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Biography
Jenny Gregory AM FRHS MPHA MICOMOS is Emeritus Professor of History at The University of Western Australia and a member of the Centre for WA History.
In 2010 she was made a member of the Order of Australia for services to history and the community, previously she was awarded a Champion Award by the National Year of the Built Environment (2004) and a Centenary Medal (2001) for her service to the community as President of the National Trust (WA) (1998-2007). She was Chair of the National Trust (WA) and Deputy Director of the Australian Council of National Trusts (2007-2010). She was inaugural President of the History Council of WA (2001-06).
In 2010 she was made a member of the Order of Australia for services to history and the community, previously she was awarded a Champion Award by the National Year of the Built Environment (2004) and a Centenary Medal (2001) for her service to the community as President of the National Trust (WA) (1998-2007). She was Chair of the National Trust (WA) and Deputy Director of the Australian Council of National Trusts (2007-2010). She was inaugural President of the History Council of WA (2001-06).
Roles and responsibilities
Emeritus Professor of History
Future research
Lost Places and the limits of Heritage
Collecting the West
Water Sensitive Cities
Transnational planning ideas
Energy and Resource Capitals
Western Australian History
Collecting the West
Water Sensitive Cities
Transnational planning ideas
Energy and Resource Capitals
Western Australian History
Funding overview
2016-20 CI Collecting the West: Reimagining Western Australia from its collections (ARC DP $750,192)
2012-16 CI CRC for Water Sensitive Cities ($30,000)
2010 CI Western Australian Places (UWA-UQ Bilateral Research Collaboration Award $17,699)
2006-09 CI Town Planning Association (ARC DG $164,178)
2005-09 CI Land of the Black Stump (ARC DG $331,665)
2005-09 CI East Perth Power Station (ARC LP $172,320)
2003-07 CI Historical Encyclopedia of Western Australia (ARC LP, WA Regional Investment Scheme, Constitutional Centre of WA, Lotterywest $957,284)
2012-16 CI CRC for Water Sensitive Cities ($30,000)
2010 CI Western Australian Places (UWA-UQ Bilateral Research Collaboration Award $17,699)
2006-09 CI Town Planning Association (ARC DG $164,178)
2005-09 CI Land of the Black Stump (ARC DG $331,665)
2005-09 CI East Perth Power Station (ARC LP $172,320)
2003-07 CI Historical Encyclopedia of Western Australia (ARC LP, WA Regional Investment Scheme, Constitutional Centre of WA, Lotterywest $957,284)
Previous positions
Head, School of Humanities (2009-2015)
Acting Head, School of Music (2009-2011)
Chair, Discipline of History (2008)
Chair, Discipline of Philosophy (2007)
Director, UWA Press (1998-2006)
Director, Centre for WA History (1989-1998)
Lecturer, Department of History
Acting Head, School of Music (2009-2011)
Chair, Discipline of History (2008)
Chair, Discipline of Philosophy (2007)
Director, UWA Press (1998-2006)
Director, Centre for WA History (1989-1998)
Lecturer, Department of History
Current projects
She is currently researching the emotional component of protest in cities, lost heritage places and the limits of heritage, the impact of collecting practices on Western Australia, and the history of water use in Perth
Industrial relevance
Museum collecting policies
History of water use in the city
Impact of mineral and resource booms on the city
Planning history of the city
Heritage
History of water use in the city
Impact of mineral and resource booms on the city
Planning history of the city
Heritage
Teaching overview
Honours and postgraduate supervision
Previously taught urban and suburban history, WA history, and heritage
Previously taught urban and suburban history, WA history, and heritage
Research
Urban history, planning history and heritage
Languages
English
Research expertise keywords
- Western Australian History
- Heritage
- Urban History
- Urban Planning
- Australian History
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Research output
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“A spirit of Bolshevism?”: Perth’s water crisis of the 1920s
Gregory, J. A., 1 Jan 2020, In : Journal of Urban History. 46, 1, p. 79-97 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Drought, Mud, Filth, and Flood: Water Crises in Australian Cities, 1880s–2010s
Gaynor, A., Cook, M., Frost, L., Gregory, J., Morgan, R., Shanahan, M., Spearritt, P., Avey, S., Etherington, N., Gralton, E. & Martin, D. J., 2019, Environment & Society Portal, 3.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Featured article
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The Esplanade and the City Gatekeepers: Contesting the limits of urban heritage protection
Gregory, J. A., Mar 2019, Historicising heritage and emotions: The affective histories of blood, stone and land. Marchant, A. (ed.). London: Routledge, p. 214-233 20 p. (Routledge Studies in Heritage; vol. 12).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter
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'Humour and Heart' in a time of war
Gregory, J., 2018, In : Studies in WA History. 32, p. 149-174Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Battle for the barracks
Gregory, J. A., 2017, Radical Perth, militant Fremantle. Fox, C., Oliver, B. & Layman, L. (eds.). Perth: Black Swan Press, p. 129-138Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter
Projects
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Water and the Making of Urban Australia: a history since 1900
Gaynor, A., Frost, L., Gregory, J., Morgan, R., Shanahan, M. & Spearitt, P.
1/01/18 → 8/04/21
Project: Research
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Collecting the West: How collections create Western Australia
Paterson, A., Witcomb, A., Coles, A., Lydon, J., Hopper, S., Gregory, J., Konishi, S., Van Gent, J. & Burrows, T.
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Australian Research Council, State Library of WA (J S Battye Library of WA History), Western Australian Museum
1/01/16 → 1/07/21
Project: Research
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Collecting the West: How collections create Western Australia
Paterson, A., Lydon, J., Hopper, S., Gregory, J., Konishi, S., Van Gent, J., Burrows, T., Witcomb, A. & Coles, A.
1/01/16 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
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Collecting the West: How collections create Western Australia
Paterson, A., Lydon, J., Hopper, S., Gregory, J., Konishi, S., Van Gent, J., Burrows, T., Witcomb, A. & Coles, A.
1/01/16 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
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Collecting the West: How collections create Western Australia
Paterson, A., Lydon, J., Hopper, S., Gregory, J., Konishi, S., Van Gent, J., Burrows, T., Witcomb, A. & Coles, A.
1/01/16 → 31/12/19
Project: Research