Profile
Historian and editor specialising in the local history of Collingwood, an inner suburb of Melbourne.
Current Project:
Notables of Collingwood: biographies of notorious and notable people from Collingwood's past. This has now been published online, but is still an ongoing project: http://collingwoodhs.org.au/resources/notable-people/
Publications:
Author:
Notable People of Collingwood, 2017. Winner of the Victorian Community History Awards Local History Project Award. 'A fine model for enhancing access to records of significance to local communities.'
Bitter Roots Sweet Fruit, Collingwood Historical Society (2009)
A comprehensive history of schools in Collingwood, Abbotsford and Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia
Streets of Collingwood, Collingwood Historical Society (1991)
Hotels of Collingwood, Collingwood Historical Society
Notable People of Collingwood, 2017. Winner of the Victorian Community History Awards Local History Project Award. 'A fine model for enhancing access to records of significance to local communities.'
Bitter Roots Sweet Fruit, Collingwood Historical Society (2009)
A comprehensive history of schools in Collingwood, Abbotsford and Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia
Streets of Collingwood, Collingwood Historical Society (1991)
Hotels of Collingwood, Collingwood Historical Society
Bitter roots, sweet fruit won the 2009 Victorian Community History Award for best Community Research Registers and Records. The judges said "Karen Cummings has written a very fine book ... here is an absorbing look at Collingwood trying out one educational experience after another ... broad in scope and rich in the detail of solid research - how rich is indicated by the huge number of its end notes."
"This is a landmark work, one that will be the model for people wanting to present the educational histories of their own community. I sincerely hope that it will have many followers."
Lorna Hannan, Chair Hotham History Project
"... demonstrates how a comprehensive school history can be a rich and engaging local history with academic and popular appeal. "
Dr Rosalie Triolo, Monash University
"This is a landmark work, one that will be the model for people wanting to present the educational histories of their own community. I sincerely hope that it will have many followers."
Lorna Hannan, Chair Hotham History Project
"... demonstrates how a comprehensive school history can be a rich and engaging local history with academic and popular appeal. "
Dr Rosalie Triolo, Monash University
Editor:
A Short History of Collingwood by Gillian M Hibbins
Brimstone to Bunyip by Richard Peterson
Collingwood's 101 Hotels Commendation in 2012 Victorian Community History Awards
A Short History of Collingwood by Gillian M Hibbins
Brimstone to Bunyip by Richard Peterson
Collingwood's 101 Hotels Commendation in 2012 Victorian Community History Awards