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DR KIM TORNEY



Contact Details

Organization: Architecture, Building and Planning, Historical Studies
Position: RESEARCH FELLOW, Honorary (Fellow)
Email:
Work: 83449015
Room: 309
Level: 03
Building: Architecture And Planning Building
Campus: Parkville

Biography

Dr Kim Torney

Research Fellow
Email: torneykl@unimelb.edu.au
Room: 309 Ext: 49015

Kim completed her PhD, From ‘Babes in the Wood’ to ‘Bush-lost babies: the development of an Australian Image, in the Department of History, University of Melbourne, in 2003. Prior to that, she worked on The Oxford Companion to Australian History as research assistant, writer, and assistant editor. From 2002 until 2007, Kim was the Victorian Researcher for the Australian Dictionary of Biography. She also worked as an independent research historian on a wide-range of projects in both the public and commercial sector. Her thesis was published in 2005 as Babes in the Bush: the Making of an Australian Image by Fremantle Arts Centre Press.

Kim is now working as Research Fellow co-ordinating The Encyclopaedia of Australian Architecture project for Professor Philip Goad and Assoc. Professor Julie Willis in the Department of Architecture, Building and Planning

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (HISTORY) University of Melbourne 31-Dec-2003
MASTERS IN ART La Trobe University 31-Dec-1994
DIPLOMA OF EDUCATION University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1975
BACHELOR OF ART (HONOURS) La Trobe University 31-Dec-1974

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Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

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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 2006

Journal Articles

  • Lost to the Land
    Year: 2006
    Volume: 2006
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Publications in 2005

Books

  • Babes in the Bush: The Making of an Australian Image
    Year: 2005
    Publisher: Fremantle Arts Press(Fremantle)
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Major Reference Works

  • Mary Rogers:Australian Dictionary of Biography, Supplement 1580-1980
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Mary Rogers
    Publisher: Melbourne University Publishing(Parkville)
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  • Ozanam House:The Encyclopaedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Ozanam House
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • Leviathan Men's Clothing Store:The Encyclopaedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Leviathan Men's Clothing Store
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • A City Child Lost in the Bush
    Year: 2004
    Journal: The La Trobe Journal
    Volume: 74
    Issue: Spring 2004
    Page numbers: 52-61
    Publisher: State Library of Victoria(Melbourne)
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  • Jane Duff's Heroism: The Last Great Human Bush Story
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Swag of Yarns
    Volume: 7
    Issue: Summer 2004
    Page numbers: 22-25
    Publisher: Australian Storytelling Guild(Albert Park)
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  • Little Boy Lost
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Swag of Yarns
    Volume: 7
    Issue: 2, Winter 2004
    Page numbers: 12-15
    Publisher: Australian Storytelling Guild(Albert Park)
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