Associate Professor Carol Liston
Associate Professor,
Arts (SoHCA)
Whitlam Institute Fellow,
Whitlam Institute
Adjunct Associate Professor,
Dean's Unit, School of Humanities & Comm Arts
Biography
Carol Liston is an Australian historian who specialises in the history of early New South Wales (1788-1860). Her research covers early colonial history with interests in people (convict, colonial born and free immigrant and their family histories), local history, heritage and the built environment. Her particular interest is the colonial development of the County of Cumberland (Greater Western Sydney), using land records, family history and surviving buildings to document the past.
She is co-editor of the Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society.
This information has been contributed by Associate Professor Liston.
Qualifications
- PhD University of Sydney
- BA University of Sydney
Professional Memberships
- Professional Historians Association (NSW) (1985 - 2018)
Interests
- 19th Century Australian history
- Convict history
- Family History and genealogy
- Heritage and the built environment
- Local History
- NSW Land History
Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Arts (SoHCA)
- Whitlam Institute
- Dean's Unit, School of Humanities & Comm Arts
Contact
| Email: | C.Liston@westernsydney.edu.au |
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| Phone: | (02) 9685 9983 |
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| Location: | EQ.1.49 Parramatta |
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Teaching
Previous Teaching Areas
- 100001 Keeping the Past, 2012
- 102004 Australian Colonial History, 2016
- 102516 Australian History Around Us, 2017
Publications
Books
- Hughes, J., Liston, C. and Wright, C. (2020), 'Playing their Part: Vice-Regal Consorts of New South Wales 1788-2019', : Royal Australian Historical Society 9780646811208.
- Liston, C. (2009), 'Pictorial History Liverpool and District', : Kingsclear Books 9780908272983.
Chapters in Books
- Liston, C. (2023), 'Australia before responsible government (1606-1856)', Australia on the World Stage: History, Politics and International Relations, Routledge 9781032117188.
- Liston, C. (2020), 'Vice-regal consorts', Playing their Part: Vice-Regal Consorts of New South Wales 1788-2019, Royal Australian Historical Society 9780646811208.
- Liston, C. (2020), 'Vice-regal consort 1821-1825 : Anna Maria, Lady Brisbane (1786-1862)', Playing their Part: Vice-Regal Consorts of New South Wales 1788-2019, Royal Australian Historical Society 9780646811208.
- Liston, C. (2016), 'An exile's lamentations? : the convict experience in New South Wales, Australia 1788-1840', Exile in Colonial Asia: Kings, Convicts, Commemoration, University of Hawai'i Press 9780824853747.
- Liston, C. (2009), 'Brisbane, Sir Thomas', The Governors of New South Wales 1788-2010, Federation Press 9781862877436.
Journal Articles
- Raeburn, T., Zugai, J., Liston, C., Saunders, P. and Doyle, K. (2023), 'How to use microhistory methodology in mental health research', Issues in Mental Health Nursing, vol 44, no 1 , pp 71 - 78.
- Reynolds, K. and Liston, C. (2023), 'Political actions and protesting women : aspects of convict crime', ISAA Review, vol 18, no 2 , pp 23 - 38.
- Liston, C. and Snodgrass, J. (2020), ''A needle is a small blade. The iron is forged like a sword' : a needle shop in Kyoto', TAASA Review, vol 29, no 1 , pp 16 - 17.
- Liston, C. and Reynolds, K. (2020), 'Man robbery : a gender signifier in convict Australia 1827-1836', Societies, vol 10, no 3 .
- Reynolds, K. and Liston, C. (2020), 'Surgeon-superintendents and penal discipline : the transportation of female convicts 1818-1835', Health and History, vol 22, no 1 , pp 27 - 46.
- Raeburn, T., Liston, C., Hickmott, J. and Cleary, M. (2019), 'Colonial surgeon Patrick Hill (1794-1852) : unacknowledged pioneer of Australian mental healthcare', History of Psychiatry, vol 30, no 1 , pp 90 - 103.
- Reynolds, K. and Liston, C. (2019), 'Victims as prosecutors : England 1800-1835', Societies, vol 9, no 2 .
- Raeburn, T., Liston, C., Hickmott, J. and Cleary, M. (2018), 'Life of Martha Entwistle : Australia's first convict mental health nurse', International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, vol 27, no 1 , pp 455 - 463.
- Raeburn, T., Liston, C., Hickmott, J. and Cleary, M. (2018), 'Liverpool "lunatic asylum" : a forgotten chapter in the history of Australian health care', Collegian, vol 25, no 3 , pp 347 - 363.
- Liston, C. and Reynolds, K. (2018), 'Crime pays : women transported for forged bank notes', Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, vol 104, no 1 , pp 83 - 101.
- Liston, C. (2015), 'William Bradbury : a disputed inheritance', Grist Mills: Journal of the Campbelltown and Airds Historical Society, vol 28, no 2 , pp 7 - 28.
- Liston, C. (2012), 'Sir Thomas Brisbane : a man of scientific method', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, vol 145, no 445 & 446 , pp 136 - 145.
- Liston, C. (2010), 'Bellfield and Rossmore : forgotten associations from Thomas Shepherd to Hardy Wilson', Australian Garden History, vol 22, no 1 , pp 4 - 10.
Conference Papers
- Liston, C. (2011), 'Female Convicts and their children NSW 1820-1840', Islands of History. Proceedings of the 25th Anniversary Conference Professional Historians Association (NSW), Norfolk Island.
Other Publications
- 2008, 'Women Transported. Life in Australia's convict female factories', Published Work
I am currently working on a study of convict women transported to New South Wales between 1800 and 1836 with Dr Kathrine Reynolds (Honorary Associate, History, University of Sydney).
This information has been contributed by Associate Professor Liston.
Previous Projects
| Title: | Parramatta Archaeological Historical Landscape Study |
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| Western Researchers: | Carol Liston |
| Years: | 2000-08-07 - 2001-12-31 |
| ID: | P0013134 |
| Title: | Female Orphan School Building History |
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| Western Researchers: | Carol Liston |
| Years: | 1999-02-01 - 2000-12-31 |
| ID: | P0013166 |
| Title: | Supplement Funding - Collingwood House |
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| Western Researchers: | Carol Liston |
| Years: | 2001-01-01 - 2006-12-31 |
| ID: | P0011264 |
| Title: | Academic Unit Research Support Scheme - School of Cultural Histories and Futures |
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| Western Researchers: | Carol Liston |
| Years: | 1998-07-27 - 2000-12-31 |
| ID: | P0012804 |
| Title: | Historical research, ADI site, St Marys |
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| Western Researchers: | Carol Liston |
| Years: | 2001-03-14 - 2001-05-16 |
| ID: | P0012268 |
| Title: | Historic Houses Trust of NSW - Historical advice regarding ARC Partnership project with University of Sydney |
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| Western Researchers: | Carol Liston |
| Years: | 2001-07-20 - 2002-07-02 |
| ID: | P0012420 |
| Title: | History of Castlereagh |
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| Western Researchers: | Carol Liston |
| Years: | 1997-07-16 - 1998-12-31 |
| ID: | P0012452 |
| Title: | Collingwood House |
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| Western Researchers: | Carol Liston |
| Years: | 2001-01-31 - 2009-01-30 |
| ID: | P0011890 |
| Title: | Comparative Analysis of the Psychiatric Hospital |
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| Western Researchers: | Carol Liston |
| Years: | 2000-07-01 - 2001-12-31 |
| ID: | P0011282 |
| Title: | Comparative Analysis of the Roman Catholic Orphan School Parramatta |
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| Western Researchers: | Carol Liston |
| Years: | 2000-07-08 - 2000-12-31 |
| ID: | P0013132 |
Supervision
Associate Professor Liston is available to be a principal supervisor for doctoral projects
Current Supervision
| Thesis Title: | When it's not the Main Game: Art in Hospitals |
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| Thesis Title: | Independent Voices - John Lucas and his Contemporaries in NSW Colonial Politics |
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Previous Supervision
| Thesis Title: | "That den of infamy" - the no. 2 Stockade, Cox's River: a study of the convict experience |
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| Field of Research: | History |
| Thesis Title: | "With tact, intelligence and a special acquaintance with the insane": A history of mental health care (nursing) in New South Wales, Australia, from colonisation to federation, 1788 - 1901 |
| Field of Research: | Mental Health Nursing |
| Thesis Title: | Hyde Park Asylum for Infirm and Destitute Women, 1862-1886: An Historical Study of Government Welfare for Women in need of Residential Care in New South Wales |
| Field of Research: | History |
| Thesis Title: | Deserted and Despised Innocent Sufferers: The immigration of free families of convicts to New South Wales, 1788-1852 |
| Field of Research: | History |
| Thesis Title: | 'Sometimes a Little Injustice must be Suffered for the Public Good'. How the National Security (Aliens Control) Regulations 1939 (Cth) affected the lives of German, Italian, Japanese and Australian born women living in Australia during the Second World War. |
| Field of Research: | Studies In Human Society |
| Thesis Title: | The Tottenham Rebels: Radical Labour Politics in a Small Mining Town During the Great War |
| Field of Research: | History |
| Thesis Title: | When it's not the Main Game: Art in Hospitals |
| Field of Research: | Curatorial Studies; History |
| Thesis Title: | Molly Haydock |
| Field of Research: | Language And Literature, N.e.c.; History; Other Creative Arts; Creative Arts, N.e.c. |