stories - Flying Arts Inc
Books and booklets:
A Celebration of Culture - Darra, 2003, BCC
Talking Together: A Guide to Community Oral History Projects, OHAA Qld Inc, 1999.
A Women's Place: The Downey Park Story, Brisbane City Council, 1997.
Remembering Cradock Street, Department of Housing, Local Government & Planning, 1995.
Power of the Land - Il Potere Della Terra: A Social History of Italian Settlement in Lismore, The Italians in Lismore Working Party, 1993.
Cultural Reports :
Busway Station Area Plans - Brisbane City with South East Transit Authority
Cultural Mapping for 10 suburbs
Address:
Ms Lesley Jenkins
Mobile: 0411 218 052
E-mail: recordinghistory@optusnet.com.au
