Dr Elizabeth Bonshek
Assistant Professor
Museum Studies

Bio: Elizabeth joined the University of Canberra in August 2010 as Assistant Professor in Museum Studies. She is an anthropologist and has worked in museums for over twenty years, both as a collection manager and as a researcher.  Her primary research interest focuses on the material culture and cultural heritage of Melanesia, and she has carried out fieldwork in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. Read more

Dr Jeff Brownrigg
Associate Professor
Cultural Heritage

Bio: Dr Jeff Brownrigg holds a D Phil from the University of York, UK, approached via a B Phil in Medieval Studies and an M Phil. in Music. Before this he completed a BA (Hons) at La Trobe University where he was a foundation student. For twenty years he held senior positions at the National Film and Sound Archive, producing and publishing numerous historic re-releases of Australian heritage film and sound materials. Read more

John Greenwood
Senior Lecturer
Heritage Conservation

Bio: John graduated from the University of Wales, University College Cardiff in 1976 in Archaeology  and  Archaeological Conservation.  He worked at the Pitt-Rivers Museum Oxford, Saint Albans Museum, Passmore-Edwards Museum in London, Sheffield Museum, South Yorkshire and ran a conservation unit at Doncaster Museum.  In 1988 John started teaching conservation in what was then Lincolnshire College of Art in Lincoln UK. Read more

Dr Tracy Ireland
Assistant Professor, Director (Donald Horne Institute for Cultural Heritage)
Cultural Heritage

Bio: Tracy Ireland joined the University of Canberra in 2009  She has previously practiced as an archaeologist and heritage professional with over twenty years experience covering a broad range of heritage research and conservation management planning.  Tracy’s PhD from the University of Sydney, entitled An Artefact of Nation: Historical Archaeology, Heritage and Nationalism in Australia, won the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Heritage Prize in 2002. Read more