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A/PROF ANDREW MAY



Contact Details

Organization: Historical Studies
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN AUSTRALIAN HISTORY
Email:
Homepage: http://www.history.unimelb.edu.au/staff/brownmay.html
Work: 8344 8993
Fax: 8344 7894
Room: 541
Level: 05
Building: John Medley Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Australian Urban History and Social History Cities, Public Space, Social History, Urban History Australia, Australia
Missionaries and British Imperialism Missionaries, Colonialism India, Wales

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
India North-Eastern Hill University Research
United Kingdom University of Wales, Swansea Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1994

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Australian Historical Association Executive member 12-Jul-2004
Member ANZDEG Member 01-Jan-2006
Member Australian Historical Studies Journal Board Member 01-Jan-2003

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) City of Melbourne - Melbourne Award for Individual Contribution to City Profile 01-Jan-2006
Other (Award) Arts Faculty - Dean's Teaching Award 01-Jan-2004
Prize Victorian Government - Victorian Community and Local History Award 01-Jan-1999
Prize Australian Historical Association - Prize for Australian History 01-Jan-1996
Prize Urban HIstory Association (USA) - Best Dissertation in Urban History 01-Jan-1996
Prize Urban History (UK) - H.J.Dyos Prize for best article 01-Jan-1995

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Faith, gender and cultural exchange: Australian missions in comparative perspective, 1800-1930. Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2007
REDISCOVERING HISTORICAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING: AUSTRALIA'S TOWN PLANNING ASSOCIATIONS Chief Investigator UNIVERSITY OF NSW Discovery Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2007
Who Am I? The archive as central to quality practice for current and past care leavers (Forgotten Australians) Chief Investigator VIC ABORIGINAL CHILD CARE AGENCY,
DEPT OF HUMAN SERVICES,
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL,
CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN CHILD & FAMILY WELFARE
Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2008

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
AUSTRALIAN GOLD RUSH INTERACTIVE WEBSITE Chief Investigator HERITAGE VICTORIA 01/02/2006
MELBOURNE PODCASTING BETWEEN ABC RADIO AND UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE Chief Investigator ABC TELEVISION

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Books

  • Evangelists of Empire?: Missionaries in Colonial History
    Year: 2008
    Publisher: eScholarship Research Centre(Melbourne)
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Book Chapters

  • In the Precincts of the Global City: The Transnational Network of Municipal Affairs in Melbourne Australia, at the End of the Nineteenth Century
    Year: 2008
    Book: Another Global City: Historical Explorations into the Transnational Municipal Moment, 1850-2000
    Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan(New York)
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  • The making of Melbourne
    Year: 2008
    Book: Melbourne
    Publisher: APA Publications GmbH & Co Verlag KG Singapore
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Journal Articles

  • Death, decency and the dead-house: The city morgue in colonial Melbourne
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Archives & Social Studies: A Journal of Interdisciplinary research
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 1-34
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Beautiful Cities for Beautiful Living: the Victorian Town Planning and Parks Association 1914-1929
    Year: 2008
    Event name: Sea Change: Histories of New and Renewed Urban Landscapes
    Conference Publication: Proceedings, Sea Change: Histories of New and Renewed Urban Landscapes, Urban History/ Planning History Conference, University of the Sunshine Coast
    Page numbers: 43-57
    Publisher: University of the Sunshine Coast(Maroochydore)
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  • Sex and salvation: Modelling gender on an Indian mission station
    Year: 2008
    Event name: Missions and Colonialism
    Conference Publication: Evangelists of Empire?: Missionaries in colonial history
    Page numbers: 33-46
    Publisher: eScholarship Research Centre(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2007

Book Chapters

  • Taking the rushes online: the eGold project, a digital encylopedia
    Year: 2007
    Book: Deeper Leads: New approaches in Victorian goldfields history
    Publisher: Ballarat Heritage Services(Ballarat, Victoria)
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  • The city's toil: Impressionist views of Marvellous Melbourne
    Year: 2007
    Book: Australian Impressionism
    Publisher: National Gallery of Victoria(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2006

Book Chapters

  • Collision and Reintegration in a Missionary Landscape: The View from the Khasi Hills, India
    Year: 2006
    Book: Collisions of Cultures and identities: Settlers and Indigenous People
    Publisher: RMIT Publishing(Melbourne)
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Journal Articles

  • 'Better than a Play': Street Processions, Civic Order and the Rhetoric of Landscape
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Australian Studies
    Volume: 2006
    Issue: 89
    Page numbers: 5-16
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  • Bringing Science to the Public: Ferdinand von Mueller and Botanical Education in Victorian Victoria
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Annals of Science
    Volume: 63
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 25-57
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  • The City as Encyclopedia
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Meanjin
    Volume: 65
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 195-204
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Publications in 2005

Books

  • The Encyclopaedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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Journal Articles

  • Pathways to the Past: Using images as historical evidence - a multimedia teaching module
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Agora (Sungrapho)
    Volume: 40
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 50-51
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Major Reference Works

  • Daniel Henderson:Australian Dictionary of Biography, Supplement 1580-1980
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Daniel Henderson
    Publisher: Melbourne University Publishing(Parkville)
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  • Ellen Cahill:Australian Dictionary of Biography, Supplement 1580-1980
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Ellen Cahill
    Publisher: Melbourne University Publishing(Parkville)
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  • Fireworks:The Encyclopaedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Fireworks
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • Lanes and Alleys:The Encyclopaedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Lanes and Alleys
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • Flinders Lane:The Encyclopaedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Flinders Lane
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • Street Names:The Encyclopaedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Street Names
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • Preface:The Encyclopaedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Preface
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • Dairying and Milk Supply:The Encyclopaedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Dairying and Milk Supply
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • Accidents and Disasters:The Encyclopaedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Accidents and Disasters
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • Bourke Street:The Encyclopaedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Bourke Street
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • Street Lighting:The Encyclopaedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Street Lighting
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • Hawkers:The Encyclopaedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Hawkers
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • Smell:The Encyclopaedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Smell
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • Northcote:The Encyclopaedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Northcote
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • Christmas:The Encyclopaedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Christmas
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • Yarra River:The Encyclopaedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Yarra River
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • Horses:The Encyclopaedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Horses
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • Processions and Demonstrations:The Encyclopaedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Processions and Demonstrations
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • Street Life:The Encyclopaedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Street Life
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • Baths and Bathing:The Encyclopaedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Baths and Bathing
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • Ambulance Services:The Encyclopaedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Ambulance Services
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • Festivals:The Encyclopaedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Festivals
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • Merri Creek:The Encyclopaedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Merri Creek
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • Dogs:The Encyclopaedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Dogs
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • Federation Square:The Encyclopaedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Federation Square
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • Yarra Bank and Yarra Bankers:The Encyclopaedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Yarra Bank and Yarra Bankers
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • City Square:The Encyclopaedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: City Square
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • Eastern Market:The Encyclopaedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Eastern Market
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Death, Decency and the Dead-House; the City Morgue in Colonial Melbourne
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Provenance
    Volume: 3
    Issue: November 2004
    Page numbers: 1-6
    Publisher: Public Record Office Victoria
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Publications in 2003

Books

  • Federation Square
    Year: 2003
    Publisher: Hardie Grant Books(South Yarra)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Happy thoughts: recent approaches to contextualising material cutlure in Australian urban history
    Year: 2003
    Event name: Exploring the modern city: recent approaches to urban history and archaeology
    Conference Publication: Exploring the Modern City: Recent Approaches to Urban History and Archaeology
    Page numbers: 25-40
    Publisher: Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales & Archaeology Program, La Trobe University(Sydney)
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Publications in 2001

Books

  • Espresso! Melbourne coffee stories
    Year: 2001
    Publisher: Arcadia Publishing(Melbourne)
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Book Chapters

  • Spilling the Beans
    Year: 2001
    Book: Debating the City: An Anthology
    Publisher: Historic Houses Trust of NSW and University of Western Sydney(Sydney)
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Journal Articles

  • The Surreal Thing
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Meanjin
    Volume: 4
    Page numbers: 93-98
    Publisher: University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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