Doctor Bridget Brooklyn
Lecturer,
Humanities (Arts)
Biography
I commenced at Western Sydney University as a casual tutor in 2008. Prior to 2008 I was employed outside the academy, as a researcher and editor with the Commonwealth Public Service, and in legal editing in the private sector.
Since joining WSU I have pursued my research interests in Australian History, and am researching the life and work of conservative feminist activist, Dr Mary Booth.
2008 to 2010: Casual tutor.
2011: Temporary lecturer and unit coordinator of 'Foundations of Modern Australia'.
2012: Casual tutor
2013 to 2017: Associate lecturer
2018 to present: Lecturer
Supervision
2014: Honours thesis on Whitlam's Health Care policy
I am interested in HDR supervision on late nineteenth and twentieth century Australian political, social and legal history, with a specialist interest in feminism. For current HDR supervision, please see Supervision tab.
Recent conference papers
Australian and New Zealand Society for the History of Medicine, 2021 Conference, 2 December, 2021: 'Eugenics and Feminism in Early Twentieth Century and Interwar Australia’.
Empire, Armistice and Aftermath: the British Empire at the "End" of the Great War’, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 6 December 2018: 'Mary Booth’s Nationalism at the end of the Great War.'
Language in Time of War and Conflict, Australian National University, December, 2017: 'Mnemosyne and Athena: the Language of Mary Booth in the Great War and After.'
Inaugural Eric Richards Symposium, Flinders University, February, 2017: 'The Best of British: Mary Booth and English Boy Settlers in Interwar Sydney'.
University of Newcastle Centre for the History of Violence, March, 2015: 'Claiming Anzac: Dr Mary Booth and the Anzac Fellowship of Women.'
Australian Historical Association, July, 2013: 'My Kitchen Rules (the Waves): Domestic Science in Interwar Sydney'.
This information has been contributed by Doctor Brooklyn.
Qualifications
- PhD University of Adelaide
- BA University of Adelaide
Professional Memberships
- Australian Historical Association (2012 - 2024)
- Australian Women's History Network (2012)
Interests
- Eugenics
- Feminism
- Political History
Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Humanities (Arts)
Committees
- Workplace Health and Safety Central Committee
Contact
| Email: | B.Brooklyn@westernsydney.edu.au |
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| Phone: | (02) 9685 9463 |
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| Location: | EQ.G.10 Parramatta |
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Teaching
Previous Teaching Areas
- 101993 War and Society in the Twentieth Century, 2020
- HUMN3040 From Vindication to Liberation: A Comparative History of Feminism, 2022
- HUMN3087 Twentieth Century Australia, 2023
- HUMN3104 Historical Methodologies, 2023
- N11659 Australian Politics, 2014
Publications
Books
- Brooklyn, B., Jones, B. and Strating, R. (2023), 'Australia on the World Stage: History, Politics, and International Relations', : Routledge 9781032117188.
Chapters in Books
- Brooklyn, B., Jones, B. and Strating, R. (2023), 'When and where is Australia?', Australia on the World Stage: History, Politics, and International Relations, Routledge 9781032117188.
- Brooklyn, B. (2023), 'Federation to the Second World War : Australian identity and Anzac', Australia on the World Stage: History, Politics, and International Relations, Routledge 9781032117188.
- Brooklyn, B. (2021), 'Mary Booth's imperial nationalism in the aftermath of the Great War', After the Armistice: Empire, Endgame and Aftermath, Routledge 9780367187553.
- Brooklyn, B. (2020), 'Mnemosyne and Athena : Mary Booth, Anzac, and the language of remembrance in the First World War and after', Expressions of War in Australia and the Pacific: Language, Trauma, Memory, and Official Discourse, Palgrave Macmillan 9783030238896.
- Brooklyn, B. (2019), 'Mary Booth and British boy immigration : from progressivism to imperial nationalism', Australia, Migration and Empire: Immigrants in a Globalised World, Palgrave Macmillan 9783030223885.
- Brooklyn, B. (2018), '1954 : did Petrov matter?', Elections Matter: Ten Federal Elections that Shaped Australia, Monash University Publishing 9781925523157.
- Brooklyn, B. (2012), 'The 1920s : a good decade for women in politics', Seizing the Initiative: Australian Women Leaders in Politics, Workplaces and Communities, University of Melbourne 9780734047977.
Journal Articles
- Brooklyn, B. and Moore, A. (2023), 'Review essay on global and world histories of feminism and gender struggle', Lilith: A Feminist History Journal, vol 29 , pp 31 - 49.
- Brooklyn, B. (2017), 'Claiming Anzac : the battle for the Hyde Park Memorial, Sydney', Melbourne Historical Journal, vol 45, no 1 , pp 112 - 130.
Other Publications
- 2022, 'A Tendency to See This as Monolithic: Unpacking the 1954 Election', Recorded Work
My research interests are nineteenth and twentieth century Australia, particularly women's groups in the post-WWI period. I am currently researching the life and work of conservative Sydney activist Dr Mary Booth.
This information has been contributed by Doctor Brooklyn.
Supervision
Current Supervision
| Thesis Title: | Sydney's 'Paris Exhibition': An Account of the 1854 Exhibition of the Natural and Industrial Products of NSW |
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| Thesis Title: | Study of the editorial changes to the Australian Paper, The Bulletin, between 1900 and 1960 |
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Previous Supervision
| Thesis Title: | Bringing Order out of Chaos: Public Policy, Political Hesitation and Sydney's Bus Service 1932-1988 |
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| Field of Research: | Studies In Human Society, N.e.c. |
| Thesis Title: | Investigating Bundanoon as the Case Study, what was the social impact of the 19th Century railway expansion into Regional NSW |
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| Thesis Title: | Community Change and Leadership in Early Colonial Australia: A Case Study of Deerabbun-Mulgrave Place, New South Wales 1793?1845 |
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